At 30 years it's hardly just NES. Super Mario World, Link to the Past, Sonic the Hedgehog, Final Fantasy IV are all older. Not that you have to enjoy those games but I think most would agree they're of high quality.
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Era, do you go back to play games that released before you were born?
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At 30 years it's hardly just NES. Super Mario World, Link to the Past, Sonic the Hedgehog, Final Fantasy IV are all older. Not that you have to enjoy those games but I think most would agree they're of high quality.
Games were awful before '82, so no it's not happening. Well Zaxxon was cool but I played that on cassette.
I can't imagine being born in like... 2000 or later; you'd have never be able to catch up on the best games that have been made. It'd be like digging for treasure in sand made of gold.
I can't imagine being born in like... 2000 or later; you'd have never be able to catch up on the best games that have been made. It'd be like digging for treasure in sand made of gold.
Not being interested is one thing, but saying "there are no good games released before I was born" is just hilariously reductive. I have no interest in playing 2600 or Colecovision games, but I'm not gonna say "every game released during this time is bad."
No.
I've played pong... that was released before I was born. I can name a few more of them I've played, but 99.99X% of commercial video games were released after I was born.
I've played pong... that was released before I was born. I can name a few more of them I've played, but 99.99X% of commercial video games were released after I was born.
can you imagine someone spewing garbage like that on a forum dedicated to films or music?
there are loads of good games before 82.
Well, I have been playing video games since the Odessey, so that is not possible for me!
However, I do indeed play more retro games the older I get. Although anything pre-NES is a rarity, arcade games excluded of course. I fucking love the 8-16bit era with all my gaming heart.
However, I do indeed play more retro games the older I get. Although anything pre-NES is a rarity, arcade games excluded of course. I fucking love the 8-16bit era with all my gaming heart.
i've seen similar sentiments here before-- i wouldn't be so sure
Mod status revoked. Asteroids, Galaga, Combat, Monaco GP, Tempest, Frogger, and many others still kick ass.
Same. I only replied cuz it was too obvious of a troll for it to actually be one, and ive seen similar takes.
Not really, but sometimes. I recently played Final Fantasy VII (and watched Advent Children) so I could be fully prepared for the rest of the Remake saga.
You'd be surprised how little some people care about media stuff older than them. Music and films hold up much better than older video games.
Sure, I've played arcade, GameBoy and NES games released before 1990
There was a whole world of games released before I was born
There was a whole world of games released before I was born
No because I am old and have been here since the dawn of time (or 1976 depending on how you look at it)
definitely played them but at this point its not something I'm seeking out unless its related to a series I already play.
for example, super mario world was first mario game I played and it released before I was born…but i've played 1-3 on nes, snes and handheld over the years despite being released before I was born. so…yeah
but am I gonna go find a NES game and give it a go in 2022? not likely, the backlog is too bloated as is
for example, super mario world was first mario game I played and it released before I was born…but i've played 1-3 on nes, snes and handheld over the years despite being released before I was born. so…yeah
but am I gonna go find a NES game and give it a go in 2022? not likely, the backlog is too bloated as is
Nah
en.wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org
Early mainframe games - Wikipedia
Category:1968 video games - Wikipedia
The Turbografx-16 and Sega Genesis were both released before 1990. There are arcade games before 1990 that literally shame everything that was ever published on the Super Nintendo.
or some Dungeons & Dragons: Cloudy Mountain
I was going to say this may be one of the few games I'd pick in answer to this question, then I looked up the release date... 1982 (I was born in 1981).
I also think it tends to be reflective of age. When I was young (in the 80s/90s), I didn't care that much about stuff that came before, even from the decade I was born in (the 70s), but as I got older and my worldview and thirst for/about knowledge and history changed, so did my appreciation for things that were older. Had I not, I would never have discovered or had an open mind about the brilliance of Buster Keaton, The Beatles, Shakespeare, etc.
If anyone is interested in checking out old mainframe games, there's an emulated PLATO network. It requires signing up but it's really cool for those into early gaming history.Early mainframe games - Wikipedia
The first thread I made here was on '70s games. It looks like half the people that posted in it are banned now.
Definitely. I was born in '99 (I'm 22) so if I didn't I'd be missing out on many of the greatest games of all time
That's very cool
I definitely played the Star Trek one mentioned in the first wiki page, was super hard but I enjoyed it. I think it was just text space battles
I was born in the late 80s, and I'm a big fan of some of the NES games, so yes. I even think that the NES is a better console than the SNES.
I also played some C64 and Atari2600 games, but they are rarely interesting.
I was born in the late 80s, and I'm a big fan of some of the NES games, so yes. I even think that the NES is a better console than the SNES.
I also played some C64 and Atari2600 games, but they are rarely interesting.
i legit understand people not liking a lot of C64/Atari2600 games, a lot of them were conversions of games from arcade/better hardware that didn't capture what made the basis special, but arcade games were pretty much always great imho. So many cool, genre-inventing or defining titles in arcades in the late 70s & the whole 80s.
Being one of the damn near senior citizens of Era, no need as fortunately my life damn near coincides with the advent and rise of this little hobby of ours.
No doubt there were games released prior to my birth in 1974, but they were not being played nor consumed by the public at large.
No doubt there were games released prior to my birth in 1974, but they were not being played nor consumed by the public at large.
Same. I like to go back and try even older stuff for the sake of it too, always have.
I remember first trying a lot of stuff through the Wii VC and ended up enjoying a lot of NES titles I never would have gotten to play otherwise like Kid Icarus and Startropics.
I'm young enough to have a lot of games that are great and classics be released before I was born. So yeah.
