Classic Gaming Appreciation

Unknown Soldier · 08-07-2013, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by FRED HALE SR.

Pulled out my NES last night and played excite bike and kung fu master for about 18 hours straight. NES has still got it after all these years. Mike Tysons punchout is on the agenda tonight. Gonna beat Tysons ass.

You actually played 18 hours straight? Or is this just a turn of phrase

djchameleon · 08-07-2013, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Psychedub Dude

I hooked up my N64 last night and played a little bit of Conkers Bad Fur Day. Good lawd this game is so much funnier now that I get all the references and can understand whats going on

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Originally Posted by FRED HALE SR.

Pulled out my NES last night and played excite bike and kung fu master for about 18 hours straight. NES has still got it after all these years. Mike Tysons punchout is on the agenda tonight. Gonna beat Tysons ass.

well screw you both. I dusted off my SNES and the **** is broken. It doesn't work anymore. I wanted to get down on some Marvel Superheroes game.

FRED HALE SR. · 08-07-2013, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

You actually played 18 hours straight? Or is this just a turn of phrase

I added a 1. Should have been 8 hours straight. And DJ you can buy them for fifty bucks refurbished, no excuses.

Unknown Soldier · 08-07-2013, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by FRED HALE SR.

I added a 1. Should have been 8 hours straight. And DJ you can buy them for fifty bucks refurbished, no excuses.

Even 8 hours is serious gaming.

djchameleon · 08-07-2013, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

Even 8 hours is serious gaming.

Yeah, 8 hours on NES games is serious gaming.

WWWP · 08-07-2013, 06:09 PM

I beat Soul Caliber in the Classic Corner at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk arcade this weekend in one run. Never been more proud of myself.

Engine · 08-07-2013, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by FRED HALE SR.

I added a 1. Should have been 8 hours straight. And DJ you can buy them for fifty bucks refurbished, no excuses.

I was also a bit shocked by your 18 hour gamespan but I could believe it. Excite Bike is awesome and it takes quite a while to beat Mike Tyson.
I think I spent 80% of my free time during middle school playing one of my favorite NES games, The Legend of Kage. Watching videos of the game gives me nostalgic chills. I might have to make that $50 investment.

Psychedub Dude · 08-07-2013, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by FRED HALE SR.

Pulled out my NES last night and played excite bike and kung fu master for about 18 hours straight. NES has still got it after all these years. Mike Tysons punchout is on the agenda tonight. Gonna beat Tysons ass.

Nice! You can't go wrong with NES, Punch Out! was my sheet when I was little, I don't think I ever got past the 3rd dude tho haha

As for peeps who who need a working retro console; this game store in my area sells these kick ass NES/SNES combo systems. I don't have one myself (my SNES still works), but they seem like a good solutiion to a lack of retro goodness

dunno if these are the exact model, but these are pretty much the same ones they have at that store I mentioned
Amazon.com: Tomee Inc C2 NES/SNES Retro Twin Gaming System - Silver: Video Games

**Yac** · 08-14-2013, 08:33 AM

I don't think I can recall any games from my atari 2600 times (well, I do remember some, but I don't really care for any of them).
But
Lately I've been digging up old Infinity engine Bioware games. Baldurs gates, icewind dales, planescape torment etc - they're all dirt cheap on gog.com and work well on win7.
Boy, what a trip it's been! Nostalgia aside, these games are soooo different from what we get nowadays. There is a plot! There are no huge blinkig markers for quest objectives. There are very well hidden quests that most players will miss. I remember back in the day Icewind Dale was treated as a hack'n slash game, not a real rpg. Well, compared to many new games, the dialogue, the characters, the story .. it's amazing. It's still a hack n slash game, but when you stop for a while, stop disemboweling orcs and look around, there is a surprising amount of fluff.
And that's Icewind Dale - it's significantly less robust than Baldurs Gate 2, one of the biggest if not the biggest rpg game up to date. 100+ hours of actual gameplay, not some idiotic mmo style grind, without "cunning" ideas that make the game longer.
now if only all of this wasn't this cliche canon fantasy crap ...
Wait, I also re-started fallout 2 (for like a 1000th time), and while the game might be frustrating to those playing it for the 1st time as there is almost no tutorial and there is absolutely no balance, for a veteran like me it's still surprisingly fun to play.

FRED HALE SR. · 08-14-2013, 10:35 AM

Hit up Camelot yesterday with my girl for some miniature golf. Had fun and then proceeded to the arcade room where i found Rastan which is quite possibly one of the greatest games of alltime.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...Lvqfx6wpyvaayw

I played on one dollar for about an hour until she wanted to leave. So much fun.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...Z3IywIII2KvnWw

Camelot is amazingly fun. I felt like a twelve year old but what you gonna do.

08-14-2013, 08:33 AM	#69 (permalink)
Yac Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: It's a secret too. Posts: 1,363	I don't think I can recall any games from my atari 2600 times (well, I do remember some, but I don't really care for any of them). But Lately I've been digging up old Infinity engine Bioware games. Baldurs gates, icewind dales, planescape torment etc - they're all dirt cheap on gog.com and work well on win7. Boy, what a trip it's been! Nostalgia aside, these games are soooo different from what we get nowadays. There is a plot! There are no huge blinkig markers for quest objectives. There are very well hidden quests that most players will miss. I remember back in the day Icewind Dale was treated as a hack'n slash game, not a real rpg. Well, compared to many new games, the dialogue, the characters, the story .. it's amazing. It's still a hack n slash game, but when you stop for a while, stop disemboweling orcs and look around, there is a surprising amount of fluff. And that's Icewind Dale - it's significantly less robust than Baldurs Gate 2, one of the biggest if not the biggest rpg game up to date. 100+ hours of actual gameplay, not some idiotic mmo style grind, without "cunning" ideas that make the game longer. now if only all of this wasn't this cliche canon fantasy crap ... Wait, I also re-started fallout 2 (for like a 1000th time), and while the game might be frustrating to those playing it for the 1st time as there is almost no tutorial and there is absolutely no balance, for a veteran like me it's still surprisingly fun to play.

08-14-2013, 10:35 AM	#70 (permalink)
FRED HALE SR. Neo-Maxi-Zoom-Dweebie Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: So-Cal Posts: 3,752	Hit up Camelot yesterday with my girl for some miniature golf. Had fun and then proceeded to the arcade room where i found Rastan which is quite possibly one of the greatest games of alltime. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...Lvqfx6wpyvaayw I played on one dollar for about an hour until she wanted to leave. So much fun. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...Z3IywIII2KvnWw Camelot is amazingly fun. I felt like a twelve year old but what you gonna do.