Classic Gaming Appreciation

Guybrush · 07-15-2013, 03:34 AM

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Originally Posted by duga

There are the obvious classics (Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Final Fantasy VI, all the Mario games). And then games I just plain miss like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles In Time

All these for sure

Turtles in Time was a good mention. It's probably my favorite beat em up of all time.

FFVI took a couple of tries before I could complete it. The first time, I made it just past the floating island before I was just exhausted from all the damn random encounters

I quit then and didn't pick it up until a year or two later and made it through the whole thing.

I love it, it's so ambitious. But the random encounters do get old after a while and on the whole I prefer action RPGs/adventures like Secret of Mana or Chrono Trigger. And none of them get close to the enjoyment I get out of The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. The following Zelda game, Link's Awakening for the GB, was also great.

~~butthead aka 216~~ · 07-15-2013, 04:01 AM

First games I remember playing on anything post-NES was General Chaos and Zelda on the Sega. My two most played games of my youth were House of the Dead (Dreamcast) and Super Smash Bros (N64). I dominate lives using Samus.

Guybrush · 07-15-2013, 04:37 AM

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Originally Posted by 216

Zelda on the Sega

There was a Zelda game for Sega?

djchameleon · 07-15-2013, 06:24 AM

Chrono Trigger!

I just had to have a Chrono Trigger outburst because I miss that game and the hours that I poured into it attempting to get the different endings.

Also some of those NES games were so unforgiving and hard for no damn reason lol.

Most of the Mega Man games for example. I don't think I ever beat any of them. I loved all the Disney Cartoon video game adaptions like Ducktales, Tailspin, Rescue Rangers, Darkwing Duck.

Well besides Darkwing Duck, I was designing my own version of how I wanted a Darkwing Duck game to be on numerous graph papers and when the game came out I was soooo heated! I ended up transferring my design into a board game for a school project.

Did anyone else spend countless hours playing that Island Adventure game with the caveman to not get very far? Gah, talk about frustrating.

misspoptart · 07-15-2013, 07:38 AM

I never played Chrono Trigger but everyone always raves about it. I have a chipped PS2 I could play it on. Should I order it off Amazon?

djchameleon · 07-15-2013, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by misspoptart

I never played Chrono Trigger but everyone always raves about it. I have a chipped PS2 I could play it on. Should I order it off Amazon?

Of course you should! but Chrono Trigger was for the SNES. Chrono Cross came out on PS1 I believe but it'll work on PS2 or it should.

Aperture Science · 07-15-2013, 12:09 PM

I played Chrono Trigger on the ps1..and was blown away how good it is. Great characters, great story, amazing gameplay, soundtrack. So good!

I also have FFVI, but it's another one of those games that's still sitting in my pile of games to beat. I'll get around to it sometime but I kinda blew my wad on RPGS for a while...so-to-speak

Psychedub Dude · 07-15-2013, 01:39 PM

YAY for all the Chrono Trigger mentions!

That was like my introduction to JRPGs, and it remains as one of my all time favorite games!! The time traveling story is so cool, the music is amazing and Frog is the quintessential bad ass

Oh and Misspoptart mentioned getting the port of Chrono Trigger on PS1, I'd highly recommend it. It's also on the DS.

Also Final Fantasy was a huge series for me when I was younger. VI was great like a few peeps mentioned, I also poured countless hours into the ps1 era titles (VII, VIII and IX) Way too much infact, I think I had one VII file that was over 100 hours. Getting a Gold Chocobo was a real bitch haha

As for The Legend Of Zelda, I was a huge fan of Link To The Past as well. It's such a epic game and it's incredible how they fit such a huge adventure on a cartridge.

I really dug The Wind Waker too. The graphics and island setting was a nice fresh change of pace and scenery for the series. It has some of the best combat of the series too IMO.

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Zelda on the Sega.

~~butthead aka 216~~ · 07-15-2013, 01:51 PM

i dunno maybe it wasnt on sega i just remember playin TMNT and Zelda a lot when i was young. the games i remember playing on my grandmas SNES were Rage and Little League Baseball (canada ruled in that game LOL). Then dreamcast was all about House of the Dead and the controller that was a gun. Then ps2 was all about that SSX tricky!!!!

Psychedub Dude · 07-15-2013, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by 216

i dunno maybe it wasnt on sega i just remember playin TMNT and Zelda a lot when i was young. the games i remember playing on my grandmas SNES were Rage and Little League Baseball (canada ruled in that game LOL). Then dreamcast was all about House of the Dead and the controller that was a gun. Then ps2 was all about that SSX tricky!!!!

Yeah as far as I know, TLoZ wasn't on Sega. Maybe your thinking of the CD-I games? I hope not though, because they were so bad haha You're probably thinking a Link To The Past because you didn't mention anything Nintendo after SNES.

Dude House Of The Dead owns, so much fun. I wish I still had my Dreamcast, there were some kick ass games on it! Soul Calibur, Powerstone, Sonic Adventure to name a few.

Anybody remember Mutant League Football or Mutant League Hockey on the Genesis? Those games were so crazy, I've been hoping for a reboot of that franchise forever.

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~~butthead aka 216~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: freely swimmin thru the waters of glory much like a majestic bald eagle soars thru the skies Posts: 1,463	First games I remember playing on anything post-NES was General Chaos and Zelda on the Sega. My two most played games of my youth were House of the Dead (Dreamcast) and Super Smash Bros (N64). I dominate lives using Samus.

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~~butthead aka 216~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: freely swimmin thru the waters of glory much like a majestic bald eagle soars thru the skies Posts: 1,463	i dunno maybe it wasnt on sega i just remember playin TMNT and Zelda a lot when i was young. the games i remember playing on my grandmas SNES were Rage and Little League Baseball (canada ruled in that game LOL). Then dreamcast was all about House of the Dead and the controller that was a gun. Then ps2 was all about that SSX tricky!!!!