Favorite old games

[StachuK1992]

Donkey Kong (arcade)
Tetris (gameboy)
Pokemon Blue/Red/Yellow (gameboy)
Super Mario 64 (N64)

Yeah. Nintendo fan, apart from Tetris.

 

[enigmahack]

Wow, you guys are all like between 12 and 17 huh?

Shelley, I'm with you - I'm an old-school gamer... I started out playing games on the Commodore Vic-20, so I remember games like Snoopy, Lunar Lander, Boulderdash, etc.

I think from a console perspective though, I really enjoyed the whole Mario Brother series... I think Mario 3 and Mario World were my favorites though

 

[AvGalen]

Pong.

amirite?

Pong on a Nintendo 64 or Playstation?
Who am I kidding? YES you are totally right

On old systems (and newer ones as well) I would say everything Metroid + most things MegaMan

On Playstation I would say SSX. I especially love the latest version where you have to beat a giant downhill in 25 minutes. If you are to slow you will not get a "You finished in 25:03. You are doing great, just go a bit faster next time". Instead you get a "FAIL" after 25:00 minutes and can choose to start all over. I remember starting this at 10 in the morning and saying "one more try" at 5 ...... in the morning :fp. That was a 19 hours consecutive adrenaline rush.

 

[cmhardw]

I would have to say the console game I was most addicted to was Super Mario Bros. 3 on NES. Shortly before I discovered speedcubing I was hugely into the PC game Heavy Gear (the first, not the sequel). I loved the fast paced "zook fights," and was addicted to the game the whole summer.

At the end of that same summer I picked up my Rubik's cube for the first time in years and found Mark Jeays' solution site. Needless to say I haven't gamed since ;-)

Chris

 

[Twofu2]

I have a '64 that was bought on the day they came out. I believe '64 is better than Wii. I got bored of Wii very quickly, but all my '64 games still fell like good plays. Yayz for the 2 Zelda games on '64. I have both.

You know, you can play 64 games on the wii. You have these points that you buy from nintendo, and you can purchase and download nintendo 64 games.

 

[AvGalen]

I would have to say the console game I was most addicted to was Super Mario Bros. 3 on NES. Shortly before I discovered speedcubing I was hugely into the PC game Heavy Gear (the first, not the sequel). I loved the fast paced "zook fights," and was addicted to the game the whole summer.

Super Mario Bros 3 was great. I think nobody really liked SMB 2 and if SMB 3 would have been bad as well nobody might have ever remembered Mario. Instead it is now the image of the console industry.

At the end of that same summer I picked up my Rubik's cube for the first time in years and found Mark Jeays' solution site. Needless to say I haven't gamed since ;-)

Chris

I have actually kept cubers (sorry Kai) awake with that SSX downhill

 

[joey]

I have actually kept cubers (sorry Kai) awake with that SSX downhill

And me... well I actually went to bed when you were on your "third and final try"


Arnaud: I hope you remember the funny coincidence of the only other guy in GameStop (I think it was called), who just happened to want the MegaMan collection too!

 

[AvGalen]

I have actually kept cubers (sorry Kai) awake with that SSX downhill

And me... well I actually went to bed when you were on your "third and final try"


Arnaud: I hope you remember the funny coincidence of the only other guy in GameStop (I think it was called), who just happened to want the MegaMan collection too!

Short version:
Arnaud walks into a game store in Las Vegas with Joey. He tells him that he wants to find "The MegaMan Collection" for PS2. A minute later a local walks in and asks the guy behind the counter if they have "The MegaMan Collection".
This is very random because that game was only sold for a short period several years ago!

(They didn't have the game, It wouldn't have worked on European PAL systems anyway and I did eventually make that downhill in sub 25!)

 

[MTGjumper]

Tombi (Tomba in America).

I win.

 

[Bomber]

I'm waiting for Bomber to post, he has the biggest console collection I've ever heard of.

