Old School/Retro Gaming: What are You Playing?

[Starscream]

MY SNES has been collecting dust for the past 10 yrs b/c I got mad and threw the tv at the wall (I'm well beyond that point in my life) and ripped the coaxial cable in two. I realized this week that the composite cable for the Gamecube works with the SNES, so I dug the SNES and games out of the garage (took me 5 hours to find it all) and I'm having the time of my life! I always hated Starfox and Super Star Wars b/c they were too daggum hard, but now they have been a blast and maybe due to my age, a whole lot easier. Who knew?!?

[Jefft72]

Originally Posted by Starscream

Played some Guardian Legend on NES the other day.
Also played the Sonic CD demo on the PS3.

Holy cow, Guardian Legend really brings back some memories!

Here is a pic of 2 of my young`ens with their first attempts at Mario. I had the bug to hook up the NES after sitting for years in a closet.

[VirtualSmitty]

Originally Posted by Starscream

I always hated Starfox and Super Star Wars b/c they were too daggum hard, but now they have been a blast and maybe due to my age, a whole lot easier. Who knew?!?

I felt that way about the Castlevania games from the 80s, early 90s. They used to torment me when I was little, brutal difficulty curve. But for whatever reason, one summer two years ago I dusted off the old NES and SNES and tore through ALL of them. Aside from having to check the internet for a little help with Simons Quest (WTF, kneel randomly at a lake for a tornado to come and take you away!?), I crushed all of them. it was incredibly satisfying, like tying up a loose end from my childhood

[Jbailey]

Originally Posted by VirtualSmitty

Aside from having to check the internet for a little help with Simons Quest (WTF, kneel randomly at a lake for a tornado to come and take you away!?)

I remember having some gaming books and that was in there. By far the most obscure and crazy way to get to any final boss. Since that game was so wide open and no real mention on how to do anything it was F*cking hard!

[MrWolf55]

Just dusted off the old NES a couple days ago and have been wearing these two suckers OUT:
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[Starscream]

Originally Posted by Jbailey

I remember having some gaming books and that was in there. By far the most obscure and crazy way to get to any final boss. Since that game was so wide open and no real mention on how to do anything it was F*cking hard!

You pretty much have to have a strategy guide to get through that game. It did have an epic soundtrack though.

Originally Posted by MrWolf55

Just dusted off the old NES a couple days ago and have been wearing these two suckers OUT:
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I've got Skate or Die 2 and hate it. Probably b/c I suck at it.



I picked up a couple games for the SNES and NES this week:
SNES -
T2: The Arcade game
Batman Returns

NES -
Vindicators
Jeopardy

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by VirtualSmitty

I felt that way about the Castlevania games from the 80s, early 90s. They used to torment me when I was little, brutal difficulty curve. But for whatever reason, one summer two years ago I dusted off the old NES and SNES and tore through ALL of them. Aside from having to check the internet for a little help with Simons Quest (WTF, kneel randomly at a lake for a tornado to come and take you away!?), I crushed all of them. it was incredibly satisfying, like tying up a loose end from my childhood

Do you remember which ending you got for Simon's Quest? That one had one good ending, and multiple bad endings if I remember correctly.

Still rocking a lot of NES/SNES games. But lately have been playing PS 1 games
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[Starscream]

Taking a break from Uncharted 3 to play Majora's Mask. I got it for free on the VC, and it's definitely NOT my favorite Zelda game by any means.

[Taki]

Contra and Castlevania for Nintendo :u and pretty much all 75 games I have
Love Atari (old school systm) too but my sister has that, we trade every two years!

[MrWolf55]

Originally Posted by Starscream

I've got Skate or Die 2 and hate it. Probably b/c I suck at it.

Yeah this game has always been impossible for me. I always get to the level where you have to ride around the beach and pick up all the halfpipe plans and they're blowing away....f'ing impossible. Must have spent hours trying to beat it as a kid.
And so it is with most NES games for me it seems...either beatable within a few hours or completely impossible no matter how much I played it. Never really seemed to be much in between.

[Starscream]

Some games took me years to finally beat, but some I think are impossible due to poor controls. I think both Skate or Die games fall in the poor controls category.

[VirtualSmitty]

Originally Posted by Starscream

Do you remember which ending you got for Simon's Quest? That one had one good ending, and multiple bad endings if I remember correctly.

I got the died from wounds ending

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by VirtualSmitty

I got the died from wounds ending

Simon dies in all three endings (I just found out).
Here's a video that shows all three endings:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHbGPOdcyuo

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by Jefft72

Holy cow, Guardian Legend really brings back some memories!

Here is a pic of 2 of my young`ens with their first attempts at Mario. I had the bug to hook up the NES after sitting for years in a closet.

I love this pic! Always a good thing when you introduce the kids to the classics! My kids love all of the original Super Mario games on the NES, but I've tried to no avail to get them to enjoy Pac-man, Burgertime, Pole Position, Dig-Dug, or Frogger. I have gotten them addicted to the light gun games on the NES though (Duck Hunt and Hogan's Alley). My youngest son pronounces Duck Hunt as "Duck kunt".

[Starscream]

Pac-man Championship Edition DX is awesome. New game that brings back that old school Pac-Man feel. It's addictive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cjz4EuGBrw

[drevim]

Didn't see it mentioned, but if you have an Ipad (or iphone, although it's tougher with a dpad control), check out Activition Anthology. Not the same as having the old 2600 system, but for $7 you get 45 old school games, including Pitfall. This is a direct port, not one of the crappy remakes they have tried over the years.

[Starscream]

God bless Activision for all they did for the industry.

[Jefft72]

Originally Posted by Starscream

I love this pic! Always a good thing when you introduce the kids to the classics! My kids love all of the original Super Mario games on the NES, but I've tried to no avail to get them to enjoy Pac-man, Burgertime, Pole Position, Dig-Dug, or Frogger. I have gotten them addicted to the light gun games on the NES though (Duck Hunt and Hogan's Alley). My youngest son pronounces Duck Hunt as "Duck kunt".

I need to find a light gun to plug into my NES. There is no telling where the original is, but Duck Hunt would be fun and the kids would have fun with it.

[mmblz]

Rogue
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_(video_game)