Old School gamers

[xxxchihiroxxx]

Well as Ive been enjoying my first few days of summer sitting in myroom trying to finaly beat Dark Cloud (1 mind you, I dont even own DC2) I look at the cruddy graphics, and wonder why I prefir this game to some of the newer ones realeased. When I think of it I like old games : P I'm not talking KH1 old, Im talking like the first playstation games and older old. Dark Cloud came out about the same time the PS2 did, and the graphics are a notch above FF7. I also have a thing for a game called Banjo and Kazoi, a 64 game I got from my cousin when I was a kid (still love it) sure the graphics are crudy and they all have a simple lay out with not much plot detail, and the names are uh... less to be desired. But I just cant resist them : P

who else here still plays the old games that came out way back when?

[superjaz]

dark cloud was fun i mean the weapons upgrades was neat and where else are you going to get a slingshot named steve?

[xxxchihiroxxx]

dark cloud is the shiz 8D I love Xio, I'm in the forest but her attack is 50, 99 speed, and 80 Endurance. <3 Shes even stronger than Toan atm..... though now I have to find a good mallet for Goro -_- damn limited levels.

[Darknight2433]

I hated Dark Cloud because of me getting thirsty all the time, haha! But I just recently bought both Banjos from Natalie and I am playing them now~

I love them so. <3

[iluvshijimi]

AH! I loved Dark Cloud! I think I re-bought it a few months ago because one of my brothers wanted to play it haha~

As for other old school games, I started playing Legend of Dragoon for Playstation again, lol. Well, mind you, my memory card doesn't work well anymore, so for some reason when I load my file, I get taken to a Japanese debug screen that lets me travel to any part of the game with a party of four level one Darts with no HP and MP and equipped with only broadswords... xD

[Cassiopeia]

Dark Cloud is one of my favorite games ever.
And the N64 is my favorite console.

Most of the shiny new stuff is too expensive anyway.~

[DancingTofu]

I don't consider anything made since the SNES was released to be "old".  Maybe it's because I'm older.  Anyway, I love Commodore 64 games, particularly on an Amiga500.  This is pretty much the perfect system for any classic gamer.  It's got the best load times, no lag, great display, and most of the best games of the 80's.  It's a must-have for Bitmap Bros. fans.  It is also the original incubation grounds of Warlords, SSG's turn-based strategy game that has literally defined the genre, as well as spawning 7 sequels: 4 TBS and 3 RTS.

On the other hand, the 2nd and 3rd gen Atari games and systems are 90% crap.  I don't get the hype for them at all.  I guess it's the fact that non-serious gamers can actually afford a $20 Atari and some $3 games, whereas a working C64 Amiga500 (this is the cheap model, mind you) will typically cost $300 and the games aren't particularly cheap either.

I get annoyed when people refer to N64, Dreamcast, and PS1 as "oldschool".  I can see it with the Saturn and the SNES, which have at least began to get some collectability now.  PS2 games are NOT oldschool though.  Period.  Think of it from a generational standpoint.  7th gen (PS3, 360, Wii) consoles are young and new, equivalent to teens.  8th gen consoles are still developing, and we'll most likely see the 8th generation of gaming occur in the form of marginal improvements upon current consoles (or downgrades, in the case of the PSP).  6th gen (PS2) consoles are equivalent to people in their 20's.  No longer making money being the coolest and the newest, but they've made it through school and are ready to start working towards vintage.  5th gen (N64) consoles are equivalent to people in their 30's.  They aren't quite at midlife yet, and by most standards they're still young.  4th gen (SNES) consoles are equivalent to people in their 40's.  They've hit "midlife" and are starting to get hungry for a second surge; they're old by some peoples' standards.  3rd generation (Amiga500) consoles are starting to reap the rewards of being old, and many games are now worth more than they were when they were new.  2nd generation (Colecovision) consoles are certainly old; almost to the point of being worthless.  These systems have very little value beyond collectability unfortunately.  1st gen (Pong) systems are pretty much obsolete and have been that way since the beginning of the 3rd generation.  These are the cavemen from which gaming has evolved, and you'll only find them in the possession of the most avid collectors.

[xxxchihiroxxx]

your right is pretty generational : ) I have an Atari as well and the origional Nintendo system (big gray clunky box, first mario on that thing is crazy hard but fun) but I dont have a tone of games for them. To you I assume what I'm talking about is fairly new. the things for me though like Darkcloud and the 64 games, are games I remember I would go over to my friends house after school and we would sneek into her brothers room to steal is 64 and play games on till he came home. I was like 10 or younger at the time (more then likley younger) also a lot of PS1 games seem old to me cause at about age five I remeber my cousin (my age now) trying to teach me how to play the old figheter games together. When I say old school I say anything that just seems old to you. The 64 games and ORIGONAL PS2 games (not the newer ones but ones that came out within the first year of PS2's release) seem old to me because those are my child hood games. its like comparing the toys you used to play wth as a kid to the ones the kids have now. Mine didnt do anything special, most stuffed animals and blocks, but the kids I see now have all these little electronic dolls that move walk and talk, its just the gap really that makes these games seem old compared to the shiny new renovations leaping the gaming industry into the next evolution of games!

but I do see your point : ) an I respect it. For the record, pong kicks but. <3 *very good at that game along with other classic ataris such as Pac man, and Mr. Bomb (dont remeber that games real name, the sticker on the cartridge is riped off))

[Cassiopeia]

I know "old school" games are technically/generally considered the games that were released before I was at an age where I was able to play. It's just that people here were talking about Dark Cloud and such, and because they were what I was raised on, I love them and thought I should mention it. :]

[dshwshr55]

Dark Cloud was a nice, customisable game, but Dark Cloud 2 will change your world ^^

[xxxchihiroxxx]

Dark Cloud was a nice, customisable game, but Dark Cloud 2 will change your world ^^

after i finish collecting the origonal .hacks I'll look for it xP Every one says its good.

[Trumby]

The SNES has been out for almost 19 years, that isn't old enough to be "old school" to you? <.< Most people have probably never even seen some of the consoles older than an NES, let alone played one. I'd say the term "old school" is more a generational word regarding the people using it, not necessarily the things they are referring to. Especially when it comes to younger people talking about it.

I think my favorite Genesis game was Zombies Ate My Neighbors. Soo fun. I never really got too into gaming on the NES, but we had one. Mainly played Mario Bros and Duckhunt. Ninja Gaiden was omgwin. Oh and TMNT II. So much win.

