[Thoughts] Retroware, Was it REALLY a failure?

[EM1L]

Dee.Eff.Ess, your most likeyly right also it's a she

[Mysticales]

Dee.Eff.Ess, your most likeyly right also it's a she

Got a pic? Lol. Seems thats the standard people ask for when they say that lol.

[xigency]

Halo 2/ Unreal own any old fps and Doom3 just like all Doom games suck

DOOM sucks? you think halo 2 is better than doom?
:ROFL:
WOW

doom 1 was WAAAAAYY better than halo 2
same with doom 2, and 3 (and the doom movies comin out soon :) )

Anywho...

i have to agree that the classics were the best
the only types of games that have REALLY gotten any better was FPS and maybe sports (im not really into sports but all my friends into sports stillb like NBA JAM way better than current gen games) but they still had some great classic roots.

but i have to say that today, even if games have 100x the graphics theyre still not as fun or fun for long. all (or most) of the new games can be beaten in a week, tops, and then get boring. compared to super mario bros 3 for nes or super mario 64 or even, hell, the pokemon gb games (they were actually pretty good rpg's) which took a couple months to beat and were VERY replayable. back then people worried about GAMEPLAY and FUN two terms long since forgotton

but dont get me wrong, i still like the new stuf comin out, its just sometimes its a little disappointing (like Half-Life 2 which i beat in 2 days)

and also, i babysat for a bunch of little kids a couple years back and they all were crazy about pac-man and dig dug. they all had those namco classic packs that they make for every system

[Mysticales]

Yea, well too many new companies and games try to push every inch of graphics, speed, and "looks" into the game and forget that the game is supposed to be FUN.

Look at Phantasy Star Online, DC game that still goes strong.. same with Counter Strike. They arent that retro, but they sure havent been replaced yet.

Old games were fun, they didnt need high graphics to make it better, Sports and FPS I can understand there.. but the core still plays the same as the new ones..

[Skydevil]

I had virtual boy once. I think its gonna ruin my vision when i get older

[Synyster gates]

DOOM sucks? you think halo 2 is better than doom?
:ROFL:
WOW

doom 1 was WAAAAAYY better than halo 2
same with 2, and 3 (and the movies comin out soon :) )

Anywho...

i have to agree that the classics were the best
the only types of games that have REALLY gotten any better was FPS and maybe sports (im not really into sports but all my friends into sports stillb like NBA JAM way better than current gen games) but they still had some great classic roots.

but i have to say that today, even if games have 100x the graphics theyre still not as fun or fun for long. all (or most) of the new games can be beaten in a week, tops, and then get boring. compared to super mario bros 3 for nes or super mario 64 or even, hell, the pokemon gb games (they were actually pretty good rpg's) which took a couple months to beat and were VERY replayable. back then people worried about GAMEPLAY and FUN two terms long since forgotton

but dont get me wrong, i still like the new stuf comin out, its just sometimes its a little disappointing (like Half-Life 2 which i beat in 2 days)

and also, i babysat for a bunch of little kids a couple years back and they all were crazy about pac-man and dig dug. they all had those namco classic packs that they make for every system

i'm sorry but i wholly disagree. doom 1 did suck and isn't fit to be uttered in the same sentance a halo one or two. it was original at the time and thats all it had going for it

[Trigun]

classic games are the best! w00

[Turbocat777]

hellz yeah classic games rock!

i still play my commodore 64 and 128 :)

[Trigun]

commi 64!~ w000!

[Turbocat777]

i don't want to

man, now i want to play sonic on the sega again, and mario for nes, i'll play them tomorrow, or thursday, maybe, if i wake up early

i rmember having so much fun playing them

[philjeary]

Just to chuck in my opinion....

I don't think you can say that either old games or new games are better - alot of old games were really bad - and despite shiny graphics, alot of new games are equally bad!

The way we play games has changed as well. Anyone notice the lack of focus on high score these days?

My favourite ever games include Last Ninja 2, Streets of Rage, Toe Jam & Earl, Mario Kart, Super Star Wars, Toca Race Driver 2, Dawn of War and Counterstrike - thats a nice mix of old 8bit & 16bit classics as well as up to date games - I can still lose as many hours playing the old classics on my PSP as I can playing Dawn of War on my PC!

Hows that for sitting on the fence?

