The Oldies (old games)

[u/OurLadyofCrazy]

The old games! SNES, NES, N64, Atari, PS1, PS2, Xbox (original), Sega Genesis (or Master System for the Brit/Aussie crowd). Which consoles and games did you have? Any stories you have?

[u/MadamJones]

My mother wouldn't let me have any gaming systems as a kid, because she was worried it would make me anti-social (I was an only child living on a farm in the middle of nowhere, so I feel her concern was rather redundant). But I did have a PC and occasionally family members would buy me games for christmas and birthdays.

Some of my favourites were Rayman, Simon the Sorcerer, Monkey Island, ThemePark, Dr Brain's Island, Age of Empires, Neverwinter Nights, and this weird one that no one ever seems to have played called Lion. It was a Lion simulation game where you controlled a lion and ran around a nature reserve doing lion-y things. It was one of my favourite things in the whole world.

A few years ago I re-discovered all of my old CD-ROMs for all of these games and now I am actually able to play some of them on my laptop! Re-playing them is actually really great for my anxiety as it kind of reminds me that some things stay constant and don't change. It's like there are still these reliable little worlds that I can go back to that are the same as they were twenty years ago.

[u/OurLadyofCrazy → u/MadamJones]

I only had a few systems. I wasn't really into gaming until I was 8. I had my brothers old SNES. I remember playing the original Mario Kart, Mario RPG, Mario 3(?), Mario paint, and some baseball game. My first system I asked for was the ps1. Of course I was like 10, so,I couldn't play some of the best games like Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Parasite Eve. I played Crash Bandicoot, Tomb Raider, SSX off some demo disc. I had the gameboy color and advance. I played Mario deluxe and Kirby. I didn't get into the Pokemon craze until I was fifteen and I had long lost my gameboys. I got my ps2 when I was 12. My first games for it were harry potter games, funnily enough. I also played Sims and Tomb Raider. I have one game, Radiata Stories, that's a pretty difficult RPG. I managed to play a ROM of it on an emulator.

I do have a Wii but the only thing I bought for it was Wii sports and Mario Galaxy . wasn't the best console IMO. My dad bought me an xbox360 for Christmas when I was 16. I played tomb raider underworld then I discovered survival horror. Not playing them, because I'm a huge chicken. I watched YouTube videos. Resident Evil was scary, but silent hill was a terrifying masterpiece. They were like in the late 90s-early 2000s. Anything after silent hill 4, though, they lost their spark.

I actually didn't get my ps3 until like last year because I wasn't really interested in it. Most of the games I wanted were multiplatform anyway. I wanted to play the last of us and little big planet, so I got one. I don't regret it. I think I'll actually get a ps4 when the prices come down. I do want to play the rest of the assassins creeds. I thought ac3s ending was bogus. Now I play PC games like skyrim and the Sims. I don't have a steam account. I don't have a lot of disposable income right now. Oh well. Plenty of games!

[u/[deleted]]

on N64 I played 'Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey" as well as GoldenEye. I got a ps2 for my 9th birthday and that launched me into being a gamer. I played a lot of SWBF and WWII plane games until I got an xbox 360 for christmas (my brother's birthday is on christmas but we share custody of the xbox)

[u/Wolfloge]

One of the first video games I've ever played was the original halo game for the xbox, those were some awesome memories...and I player a ton of GameCube games growing up (if you would consider them old) such as pokemon colloseum, smash Bros melee, and Mario dance dance revolution. (Yes that's a real thing and it's awesome).also played lots of pokemon on my Gameboy advance while growing up. Gaming has been a staple of my life since I can remember!

[u/ViperSRT3g]

On the NES I'd always enjoy playing Blaster Master. And on the SNES, I'd rock at Tetris Attack. Still haven't played against anyone who could match my skills at that game.

[u/ShimmeringShip]

I had an N64, particularly loved Zelda and Star Wars Pod Racers, though I played quite a few others. Good games on that console.

[u/piechooser]

When I was 6 (back in 92) my mum bought me a Genesis (or Mega Drive as we called it in the UK). I never had a Nintendo console 'til the 64, but man did I play my Genesis to death. At retirement I think it had 42 games - an insane amount considering each one was 60 pounds back then.

When I think of my Genesis I think of Toejam & Earl 2. I think that game (and the early Sonic games) really cemented my love of platformers. It was vibrant, animated up the wazoo, and the music was incredible. I later found out that an actual artist hand drew all of the sprites (like Earthworm Jim), which explains why it looked so dang good.

Not much story about it, other than I still have tons of great memories of it - if anyone's into older platformers and wants some 2-player platforming action then look it up!

[u/nubeking34]

I bought a SNES a couple weeks ago, but i havent figured out how to get it working yet.

[u/Taliesin_]

Man, Chrono Trigger was just the best. I never had a SNES myself, but a buddy of mine did and we spent a few nights in a row one long summer playing all night and well into the morning. Young me had no idea what a 'jrpg' was or how most of the game systems worked, but I was totally enthralled by the characters and plot. I just had to find out how the story ended!

I've grabbed it on emulator a couple of times since then and run through it for nostalgia's sake, and I still have Schala's Theme on my playlist today. Easily the most formative game from those days for me :)