There were a ton of SNES games I really liked, but haven't played in years. Castlevania, Metroid, TMNT: Turtles in Time, Gradius, Contra, Donkey Kong Country, F-Zero. Oh man soo good. Time to go on an emulator hunt.

And not "old school" by any means, but I've been replaying through the Resident Evil games and I <3 them so much. Going to do the Metal Gear Solid games next.

Also this thread makes me wish my N64 was working so I could play some Goldeneye. I loved that game so much, can't believe the amount of time my friends and I spent playing that back in the day. There was a very large amount of time spent in Gauntlet Legends as well.

[DancingTofu]

I've grown up playing games on MS DOS, going to Ground Kontrol, and playing through games on a 1-button joystick on the Amiga 500.  My lifelong definition of oldschool has been "older than me".  If I can remember when it was released, I don't consider it old.  I remember getting hyped over this brand new game called Mario Kart when I must have been 3 or 4.  Sure, I had the manual dexterity of a bowl of jello, but I still was excited to check it out.  If I can remember it being new, I have a hard time considering it old.

[ruena]

I used to be so addicted to Duck Hunt. D: I've never hated a dog so much in my life. I used to try to play the original Legend of Zelda at a friend's house, but I kept getting my assed handed to me. For some reason, those old 8-bit games were so much harder for me. :[ I'm so sad my SNES broke. Same with my N64 and PSX. But I have a PS2 for that. I'll miss Pokemon Stadium and the old Mario Party games. ;_; I used play Donkey Kong Country and Yoshi's Island all the time too.

I've played Dark Cloud a long time ago, although it's not old enough to be "oldschool" to me. I loved putting my town together and stuff, but I never completed it due to the fact that I was stuck in a dungeon and my guy kept dieing of thirst. That was stupid and unnecessary imo. >.>

[DancingTofu]

The trick with Dark Cloud is to get some fresh fish and 20 or 30 repair powders, then go to the dungeon in Queens, and look for a level with a pool.  You can then just spam the back area and get all your weapons up, like, 20 levels.

That's how I got a sword with 99 of every element, 99 of each breaker, 99 speed and endurance, 400 attack, and 250 mp.

And despite it all I still haven't beaten the final boss because all my ranged characters have mid-game weapons. :/

[melchizedek]

I'm also of the opinion that dark cloud is not so old school.  To me anything 16 bit and back is old school.  3dness is new school.  Maybe with the exception of pilot wings and mario kart original because the 3dness is laughably so due to todays standards.

[Trumby]

I've grown up playing games on MS DOS, going to Ground Kontrol, and playing through games on a 1-button joystick on the Amiga 500.  My lifelong definition of oldschool has been "older than me".  If I can remember when it was released, I don't consider it old.  I remember getting hyped over this brand new game called Mario Kart when I must have been 3 or 4.  Sure, I had the manual dexterity of a bowl of jello, but I still was excited to check it out.  If I can remember it being new, I have a hard time considering it old.

Ah, I can see what you mean. This makes sense. Definitely supports my "old school" is different for everyone, too Also the fact that you can even remember 3 or 4 is crazy to me, since I sure can't!

[xxxchihiroxxx]

The trick with Dark Cloud is to get some fresh fish and 20 or 30 repair powders, then go to the dungeon in Queens, and look for a level with a pool.  You can then just spam the back area and get all your weapons up, like, 20 levels.

That's how I got a sword with 99 of every element, 99 of each breaker, 99 speed and endurance, 400 attack, and 250 mp.

And despite it all I still haven't beaten the final boss because all my ranged characters have mid-game weapons. :/

thats what I'm doing now : D *having fun in queens*

mel: I can understand that : ) but as Ive grown up Ive known prety much nothing but 3D games. I started playing at like age 5 when my cousin tried to teach me Crash Bandicoot. I sucked at it so bad but it was fun, then as I got older i started playing the games my cousin would slowly collect, fighter games mostly. I didnt play an origonal 8bit game untill I was 12 and my cousin trusted me enough to give me his first nintendo. I loved it oh so much, with it came the first mario, and a few other really old games that I love a lot. I reckognize those games as truly old school cause that system is older than I am. ._. but yeah old school to me is just things I remeber playing a lot as a kid.

trumby: xD i can remeber parts of 3..... not much though : / I was defiantly to young to know what games were at the time though. Maybe Tofu was just one of those kids born with a controler in his hand xD

[DancingTofu]

I don't see myself thinking of the games I played as a kid as oldschool until I'm maybe 25 or 30.  I could probably see SNES and maybe even N64 as oldschool at that point because by then it'll be on the upwards curve heading towards antiquity.  The fact that I'm still able to find an N64 for $10, or an FC Twin for $25 makes them feel too new to be immediately collectible. (which, for a smart collector means they're at their peak for collectiblility because they're so cheap!)

[xxxchihiroxxx]

i wonder how much my atari is worth by now.... >_> it was my grandmothers.....

[allstarsniper32]

so when did video games come out? the 70's right? I think it's easier to just move them into groups associated with their time line. right now game systems that came out in the 70's and 80's should be classic, systems that came out in the late 80's to mid 90's should be old school. Only because right now the 90's are at a weird mid time for the gaming industry. I myself don't really like using the term old school but that's just me.

I've never played Dark Cloud, always looked kinda interesting.

[xxxchihiroxxx]

actually I want to say 60's is when the first ones came out ._. but Im no expert on the subject. 80's was really when games like Mario started to make a brake through, it was no longer just arcade games and simple tasks and plot lines were given.... but I dont know any specifics. 90's was when the games started to reach a 3D era, but werent quiet there yet untill late 90's early 2000's.... early 2000's 3D was big and kept growing, and now were entering a state of motion control, there are systems indevelopment for x box where the player is literaly the controler, its not like wii theres nothing to hold its just pure motion sensing technoligy.

but again I'm not sure. Games have gone through a lot of stages.

[DancingTofu]

I'm still waiting for some big producer to pick up my concept of games that write their script into the dream complex in the human brain, so that gaming is just a matter of sleeping.  This would allow for timelines adjusted to realistic interpretation (play for an hour, and let's say that's 2 days in game time.  You'd actually fully experience 2 days because the brain is capable of interpreting time differently while sleeping.  Online games could also automatically adjust for lag by just reducing the brain's clocking mechanisms while dealing with the lag, so games would be essentially lag-free.  Such a system could also be controller free; all that would be necessary is a stasis device controlled directly by the brain and an interface which could interact between the player and the system.

Makes motion sensors seem pretty lame IMO.

