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Vikefan79
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I would play for hours if I had one now. 
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| Vikefan79 wrote: | | I would play for hours if I had one now. |
I get the nostalgia of it and all. I just can't play those games anymore with those weak graphics. Playing an old system makes you appreciate the new stuff even more.
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| Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2012 1:28 pm Post subject: |
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| steadypimpin wrote: | | Vikefan79 wrote: | | I would play for hours if I had one now. |
I get the nostalgia of it and all. I just can't play those games anymore with those weak graphics. Playing an old system makes you appreciate the new stuff even more. |
Completely the opposite for some games. Playing stuff like Killer Instinct and Chrono Trigger makes you realize how ahead of it's time those games were and how today's games still can't match. Graphics are only a portion of quality gaming. I do agree that some games were fun back in the day, like Tutrles in Time, but today aren't really playable because they're too simple.
Gaming today is by far in its worst state, at least for me and my friends who grew up on SNES and Genesis. I own a tiny fraction of the games I owned back then, even during the PSX/N64 and the Dreamcast/PS2/XBOX era. That was the last era great era.
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I personally cant play older games again either. There are certainly some, but by myself, no thanks. Also doesnt help that I dont have any sense of nostalgia before PS1/N64 days lol.
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| Mossburg wrote: | | Graphics are only a portion of quality gaming |
So many people miss this point. To me it has always been about gameplay, a great story, or an interesting mechanic that separates a game from others. Graphics are usually the last thing I care about.
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steadypimpin
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| navysaintsfan wrote: | | Mossburg wrote: | | Graphics are only a portion of quality gaming |
So many people miss this point. To me it has always been about gameplay, a great story, or an interesting mechanic that separates a game from others. Graphics are usually the last thing I care about. |
Don't get me wrong, I get that what you're saying. I'm just saying that in the Atari days those games can stay buried in the past. Except for Pac Man, that will always be my first love.
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| steadypimpin wrote: | | navysaintsfan wrote: | | Mossburg wrote: | | Graphics are only a portion of quality gaming |
So many people miss this point. To me it has always been about gameplay, a great story, or an interesting mechanic that separates a game from others. Graphics are usually the last thing I care about. |
Don't get me wrong, I get that what you're saying. I'm just saying that in the Atari days those games can stay buried in the past. Except for Pac Man, that will always be my first love. |
You speak like someone who never played "Adventure", "Combat" and "Yar's Revenge" as a child. 
Adventure deserves an HD remake!!!
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| navysaintsfan wrote: | | steadypimpin wrote: | | navysaintsfan wrote: | | Mossburg wrote: | | Graphics are only a portion of quality gaming |
So many people miss this point. To me it has always been about gameplay, a great story, or an interesting mechanic that separates a game from others. Graphics are usually the last thing I care about. |
Don't get me wrong, I get that what you're saying. I'm just saying that in the Atari days those games can stay buried in the past. Except for Pac Man, that will always be my first love. |
You speak like someone who never played "Adventure", "Combat" and "Yar's Revenge" as a child.
Adventure deserves an HD remake!!! |
Is combat the one with the tanks? Yeah that was ok. I grew up starting out with a 2600. I still play video games to this day, almost close to 30 years of gaming for me.
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| steadypimpin wrote: | | navysaintsfan wrote: | | steadypimpin wrote: | | navysaintsfan wrote: | | Mossburg wrote: | | Graphics are only a portion of quality gaming |
So many people miss this point. To me it has always been about gameplay, a great story, or an interesting mechanic that separates a game from others. Graphics are usually the last thing I care about. |
Don't get me wrong, I get that what you're saying. I'm just saying that in the Atari days those games can stay buried in the past. Except for Pac Man, that will always be my first love. |
You speak like someone who never played "Adventure", "Combat" and "Yar's Revenge" as a child.
Adventure deserves an HD remake!!! |
Is combat the one with the tanks? Yeah that was ok. I grew up starting out with a 2600. I still play video games to this day, almost close to 30 years of gaming for me. |
YEAH! I would play Combat for hours on end...
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MrDrew
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| Vikefan79 wrote: | | I would play for hours if I had one now. |
There's a 2600 sitting in my garage. Be jealous of my Pitfall, and Tank.
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jonu62882
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The 2600 was my first system. I remember spending countless hours on Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Freeway (lol, the cheap version of Frogger), and Ice Hockey.
Yes, the game was actually just called "Ice Hockey". |
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mistakebytehlak
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| jonu62882 wrote: | The 2600 was my first system. I remember spending countless hours on Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Freeway (lol, the cheap version of Frogger), and Ice Hockey.
Yes, the game was actually just called "Ice Hockey". |
my first game was ice hockey for nintendo.
loved that game.
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| mistakebytehlak wrote: | | jonu62882 wrote: | The 2600 was my first system. I remember spending countless hours on Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Freeway (lol, the cheap version of Frogger), and Ice Hockey.
Yes, the game was actually just called "Ice Hockey". |
my first game was ice hockey for nintendo.
loved that game. |
At least I'm not bald. |
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jonu62882
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| mistakebytehlak wrote: | | jonu62882 wrote: | The 2600 was my first system. I remember spending countless hours on Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Freeway (lol, the cheap version of Frogger), and Ice Hockey.
Yes, the game was actually just called "Ice Hockey". |
my first game was ice hockey for nintendo.
loved that game. |
For Nintendo, there was only one ice hockey as far as I'm concerned: Blades of Steel.
The first ice hockey game where you could engage in fisticuffs? I'd turn that ish (  ) into Mike Tyson's Punchout more than hockey. |
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