Firing up my NES for the first time when I was 4 years old and playing Super Mario Bros. 3. Before then I had always just played it at my cousins' house, but then it hit me: this one is MINE!
Poll: Old school gaming
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Another world! Yes! I loved that game! What a great early game that's also an awesome piece of storytelling.teh_gunslinger said:
I went from that to Flashback, which was also pretty awesome.
Too bad 'Fade to Black' sucked.
Personally, I would think a 'retro gamer' would be someone who plays retro games exclusively. Some people just think that games were better back in the day (A view I think is terribly mislead), and they'd rather fire up Pong and Asteroid then Modern Warfare 2 or Mass Effect or something.
I wouldn't consider myself (OR you) to be retro games just because we like playing old games.
We just have a larger gaming pallet then those to would rather stay in the 'now'.
My first memories of gaming come from the old Amiga my dad had way back. I have no idea if he ever used it for anything beyond gaming (not that I ever saw him play a game, he's not into anything like that at all) or if he just bought it for me and my brother to play on. What I do remember though were the awesome games we used to have, like Basejumper, Zool, and Cool Spot. I used to play a huge amount of demos too, as my dad would come home with the Amiga magazine and I'd rip the floppy straight off and just play whatever was on it.
I'm not a particularly old school gamer... my gaming life pretty much started as 3D was becomming the next big thing with N64's and whatnot... not that I knew anything about the industry back then, I just liked playing the games (I've only really become more interested in the industry side of gaming this generation, infact)
I'm currently 19, and generally speaking I play the most recent games - God of War III, Uncharted 2, etc etc. That said, I do appreciate the value of older consoles and games... heck, I have an original Sega Master System II in my attic
I'm currently 19, and generally speaking I play the most recent games - God of War III, Uncharted 2, etc etc. That said, I do appreciate the value of older consoles and games... heck, I have an original Sega Master System II in my attic
I really enjoy old school gaming - in fact I have an old 486 I haven't bothered upgrading so that I can still play the golden oldies (Syndicate, Descent, Rise of the Triads, etc...). My first ever gaming platform was a ZX Spectrum, but I don't take retro gaming that far.
With Microsoft's seemingly never-ending war on backwards compatibility it's kinda cool to have an old PC knocking around that I can play Dune 2 or X-Wing on!
With Microsoft's seemingly never-ending war on backwards compatibility it's kinda cool to have an old PC knocking around that I can play Dune 2 or X-Wing on!
When I was 4 years old, we were on vacation in Gerlos (Austria), it was the first time I went skiing.
In the hotel we stayed, they had this Pac-Man arcade machine...
It was heaven, each second of spare time I had in the evenings was spend behind that magical box.
One of the few thing I still remember from that long ago (well, that, and my grandfather).
Also, playing Super Mario All-Stars on the SNES at my nephews place, probably played more on it than he did...
Which also makes me recall the day I got my personal little console: a good ol' grey PlayStation, together with Spyro 2. Got it on the 6th of december, and I didn't even have a memorycard till 25 december. To make matters worse, my parents had set up a 'a half hour of play every evening'-policy.
Christ... In those three weeks, I rushed like a madman, trying to get one level further, to see what it was all about, just to lose it all again the next day...
Oh, how I miss those days.
*sheds a tear*
In the hotel we stayed, they had this Pac-Man arcade machine...
It was heaven, each second of spare time I had in the evenings was spend behind that magical box.
One of the few thing I still remember from that long ago (well, that, and my grandfather).
Also, playing Super Mario All-Stars on the SNES at my nephews place, probably played more on it than he did...
Which also makes me recall the day I got my personal little console: a good ol' grey PlayStation, together with Spyro 2. Got it on the 6th of december, and I didn't even have a memorycard till 25 december. To make matters worse, my parents had set up a 'a half hour of play every evening'-policy.
Christ... In those three weeks, I rushed like a madman, trying to get one level further, to see what it was all about, just to lose it all again the next day...
Oh, how I miss those days.