Also, pong was first released in arcades in 1972, and is considered the first game to be played on a video screen.  AKA the first video game.

[xxxchihiroxxx]

ah : o so 70's it is then. see I just odnt really know much xD the only pong I play is on me Atari, : ) It's still fun!

sounds complex ._. but possible, the question is how the systems could manipulate the human brain like that. perhaps a form of inbedded hypnotism?

[JeffT]

Although I believe there are widely said to be seven distinct generations (single-game consoles/TV overlay consoles/consoles without microprocessors, Atari 2600, NES, SNES/Genesis, N64/PS/Saturn, Dreamcast/Xbox/PS2/GameCube, 360/PS3/Wii), you could broadly say there are three large generations.

The first was games largely without "levels" or "game worlds" and featured a single game mechanic. Sound was sporadic and crude and graphics were the most primitive that allowed gameplay objects to be distinguished, with enormous pixels and minimal (if any) coloring.

The second was the "2D" era. These games featured detailed, representational, full-color graphics, large game worlds, and fully composed background music.

The third and current is the "3D" era. These games also include vast amounts of multimedia, such as fully-voiced games and in-game video.

Innovations in controllers happened at each generation, so I don't think control defines them. Similarly, online play, although only having really exploded this generation, was seen as far back as the SNES and Genesis (yes, there were little-known accessories and services that actually worked on those systems), so I don't think it's defining.

Obviously, there are huge differences between the earliest and latest games within each of the broadest generations.

[xxxchihiroxxx]

jeff: if you want to get into it there is  diffrence i your first generation : o when looking at some of my atari games they are the basic, there is one simple goal and it greatly just resembles small meanual tasks peoplemake into games. however there is some great complexity to some of them as compared to the simple first games. again ill go back to pong: objective was simpley to not let the ball pass your line. but another game I have on my attari is again a game where I dont know the name because my cartridge got scrached >_>;;; but i just call it round up, the goal there is to locate a certain heard of animals that escaped and then manover them into their own sectors and cutting off the stampede. the simple games started to at least develope a plot or something to releate it to real life where as the earlist games are just mear test runners. and even looking into 3D there are at least two widly diffrent generations as in the first ones (going back to dark cloud) had two dementional faces, and many things were cartoonized to hide limitations the graphic designers couldnt animate at the time because of lack of technolodgy (not a game but like Tom from Toonami, they couldnt animate his face so they covered it in a mask) compare dark cloud to lets say KH2. for one there arent voices in Dark cloud, just very badly translated scripts. Your main character also never says a thing. Though things had a 3D eliment you could tell the limitations of the animators where they would often have to make short cuts because they didnt posses the means to make it all 3D, such as faces where the details such as eyes nose and mouth just kind of look painted on. in KH2 some of the cut scenes are amazingly realistic to a point (namley the opening, caribian island world, and the ending scene) that really astounds me.

but if your just going basics then there is the first ones, the 2D, and the 3D : o

[JeffT]

Yeah, there are large differences between each sub-generation, so it's hard to make a cutoff, but I think the differences between Atari 2600 and NES, and between SNES and N64, are significantly larger overall than the differences between some other generations.

I know on the Atari 2600, there were Pinball and Adventure, which can definitely be said to have "levels" and a "game world", respectively. But even these were far more primitive than the expansive and well-defined worlds in such early NES games as Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, and Metroid (note that all three of these games heavily used techniques that caused repetitions in levels and repeating segments--in Super Mario Bros., note the level layout re-use, and how most blocks are positions at two specific "height" rows--or how every room in Zelda's underworld is one of a small number of repeating patterns, and overworld layouts repeat the same block columns--or the long, repeating chambers in Metroid).

3D games existed for SNES and games with video existed on Genesis (with the Sega CD accessory), and even existed way back in 1984 in the arcade with LaserDisc.

I don't mean to imply that all new games have all the new elements--many new games still are 2D, don't have "worlds", or don't have voice or video, but these new things were some of the defining characteristics of their associated generations.

This categorization also doesn't account for PC games (especially in the 80s-90s, where the types of games and technologies were wildly and vastly different between consoles and PCs until converging in the early 00s), nor the new and thriving mobile platforms and "inexpensive" download-to-own stores on each of the three current consoles.

[xxxchihiroxxx]

PC games are in their own little world..... >_>

if you look back at it the Mario Bros was probaly one of the first ones to have real depth to it, and yeah it was very repetitive. I dont know much about the Zelda seres, I know unlike what some kids my age think the Game Cube game of Zelda was not the start of the story arc and I believe the franchise started back in the 90's.....

but sorry off track @_@ anyways mario bros was the first one I believe to really turn a story into a game, but it still utilized very basic graphics not to many notchs above atari games : o what defined it was the actual progression into developing a now widly growing genere of RPG's, which are in a sense a story that you have to tell your self with a controller. Mario, Mega Man, and Zelda are some of the first and prime examples of these games because although they utilized the primitive graphics they took the contex into their own design.

and as far as still keeping 2D graphics in modern games go its now becoming more rare ocurance sadly. One of the best 2D games released in recent years thats NOT for the PC or a Handheld gaming system, was probaly Super Paper Mario, which even then let you "flip into the 3D dimension" 2D games are sadly falling by the waste side as im guessing the masses enjoy games that seam a bit more real to them, something where as the main character they can really picture it and compare to it. Grand theft auto comes to mind as that is a HUGE popular game that has captivated many not ussualy gamers, and i believe its because of the rural setting and realistic graphis and setting.

2D games are now mostly found in fan made bases. a lot of die hard gamer fans take 8bit graphics and develope their own games right from their desktops then upload them for the masses to enjoy. the megaman franchise also did something similar by releasing a totaly new game in the series but in the traditional graphics format. THe thins with these games are though, as they are now not the new hot thing they have to make up for it. what once amazed the players with these games in their early realses was the sheer difficulty of now not just getting passed a few levels or beating your friend, but completing the story. that concept has been devloped far enough that games often feel they need the graphics as the 3D offers new stratigy techniques to make it more of a challenge. the newer 8bit graphic games are INCREDIBLEY difficult, what they dont have in show and graphics they make up for in difficulty.

[DancingTofu]

Actually, Donkey Kong is widely cited as the first game to ever have a clear, original, and intentional storyline around which the game was created.  However, since Mario Bros. spawned from Donkey Kong, there's still some truth to that.

