How did we ever manage. lol

[HE1RO]

I like my old PSX and PS2 games, but being stuck with oldies and games with no online features is a bummer.

At my house i have no high speed internet, sometimes none at all. (thank god we are moving soon) I have gotten used to the college's internet and im not even a month into summer and im uber bored and somewhat frustrated lol

When i think about back in the day when online gaming wasn't a big deal, i feel disappointed in my self at how i have under appreciated a game for its core game play and mostly based a games worth by its online capabilities. haha

 

[W3H5]

Back in the day for me meant building dens, playing army with plastic guns and lots of football. I didn't know what the internet was, if it even existed, and my NES only had 2 red buttons on the controller.

 

[axletramp]

Don't even get me started here...

 

[wfooshee]

Dude, I remember cassettes coming out!!!

Computers??? Don't make me laugh. TCP/IP didn't exist when I finished high school.

 

[Bopop4]

I find it sad that after I got a 360 that I've barely played my PS2.
It's hard to complain though, you get used to using a much better and more advanced product.

 

[opelgt1969]

I remember back in the days (I was 22 yrs old) this great new game arrived PONG, Hey we did have pinball machines.

 

[axletramp]

Some people do find it hard to believe, but games like Vanguard and Starmaster on the Atari 2600 and Elite and Knightlore on the Spectrum were just as involving as modern games. Essentially the gameplay hasn't changed but the details and 'reality' has. OK, I prefer more modern games just for that reason, just as I will prefer to play PS4, 5 and 6 games in the future. But that doesn't stop me digging out the older (and often ancient) consoles just for a blast - it's sometimes more fun that way.

 

[Katiegan]

I remember playing Sonic on the Mega Drive when I was younger. That was always fun. Then I remember playing Tomb Raider and Spyro on the PS1, and bugging my sister if I could play on it, because it was in her room. I still have the Spyro games I had for my PS2. I was literally Spyro obsessed for about 3 years. All of my PS2 stuff is buried away in a cupboard somewhere under other old toys and stuff. It's quite sad really. GT4 is hidden in there somewhere, too.

 

[Pyle_PMG]

I play old games all the time.

I have a PS2, Xbox, PS1, Sega Genesis, (My NES went to my older sister as a birthday gift).

I don't know how I'd manage with a current gen system.

I value the nostalgia of the older games and systems, they just seem better to me.

 

[Bopop4]

^ That's how I always thought, then when I got an Xbox I realized that it's just like the older stuff except 100X better.

 

[HE1RO]

I still have my old PSX but i only have my ps2 hooked up, mainly because the slim cant play PS2 games. Most of the time if i decide to play an older game, its usually one of the Tokyo Xtreme Racer games... or Ace Combat.

I still think the Spyro series is good, the level design is also top notch even to this day haha

 

[Bopop4]

I'm still going to get AC5 if I see it, only one that I don't have and I NEED it.

 

[F1 fan]

It's hard to complain though, you get used to using a much better and more advanced product.

"Better" is entirely debatable.

 

[W3H5]

I must say I do miss MK3 on the Mega Drive.

 

[Techy]

It would be nice to own antique gaming pieces. I remember my Art teacher having an Atari 2600 as well as a Mega Drive. He had only Pong on the Atari, and various games for Mega Drive like a fighting one to Pac-Man. My Art teacher was actually notorious for having spectacular skills playing Pong, and indeed he had that 'Joystick thumb'. He did allow some students to play the systems, but he always ended it quickly. It was unfortunate he resigned from my middle school since it couldn't fund an Art class anymore The saddest thing, was that little people cared about that. And he was a very distinctive lad.

Anyway, I have a PS1, but it didn't seem to properly spin the discs, so we have it stowed away somewhere. As for the games, it isn't very expanse. My favorite from the lot were GT and GT 2

 

[Bopop4]

"Better" is entirely debatable.

Well yeah, ACZ vs AC6 is debatable, but CoD 3 vs MW2 is clear cut.

 

[F1 fan]

Well yeah, ACZ vs AC6 is debatable, but CoD 3 vs MW2 is clear cut.

FF7 V FFXIII. FF7 wins. There are many classic games I still play nowadays that are better than games in the same genre today.

 

[Bopop4]

Very true, I sometimes pop GT3 back in because it just feels right to do some hot laps.
But things have come a long way, what with the online content and sheer scope of the games. (Not to say that there weren't any big older games, just that there are more now, Fable, Skyrim etc.)

 

[Driving Park]

I have a PS3, which has my favorite game on it, Burnout Paradise. I also have Need for Speed: The Run, and several other very enjoyable games (GT5 is not among them.), all of which I enjoy playing very much and do so frequently.

But the game I play the most frequently is a PC game from 1998, BattleZone. I also have a Nintendo 64 that I use to play Super Smash Bros. I love Brawl, but I don't love it enough to justify buying a Wii for it when I have the original. Game of choice for all of my college gamer friends and I, even though combined we have laptops, a PS3, a 360, and a Wii at our ready disposal: Mario Kart 64, every time. I haven't played my PS1 games in ages, but I have them.

Good old fashioned split screen with friends is way more fun than any online game in my opinion, and I'm sad to see that most new games nowadays (I was crushed when I found this out about Burnout Paradise, in an otherwise perfect (for me) game) are forgoing split screen altogether because, hey, everyone loves online and split screen is a thing of the past. Uhh, no it isn't. Give me a choice between split screen and online and I'll pick the split screen every time.

