Those were the days

I am in the final stages of emptying B & D's room. The last thing that had to be done was getting the Scalextric down from the top of the wardrobes. It turned out to be not one set, but THREE - all covered in a thick layer of dust, all massive sets, all still in their original boxes. This remarkable discovery did nothing for B however - he was far more interested in an old carrier bag he'd spotted in the far corner. 3DO games! For anyone who doesn't know, the Panasonic 3DO (circa 1994) came after the Sega Megadrive, and always seemed to me to be far more interesting - mainly because it didn't appear to involve Sonic the Hedgehog.

B was in paradise. For him, THIS was what mattered - these games were the triggers to his childhood memories, not some dusty boxes of Scalextric. Less than 10 minutes later, he was up in the loft, unearthing further treasures - the Phillips CDi, the Atari Jaguar, the Sega Saturn. Heaven.

The Scalextric will be sold of course. But for B's sake, the 3DO and its games are going to be packed in bubble wrap, boxed up and carefully stored for the future.