Probably one of the most widely played games today is Dokutsu Monogatari (Cave Story), a freeware game animated in a 16-bit style created by a fellow who goes by the alias "Pixel".  This game really highlights the notion that modern game designers are slacking off on a lot of fronts.  The deep storyline, multiple endings, solid gameplay mechanics, and excellent soundtrack were generated by some guy in his basement just for fun.  The game is pretty much as perfect as a game could be.  It's the perfect length story-wise, and has favourable endings for any level of difficulty.  Novices can beat the game without any great amounts of frustration, but Experts can also fight their way through the hellish secret level and get the best ending possible, while also getting even deeper into the game's enthralling storyline.  This game alone puts the entire history of the gaming industry to shame IMO.

[Mister_manji]

Also this thread makes me wish my N64 was working so I could play some Goldeneye. I loved that game so much, can't believe the amount of time my friends and I spent playing that back in the day. There was a very large amount of time spent in Gauntlet Legends as well.

remember when it would lag when everybody used RCP90's at once?

[DancingTofu]

Now that you mention it, I do remember that.  That was one of the issues with the N64; some of the games actually would cause it to lag.  I can't think of any others off of the top of my head, but I seem to recall it being the only true console which I've had lag, except maybe the fat PS2's.  The PSP's Ad-hoc games sometimes have some degree of lag, such as minions not syncing perfectly in Monster Hunter games, but that's not really lag in the typical sense.

[Trumby]

Also this thread makes me wish my N64 was working so I could play some Goldeneye. I loved that game so much, can't believe the amount of time my friends and I spent playing that back in the day. There was a very large amount of time spent in Gauntlet Legends as well.

remember when it would lag when everybody used RCP90's at once?

Haha, yesss! Oh man I so want to do some multiplayer of Goldeneye right now <.<

[Runa]

I started reading this thread and my first thought was, "what is this 'dark cloud'?"   
I'd expected people to be talking about the old classics like Pong or vector graphics games or other monochrome games. Yes, I got an Atari 2600 when they first came out... and yes, I played Pong on an old black & white tv.   

[Seluecos]

I was raised a gamer XD
Was playing the original Bionic Commando when I was two
Though I mostly remembered my SNES and programming an old as hell Commodore 64 lol
Been gaming forever. I remember the Golden Age of RPGs. Earthbound and FF5 will always be greats
Then came the PS1, revolutionized RPGs, and the 64 revolutionized platformers
Then we got the PS2, and the greatness just kept a-commin'

Now we have a trend we it's FASHIONABLE to be a gamer. Where our passions are marketable, and we get cheap and easy games that could have been great.
Don't get me wrong, I love a lot of new games. But they don't have the same difficulty MegaMan had. Or the impossibleness of most older games.
Whatever sells is whatever gets made, and easy games sell T_T


Sorry for the rant, but what can we do? At least we still get games like the newest Ninja Gaiden series! Such a difficult game T_T
And hey! Fighters get nothing but better everyday! (Arksys ftw! Thank you for GG and BlazBlue!!!)
But shooters, platformers, and alot of action games are unappealing to me for the most part. I like a challenge >:3

[DancingTofu]

Finally, someone else says "Commodore 64"

I was raised on an Amiga 500.  My mom wouldn't let us have a console so instead my sister and I grew up playing games on our dad's C64 and later M.A.M.E. on his Windows 95 computer.   Finally got a Nintendo 64 in 1999.

[Eternal Yamcha]

I consider myself an "old school gamer." I have played Dragon Warrior 1 hundreds of times (even beat it before level 15 >.>) and love learning about the history of video games. I feel fortunate enough to have lived in a time when Atari and Nintendo were synonymous with "video games" and wouldn't trade that for the world.

As such, it bothers me a little when people consider anything after 1990 "old school." I'm gonna bank that on me refusing to accept I'm getting older than anything else. Some of the best games ever were older and classic games. You simply can't replace them with any amount of sequels.

I'm an RPG fan and I have YET to find a system that really compares with the NES and SNES... As far as I'm concerned, the best RPGs were released between those two systems: Chrono Trigger (in my opinion? The best RPG ever), Dragon Warrior 1 - 4 (with Dragon Warrior 4 being the best game ever created, in my opinion), Lufia, Breath of Fire, Secret of Mana, Secret of Evermore, Mario RPG, Final Fantasy 2/4, Final Fantasy 3/6 and a whole slough of others to have come out during that time.

That said, modern games and systems aren't exactly things to look over... Since some absolutely amazing games have been released in recent years.

But would I have rather grown up during the modern time or an older period in the history of gaming? There's simply no way I'd even imagine it.

[JeffT]

But would I have rather grown up during the modern time or an older period in the history of gaming? There's simply no way I'd even imagine it.

There would be one benefit--instead of begging your parents (or paying yourself) for $50-$60 games, if you grew up a couple generations later, you could get the used ones for $5-$10.

[Griff_the_dragoon]

Ya but some of the old school games are up there in price

[leonmasteries]

here's an old school game that would test how good you really are. It's called the painstation. It was made in germany and was a simple game of pong. But here's the catch, if you loose on a round, you take one of three different form's of painful torture. You will get shocked, whipped, or burned. All I have to say is I will never play that game, even if I get really good again at pong.

[camname21]

Word Munchers anyone?

[ha~ma]

Yeah, I played quite a bit of SuperMunchers way back when.
Can't comment on the 80's, but I sure can on the 90's! I can look fondly on some of the games of my childhood, but that doesn't excuse the fact there was just as much  crap in the 90's as there is now. I don't miss games' inconsistent pricing in the 90's: some games costing 80-90 bucks... after inflation you're talking in the ballpark of 150 dollars for a game in today's cash. I do miss some of the artwork of 90's game companies, particularly ELF.
And yes, Doukutsu is a fun game, but to call the storyline deep or poignant is a gross overstatement.

[camname21]

Yes when they wanted 50dollars for sonic the hedgehog on sega genesis, and every other game that was newly released, I would call that overpriced.  I don't remember having more then a few games per system as they came out due to those retarded prices.  It's scary to compare the amount my friends had to mine.  4 vrs 20 or more?.. floppy disc slightly outdated computer games for the apple was the best.. had a tutor with a ton of them.  I'd still play them today if I could find them, though I'm sure 5 minutes worth of searching for an emulator and DL the game is all it would take to be playing them again.  Resulting to piracy = blah

[soundninja12]

Original 64 Mario Carts all of the way!
I also have that one where you talk to Pikachu... I can't find my microphone though...
Banjo and Kazzoie are the best! I have them on Game Boy advanced as well as Nintendo 64!
I also have the original Gameboy (not gameboy color) Mario. I jacked my cousins when I was 5. I wanted that game.

