What was the "Golden Age of Gaming?"
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[quote name='rockhero']Anyone who says it's anytime other than now is just looking through some warped glasses. There is absolutely no question that the games we are making now are better than they have ever been before.[/quote]
Give me a break... gross generalization.
I'm going to drop a well deserved, "YEA right!"
Give me a break... gross generalization.
I'm going to drop a well deserved, "YEA right!"
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[quote name='Darkfire001']For me the Golden Era was actual PC Gaming for the most part 1994 to 2000, so many incredible games:
Warcraft, Starcraft, Master of Orion, MechWarrior Series, on & on. so many incredible games with good storylines, engrosing gameplay, and expierences that have for the most part yet to be replicated on either PC or Console as of late.[/QUOTE]
So true. Warcraft II, Diablo, Starcraft and alot of hot PS1 and GBA titles for me around the same time. I would have to go with 1994-2000, but not for the N64 reasons.
Warcraft, Starcraft, Master of Orion, MechWarrior Series, on & on. so many incredible games with good storylines, engrosing gameplay, and expierences that have for the most part yet to be replicated on either PC or Console as of late.[/QUOTE]
So true. Warcraft II, Diablo, Starcraft and alot of hot PS1 and GBA titles for me around the same time. I would have to go with 1994-2000, but not for the N64 reasons.
[quote name='HeadRusch']I'd have to say the golden age was the Atari age.....and here's why:
Arcades drove video games, and video games were at their PRIME in the late 70's until about 82 or 83. Thats when arcades peaked and began to die off after the home market crashed. Video games were new, and took the world by storm...they were the buzzword, they basically helped usher-in the "electronics revolution" of the 1980's. Hence, thats when I think videogames were their most relevant.
While I think the Nintendo 8bit was a great time period (and I agree, it was the time of the Atari and Commodore gaming computers) it was also a period of decline as well....arcades started to dry up and all the first generation console manufacturers went belly up. Nintendo was basically the only game in town, unless you owned an Amiga or Atari ST in the late 80's (the 64 was dying by then).
I think the launching point of videogames was the most relevant.....but I think the golden age..per say...hasn't shown up yet. Since video games as a market keep growing......maybe its true golden age hasn't show up yet.
What was the golden age of TV? Most people generally refer to the timeperiod when TV's became a must-have product, so the 50's. WHen they became truly relevant. IMHO that time is the Atari age for videogames.....
Remember atari wasn't first...there were other systems out, Coleco telstar pong games and such..but Atari made them relevant.
PS: You guys who say arcades were still around in the 90's....that isn't the truth everywhere. Arcades were basically all but gone by the end of the 80's around here, with only a few holdouts in the malls. In the early 1980's, there were arcades and videogames EVERYWHERE.....I remember being sad as the arcades dried up in my area.[/QUOTE]
The C64 remained a far more profitable game platform than the Atari ST and Amiga combined through the early 90s. Piracy was rife on all three but the C64 installed base among users whose primary interest was games put it far ahead of the newer more powerful machines as a development target. In fact, the best technical achievements on the C64 came after the Amiga rasied the bar. (A similar thing happened on the NES after the PC Engine and MegaDrie appeared but required processing boosting chips in the game carts.)
Atari predated Coleco's first machines. Remember, Pong was an Atari trademark. The Telstar was a knock-off clone. In terms of programmable units that weren't limited to the built-in games, the Magnavox Odyssey was first to market. It would have you put an overlay on the TV screen to make for the graphics being just a white cursor.
Arcades drove video games, and video games were at their PRIME in the late 70's until about 82 or 83. Thats when arcades peaked and began to die off after the home market crashed. Video games were new, and took the world by storm...they were the buzzword, they basically helped usher-in the "electronics revolution" of the 1980's. Hence, thats when I think videogames were their most relevant.
While I think the Nintendo 8bit was a great time period (and I agree, it was the time of the Atari and Commodore gaming computers) it was also a period of decline as well....arcades started to dry up and all the first generation console manufacturers went belly up. Nintendo was basically the only game in town, unless you owned an Amiga or Atari ST in the late 80's (the 64 was dying by then).
I think the launching point of videogames was the most relevant.....but I think the golden age..per say...hasn't shown up yet. Since video games as a market keep growing......maybe its true golden age hasn't show up yet.
What was the golden age of TV? Most people generally refer to the timeperiod when TV's became a must-have product, so the 50's. WHen they became truly relevant. IMHO that time is the Atari age for videogames.....
Remember atari wasn't first...there were other systems out, Coleco telstar pong games and such..but Atari made them relevant.