*sheds a tear*
Well, sorry for that. I guess that comment was out of line. I just seems really careless to post a thread on something that has been posted a hundred times before, and this is what I see as typical child behaviourAboveUp said:
I'm just really tired of people talking about a game that I really hate.Well, it's generic in the way that : you choose a side, choose a class and kill the other team. Each side has a specific colour, each class has a special ability and the killing... well. I have seen these things in "Alien Vs. Predator" , "Battlefield 1942" and the Battlefield series. To me it seems generic, and I would much rather play CS.TheComedown said:
There are plenty of good, old games out there, and "Another World" , "Flashback" and "Prince Of Persia" and those kind of adventure games were always my favourites. I loved "Another World" and I thought the graphics were truly amazing for the SNES standard. "Flashback" is like a step in the right direction, so I remember playing this game alot aswell. I've heard of this game called "Black Thorne" for the SNES being a similiar game like "Flashback" and another vampire-themed game called "Nosferatu"(?) or something.
I remember good days playing "Street Gangs" with a friend of mine on the NES. Oh, the good times we had. The games are so simple, and it is truly amazing what good control schemes can do for a game. A=Kick, B=Punch, A+B=jump and add combos. Great game along with "Double Dragon" and of course "Super Mario Bros 3".
This is great! I want some more retro gaming moments from you
There was a lengthy period where it seemed like all my friends had consoles. I did not. My house was not a gaming-friendly one. However, one year my grandmother asked me over the phone what I wanted for Christmas, and when I gave an honest answer, it just so happened that neither parent was around to belay my request. They were a little shocked when I unwrapped the gift, but they had not the will to take it from me:
It was a brand spanking new Sega Genesis.
I was the only Sega-owner in the neighborhood. Everyone else had either an NES or an SNES. This uniqueness made my house a popular gaming venue until the 32-bit systems came along. I had a small collection of games, but I played each of them many times, a habit that has informed my gaming to this day; I'll replay a game that (I think) the average gamer would describe as having no replayability at least two or three times, often more.
Here is the collection, which I've ranked from least difficult to most difficult as I remember them:
? Sonic the Hedgehog: The first game I ever really mastered. The spinning special stages that often frustrated my friends when they attempted them were simply no match for my ability to plan for the effects of gravity.
? Sonic the Hedgehog 2: A superior game to its predecessor, and while I was capable of beating it, I was never as good at it as I was at the first one. Twelve stages was just too many! Fun fact: At one point, I rented Sonic and Knuckles and plugged Sonic 2 into it. I made it to the end as Knuckles, only to discover that the echidna could not physically jump high enough to reach the final Robotnik-bot's one vulnerable spot.
? Jurassic Park: You could play as Grant or as a Raptor. I mastered the Raptor, but my Dr. Grant was an inept buffoon, always tumbling off of cliffs and waterfalls.
? X-Men: I never beat this one on any mode other than easy (or "amateur" in the game's terms). This is because Amateur difficulty omitted Mojo's World from the levels. The level was on a countdown timer to exploding, and the only way to win was to perform a soft reset on the system to stop the countdown. I didn't learn of this solution until many years later, after the system was no longer in my possession.
Winter Olympics: Lillehammer '94: I invariably beat my friends at this came, which is to say they finished last in every event while I finished second to last. This game proved to be an un-scalable mountain.
It was a brand spanking new Sega Genesis.
I was the only Sega-owner in the neighborhood. Everyone else had either an NES or an SNES. This uniqueness made my house a popular gaming venue until the 32-bit systems came along. I had a small collection of games, but I played each of them many times, a habit that has informed my gaming to this day; I'll replay a game that (I think) the average gamer would describe as having no replayability at least two or three times, often more.
Here is the collection, which I've ranked from least difficult to most difficult as I remember them:
? Sonic the Hedgehog: The first game I ever really mastered. The spinning special stages that often frustrated my friends when they attempted them were simply no match for my ability to plan for the effects of gravity.
? Sonic the Hedgehog 2: A superior game to its predecessor, and while I was capable of beating it, I was never as good at it as I was at the first one. Twelve stages was just too many! Fun fact: At one point, I rented Sonic and Knuckles and plugged Sonic 2 into it. I made it to the end as Knuckles, only to discover that the echidna could not physically jump high enough to reach the final Robotnik-bot's one vulnerable spot.
? Jurassic Park: You could play as Grant or as a Raptor. I mastered the Raptor, but my Dr. Grant was an inept buffoon, always tumbling off of cliffs and waterfalls.
? X-Men: I never beat this one on any mode other than easy (or "amateur" in the game's terms). This is because Amateur difficulty omitted Mojo's World from the levels. The level was on a countdown timer to exploding, and the only way to win was to perform a soft reset on the system to stop the countdown. I didn't learn of this solution until many years later, after the system was no longer in my possession.