[camname21]

Mmm.. original gameboy.  Lets see, I had the whiteish one when it came out after a few days/weeks  that cost 100$! but I think it came with my choice of 1-2 games.  Pretty sure one was mario and the other i got was bubble bobble the most freaking awesome game ever, not to mention the most annoying sounding game I have ever played.  100 levels of  the same few sounds looped non stop and then dieing to a boss 20+ times before figuring out his movement patterns.  I also got a clear one   yay wires.

[soundninja12]

Don't the clear gameboys make you happy?

[camname21]

They sure do, it's like seeing the leaves change color in the fall, or how the muscles in the body move, its fascinating.

[Meganekko]

galaga

[DancingTofu]

galaga

Man, I gotta get my Galaga fix on monday.

Gotta also find time for Bubble Bobble, Joust, DDR, Raiden II, and Tetris too.

I have to stop going months at a time without visiting Ground Kontrol.

[HardstyleZombie]

galaga

Man, I gotta get my Galaga fix on monday.

Gotta also find time for Bubble Bobble, Joust, DDR, Raiden II, and Tetris too.

I have to stop going months at a time without visiting Ground Kontrol.

i love all those games and thats why i own them and play thim all the time just not ddr no one loves ddr

[Meganekko]

Haha, DDR... synchronized flail fail.

I had a party game party with my gamer friends and my friend Misato who was a foreign exchange student at the time,

One nerd, "Oh shi-, here comes the Asian."
Misato, "Uh, I don't play DDR."

awkward silence ensues before an incredulous, "... but you're Japanese!"

"yes, Japanese, not awkward American boy..."

[HardstyleZombie]

oh god that was great you made me lol all over the room

[Slash5150]

Namco Museum is always a mainstay in my PS2.

Then there is Chrono Trigger, Super Mario World when I feel like doing a 10 minute speed run, and all kinds of old school stuff

[xcthulhux]

haven't been reading the thread at all

i play a ton of old games.

i emulate nes,snes,gba,gbc, and other games on my DS, so most of the really old and rare games, i have access too.

i think one of my favorites is still earthbound, i haven't played it in forever.

[edit//Tofu: removed an unnecessary word]

[HardstyleZombie]

haven't been reading the thread at all

i play a sh*t ton of old games.

i emulate nes,snes,gba,gbc, and other games on my DS, so most of the really old and rare games, i have access too.

i think one of my favorites is still earthbound, i haven't played it in forever.

man iforgot about emulaters i have loads now i want to play MJs moon walker

[JeffT]

man iforgot about emulaters i have loads now i want to play MJs moon walker

Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (arcade), 3-player, with live commentary:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge1Nd6IwxcQ

[HardstyleZombie]

man iforgot about emulaters i have loads now i want to play MJs moon walker

Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (arcade), 3-player, with live commentary:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge1Nd6IwxcQ

yes i love that game i would watch the video but im on a psp

[xcthulhux]

michael jacksons moonwalker is an amazing game for sure.

I really like shaq fu, but i don't know anybody else personally that likes it.
Anybody here like it?

[ha~ma]

man iforgot about emulaters i have loads now i want to play MJs moon walker

Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (arcade), 3-player, with live commentary:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge1Nd6IwxcQ

yes i love that game i would watch the video but im on a psp

Get PSPTube

[DancingTofu]

galaga

Man, I gotta get my Galaga fix on monday.

Gotta also find time for Bubble Bobble, Joust, DDR, Raiden II, and Tetris too.

I have to stop going months at a time without visiting Ground Kontrol.

i love all those games and thats why i own them and play thim all the time just not ddr no one loves ddr

Ground Kontrol.

[ha~ma]

michael jacksons moonwalker is an amazing game for sure.

I really like shaq fu, but i don't know anybody else personally that likes it.
Anybody here like it?

Beast and Sett Ra are out of control.

[xcthulhux]

ok guise.
this is a tough one..

chrono trigger or earthbound

i can't choose.

[Hawkeye]

For me, my favorite old school game choice is simple.  Lufia and the Fortress of Doom for the SNES.  The one game where my 19 year old brother still calls ME for help because I really am that damn good.  Kylite's friend Nick didn't believe me when I said I was better than him at the game until he watched me play on the ZSNES emulator.  :-)

[DancingTofu]

ok guise.
this is a tough one..

chrono trigger or earthbound

i can't choose.

Chaos Engine.

You're welcome.

[HardstyleZombie]

im the best at doom

[TomtheFanboy]

Even though I still have my Genesis and SNES and PS2 all hooked up and ready for play, I use the NES for Zelda and Double Dragon more than any of them.

[HardstyleZombie]

Even though I still have my Genesis and SNES and PS2 all hooked up and ready for play, I use the NES for Zelda and Double Dragon more than any of them.

shi streets of rage my friend

[xcthulhux]

Even though I still have my Genesis and SNES and PS2 all hooked up and ready for play, I use the NES for Zelda and Double Dragon more than any of them.

shi streets of rage my friend

FTW!
i f**ing love streets of rage

[HardstyleZombie]

oh god i love rage of streets

[Animeman73]

Okay folks I have a PC which I use for gaming. Some of my favorites you might not have heard of.

Baldur's Gate and it's expansion pack Tales from the Sword Coast
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn and Throne of Bhaal
Icewind Dale I & II
Neverwinter Nights: The original campauign, Shadows of Undrentide, Hordes of the Underdark, Kingmaker, and ShadowGuard.

Might and Magic and Heroes of Might and Magic. Well what do you say to all that?

[xcthulhux]

Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn and Throne of Bhaal

Neverwinter Nights: The original campauign, Shadows of Undrentide, Hordes of the Underdark, Kingmaker, and ShadowGuard.

Might and Magic and Heroes of Might and Magic. Well what do you say to all that?

3 amazing games.
never heard of the others (except for baldur's gate, of course.)

[DancingTofu]

I've heard of all of those.  Only played NWN though.

I wouldn't consider any of them to be oldschool though.  They were all made for Windows 2000 IIRC.

Now Warlords (Amiga500)...that's a computer game that I'd consider oldschool.

And amazing.

I really want to play Knights right now.  That was another really well-made Amiga500 game.

And Sidewinder II.  One of my first shmups. <3

[HardstyleZombie]

sidewinder FTW tofu

[allstarsniper32]

Might and Magic and Heroes of Might and Magic. Well what do you say to all that?

I've acquired HMM III somewhat recently and still love it. I have II somewhere but I always liked III more. I never got to play the Might and Magic series though.

