In this thread, we get nostalgic

[Dr. Bill Kobb]

Heck, Val, I'm old enough to remember the original PONG as an arcade game.

For me, it's the OLD SCHOOL Stuff: Bugs/Daffy/Roadrunner
Archie's Funhouse
Hot Wheels
Banana Splits
The Kids from C.A.P.E.R.
Lancelot Links, Secret Chimp
and of course, the Original Schoolhouse Rock!

3...is a magic number...

"One banana, two banana, three banana four..." 🙂 Man, I loved that Sid & Marty Kroft stuff, even though I suspect it warped my entire generation.

 

[GaryGoafer]

"One banana, two banana, three banana four..." 🙂 Man, I loved that Sid & Marty Kroft stuff, even though I suspect it warped my entire generation.

Ahh, the Bannana Splits...I'm too young for the 'heyday' of it, but I remember watching repeats. As one guy said - "Who needs drugs when you have shows like the Bannana Splits?"

 

[Canadian Ninja1]

...I'm old. I started in January 1991 and went 'til October 1997. That means I spent about a year with the N64... then quit. Pfft. Mario, PilotWings, Cruis'n USA and StarFox were it for me, anyway.
But that's how I knew how to beat Dive Man. The Mega Man 4 boss order's been in my memory for 13 years: Toad, Bright, Pharaoh, Ring, Dust, Skull, Dive, Drill. 😀 Oh man... good times...

See, my memory only goes back to May 1990 when I was 4, so I would've gotten in about the time you were leaving, though I wasn't there for an overly long time.

I keep hearing Dive Man is hard, but I say he overshadows Ring Man a fair deal. Ring Man is a very small notch below Dive to the point that I will skip to Dust just to avoid dealing with him immediately.

 

[brad1701]

See, my memory only goes back to May 1990 when I was 4, so I would've gotten in about the time you were leaving, though I wasn't there for an overly long time.

I hear Nintendo Power sort of dropped in quality around that time...

I keep hearing Dive Man is hard, but I say he overshadows Ring Man a fair deal. Ring Man is a very small notch below Dive to the point that I will skip to Dust just to avoid dealing with him immediately.

The thing about Ring Man is that his weakness is the Pharaoh Shot. Those frggin' boomerang rings that stay in place for two seconds just for HIM are really tough to avoid... but if you charge up your Pharaoh you kill him in like four shots.

..okay, I just tried him on my emulator. I died once before I got him. You win. 😛

 

[Midnight Circus]

Exosquad... I used to confuse that with Battletech. *wince* (Aaaaaaand there go alllll my cool points...)

I completely forgot about Battletech until you mentioned it. Wow. You just jogged a bunch of missing memories, one of which is the uber-cool Phantom 2040.

Universal Cartoon Studios did it, I also remember that. They, of course, ALSO did Back to the Future, which STILL isn't on DVD yet. Why, God?

Probably for the same reason that the Bill & Ted animated series has yet to be released--only God knows.

Share the 8-bit love! You are, by the way, talking to the guy who got to play the Japanese version of SMB2 on his NES (using one of those converters with the silk tags).

The FDS version of that game is getting harder and harder to find these days. I'm glad I bought my copy from eBay when I did. The label "Lost Levels" is an abomination, IMO.

What did you think of StarFox?

Eh...it's okay. It was certianly ahead of its time graphics-wise, but it was a strict genre game that I knew wouldn't translate well into any other medium should it try to "evolve"--and it looks like the court of public opinion has agreed with me (see Starfox Adventures and its ilk). For what it is, though, it’s a solid game, even if it isn’t really my cup of tea.

Arcade games, by the way... Turtles & especially Turtles in Time (I spent 11 years looking for that intro song), Mortal Kombat II and Cruis'n USA. That's. It.

Add to that list Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo , Konami's X-Men, and Final Fight, and that sums up my early years in the arcade.

Now, games like Silent Scope have caught my attention. I find DDR to be dreadfully droll.