Winter Olympics: Lillehammer '94: I invariably beat my friends at this came, which is to say they finished last in every event while I finished second to last. This game proved to be an un-scalable mountain.
I'll forgive you... If only for mentioning Flashback later on in that post. I have a lot of fond memories of that game. I remember the entire family sitting in front of the SNES trying to figure out what to do next.He_Is_Legend said:Well, sorry for that. I guess that comment was out of line. I just seems really careless to post a thread on something that has been posted a hundred times before, and this is what I see as typical child behaviourAboveUp said:
I guess that's why my aunt also loved Oddworld so much. It's the same line of gameplay and awesome immersive story telling that FlashBack had, only one generation later.
I'm 18 and I grew up with the SNES. I will play with my SNES until it dies. My sister, who is older, grew up with a NES and I've played a few of them as well. I enjoy new games and the new graphics/possibilities they present but at the end of the day I'll end up replaying Star Fox or F-Zero... I'm not a fanboy, honest.
As far as the poll goes, I'm in the 20-25 vote.
I think one of my favorite memories was back when I was like 3 years old, and finally made it to the first Bowser in Super Mario Bros. by myself. I died and got a game over pretty soon after that. lol
I think one of my favorite memories was back when I was like 3 years old, and finally made it to the first Bowser in Super Mario Bros. by myself. I died and got a game over pretty soon after that. lol
I'm 32 and my first gaming experience was with a Radiofin console (Pong, essentially!), then a Dragon 32 (Andriod Attack, Cuthbert Goes Walk About) then a Commodore 64. I remember being really chuffed we finally had a mainstream computer I could walk to the shops and buy games for! When we had the Dragon we had to go to games shows and computer fairs to fins anything for it. Then of course the Amigas took over form there. I didn't get a console till the PS1, then the 2 then I switched sides to the Xbox 360.
My main favourite games in the '90s on the Commodores were side view shoot-'em-ups and platformers; Turrican 1 & 2, R-Type, Amalyte, Denaris etc. Now the technology has progressed I pretty much only play first or third person shooters; I've just finished Metro 2033. I love to explore as well as shoot stuff, so I adore games like Fallout 3 and the Half-Life series that let you go at your own pace and have a good poke about.
My main favourite games in the '90s on the Commodores were side view shoot-'em-ups and platformers; Turrican 1 & 2, R-Type, Amalyte, Denaris etc. Now the technology has progressed I pretty much only play first or third person shooters; I've just finished Metro 2033. I love to explore as well as shoot stuff, so I adore games like Fallout 3 and the Half-Life series that let you go at your own pace and have a good poke about.
I'm in the 9-15 range, and I grew up playing Duke Nukem 3D, Wolfenstein 3D, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, all that great, mature, stuff.
Even today, I play Wolfenstein 3D (recently beat Episode 3), Duke Nukem 3D, and even old games that I've never played before. I bought the Quake pack on Steam, frequently play some SNES and NES games, have tried (and plan playing more of) Daggerfall, and I love exploring the times that I've missed.
I barely play TF2 by the way.
Even today, I play Wolfenstein 3D (recently beat Episode 3), Duke Nukem 3D, and even old games that I've never played before. I bought the Quake pack on Steam, frequently play some SNES and NES games, have tried (and plan playing more of) Daggerfall, and I love exploring the times that I've missed.
I barely play TF2 by the way.
I chose 40-40 because I assumed you meant 36-40
First ever console, I can't remember the name, but it was some Atari clone with pre programmed Pong clones, Tennis, Squash, Football, then doubles versions of said games.
Memorable retro games.
ZX Spectrum
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Target Renegade: Co-op with a friend, great times
MatchDay 2: Soccer, great fun.
The Double: An incredibly in depth soccer management game
Commodore Amiga
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The heyday of retro gaming for me.
Championship Manager:
Sensible World of Soccer:
Frontier:
and Oh so many more.
First ever console, I can't remember the name, but it was some Atari clone with pre programmed Pong clones, Tennis, Squash, Football, then doubles versions of said games.
Memorable retro games.
ZX Spectrum
-----------
Target Renegade: Co-op with a friend, great times
MatchDay 2: Soccer, great fun.
The Double: An incredibly in depth soccer management game
Commodore Amiga
---------------
The heyday of retro gaming for me.
Championship Manager:
Sensible World of Soccer:
Frontier:
and Oh so many more.
Alot of good memories.
