Classic games that really take you back

[Obviously]

StarCraft, Half Life, Shogo, Thief and a few others really bring me back to 1998, still one of the most amazing years in PC gaming.

[Drakon]

I agree. I was playing the first half life that year and loving it so much.

StarCraft, Half Life, Shogo, Thief and a few others really bring me back to 1998, still one of the most amazing years in PC gaming.

[Curryman123]

Well to be honest, almost any Pc-Engine game takes me back to those simpler times.......it's that magical....

[QuickSciFi]

Sonic the Hedgehog 2: This is how I started, console-wise. So I will always be taken back to day 1 with this one.

Disney's Aladdin (Genesis): My favorite platformer since its hayday, what do you expect?

Phantasy Star II and III: The music, the style, everything! I may not have been able to beat these back in the day, but I spent hours playing them.

Mortal Kombat II: My most played and favorite fighting game.

Tetris on an original Gameboy: Need I say more?

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening: I couldn't beat it back in the day, but I sure know I tried.

Final Fantasy Adventure: Also great. And I can't wait to get these last two to finally beat them once and for all.

Popeye by Nintendo on an Atari arcade cab: My first played arcade game, ever!

Pac-Man & Ms. Pac-Man: I can't remember which one it was, but it was my first played computer game in 1990.

...virtually anything retro-gaming related will instantly take me back (whether I played it back then or not. They become instant classics in my memory the minute I beat them. The good times will continue rolling ).

[NostalgicMachine]

TMNT IV: Turtles in Time (SNES): We (and by we, I mean all my childhood friends and I, and probably lots of YOU on here) grew up playing this game over and over and over and over. I remember playing at my buddies house (back when I owned only a Genesis) and being completely blown away by the graphical/audio display of this game. I was beyond disappointed when I rented Hyperstone Heist; similar, but just not the same. To this day, Turtles in Time and SoR2 are my two most played beat 'em ups.

This period of gaming is what I like to refer to as the "Golden Era"; 1992 just seemed to unleash a massive wave of pure excellence in both arcades and home consoles. Think about it; how many legendary games came out in the later half of '92 alone? Turtles in Time, Mortal Kombat, Sonic 2, Streets of Rage 2, Contra III: The Alien Wars, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to The Past (the last two were early '92, but still!). We are at the 20th anniversary of some of our most favorite games!

[gamevet]

I remember that convo. Jesus_arnold, right? Next to you and J_Factor, he was probably the most argumentative member this site has ever seen!

I don't think so. He was using Check E. Cheese as an example of 80s' Arcade gaming.
He really couldn't relate to the social aspects of 80s' arcades compared to those of the 90s'.


I've got nothing on Trekkies Unite and Team Andromeda's constant arguments.

[Drakon]

It's a good game for sure, I guess like sega vs genesis you're either a MK fan or street fighter?

Mortal Kombat II: My most played and favorite fighting game.

[Occutell]

Might as well list a few of my own.

Sonic 2
Starcraft
Disciples Sacred Lands
Wolfenstein 3D(Floppy version )
Street fighter II championship edition
The Ooze

Large part of me really enjoyed the feel of playing such games on consoles back then, with the occasional PC game on the side. Interesting how time changes interests like that.

[Drakon]

championship edition on what system? genesis? arcade? I guess wolfenstein 3d also has that fresh early 3d feel that does bring me back to being 12.

Might as well list a few of my own.

Sonic 2
Starcraft
Disciples Sacred Lands
Wolfenstein 3D(Floppy version )
Street fighter II championship edition
The Ooze

Large part of me really enjoyed the feel of playing such games on consoles back then, with the occasional PC game on the side. Interesting how time changes interests like that.

[Occutell]

championship edition on what system? genesis? arcade? I guess wolfenstein 3d also has that fresh early 3d feel that does bring me back to being 12.

Genesis would be the system.

Arcades I didn't really hit until near the millennium, for titles like "The Lost world" and Star wars trilogy Arcade(which felt so awesome when I beat it...at the cost of 20 quarters :x )

[djcc]

I spent way too much time on Megamania on the 2600: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLXIk8n45AE

And Demon Attack. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjhCh8qwFdw

[Drakon]

When I was 11 / 12 in 1992 I was the biggest street fighter 2 arcade-a-holic. As soon as the game came out on snes I was playing that nonstop. Really street fighter 2 is the game that revived the arcade industry. It's funny that I can't think of any console that has an arcade perfect port of just street fighter 2 champion edition.

Genesis would be the system.

Arcades I didn't really hit until near the millennium, for titles like "The Lost world" and Star wars trilogy Arcade(which felt so awesome when I beat it...at the cost of 20 quarters :x )

Whoa another canadian. And now I'm curious how old you are since you know such retro classics.

I spent way too much time on Megamania on the 2600: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLXIk8n45AE

And Demon Attack. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjhCh8qwFdw

[djcc]

Whoa another canadian. And now I'm curious how old you are since you know such retro classics.

37 and a half! A half! Originally from New Brunswick but been living in Montreal since 2000.

For some reason I got an Atari 2600 when I was 10 or 12 or something. Don't remember exactly how, just had a feeling that it had been thrown away and I somehow inherited it.

I must've had a half of a dozen games, but nothing outstanding. Didn't have any classics like Pac-Man or Asteroids.

I remember buying Millipede new at the Zellers. It was definitely after the crash of 83-84. If I bought it then it must've been on a clearance sale or something.

Then at some point I threw it away. And of course now I kick myself for doing that.

[NeoZeedeater]

Whoa another canadian.

I'm not surprised. We're almost overrepresented on this board.

[djcc]

I'm not surprised. We're almost overepresented on this board.

I wonder if there are any Montrealers around. I know there's the CCVJQ, but it's a French language forum.