Video Games of Your Youth
shailynn
They never tell you what you need to know.
This question of probably only relevant to the GenX and Millennials or the board.
What was some of your favorite video games as a child/teenager/college student?
Arch Rivals basketball game, in the arcade and later on Super Nintendo.
Spy Hunter, in the arcade. All other Nintendo versions sucked.
Just about any race car game.
What was some of your favorite video games as a child/teenager/college student?
Arch Rivals basketball game, in the arcade and later on Super Nintendo.
Spy Hunter, in the arcade. All other Nintendo versions sucked.
Just about any race car game.
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Or their favorite pinball machines.
NHL '95 (SNES)
Tecmo Bowl (Nintendo)
Double Dribble (Nintendo)
Legend of Zelda (Nintendo)
Archon 1&2 (Commodore 64)
Spy vs Spy (Commodore 64)
Combat (Atari)
Adventure (Atari)
Pac-Man & Ms. Pac-Man (arcade)
Space Invaders (arcade)
Galaxian (arcade)
Galaga (arcade)
Street Fighter (arcade)
Karate Champ (arcade)
Mega Man 2 (NES)
Rush n' Attack (arcade)
Blades of Steel (arcade)
Hard Drivin' (arcade)
Pole Position (arcade)
NHL 95 (Sega Genesis)
Those are just a few.
A few years ago I downloaded an emulator and some old games on my computer thinking it would be awesome, and it’s like “ugh these are boring 20-40 years later!)
Nintendo:
Bases Loaded 2
NES Playaction Football
Ice Hockey
Super Mario Bros.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Little League Baseball
SNES:
Super Mario World
Mario Kart
NBA Jam
NHL Stanley Cup
Aladdin
NBA Live 95
Arcade:
Galaga (still love it)
Final Fight
NBA Jam
Operation Wolf
Afterburner
Spy Hunter
I was HORRIBLE at the fighting games like SF2 and MK
Genesis (if at a buddy's):
NHLPA 93
Playstation:
Metal Gear Solid
NFL GameDay 99
In my 20s I bought a PS2 and dug GTA San Andreas. It was fun to bang the hookers to get your health stats up, then kill 'em and steal the money.
2020 I bought a couple things to play old games. One is an emulator thing with like 23000 games, acrylic board with buttons and joysticks like an arcade. And then bought a system that plays the old NES, SNES, and Genesis cartridges. It's been fun playing Mike Tyson's Punch out and Super Mario Kart.
Nintendo NES- LifeForce, Double Dragon, TMNT the Arcade Game
Playstation- I don't really recall
XboX - HALO, CoD
Asteroids, Space Invaders and the shooting gallery game with ducks was the only games I remember they had.
It was novel fun for several weeks
Rogue
Railroad Tycoon
Lunar Lander (Atari 800)
Bard's Tale
Harpoon
galaxian
missile command
arkanoid
tetris
gorf
all the pac man games
mario brothers
kaboom
This is the emulator / arcade thing. I did wifi upgrade one to download games that weren't on it. It's pretty cool...easy set up, and you can get a couple remotes to play four-player games like NBA Jam or The Simpsons or something. Really easy to set up, too. I don't have anything else to compare it to, but almost any game I could think of is on there... can't save games, though as far as I know. And...a couple that I've tried didn't work. I was bummed when Pole Position didn't work.
https://homeretrogaming.com/
And this one I got from Amazon. I had found some old NES and SNES cartridges in the garage, no idea I still had them. Bought this for $90, and the games still work. Plus Genesis, all in one console.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079C6C1RX/ref…
If that link doesn't work, it's super retro trio on Amazon.
And you can get refurbished games and systems from this place called DK Oldies. I've bought a handful of games from them, like Tyson's Punch Out, NHL 98, and Tecmo Bowl...no issues whatsoever, all work perfectly (knock on wood).
I don't play the stuff very often, but shit, it was 2020, there were no sports...I was bored as hell.
https://www.dkoldies.com/
1. Deluxe Asteroids
2. Reactor
3. Moon Patrol
4. Pole Position
5. Spy Hunter
6. ANY good pinball machine
7. Missile Command
8. Tron
9. (original) Donkey Kong
10.(original) Pac Man
Honorable mention (arcade): Big Buck Hunter - Didn't become aware of it until my kids got me to play it, so way beyond my gaming days.
Home systems: Long time ago, PS2 or whatever, but my buddies were playing video games while I was working 70 hours a week. I rarely participated but I was awesome at Ready2Rumble. My character was Lulu Valentine and I could kick anybody's ass.
The coolest pinball machine was Elton John - Captain Fantastic. That was when I was a little kid and didn't know he was a faggot. Now everyone knows he's a gay, and it's still cool. Elton John is still a badass, gay or whatever.
Funny how things change, like suddenly it's okay to fuck a guy up the ass. What kind of world are we living in? I wonder if Elton is the giver or the taker. Whatever, his music is great, but homo stuff not so good.
Hey, I don't give a shit what gets you off. You wanna fuck a guy in the ass, go for it. Just do it quietly. Nobody needs to know you're a faggot. Believe me, I'm into some pretty weird (heterosexual) stuff, but I don't want to advertise it, or take a stand that everyone should accept the freaky shit I do.
What the hell is wrong with homos? More importantly, what's wrong with society trying to make it "mainstream" and all the "trans" crap. What?... Get da fuck outta here.
Okay, yeah, this is a drunken rant, but I stand by every word. I'm not so fucked up that I don't know right from wrong. I don't want to prohibit "doing wrong" but just keep it to yourself you queer fuckers.
Duck Hunt
Rad Racer
Railroad Tycoon
Harpoon
Me too in college. Others from that era I had were Civilization and Empire.
Before that I only had an Atari 2600. So the usual popular arcade ports:
Space Invaders
Asteroids
Missile Command
Frogger
Pac-man and Ms. Pac-man
Defender
Centipede and Millipede
Berzerk
and other games:
Bowling
Basketball
Warlords
Pitfall
Apparently Mattel has reintroduced both versions. They are for sale on Amazon for $125 and $150. https://www.amazon.com/Mattel-Classic-Fo…
If you read the reviews, the game is similar but not exactly the same. Don't know why they'd bother to manufacture it again, but make it different, and evidently not as good. Especially for that ridiculous price. You can find the original games on E-bay for around $20 bucks.