Author Topic: Retro & Classic Gaming (Read 16080 times)

HurricaneAndrew · « **on:** June 22, 2012, 08:53:19 AM »

Retro/Classic Gaming - Anything video game related that was released during the PlayStation/Nintendo 64 era or before. The only newer generation system accepted into this category would be the Sega Dreamcast.

This is how the classic gaming community defines it's self.

Discuss all things that fit this definition in this thread.

madman3 · « **Reply #1 on:** June 22, 2012, 10:00:53 AM »

MGS is probably my favorite PS1 game, unoriginal as that may be as a choice.
Who here loves Super Metroid?

GoldenFox93 · « **Reply #2 on:** June 22, 2012, 10:05:45 AM »

Quote from: madman3 on June 22, 2012, 10:00:53 AM

Who here loves Super Metroid?

Oh yes, I've recently downloaded it for my Wii, and I must say, it's really good. I already had Metroid II: Return of Samus on my Gameboy and I'm hoping to obtain Metroid: Zero Mission at some point, so I figured- why not?

ianh05 · « **Reply #3 on:** June 22, 2012, 10:13:50 AM »

some good retro links for everyone :)

Reviewers and collectors:

http://www.youtube.com/user/InecomCompany - My favorite youtube retro channel! this guy is funny, easy to listen to, loves the Vectrex and has a great collection of many different consoles/handheld/games that he reviews.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Highretrogamelord89 - 1800+ videos of retro games.

http://www.youtube.com/user/PeteDorr - Does (mystery) unboxings, has a large collection and seems to love obscure titles.

http://www.youtube.com/user/cubex55 - over 4,000 videos for mostly retro games, I believe all of them are longplays.

Sites:

http://www.retrogamingcollector.com/Retro-Gaming-Collectors/Collectors.html - Plenty of info on retro stuff also contains a lot of Retro youtube channel links to collectors etc.

http://www.atariage.com/ - Has a great homebrew community and forums.

http://gamesdbase.com/ - A tonne of gaming info including everything retro, has old-school video game commercials and all!

http://videogamecritic.net/ - Reviews for everything retro-current complete with grading and screenshots.

http://www.vgmuseum.com - A load of screenshots for most games on all(?) systems.

RammingSpeed · « **Reply #4 on:** June 22, 2012, 10:14:41 AM »

Who here played Spyro or Crash Bandicoot as a kid? And I really need to try out Super Metroid, I've never heard a bad thing about it.

NFX · « **Reply #5 on:** June 22, 2012, 10:21:43 AM »

Quote from: RammingSpeed on June 22, 2012, 10:14:41 AM

Who here played Spyro or Crash Bandicoot as a kid?

All the time. =D I've completed Crash Bandicoot 2 twice, and Spyro 3 four times. Both of them are still in my Top 10 video games, Spyro's probably in my Top 5. I would say they're better than some of the big shoot-em-up games nowadays, such as Halo and Call Of Duty. I play video games to escape reality, not simulate it. And if I wanted to simulate it, I wouldn't want to simulate war.

ianh05 · « **Reply #6 on:** June 22, 2012, 10:30:43 AM »

3 reviewers/collectors I shouldn't have left out:

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheLastGamertube - Probably the largest collection on youtube he even has his own arcade!

http://www.youtube.com/user/Gamester81 - Massive collection! one of the largest I've seen.

http://www.youtube.com/user/SteveBenway - owner of http://www.retrogamingcollector.com has a huge collection including retro computers! and seems to be very knowledgeable and well-spoken.

RammingSpeed · « **Reply #7 on:** June 22, 2012, 10:35:53 AM »

Quote from: NFX on June 22, 2012, 10:21:43 AM

Quote from: RammingSpeed on June 22, 2012, 10:14:41 AM
Who here played Spyro or Crash Bandicoot as a kid?

All the time. =D I've completed Crash Bandicoot 2 twice, and Spyro 3 four times. Both of them are still in my Top 10 video games, Spyro's probably in my Top 5. I would say they're better than some of the big shoot-em-up games nowadays, such as Halo and Call Of Duty. I play video games to escape reality, not simulate it. And if I wanted to simulate it, I wouldn't want to simulate war.

Yey. I've completed every Spyro game in original trilogy, Crash 2 and Spyro 5 (4 was a glitchy, unfinished mess). I wouldn't consider Spyro 3 the best game of all time, but it definitely is my favourite of all time. Playing that game always puts me in a good mood.

ianh05 · « **Reply #8 on:** June 22, 2012, 10:52:49 AM »

My childhood:

Enigm@ · « **Reply #9 on:** June 22, 2012, 10:54:56 AM »

My childhood consisted of Doom 2, System Shock, Quake 3, and Robot Arena.

ianh05 · « **Reply #10 on:** June 22, 2012, 11:03:09 AM »

doom was in mine too along with duke 3d and a little wolfenstein 3d, it came a tad later then most my previously posted gaming memories though.

