Old School Gaming.

[IrirshTerrorist]

Sigh...now i want to play it again.

... Dman... so do I, guess I'd better go get the GameBoy and switch out cartridges. Its been a while since I've played anything except Tetris on it.

 

[Assassin Xaero]

Civ 4
simcity 4
Morrowind.

Morrowind is chief amongst them because seriously, I fucking love that game.

And yes, the gratuitous swearing was necessary to elucidate my point.

How young are you that a game that came out in 2005 and was supported with expansions up to 2008 is "old school".

How attention seeking are you that you get off on pointing out the small flaws in my original statement?

Check the OP, it says there's no clear definition of "old school" for the point of this thread. I'm talking about games that I have bought that weren't immediately released. I'm so terribly sorry that I don't conform to your own, perfect image in this thread, oh great and powerful Nwabudike Morgan.

You seriously consider 5 years ago old school? Wow. When I think of old school I think asteroids, missile defend, donkey kong, and all those other old arcade came that were around 20 years ago.

And there in lies the inherent flaw of my thread; age difference = opinion difference.

In my defense I did point this out at the beginning.

So, you are saying that younger kids dunno what "old school" means? So does that mean Fallout 3 and Left 4 Dead 2 count? I mean I didn't buy Fallout 3 the day it came out and Left 4 Dead 2 came out last decade.

 

[Gigaguy64]

Sigh...now i want to play it again.

... Dman... so do I, guess I'd better go get the GameBoy and switch out cartridges. Its been a while since I've played anything except Tetris on it.

My GBA as long sense "bit the dust".
I really hope Nintendo decides to release GB, GBC, and GBA games for download on the Dsi.

 

[superdance14]

Pokemon Red still stands the test of time.

Mostly.

 

[waggmd]

Pokemon Red
Pac-Man
Qbert

 

[Gigaguy64]

Oh i almost forgot two of my favorite "Old School" games

The Darkstalkers series and Marvel VS Capcom.

 

[IrirshTerrorist]

Sigh...now i want to play it again.

... Dman... so do I, guess I'd better go get the GameBoy and switch out cartridges. Its been a while since I've played anything except Tetris on it.

My GBA as long sense "bit the dust".
I really hope Nintendo decides to release GB, GBC, and GBA games for download on the Dsi.

They had better or else... *shakes fist angrily in the direction of Nintendo HQ*

 

[IrirshTerrorist]

So, you are saying that younger kids dunno what "old school" means? So does that mean Fallout 3 and Left 4 Dead 2 count? I mean I didn't buy Fallout 3 the day it came out and Left 4 Dead 2 came out last decade.

I'm saying they Do know hat old school is. They know what it is from their perspective, but their perspective may currently be more limited than those who are older. That being said their opinion is still relevant and I want to hear it.

As for Fallout3 and L4D2, they are too recent for anyone to feel they are oldschool... you are just antagonising the argument with comments like that.... althoguh it is true it came out last decade

 

[Super_Nintendo_Chalmers]

Spyro the dragon
Pokemon Snap! (always manages to keep me entertained)
Crash Bandicoot & Crash Team Racing

 

[IrirshTerrorist]

Spyro the dragon
Pokemon Snap! (always manages to keep me entertained)
Crash Bandicoot & Crash Team Racing

CTR played it only four days ago in a mini-tournament with some friends, I came second of 14 people... get robbed of first place by a CTR expert.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

yes unfortunately, but true..i havent had that quality doom experience since the first one, so i didn't end up buying the second or third one, played em at a friends but they didn't tend to hold my interest after one playthrough

It seems to me that whether a game ages well or not is very dependent on what type of game it is. FPS and RTS games age poorly, where as RPG and puzzle games seems to age quite well.
Now I am a being very broad there, and there are quite a few exceptions I'm sure, but in general I believe what I have said holds true.

i tend to think this also, the only RTS off the top of my head thats held up is Starcraft..which is soon to be replaced by its sequel, most rpg's i can replay and experience the same feeling and accomplishment in beating it, besides the story and characters, alot of it is cut and dry imo

fps tend to get smoother..take on a few different angles that are seen time and time again, but your right as they get outdated and outplayed and eventually move on to a new fps

 

