An Ode To Old-School Gaming

Yes, I'm well aware you've read about six trillion such articles in your lifetime, but I don't care. Michael Jackson has passed away, I just watched my brother - who's almost 13 years younger than me - graduate from high school, and I'm feeling a little nostalgic and melancholy. So I don't give a rat's ass if you're not down for this; I gotta ramble a bit, and I have a venue for it. ...okay, that was mean. Sorry. 'sigh'

Game don't play? BLOW!

Oh crap; we got that silly lookin' green screen again. On some TVs it was blue, on some it was blank, and on others, it was a garbled mess. But we all knew the proper scientific procedure to make the game work correctly: blow on the cartridge. In some of the more severe cases, you also had to bend over to blow into the machine itself, but blowing on the cartridge usually did the trick. But only you knew the correct method of blowing on your game. "Nah, you can't do it," you'd say. 10 seconds later, there you two are, playing Blades of Steel.

...where do we go? Um...right.

With the exception of a few, we typically put in a game and knew exactly where to go. The question above is actually a joke; the point is that none of us ever asked a question that had such a ridiculously obvious answer. You may not know what you'd run into over there, and you may not survive the attempt, but you knew damn well you'd be moving right. Once you did this a number of times, you started to know what to expect, of course. It was all part of the fun.

Without quarters, a mall trip is a waste of time

When gamers went out, they went to these places called arcades. As malls basically exploded in the '80s, you'd be hard-pressed to find one that didn't include an arcade. And as kids in that era, especially those fascinated with video screens and poorly lit rooms, going to the mall without any quarters was like going to to the basketball court without a basketball. As far as we were concerned, the mall existed for one reason and one reason only, and remember, we were kids. The chances of us going to buy a $60 cartridge (yeah, that's what they cost back then, so stop freakin' complaining about the price today) were slim to none. Those were valuable Christmas and birthday presents.

2-hour games yield 200 hours of entertainment

Those who look back are often confused by the state of affairs regarding length in video games. We have to remember: those games would literally only take a few hours to complete, but that was the ideal; in fact, it was an impossible dream for most of us. See, it was technically two or three hours in length, but as you would die six million times before you ever even approached the end, it felt a whole lot longer. Furthermore, this inherent challenge meant you'd probably have to play the same levels over and over again for a looong time before you advanced. Some people just couldn't handle the pressure...this is why Nintendo made nigh-on invincible products.

We grin at Michael Jackson's Moonwalker

It's because we almost couldn't believe that an icon of MJ's stature would even be involved in any aspect of the gaming industry, and on top of which...it was just plain amusing. Making zombies dance until they die, following that little chimp to the location of the next hidden girl, spraying little twinkles of dust at invading creeps; it was all very humorous. See, this was back before there was any controversy; back before things started to go south. And to have Jackson associated with gaming was just plain huge.

"All your base are belong to us."

If you don't know, you're too young. Look it up, and learn of the story for yourself. ;)

6/25/2009 Ben Dutka

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fatelementality
Thursday, June 25, 2009 @ 11:09:39 PM
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All I have to say is "Ninja Gaiden.......I love you......but I HATE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But I love you. Oh Ben, what about "I feel asleep" Know that one?

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LunaticFringe
Thursday, June 25, 2009 @ 11:11:17 PM
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I remember trying everything from rubbing alcohol , to stacking games on top of each other, shifting the game from side to side. lots of fun.

games reminded me of music back then. songs only last about three minutes, but you want to share and experience them with everyone you know.

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WorldEndsWithMe
Thursday, June 25, 2009 @ 11:11:54 PM
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A very true look back, for my part I'd like to offer up two of my own little articles from the forums:

1st) Why my NES Console only worked for me, a drama.

http://www.psxextremeforums.com/gaming-discussion/9633-why-my-nes-console-only-worked-me-drama.html

2nd) A tribute to arcades:

http://www.psxextremeforums.com/gaming-discussion/9667-reader-submissions-thread-5.html

(Scroll to the middle of the page)

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LunaticFringe
Thursday, June 25, 2009 @ 11:14:19 PM
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they had some wacky peripherals then too. I remember a balance board attached to a ball. take that tony hawk. I think it killed some kids, I'll have to look into that one.