 

[brad1701]

I completely forgot about Battletech until you mentioned it. Wow. You just jogged a bunch of missing memories, one of which is the uber-cool Phantom 2040.

I played Mechwarrior 3 all through grade 9... gotta give props to the Timber Wolf/Mad Cat. Classic mech.

Probably for the same reason that the Bill & Ted animated series has yet to be released--only God knows.

I saw ads for it... but I never actually saw it. The reason it's not yet released is probably because there's actually more than one Bill & Ted series.

The FDS version of that game is getting harder and harder to find these days. I'm glad I bought my copy from eBay when I did. The label "Lost Levels" is an abomination, IMO.

IDSA-compliant legitimately-purchased FDS hardcopy... uh... yeah, that's what mine is too...
I'll call the bastardized version Super Mario USA or even Doki Doki Panic... but I still won't call Princess Toadstool or Dr. Robotnik by their "new" names.

Eh...it's okay. It was certianly ahead of its time graphics-wise, but it was a strict genre game that I knew wouldn't translate well into any other medium should it try to "evolve"--and it looks like the court of public opinion has agreed with me (see Starfox Adventures and its ilk). For what it is, though, it’s a solid game, even if it isn’t really my cup of tea.

See, the concept was pretty much fully-formed from the outset. It ain't Wing Commander, but it's a gateway drug. It never SHOULD have evolved... just finessed the basic concept it had in 1993. What's wrong with a 3D space shooter, exactly? In 1993 you had a scrolling corridor, in 1996 you had free-range mode... and then... the ten millionth variation on Zelda 64? Come ON... they had a great opportunity... the ability to fly from one city to another... whole continents... enter and exit atmospheres at will... mercenary missions... it took me five minutes to think of this stuff!

Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo

!!! That one I forgot! Well... not Super Turbo... the original version... World Warrior. Blanka kicked ass.

Now, games like Silent Scope have caught my attention. I find DDR to be dreadfully droll.

Silent Scope... never heard of it. Is that like T2?
DDR... bah humbug! My distaste has NOTHING to do with the fact that I have no coordination... nothing in the least!

 

[TKLVR181]

I still HAVE a SNES, guys😛 Senshi and I nearly trashed it playing MarioKart a few weeks ago 😀 Oh yeah, I still have the old games, Mario Bros 3, Donkey Kong, MarioKart.

Anyway, other things I get nostalgic for...Tiny Toons, deffo. Ahh! REAL Monsters, btw, SS XD I miss the OLD TMNT, not this new crap...Saturday Morning Cartoons in general, stuff like Animaniacs.

 

[TKLVR181]

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Archie's Funhouse
Hot Wheels

Dude, I still have a thousand of my old Archie Comix books. And most of my friends call me Hott Wheelz XD

~K

 

[TKLVR181]

"Are You Afraid of the Dark?" was the shit. As was "Salute Your Shorts."

I still remember half the Afraid of the Dark series epis. And "Awe-ful waff-lee" is forever engrainted😛

OK, I'm gonna shut up...for now😉

 

[brad1701]

I still HAVE a SNES, guys😛 Senshi and I nearly trashed it playing MarioKart a few weeks ago 😀 Oh yeah, I still have the old games, Mario Bros 3, Donkey Kong, MarioKart.

Anyway, other things I get nostalgic for...Tiny Toons, deffo. Ahh! REAL Monsters, btw, SS XD I miss the OLD TMNT, not this new crap...Saturday Morning Cartoons in general, stuff like Animaniacs.

Mario Kart rules. Good times playing it at a friends house back in '92. Mario 3! I lusted after that game for a year, but then, so did everyone else. I actually played the Japanese version the first time... with the text and the shrinking-all-the-way-down-to-regular-Mario.
Tiny Toons I mentioned way way up... never watched the new TMNT... I don't have the stamina to get up in the morning on the weekends anymore. 😛 Never watched Animaniacs 'cause I never got The WB, but I still mourn the passing of Saturday morning cartoons. I mean, who gives a crap about the Today Show? Or... whatever it is?