PS: You guys who say arcades were still around in the 90's....that isn't the truth everywhere. Arcades were basically all but gone by the end of the 80's around here, with only a few holdouts in the malls. In the early 1980's, there were arcades and videogames EVERYWHERE.....I remember being sad as the arcades dried up in my area.[/QUOTE]
The C64 remained a far more profitable game platform than the Atari ST and Amiga combined through the early 90s. Piracy was rife on all three but the C64 installed base among users whose primary interest was games put it far ahead of the newer more powerful machines as a development target. In fact, the best technical achievements on the C64 came after the Amiga rasied the bar. (A similar thing happened on the NES after the PC Engine and MegaDrie appeared but required processing boosting chips in the game carts.)
Atari predated Coleco's first machines. Remember, Pong was an Atari trademark. The Telstar was a knock-off clone. In terms of programmable units that weren't limited to the built-in games, the Magnavox Odyssey was first to market. It would have you put an overlay on the TV screen to make for the graphics being just a white cursor.
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[quote name='rockhero']Anyone who says it's anytime other than now is just looking through some warped glasses. There is absolutely no question that the games we are making now are better than they have ever been before.[/QUOTE]
Don't blame others for the fact that you are a graphics whore. There's a good reason Tetris is still a bestseller on just about every platform and the Famicom Classic Super Mario Bros. rerelease sold over 1 million copies in Japan -- they're still just as good as ever. And there's also a good reason I find myself playing NES more than PS2 and GameCube combined (don't have Xbox).
To sum up:
Super Mario Bros. 3 > Jak 3
Contra > Neo Contra
Castlevania > Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
Mega Man 2 > Mega Man X8
NES > you
Don't blame others for the fact that you are a graphics whore. There's a good reason Tetris is still a bestseller on just about every platform and the Famicom Classic Super Mario Bros. rerelease sold over 1 million copies in Japan -- they're still just as good as ever. And there's also a good reason I find myself playing NES more than PS2 and GameCube combined (don't have Xbox).
To sum up:
Super Mario Bros. 3 > Jak 3
Contra > Neo Contra
Castlevania > Castlevania: Curse of Darkness
Mega Man 2 > Mega Man X8
NES > you
Blind the Thief
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[quote name='Sleepkyng']the SNES pinpointed gaming perfection for me and still does - simple, intuitive, creative and visually pleasing games.
i hated the ps1 and chunky 3d graphics when they came out.
my SNES still gets as much gametime as my ds or gc.
and i honestly doubt there will ever be a better set or RPGs as FFVI and Chrono Trigger.[/QUOTE]
Couldn't agree more. Give me sprites anyday.
I love you, SNES.
i hated the ps1 and chunky 3d graphics when they came out.
my SNES still gets as much gametime as my ds or gc.
and i honestly doubt there will ever be a better set or RPGs as FFVI and Chrono Trigger.[/QUOTE]
Couldn't agree more. Give me sprites anyday.
I love you, SNES.
[quote name='rockhero']Anyone who says it's anytime other than now is just looking through some warped glasses. There is absolutely no question that the games we are making now are better than they have ever been before.[/QUOTE]
I disagree. I am playing current games, and find myself going back and playing "classic" games. Even with the great games coming out today, many of the NES & SNES games are simply more fun. Better? I don't know. I have both options available to me and I'd rather play Baseball Stars than any piece of baseball crap that's on the market today.
I disagree. I am playing current games, and find myself going back and playing "classic" games. Even with the great games coming out today, many of the NES & SNES games are simply more fun. Better? I don't know. I have both options available to me and I'd rather play Baseball Stars than any piece of baseball crap that's on the market today.
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[quote name='rockhero']Anyone who says it's anytime other than now is just looking through some warped glasses. There is absolutely no question that the games we are making now are better than they have ever been before.[/quote]
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[quote name='coltyhuxx']....
And, at the end of this era I believe Wing Commander 1 and 2 came out. A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! You that were there, and of the age, asked your parents for a soundcard. And games started sounding a whole lot better....[/quote]
soundcard. People take PC gaming so for granted these days! 
And, at the end of this era I believe Wing Commander 1 and 2 came out. A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! You that were there, and of the age, asked your parents for a soundcard. And games started sounding a whole lot better....[/quote]
soundcard. People take PC gaming so for granted these days! 
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I don't really like the use of the "Golden Age" because it truly is subjective for any gamer, depending on what games they like, what type of controls they want, graphics, etc. For me, I enjoy the games from the SNES era the most, although I enjoy games from every era (fewer from the Atari era since I wasn't born at that time). Enjoy those games the most (Super Mario World, Link to the Past).
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