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[Deraj]

Now, I'm not all that old, even though I act like it, and feel it in various ways. (Back pain, Cataract Surgery... 17 YEAR-OLDS DO NOT GET CATARACTS!!)
And, in the constant flood of new games like Shooting Star Rockman 3 and the two Sonic Games coming up, I think it's time we look to the past, when gaming was simpler. But not too simple as to bore us all to death, you got that? XD I mean the GREAT old games, not TETRIS or PONG old! Like (For example) X-Wing VS TIE Fighter for the Windows 95. (For which I have recently spend 60 bucks getting the game, the expansion, and a controller for it. I just hope it bloody works on Vista. XD Still waiting for the controller in the mail, because it doesn't accept a mouse.)
Now, to me, it doesn't matter HOW old it is, so long as it's for a 'retired' system, like, for example, the GBA or GBC, or, h*ll, even the GBP/GB!!
Now, obviously current-gen and last-gen systems are banned from this conversation. Except for the GBA. Why? Because I said.

So, if you have an old game that you still love to play (Aside from NiGHTS ) discuss it here.

I'll start.
LONG LIVE KIRBY SUPER STAR!! God, that's a fun game! Especially when you're the helper. XD You're the little transforming b*stard that takes away Kirby's power just to stay alive. I like all the different forms the helper can take, too. I'm a bird! I'm a plane/jetpack thing! NO! I'M KNUCKLE JOE!! BWAHAHAHAHA!
It's for the Super Nintendo. BUY IT. Or the remake which will HOPEFULLY come out for the DS. Most Kirby games have been shelved recently, so...

[Purgatory]

I actually just got a new Nintendo (As new as NES can be..) and picked up my old games and started to play them. I thought I would be hooked on playing Simon's Quest, Zelda, or Dr. Mario and found that instead, I got hooked on playing Gremlins 2: The New Batch. XD

Movie based games are usually a crock of sh*t, I know, but the game is actually a lot more fun than I remember it being when I was a kid. I recall not being able to make it passed the first level and chalked it up to the game sucking. Really I must have been eating paint chips or something.. The levels can be really challenging to figure out, as the layouts are a lot harder than the gremlins that attack you and as you progress through the game, they are harder and harder puzzles.

Other awesome games to play that I sort of overlooked are Kung Foo, Kid Icarus, Wrecking Crew, and some Road Runner game I have..

Kirby for the Nintendo: Awesomesauce. Love the mini games. Especially the quick draw and the one where you have to eat all the eggs DeDeDe throws, but not the bombs.

[marymont]

Since apparently Atari system games are too old-school...
8-bit: Super Mario Bros. 2 (not the Japanese version) and SMB 3
16-bit: Sonic 2 & 3 & Knuckles, Mario Kart, Donkey Kong Country, Mortal Kombat II
32 & 64-bit: Puzzle Fighter, Soul Blade, Super Smash Bros.
And a game I wish I'd gotten to play but never did, Crash Bandicoot

[Dark Magician]

*Pulls out a deck of playing cards*

I'll have to say Casino Kid for the NES, not only is it the only casino that I would play at without worrying about going broke, but it also taught me how to play Black Jack and poker.

Sonic Spinball- Can't pass the 3rd stage but still oodles of stress relief.
Double Dragon II: The Revenge- My sister and I almost beat it!
Pokemon Yellow
StarTropics

[Saifer Dracondrali]

I'm still playing my NES and my super Nintendo... I enjoyed mario legend of the seven stars and I still do, Zelda was a great game (plus the gold carterage was quite shiny :3)... I lost it ;_( KIRBY SUPER STAR that game was awesome I hope they put it up for wii shop channel soon. I also liked the super mario series (but I still don't see what all the hype about Super Mario 64 and Galaxy was about they were great but really...) Mega man cannot be forgotten (still play mega man X on my NES) and I'm still trying to figure out what in the blazes I'm supposed ta do in this Populous game... (NES)

Now, I'm not all that old, even though I act like it, and feel it in various ways.

I know how ya feel my friend... I too act and feel like an old man, although I like to make ppl guess my age... hehehe... I've had guesses ranging from 17 (guess by a 20 year old) too 48 (guess by a 28 year old) although I will say I'm older than 17 lol... but it's like Washu says "Your only as old as you think you are"... OK I'm old

[TRiPPY]

Dude, what the hell is wrong with Tetris or Pong? lol I love both those games.