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GuernicaReborn
Thursday, June 25, 2009 @ 11:24:39 PM

A pogo ball?!

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Naga
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 7:45:16 AM

AVGN reviewed some accessories for NES, I think he did the balance board that had ball in the middle??

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LunaticFringe
Thursday, June 25, 2009 @ 11:26:03 PM
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consoles aside, I remember computer classes in my elementary schools were nothing but games we played "Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?" Damn it was tough. Carmen was helpful, she'd leave hints." I'm east of Algeria and west of Thailand" Oh, really. Are you south of the moon.Thanks for nothing.Why couldn't that game have been more region specific.Where In the Tri-state Area Is Carmen Sandiego? I'd always go back to kicking ass on the "Trail."

Buffalo ain't gonna shoot themselves.

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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 12:22:15 AM

"Buffalo ain't gonna shoot themselves."

That should be a bumper sticker.

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Jed
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 1:22:45 AM

My god the time I spent on the oregon trail. I think I died of dysentery about 100 times.

Thank god for the computer lab

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Doosharm
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 1:31:20 AM

LOL! And there's your other bumper sticker: "I died of dysentery 100 times!"

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Arvis
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 11:30:41 AM

Personally, I like "Where In The Tri-State Area is Carmen Sandiego?" :D

-Arvis

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LunaticFringe
Thursday, June 25, 2009 @ 11:28:40 PM
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it was like a pogo ball , but it plugged into the NES, you had to shift to go up,down,left,right..but you still had to play with a second controller attached to use the A, B buttons. it was crazy. So was the power glove. most awesome and useless thing ever.

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fluffer nutter
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 1:41:09 AM

I vaguely remember that, testing it out at a store and not wanting to get hurt or have the patience for this. We had a store over in south county that had several TVs set up with your favorite game systems to try out all of the games they had. They seriously had about six lockers of games and when the store went out of business, it was like Christmas for weeks because we got to buy loads of Nintendo and SMS games for the cheap. Ahh, the memories. Good times. Good times.

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LunaticFringe
Thursday, June 25, 2009 @ 11:29:41 PM
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reciting codes was like knowing all the lyrics to a hit song.

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Highlander
Thursday, June 25, 2009 @ 11:29:45 PM
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Ultimate nostalgia item

Nintendo PowerGlove.

Google it....

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Highlander
Thursday, June 25, 2009 @ 11:31:02 PM

A couple of links to play with...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYBzKFm-rd0

http://www.google.com/search?q=power+glove

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LunaticFringe
Thursday, June 25, 2009 @ 11:30:12 PM
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just excited about this topic, thanks Ben. I'm done now.

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GuernicaReborn
Thursday, June 25, 2009 @ 11:32:16 PM
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But it wasn't just blowing on the cartridge. In my hood, you were a God if you could blow in the cartridge and make it whistle.

And don't get me started on the abuse an NES could take. My friends little sister one day decided to open a bag of dry rice and throw it around the living room(we were supposed to be keeping an eye on her, but we were too busy playing legos). She decided to throw some into his NES and we didn't find out until we took the game out and found rice in the cartridge... we just tipped the NES over, shook it, and got out as much as we could. Then we popped a game in and kept playing.

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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Thursday, June 25, 2009 @ 11:55:56 PM

LOL Good one. :)

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Ogibillm
Thursday, June 25, 2009 @ 11:33:39 PM
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The President has been kidnapped by ninjas.
Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the President?

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BikerSaint
Thursday, June 25, 2009 @ 11:34:04 PM
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There a great article on Wikipedia all about the "All your bases are belong to us" slogan, complete with the game's transcript, & the game animation too....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base_are_belong_to_us

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John Shoemaker
Thursday, June 25, 2009 @ 11:42:42 PM
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I remember the old Macs we had in school that had games on it. Now those were fun. Even if they were educational.
I could blow through Number Munchers on prime in no time.

