Your favorite retro games?

[IRON37]

So lets hear it, favorite console and arcade games from back in the day..whenever that was lol. Heres mine:

NES:
Castlevania II: Simons quest
Maniac mansion
Bart v.s. the world
Batman
Bionic Commando
Excitebike
Mario 1,2,3
Dr. Mario
punch-out
teenage mutant ninja turtles arcade
battletoads
bucky o'hare

SEGA genesis:
altered beast
Haunting starring polterguy
the immortal
mutant league hockey
boogerman
streets of rage
golden axe
sonic 1,2,3
spiderman vs kingpin
x-men
ecco
splatterhouse


SNES:
super mario world
castlevania IV
super punch-out
battletoads
Zelda: link to the past
Zombies ate my neighbors
Batman the animated series
batman returns
Wolverine: adamantium rage
Spiderman maximum carnage

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

Okay, I'll stick with stuff I've played so howzabout:

Arcade:
-Splatterhouse
-Moon Cresta
-Venture
-Sini-Star

Atari 2600:
-Yar's Revenge
-Adventure

Sega Master System:
-Wonderboy 3: The Dragon's Trap. (One of the best games EVER!)
-Wonder Boy in Monsterland

Sega Genesis:
-Target:Earth
-Shining Force 2
-Eternal Champions CD

Playstation 1:
-Darkstalkers (both of 'em.)
-Gauntlet: Legends
-The Misadventures of Tron Bonn


Don C.

[clemso]

Streets of Rage 3, Sega Genesis.

Clem

[starsky]

atari space invaders!!

[neogelion]

The Misadventures of Tron Bonn

I played that until the disk froze up on me. Couldn't find another to replace it with.

[IRON37]

I played that until the disk froze up on me. Couldn't find another to replace it with.

never played it but loved the prequel mega man legends i think it was called? Loved to use my gameshark on it and be able to jump over buildings and be way overpowered lol

[daffy213]

Hmmmm....

Okay, I'll stick with stuff I've played so howzabout:

Sega Genesis:
-Shining Force 2


Don C.

Loved that game. One of the very few games I actually stayed up from dusk until dawn to complete.

[Joe90]

Galaga! (http://www.gracecentered.com/galaga_online_game.htm)

Stupid waste of time but it was fun! Scary thing is that was almost 30 years ago...

[IRON37]

Galaga! (http://www.gracecentered.com/galaga_online_game.htm)

Stupid waste of time but it was fun! Scary thing is that was almost 30 years ago...

wow..not even a year ago I came across a galaga arcade machine at a pizza place. I had to literally force myself to stop playing it lol. It has aged well Id say

[4NDR01D]

-Sini-Star

Don C.

My all time fave arcade game.

For the Atari I'd say Pitfall.
For Nintendo I'll go with Superstar Wrestling.
SNES I'll pick Super-Metroid or SF2
PS- Twisted Metal 1
PS2- GTA 2 or 3

But, with the amazing graphics of newer games like Fallout 3 and Killzone 2 for the PS3, I find it darn near impossible to get nostalgic for vintage systems. Video games are the one area of things I like that are better now than when I was younger.

[Kal-El]

I sent to much money back in the day palying Defender. I still love that game. The eighty sounds and graphics are awesome :smile:

[Werewolf]

Super Metroid, never get tired of it.

[HardyGirl]

Atari 2600 games or cartridges made for it (which I still have):

Space Invaders
Plaque Attack
E.T.
Frogs and Flies
Demons To Diamonds
Video Olympics

[ctc]

>with the amazing graphics of newer games like Fallout 3 and Killzone 2 for the PS3, I find it darn near impossible to get nostalgic for vintage systems.

I'm the opposite. I find new games look a lot better but play too similar to older ones for me to get real excited about them. That's why I never got a home system past the PS1.

As a weird aside, I also find older games.... REALLY old games, 2600 era, tend to be a lot faster than new ones. They require a lot less co-ordination (sine all you got is a stick and one button) but when I fired up the ol' system the other day it took a bit of practice to deal with the speed.

