The Old Skool Cult of Kefka, bitches!

[Dawezy]

Man I cant remember back to the first gen of stuff, let alone what I played.. lol. Thats some ultra old school right there.. o.o SO ze following list of gen's is what I was raised with, lets the biased posts begin! (and ofcourse on topic, these are my preffered consoles lol)

G1: My memory is worse then Arks when it goes back *that* far.
G2: Atari 2600
G3: SEGA Master System
G4: SEGA Genesis
G5: PSX/PSOne
G6: PS2
G7: lolwut?

But aye, pretty much all the Generations can be compacted and played just as well on the PC these days.. theres a fine difference that you can point out though and it just occured to me, as good as it is to be able to play all the old stuff on the new PC/Consoles it just *doesnt compare* to playing it on a bigass TV/Flatscreen then on the comp bashin a keyboard. Have to own up to that one yo~

[Jin]

Originally Posted by Dawezy

But aye, pretty much all the Generations can be compacted and played just as well on the PC these days.. theres a fine difference that you can point out though and it just occured to me, as good as it is to be able to play all the old stuff on the new PC/Consoles it just *doesnt compare* to playing it on a bigass TV/Flatscreen then on the comp bashin a keyboard. Have to own up to that one yo~

That's the number one reason to own a Wii.

Although when I said PC, I meant strictly PC only games. Doom, Duke Nukem, Monkey Island, Alone in the Dark, Civilization 2, I could go on. Those were the glory days, my friend. Now we're lucky to see 4 exclusive PC games worth buying a year.

[Sarah]

Hey, Dawezy. I play all of my old school games on PC, on my 32" HD LCD TV- with a controller. It's infinitely better than playing when I was a kid.

(Warning: I feel like shit, so I'm going to be lazy and not use complete titles.)

Generation 1: I didn't get a chance to play these that I know of.
Generation 2: I've been told I was a huge Intellivision fan early on. I don't remember what games I played. I was only a toddler. Of course, this may have been due to my uncle's fit of rage and destruction of our Atari system. Bastard.
Generation 3: NES. **** yeah. Super Mario 1-3, Megaman 2, Final Fantasy, Zelda 1-2, Rogger Rabbit, Bubble Bobble, Excite Bike, and on and on and on.
Generation 4: SNES. Best RPG's ever. PERIOD. Secret of Mana, Seiken Densetsu 3, Final Fantasies, Chrono Trigger, A Link to the Past, Secret of Evermore, Breath of Fires, Earthmother****ingbound, and on and on and on with so many different kinds of games. This is still my favorite console ever.
Generation 5: PSX. Had a lot of fun with this system. Some good RPG's and other types of games. Legend of Mana, Chrono Cross, Star Ocean 2, Xenogears, Saga Frontier, Final Fantasy 7 & 9, Suikoden series, Parappa The Rapper, Umjammer Lammy, Ridge Racer games, Bushido Blade 1 & 2, and on.
Generation 6: PS2. Good games, but decreasing in amount. Radiata Stories, Dawn of Mana, Xenosaga series, Suikoden series. Disgaea series, Katamari Damacy, Guitar Hero series, Parappa 2, and on.
Generation 7: Xbox 360. A few gems. Definitely spent more time with this than the Wii. Infinite Undiscovery, Blue Dragon, Rock Band, Guitar Hero series, and on.


I would like to question where the hand held systems fit into this. Ive had some damn good times with my hand held systems- GBA being highly notable as a portable SNES in many cases. So, where?

EDIT: Hey, have we posted pictures of our game collections yet? Ive got a nice little collection of old school stuff. (My grandparents kept most of it, but I've still got quite a bit.) We should post them.

[Jin]

I'm not sure were exactly they fit in as I've never been much of a handheld aficionado. The last one I owned was a Gameboy Colour. I didn't play it that much. Pretty much just pokemon. After that, I had trouble getting into handhelds for some reason. Sometimes I'll play a friend's for a bit, but nothing long term.

Back in the day, I always wanted a Gamegear, but never got one.

I'd have to get my camera in order before taking any pictures. Cell phone rates are retarded.

Edit: Omg omg omg omg Shining Force 2 on Virtual Console! Omg omg omg!

CP:
Morrowind (PC)
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Wii: N64)
Breath of Fire 2 (Wii: SNES)
Bioshock (PC)

[Dawezy]

Be ye suggesting I go out and buy a Wii sir?

Hm.. you know what though, its becoming more and more feasible for me to hook up with these "new" consoles since I'm hooked into my new house/unit. In my other residential situations the DSL router/cables would be in another room, various cables running amock! but now I have the route right next to my PC case, cables less then a foot long lol. TV on other side of room though -.-; would require some moar cableage. That, and I really dont like spending much of my cashola ; ;, last couple days I reckon I've stacked up around $150 worth of random oddities/food along my travels..

Such a bank nerd, lol.