And then there was my Genesis. Sometimes you had to blow on them to get them to work. Others, you had to hold the game down in the system to get it to work. Nothing ever seemed to break no matter how hard you pressed or slammed the game in the system.

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IronFace2
Thursday, June 25, 2009 @ 11:42:49 PM
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Michael Jackson's Moonwalker was the best :D
i had it on genesis. I spent hours trying to beat that game and it was fun :)
By the way, I heard that Michael Jackson died yesterday...

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fatelementality
Thursday, June 25, 2009 @ 11:45:01 PM
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I remember losing my gameboy outside one winter during a blizzard and didn't find it until all the snow was gone two weeks later. It still worked. Nothing compared to the Atari 2600 that I found in a junkpile that was left out in the open for at least 5 years. After a few hours of tinkering, it worked!!!

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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 12:21:34 AM

LOL Awesome. You couldn't kill those things.

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kevinater321
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 10:11:49 AM

my cell is like that.....will not ide, i want to get a new one but it's industructable. It fell in the dishwasher and suvived.....i went swimming with it for 30 min and it survived.....it will not die!

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556pineapple
Thursday, June 25, 2009 @ 11:45:34 PM
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I was pretty young at the time, but I loved playing the Super Mario games, Contra, etc...
My brothers coined a name for that green screen, we called it qaq (pronounced KAK). Don't ask me where it came from, just know that if you knew my brothers, it wouldn't be surprising...

Anyway, I didn't play it at the time, but what about the original Metal Gear. Freaking impossible on the NES. One of my housemates had it and I couldn't get past the dogs in the beginning and gave up right there. I beat it after only a couple hours on the original MSX version though.

Anyway now that my rambling is out of the way, thanks for bringing back a little nostalgia, Ben.

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OriginalSin
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 2:52:54 AM

Kak is actually an Afrikaans word. it means "sh*t".... I'm Afrikaans so I just thought I'd let you know. Btw we got the best swear words ever...

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LunaticFringe
Thursday, June 25, 2009 @ 11:48:41 PM
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Number Munchers on prime, that is awesome!!

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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Thursday, June 25, 2009 @ 11:56:45 PM

Oh man, I was KING of Number Munchers. I had the high score in my elementary school. :)

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PSNclaw18
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 7:13:28 AM

Nice..

I remember playing Ghostbusters on an old PC. Having to swap out 'floppys' was very suspenseful to say the least!

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Highlander
Thursday, June 25, 2009 @ 11:52:41 PM
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Best 80's game bar none = E-L-I-T-E.

However the game that I personally consider to be one of the most underrated gems of the first wave of cartridge driven game consoles - Haunted House on the Atari 2600. Even though it used really simple graphics, they were very effective and the sound was awesome. Looking back I played this game as much as Invaders, PAc-Man, Missile Command, Night Driver, or any of the other 'classics' on the 2600.

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Oyashiro
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 12:02:56 AM
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I'm only 21, I grew up in the 90's. But due to money problems I became a retro lover. When every one had a PS1, I had a NES. And you know what? I'm glad that's how I grew up.

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Jed
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 1:26:26 AM

I'm only 23 but until I got a ps2 I was always years behind the popular stuff.

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Scarecrow
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 12:03:57 AM
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Ah! The dusty cartridges :D
Man SNES was the best, imo

But yes those were the glory days....
I remember more 'bout the games I played those days than ANYTHING school thought me in those years.

The best thing 'bout those days is that it wasn't 'bout graphics. It was ALWAYS more important what the gameplay was like than anything else.

Those games will live forever though.

PS: Damn...a lot of "pending moderator approval" :O

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Kangasfwa
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 12:05:29 AM
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Who's with me on Lost Vikings 3?

My first game I ever played was Super Metroid. I picked it out from this huge wall of color because I spotted a guy shooting a dragon in the face. Still the best cover art I've ever seen.