[Turbocat777]

in memory of all my game systems i'm posting pics of them all and this seems like the best place to do it :)
i'm posting pics of everything except my original gameboy, gba my gba sp and my ps2 cause they don't work and my gba is being borrowed and my sp is upstairs and i don't want to wake anyone up cause iot's llike 3:30 am :)

[Turbocat777]

the last one you can see a 5 1/4 drive for the c64/128

so that's my systems, may they rest in peace once they stop working (heaven forbid!!) they all still work! (and i wish they could for forever)
wow that was alot more work than i thought it was, but it's worth it

[TheMysteriousThug]

Soviet: How freaking wrong could you be.


I prefer old games because the gameplay and stories were great.

[Mysticales]

Man its just funny.. New system.. devs 1st order of buisness... getting emulators to work thus increasing the line of games for the system.

Not bad considering nowadays game companies are even porting them.. Look at the FF makes for GBA and DS planned or out there.. They dont do too much cause the game is solid enough. FFIV is a highly sold GBA game right now.. Im waiting on FFVI personally.. even tho I am playing it on PSP now.

[Turbocat777]

hey myst you like the vic20 and sharedata modems?
i wouldhave taken a pic of my tapedrive but i'n not sure where it is
i will when i find it/or if you really want me to

aw crap i forgot my gameboy color too,...................cr ap i can't find it either

[TheMysteriousThug]

My NES, SNES, DC have died on me

[Turbocat777]

My NES, SNES, DC have died on me

i'm sorry may they rest in peace

hopefully you can get replacements for pretty cheap :)

[Mysticales]

I had tapedrive, also the old modems for C64.. as well as the Atari modem. (The Atari that looked like a C64.. wonder what it was called.. cant rem)

Old school BBS, hacking and downloading games.. C64 on like 300 bps I think..?

[Turbocat777]

I had tapedrive, also the old modems for C64.. as well as the Atari modem. (The Atari that looked like a C64.. wonder what it was called.. cant rem)

Old school BBS, hacking and downloading games.. C64 on like 300 bps I think..?

lol nice! me, on the other hand i was too young when it came out to do that

besides i was content playing with my muppet keys amd game that went with it :)

[Turbocat777]

hereya go mysticales not sure if it works, it should never used it yet

[Trigun]

turbo you might want to think about cleaning your systems they have alot of...."dust" on them

[twelve]

I can't believe Im gonna say this but I agree with Soviet and I prefer newer games over the older ones. Anything SNES and after is what I like, anything before that can stay as a memory.

I'd love to get a retro collection goin like Turbo but I don't have the money or space for it. And it would most likely be a waste of money as they really wouldn't get a lot of use.

[Trigun]

well for me RETRO is the way i live.. i mean i play more retro pre-PS2/xbox/gc era games than anything.my retro stuff gets lots of attention when i'm not playing halo

[Turbocat777]

turbo you might want to think about cleaning your systems they have alot of...."dust" on them

yeah your right i do, the sega cd/ genesis (jvc x'eye) has a few paw prints from my cats ^_^

did i forget to mention that i blew up one of two power supplies to an apple lle?

it was a present from one of my middle school teachers and haven't gotten it to work, ever...........

[mnky]

jeez... no wonder your getting thousands of points...

ah hah! You are KON!

[Delirium Trigger]

Here's my SNES. It's still hooked up in my room, and I still play it. And it has my favorite game of all time in it: The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To the Past. And also, here's my PSP playing Pokemon Blue =]





I'm too young to have all the other older systems, I'm only 14. But I do have emulators =] And about the whole old games vs. new games thing. I'm pretty much split. I mean, there's so many current-gen games that I couldn't imagine gaming without them, but there are also so many classics that are the reasons I got into gaming in the first place. I think the first game I can DISTINCTLY remember playing is Zelda: LttP, and it still is to this day my favorite video game, and Zelda games are my favorite video game series of all time ^_^;;

[Mysticales]

No to mention its tad cheaper to get a rom now and play the games you couldnt afford back in the era.. 30-50$ for a sega, snes game.. ahh the old days.

[Delirium Trigger]

Lol, I wonder if here in 10 or 15 years, the current-gen games that are so expensive will be just as easily downloadable online as the older games are now? And we'll probably all be playing Halo 3 on the PSP15, complaining about how the graphics are limited to just being displayed on the screen. Keke, that'll be the day...<_<;;

[twelve]

Lol, I wonder if here in 10 or 15 years, the current-gen games that are so expensive will be just as easily downloadable online as the older games are now? And we'll probably all be playing Halo 3 on the PSP15, complaining about how the graphics are limited to just being displayed on the screen. Keke, that'll be the day...<_<;;

i imagine we probably will. but nowadays downloading 9GB for a game seems a lot but in 10-15 years time with blu-ray/hd-dvd probly having a successor out and games being in the 100GB range it wont seem a lot at all.