old school games : Othor Games

» Tue Jul 27, 2010 5:26 pm

Here's my list of some of my favorite games on the nintendo and sega genesis. Ah the good old days midi music cartridges 2D graphics and side scrolling...

Nintendo
Super Mario
Super Mario 2
Super Mario 3
Rivercity Randsom aka street gangs aka Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari
Contra
Ninja Guiden
Freedom force

Genesis
Vectorman
Gunstar Heros
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Sonic and Knuckles
Sonic 3D

» Tue Jul 27, 2010 10:24 am

Donkey Kong Country 2 is, and will always be, my favorite old school game ever. It's the best platformer I've played in my entire life, perfect in every way possible.

Then there's Chrono Trigger, another amazing oldie. Also, old school PC RPGs like Baldur's Gate and Planescape: Torment. :thumbsup:

Delta Force on PC and Goldeneye on the N64, my first experience with shooters (And damn good introductions to the genre, IMHO).

I really can't name off that many, however, since I wasn't too much of a gamer until the Playstation era.

» Tue Jul 27, 2010 5:47 pm

the original castlevania, maybe even 2 for that slight rpg feel of traveling to different locations

spy hunter for finally allowing us to drive like we were james bond

Pit fighter on genesis, which i think was the first digitized game

gauntlet

» Tue Jul 27, 2010 12:00 pm

I wasn't able to buy games until PSX... Which I am sort of glad because paper boxes were [censored].

Now I own a few SNES games and one Genesis.

for the genesis Starflight.

» Tue Jul 27, 2010 7:05 am

DOS games. :hubbahubba:

Delta Force on PC and Goldeneye on the N64, my first experience with shooters (And damn good introductions to the genre, IMHO).

Ahh, Delta Force. Such awesome online FPS games. 2, Land Warrior and TFD in particular.

» Tue Jul 27, 2010 8:47 am

sonic and mario have always had a place in my heart

» Tue Jul 27, 2010 2:29 pm

i bought a genesis years after the fact and played toe jam and earl on it... it was slow as all [censored]. toe jam was walkin as fast as his three legs could cary him, and even though the deganged ice cream truck driver was in fact in an ice cream truck, i was certain that the http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyJWVw6xqY0 was writtin specifically for him.

i had to get super faded and slow myself down a bit to balance things out.

» Tue Jul 27, 2010 1:15 pm

Donkey Kong Country 2, possibly the greatest platformer ever as sub_tonic said, Final Fantasy 3 (6) is easily one of the best RPGs I've played, and Zombies Ate My Neighbors is classic co-op fun.

» Tue Jul 27, 2010 2:29 am

You forgot BattleToads, never made it very far but I loved it.

» Tue Jul 27, 2010 4:38 am

You forgot BattleToads, never made it very far but I loved it.

This is a classic. Toe Jam and Earl as well.

» Tue Jul 27, 2010 4:58 pm

No doubt eventually some ass holes are going to start demanding we define old school, and snorting with derision at anything made after the Carter administration.

Anyway, I have a warm fondness for the Genesis era Sonic games, and the [biome] Strike games from when EA was still cool.

I also really [censored] love Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, but that came out in 1998, but it's ugly enough to look old.

» Tue Jul 27, 2010 11:58 am

R.C. Pro-Am!!!! That was one of my most favorite NES games when I was 6. Super Off-Road(and Super Off-Road Baja, which, though similar in name, were two entirely different games) was a game I played a lot ^^

Not going to bother to list all the great classic RPGs, I've already seen some listed, and I'm sure others will list them, I'm just trying to think off more Offbeat games that were still really good. Monster Party for the NES was fun. I liked the Bugs Bunny games for the NES as well.

» Tue Jul 27, 2010 3:40 am

DOS games. :hubbahubba:

I started on a Commodore 64...didn't move up to DOS until the late '80s.

I had friends that had Intellivision, Colecovision, Atari 2600, etc., but I didn't have one. I was aware of the Pong machines and the consoles that had several built-in variations of the same game, but I didn't know anyone that had one. After that I had various PCs, a NES, a Sega Master System...then a Sega Genesis and a SNES. Old school for me? How about Combat? That was a fun game with 2 players.

