[Classic] Old games are great, don't forget

Yeah, I still find myself playing the 'classics' such as Final fantasy IV and VI, Zelda, Mario and Megaman. They are great games with that special 'feeling' where people are being more inovative at the time rather than just adding in features to make it bigger/longer.

BTW, so you know for future reference, this thread would be more suited for the VIdeo Games forum here.

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I suppose that unless you came from the Pong or Atari 2600 era (which actually I did, haha), it is pretty hard to go 'backwards'. I still remember a friend of mine having this super old computer where your party was represented by the letter P. I could enjoy it because I took it for what it was, which was a pretty darn cool RPG at the time. Yet, I could forsee people in even say the NES area looking at that and squirming a good bit.


I have found for myself that I just can't get into 3-Dish games. When Mario 64 came out I thought it looked nice but lost interest in it quickly. It had NOTHING To do with the game-it was a classic. However, I grew up in the 2-D era so save for a few exceptions (mainly pro wrestling games) I like to play my Atari/NES/SNES/PS1 games. It's only a wonder why of all the systems I have played, I like my GBA/NDS the most and looking at the PSP as a potential purchase in the near future.

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Chrono Trigger is just one of those games that just worked. I dunno how many times I played it myself. I just know that a friend looked (and ruined) one of my saves with the words of 'you have no life' given how strong my characters were (read all stars for stats).

I think NSMB is a mixed bag. A lot of people who played SMB3 waaaay back have grown up. That game came out at least fifteen years ago and a new generation of young gamers is around. Hence, they don't see NSMB as awesome or inspired as other generations (usually anyway) and the older generations have grown up to the extent that games may not interest them as much anymore.

That doesn't mean NSMB is a bad game. I played it. I didn't get into it but I don't think it's a bad game. I think it's just me not getting into games like that these days. I mean, it is a well done game with fairly decent levels and all. Yes, the new power ups (including that idiotic non-stopping shell) were not on the level as the super leaf and cape in previous 2-D Mario games but they had to try SOMETHING a bit new.

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I think 'old school' varies per person. My parents play video games and were even telling my wife how they started when video games first came out with Pong and the Atari era. To THEM, that is truly old school. It's scary to look at the times now in which they are considering getting a Wii.

For me, I might look back at the Atari (as I played it a great deal) as old school as well. I guess I think of the graphics, the storylines (or there lack of) and the simplicity of the games at that time. I could also see NES and SNES games also being considered old school compared to the newer systems out these days. I don't consider though PS2 and such 'old school' because the system isn't even a 'generation old' let alone has stopped producing games (granted, there are exceptions tothis. People STILL make games occasionally for the Master System). Heck, I don't consider PS1, Dreamcast or N64 to be 'old school' as it still feels like 'yesterday' that I was playing each consistently.

Heck, as i sit back, i do wonder when I will consider PS1, N64 and Dreamcast 'old school'. My only guess is down the road when all the systems have full network support (remember that the Dreamcast had limited support), and/or have evolved to the next stage (something in the form of how Wii games are now played). From there, we will continually move towards a totally virtual world in which aperson's movements and actions are felt and used in that world (in which we are already making progess on). Basically, I forsee the day, albeit not for a long, long time because of feasibility and acceptability (remember how people didn't accept virtual boy all too well) in which people will basically take a quote right out of Back to The Future II (but slightly modified).

"You have to use your hands for that?! That's old school...."
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