Favorite Game Generation?

Joined: Dec 31 1969

I grew up with the N64 and I probably still am. Definitely my favorite. The fourth generation is a very close second as it has both the SNES and the Genesis.

Kb10

Joined: Feb 24 2008

Snes =]

Jammy XIII

Wielder of the Frop

Joined: Dec 05 2007

Touche!

MetalMario702

The Mario of Metal

Location: Rhode Island

Joined: Oct 27 2007

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"archard" posted:

SNES/Sega Genesis no doubt. I miss that time so much. Mortal Kombat, Sonic the Hedgehog, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 6, Super Metroid, A Link to the Past.... doesn't get any better than that.

In my opinion there were too many RPG's on the SNES, The final fantasy series, Chrono Trigger, Secrets of Mana, Earthbound etc. The genesis was a good console but it sucked with all those add-ons.

whats this.....theres no such thing as too many rpgs...
but yeah the genesis/SNES era was awesome for video games, the introduction to orchastrated music instead on midis and sound effects, the epicly long rpg games, and other stuff like that

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"Shade" posted:

16 bit era was what made the industry what it is in my opinion.
everyone loves the original mario brothers and all that, but 8 bit just wasn't quite enough to illustrate a story properly, and before that, the gaming industry almost completely flopped because of Atari's mass production error. Sega was the first to develop a game that used 3D graphics in a 2D plane (remember the secret levels in Sonic the Hedgehog?), and Final Fantasy 6 for SNES was the first time you had 8 degrees of rotation on the field, most noticably when flying your airship. Genesis and SNES breathed new life into everything. not just the RPGs, although they were excellent (you people forgot Secret of Mana and the Phantasy Star series ), but in the other genres, ALMOST every game was an instant classic and that's what all the next generation consoles have tried to capture since then but unfortunately have spent too much time getting caught up in better graphics and sound, hm, I think they should try for better voice actors personally, it may be great technology but I don't want to hear people talk like they've either just learned english or they're reading cue cards (or if youre Tidus, like you fell off the set of the Wonder Years)..

I'm ashamed you didn't mention donkey kong country.

SpADeD

Bazooka Tooth

Location: Spring Hell, FL

Joined: Apr 02 2008

4th generation. As far as gameplay and fun factor, nothing gets better then Sonic 3 & Knuckles. You have the rest of the Sonic series, Mega Man series, Mario Series, and Street Fighter series, nothing can compare to the fun times I had back in the day on those old games.

SpADeD

Bazooka Tooth

Location: Spring Hell, FL

Joined: Apr 02 2008

"archard" posted:

"spaded" posted:

4th generation. As far as gameplay and fun factor, nothing gets better then Sonic 3 & Knuckles. You have the rest of the Sonic series, Mega Man series, Mario Series, and Street Fighter series, nothing can compare to the fun times I had back in the day on those old games.

What's 4th generation? Is that PS2/Xbox/GameCube?

No, thats 6th generation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of ... eration%29

4th generation includes Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, & the TurboGrafx-16.

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Joined: Aug 12 2007

Just thought I would post this for future reference.

First Generation: Magnavox Odyssey • Philips Odyssey • Pong • Coleco Telstar
Second Generation: Atari 2600 • Odyssey² • Intellivision • Atari 5200 • ColecoVision • Vectrex • SG-1000
Third Generation: Nintendo Entertainment System • Sega Master System • Atari 7800
Fourth Generation: TurboGrafx-16 • Sega Genesis/Mega Drive • CD-i • Neo Geo • SNES
Fifth Generation: 3DO • Amiga CD32 • Atari Jaguar • Sega Saturn • PlayStation • NEC PC-FX • Nintendo 64
Sixth Generation: Dreamcast • PlayStation 2 • Xbox • Nintendo GameCube
Seventh Generation: PlayStation 3 • Wii • Xbox 360

anandjones

RomUlator

Joined: Apr 04 2008

I reckon SNES was my favourite.

Shade

Yay, Hero!

Location: Rochester, NY

Joined: Mar 15 2008

"Rembrant" posted:

Just thought I would post this for future reference.

First Generation: Magnavox Odyssey • Philips Odyssey • Pong • Coleco Telstar
Second Generation: Atari 2600 • Odyssey² • Intellivision • Atari 5200 • ColecoVision • Vectrex • SG-1000
Third Generation: Nintendo Entertainment System • Sega Master System • Atari 7800
Fourth Generation: TurboGrafx-16 • Sega Genesis/Mega Drive • CD-i • Neo Geo • SNES
Fifth Generation: 3DO • Amiga CD32 • Atari Jaguar • Sega Saturn • PlayStation • NEC PC-FX • Nintendo 64
Sixth Generation: Dreamcast • PlayStation 2 • Xbox • Nintendo GameCube
Seventh Generation: PlayStation 3 • Wii • Xbox 360

that was beautiful.