Obviously "old school" is going to depend on how old you are. For my nephew PS2 is "old school."

My favorite old-ish RPGs would probably be The Bard's Tale series and Wasteland.

» Tue Jul 27, 2010 2:29 pm

I think the oldest games I know that I would totally play today and forever are http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43k0hvAjt9Q and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp1XvV8BBfQ on the Sega ~~Genesis~~ Nomad. Awesome little games.

As for "new" old games that I've only recently played, I have to say Shantae on the GBC is a real gem of a game. Surprising the technology in that game for GBC too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEp6GFqSgDY&feature=related

And a REAL blast from the past, hoo boy, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCRpvBNlYis&feature=related.

» Tue Jul 27, 2010 8:28 am

No doubt eventually some ass holes are going to start demanding we define old school, and snorting with derision at anything made after the Carter administration.

:rofl: Well, I'd take them over the "An RPG is this, not this, with the exception of this, but excluding this because of this" people.

» Tue Jul 27, 2010 8:01 am

I also really [censored] love Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, but that came out in 1998, but it's ugly enough to look old.

If 1998 is oldschool, then Fallout is almighty and we are all ant carcasses in its wake.

» Tue Jul 27, 2010 10:38 am

I love the sonic games alot :happy:

But another classic that comes to mind is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B-oRy5Edbk

» Tue Jul 27, 2010 5:14 am

I love the sonic games alot :happy:

But another classic that comes to mind is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B-oRy5Edbk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1kXaawsQzY

» Tue Jul 27, 2010 5:56 am

If 1998 is oldschool, then Fallout is almighty and we are all ant carcasses in its wake.

It's not particularly old, but it certainly channels it's depth and complexity from an older time.

» Tue Jul 27, 2010 6:28 pm

I love the sonic games alot :happy:

But another classic that comes to mind is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B-oRy5Edbk

Yes, what happened to the Sonic avatar?

» Tue Jul 27, 2010 6:53 am

Here are some of my favorite old school games.

NES
Ghost n' Goblins
Kid Icarus
Metroid
Kirby's Adventure
Metal Gear
The Legend of Zelda
Super Mario Bros. 3

SNES
Ghost n' Goblins II
The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past
Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures
Joe and Mac
Sunset Riders (one of my favorite games, ever)
Zombies Ate my Neighbors
Killer Instinct
Super Mario World
Donkey Kong Country
TMNT
Biker Mice from Mars
Starfox
F-Zero
Super Mario RPG

Sega CD
Dolphin
Who Shot Johnny Rock? (just kidding

)

32x
Doom

Sega Saturn
Battle Monsters
Mortal Kombat II
Gex
Myst

Sega Genesis
Sonic
Streets of Rage

I am sure I am forgetting a few.

» Tue Jul 27, 2010 10:09 am

I really liek the arcade http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZsIyJehtE8. Those damn brains.

» Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:05 am

I was a big fan of Putt-Putt and Fatty Bear, specifically the incidences where Putt Putt goes to a parade and Fatty Bear has to make a birthday cake.

Other than those two games, I spent the majority of my computer time playing Tom and Jerry's Cat-tas-trophy on DOS and Microsoft Home's Dangerous Creatures.

» Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:25 am

Sonic the Hedgehog (Master System)
Sonic the Hedgehog Chaos (Master System)
Golden Axe (Master System)
Lotus III (Amiga)
Shadow of the Beast (Amiga)

As for what can and can't be considered old school it's obviously dependant on the individuals age, but as a general rule anything that's at least a decade old can be considered old school in my opinion. Certainly anything earlier than 2000 can.

» Tue Jul 27, 2010 8:32 am

man, i hated RC pro-am.. mostly for the controllers.

gradius
paper boy
Mega Man
Clash At Demonhead.

heh. on the intellivision tip: Nightstalker!!!!

oh ya, golden axe! hows abourt altered beast?

two crude dudes
hha streets of rage..