>loved the prequel mega man legends i think it was called?

Yeah! There were two of 'em! Good games, but Tron Bonn added stuff like your little robot buddies, that could do stuff or run around the country finding items you could experiment with to build new equipment. (Since Tron was the person who designed the equipment for the bad guys from MegaMan Legends.)

If you're ever looking for info on old games, this is a good site:

Game Platforms - allgame (http://www.allgame.com/platforms.php)

Don C.

[zeeterman]

For my Colecovision system, I still enjoy Venture, Cosmic Avenger, Star Wars, and Star Trek. Still want to find that elusive Spy Hunter cart. I have the Atari expansion module so I can play all those games, though I don't have many Atari ones left.

My brother recently bought a stand up TRON arcade game. I never played it much back in the day because it swallowed up quarters fast. Now that I can play for free, I'm really digging it alot. In fact, my bro doesn't appreciate that I have the high score when it's HIS machine.

I definately prefer old school games.

[jwyblejr]

The entire Dragon Quest/Warrior series. Haven't played VII though. I've played I-VI and VIII.

[mazinz]

since I have been playing mame lately I would say these as far as real arcade goes:

1. escape from the planet of the robot monsters
2. Mat mania
3. the main event
4. super mario bros
5. dragon's lair
6. renegade
7. double dragon

[jasonmego1277]

Super Metroid, never get tired of it.


I actually just played this recently :)

As for my favorite classics ?

1. Donkey Kong (Arcade)
2. The Legend Of Zelda (Nes)
3. Castlevania (Nes)
4. Castlevania II - Simon's Quest (Nes)
5. Space Invaders (Atari 2600)
6. River Raid (Atari 2600)
7. Pitfall (Atari 2600)
8. Super Mario Bros. 2 (Nes)
9. Maniac Mansion (Nes)
10. Batman (Nes)
11. Super Meroid (Snes)
12. Rygar (Nes)
13. Blades Of Steel (Nes)
14. Pac-Man (Arcade)
15. Mike Tyson's Punch - Out (Nes)

[VintageMike]

Arcade: Ms. Pac-Man, Galaga, Donkey Kong, Centipede, Frogger, Final Fight, Smash TV, Bust A Move (Puzzle Bobble). Not quite as retro but I loved the 90's X-man & Spider-Man arcade games

Home Super NES: Super Punch Out, Super Star Wars series

Nes: Mike Tyson's Punch Out, Castlevania

[Pascal]

Perhaps the best for me :
Arcade : Pooyan & Burgertime
Atari 2600 : River Raid
Colecovision : Donkey Kong Jr
Apple II : Donkey Kong
Apple // GS : Bard's Tale
Game & Watch : Green House & Donkey Kong
Amiga : Ghosts 'n Goblins
GameBoy : Donkey Kong

[DocDrako]

I have alot of good memories from the following list of games:

ARCADE GAMES
Asteroids
Defender
Pac-Man
Phoenix
Tempest
Kung Fu Master

ATARI 2600
Pitfall
River Raid
Megamania

NINTENDO
Contra (beat it before learning about 30 men code...took a year)
SuperContra
Lifeforce
Bionic Commando (loved this game!)

SEGA GENESIS
Pirates Gold
Buck Rogers

PLAYSTATION
Resident Evil
Resident Evil 2
Dino Crisis
Dino Crisis 2

PLAYSTATION 2
Lego Star Wars
Lego Star Wars II
Lego Indiana Jones
Lego Batman
Star Wars Battlefront
Star Wars Battlefront II
Red Dead Revolver
Disaster Report
Raw Danger
Lord Of The Rings II: The Two Towers
Lord Of The Rings III: The Return Of The King
Lord Of The Rings: The Third Age

I'll just stop there. Too many to list and I gotta sleep!

:grin:

[wilbs518]

Arcade:
Ms Pacman
Dig Dug
Elevator Action
Smash TV
Rygar
Street Fighter 2
720*
Sinistar
Heavy Barrel
Xenophobe

I wish there still were arcades around, but luckily FUNSPOT is close enough to get to play once in a while.