Playing Games After the Fact

[Nomi]

Interesting story Nomi, If you want to play more Reto I'd suggest the Sega Master Sytem, It was the own I owned after being convinced by 2 buddies that the SMS was much better than the NES, um well that's another thread. I played that thing non stop for days on in, but It played a big part in who I am as a Gamer today.

Just bought a SMS off of Xeno Gigas a week or two ago

And hey, I don't think it's ass, but then again I've only played four games, and only on two. I enjoy it, though.

[JMET]

Ive had one since back in the day and yet to find more then 1-2 games on it that were worth a shit.

What games are you liking so far?

[NeoZeedeater]

today i played with the intellivision lives! compilation, which i grabbed because i'd only gotten to play intellivision once during the 80s and i wanted to see what was up with it. i find pre-NES gaming less engaging than NES-onward, but i still like a fair amount of classic games.. but it was about as fun as stabbing myself in the face. ugh. i couldn't find a single game that held my interest. even the space invaders clone sucked.

TRON Deadly Discs is still one of the coolest games ever made and worth buying an InTV for. But it's not on the compilation unfortunately.

Here's my general statement to those not impressed by pre-NES gaming. Pre-NES is all about arcade and computer gaming. Consoles were by far the weakest of the three industries back then quality-wise. There are plenty of timeless games from that era, you just won't find most of them on the 2600.

SMS was ass, dont let Nostalgia blind you.

You have major anti-SMS pro-NES biases though.

[Nomi]

Ive had one since back in the day and yet to find more then 1-2 games on it that were worth a shit.

What games are you liking so far?

Columns and R-Type, mostly. The others are on a borrow-basis and I can't play them extensively.

I'm a Columns whore, I can't help but love it no matter how SMALL the area of play is.

[Timber]

SMS games I remember off the top of my head that were defintily worth a shit & a half...

Rastan
R-Type
Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Golvellius: Valley of Doom
Double Dragon
Fantasy Zone
Fantasy Zone: The Maze
Columns
Reggie Jackson Baseball
Paperboy
Time Soldiers

[ferricide]

Here's my general statement to those not impressed by pre-NES gaming. Pre-NES is all about arcade and computer gaming.

yeah, i quite like classic arcade games, on the other hand. and i still have a soft, nostalgic spot for the games that i actually liked at the time (my first system was a 2600.)

but, intellivision lives... bleagh.

[Tain]

Most games that I love I didn't discover until years after release. I'm amazed at how much Gradius I've been playing lately.

[JMET]

You have major anti-SMS pro-NES biases though.

Not sure its a bias I just never liked the SMS, had them both at the same time and even had a friend that was a hardcore SMS guy that would come over all the time with the latest game.

What makes this even funnier is the fact that I worship all things Sega except the SMS, hell I even bought a Sega-CD at launch.

[JMET]

Columns and R-Type, mostly. The others are on a borrow-basis and I can't play them extensively.

I'm a Columns whore, I can't help but love it no matter how SMALL the area of play is.

Phantasy Star and R-Type were mine..

[JMET]

SMS games I remember off the top of my head that were defintily worth a shit & a half...

Rastan
R-Type
Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Golvellius: Valley of Doom
Double Dragon
Fantasy Zone
Fantasy Zone: The Maze
Columns
Reggie Jackson Baseball
Paperboy
Time Soldiers

Rastan - Rygar was better imo..

R-Type - Fuck yeah it rawked

Alex Kidd in Miracle World - Meh

Golvellius: Valley of Doom - Dont remember it

Double Dragon - Nes version was better imo

Fantasy Zone - Didnt like either fantasy Zone games

Fantasy Zone: The Maze - See above..

Columns - Yupp

Reggie Jackson Baseball - Baseball is for steers and queers

Paperboy - Only playes Nes and Genesis versions

Time Soldiers - Dont rember playing this either


Eitherway, this is just my oppinion so if it made you guys happy great...

My tastes in games tend to differ allot then most, im just being honest.