And I STILL HAVENT finished watching my complete original Transformers series.. onto like, DVD 4 of 17.

You present a fine question thar Sarah! and it makes me scratch me head a bit.. handhelds are kinda in a league of their own, yet they hold up just about the same processor power of the games/consoles they play.. EG: SEGA Game Gear plays SMS games, GBA was a succeeder to the SNES (*alot* of the games were ports/enhanced games from the SNES.), and now the DS can work the GBA many times over, then the PSP enters the field as a mobile PS2 effectively. So er.. in terms of the generation charts? hell of I know where to toss them in lol.

32" HD LCD? you can go burn somewhere prz XD that'd be a juicy TV to kick back and watch.

'tis laaaate~ me shleep naow.

[GRIM REAPER]

First Generation - I don't remember that far back.

Second Generation - Intellivision. Dungeons and Dragons was my first taste of what an RPG is like, been hooked ever since. I spent many hours playing Night Stalker as well

Third Generation - NES. Mario and Mega Man nuff said.

Fourth Generation - SNES. Mario, Megaman, Link and finally Kefka! Woot Woot Woot.

Fifth Generation -PS1. Why did Aeris have to die? She stars in the best hentai!

Sixth Generation - Playstation 2. RPGs galore. N64 had a few but they were crap.

Seventh Generation - PS3 and 360. Can't decide which. I play both just as much. PS3 has good long RPGs and bluray, 360 I get frags online in COD4.

I have a sudden urge to start playing the Secret of Mana series again. Good ole emulators. Next I need to blow the dust of my Dreamcast and load up Grandia.

Haven't even touched a Wii. Block charaters is not my thing but the downloadable old skool games has started to pik my interest. Anyway one more month till Gears 2 and Resistance 2.

[Sarah]

^ N64 was fifth generation. Gamecube was sixth. Do play the Seiken Densetsu series. It would please me greatly.

Does anyone remember when the Nintendo 64 was called the Ultra 64, before its release? Nintendo seems to like to change names. Multiple personalities?

Currently playing: X360- Infinite Undiscovery

[Silver]

I found a copy of Zero Tolerance the other day at a second hand store. For the Sega Genesis of course. I'd heard it was popular among some people just over a decade ago, and I can see why. It's a first person shooter, and seems to manage to strain the genesis' capabilities to the point where the gameplay is in a small rectangle in the middle of the screen, and a giant HUD litters the border of the screen. I find it fun like I find those lightgun games at arcades fun. Easy, yet pretty bloody addictive.

Currently playing: Zero Tolerance (Genesis).

[Jin]

In regards to the Virtual Console. I'll post a list of available games for any would be buyers.

US/Canada
PAL
Overall it's quite a nice selection. Oh and Dawezy, for some reason, I've heard Australia doesn't get the Commodore 64 games. No clue why considering the rest of PAL does.

Also, funny you mention Secret of Mana. We US/Canada people just got it on VC.

And Grimm, what "long RPGs" for the PS3 are you talking about? Did miss some on the shelf or do you mean future releases? (Valkyria Chronicles!)

[Sarah]

Originally Posted by Jin

Also, funny you mention Secret of Mana. We US/Canada people just got it on VC

What's all this then? I am not entirely sure what you are referring to. But I need to know. Badly. In a really, really, really bad way.

[LocoColt04]

Nintendo released Secret of Mana on the Wii's Virtual Console this week.

I changed my underwear when I found out.


Oh, and here's a link.

[Sarah]

Originally Posted by LocoColt04

Nintendo released Secret of Mana on the Wii's Virtual Console this week.

I changed my underwear when I found out.

I just screamed. I couldn't help it. It's 4 AM, and I freakin screamed. I'm twitching now. Must have! AHHHHH!!!! XD

I obviously need to give more attention to my Wii.

[Dawezy]

Originally Posted by Jin

Overall it's quite a nice selection. Oh and Dawezy, for some reason, I've heard Australia doesn't get the Commodore 64 games. No clue why considering the rest of PAL does.

Strange... back in their primes 8-bit days there were plenty of Commodore 64's to go around! Not sure of the position now due to like, they are now like.. 6~7 generations old now? no developer support, etc. I noticed your ninja-edit since your last post too Jin and saw that Shining Force II for the Wii been released.. looked for myself, low and behold its right thar o_o. Asked Loco about these "Wii Points" they got up and meh.. almost turns me off buying a Wii now.

Unless I misunderstood, lol.

That Zero Tolerance though.. screws me up, lol, must be the whole keyboard nonsense messin me up, I always get caught on this one boss where it like.. flies around, has a cannon on each arm, when they get blown off some missle tubes appear, rinse and repeat.. always run out of credits ;_; (and ammo T_T)..

CP: Was inspired by a random flash video at Newgrounds.com with FF12 in it, so I booted the game back up.. good'ol Level grinding ^_^ and here is a quickie for anyone who might be familuar with FF11.. you *might* not get it if you havent played before lol.