Old School Gamers

I had an atari when i was a kid. and a Comador64 for awhile.

Got a nintendo when they came bundled with Super Mario/Duck Hunt/Olympics
and people think that DDR was revolutionary... its nothing but a recycled Olympics mat :D
 
I still own a functioning Sega Genesis and 20 games for it :D It was great. You put a cartridge into another cartridge and you got a whole new game. I spent hours playing Earthworm Jim. My uncle had an atari system so I would come by and play pong and super pong!

Also I had a NES... ah Punchout, Castlevania, Ninja Gaiden, Tecmo Superbowl, Zelda... How I miss hyperventilating into your cartridge.
 
B man said:
I remember getting an ATARI system for Christmas in the early 80's. Played pitfall, tank, pong, pacman any many others for hours on end. My hands would get so cramped up I would eventually have to stop playing. :biggrin:
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+100:thumbup::biggrin:

Actually when my grandmother moved she threw my Pong game out (not the pong for atari)!:angry:
 
I can remember playing on my SNES and atari when I was smaller. I don't own them anymore though, my uncle has em.
 
I wasnt around when Nintendo, Atari and Sega were new and stuff, but I still played ALOT of Nintendo when I was little. And I still would, but my new TV refuses to find the channel that shows the game when I boot up my NES =(

I still remember when me and my friends just sat around the TV, we had gotten to Bowser on SMB 3 and then... Mario gets hit, walls from the screen... Game Over...

In a matter of seconds, my friends had left the building and I was like "...Cake?"

Ahh maan...
 
currently connected to my tv are ORIGINAL NES, SUPER NES, DREAMCAST, and some worthless new XBOX that I only use to stream videos and music to my tv
 
If any of you are interested in getting an emulator and reliving those old memories, pm me. I know a couple good places to find one.

Since using an emulator is technically "not looked upon as being good" I don't want to promote it in the forums.
 
I have to laugh at the folks that talk about starting on the SNES, when it was third (fourth?) generation console. :D Pong was the first console, and started it all. I played one, but the next generation was already out by the time I got a chance to play Pong.

I remember playing Joust (one of my favorites) and Breakout on the Atari 5200, as well as Combat, Pit Fall, River Raid and others on my friends Atari 2600 and TI-994A (yep, an actual computer ... of sorts).
 
Wait, SNES is old school? Just kidding. Let me take you back a little further!

My cousins had the atari, my first computer gaming was on my dad's Apple II/e with an orange monitor. When we had been really good my parents would get out the Intellivision and let us play it. That's right, INTELLIVISION!

The arcade was the place to go when I was growing up, and on a good day you had $3 or $4 to spend there. Good luck playing the new games though, the lines would be huge! Gauntlet, X-Men, TMNT 2 are just a few of the favorites to list here!

Don't get me wrong though, it is truly remarkable to see how gaming has advanced. The SNES and the '64 probably have my favorites. In fact this week when I'm not in our servers and I have extra time I'm playing through Ocarina of Time for the "who knows how many"th time!
 
I'm a huge retro gamer. My first console was an NES (which I still play). Currently I have my SNES, Genesis, and Dreamcast hooked up to my TV. Right now I'm trying to beat Final Fantasy V (III) on SNES. I prefer NES and SNES games than current games (except for TF2 :)).
 
my dad worked on a paper route and won an atari 2600, which is now mine.

2nd fav gaming system (PC being first :D)
 
Lol back in the 90's I had a sega gen. snes, original nes, gameboy original, gameboy color, dream cast, n64. Glover FTW! then came the xbox and all that jazz.
 
Ya its interesting how most of us remember n64, but its the select few that can actually remember further back from that. My first system (along w/ some of the other members) was NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) & thats where my gaming started. Even though it was released back in 1985, I got it in 1988. I really wish I still had my NES to this day tho. I used to play the original Super Mario Bros for hours on end. From there, it all went downhill. I remember getting a Nintendo Gameboy I would say about 5-6 years after that, in which Tetris was an obsession for me. Ive always been interested in puzzle games, ever since my mom got me into word searches (which in itself its like a puzzle game). Then came the SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System) which was like a whole different gaming system (it really was in tech terms). I would have to say my favorite game for SNES was Battletoads. I remember when I used to go to a friends house all the time & we would try to beat the game, every single day that was possible. A year later, the Sega Genesis came out & it was all over for me. It was the 1st time that I had ever owned 2 systems @ once. If anyone remembers Genesis, then you remember Mortal Kombat. Im sure that the Sega Genesis was highly remembered for that game. It was the 1st game to make legistlative history (you can search that info up yourself), but that game would certainly not be the last game. It would take over 5 years before I would get another system, would end up being the Sony Playstation. I remember a friend of mine having the Sony Playstation & hooking it up to their entertainment center. Man talk about big time sound back then! I know it sounds weird, but Twisted Metal wasnt my connection with the Playstation, but rather Oddworld. It was actually the 1st game that got my true attention. It was probably one of the first stealth-based game that was ever created, but in a twisted, abnormal sense. Of course the Twisted Metal series probably took more of my time, tho. I will stop there when it comes to old school games because the original Playstation has been out of commission for over 5 years, so its deemed old school now. A lil side note tho. Even tho the Virtual Boy, Game Gear, Jaguar, 3DO, & Sega CD came out during my time, I never did get much time to experience them. Thank goodness many of them didnt last, as the true kings of gaming has always been Sony, Nintendo, Atari, & Sega. Some people may disagree with me, but that is simply my opinion on that.

Also I need to add (thanx to Foxhound) that I did play on the early Apple computer during my middle school days. Used to have a shop class (which was my fav class by far) & when we werent busy, we always played the olympics on the Apple. I tell ya, we beat the living crud outta that keyboard (esp the left & right keys). Its amazing how well Apple constructed that computer, because it took a serious beating, but still kept goin. I wouldnt mind getting one of those, just so that I can get that olympics game again. It was truely an addiction (a safe addiction thankfully).
 
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TAZ {CANADA} said:
lol well well, I see the title "Old School Gamers" and I am thinking yep that might be addressed to me.


Well I click on the thread, and realize its not what I thought, how do I title myself since I am before the "Old School Gamers" of Super Nintendo with the celecovision, atari days??

Boy oh boy



TAZ
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I think of anything that isnt 3d as old school :)

P.S. Totally did not expect so many responses. Man there should be like retro gaming events if there is so much nostalgia for those games. I would totally be down for that.
 
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sega genesis was the BOMB, back in the day that system rocked, sonic was def my favorite game
 
What I liked the best about consoles like the original NES was that if there was a problem with the game cartridge, you just had to blow the dust out of it and it would work. No need to worry about discs scratching or other nonsense. Everything was a lot more straightforward then.
 
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