When I think back of all the hours I spent in front of our old TV playing my brother's NES, It makes me feel glad that I was born in the mid 80's and had such a great gaming childhood.
The early 90's were when thegaming community and retail really kicked off and started becoming a buisness. It's a shame I didn't get to play these really old consoles (Dragon was mentioned and some others), but my time was the cannonizing time for the gaming industry. My friend had one of those consoles which looks like an old PC with giant, floppy discs which you inserted into a disc slot that was separat from the screen, which only had a couple of colours. I would really like to get a hold of that machine and those discs because they were really fun, but I didn't understand English one bit back then...
"Flashback" was a great game, and It certaintly was more "understanding" than "Another World". Those games are pretty sweet. Yes! "Oddworld" for the Ps1. Haven't really played it, but I remember it being much fuzz about it actually.
Well, there could be a discussion, but right now, I'm just interested for the people of the world to share their gaming history with me
Keep em coming
When I think back of all the hours I spent in front of our old TV playing my brother's NES, It makes me feel glad that I was born in the mid 80's and had such a great gaming childhood.
The early 90's were when thegaming community and retail really kicked off and started becoming a buisness. It's a shame I didn't get to play these really old consoles (Dragon was mentioned and some others), but my time was the cannonizing time for the gaming industry. My friend had one of those consoles which looks like an old PC with giant, floppy discs which you inserted into a disc slot that was separat from the screen, which only had a couple of colours. I would really like to get a hold of that machine and those discs because they were really fun, but I didn't understand English one bit back then...
"Flashback" was a great game, and It certaintly was more "understanding" than "Another World". Those games are pretty sweet. Yes! "Oddworld" for the Ps1. Haven't really played it, but I remember it being much fuzz about it actually.
Well, there could be a discussion, but right now, I'm just interested for the people of the world to share their gaming history with me
Keep em coming
I'm 17, and I grew up with an N64 and a SNES. I loved the simple platformers; Kirby's Dreamland, and Super Mario World 3. I was a master of Bust-a-Move '99 on my 64 and a friend of mine got me hooked on Zelda years back. I still revisit my N64 games regularly (though I lost access to the older system when I moved out of a previous home, long story there).
I think my best moments were just figuring out something new or an easier way to do something, or (now anyways) remembering a trick I had previously forgotten. No specific examples I'm afraid...
I think my best moments were just figuring out something new or an easier way to do something, or (now anyways) remembering a trick I had previously forgotten. No specific examples I'm afraid...
I wasn't actually much into games growing up. I had an old NES and even picked up a Sega Genesis at one point, but I never played either all that much compared to many other kids I knew at the time. I was generally more happy to mess around with toy soldiers laying out elaborate battlefields and then knocking everything over like a miniature Godzilla or just playing around in the nearby park than to sit around playing video games.
It was eventually a mix of the original Age of Empires and Baldur's Gate that seriously got me into gaming. That doubble whammy of discovering both the RTS genre and the western RPG genre in the same short span of time did it for me, and I've been primarily a PC gamer and a huge fan of both genre ever since. Back then I was playing games on my fathers work computer, now I've got my own custom built gaming rig for the same purposes.
Every once and awhile I still load of Age of Empires 2 for a bit of nostalgic fun, but Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 remain stalwart permanent installations of my computer. Still playing the BG series over ten years after its release, that's quality.
Never really got into FPS competitively. Played some Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament when both were new and am still a fan of both series, but for the most part fps were never really my thing. I have never actually played any iteration of counterstrike, team fortress, and a whole slew of other popular mod-turned-retail games. My loss I suppose, but they never really appealed to me then and they still don't now.
It was eventually a mix of the original Age of Empires and Baldur's Gate that seriously got me into gaming. That doubble whammy of discovering both the RTS genre and the western RPG genre in the same short span of time did it for me, and I've been primarily a PC gamer and a huge fan of both genre ever since. Back then I was playing games on my fathers work computer, now I've got my own custom built gaming rig for the same purposes.
Every once and awhile I still load of Age of Empires 2 for a bit of nostalgic fun, but Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 remain stalwart permanent installations of my computer. Still playing the BG series over ten years after its release, that's quality.
Never really got into FPS competitively. Played some Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament when both were new and am still a fan of both series, but for the most part fps were never really my thing. I have never actually played any iteration of counterstrike, team fortress, and a whole slew of other popular mod-turned-retail games. My loss I suppose, but they never really appealed to me then and they still don't now.