[IrirshTerrorist]

yes unfortunately, but true..i havent had that quality doom experience since the first one, so i didn't end up buying the second or third one, played em at a friends but they didn't tend to hold my interest after one playthrough

It seems to me that whether a game ages well or not is very dependent on what type of game it is. FPS and RTS games age poorly, where as RPG and puzzle games seems to age quite well.
Now I am a being very broad there, and there are quite a few exceptions I'm sure, but in general I believe what I have said holds true.

i tend to think this also, the only RTS off the top of my head thats held up is Starcraft..which is soon to be replaced by its sequel, most rpg's i can replay and experience the same feeling and accomplishment in beating it, besides the story and characters, alot of it is cut and dry imo

fps tend to get smoother..take on a few different angles that are seen time and time again, but your right as they get outdated and outplayed and eventually move on to a new fps

Well put. I'm glad we agree, shows I'm either sane or at least not alone in my insanity...

 

[Danzaivar]

Super Mario World, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past and Mega Man X.

Quick shout out to the Columns, Streets of Rage II and Super Hang-On 3-in-1 cartridge too!

 

[IrirshTerrorist]

Super Mario World, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past and Mega Man X.

Quick shout out to the Columns, Streets of Rage II and Super Hang-On 3-in-1 cartridge too!

Sonic 1,2 and 3&K, SoR 1,2 and 3 all great games.

 

[Zhalath]

Final Fantasy VI, Doom, Pokemon Gold. You'd be surprised how fast you get passed the technological inferiority when you are having that much fun.

 

[Marik2]

Megaman X
Super Mario World
Mortal Kombat (SNES)
Pac Man
Diddy Kong Racing
Mario 64

 

[number9dream]

Hm... Does Starcraft count as an old school game since it's still being played by hundreds of thousands? If it does, then well, that's my favorite game of all time so that.

It counts if it counts to you... if you know what I mean.

P.S: liked you long informative post, made for good reading and decent increase in my old school gaming knowledge.

Hehe, I guess it doesn't really feel old school then Maybe once SC2 comes out! Fun thread btw, trips down memory lane are never wrong - at least not when it's down Gaming Avenue.

 

[Connor Lonske]

1:Sonic
2:Alien Storm(I liked it)
3:Zombies Ate My Neighbors(That one was actually good)

I would post N64 games, but they are slightly modern games, so using those would not be fair.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

yes unfortunately, but true..i havent had that quality doom experience since the first one, so i didn't end up buying the second or third one, played em at a friends but they didn't tend to hold my interest after one playthrough

It seems to me that whether a game ages well or not is very dependent on what type of game it is. FPS and RTS games age poorly, where as RPG and puzzle games seems to age quite well.
Now I am a being very broad there, and there are quite a few exceptions I'm sure, but in general I believe what I have said holds true.

i tend to think this also, the only RTS off the top of my head thats held up is Starcraft..which is soon to be replaced by its sequel, most rpg's i can replay and experience the same feeling and accomplishment in beating it, besides the story and characters, alot of it is cut and dry imo

fps tend to get smoother..take on a few different angles that are seen time and time again, but your right as they get outdated and outplayed and eventually move on to a new fps

Well put. I'm glad we agree, shows I'm either sane or at least not alone in my insanity...

haha either way, kudos and cookies to us in our sanity =]

this is why im pumped for this year, lots of rpg's out that im looking forward to playing

(im gonna take my first nab at a mmorpg,with the old republic, dk how long that will last though)

 

[Captain Pancake]

Civ 4
simcity 4
Morrowind.

Morrowind is chief amongst them because seriously, I fucking love that game.

And yes, the gratuitous swearing was necessary to elucidate my point.

How young are you that a game that came out in 2005 and was supported with expansions up to 2008 is "old school".

How attention seeking are you that you get off on pointing out the small flaws in my original statement?

Check the OP, it says there's no clear definition of "old school" for the point of this thread. I'm talking about games that I have bought that weren't immediately released. I'm so terribly sorry that I don't conform to your own, perfect image in this thread, oh great and powerful Nwabudike Morgan.

You seriously consider 5 years ago old school? Wow. When I think of old school I think asteroids, missile defend, donkey kong, and all those other old arcade came that were around 20 years ago.

Dude, it's just my opinion, they're relatively old games that I still enjoy. I won't reiterate myself, so just look back to my previous posts in case my statement wasn't clear enough.