Old School/Retro Gaming: What are You Playing?
 

Since the Game Thread is pretty much all new stuff, I'd like to see if anyone's playing any of the old stuff (Atari, NES, SNES, Genesis, Turbo Grafx, Neo-Geo, N64, PS1, emulators, etc...)
Also, anything retro on the Wii Virtual Console or PS3, XBox 360, or PC too.
I've been playing Punch-Out, Tecmo Bowl, Contra, Castlevania, Earthbound, and TMNT: The Arcade Game of late.

Anybody else into retro gaming?

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Other notables I've played of late:

Kid Icarus
Metroid
Battletoads (The Arcade Version)
Excitebike
Super Mario All-Stars
X-Men: The Arcade Game
The Avengers
Mega Man 2

Old school gamers, recommend something good.

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Just beat Dragon Warrior/Dragon Quest 1 during my short semester break. Played it on a NES emulator on my MacBook

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NES and Super Nintendo are the only systems I know how to play.

Kung-Fu
Street Fighter 2
Skate or Die
California Games
Star Fox

Some of the best:tu

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I've been playing Pong in my head all day.

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Star Fox for SNES?
I might have to revisit Skate or Die and California Games. I loved Skate or Die when I was a kid, but couldn't figure it out when I revisited it last year.



And how could I forget the most AWESOME game of all time:

STREETS OF RAGE 2! The soundtrack alone puts it in the top ten, but the gameplay for a beat'em up makes it my favorite of ALL TIME.

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I love me some Streets of Rage, man I gotta hook the Wii up and play that again

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Does the bouncing back and forth give you a headache?:)

Never was good at either Pong or the more modernized Breakout, but I still respect both games.

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1,2,or 3?

2 was the greatest IMHO.

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I've been playing Mario kart and Mario tennis on my lime green 64

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Does Red Rover count? :D

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I don't own any new game system. I bought a PS2 a few years ago when I quit drinking to keep me occupied. Now it doesn't hold my attention for more than a few minutes. I still have my original NES from 20 or so years ago, along with a few games. Commando, Gunsmoke, Gradius, Contra, Baseball, Ice Hockey, Skate or Die 1 & 2, World Cup soccer, Super Spike V-Ball... and of course all 3 super mario's.

But my favorite was always Breakthru. That game is the isht.

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I used to play Kid Icarus all the time. Loved that game. I still play RBI Baseball on the NES when I visit my parents.

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I think I have 1 and 3 on the wii, and I like the original better, but now, guess i need to buy 2 as well :tu

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Love the feature to buy old school NES games on the wii. I have punch out and smb now and looking to get more. Also went out to get the old school controller a few months ago, much better than trying to use the wii controller to play.

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Yeah for SNES, I never advanced my video gaming further than that system:r

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I might have to snag one of those when I get some disposable income :tu

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i need to check that out. ive been wanting to play smb 3

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The old school controller is awesome just b/c of the retro look, but if you want a more accurate controller for games such as Punch-Out, I would suggest looking into a GameCube controller that you'll actually have to plug in. The wireless remotes have a very slight delay and can hurt you on games like Punch-Out.

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I'm not big on rpg games, but Dragon Warrior always intrigued me a bit.

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You know what I miss...Mike Tyson's punch-out and Excite bike and Blades of Steel...all classics on the NES IMO. Wish I had a NES.

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I'm fortunate enough to still have my original NES. It's cool that you can pick up most games for between 50 cents to $2.00 (although a few rare games go for up to $1,000). If you're interested, you can find one on E-Bay or Amazon for less than $50, or you can buy the dual NES/SNES system for around $50 too.

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I'm still playing through SCARFACE and the GTA TRILOGY BOX SET for the original XBOX...does that count?

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I am still playing several games such as QBert and Zaxxon on my ColecoVision and Myst and Riven on an old Windows 95 machine.

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Almost.:)
Man, I SUCK at QBert.

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I picked up a N64 a year or two ago. I never actually tested it and have misplaced it since. I just recently nabbed Goldeneye 007 and Starfox 64 for the N64 again, but haven't tested them because I can't find the console!:bhd I also picked up SFII for the SNS and SM3 with the box, inserts, and all, but don't have the consoles for them.

I just got the 3DS, which is pretty slick, and have been playing Starfox 64 on it. I played through once. The controls are not the same, but the graphics are beautiful, and they left the spirit of the game intact. It is a blast! Anyone have it so we can get in on some multiplayer? That was my favorite part of this game! I also garabbed Zelda:OoT, but haven't cracked it open yet.