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BikerSaint
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 12:10:19 AM
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And when the blowing wouldn't do it, I used to break out my secret weapon to make my games work,
It was a Genesis games cleaning kit that cost about $5 back then, with 4 pieces of felt you put on different sized ends of a flat plastic wand, with a 2oz tube of cartridge solution(plain old rubbing alcohol).
I'd put a drop of alcohol on the felt end & then rub across the game's copper electrodes about a dozen times.

The kit also came with two different game sized dummy cartridges that had dual ends that I could interchange for either Sega or Nintendo's machines. Each end had a long rough nub sticking out that I'd rub back & forth inside the console's opening to clean up those electrodes too.

The kit worked on all the old Sega & Nintendo games & consoles up to, and including the N64, as well as the Genesis, and Game Gear system too.

BTW, I still have, & use, my kit whenever I get the urge to play on one of my "golden oldies" systems.

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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 12:21:08 AM

OMG, you had that thing?! I think my friend had it, too...I had forgotten all about it. :)

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Lenoxseer
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 12:20:05 AM
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Oh man, Gauntlet Arcade was awesome, but hated it for eating my allowance!

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Deleted User
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 12:50:20 AM
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I found Doritos lodged in my family's NES once, have no idea how that happened.

but removing it (and blowing in both the cartridge and the slot) returned me to my gameing experience.

wich was probably either Mario bros. Mario 3. or Double Dragon II

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zerostar39
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 1:05:13 AM
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GAME GENIE!

I would put random codes in to see what would happen. one time I got a level in super mario bros with all vines

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Jed
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 1:32:52 AM
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"Blow on it. BLOW ON IT!! Your doing it wrong, give it to me!!"

Damn those were the days. If just blowing didnt work then my secret was to put my shirt over it, and then blow into it. I'm sure that it had no effect, but I always had to try. Otherwise we had to bring out the alchol and q-tips.

I remember a game called Dinopark Tycoon that we played at school. That was about my most favoritest game evar.

All your bases are belong to us - classic

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LimitedVertigo
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 2:26:29 AM

I usually would do the pound on knee followed by hard blow, followed by smack against palm. All this while listening to Selena on the radio.

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Jed
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 8:33:39 AM

Oh my god selena. I lived in El Paso when she got really popular and then killed. People in that town worshiped her.

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Jed
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 1:38:37 AM
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For those of you who dont get that last one,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qItugh-fFgg

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dhall0749
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 2:03:14 AM
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yeah im 19 but had nes as first console with genesis after but I remember whenever I got done blowing the cartridge I would line it up in the slot and hammer fist it in just to make sure it was reading the cartridges or hitting the reset button about a million times if the game didn't load, and who can forget those toga like game sleeves the cartridges had.

commando on the nes = win

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LimitedVertigo
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 2:13:03 AM
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Sega CD amazed me for 2 summers, I didn't care that a majority of the gameplay was simply poorly made CGI. Ground Zero was such a fun shooter and REALLY hard too.

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Jed
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 8:36:35 AM

I remember renting a sega cd from blockbuster, back when they did that stuff. I wanted one of my own so bad.

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LowKey
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 2:45:10 AM
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Naw, dudes in computer class when I was I kid it was all about where in Time is carmen sandeago, and MISERS HOUSE, loved that text only game, but lets go back even further to the likes of Altered Beast, Alex Kid in Hightech world, and Wonder boy in monster land and Ghostbusters all for the Sega Master System. Loved those 3d glasses sega made for that system for use with Posiden wars. And Nintendo's Power golve??? whaaat? that was sooo sick. thoe were the good ol days *sigh*, *tear*

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LimitedVertigo
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 2:49:03 AM

When I was in grade school we used AppleII computers and played Oregon Trail on 5inch floppy disks. I swear no matter what when I chose my profession as a doctor I never made it to the end.

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LowKey
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 2:48:42 AM
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But I'd have to say that my all time favourite system was the retardedly expencive neo geo, with their $300+ monster sized cartridges.

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Deleted User
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 3:28:52 AM
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32X for me.