Woo! I got a mention!

And yes, I do have a console or thirty-two. I can honestly not believe what I am reading, people are saying that the Nintendo 64 is old? I wouldn't ever consider that to be mildly retro. I would consider old to be the MegaDrive or SNES, the things I started with and look back at nostalgically.

The games I played and would call my favourite would be centred around the MegaDrive and Commodore 64. That means I play Sonic and Street Fighter, although that's not what I am limited to. I love to play my Atari 2600s or 7800, I might venture onto the XEGs or even the Amiga, it's even possible that you might find me with a MicroVision, GameGear, MasterSystem, Game & Watch or even a Game Boy Classic. It's easier for me to name the consoles that I play rather than the hundreds of games.

So yeah, I have a few games consoles and my favourite game is ExciteBike.

Also, at AvG! I love Super Mario 2 & 3! I might go as far as saying that 3 is my favourite Mario despite loving Super Mario Land on the Game Boy Pocket.

 

[Bryan]

Shelley, have you seen http://bub-n-bros.sourceforge.net/ ? 10 player Bubble Bobble.

I had a regular Nintendo growing up, and then next console I had after that was a Wii. During college my roommate has a N64, so I've play Goldeneye on that, but not much else.

Bubble Bobble, Super Dodgeball, Dr. Mario, Maniac Mansion, Original Legend of Zelda (we made our own maps of the dungeons). I remember we went to buy SMB2, and it must have been much much later, because I remember seeing SMB3 on the shelf (must have just came out) and my brothers vetoed the idea and we got SMB2 instead. I still hold that decision against them.

I've downloaded Super Mario World for the SNES onto my Wii and will play that, since I've never gotten to play that besides a few times in the store or at friend's houses.

 

[Jason]

Sonic and Mig-29 on the Sega Megadrive
Fortress of Fear and Castlevania II on the Gameboy
Playing SuperMarioBros for the first time on the NES was pretty magical (first time I saw a games console)

 

[Deleted member 2864]

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of time

Epic game. I got a gamecube version of it when I was 6, but I guess you can still call it a classic since it was for n64 It took me all of 3 years to beat it... But I guess that's okay for a nine year old even with a little help from older friends

First post in a while here too =) I'm sick and I finally have the time to chill.

 

[Sin-H]

Half-Life
old Final Fantasies & Ocarina of time, of course

Unreal Tournament 1999 ^^ [just got into it recently ]

Not that old games:
Castlevania: Circle of the moon and Golden Sun [both GBA]
COTM is totally one of the best games I've ever played!

 

[Ron]

Vintage: Pengö, Qbert, Mrs. Pacman, Pacman
Recent: Super Paper Mario Wii, Wii Sports

 

[tim]

Day of the Tentacle. The only adventure i played through.


Sim City 2000

Winter Games (Challenge)

Stunts

Wow, awesome times.

 

[PeterV]

Goldeneye on n64. Best game ever.

Agreed. My buddies and I still play this on a regular basis.

Edit: Super Mario Bros. for NES, the first and greatest of all SMB games. I still love doing speed runs using my stackmat timer

 

[Rama]

NES: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (arcade game), Double Dragon I & III
Sega Mega Drive: I can't recall the name, but it was the guy looked like a Duke Nukem type of guy and the game was a typical ''beat-em-up'' game.
Game Boy (color): Pokémon
SNES (never owned one though): Super Mario World (Only game I that I can recall playing next to Donkey Kong)
N64: Star Wars Episode I: Racer
Playstation: Suikoden I & II
Game Boy Advance: Mario Kart: Super Circuit
Playstation 2: Any Tony Hawk pro-skater.
There is already a Playstation III!?

 

[04mucklowd]

Goldeneye on n64. Best game ever.

I just have to agree

 

[James Ludlow]

NES - Super Mario Bros 3
SNES - Donkey Kong Country
N64 - Banjo Kazooie