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How could I have forgotten 007! Classic...need to find more games for the 64

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The first one isn't very involved as an RPG, you need to talk to people in the towns for hints for what to do next, but that's about it. And you don't have to worry about a large party of characters either.

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I hope Nintendo puts a slick, multiplayer, 3D version out for the 3DS. Then again, that's what I'd hoped for with the Wii.

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I'm not much on the turn based gameplay, although I'm a big fan of Earthbound for the snes. I do love me some Zelda games, for those who consider that to be rpg.

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I've heard good things about the Wii Goldeneye, but I'm sure it's not even close to the original 64 version. I've still got the old one. I need to revisit it one day soon.

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I would love to be playing some four player 007 Goldeneye on N64 right. One shot one kill with throwing knives. Bring it. :banger

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How in the heck did I get that giant gaping mouthed smile in the middle of my post?

Throwing knives were great. So were explosives and the Magnum. My favorite was running in circles strafing. No game comes close to the strafing ability of this one.
I played it for one night before selling my Wii. It was okay, but not the same game at all. Some of the same concepts are there, I guess. It's not the same without the N64 controller either.

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Just bought Contra: Rebirth for WiiWare, and picked up 6 classic NES games at a flea market this weekend: Ice Hockey, Blades of Steel, Hogan's Alley, Captain Sky Hawk, Tiger Heli, and Rush'n Attack.

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ill challenge any person alive to a N64 007 GoldenEye deathmatch.. and i will put my money where my mouth is.. lol

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Sega Micro Machines

:D

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awesome game, but damn hard

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Wow, Rush'n Attack. As a kid that game ate many of the quarters I dug up out of the couch.

This thread is good timing. I was just thinking about building myself a MAME machine as a winter project.

Right out of high school, I had three kick ass jobs. I worked sales/tech in a bike shop, clerk at a Laser Disc store (showing my age, right?), and managed a small arcade in the Chicago suburbs that got to "field test" Midway and Capcom games before they were public release.

Now, with the power of PCs and emulators, I can have 10,000 original, classic games on a laptop, and build a nice arcade grade USB joystick that will play them all!

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I beat Contra Rebirth yesterday and picked up Contra III: The Alien Wars for the Virtual Console. I don't remember III being that hard. I haven't made it past level three yet.

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There's a new Rush n Attack on the PSN and XBOXLive. It's nothing like the original but it's a pretty fun game. The new one is still a sidescroller.:tu

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On PS3, I've been playing the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection; basically the older games but in remastered HD. I like Snake Eater the best.
On Wii, I have GoldenEye, but have not played it much. I'm looking to purchase the new Zelda and Punch Out; unfortunately, the career has gotten in the way of my gaming lately.
:tu

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I played "LION" the other day again, that game is cool. It is as hard to hunt and catch prey as it must be for a
real lion. What I need to find a way to make work is Crusader: No Remorse, but I need to access areas of my brain
that I haven't used in over ten years, in order to make a boot disc that will work. I can't just pop it in and play it.
I used to be able to work MSDOS with no trouble, navigating directories, typing in commands, making boot discs.
Now, pfft. Forget it. I also need to break out Nascar Racing. Wow, what a game that was. As was Falcon 4.0 (F-16 sim)
I would spend entire weekends just trying to master landing without crashing. Not easy at all. I also would spend
equal amount's of time with F-14 Tomcat II trying to land it on a carrier. I am just not good at adding power and
taking away power to maintain that glide path.

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Anyone have the Mortal Kombat collection from PSN or XboxLive? Been debating on getting it. It's only $10 but I hear it's the arcade versions which are pretty hard.

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Been playing DOOM on my real crappy XP laptop as it refuses to work for love nor threats of deleting win32 on my windows 7 pc

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I play Minecraft on occasion, although not retro it kinda has that feel to it.

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That was an awesome game at the time, I loved the top down perspective. Between that & Doom, it was probably the game that helped get my son (23) hooked on PC gaming. I'm not sure how it was programmed, but you can't get that thing to run on any other OS, at least I haven't been able to. :sh

Another retro-game I would love to get to work is the original X-com. I can't tell you how many hours I played on that when it came out. Man, that was almost 20 years ago, holy crap.

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I just revisited Diablo and Diablo 2 for shits and gigs, it was decent but not nearly as great as I remember lol. Can't wait for D3 to hit the shelves!

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My goto retro games are The Castlevania and Final Fantasy Series. I can play those til the world ends.

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Joust on a stand up... now that's where it's at!

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Now THIS is what I'm talkin' about--booya! :banger

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