TheRaven
Banned
Let's see what everyone's old school gaming tastes are here at CAG...and for argument's sake, we will classify anything 16 bit and below as old school gaming. Leave your Top 10 list and I will rank them with everyone elses lists. Every first place vote a game gets will receive 10 pts...2nd place vote gets 9, 3rd place gets 8, etc, etc...Leave some comments about the game if you want to as well, letting us know just something about the game,a mini review, why you like it so much...just anything you want. Here's my list:
10 - Blackthorne ...Prince of Persia with a gun basically. I am sure better games have been made, but not too many that I had more fun with. I always took satisfaction in being my race's only hope for living, and then slaughtering them mercilessly for some reason. The no look shotgun blast to the face was always a good time as well.
9 - Final Fantasy IV ...The first RPG I ever played and it was a great one. To this day, I have never forgiven Kain for his treacherous ways. I had never experienced a story from a game before and I was hooked instantly, despite mocking my friends for anticipating it before its release. The SNES really changed my gaming tastes at the time with its stellar lineup of RPGs...I've gone away from them in this current generation, but for the SNES/PSX days, they owned a lot of my gaming time and this little game is the one that started it all.
8 - Shining Force I don't think I have ever beaten a game more than I have Shining Force. It's charm hooked me instantly, and the nice strategy/rpg elements kept me coming back for more. The sequal is probably considered to be a better game, but this one is still my favorite.
7 - Super Mario World ...The pennicle of 2D Platforming IMO. Took the great things about Super Mario 3 and improved upon them. Tons of secrets that revealed some very challenging levels. The main portion of the game was simple and easy, but finding all the secrets and paths were the meat of the game for me.
6 - Super Metroid ...Like with Mario, Nintendo took the previous installment and improved upon it. The video and audio were top notch for its time and still comes across very well today. The gameplay is tight, new moves and locations to explore. Draws off the original quite heavily, and while that is not a bad thing, would have been nice to see a few more new additions and perhaps more new bosses, but minor quibbles compared to the enjoyment I got from this tiltle. Everything else in it is pure gaming perfection.
5 - The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past ...A return to its roots was in order for the series and that is what we received...a little bit too similar to the original, but Nintendo tried to be different and received a bit of a backlash, so the tried and true formula is what we got...oh, and it works. A great game from start to finish, with 2 alternate universes to explore.
4 - Final Fantasy VI ...The finest effort to come from Square in terms of overall quality. From start to finish, this game was incredible. Good story, good cast of characters, good fighting, tons of replay, great soundtrack..this one has it all folks.
3 - Earthbound ...I don't know if I can say I enjoyed a game more than I did Earthbound. I like to play this game to remind me when games were meant to be fun, and not always so realistic and serious. Great RPG, surprising difficulty , good sound, hilarious premise and dialogue. I will never forget the wacky adventures of Ness, Jeff, Paula and Poo.
2 - Chrono Trigger ...Tons of replay value in this game. 13 or 14 different endings plus the great innovation of New Game + that allowed you to keep your hard earned levels for the next game if you so desired. The battle system was a nice change of pace over the FF system and the Tech Combos were great to reward certain parties being together for an extended period of time. Good cast of characters, solid story, all the usual Square SNES RPG efforts are here. The Time Traveling was great...first game I had played where things you do in the past effects the future world you return to.
1 - The Legend of Zelda ...The game that got me hooked on gaming in the first place. Mario was fun and all but Zelda was life. Trying to unlock all the secrets, finding the 8 dungeons, defeating the different and unique bosses was a huge task I had never seen in videogames before. Plus, playing through the 2nd time with the world mixed up and everything in different locations was a blast to. I had never imagined replay value like that before, in a game I never thought would have been possible. To say I was amazed would be a vast understatement.
