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« Reply #15 on: July 17, 2001, 09:06:29 AM »
i remember never saying dang those graphics are sooo awesome back then

it was always dang this story rules and dang that music sounds cool

when i was a kid it was so cool because all games were fun - the always entertained and were original and new - cant say that same about todays games - although they are nice games they never will have the memories of the games today
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« Reply #16 on: July 17, 2001, 10:08:45 AM »
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I also feel sorry for the people who grew up on the PSX or N64...:(


Me too. I see people posting who just started playing when the PS was released and they don\'t even want to think of goin\' back and playing some of those great 2D classics. I\'m positive if they did, they would realize just how much we need classic games like that on the newer systems. They had a certain \'magical touch\' that alot of games are missing now.

I remember when playing Mario 3 or Ninja Gaiden and feeling in touch with the game. It was like, one guy made this brilliant piece of art. Now, when I play a game I feel un-attached to it. Sure, its fun. But, I just don\'t feel that "magic".

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« Reply #17 on: July 17, 2001, 10:16:24 AM »
I\'m glad y\'all feel the same way that I do about old games.  There is just something about them that has been taken away by all these flashy graphics and suck.  I think we\'ve lost the great "Game Quality" of the past.

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« Reply #18 on: July 17, 2001, 10:31:12 AM »
Commander Keen. That brings memories to my mind :)

What a great game it used to be. Perhaps, if I\'d search, I\'d still find those disks containing Commander Keen 4 and 6. Oh how I loved those games back then...

If we remember the good ol\' PC-times, I have a lot to speak about as well. PC was the first device I played games with, after all.

Lemmings. The greatest puzzle-game of all time. The first game I got addicted to ( didn\'t matter that the game was way too hard for me and my friend - we still loved it, and I sometimes play it even these days of modern gaming and great graphics ).

Alone in the Dark. First horror-game I ever got introduced to. I was 6 years old, and used to watch my father play it. A horrifying experience... I used to get nightmares from it. I played it few years ago trough myself - wonderful game, beats even Resident Evil\'s - still scary and horrory. many lovely scenes coming into my mind... such as the \'Block-monster\' ( we used to call it that ) in the library... the worms in the dungeons... the zombies coming from the floor in the first room... the werewolf\'s ( dogs to me ) jumping in from windows... the creepy music...

Jill of the Jungle. Up to par with Commander Keen. Played it to death - I only had the demo-version, or shareware, like it was called then, wich contained the first episode. It was a delight to find every secret possible from every level - an enjoyment and magic I will never find from gaming again...

Arkanoid. The BEST breakout-clone out there. Difficult... I used to play it very much - but usually I just watched my dad play it. He was a master in the game - he finished the game many times getting highest scores possible... Try to complete it yourself, to respect the sheer skill of my father :)

Leisure suit Larry. Now who wouldn\'t know this game? Classic... very funny, and the first adventure game I played.

Monkey Island 2: LeChuck\'s Revenge. Again, I watched my father play it. Way too hard ( and I couldn\'t understand english anyway ). I loved it \'tho. Now I\'ve played it trough twice, already, and perhaps I\'ll start my third time. Literally, I\'m hooked in the serie. I\'ll perhaps buy Escape from Monkey Island to Ps2.

Wolfenstein 3d. Now, this is the first first-person-shooter I ever played. We owned the shareware-version, containing only the first episode. I was sometimes too frightened to play it, and truly, I hated the blue-jaggeted uzi-men, wich shouted funny lines, but were hard to beat. Usually I just watched my father play it. He knew almost every secret from every level... but still he kept playing it.

Doom and Doom II. Now, this is something tad bit newer, but I remember those times when respection was given by the skill you had playing this game. Truly, I was one respected fellow - being the first of my friends to complete Doom II on Ultra Violence without any codes. But, rumours went of a guy who had played the game trough on Nightmare...

And so many memories wich are forgotten, partly, or completely.
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« Reply #19 on: July 17, 2001, 10:33:34 AM »
DOUBLE DRAGON

Contra - UP UP DOWN DOWN LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT B A START = 30 LIVES :D
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« Reply #20 on: July 17, 2001, 10:38:21 AM »
I remember a lot of the same things you guys do.

--Playing Track and Field on the pad with my hands. ;)

--Spending a whole Saturday shooting clay pigeons in Duck Hunt less than 1 inch away from the TV. :)  I easily got over level 100, then my sister messed me up and I had to start all over. :)

--Getting "Lucky Turtle" and "Firepower small" in Super Mario Brothers 1.  (Firepower small is still the coolest thing in a video game to this day:))

--Playing Contra.  Oh yeah, Contra rules.

