Question for us Old school gamers only.

SNES and Genesis are not old school, or maybe I'm just old *sigh* :lol:acekicka

we all are, hell 19-20 is 'old' in the gamign world full of 12-13 year old kids, that have no respect for the truely old gamers (several of my friends on xbl are 30+)

edit:notsaying 30 is 'old' in reality, but in the gaming world it is

Same here, when I was a kid, I had plenty of time with no money.... NOw I got the money and not nearly enough time.

Zandeus

I hear you man! We're stuck in the old catch 22 I'm afraid. As a kid I would blow so much time in arcades (SF2, Mortal Kombat, Killer Instinct, King of Fighters, TMNT, X Men, Captain America, etc.), at the local college's computer lab playing LAN games (Rise of the Triad, Terminal Velocity, C&C, Duke3d, Total Annihilation, UT, Quake 3) or at home with my NES, SNES, or Genesis. You could blowentire weekendsplaying through any number of RPG's back then (LttP, FF6, Chrono Trigger).

Even when I went to college I blew lots of time playing SSBM, Halo, and many other games with my friends.

Now that I have a job, I have the money for any game I want, just no time. It sucks. But there's not anything out right now that I absolutely HAVE to have... yet. There's a lot of cool games on the horizon though... this fall is going to be bananas!

1994-1998 were the best 5 years of gaming to ever grace the industry. 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998.

Super Metroid, Virtua Fighter, Tekken, Earthworm Jim, Donkey Kong Country, WarCraft, System Shock, Marathon, Final Fantasy VI, Killer Instinct, TIE Fighter, Doom II, Command & Conquer, Chrono Trigger, Star Wars: Dark Forces, Descent, Earthbound, Heroes of Might and Magic, WarCraft II: Tides of Darkness, Donkey Kong Country 2, Duke Nukem 3D, Resident Evil, Super Mario RPG, Quake, Super Mario 64, Tekken 2, TESII: Daggerfall, Crash Bandicoot, C&C: Red Alert, Tomb Raider, Diablo, Final Doom, Donkey Kong Country 3, Turok: DH, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, SW: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter, Goldeneye 007, Final Fantasy VII, HeXen II, Fallout, Total Annihilation, Grand Theft Auto, SW JK: Dark Forces II, Age of Empires, Postal, Quake II, The Curse of Monkey Island, Parasite Eve, StarCraft, Unreal, Banjo-Kazooie, Metal Gear Solid, Fallout 2, Pokemon Red/Blue, Grim Fandango, Xenogears, Half Life, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Thief: The Dark Project, Baldur's Gate, Turok 2: Seeds of Evil...

*phew*
foxhound_fox

wow great post! Something for everyone in there! although I wish you'd included 1999 so we could have scraped in Planetscape torment! lol

Edit and man you forgot the XCom games, I loved those!

1994-1998 were the best 5 years of gaming to ever grace the industry. 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998.

Super Metroid, Virtua Fighter, Tekken, Earthworm Jim, Donkey Kong Country, WarCraft, System Shock, Marathon, Final Fantasy VI, Killer Instinct, TIE Fighter, Doom II, Command & Conquer, Chrono Trigger, Star Wars: Dark Forces, Descent, Earthbound, Heroes of Might and Magic, WarCraft II: Tides of Darkness, Donkey Kong Country 2, Duke Nukem 3D, Resident Evil, Super Mario RPG, Quake, Super Mario 64, Tekken 2, TESII: Daggerfall, Crash Bandicoot, C&C: Red Alert, Tomb Raider, Diablo, Final Doom, Donkey Kong Country 3, Turok: DH, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, SW: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter, Goldeneye 007, Final Fantasy VII, HeXen II, Fallout, Total Annihilation, Grand Theft Auto, SW JK: Dark Forces II, Age of Empires, Postal, Quake II, The Curse of Monkey Island, Parasite Eve, StarCraft, Unreal, Banjo-Kazooie, Metal Gear Solid, Fallout 2, Pokemon Red/Blue, Grim Fandango, Xenogears, Half Life, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Thief: The Dark Project, Baldur's Gate, Turok 2: Seeds of Evil...

*phew*
foxhound_fox

gaming now is not what it once was, now all anyone cares about is graphics. back then, it was all about gameplay, having fun, kids today dont understand that, give me atari with pong anyday

wow great post! Something for everyone in there! although I wish you'd included 1999 so we could have scraped in Planetscape torment! lol

Edit and man you forgot the XCom games, I loved those!

blue_hazy_basic

it's like how PC games have higher standards. well we older gamers have had standards increasing as well. I used to love games like contra and lifeforce. now they bore me. i can't even play most arcade games without getting bored.

My standards are at a point that not much will really impress me. everything has been an evolution and most of the old games don't really stand the test of time. sure they can be fun but not really memorable because i've seen a million variations of the same story and game. I think the only games that i really find memorable in recent years are the ones that had great stories that made me feel something.

Well im gonna be 36 this year..Im oldschool..I still have my original Atari 2600 and every system up to now. I have around 1400 games too....I have been an ARCADE rat back in the days and still to this day play everyone of my consoles.

I remember the first game I ever beat was Asteroids for the Atari 2600. You had to flip the score...crazy fun. Then the next game I remember beating was Super Mario for NES at 5:30 in the morning...lol..I will never forget all my old games.

Im lucky to be married to a great woman that supports my gaming passions and buys me things all the time. Plus I have passed on my gaming adiction to my 2 boys.

It has been a fantastic way to spend spare time between work, kids, wife, workingout, and such.......Thanks goes out to all the game developers and Arcade manchines.....Peace.

MOHaashkilla

I grew up on Life Force, Contra, Megaman 2, Double Dragon, River City Ransom.

I find the progression games to be amazing and with each new generation we get new and better versions of things... but not always. It's not like there weren't bad games in the 80s and early 90s. The only thing I regret with technology is the loss of side scrolling shooters and beatemups.

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]wow great post! Something for everyone in there! although I wish you'd included 1999 so we could have scraped in Planetscape torment! lol

Edit and man you forgot the XCom games, I loved those!

foxhound_fox

Thanks I feel all warm inside now!!! :D

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]wow great post! Something for everyone in there! although I wish you'd included 1999 so we could have scraped in Planetscape torment! lol

Edit and man you forgot the XCom games, I loved those!

foxhound_fox