Old School Video Gaming

Student Lounge College Life
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<p>Is it me or does it seem like the old video games are more fun than the games that are out now. I played on a variety of gaming systems thanks to my two older brothers. The games that I remember playing are Super Mario Bros 3 and Zelda on SNES, Golden Eye and Mario Kart on N64, and Sonic on Sega Genesis. On the Ps1 my favorite games were Crash Bandicoot and Blazing Dragons and on the Ps2 it was Socom 2. </p>

<p>On the Ps3 I guess it's Socom, MAG, and FIFA. But I can't play the games today for hours like I did when I was younger. I go online and theres kids complaining about "noob tubing" and yelling "OMG I SHOT HIM 20 TIMES IN THE FACE HE'S SUCH A GLITCHER".</p>

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<p>sadly gaming is not what is used to be anymore. there’s no skill in most of these games at all. and with online, its just even worse</p>

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<p>I used to love my Sega Gamegear. Thar sucker took like eight batteries though. </p>

<p>And Dreamcast and Genesis were my other favorites. </p>

<p>I miss the old school cartridge games where if the game didn’t work–the universal solution was to blow into it–even though the systems and game directions always said not to.</p>

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<p>All of that dust and dirt always got stuck up in there. Everybody blew into it anyways lol.</p>

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<p>“even though the systems and game directions always said not to.”</p>

<p>rofl, you’re not supposed to?! i had no idea</p>

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<p>Yeah, I always blew into them too but I think you weren’t supposed because (at least one of my friends did this) spit would get in there too?</p>

<p>Like when playing telephone as a kid, and there’s always that one kid who hadn’t mastered whispering without leaving a wad of spit in your ear. </p>

<p>Ugh. Memories.</p>

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<p>I still have my sega gamegear, but it sucks up batteries like no other.</p>

<p>Not worth it, sadly.</p>

<p>And my snes died a couple of years back. That thing would have been so epic to bring to school.</p>

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<p>You are seriously not lying!</p>

<p>I can play games like Chrono Trigger, Super Metroid, Mario Kart 64 and other older games for weeks, but contemporary games only hold my interest for a couple of days at most. My 360 just collects dust now. Whenever I do buy a new game, I just end up being disappointed and feeling like I wasted $60.</p>

<p>Emulators>Consoles</p>

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<p>Shadow of the Colossus. Now there’s a great game.</p>

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<p>^Such an amazing sense of scale in that game.</p>

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<p>N64 is definitely my favorite system. I still play my SNES, too. PS2 is the most recent system I have (getting my wii on Tuesday!!), and though I had a lot of fun with those games the first time around, they have no replay value-- whereas I have played each of my n64 games all the way through at least a dozen times. </p>

<p>I wonder if the games have really changed so much or if it’s just that we’re older. I could still play banjo kazooie for hours like I did when I was 11, but a big part of that is the nostalgia from how much I enjoyed it the first time.</p>

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<p>I still have my Nintendo 64 and all of my Pokemon games for it.</p>

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<p>How many pokemon games were there? I have Pokemon Stadium and I remember Pokemon Snap, I can’t think of anything else.</p>

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<p>I’m bringing my N64 with me to school this year :cool: I’m thoroughly excited about it.</p>

<p>I think one part of it was that we were the first generation to really grow up on home consoles as opposed to arcades. Our parents had Donkey Kong Jr. whenever they went to a certain restaurant, but we could play Super Mario 64/Wave Runner/Pokemon Snap/what-have-you ALL THE TIME. It was awesome.
Now the novelty’s worn off and it’s all about specs for gamers these days. It’s a much more esoteric environment.</p>

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<p>I kept the original NES console from my childhood and still play it from time to time. Dr. Mario is the business.</p>

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<p>Online gaming is (usually) a more mature (as in grown up, not R-rated) affair on the PC.</p>

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<p>I used to love Donkey Kong.
I’m still bitter that someone stole my game boy color–as well as my donkey kong cartridge-- grade school.</p>

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<p>I had my super Nintendo still and play legend of Zelda on occasion. I prefer pc games but don’t have the time to play</p>

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<p>I wish they had made gameboy color and GBA game cartridges the same. The color was much more comfortable for me to hold. I still have not only my gameboy color, but a gameboy pocket, too! I am too young to have had an original gameboy, though.</p>

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<p>I never had the original Gameboy either. I have the original vNintendo system though–but only cause my dad had it. </p>

<p>I wonder if it still works. The last time tried to use it, it was really tricky to set up because the cord outlets that go into the tv are so different to the modern TVs. My dad had to do it. I was lost. </p>

<p>I miss Sonic that was on Dreamcast though. I can’t remember which exact game it was though, but that it was specifically for Dreamcast and really different from the prior Sonic games.
Now I want to see if I can find it so I can play again.</p>