So, I am a bit of a Nintendo fanboy in the early days admittingly...Not that I didnt have Sega's consoles or enjoy them, just never left the impressions that some of Nintendo's games did...I never really got into Atari, they had some fun games, but besides Popeye, none of them ever hooked me. The Colecovision was tight, but my addiction to games all started with the NES. How I long for the days when Nintendo could leave those impressions on me...
10 - Blackthorne ...Prince of Persia with a gun basically. I am sure better games have been made, but not too many that I had more fun with. I always took satisfaction in being my race's only hope for living, and then slaughtering them mercilessly for some reason. The no look shotgun blast to the face was always a good time as well.
9 - Final Fantasy IV ...The first RPG I ever played and it was a great one. To this day, I have never forgiven Kain for his treacherous ways. I had never experienced a story from a game before and I was hooked instantly, despite mocking my friends for anticipating it before its release. The SNES really changed my gaming tastes at the time with its stellar lineup of RPGs...I've gone away from them in this current generation, but for the SNES/PSX days, they owned a lot of my gaming time and this little game is the one that started it all.
8 - Shining Force I don't think I have ever beaten a game more than I have Shining Force. It's charm hooked me instantly, and the nice strategy/rpg elements kept me coming back for more. The sequal is probably considered to be a better game, but this one is still my favorite.
7 - Super Mario World ...The pennicle of 2D Platforming IMO. Took the great things about Super Mario 3 and improved upon them. Tons of secrets that revealed some very challenging levels. The main portion of the game was simple and easy, but finding all the secrets and paths were the meat of the game for me.
6 - Super Metroid ...Like with Mario, Nintendo took the previous installment and improved upon it. The video and audio were top notch for its time and still comes across very well today. The gameplay is tight, new moves and locations to explore. Draws off the original quite heavily, and while that is not a bad thing, would have been nice to see a few more new additions and perhaps more new bosses, but minor quibbles compared to the enjoyment I got from this tiltle. Everything else in it is pure gaming perfection.
5 - The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past ...A return to its roots was in order for the series and that is what we received...a little bit too similar to the original, but Nintendo tried to be different and received a bit of a backlash, so the tried and true formula is what we got...oh, and it works. A great game from start to finish, with 2 alternate universes to explore.
4 - Final Fantasy VI ...The finest effort to come from Square in terms of overall quality. From start to finish, this game was incredible. Good story, good cast of characters, good fighting, tons of replay, great soundtrack..this one has it all folks.
3 - Earthbound ...I don't know if I can say I enjoyed a game more than I did Earthbound. I like to play this game to remind me when games were meant to be fun, and not always so realistic and serious. Great RPG, surprising difficulty , good sound, hilarious premise and dialogue. I will never forget the wacky adventures of Ness, Jeff, Paula and Poo.
2 - Chrono Trigger ...Tons of replay value in this game. 13 or 14 different endings plus the great innovation of New Game + that allowed you to keep your hard earned levels for the next game if you so desired. The battle system was a nice change of pace over the FF system and the Tech Combos were great to reward certain parties being together for an extended period of time. Good cast of characters, solid story, all the usual Square SNES RPG efforts are here. The Time Traveling was great...first game I had played where things you do in the past effects the future world you return to.
1 - The Legend of Zelda ...The game that got me hooked on gaming in the first place. Mario was fun and all but Zelda was life. Trying to unlock all the secrets, finding the 8 dungeons, defeating the different and unique bosses was a huge task I had never seen in videogames before. Plus, playing through the 2nd time with the world mixed up and everything in different locations was a blast to. I had never imagined replay value like that before, in a game I never thought would have been possible. To say I was amazed would be a vast understatement.
So, I am a bit of a Nintendo fanboy in the early days admittingly...Not that I didnt have Sega's consoles or enjoy them, just never left the impressions that some of Nintendo's games did...I never really got into Atari, they had some fun games, but besides Popeye, none of them ever hooked me. The Colecovision was tight, but my addiction to games all started with the NES. How I long for the days when Nintendo could leave those impressions on me...
(God, who didn't like this game?)
