Remember when Gaming was.....

Remember back in the day when gaming was fun, simple, and non gimmicky. There are so many gimmicks today with games, like Kinect, PS3 Move, and the Wii and 3DS. All these games that need some sort of motion picture style story lines. I Remember when you alone or with a buddy have some mountain dews while playing Contra. Those were the days, who else agrees? Contra?

Remember back in the day when gaming was fun, simple, and non gimmicky. There are so many gimmicks today with games, like Kinect, PS3 Move, and the Wii and 3DS. All these games that need some sort of motion picture style story lines. I Remember when you alone or with a buddy have some mountain dews while playing Contra. Those were the days, who else agrees? Contra?

Raiden004

Halo >> Contra.

Anyway, I agree with you. And the one, as we're all aware of, that started this kind of "gaming", was Nintendo.

Power Glove? Virtual Boy? Gimmics have always existed. Not much has changed. Nostalgia = rose-colored glasses.

Nothing is preventing you form reliving those memories, all these gimmicks are just the hot thing right now, its not like they are forcing you to buy them........yet

Sega Activator

Power Glove

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I wouldn't call 3DS a gimmick, and Wii actually has some good games using motion controls. My favourite yet is No More Heroes 2, so well used.

Basically what everyone says. Gimmicks have been around forever and no one is stopping you from playing Contra today.

[QUOTE="Meowmixxvi"]those days still exist today.akbar13

Beat me to it.

Remember back in the day when gaming was fun, simple, and non gimmicky. There are so many gimmicks today with games, like Kinect, PS3 Move, and the Wii and 3DS. All these games that need some sort of motion picture style story lines. I Remember when you alone or with a buddy have some mountain dews while playing Contra. Those were the days, who else agrees? Contra?

Raiden004

There have always been gimmicks. Tacking balls, attempts at 3d arcade cabinets, punch-out had these handles you held and punched with, light guns, etc, etc, etc.

I remember just like it was yesterday....oh wait it was.

it's so bad

non-gimmicky? when was gaming ever non-gimmicky?

[QUOTE="Raiden004"]

Remember back in the day when gaming was fun, simple, and non gimmicky. There are so many gimmicks today with games, like Kinect, PS3 Move, and the Wii and 3DS. All these games that need some sort of motion picture style story lines. I Remember when you alone or with a buddy have some mountain dews while playing Contra. Those were the days, who else agrees? Contra?

iDefineInfinity

Halo >> Contra.

Anyway, I agree with you. And the one, as we're all aware of, that started this kind of "gaming", was Nintendo.

[QUOTE="Meowmixxvi"]those days still exist today.akbar13

Only on PC??? not at all.

I've been playing RE5 in my PS3 with my friends in local co op, it's a lot of fun.

SSBB also provides a lot of fun with no online and no motion controls.

Those days still exist today, on PC and consoles alike.

Yep, absolutely no gimmicks back in the day...

...Oh wait.

there were still gimmicks before, they just werent as popular as some of the ones today :?

You guys didn't post a pic of this, it feels like I'm the only one here who played the Virtual Boy:

And very soon, both Kinect & PS Move will wind up like all of the other failed peripherals &/or add-on's (Like Virtual Boy, 32x, & Power Glove).

When have they ever succeeded when coming very late into a console's life?

Sounds like you're suffering from "nostalgia" brandontwb

Actually, a lot of old school games from the 8 and 16 bit era hold up today (at least in my opinion). I find that the early 3D games don't hold up nearly as well as the older 2D titles. Take Donkey Kong Country vs Donkey Kong 64 for example: the controls are much tighter in DKC and the game doesn't look like a blurry mess (as most N64 games looked). Although some 2D games simply don't do anything for me anymore. For instance: Mortal Kombat 2 seemed like such a great fighter when I was 8... then I went back and played it again and it sucks.

Also, this is post 12345 for me! WOOT!

[QUOTE="brandontwb"]Sounds like you're suffering from "nostalgia" slothboyadvance

Actually, a lot of old school games from the 8 and 16 bit era hold up today (at least in my opinion). I find that the early 3D games don't hold up nearly as well as the older 2D titles. Take Donkey Kong Country vs Donkey Kong 64 for example: the controls are much tighter in DKC and the game doesn't look like a blurry mess (as most N64 games looked). Although some 2D games simply don't do anything for me anymore. For instance: Mortal Kombat 2 seemed like such a great fighter when I was 8... then I went back and played it again and it sucks.

Also, this is post 12345 for me! WOOT!

just as many were around with atari.motion sensing,analog,and gamepads weren't used first by nintendo.

Classic gaming expo 2010 july 31st tropicana hotel-vegas.

metal slug

I agree. If only they would start making more games like Contra *Goes back to playing Contra 4*

You guys didn't post a pic of this, it feels like I'm the only one here who played the Virtual Boy:

mitu123

HEy guys stop picking on OP....YEah dude I remember sitting down and playiing contra and thinking how awesome the graphics were I was like 12 back them maybe and games seemed alot cooler in my preadolescent mind. I remember the first time I saw the sega genesis controler and I thought that the hell do we need an extra button for, and that stupid shape it looks like a croissant....lol

[QUOTE="mitu123"]

You guys didn't post a pic of this, it feels like I'm the only one here who played the Virtual Boy:

SpiritOfFire117

I can't tell if it's a console or handheld, or maybe it's both, but fails at both as well.

metal slug

krunkfu2

omg. Streets of Rage, all beat 'em ups. Dungeons and Dragons, etc.

Metal Slug was totally awesome.

Contra was overkill, though. i mean, only 3 lives???

and now all we get are first-person shooters. all about destruction and gore. yuck.

Games used to be fun? :o