[DancingTofu]

sidewinder FTW tofu

POINTS EARNED!

Definitely one of the defining shmups of my childhood.  Others were R-Type, St. Dragon, and 1942.

[Animeman73]

Alien Syndrome and Altered Beast.

[xcthulhux]

Altered Beast.

manly furries.

[melchizedek]

Eye of the beholder for PC, now that is old skool

Also, populus

or way back... should I mention king's quest?  or Quest for glory?

[Prinz Eugen]

who else here still plays the old games that came out way back when?

I have an old copy of 'Empire 5.5' that's in the format empire.exe and I can run it in WINE under Linux.

It's the character text-map ancestral precursor to "Civilization Revolution" and IT STILL RUNS.

Gawd, I played it for hours in the early 80s!

"We have met the enemy, and he is lower case."

. . . . . . . + + + +
. . . . . + + + A + +
. . . . O + + + + +
. . . + + + + + + + +
. . . S + + + + + + +
. . . . A + A A + + +
. . . . a + + + + + +
. . . . X a + + a + +
. . . . a + + + + +
. . . . d . + + + +
. . . . . . . . . . .

[xcthulhux]

a few years back i had an atari 2600, but im not sure what happened to it.
probably got stolen while moving.

[Animeman73]

Pool of Radiance
Curse of the Azure Bonds
Secret of the Silver Blades
Pools of Darkness

Champions of Krynn
Death Knights of Krynn
The Dark Queen of Krynn

Gateway to the Savage Frontier
Treasures of the Savage Frontier

Collectively these were the gold box games from SSI. I actually still have them somewhere. Yeah, that's definitely super old school and I do remember playing the Eye of the Beholder trilogy as well.

[DancingTofu]

SSI?  Didn't they later become SSG?  Who later lost their best gaming minds to Infinite Interactive?  Who acquired SSG's most celebrated series, Warlords shortly thereafter, because it was dead without Steve Fawkner?

Or are you referring to a different SSI here?

[Animeman73]

SSI is short for Strategic Simulations Inc. These were the guys that produced the Eye of the Beholder games. Trust me my good fellow I know!

[DancingTofu]

Aha, there we go.

They worked with Infinite Interactive in 1999 to produce Warlords Battlecry.

The wonders of wikipedia. ;P

[xcthulhux]

Aha, there we go.

They worked with Infinite Interactive in 1999 to produce Warlords Battlecry.

The wonders of wikipedia. ;P

i know right?
wikipedia is a great resource.

it helps me learn about things.

Anyone here other than me completely addicted to chrono trigger?
IMO its the best RPG of all time.

[Animeman73]

Okay as I stated in my first comment I'm very big into the old Might and Magic series.

Might and Magic & Might and Magic II: Gateway to Another World were kind of hard.

Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra was when it really started to get good.

Might and Magic VI and V: Collectively known as the World of Xeen (Clouds of Xeen & Darkside of Xeen) were really good. And I loved how it brought Jon Van Canegem's story with the two androids S.H.E.L.T.E.M. and C.O.R.A.K. to it's conclusion.

Heroes of Might and Magic was an interesting straegy based game and I almost made it to the end of the campaign mode.
Heroes of Might and Magic II & The Price of Loyalty were awesome games. With the original campaign you could serve one of two brothers, Prince Roland (Good) or King Archibald (Evil). And the Price of Loyalty was a very dark very complex storyline where your character has to go after a childhood friend, Viscount Kregor who's become an enemy of the empire you serve.

Next we get into Might and magic VI: This game picks up from Heroes 1 and 2 which casts you in the role of four heroes who have explore dungeons and cavern in an effort to become powerful enough to stop a swarm of alien invaders. I loved the graphic and how it took Might and Magic to the next level.

Next up come Heroes of Might and Magic III: That was super complex but it was a great game with a great storyline and some awesome graphics and new general types for your armies as well as new races. If I recall correctly Richard Epcar did voice work in that.

I never quite got to the end of it because the game had some technical problems but I liked Might and Magic VII: For blood and Honor. This casts you in the role of a party of four who have to win a kingdom while shaping the future of the land your in. The thing is you can choose whether to be good or evil and that definitely adds something to it.

I didn't get any farther with the Might and Magic games, and I kick myself in the rear end for that. Hey if there's anybody here who knows a good gaming website where I can play said games with no problems let me know please.

[xcthulhux]

i never really got into the might and magic games.
a lot of my friends liked them though.

Anybody else here play myst when they were kids?

[Animeman73]

Young man I'll have you know I remember Myst from just after I graduated High School and started college. I just LOVED the original Myst.

[xcthulhux]

Young man I'll have you know I remember Myst from just after I graduated High School and started college. I just LOVED the original Myst.

i had fun with that game, but i had a lot more fun with the games that were similar to it.
like the frankenstein one, and the shannara one.

the shannara one especially.
that one was my favorite. i played that thing through in like 1 night.

[Prinz Eugen]

Young man I'll have you know I remember Myst from just after I graduated High School

MYST? - one of those johnny-come-lately games that plays in COLOR...

:-D

[dshwshr55]

Anyone here other than me completely addicted to chrono trigger?
IMO its the best RPG of all time.

Haha. I have been playing Chrono Trigger continuously since it's release date ^^
I have everything memorized about that (SNES) game, down to NPC dialog and what's in each treasure chest.

[xcthulhux]

Anyone here other than me completely addicted to chrono trigger?
IMO its the best RPG of all time.

Haha. I have been playing Chrono Trigger continuously since it's release date ^^
I have everything memorized about that (SNES) game, down to NPC dialog and what's in each treasure chest.

im not quite that obsessed, but i very much fancy it.
favorite character?

[dshwshr55]

I've never thought about a favorite character before...  As a silent protagonist, I think Chrono has a lot of character. He's my favorite to use, also because he has the most techs  ^^     Frog/Lucca's Line Bomb is my favorite double tech, however.

My FAAAAAVORITE character in the whole game though, is Alfador. If you keep feeding Chrono's cat with points from the fair, it'll keep multiplying, and the Alfador imitation should signify the last cat before you max out.

Schala is my favorite character to do fanart of! Or at least try.... I don't imitate Akira Toriyama very well (he draws characters too short, if you ask me.)

[Animeman73]

You know there one console game that i never really got the chance to conquer which is driving me crazy to this day. Final Fantasy 4. The one with the Espurs and the girl who was born of the Espurs. If anyone happens to know a place on the Internet where I could play that game I'd appreciate it. So many games I never beat life's so unfair  .