However forced to choose it would be Flimbos quest on the C64... or Creatures on C64 also.
Then Gargoyles Quest on the original gameboy.

[Alanora]

I used to have Fantasy Zone for the NES. Loved that thing. Just a weird little flying sidescroller in a very creatively colorful and bizarre world. Between each mission you could upgrade your little ship (it looked like a little bullet with eyes and wings) so it would be faster and meaner.

So wish I still had my old NES, I'd be all over that game again.

[Nemoide]

I have Fantasy Zone for the Sega Master System. It is a great game but is also way too tough and I must admit to never having beaten it.

The main character is actually from an anime called Zillion. Zillion was also made into a SMS game and was the source behind the SMS' light gun design. Apparently in the early days Sega thought they could license themselves a mascot. The series was never released on DVD in the US and the VHS tapes are pretty rare so I cannot make any claim about the quality of the anime.
THIS IS MY DIGRESSION!

[phosphorus]

I have Fantasy Zone for the Sega Master System. It is a great game but is also way too tough and I must admit to never having beaten it.

The main character is actually from an anime called Zillion. Zillion was also made into a SMS game and was the source behind the SMS' light gun design. Apparently in the early days Sega thought they could license themselves a mascot. The series was never released on DVD in the US and the VHS tapes are pretty rare so I cannot make any claim about the quality of the anime.
THIS IS MY DIGRESSION!

Really? I thought Opa Opa was Sega's character, and his apperence in Zillion was a bit of cross licensing. Also, the SMS's light gun was based on the light phaser from the anime (and named after it as well)

A game that I discovered myself fairly recently: Pulseman, for the Mega Drive. Only released in cartridge form in Japan, It starred Pulseman, who was half human, half C-life. In a delightful bit of probably unintentional irony, Pulseman appeared in the U.S. on the Sega channel service, which allowed you to play games downloaded over cable TV. What's funny about that? Pulseman's primary method of long distance transportation is over the internet, being half C life enables him to do this.

Wild 9 is a bit more recent one. It was a 2D platformer for the PSX with 3D visuals. You had this tgractor beam claw thing called "The Rig". You used it to pick people up, then either smash them into the ground till they died, or throw them into some kind of hazard (Why anyone would need more than one human sized grinder I'll never know)

[Zero-Shift]

For me, when you talk about old classics, the Megaman games tower above all. Also pretty high up there are the old school 2D fighters, namely Street Fighter 2, Fatal Fury, Darkstalkers and King of Fighters '94. These games instilled two things in me that last to this day.

1. I have a profound love of action games and fighters
2. High difficulty is the best ingredient for satisfaction

[Snugs]

The mother series, Startropics, and Vampire Savior.
Zero-shift, you seem to like 2-D fighters a lot, seeing how you have Yamazaki as your ava, ever heard of GGPO?

[iLLViLLAiN]

A couple games I loved playin' back in the day was Ristar, Streets of Rage 2, Revenge of Shinobi, Sonic 1,2, and 3, Coolboarders 3, Goldeneye, Mario Kart 64, Need For Speed II, Super Mario 64, Sarge's Heroes, Marvel v.s. Capcom, all that good stuff.

[Zero-Shift]

Zero-shift, you seem to like 2-D fighters a lot, seeing how you have Yamazaki as your ava

Fighters in general, but yeah, I love 'em. Believe me, you have no idea. And Yamazaki is my favorite fighting game character ever.

Ever heard of GGPO?

You bet I have! I do after all frequent Shoryuken. I haven't used it yet though, and probably won't until:

1. I get an arcade style joystick I can use on my computer.
2. They move onto beta since I don't want to deal with bugs and crashes.
3. The Library gets expanded a bit more. Alpha 2 and Darkstalkers 3 are tempting, but not quite enough for me.

Still, it looks promising.

[Snugs]

Fighters in general, but yeah, I love 'em. Believe me, you have no idea. And Yamazaki is my favorite fighting game character ever.