Dude, I still have a thousand of my old Archie Comix books.

Funny story... back in grade four, my mom decided I needed to gain weight and gave me a KitKat to eat at recess every day. I ended up running this racket where half the time I gave my KitKat to whoever let me borrow an Archie. And at the end of the year, I STILL had a potbelly.

 

[Midnight Circus]

I played Mechwarrior 3 all through grade 9... gotta give props to the Timber Wolf/Mad Cat. Classic mech.

Mechwarrior. More nostalgia.

I saw ads for it... but I never actually saw it. The reason it's not yet released is probably because there's actually more than one Bill & Ted series.

Probably. It still chaps my ass, though.

IDSA-compliant legitimately-purchased FDS hardcopy... uh... yeah, that's what mine is too...

lulz...It's only piracy if you wear an eye patch.

I'll call the bastardized version Super Mario USA or even Doki Doki Panic... but I still won't call Princess Toadstool or Dr. Robotnik by their "new" names.

It's weird...I actually prefer the Japanese names of those characters. Weird because I usually don't prefer the Japanese-anything of anything.

See, the concept was pretty much fully-formed from the outset. It ain't Wing Commander, but it's a gateway drug. It never SHOULD have evolved... just finessed the basic concept it had in 1993. What's wrong with a 3D space shooter, exactly? In 1993 you had a scrolling corridor, in 1996 you had free-range mode... and then... the ten millionth variation on Zelda 64? Come ON... they had a great opportunity... the ability to fly from one city to another... whole continents... enter and exit atmospheres at will... mercenary missions... it took me five minutes to think of this stuff!

Can't argue with that. I agree that it never should have evolved--like F-Zero, it was a genre title that should have remained as such.

!!! That one I forgot! Well... not Super Turbo... the original version... World Warrior. Blanka kicked ass.

Super Turbo was always my game because it was more balanced than the other versions. That, and you can do a lot of damage with Vega in the game if you know how to use him (then again, the same could be said of any of the characters).

Speaking of Capcom arcade games: Strider.

Silent Scope... never heard of it. Is that like T2?

Sort of. It's sort of a sniper similator involving a physical replica of a sniper rifle, so I suppose that in that way it is a LOT like T2 or Revolution X, not to mention Time Crisis and Lethal Enforcers.

DDR... bah humbug! My distaste has NOTHING to do with the fact that I have no coordination... nothing in the least!

lol I just think that people look ridiculous while they play.

 

[brad1701]

Mechwarrior. More nostalgia.

S'what the thread's for, no? 😀

It's weird...I actually prefer the Japanese names of those characters. Weird because I usually don't prefer the Japanese-anything of anything.

Peach... Eggman... nails on a chalkboard. At least we don't have to say kuribo or Jugem or Rockman now... OR, God forbid, Belmondo.
I prefer to take things on a case-by-case basis, but I will say that the animé-ised version of Simon Belmont is as fundamentally wrong as the Westernised, laser-tag version of Mega Man from the box art of the first two.

Can't argue with that. I agree that it never should have evolved--like F-Zero, it was a genre title that should have remained as such.

There should be some kind of committee against the RPGisation of everything on the face of the earth. Not everything needs hit points. 😛

Super Turbo was always my game because it was more balanced than the other versions. That, and you can do a lot of damage with Vega in the game if you know how to use him (then again, the same could be said of any of the characters).

Speaking of Capcom arcade games: Strider.

Blanka's Electric Thunder and E. Honda's Hundred Hand Slap... hunker down and let them come to you. Have you ever seen a ten-year-old make a sixteen-year-old cry?
I... have never played that. Maybe I should get MAME...?

Sort of. It's sort of a sniper similator involving a physical replica of a sniper rifle, so I suppose that in that way it is a LOT like T2 or Revolution X, not to mention Time Crisis and Lethal Enforcers.

Bah... Duck Hunt is all I need.