[dshwshr55]

Um..... You're thinking of FF6. FF4 revolved around the Paladin Cecil

[SoraKitsune]

I always rather liked Legend of Dragoon >.> although I read it got a bad rating for the constants battles and semi repetative nature. Rose is one of my favorite characters as well as the girl in blue... DX I cant remember her name.

[dshwshr55]

Meru, the girl with the big hammer, was my favorite in LoD. The battles were the best part, but there IS a line to step over where too many battles get randomly generated.
Even worse were the maps, though. You shouldn't have trouble getting to the next screen even when you have markers up. Of course, the same thing happened in parts of FF7, too.

[HardstyleZombie]

ok so one word

PONG

[NARUNIK]

I really HOPE FFVII gets remaked..

If that happens..Im gonna use all mu $ on a PS3 unless its also for PC

[DancingTofu]

ok so one word

PONG

1st gen gaming lol

[HardstyleZombie]

ok so one word

PONG

1st gen gaming lol

you said old school it dont get much older then that

[DancingTofu]

I like how pong is technically considered an entire generation of video games.

[HardstyleZombie]

I like how pong is technically considered an entire generation of video games.

wow tofu just cuz its the only game old people know

[camname21]

I like how pong is technically considered an entire generation of video games.

wow tofu just cuz its the only game old people know

You haven't played many online games have you, there are tons of old people on there, and they will pwn you too.

[HardstyleZombie]

i like to stay away from the black hole called online games but i do play online with friends 

[Cyprus]

You know there one console game that i never really got the chance to conquer which is driving me crazy to this day. Final Fantasy 4. The one with the Espurs and the girl who was born of the Espurs. If anyone happens to know a place on the Internet where I could play that game I'd appreciate it. So many games I never beat life's so unfair  .

You are thinking if FFIII for the SNES with Terra as the main character born of Espers...I don't know of anywhere online myself...but if you can find one of the copies of FFVI for the PS1 which is a combo pack with FFV...I believe its called FF anthology but would have to look when I'm at home...6 is the same game.

As for myself, I still own all my classic systems & still play them. A couple games that I have on my SNES that never get old for me are Mario RPG, FFIII, & an all-time favorite, Robotrek. Not sure if anyone remembers this game...a very creative RPG made by Enix(long before squaresoft & enix combined forces) about a young inventor trying to find his missing father. He fights with robots that you build, name, and program. Lots to it, I recommend anyone who likes RPG's to look this one up.

[ha~ma]

Fairly recent game, but Azure Dreams for PSX is a fantastic game.

[HardstyleZombie]

this is not so old but its good bioshock 2

[NARUNIK]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q9wzVcziwA&feature=channel

[DancingTofu]

I like how pong is technically considered an entire generation of video games.

wow tofu just cuz its the only game old people know

Wikipedia knows

[HardstyleZombie]

you have to much time on your hands tofu

[ha~ma]

you have to much time on your hands tofu

He actually doesn't, and that's not even a good criticism for someone being right. Everyone spends their time in different ways.

[HardstyleZombie]

you have to much time on your hands tofu

He actually doesn't, and that's not even a good criticism for someone being right. Everyone spends their time in different ways.

wow i wish i could joke with people i know IRL with out you white knighting  in ever thread i post in

[DancingTofu]

I was actually going to say something similar.  I really don't have a ton of free time; I invest a lot of the time that I do have into video games, and I don't spend a lot of time learning trivia.  One field of trivia that I make a point of knowing about though, because I'm considering entering the development field, is video gaming, particularly the history of vintage video games, because those are the ones that I enjoy the most, and the more I research them, the more I will be able to recreate those enjoyable experiences.

[HardstyleZombie]

and ha ma knows all this info about you.... strange but ok...

[DancingTofu]

ha~ma and I have been friends for nearly 3 years, but this is getting off-topic, so let's kill the discussion unless you want to take it to PM.

[HardstyleZombie]

ok back on topic
metal slug and contra are the best same with galaga

[DancingTofu]

Galaga holds a special place in my heart.  It's one of those games that I can always come back to, because it's a constant test of my dexterity and attention.  Sure, I memorize the bonus levels, but it's not as stressful for me as Joust or Bubble Bobble have become (with Bubble Bobble, I'll often just outright quit if I die before level 30).

There's a similar old game that I used to play which I used to love the crap out of, IIRC it's called Galaxian, but I'd need to play it to be sure.  What I liked about it was that it had a destructible environment, like space invaders, but far more detailed.  Maybe I'll try to hunt down a ROM and see if I'm remembering the right name for the right game.

[HardstyleZombie]

galaga is the same with me i play it every time i want to kick back and play games

same with dig dug it makes me think fast but not make me mad unlike newer games

as for the game you said i think i played it but i dont know so now i have to track it down and play it

[DancingTofu]

Just looked it up.  Galaxian was Galaga's precursor, so definitely not the game I was thinking of.  Maybe it's better I never find the game I'm thinking of though; I worry that it would lose it's magic for me if I were to play it now, after playing so many other great games.

[HardstyleZombie]

well i want to know what it is

also old games are never bad they are just not as populer thats why i dont tell people i play gauntlet

[Cyprus]

well i want to know what it is

also old games are never bad they are just not as populer thats why i dont tell people i play gauntlet

I love Gauntlet...have the PS2 ones at home & used to rock the arcade for hours before our arcade closed years ago  Also...metal slug is another amazing title that my friends & I would spend countless hours pumping quarters into....love it 

[HardstyleZombie]

O.o i like you now

[Cyprus]

Oh ya...if you have ever played the original Tekken game on PS1, you can unlock a Galaga opening screen that you can play before the menu...there is no time limit that forces you to play Tekken either, you can just start it up with your memory card saved data and rock Galaga for hours.

[HardstyleZombie]

Oh ya...if you have ever played the original Tekken game on PS1, you can unlock a Galaga opening screen that you can play before the menu...there is no time limit that forces you to play Tekken either, you can just start it up with your memory card saved data and rock Galaga for hours.

time to find my ps1 games to play galaga and beat people up

[Cyprus]

Oh ya...if you have ever played the original Tekken game on PS1, you can unlock a Galaga opening screen that you can play before the menu...there is no time limit that forces you to play Tekken either, you can just start it up with your memory card saved data and rock Galaga for hours.

time to find my ps1 games to play galaga and beat people up

You might have to look up the requirements for unlocking it though....it has been years since I played it.