As much as I love the awesome new games, old games always have a place in my video game collection. The way I see it, old games couldn't rely on awesome graphics to draw players in, so they had to rely on their awesome gameplay, and they did. In spades. Then awesome graphics started coming along, and game companies could skimp on the gameplay because, hey, look at those graphics! Now though, because everyone has awesome graphics, game companies now have to make games with both awesome graphics AND awesome gameplay. And everyone is happy. Except me, because there's no split screen.

P.S. And for the record, now that it's been discussed already, I've played the Ace Combat series from 4 up to Assault Horizon. 5 wins no contest for me. An "old" game by today's standards. (For that matter, so is BP. Imagine that.)

 

[W3H5]

Super Smash Bros on N64 FTW. Oh how I wasted so much of my youth on that.

 

[Liquid]

I've still never played a video game online, so I'm not in a position to say "Oh man, how did we ever cope without this?"

I personally prefer multiplayer where the people are actually in the same room. Even today, me and my three friends get a major kick out of four-way N64 parties; Mario Kart and GoldenEye. It's just as exciting as playing a video game today, and even more so because I'm in the company of my friends and we're laughing and poking fun at each other along the way.

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

FF7 V FFXIII. FF7 wins. There are many classic games I still play nowadays that are better than games in the same genre today.

Or just Squaresoft vs Squeenix


I think as development gets more costly and longer, developers can't risk as much and go for the appeal to everyone approach. In many ways modern gaming is much more disappointing.

 

[Roush_fan_99]

I've still never played a video game online, so I'm not in a position to say "Oh man, how did we ever cope without this?"

I personally prefer multiplayer where the people are actually in the same room. Even today, me and my three friends get a major kick out of four-way N64 parties; Mario Kart and GoldenEye. It's just as exciting as playing a video game today, and even more so because I'm in the company of my friends and we're laughing and poking fun at each other along the way.

what!? You've never played online? Lol

Anyway, I totally agree, we used to play multiplayer 007 Nightfire, that was a blast.

I started with the NASCAR series games before GT5 and I own every single one since Nascar 2003, and dirt to daytona. I swear that Dirt to Daytona is the best Nascar game I've ever played, and yet it's the oldest one I own. I think every odd year produced a good nascar game for some odd reason but they got progressively worse any way. I haven't played NASCAR Dirt to Daytona in so long because I haven't turned on my PS2 in 4 years and I'm scared it's going to blow up (exaggeration) from the dust build up.

I just feel that the older games were more creative in their gameplay because they didn't rely on the changing of gameplay by other players as much. NASCAR Dirt to Daytona even had a little point unlock system where you could unlock things like mini cars or super draft. Which was a blast if you just wanted to mess around

 

[F1 fan]

I've still never played a video game online, so I'm not in a position to say "Oh man, how did we ever cope without this?"

I hadn't really played online before December, so I know where you're coming from.

Or just Squaresoft vs Squeenix


I think as development gets more costly and longer, developers can't risk as much and go for the appeal to everyone approach. In many ways modern gaming is much more disappointing.

So instead, we got FFXIII, which had revolutionary graphics and "mash X constantly" gameplay. An extreme example, I know, but a point nonetheless. The apple fell out of the tree and into the bin.

 

[Driving Park]

Anyway, I totally agree, we used to play multiplayer 007 Nightfire, that was a blast.

NightFire and GoldenEye! What great games. I have spent many split screen time on those as well.

I started with the NASCAR series games before GT5 and I own every single one since Nascar 2003, and dirt to daytona. I swear that Dirt to Daytona is the best Nascar game I've ever played, and yet it's the oldest one I own. I think every odd year produced a good nascar game for some odd reason but they got progressively worse any way. I haven't played NASCAR Dirt to Daytona in so long because I haven't turned on my PS2 in 4 years and I'm scared it's going to blow up (exaggeration) from the dust build up.

I don't own every title in that series, but I've played 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2011 at a friend's house. The only two I have bought as a result? 2001 and 2003. 2001 is my favorite though.

 

[wfooshee]

My first in-home video game: Pong. A dedicated box with the two paddle controllers that attached to a circuit added to specific Heathkit television sets. It would not connect to other sets via channel 3 or 4, it had to be a Heathkit so you could tap its connectors into known circuits in the TV kit. Late '70s.


Proper Pong game it was, though, beeps and boops in the right places, scorekeeping, white objects on black background. It was literally days before the controllers started getting dirty (or worn) and making the paddle skip up and down!

 

[Steele_obsidion]

back in the day for me, was an Atari 5200, a small ass TV and hours upon hours of centipede and james bond.

then the NES came, and i spent even more time paying Dragon Warrior and Zelda

 

[Wiegert]

NightFire and GoldenEye! What great games. I have spent many split screen time on those as well.

I spent hours playing Nightfire with my brother back in 2004 (time really does fly), and it was a blast. Mostly just trying to hit each other with RC sentinel rockets


Chain Reaction was a great mission too. The nuclear power station setting was perfect.

 

[Driving Park]

I spent hours playing Nightfire with my brother back in 2004 (time really does fly), and it was a blast. Mostly just trying to hit each other with RC sentinel rockets

I know EXACTLY what you mean. One of my friends and I did that for years and still do it. Nowadays, whenever we load up NightFire, 9 times out of 10 it's Ravine with explosive weapons only, which basically results in Sentinels for the half hour long match. And it never gets old.

Chain Reaction was a great mission too. The nuclear power station setting was perfect.

👍

 

[Slash]

I still play my Genesis and NES from time to time. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 FTW