You bet I have! I do after all frequent Shoryuken. I haven't used it yet though, and probably won't until:

1. I get an arcade style joystick I can use on my computer.
2. They move onto beta since I don't want to deal with bugs and crashes.
3. The Library gets expanded a bit more. Alpha 2 and Darkstalkers 3 are tempting, but not quite enough for me.

Still, it looks promising.

Well right now, on the test server they have
Vampire Savior
Alpha 2
Alpha 3
X-men vs. Street Fighter
Street Fighter 2: Turbo
Third Strike
Marvel vs. Capcom 1
Dungeons and Dragons
King of Fighters 98
King of Fighters 2K2
Samurai Showdown 2
Garou

expanded a lot from Alpha 2 and Marvel vs. Capcom

I actually know most of the questions involving non SNK games. xD

[Zero-Shift]

O_o

Man, that list on the site is really out of date. I may already own more than half of those games, but the prospect of playing some of them online is really enticing, especially 3rd Strike and Garou. I'll ignore issues, but I need an arcade stick. Did Hori ever make one for the PC?

Back on topic, I also love the Ogre Battle series and it all started with the phenomenal March of the Black Queen on SNES. I'm not particularly fond of RPGs, especially when they're franchises, but there are a few that I will unconditionally buy, and Ogre Battle clashes with Shin Megami Tensei for my all time favorite RPG series. Great games without a doubt. It pains me to say there will likely never be any more ever made. And there were still supposed to be five more episodes Y_Y. Why!!!!

[TehLazyOne]

"BEWARE! I LIVE!"
"I HUNGER!"
"RUN! COWARD!"
"RUN! RUN! RUN!"
"WRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAUGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!"
"I AM SINISTAR!"

Need i say more? my god i love Sinistar... i still play it today... along with many other great classics... like Defender, Robotron, Root Beer Tapper, Spy Hunter, Pac-Man, Pong, and many many more....

then theres the next generation. the ones that stand out in my mind the most, at the moment are: Ninja Gaiden, MegaMan series, MOTHER (actually, the entire series), Donkey Kong, Popeye, Super Mario Bros. 3, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2, Ducktales, Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers, Kirby's Adventure, Zelda.... there is more, but i think this is enough... plus there are still some i haven't seen or heard of before...

then the handheld Generation: Tetris, Bugs Bunny in Crazy Castle 2, Wario Land, Bomberman GB, Mr. Chin's Gourmet Paradise, Qix, Gargoyles Quest, Zelda Link's Awakening, and so much more...

i think i'll stop there... everyone already knows the 16-bit well... also, i think i said too much already...

[Alanora]

Ooh, the old Zelda games. I used to have em both for the NES. Gold colored cartriges. I also had Dragon Warrior 1 and 4, played them both to death so many times I had the storylines all memorized.

My family's got a working Pong console stashed away somewhere. May see if I can dig it out soon.

I also loved these as a kid:

Adventure
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr.
Journey Escape
Maze Craze

Atari games all, but still fun. I did have more well known games like Galaga and Pac Man, but didn't mess with those quite as much.

[Musashi_HUmar]

OK.... Time for me to bust out some nostalgia myself.

Blades of Steel NES
Mega Man All the NES ones
Final Fantasy I-III NES
Chrono Trigger SNES
Star Tropics NES
Zoda's Revenge NES
SMB 1-3
etc...

I've got craploads of old games!

[Chronos]

Yoshi's Cookies i will never stop playing that game
TMNT 4 turtle in Time throwing foot soldiers right in front of the screen
Super Metroid 3 the best SNES game i ever played
Sonic and Knuckles first time to use Knux which was the best
Kirby block ball for Gameboy now that game i will never forget.
secret of mana 2 and 3 the co-op RP rocks
and Chrono Trigger the first team attack opiton in all RPGs yes cross slash and Robo smashes into that monster!YEAH!

[Dreamer#96]

The oldest genuine game i have is sonic adventure for the dreamcast *which i got in 1999* unfortunately,the disc got broke,so the oldest working game i have now is sonic shuffle,but i got sonic adventure dx for the gamecube and play it on my wii,unfortunately,unlike all of u other people,when NiD Came out,i was 1 years old! so yeah,i couldnt play video games,so the first video game i probaly ever played was some educational pc game,but the first real video game i played was sonic adventure,which lead me to love sega,and hate nintendo *i dont have a grudge on nintendo anymore,infact i own super mario galaxy!* *also,i never even heard of nintendo until 2000,yeah,pretty amazing for being such a big company* didnt get to the pinball level in sonic adventure until the second day i had my dreamcast,thats when i first saw NiGHTS,but back then i thought it was some creepy creepy game with some really strange characters and messed up stuff.

