Nearing the end

[Opaque]

It sold you some shitty humor too. Refund.

How would I buy humor from the English Language? That doesn't even make sense. And why did you make that a second post?

You're losing it.

[Joust Williams]

You're clever.

[Cowutopia]

The DK bongos were a ton of fun in Jungle Beat.

...

At the demo in-store.

[voltz]

You know, you might not hate the Xbox so much if you didn't play almost exclusively shitty games on it. I'm not trying to flame really, but it looks like you're doing it to yourself.

I also noticed that, he really did it to himself for certain.


anyways...

Dreamcast - First day of release and I was standing all by myself at Wal-Mart to pluck this for $299 along with soulcalibur which turned out to be the best fighting game at that time. I later dug into stuff like loddoss war, Shenmue, Streetfighter 3rd strike/alpha 3, and Resident Evil: Code Veronica. I also had a blast playing online with Quake 3, Alien Front Online, and Phantasy Star Online. Truely some good times!

RIP Seganet.

Playstation2 - I waited a little bit after launch, but finally caved in once I saw Devil May Cry in motion, which was no doubt a return to the hardcore action I haven't seen since my 16-bit days. Also Ico was a masterpeice, even when some didn't get it.

Xbox - This was a pricy purchase for me having to buy monster cables for, but it was all worth it once I first fired up Gunvalkyrie. Thanks to live, I can finally get some head-on matches again playing Halo2 and Streetfighter Annaversary Collection, can't wait to try some more.

GameCube - You know I don't remember what I started playing on this, but this system was last in line and I just worked on a collection for it, even though it was small, I do have a couple of goodies like RE remake and 0, Zelda Master Quest (replaced 64 version ) P.N.03, etc etc. It got better when I included the GameBoyPlayer and got to sit with Metroid fusion and Zero Mission blasting in stereo. I know I wanted to add more to this, but c'mon nintendo, enough with the kiddie games and general lack of 3rd party support, the 64 era is dead already.

[Tojo]

Dreamcast: I played a TON of Marvel vs. Capcom 2 on this. I played this more than Opaque plays Halo 2 now. I put a lot of time into it. Other than that, I mainly played other fighters on it. It was a dream machine for a while but most games I was...meh on.

Playstation 2: I love it. I hate the online. Some really awesome games you can't get on the other systems. Probably my favorite machine this generation.

Xbox: Halo 1 and Halo 2. Xbox Live. Online Capcom fighters. In that order.

Gamecube: I hated Mario Sunshine. I hate Smash Brothers. Other then RE4 this system would be totally worthless to me. I don't like the 3D Zelda's so even the new one is blah to me.

Overall this gen, I learned to not buy games that I won't play. I think that's about it.

[voltz]

I don't like the 3D Zelda's so even the new one is blah to me.

[Clash!]

Dreamcast: Day One for this system is still one of my fondest memories in Gaming. Only system I ever rushed out to get day one. Me and 2 of my nerd buddies blasting up to the mall after school, figuring there would be a big ol' Line. Of course everyone else went at midnight, so we were the only ones there.

Favorite Games: Crazy Taxi, KoF: Dream Match 1999, Virtua Tennis, Gunbird 2

Playstation 2: Most used system due to library of games, but my least loved system of the Generation. Their first party games never wowed me like Nintendos and Microsofts did, and Sony always felt like it did not belong or something. Plus it always pulled down other games because they HAD to be ported to the PS2. But I will always have to own one for Ico, and most likely Wanda and the Colosuss.

Favorite Games: Ico, Rez, GTA3, Sky Odyssey, Ridge Racer 5, Katamari Damacy

Xbox: Like several others I figured that the Xbox would suck, be a flop, and be rememberd as stupid Microsofts shitty attempt at a system. Of course I was 100% wrong. Did not buy right off the bat because nothing really looked that impressive. But then I played Halo Multiplayer and knew I would have to eventually buy one for System link stuff. I hated single player so I did not buy one soly for Halo, but then I played Gunvalkryie and Jet Set Radio Future and decided I NEED to have an Xbox. Plus the later addtion of Live makes it the best system of the Generation.

