The RETRO Gaming Thread!

[Air Champa]

First games I played were on the demo disk that came with my PS1. Some skating game, Toshinden, Wipeout, Ridge Racer, Jumping Flash, and a few full motion videos of Tekken 1 and Philosoma.

First full games I owned were Mortal Kombat 3 and NBA Jam. Still have those games to this day put away somewhere.

 

[c flyness]

Syphon Filter

 

[spiderjericho]

First games I played were on the demo disk that came with my PS1. Some skating game, Toshinden, Wipeout, Ridge Racer, Jumping Flash, and a few full motion videos of Tekken 1 and Philosoma.

First full games I owned were Mortal Kombat 3 and NBA Jam. Still have those games to this day put away somewhere.

That was the OG demo disc. They were at Kiosks everywhere. I remember seeing one at Sears.

I bought Toshinden, Wipe Out, Ridge Racer, Tekken, etc.

 

[swendro]

 

[TURBO UNO]

Def rented so many games back in the day. Miss going to blockbuster on a friday night and being able to play a game the whole weekend

For sure bro, they were good times!

 

[Bronson]

 

[nice jahb]

A day late, but for me, 9/9/99 is one the greatest days in American Entertainment History.

 

[6 Rings G.O.A.T.]

 

[Air Champa]

I remember when some of the 2K Sports games launched for $20 back then.

EA was pissed.

 

[Bend_The_Knee]

Miss game manuals.


Now all you get is an empty case with iust the cartridge or disc.

 

[Bend_The_Knee]

Inr

I Remember after years of owning one that in order to play it, i would have to put the console upside down for it to work

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Looking back, its wild to think that some snes games sold for $69.99 at launch. Adjusting for inflation, those games would go for around $120-130 today

I remember buying SNES SF2 Turbo for 89.99 the weekend of release.

 

[spiderjericho]

Whoever posted FFVIII with the Dreamcast. I remember that day…

I remember buying SNES SF2 Turbo for 89.99 the weekend of release.

I remember it was the first 20-MB 16-bit title. Crazy that the Genesis one was 4MBs more and still had terrible sound. Also, there’s the always forgotten Turbo Duo CE release.

Now our Street Fighters are designed for consoles.

 

[robpzee612]

I still haven't finished FF 8 yet lol
I don't like the magic junction system.

 

[sneeker]

I still haven't finished FF 8 yet lol
I don't like the magic junction system.

it took me a bit of a while to get to like it since I love the junctioning system on FF7. once I get over that, it was fine.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Great promotionals.

 

[c flyness]

 

[c flyness]

 

[Air Champa]

I still haven't finished FF 8 yet lol
I don't like the magic junction system.

Just learn L Mag RF from Siren, then convert 10 tents to 100 Curaga spells. Junction that to your HP and you're good to go for most the game.

It's making my current play through go pretty smooth.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

We came up in the right era.

 

[c flyness]

 

[markman23]

I'm so glad this thread is still going strong.

I'm going retro shopping TODAY (in a few hours) throughout Tokyo. First stop is going to be Surugaya in Shinjuku then probably check out a few sneaker shops. I'm hype.

 

[Air Champa]

The PS3/Xbox 360 era was the last time I really felt enthusiastic about gaming.

Bad thing about live services and microtransactions is everyone wants to do it when they see how much money EA is making. Your favorite series will either get ran into the ground or you'll be waiting 10+ years for a new game to play.

I'm perfectly fine with older games from a better era myself.

 

[c flyness]

 

[Nike Jordan]