BUT i have played sonic 1 2 and 3 and sonic and knuckles and sonic 3d blast and almost every sonic game except for sonic r,and sonic cd,but all the sonic complation games i've played hasnt have sonic r or sonic cd on it.

[Nemoide]

Dreamcast as first game makes me feel old.

[Mitsuu]

Mmm, I'll never ever get tired of playing Commander Keen. It's a staple of my childhood!!

Kirby is always good, any Kirby game. I don't care if they're easy, I don't care if they're meant to be introduction to platforming games, they're the most fun I've ever had with a video game(namely Kirby Super Star on SNES, it was my first and favourite).

Edit- I just found out there's going to be a NDS remake of Kirby Super Star. OoOoOoOodd.

[shadow1111111]

NES: Super Mario Bros. 3
NES: Mega Man 2 (NUFF SAID)
Sega Genesis: Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure
N64:Diddy Kong Racing
PS1: Crash Bandicoot 2
Original Gameboy: Mole Mania
GBA: Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories

I just realized that these game are cartoony...

[Mitsuu]

It's not an old game, but Threads of Fate on the PS1 was awesome.

[Pyrii]

I got hooked on gaming thanks to Sonic the Hedgehog, the original Megadrive series (Sonic 1-3 and Knuckles) was the best.

There were other great platformers on the MD, like Bubsy and Cool Spot.

[Nemoide]

Mmm, I'll never ever get tired of playing Commander Keen. It's a staple of my childhood!!

Oh man, I was an addict of those game. I played all of them up until I went to college and was separated from my olde-fashioned computer.
For a long time all of my online usernames were based around the "Dopefish" which I thought was pretty much the best video game character ever. I even have an official Dopefish mug I bought on eBay.

[TORiAS_the_fallen]

Megaman 3, 4 , and 5! I'm in love with Blues^^! *claps hands*
I remember his jingle and being all happy! WooT! GO MEGAMAN!

[Snugs]

I've got a few...

Earthbound
Kirby Super Star
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the 7 Stars
Space Channel 5
Paper Mario (I think that counts as classic?)

Oh well~ I can't think of anymore right now that stick out.

Classic times 17.

[shadow1111111]

Megaman 3, 4 , and 5! I'm in love with Blues^^! *claps hands*
I remember his jingle and being all happy! WooT! GO MEGAMAN!

Is it just me, or does this statement not surprise anyone else? And btw, GO MEGAMAN! I should have also included Megaman 2 in my list, oh wait, you didn't hear that cause I just edited my post... Also, nice Powered Up Proto!

[TORiAS_the_fallen]

Thanks^^
Nice KH Donald Duck TC, I like it!
yeah, Proto/Break/Blues has always been my favorite because he's so easy to draw and write for.
I get all nostalgic every time I see him.

[InTheNightlight]

My absolute favorites were:

Sonic The Hedgehog: For it's awesome gamplay and sounds
Sonic 2: For the feature of Super Sonic(NYEE!)
Sonic 3 & Knuckles: For featuring an awesome character and Hyper Sonic
NiGHTS Into Dreams: For the sensation of flight
Sonic CD: For the super-peelout
Ristar: For the third-person, side-scroller(if only Greedy were easier!)

[YamiLover13]

I WOULD still be playing Kirby Super Stars but it broke. Thank god a remake is coming out.

Most of my old systems are gone so the only way to play those is with the VC.
I like to play Kirby's Adventure, Pokemon Puzzle League (Tetris Attack is not there yet OK!), and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and 3 the most.
Sometimes I play Pokemon Blue or Yu-Gi-Oh: Dark Duel Stories. Though thats once in a blue moon.

[Minimanasama]

i like the old splatterhouse games!! lol so happy they are going to make a remake of them for ps3/360 hope things go well with it. i guess it seems not toooo many ppl know about it considering the original was only in the arcades for a short time because it was too violent and yeaaa >_> its fun to play though if you like beat-em-up survival horror games