"Combat" was the first game I ever played. I love modern games, but nothing has shocked and awed me like those old Laserdisc games of the early 80s. "Astron Belt" was unbelievable, a feast for the senses.
Like many others, I have seen the gradual progress of this wonderful technology. Sometimes, the progress is merely graphically while gameplay suffers. The one thing I think most kids today don't understand is how special arcades were in the 80s. Nowadays, home consoles look as good if not better than the arcade games, but back then there was a big difference between Pac Man for the 2600 and Pac Man for the arcade. Arcades showed us the future of consumer electronics years before those technologies would be affordable to the masses.
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35 here. Atari 2600 first for me as well, although I got 'hooked' on games a little earlier as a toddler when I saw an friend of 7 or 8 playing a text based golf game on a system that I can't even remember.
Mum and dad bought us (my bros and I) a NES about the time the SNES was about to be released. SMB was the first game I played, of course. And I played good...... yeah. Didn't take many years until I dreamed of a relative dropping off a SNES at our door though.. hehehe. Yeah, I got hooked pretty quick. I'm 24 this year.
"Combat" was the first game I ever played. I love modern games, but nothing has shocked and awed me like those old Laserdisc games of the early 80s.
I unfortunately didn't play Combat until a few years ago, but I had Armor Battle on Intellivision and played it to death as a kid. It's such a perfectly simple game. Move and shoot. Never gets old! The tank game on Wii Play was quite fun, too, though it was a shame there was no versus mode like in Combat. I still wish someone would do something like that on WiiWare.
35 here. Atari 2600 first for me as well, although I got 'hooked' on games a little earlier as a toddler when I saw an friend of 7 or 8 playing a text based golf game on a system that I can't even remember.
Textbased golf game? Sounds even worse than the real thing... Lol
35 here. Atari 2600 first for me as well, although I got 'hooked' on games a little earlier as a toddler when I saw an friend of 7 or 8 playing a text based golf game on a system that I can't even remember.
Textbased golf game? Sounds even worse than the real thing... Lol
You bet! It just told you how far you were from the hole, the degree of incline on green, etc., and you had to input direction and power in numerical form! Excruciatingly bad, but wonderful I thought it was!
Started with: Atari 2600 Atari 7800 NES Gameboy Genesis N64 Gamecube Playstation 2 Super N Wii DS Lite X2
There you have it. I am about to turn 34 and feel "hardcore" gaming must mean I don't have anything else to do but sit on my center of gravity, yell profanity at my television (or over the wi-fi), and have pancakes, just pancakes - (nothing else, right? Admin).
Sorry, I play maybe around an hour a day at the most, speak kindly when I do (have 2 young kids), and I prefer the real thing over virtual any day of the week.
"Combat" was the first game I ever played. I love modern games, but nothing has shocked and awed me like those old Laserdisc games of the early 80s.
I unfortunately didn't play Combat until a few years ago, but I had Armor Battle on Intellivision and played it to death as a kid. It's such a perfectly simple game. Move and shoot. Never gets old! The tank game on Wii Play was quite fun, too, though it was a shame there was no versus mode like in Combat. I still wish someone would do something like that on WiiWare.
I LOVED COMBAT! My friends and I would play this to death. Do you remember Warlords? Boom Blox reminds me of Warlords.
I too wish that Tanks would get it's own game. That game was the highlight of Wii Play. Upgrades could be available by purchasing or acheivments. Great potential if they ever decide to do it.
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Sorry, I play maybe around an hour a day at the most, speak kindly when I do (have 2 young kids), and I prefer the real thing over virtual any day of the week.
I hear you man. I never complain when a game is "only" 10 hours long -- that's my sweet spot!
10 hours is sometimes too long, even. I like games like the old Mario games where if you know what you're doing you can beat it in a few minutes, but if you take your time and play all the levels you can get a few hours of it. Your playtime varies based on what you want out of it, but you usually get some closure either way, and the replay value is infinite because it's all action, not several hours of cutscenes and talking to boring people in boring towns.
I'm 26, my first game was Pong, first system NES. (finally got one after having played it at the cousins' house several times)
The NES had an incredible lifespan. Games like Dragon Warrior IV (released in '94, I believe) made me revisit the system even after having a SNES. That's impressive.
It's nice to visit a forum and see I'm actually one of the younger folks here!
I'm 25, and my first console ever was a Master System with Sonic the Hedgehog built in. I didn't actually own my first Nintendo console until I bought the Gamecube in 2002, would you believe? Now I own a Wii, DSi and a few GBAs lying about.
As for game length, as I so rarely get to finish a game these days I'm not bothered, as long as it's fun along the way
10 hours is sometimes too long, even. I like games like the old Mario games where if you know what you're doing you can beat it in a few minutes, but if you take your time and play all the levels you can get a few hours of it. Your playtime varies based on what you want out of it, but you usually get some closure either way, and the replay value is infinite because it's all action, not several hours of cutscenes and talking to boring people in boring towns.
Don't get me wrong, I loved Professor Layton and the Curious Village for the DS. However, I agree I too enjoy a quick sit and shoot em' up vs a long drawn out cut scene after cut scene. Insead of giving me tons of cut scenes I'd prefer better graphics and gameplay. Emphasise on gameplay.
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