[HardstyleZombie]

Oh ya...if you have ever played the original Tekken game on PS1, you can unlock a Galaga opening screen that you can play before the menu...there is no time limit that forces you to play Tekken either, you can just start it up with your memory card saved data and rock Galaga for hours.

time to find my ps1 games to play galaga and beat people up

You might have to look up the requirements for unlocking it though....it has been years since I played it.

well i dont know i can hook up two game systems FTW

[Cyprus]

I JUST GOT MY 2600!!! CAN I GET A "WHAT" WHAT"?!?!

O.O "WHAT WHAT?!?!"

[Animeman73]

Okay another game I remember from my childhood  is one from that strange and ancient time known as the 1980's, it was called....DONKEY KONG!

[Cyprus]

Donkey Kong was fun...never got really good at that one...usually just played until I was tired of getting barrels thrown at me lol.

Are there any old school gamers out there that remember such abstract titles as Archon, which was a fantasy chess game where you actually entered a battle field to determine the victor over a square once 2 pieces met...one side was the "light" side and the other "dark" so the pieces you had were different & had different advantages...or another game, Galaxy 5000, which was an addicting fantasy racing game that could kinda be compared to Rock n' Roll Racing on SNES(also one of my favorites) in the fact that you have weapons that you upgrade as well as your ship.

[Animeman73]

Archon Cyprus, BAGS I had a copy of that game on my old Commodore 64. I actually rather loved that game, strategizing, the characters and their animations. Okay they're definitely crude by today's standards but the game was overall fun.

[Cyprus]

I miss that game...need to find another copy, mine was stolen years ago and just haven't looked for another one. One of my favorite older games though, even it it does look choppy compared to todays standards. Too bad they won't remake it with for a newer console & have more "armys" to pick from...I would buy that.

[Animeman73]

Another game I can hink of from the old school is The 7th Guest & the 11th hour. In both games your charcter is trapped in the house of an evil toymaker named Henry Stauf. In order to escape you have to solve pretty creepy puzzles and even beat Stauf in some games.

How's that for old school?

[DancingTofu]

The mention of old battle racing games makes me kind of want to dig up my old copies of Megarace (1993, car-based) and Slipstream 5000 (1996 IIRC, played in vehicles that were essentially souped up fighter jets) and see if either of them will run properly on Windows XP.

[xcthulhux]

its not SUPER old, but did anybody here play pilot wings for the N64?

that was one of my favorite games of all time

[Cyprus]

Anyone here ever get to play Maniac Mansion on the NES...absolutely awsome game, kinda RPGish. It's about a group of kids that break into this mansion where the main character's girlfriend is being held captive by a mad scientist. There's so much to that game...its awsome lol.

[TomtheFanboy]

I played Maniac Mansion on the computer. Yeah that game was awesome. I loved how many different characters there were and how many different pathways you could go down.

[NARUNIK]

QUAKE 3 ARENA
RAYMAN 2
POKEMON YELLOW
WoW

[Cyprus]

I played Maniac Mansion on the computer. Yeah that game was awesome. I loved how many different characters there were and how many different pathways you could go down.

Oh ya...I forgot that it was PC also. Was probably one of the games with the most content on the NES lol.

[soundninja12]

WoW

Me seems to think this is not an old school game O.O

[Cyprus]

WoW

Me seems to think this is not an old school game O.O

Me seems to think none of the others listed with it were either...

On the topic of old school games, my Wii is being super modded as we speak to have every single old school game there is... My god I am so excited, I can play old games for HOURS on end without losing interest lol. GOGO HOMEBREW CHANNEL FTW!!

[reppy]

My exposure to Maniac Mansion was on PC when playing Day of the Tentacle.  If you go into this guy's room (forget his name), you can use his computer and play the original.

[soundninja12]

WoW

Me seems to think this is not an old school game O.O

Me seems to think none of the others listed with it were either...

On the topic of old school games, my Wii is being super modded as we speak to have every single old school game there is... My god I am so excited, I can play old games for HOURS on end without losing interest lol. GOGO HOMEBREW CHANNEL FTW!!

-crawls in Chris' window in the middle of the night to play his wii-

I hope I don't scare Jessica too much... O.O

[KogaRyu]

Sweet Home.
Been playing this on and off lately. Anyone ever seen or played it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Home_(video_game)

[Cyprus]

-crawls in Chris' window in the middle of the night to play his wii-

I hope I don't scare Jessica too much... O.O

O.o probably not the best idea lol...I would likely scare you Anyway, Jess <3's you so you would be fine lol...come over & play Wii anytime, just text/call me first >.< no waking Chris up

[Animeman73]

Well it's been a while since anyone posted here. But here i forgot to mention this one as a favorite of mine but here is the opening to the original Myst. And yes the origibnal Myst IS a favorite old school game of mine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKCawALGeXw

[NARUNIK]

WoW

Me seems to think this is not an old school game O.O

Me seems to think none of the others listed with it were either...

On the topic of old school games, my Wii is being super modded as we speak to have every single old school game there is... My god I am so excited, I can play old games for HOURS on end without losing interest lol. GOGO HOMEBREW CHANNEL FTW!!

-crawls in Chris' window in the middle of the night to play his wii-

I hope I don't scare Jessica too much... O.O

I meant the original Warcrafts unless that doesnt count either. The oldest games I had played were in the 90's. Except for the original super marios.

[SoraKitsune]

I like how pong is technically considered an entire generation of video games.

wow tofu just cuz its the only game old people know

old people?! Old people?! Im not old and I know that that was epic fun, oh and I suddenly thought of Tron :/ the movie I think

[DancingTofu]

Narunik.  Within your lifetime = not oldschool.

1994 or 1995 is probably the cutoff for most people at this point.  Of course it varies, but I think the status quo would say anything after 1995 is relatively current.

[NARUNIK]

Well Iv'e played a few back, but 96 was my favorite year.

[Cyprus]

WoW

Me seems to think this is not an old school game O.O

Me seems to think none of the others listed with it were either...

On the topic of old school games, my Wii is being super modded as we speak to have every single old school game there is... My god I am so excited, I can play old games for HOURS on end without losing interest lol. GOGO HOMEBREW CHANNEL FTW!!

-crawls in Chris' window in the middle of the night to play his wii-

I hope I don't scare Jessica too much... O.O

I meant the original Warcrafts unless that doesnt count either. The oldest games I had played were in the 90's. Except for the original super marios.

The originals weren't called "WoW" though...you would have needed to clarify that lol. They aren't really very old school games though...but I still liked them & find them far more entertaining than WoW.