My most loved games have all got some great customisation in them like 4d boxing, 4d driving (which I knew only as stunts) and even newer games like robot arena 2 and jade cocoon. 3D movie maker is probably my most played game of all time (not my fav though) I spent ages (literally ages..) on that making movies and watching other movies from people in the community, it had a pretty large community with loads of sites and tonnes of movies.

Enigm@ · « **Reply #11 on:** June 22, 2012, 11:07:24 AM »

Quote from: ianh05 on June 22, 2012, 11:03:09 AM

doom was in mine too along with duke 3d and a little wolfenstein 3d, it came a tad later then most my previously posted gaming memories though.

PC gaming master race.

ianh05 · « **Reply #12 on:** June 22, 2012, 11:14:32 AM »

not my fav games though, close but not quite. Here's a rough list of my favorite games from 2003 and before:

1.Jade Cocoon (PSX)
2.Robot Arena 2 (PC)
3.3D movie maker (PC)
4.Final Fantasy X (PS2)
5.Doom II (PC)
6.Duke Nukem 3D (PC)
7.Starcraft (PC)
8.slipstream 5000 (PC)
9.4D Boxing (PC)
10.Full Throttle (PC)

Based on:

memorability
Creative freedom
time spent playing
fun factor

martymidget · « **Reply #13 on:** June 22, 2012, 11:24:20 AM »

Crash bandicooot <3

Pity it started going downhill after the wrath of cortex.

RammingSpeed · « **Reply #14 on:** June 22, 2012, 11:27:40 AM »

Quote from: martymidget on June 22, 2012, 11:24:20 AM

Crash bandicooot <3

Pity it started going downhill after the wrath of cortex.

I thought Twinsanity was Ok. It's when Crash of the titans came along when the series took a major turn for the worse IMO.

madman3 · « **Reply #15 on:** June 22, 2012, 11:29:26 AM »

Quote from: ianh05 on June 22, 2012, 11:14:32 AM

not my fav games though, close but not quite. Here's a rough list of my favorite games from 2003 and before:

1.Jade Cocoon (PSX)
2.Robot Arena 2 (PC)
3.3D movie maker (PC)
4.Final Fantasy X (PS2)
5.Doom II (PC)
6.Duke Nukem 3D (PC)
7.Starcraft (PC)
8.slipstream 5000 (PC)
9.4D Boxing (PC)
10.Full Throttle (PC)

Based on:

memorability
Creative freedom
time spent playing
fun factor

Oh god. The voice acting

Grab a copy of Baldur's Gate 2 if you like RPGs

As for me, my childhood mostly consisted of LoZ: Ocarina Of Time and Hot Wheels: Turbo Racing, but my favorite classic games are Super Metroid, Metroid Fusion, Age Of Empires 2 (this game probably defines gaming in my childhood), MGS, and Mario Kart 64.

RammingSpeed · « **Reply #16 on:** June 22, 2012, 11:31:13 AM »

Quote from: madman3 on June 22, 2012, 11:29:26 AM

Quote from: ianh05 on June 22, 2012, 11:14:32 AM
not my fav games though, close but not quite. Here's a rough list of my favorite games from 2003 and before:

1.Jade Cocoon (PSX)
2.Robot Arena 2 (PC)
3.3D movie maker (PC)
4.Final Fantasy X (PS2)
5.Doom II (PC)
6.Duke Nukem 3D (PC)
7.Starcraft (PC)
8.slipstream 5000 (PC)
9.4D Boxing (PC)
10.Full Throttle (PC)

Based on:

memorability
Creative freedom
time spent playing
fun factor
Oh god. The voice acting

Grab a copy of Baldur's Gate 2 if you like RPGs

As for me, my childhood mostly consisted of LoZ: Ocarina Of Time and Hot Wheels: Turbo Racing, but my favorite classic games are Super Metroid, Metroid Fusion, Age Of Empires 2 (this game probably defines gaming in my childhood), MGS, and Mario Kart 64.

Yes. Yes. Yes. I still play that game today.

NFX · « **Reply #17 on:** June 22, 2012, 11:31:21 AM »

Quote from: martymidget on June 22, 2012, 11:24:20 AM

Crash bandicooot <3

Pity it started going downhill after the wrath of cortex.

Wrath of Cortex was the first Crash Bandicoot game that was made after Naughty Dog left Universal Interactive Studios, who still owned the rights to the Crash Bandicoot franchise. That probably had something to do with it.

Badnik96 · « **Reply #18 on:** June 22, 2012, 11:40:52 AM »

My childhood was spent with my mom's NES and the three SMB games. I finally finished SMB3 a few months ago (it was the GBA remake sadly, we sold the NES for a Gamecube a long time ago)

TriTon · « **Reply #19 on:** June 22, 2012, 11:42:35 AM »

The 3 games that made up most of my childhood were RA2, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, and Need for Speed III. All for PC.

All these came close:

Driver - PC
Doom - PC
Silent Hill 2 - PS2
Grand Theft Auto III - PS2
Microsoft Train Simulator - PC

And a bunch of other games I'm too lazy to post/can't remember.