If I ran a game store I would play the song Press Start to Continue by Possible Oscar.
I'm pretty much a blundering idiot. I say the wrong things. I act the wrong way. I'm never listening when it matters. If I had a ring that would take me back twenty seconds when I twist it, that would give me just enough time to review my foolishness and replace it with better behavior. I'm betting that Possible Oscar is a bunch of blundering idiots, too, because they've written a song about going back in time to correct social errors. Their solution was to do like in video games, though, where you can save your game and start there again after you die. Press Start to Continue is a parody of Judas Priest's Living After Midnight. I realize that heavy metal isn't the right fit for most game stores, but Living After Midnight is 35 years old and the original has weathered with time, plus Possible Oscar knows how to record their tunes so they're perfect for game stores - if you squint, it almost sounds like classic rock.
Press Start to Continue was released on the FuMP in early 2008 and it released a few months later on their album, The FuMP Volume 7. It was included on Possible Oscar's 2010 album, Individual Results May Vary.
Press Start to Continue on Bandcamp
Press Start to Continue on Google Play
Press Start to Continue lyrics
Press Start to continue
Drop that quarter in
Reload that old save file
Begin again
Attacked the boss and met a tragic fate
Reload, reload
Can't find my way around this maze
Reload, reload
No repercussions in a video game
If only life could be the same
Press Start to continue
Drop that quarter in
Reload that old save file
Begin again
Bought all my films on BetaMax
Reload, reload
My plasma screen is hung with tacks
Reload, reload
My online date was a perfect fit
But now I can't resist this itch
Press Start to continue
Drop that quarter in
Reload that old save file
Begin again
I messed up real bad
Time for a new chance
Rewind and redo
For the win
I told my boss what I really think
Reload, reload
He had me transferred to Beijing
Reload, reload
I'll make the best of this I guess
At least the Chinese food is fresh
Press Start to continue
Drop that quarter in
Reload that old save file
Begin again
Press Start to continue
Drop that quarter in
Reload that old save file
Begin again
Press Start
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