Favorite Games: Halo 2, Gunvalkyrie, Street Fighter Ann. Collection, Panzer Dragoon Orta, Jet Set Radio Future, Project Gotham Racing 2

GameCube: I love this system, I really do. But its purely a Nintendo thing, the 3rd party blows and everyone knows that. But I had a lot of fun with the system, even with its poor 3rd party support. I probably would have been a LOT more dissapointed with it had I not had other systems to play games on. If it were the only system I had I would be a un-happy camper, at least till the next Nintendo release.

Favorite Games: Metroiod Prime, Super Mario Sunshine, Vexx, Super Smash Bros., Pikmin 1&2, Soul Calibur 2, Wind Waker

[Schlep]

Overall this gen, I learned to not buy games that I won't play. I think that's about it.

Same here; that's a hard learned lesson. Especially back in the DC days, I'd have 4 or 5 unopened games sitting on the shelf waiting to be played. Games that I'd paid full price for, no less.

Over time I've slowly come to the point where I'll buy $20-30 games only unless there's a game that I've been looking forward to forever, and just can't wait. That keeps me from buying new games while I'm currently playing things. I think that's been the single nicest thing about this gen; there's been so many good games released that they drop in price really fast, and us poor folk can enjoy em too.

As far as what I wanted in the thread, I don't really care all that much. I just know that we're about a month away from every other thread being about the new systems coming out, and thought it would be fun to wax nostalgiac over the past 6.5 years in videogames before the onslaught.

[gamevet]

Dreamcast: I was one of those gamers, who actually enjoyed playing Saturn over the Playstation. So...

When Sega announced the DC, I had it reserved and fully paid for by the time 9/9/99 arrived. When Sega launched it's online services, this console became on of my favorites of all time. Many hours were spent playing NFL2K1, PSO and Alien Front Online. I rarely had a connection problem with my online games, but it had it's bad moments.

While it's hard to list favorites, I can list those games which gave me a long time of enjoyment. Online - PSO, Alien Front Online, NFL2k1 (They charged for 2K2!) and Daytona. Offline - Shenmue, Crazy Taxi, Soul Calibur, Grandia II, Armada, Air Force Delta and Sega Bass Fishing (Get Bass).


PS2: I didn't buy a PS2 it's first year. I was still enjoying my DC and the games it was offering at the time didn't really interest me. When Sony released the GT3 package, I then purchased a PS2.

Though I bought a broad band adapter for my PS2, I never really played the thing online. It required a USB keyboard and not until SOCOM came out, could you use the headphone to communicate with anyone.

Personnal favorites include - Gran Tourismo 3/4, Final Fantasy X, REZ, Ring of Red, Virtua Fighter 4 and Ace Combat 4 (Haven't played AC5 yet).


Gamecube: Rogue Squadron, was one of my favorite games on the N64. When I saw screenshots and read interviews about RS2, I knew the Gamecube was for me. I bought the black version about a week after the GC launched. Hate the system if you must, but I thought Nintendo did a great job of putting together a powerful peice of hardware. It's a shame that more 3rd party publishers didn't take notice to how solid the hardware was.

I've probably had just as much fun playing my GC as I have the PS2. Here are some of the games I enjoyed: Metroid Prime (Beautiful game), RS2: Rogue Leader, Mario Sunshine, RE4, REremake, Ikaruga, Zelda:WW and Wave Race.


Xbox: Xbox was on the top of my list, when it came to a next gen console I wanted to purchase. The only problem was, that the PS2 and GC were offering games at the time, that I wanted to play more than Halo and PGR. Needless to say, I didn't get an Xbox until October of last year. The system hasn't disappointed me, it's just too bad that I didn't get one earlier.

Online favorites - SW: BattleFront, SW: RC, Outrun 2, Burnout 3 and Halo 2 (Haven't played this one as much online though).

Other favorites include- Panzer Dragoon Orta, MLB2K5, Crimson Skies(Haven't played the online version), PGR2 and KOTOR.

[Drewbacca]

From now on, after you're done typing, but before you hit "submit" just highlight all of your text, and copy it. That way if TNL eats it, you just have to paste it in, and try again.

i usually try to remember but I forget a lot of the time.