Old School List.
Since it is true that Old school games are in their own category, I've decided to throw some of them up here because they are indeed awesome in their own special 16-bit way. Back in the day, these games sold because of the great gameplay and story and not because of just buckets of blood and gore as we see today.
>1.) That's right, less then one. River City Ransom (Nes)- I would buy ten copies of this game so I would never fear about breaking them from the excessive amounts they would be used. This is the game that started everything awesome as we know it. Two guys from a gang try and get this chick Roxie back and lay down pain to kids in the form of Garbage cans, chains, rocks, just about anything. Best part was, this game taught me that if you beat up someone, they would magically transform into money (Kidding somewhat.) If you have never played this game, I strongly urge you to download an emulator so you can experience River City ransom for yourself. P.s. If you have a copy of this game somewhere, I'll buy it.
1.) Super Mario Bros. 3 (Nes)- Many games today couldn't top this game and all its might. I remember playing this game for hours and hours as a seven year old because going to school was just a chore.
2.) Goldeneye (N64) I don't think I need to say any more then just the name for you to agree that everything about this game is a perfect 10.
3.)Zelda (Snes) Just so much to do and only 24 hours in the day. This game was so addictive that I could just seriously watch it for hours without ever getting bored. Link may have been a little girly looking, but that sword made it alright.
4.) Road Rash (Sega)- This is what you get when you combine motorcycle racing with beating down people. I loved co-op mode, where one player drives and another hits people with chains but I don't remember if it was on this platform, but rather PS1 or something. Regardless, gotta love a game named after an injury.
5.) Final Fantasy III (snes) The near beginning of a series that is still gaining momentum to this day with the release of FFXII sometime soon, I hope. This game had everything from a strategic RPG to an incredible storyline that enthralled players for hours upon hours.
Yeah so my Xbox hasn't been getting much use lately so I think I'm going to go boot up Halo 2 and beat it on legendary..again. Later.
>1.) That's right, less then one. River City Ransom (Nes)- I would buy ten copies of this game so I would never fear about breaking them from the excessive amounts they would be used. This is the game that started everything awesome as we know it. Two guys from a gang try and get this chick Roxie back and lay down pain to kids in the form of Garbage cans, chains, rocks, just about anything. Best part was, this game taught me that if you beat up someone, they would magically transform into money (Kidding somewhat.) If you have never played this game, I strongly urge you to download an emulator so you can experience River City ransom for yourself. P.s. If you have a copy of this game somewhere, I'll buy it.
1.) Super Mario Bros. 3 (Nes)- Many games today couldn't top this game and all its might. I remember playing this game for hours and hours as a seven year old because going to school was just a chore.
2.) Goldeneye (N64) I don't think I need to say any more then just the name for you to agree that everything about this game is a perfect 10.
3.)Zelda (Snes) Just so much to do and only 24 hours in the day. This game was so addictive that I could just seriously watch it for hours without ever getting bored. Link may have been a little girly looking, but that sword made it alright.
4.) Road Rash (Sega)- This is what you get when you combine motorcycle racing with beating down people. I loved co-op mode, where one player drives and another hits people with chains but I don't remember if it was on this platform, but rather PS1 or something. Regardless, gotta love a game named after an injury.
5.) Final Fantasy III (snes) The near beginning of a series that is still gaining momentum to this day with the release of FFXII sometime soon, I hope. This game had everything from a strategic RPG to an incredible storyline that enthralled players for hours upon hours.
Yeah so my Xbox hasn't been getting much use lately so I think I'm going to go boot up Halo 2 and beat it on legendary..again. Later.
posted by Brian at 11:31 AM
7 Comments:
In the summer downtime that is so common in the industry, I usually find myself going back to a lot of old-school titles. In the past few months, I've given my SNES more attention (Super Mario All-Stars, Super Mario Kart, Super Metroid, Madden '93, NHL '94, Zelda: ALttP, etc.), and I've dipped into some PS1 games as well, including Legend of Legaia and Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete (which I'm playing through now).
RCR is a classic, as are the others you listed, but I'm so old ('gasp') that I still remember Pong, Pac-Man, Hero's Quest, Earl Weaver's Baseball, Asteroids, and even the archaic text adventures...so when SMB came out on the NES, it was a revolution of massive proportions. We couldn't believe our eyes! LOL
Its great, no matter how old you get, it is just an awesome feeling to dust off the Snes and have at it for a few hours. With all this new technology, I'm glad we can go back to the old-school roots and remember a better time and a better place of video game goodness.
...not so sure it was "better." It was simpler and more pure, but "better" is very subjective and not something I personally believe.
Sorry, I just meant it from my standpoint of the word better. Now that I think about it, gaming back in that time was a totally different place and experience. I can't really even compare the two because of the responsibilities and broad differences the two times have .
Oh yes, Pitfall did that to me. I quit playing it because there was no ending and I had no idea that there just wasn't really one. Atari paved the way for all of the games we have nowadays, and luckily I still have an Atari 2600 floating around here somewhere...
Ebay is definately a great place to start looking for vintage games and systems. If you go on at weird hours of the day (around 1-3am) there are some good items ending for a lower price. Also, check around flea markets, a lot of people don't know the worth of some of these games, so they are worth searching for.
That place is Jewett City lets you test out the game before you buy it, or atleast it did when I bought my Atari there. I still like Ebay more, but that place is a goldmine, have at it.
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