Classic Gaming Appreciation

Psychedub Dude · 07-14-2013, 06:32 PM

Here we can discuss all our favorite adventures of the old school. You know, the good ol days where you just had to turn the system on and play. No day of DLC, updates or multiplayer passes. Just pure gaming goodness.

Kulture · 07-14-2013, 06:34 PM

I was obsessed with a few games such as Mario Kart 64 and Timesplitters 2, I really enjoyed Star Wars Battlefront II as well and SSX Tricky.

duga · 07-14-2013, 09:12 PM

I was just thinking about some of the old school games I used to play back in the day. I wish the PS network had more of them...I might get a Wii just to get some of these games. 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, Double Dragon, Battletoads, Ghosts n' Goblins, Contra...oh man, I'm getting all nostalgic. The next generation is going to miss out on some old school fun...we didn't need graphics.

Stephen · 07-14-2013, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by duga

Ghosts n' Goblins

Yeah I forgot all about that one until I came across it in MAME. Never got very far though.

Asteroids was probably my first gaming obsession.

Aperture Science · 07-15-2013, 12:37 AM

YES! Now I have a place to vent all my nerdy old-school gaming -related things

Well, firstly: I've been looking at lists of what are considered the best SNES games, because I very much want to expand my collection. I recently bought Super Metroid , having never played a Metroid game, and having heard from many it's awesome. I look forward to playing through and beating it.

Also my other side project is Mario Bros 3, which, despite being a huge fan of the franchise, I've never beat

Surell · 07-15-2013, 02:59 AM

Ghosts and Goblins, with the night? That game used to kick my ass H a r d.

I also used to have a Super Mario Bros. compilation game, with like the first five games or something, it was wayyy fun. My dad even got all into it. Then I had a Kirby Dreamcourse (like golfing) game, one time i made a hole in one by mistake, it was ill.

Aperture Science · 07-15-2013, 03:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Surell

Ghosts and Goblins, with the night? That game used to kick my ass H a r d.

I also used to have a Super Mario Bros. compilation game, with like the first five games or something, it was wayyy fun. My dad even got all into it. Then I had a Kirby Dreamcourse (like golfing) game, one time i made a hole in one by mistake, it was ill.

You're probably referring to Super Mario All Stars on the SNES

Guybrush · 07-15-2013, 03:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Aperture Science

Well, firstly: I've been looking at lists of what are considered the best SNES games, because I very much want to expand my collection. I recently bought Super Metroid , having never played a Metroid game, and having heard from many it's awesome. I look forward to playing through and beating it.

Super Metroid is brilliant, probably my favorite SNES game just after A Link to the Past. I managed to complete the whole game in this minimum amount of time (can't remember how long) that game me the awesomest picture reward of Samus Aran at the end. Basically, you are rewarded with a portrait of her and the less time you spent getting through to the end, the less armor she has on. In the best portrait, she only wears a bikini I think it was.

I used to play a lot of Commodore 64 and AMIGA 500. Particularly the latter had a lot of awesome games, many of which later found their way onto the PC, like the first two Monkey Island games, It Came From the Desert or Lemmings. Besides the first two monkey islands, I think my favorite AMIGA game was Moonstone with the tagline A Hard Days Knight. It was a gory game in which you controlled one of four knights and all you did was slay monsters and other knights with your sword in these one-screen-battlefields. It was awesome!

Anyone else played it? I hear many think it's hard, but every enemy has its own strategy that they're weak against so you basically just have to learn it and it's relatively easy.

Aperture Science · 07-15-2013, 03:22 AM

Good! I'm glad to hear. I've heard that from a lot of people! Im excited to finally play it

Surell · 07-15-2013, 03:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Aperture Science

You're probably referring to Super Mario All Stars on the SNES

YEs! I believe you're correct. I would still know but i gave it away. :((((

07-14-2013, 06:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
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duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	I was just thinking about some of the old school games I used to play back in the day. I wish the PS network had more of them...I might get a Wii just to get some of these games. 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, Double Dragon, Battletoads, Ghosts n' Goblins, Contra...oh man, I'm getting all nostalgic. The next generation is going to miss out on some old school fun...we didn't need graphics. __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...

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Kulture Groupie Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom Posts: 22	I was obsessed with a few games such as Mario Kart 64 and Timesplitters 2, I really enjoyed Star Wars Battlefront II as well and SSX Tricky.