EDIT:  My older brothers wouldn\'t tell me the code, so I always had to ask them to do it for me.  I\'m glad our relationship isn\'t like that anymore, because it sucked. :)

--Playing Megaman 2

--Playing Blaster Master - which is still one of my favorite games.  Spending 3 or 4 hours getting to level 5 on Blaster Master, then either dying on the boss of that level (I HATE THAT BOSS!!!), or the game freezing!  Getting to level 8 (the final level) with 3 lives and 2 continues, then losing them all at the first jump because I don\'t know what to do.  I never did pass that game.

--Playing this game where you run around the world (I can\'t remember the name).  Then getting to a very far level where I had to jump from one lazer thing to another, and dying every single time.  I never passed that game either.


I agree with you guys about games being funner back then.  Maybe we are just too spoiled and we have been playing games for too long, but games are just getting old now.  There are not enough new ideas in games anymore - just better graphics and slight game modifications.  I hope Devil May Cry is as good and original as people are saying it is, because the gaming industry needs something new.
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« Reply #21 on: July 17, 2001, 10:41:35 AM »
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Jill of the Jungle.

Monkey Island 2: LeChuck\'s Revenge.

Wolfenstein 3d.  


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Contra - UP UP DOWN DOWN LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT B A START = 30 LIVES


Those old comp. games are awesome!  I have about three episodes of Jill of the Jungle.

Monkey Island (the original) is still the best of the series!  The first game of insult sword fighting!

Wolfenstein, now there\'s days of my life spent in front of my computer.

And EmperorRob!  Dude!  I was just plaing Contra w/ 30 lives yest.!!!!  That rocks!

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« Reply #22 on: July 17, 2001, 11:48:08 AM »
maybe part of the magic in games were the exciting newness of it.

Back then, we didnt have the internet with ultra clear screenshots and high-rez movies. We didnt have reviews with spoilers from every site. At BEST we had electronic gaming, and even then, they could only give us so much.

Back then, we looked at the title, back of the box, and the maker to decide if we were going to buy a game. If it looked cool, I would buy it.

That, and games didnt suck as bad back then. People didn\'t drive many ideas straight into the ground, al la Army Men.


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« Reply #23 on: July 17, 2001, 01:14:34 PM »
Here is a picture of the intellivision that brings back a lot of memories. :)

I have been trying to remember why gaming was so much fun back then, maybe it\'s a combination of all the the things mentioned in this thread. Maybe because when I was younger I did not have the responsibilities I have now. Maybe it\'s just more fun to rack up points!
 
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« Reply #24 on: July 17, 2001, 01:25:00 PM »
Everything was a lot more fun when we were kids. You don\'t have the same feeling about Christmas anymore, do you? Things change as we get older...:(

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« Reply #25 on: July 17, 2001, 01:31:44 PM »
I guess you\'re right. Now I\'m starting to get depressed.
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« Reply #26 on: July 17, 2001, 01:38:01 PM »
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What does mine say?
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« Reply #27 on: July 17, 2001, 02:09:35 PM »
Dude!
what does mine say?


seriously, Ace, maybe it was Lock \'N Chase? that is one of my favorite Intellivision games.

here are some of mine to jog your memory -

Lock \'N Chase
Donkey Kong
Space Battle
Space Armada
Star Strike
NFL Football
Baseball
Super Major League Baseball
Tron: Deadly Discs

and a few others.


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« Reply #28 on: July 17, 2001, 07:44:36 PM »
"I have about three episodes of Jill of the Jungle." - Troglodyte

DOOD!!! I have been looking EVERYWHERE for the complete trilogy. All anyone ever has is the shareware version, and I don\'t think Apogee even sells the Jill of the Jungle series anymore. If you can, Email em to me or tell me where I can download or buy the other games online.

Jill Rocks! If ever there was an old game SCREAMING for a 128 bit remake/sequal.. it would be Jill. Ok, well Commander Keen could use a modern day facelift as well.. In either case, we have to at least try and share these great old games with todays "graphics whoring" youth. So bump up the bits, add a third dimension, and toss the original into the package as an option for us "oldies" suffering from terminal nostalgia.


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Jumpman.. you may pitty those who grew up only with the N64 and PSX... but I have far more pitty for those who grew up ONLY on the console games of yore without ever knowing the extacy of the masterpieces from companies such as Appogy, Epic, Cignus Studios, Access, Sierra, Origin, and so many others.
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« Reply #29 on: July 17, 2001, 07:48:42 PM »
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DOOD!!! I have been looking EVERYWHERE for the complete trilogy. All anyone ever has is the shareware version, and I don\'t think Apogee even sells the Jill of the Jungle series anymore. If you can, Email em to me or tell me where I can download or buy the other games online.


The disks are at home.  I remeber I bought them in the discount shelf at K-Mart.  :D  They were for my sister, but then I think I played them more!  I\'m going home this weekend.  I\'ll see what I can do. . . legally that is.

 

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