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Jed
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 8:40:05 AM

I got a 32x for my birthday one time. I played virtua fighter until my hands bled.

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aaronisbla
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 4:20:29 AM
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luckily back in the 80s and early 90s, i put Chuck Norris stickers on each and every one of my cartridges, never had a problem out them...

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LowKey
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 4:29:32 AM
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Haaaa, Chuck will protect you, Good ol Chuck Norris

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Dancemachine55
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 5:20:12 AM
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The Flintstones and Mario 2 on the NES. Those were the days. I remember being wowed by the flight animation of Peter Pan, or Hook, whatever was out at the time.

And don't get me started on the awesomeness and excitement I had when playing Sonic the Hedgehog for the very first time!!! (I am only 21 you know)

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Jed
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 8:42:06 AM

I totally freaked out when we got our genesis with the first two sonic games for Christmas.

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fatelementality
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 6:12:14 AM
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Does anyone remember Math Blaster? I think that was the name. You were a guy in a blue coat aand red hat. You couldn't see his face and he had a remote control that zapped numbers. That was a fun ass game. Hell, does anyone remember Mathman from the PBS show Square One? DAMN YOU GLITCH!!!!!!!!

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Jed
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 8:48:51 AM

I do remember the math blaster. We had to pass a certian level on that before we could head out on the trail.

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www
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 6:18:16 AM
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I get it all, obviously if you don't get it... then it definitely means you too young.

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gungrave
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 7:03:25 AM
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You guys remember the game cards for the Sega Master System. When I first saw those games I remember thinking how advance the system was for being able to put a whole game on those thin cartridges.

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fluffer nutter
Saturday, June 27, 2009 @ 12:30:34 PM

Game cards were also for the TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine. I miss that system. The physical one, not the emulator.

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tlpn99
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 7:15:53 AM
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I never owned a console till the PS1 but had played on many a NES, SNES and now own a Ninty64 as we as my PS2/3 and my 360.

I got my game playing from a Commodore Vic20 and upgraded to a Commodore 64 Man I loved that machine. Now I get this game Pitfall 2 looked awesome game going down caves avoiding bats and birds collecting gold etc. Would it load in when I bought it ? Would it buggery, the shops were closed my dad said he would take me back to exchange it for a new one. I come home from school at dinner time and he said "look" I went into the front room he had set up my C64 on a bigger telly and had Pitfall 2 loaded in ready to go.

I was like how did you get it working, he said I was messing about with the cassette tape deck and the little screw outside moves the heads up and down so I moved it a tiny bit and lo and behold the game worked. He never turned the computer off for about 9 hours we all played on it and got hooked. Turned out you had to load it in after that by waiting while it was loading in and pressing down on the cassette tape deck thing so you were pushing the tape onto the heads, took ages loading in too lol :)

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MadKatBebop
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 7:35:34 AM
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Man I'm only 17 I haven't played any old-school games! I feel so left out lol!

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Naga
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 7:46:49 AM

I'm only 16 but I only had a master system with sonic ;(

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Jed
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 8:57:04 AM

10 years from now you will probably be laughing about the big console war, fanboys, and of course, RRoD.

Well, maybe not the last one

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kevinater321
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 10:12:58 AM

Well i'm luaghing at RROD now...no reason why i won't 10 years from now.

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Riku994
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 9:25:55 AM
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"2-hour games yield 200 hours of entertainment"

To this day I still play Sonic 3 & Knuckles :D

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JPBooch
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 9:38:14 AM
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"All your base are belong to us."

If you don't know, you're too young. Look it up, and learn of the story for yourself. ;)

Perhaps, but I'm 36 and was in junior college when that game came out. Never played it and never heard of the saying until it was Warhawks Platinum Trophy description.

