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Nostalgic Bumblebee

Nostalgic, because saying it in English still sounds pretty good.

Bubmblebee, because bumblebees are the best animals in the world; you just don't know it yet.

Bourdon, coeur

Bourdon Nostalgique's Timeline

1985

Portrait, Paulemile

(yep, that's my face)

The author is born in a small town of Normandy (but right next to a bigger town, so it's all right).

1989

First videogame memories on Dad's Master System. If there were any before, they have vanished.

1990

Seal of approval with the Mega Drive at Mom's house. Change of status, from apprentice gamer to huge addict.

1995

Arrival of a ‘modern’ computer at home. Change of status, from huge addict to sick video game freak.

2000 / 2001

The end of the nostalgia supplying era. In truth, it's a good thing it didn't last much longer.

2012 / 2013

The start of the nostalgia-accumulating era. In truth, it's a good thing it didn't start any sooner.

2014, A summer day

First desire to write about childhood video games.

2014, the day after

Incredible laziness to write about childhood video games.

2015, a winter day

First thoughts of creating a site to host texts about childhood video games.

2025

The site goes online, after a legendary ten years of procrastination.

2025, Eight Hours later

Still staring at the screen, hand trembling, a drop of sweat hanging on my temple, wondering what's going to become of me.

Disclaimer and warning on the treatment of published games

Nostalgic Bumblebee isn't about video games! Well, sorry, nonsense. I just wanted to say that the site doesn't host video actual game reviews. My aim is not to repeat the same formulas, the same anecdotes and the same technical details that have already been told hundreds of times on the internet. I think that about 99% of the authors of blogs, websites or videos do a much better job of this than I do.

The articles focus mainly on the memories and feelings of the time, the impressions I had when discovering the games mentioned, between the very end of the 80s and the very beginning of the 2000s. In fact, to maximise the effect (and at the risk of spouting a lot of rubbish), I haven't replayed them at all! Or very little. I've reread texts and watched videos about them, but I haven't played the games again myself. Obviously, the fact that I have virtually no cartridges or CD-ROMs left, let alone the hardware to run them, was a big factor in my decision. 

Anyway beyond that little practical concern, I prefer to keep my nostalgia intact. I don't even really want to play all that old stuff again, I just want to keep the stars shining in my child eyes. I'm aware that this probably makes me look like some kind of bigoted nutter who's depriving himself of the only advantage of living in the past, but as long as I know that, and as long as I keep just a little bit of a lid on it, it'll do, won't it? So welcome, everyone! I promise we're going to have some laughs! I think.

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