Favorite old school games
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I'm assuming we have retro gamers here, so post your favorites. One that I have fond memories of is Shadowgate.
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How old is old school?
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Anything from between the 80s and early 90s. Old consoles, like NES and Mega-Drive. Old PC games, etc. You get the idea.hairscapades wrote:How old is old school?
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Games I play with some low but meaningfully greater than zero frequency:
Ascendancy
Master of Magic
SimTower (just beat this game again a few weeks ago, in fact).
NetHack
...and although this isn't "early 90's", it's still more than a decade old: I recently started a new game of Baldur's Gate II.
For other platforms:
I frequently play Mario Kart 64 while watching movies and/or TV shows, and I've been keeping up a game of Pokémon Blue every time I shit (the goal is more or less to see how long it takes me to beat the game if I only play when I shit).
Ascendancy
Master of Magic
SimTower (just beat this game again a few weeks ago, in fact).
NetHack
...and although this isn't "early 90's", it's still more than a decade old: I recently started a new game of Baldur's Gate II.
For other platforms:
I frequently play Mario Kart 64 while watching movies and/or TV shows, and I've been keeping up a game of Pokémon Blue every time I shit (the goal is more or less to see how long it takes me to beat the game if I only play when I shit).
[spoiler="you know i always joked that it would be scary as hell to run into DMX in a dark ally, but secretly when i say 'DMX' i really mean 'Tsukatu'." -kai]"... and when i say 'scary as hell' i really mean 'tight pink shirt'." -kai[/spoiler][/i]
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I had this plan with Silver, but it wasn't doable because my copy of Silver no longer saves =/T̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư wrote:For other platforms:
I frequently play Mario Kart 64 while watching movies and/or TV shows, and I've been keeping up a game of Pokémon Blue every time I shit (the goal is more or less to see how long it takes me to beat the game if I only play when I shit).
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The original Roller Coaster Tycoon for PC. I played it religiously on my old '95. But of course, that came out in '99, so it probably doesn't count.
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I downloaded all SNES games ever recently so I've been getting back into some of the greatest:
1. ActRaiser
2. Bahamut Lagoon
3. Batman Returns
4. Chrono Trigger
5. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
6. Earthbound (aka Mother 2)
7. Final Fantasy III / Final Fantasy VI
8. Final Fight
9. Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball
10. Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past
11. Mega Man X
12. NBA Jam T.E.
13. Peace Keepers
14. Secret of Mana (aka, Seiken Densetsu 2)
15. Street Fighter 2 Turbo/Hyper Fighting
16. Super Castlevania IV
17. Super Mario Kart
18. Super Mario World
19. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
20. Super Metroid
21. Super Punch Out
22. Tales of Phantasia
23. Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
24. Terranigma
25. Uniracers / Unirally
26. Zombies Ate My Neighbours
1. ActRaiser
2. Bahamut Lagoon
3. Batman Returns
4. Chrono Trigger
5. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
6. Earthbound (aka Mother 2)
7. Final Fantasy III / Final Fantasy VI
8. Final Fight
9. Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball
10. Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past
11. Mega Man X
12. NBA Jam T.E.
13. Peace Keepers
14. Secret of Mana (aka, Seiken Densetsu 2)
15. Street Fighter 2 Turbo/Hyper Fighting
16. Super Castlevania IV
17. Super Mario Kart
18. Super Mario World
19. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
20. Super Metroid
21. Super Punch Out
22. Tales of Phantasia
23. Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
24. Terranigma
25. Uniracers / Unirally
26. Zombies Ate My Neighbours
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[spoiler="you know i always joked that it would be scary as hell to run into DMX in a dark ally, but secretly when i say 'DMX' i really mean 'Tsukatu'." -kai]"... and when i say 'scary as hell' i really mean 'tight pink shirt'." -kai[/spoiler][/i]
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Hyper Fighting was much improved from Champion.oeuvre wrote:No love for Street Fighter II: Champion Edition?
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This sounded absurd to me until I remembered that SNES cartridges held something like 6MB. You can have an entire generation worth of games in 2 gigs!hairscapades wrote:I downloaded all SNES games ever recently so I've been getting back into some of the greatest:
As for the topic question.
Super Mario World
I think I've beat it 15 times (at least 2 of those on my SNES and in the last 5 years), and have countless hours getting half way through before being preoccupied by something else. I know the path through the first ghost house to the secret place by memory.
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Just replace the battery. I did it with my Gold and it works fine now.toasters wrote:I had this plan with Silver, but it wasn't doable because my copy of Silver no longer saves =/
I hacked my psp, so I mainly use old emulators and run n64 and gba. Favorites include the original super smash bros, mario kart 64, and some old gb games. Tetris, the original duck tales, and pokemon (original or emerald are the best) are great.
Halo 1 isn't ancient, but it's old enough too :P
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YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSBroghan wrote:I'm assuming we have retro gamers here, so post your favorites. One that I have fond memories of is Shadowgate.
vankusss wrote:What 'more time' means?
I'm going to buy some ham.
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No shit. That exact folder. Chip's Challenge was my favourite by a long margin, with Maxwell next. Out of curiosity, did you have a favourite level, Pavs? Mine was that one where there were 4 of those enemies that followed you, and the entire level was nothing but chips. That was fantastic.oeuvre wrote:
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The oldest game I can think of that is still playable for me was 2010's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. (what does the 2 mean? twice the action as your average game. I found out the hard way.)
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Sonic 2 was my first game, and is still my fave.
CTR is a close second.
CTR is a close second.
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