"Why I am a retro gamer" (Racketboy Link)

[Tatsujin]

Plug 'n' Play (aka have fun) - the secret of ancient gaming :idea:

[TR0N]

If you can call it retro gaming i don't know.Mostly when i go back to playing a older console such as the famicom,genesis,pce or neo-geo it is for the nostalgia.When i play those console i get those flashbacks,where i was at when i first played them.The other reason being when ever i want some thing simple to play.

[Arkhan]

retro implies you got into it retroactively.

There are a lot of dumbasses who do that.

My favorite still are the ones who were alive when this stuff was current, barely gave it any attention, but now they're like, armed to the teeth with nintendo/sega clothing/pins/stickers/etc, but can't tell you who the f*ck Mallow is and they've never heard of Rocket Knight Adventures.

Get bent, rookies.  You're ~15 years behind because when you were a kid you were playing with tinker toys and super soakers instead of Contra and Battletoads.



The only time I played with toys basically was when

A) The power was out.  Flashlights + Dinosaurs + GI Joes = hilarious
B) My sister was playing something.  Usually she was f*cking off trying to figure out the first level of Ecco, or trying to play Sports Talk Baseball but she sucked at it.
C) I was grounded from the video games for mouthing off, lol.


Or, I'd do both.

Shining Force!  LAUNCH THE GI JOE MISSILES WHILE THE BATTLE ANIMATIONS WERE GOING. 

[Jibbajaba]

I am a retro gamer because it's what I grew up on.

I fully believe that our teenage years our are most "impressionable" part of our life. For me most of the late 8 bit and all of the 16 bit years was right in that period of time.

I agree with this 100%.  The decade of my youth from 10-20 was book-ended by the NES on one end, and the PSX on the other, with the Genesis, a little bit of SNES, a ton of DOS gaming, and some trips to the arcade in between.  And those are all my favorite systems.  16-bit games and 16-bit era DOS games are my favorites, so although I didn't have a Turbo back then, I love playing it now because it's from the same time period and the games have the same flavor as those that I grew up on.

I have newer systems, like a PS2, Dreamcast, Xbox 360, and Wii, but I almost never touch them.  These days, I just vacillate between Genesis and Turbo, mostly.  With a little bit of NES sprinkled in for good measure.

Chris

[MotherGunner]

Ark, not everyone who was a pre-teen around the TG launch could afford such an expensive hobby (even then) as Turbo.  I think you correct on the rest.   On a side note, I wish I did spend more time on a super soaker as I needed the exercise!

[Arkhan]

Ark, not everyone who was a pre-teen around the TG launch could afford such an expensive hobby (even then) as Turbo.  I think you correct on the rest.   On a side note, I wish I did spend more time on a super soaker as I needed the exercise!

Yeah, but everyone who was a preteen should have played games and shit.   The ones who got into it for srs as adults are comical because theyre all dopey.

[SuperDeadite]

"retro gamer" is a stupid title really.  I play games that are fun.  If a game isn't fun, I don't play it.  What one person finds truly fun is about as subjective as it gets.  It's like asking me which women I want to f*ck and which I don't.  I look at a woman and either get a boner or I don't.  There really is no choice involved.

[turbokon]

Yeah, he hit the nail right on the head regarding every aspect as to why I'm a retro gamer. I occasionally power up the current generations for fighting games and old school style shootem up like Raiden, etc.

[420GOAT]

i feel like a kid again! and there is a goal to be had unlike many games today that never end and are just time wasters. i banned minecraft in my house since there is no end. my kids know my rule, they can only play if there is a finish to it and it is not above 10yrs requirement.

[vestcoat]

Get bent, rookies. 

This would be a much better caption than your current one.

[TurboCro]

I am a retro gamer because it's what I grew up on.

I fully believe that our teenage years our are most "impressionable" part of our life. For me most of the late 8 bit and all of the 16 bit years was right in that period of time.

That's why I prefer that era of gaming. Sit me down in front of a NES, PCE or Megadrive and a handful of good games and I will play for hours on end.


Stick me in front of a PS3 or 360 and I would be lucky to make it past most games training/intro level.

Is it true that polygons killed gaming? 

[Arkhan]

ohhh ohhhh

I met yo' childrens
dohohoahohoo

what did you tell them!

Polygons killed the video star!

dudrhrpdrudrpdrpdrpdrp!

[broken]

Is it true that polygons killed gaming? 

It's true. It's damn true!

[turbokon]

Except in the case of sapphire:)

[TheClash603]

yeah i cant sit through even a long opening segment on most games lol

You ever try to play Metal Gear Solid 4?  WTF was that shit!?!?

I played the first MGS and thought it was overrated and boring.  I sat out parts 2 and 3 because of that feeling, but figured I'd give it a try again at MGS 4.  Hardly a game, more like a movie.  If that is what I wanted, I would've put on The Great Pyramid and at least learned something.