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Karosso
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 9:40:19 AM
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In Brazil we had these pirated NES, they were made in china and played all the NES games. The cartridge did not look legit as well.
But I saved enough money to ask my aunt, who lived in NYC where I now reside, to bring me one. I had to have the color system changed to the Brazilian one.
Best money spent ever on an internment system! Oh Top Gear2 how many hours spent leaving my friend in the dust. Out of this World and Flashback had me hooked and Starfox was like the game that shocked me the most, I called it virtual reality LOL

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JPBooch
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 9:58:20 AM
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I've been around since the Atari, before it was called the 2600. My palms had blisters on them from using the joystick in games like track and field. I'd go to bed still seeing the patterns of Asteroids dancing in front of my head.

I wore out the rubber on at least 4 joysticks in the span of a year.

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coverton341
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 12:03:40 PM

Defender! Trying to kill those ships taking your city's citizens and catch them before they hit the ground. AWESOME! And yes lots of joystick rubber just destroyed and lots of stuck red buttons

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mexgeo86
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 10:06:25 AM
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BIMMY and Jimmy lol

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coverton341
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 12:01:46 PM
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Q'Bert FTW! I loved that s**t. I also loved my original Pong system. But my favorite games came out on the Sega Master System. Choplifter, Alex Kidd, Outrun and Safari Hunt Combo Cartridge.

Oh man and then the RPGs of the olden days. Y's was the s**t before FF games and then they came in to the scene and BAM! Old school Zelda (the gold cart)

Man my list of nostalgia could go on and on but I suppose everyone that knows already knows. Man I miss those good ole games and days.

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Ultimadream
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 1:00:28 PM
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One game that i actually fond realy good was the Beavis and Butt-head game on the Sega Megadrive (Genesis), It was an awesome co-op game, along with Snake Rattle and Roll, nothing like being a snake and licking feet....

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Arvis
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 3:01:52 PM

Don't lie, everyone knows you hated both of those games. ;)

-Arvis

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Ultimadream
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 4:51:08 PM

No, they're not FPS's :)

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rjmacready
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 3:24:54 PM
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Yeah I grew up with the Atari 2600 and the arcades. That of course moved to the Colecovision, then Nintendo, Playstation, etc. over time, but I'll always remember some of the good times playing some of those Atari games (like Pitfall, Adventure, Dragon Fire, River Raid, Frostbite, Megamania, Enduro, Ice Hockey, Super Challenge Baseball, and tons more) that got me into video games big time as a kid. Great times!

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Dareus
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 6:29:34 PM
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Yep the good old days,

First game played on a Icon computer, It was "A day in the life of"

Then got a Nintendo to which the first game was Dragon warrior. What a awesomely addictive game that was.

From there I found myself going into Final Fantasy (still a huuuge fan), Faxanadu, Maniac Mansion (NUKE THE HAMSTER!!!!), and of course the Classic Rampage, Also as mentioned Blades of steel.

I could name off 100 games of the NES system or more which I loved. Funny thing... I couldnt name 100 games on the PS2,3,Xbox360.

Hell I've replayed FF3(known as FF6 in J), a few times, FF1 a few times and even re=playing the newer version on the PSP as its a mere 20hrs gameplay.

Anywhoo to round it up, If no one has ever played this game, I recommend it
"Xenogears" for the PS1.

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Dan
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 6:57:22 PM
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I used to spend most my time on Super Mario Bros. and Duck hunter.

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LowKey
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 7:36:40 PM
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Speaking of arcades games Ben, Remember those table top Pacman games in the restaraunts? those were awesome, I remember my dad used to take me to this pizza place in Niagara Falls when I was very young and they had Pac-Man and Mrs. Pacman, and Asteroids, those were a blast!!

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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 8:26:23 PM

Yeah, I remember. I think I remember way too much, actually. ;)

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tlpn99
Friday, June 26, 2009 @ 9:40:20 PM

I remember those they were great to play I loved those I remember my dad and his mates were around me saying wow look at the lil kid go on that hahaha :) I was in the UK at the time this happened but we had one in the local pub lol :)

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fluffer nutter
Saturday, June 27, 2009 @ 12:32:56 PM

Table-top Dig Dug, Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Centipede, etc. I had the TrakBall accessory for my Atari 2600 too. Good times.

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