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"yoshistrings" posted:

I'm going with snes for sure. super mario world. first game I ever played. plus DKC, mariokart, and all the classics. come to think of it, there hasn't been one good DK game since the snes.

Thats because rare was sold off to Microsoft, so all of their licences to Nintendo characters (Donkey Kong and Starfox) have been taken away from them. And all of their characters assosciated with Nintendo characters (Diddy Kong and Krystal) are also property of nintendo now.

So basically, every donkey kong game past DK64 sucked because nintendo sucks at making donkey kong games. They just make donkey konga games now, because they will never be as good as rare when it comes down to making classic DK games.

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"archard" posted:

Rare made some amazing games way back when. Too bad microsoft ruined them.

I think that rare just needs time to settle in to microsoft studios.

Viva Pinata was ok, different approach from rare, but ok. Banjo Kazooie 3 shouuld be coming out around December and that would totally be the game to bring them back from the dead.

If banjo kazooie 3 fails though, I'm losing all the respect I ever had for rare.

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"archard" posted:

"Rembrant" posted:

"archard" posted:

Rare made some amazing games way back when. Too bad microsoft ruined them.

I think that rare just needs time to settle in to microsoft studios.

Haven't they been there for like 8 years?

It's been 6 years. It's been kind of rough in the microsoft years, the two people that started rare quit a year ago.

Also: Here is a humorous overdub of an interview with a Rare staff member about their crappy xbox games.

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"Enterim" posted:

An excerpt from "My favorite games":

Banjo-Kazooie
Banjo-Tooie
Goldeneye 007
Perfect Dark (best first person shooter ever, IMO)

baaaaaaaaaaw, come back

Jet Force Gemini was another good one.

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"Enterim" posted:

Never played it. I haven't found it in old stores yet, though I've been looking for it.

If you liked Perfect Dark, you will love Jet Force Gemini.

I seriously recommend this game. Can't find it? Go through ebay.

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dl ... category0=

or you could use a rom (it's more fun on a nintendo 64 controller, but still the same game) for Project 64.

Seriously: PLAY THIS GAME.

Noanzer

Metalhead

Location: America

Joined: Dec 30 2007

Dang.... I grew up with Sonic. Nothing beat sonic on the genesis. ANd it's nice to see someone else who loved sonic CD, it is easily the best Sonic game out there (plus I still have a copy for the pc ). But shortly after that I got an n64. Sadly I didn't get many games for it... My favorites were Ganbare Goemon and Mario 64 though hah.

archard

Joined: Jan 11 2007

"KitsuneFox59" posted:

Sonic CD was a rare treat for me. It seemed like my Grandma was the only person I knew that had a Sega CD. Did you ever try the cartridge-tilting tricks with Mario 64? Those are sometimes fun to mess with.

Cartridge trick? Never heard of that one, can you elaborate?

c4ndym4n

♫ the c4ndym4n can ♫

Location: Australia

Joined: Mar 21 2008

I mostly grew up around the 3rd, 4th and 5th generation Nintendo consoles, and out of those three the 4th (SNES) is my favorite by far. Before I had a job, before I had a car, before I was swamped with homework, before I had any responsibilities or worries. Nothing could beat the hours I spent gaming on that thing. The SNES is also the main console that fed my appetite for VGM. Don't get me wrong, the NES and N64 both have some stellar tracks such as "The Moon" from Duck Tales or "Guerudo Valley" from Ocarina of Time, but the ones of the NES and N64 simply can't compare against the awesomeness of the SNES's arsenal.

ChupaCalvin

Lt. McMuffin

Joined: Jun 22 2008

5th/4th was the peak of video gaming. N64 was the console I spent all my time on in my childhood. Well, that and my Game Boy Color (Pokemon ftw). The SNES had great games too. Super Mario 1, 2, 3. Metroid, LoZ:OoT, Link to the Past, Majora's Mask, Super Smash Brothers (that was the shit back then!), Paper Mario, Super Mario World (fucking awesome), and Yoshi's Story to list a few.

Waladuz

Der Kritiker

Location: Germany

Joined: May 31 2008

My fav is the 4th generation with the SNES aswell as the Sega Genesis. That time ago, games still had "soul", while they are loosing more from generation to generation. But still, there are still games these days that have "soul", when you know what I'm talking about.

PLZKLLME0080

The WhtDrgn

Location: Midgar

Joined: Jul 29 2008

Whichever one the PS1 and N64 were in. I would play those two all day if I could way back when they were the newest systems. The PS1 still has the best game ever made in my book.

Frogma

Joined: Jun 25 2008

PLZKLLME0080 said

Whichever one the PS1 and N64 were in. I would play those two all day if I could way back when they were the newest systems. The PS1 still has the best game ever made in my book.

Can't believe PS1 hasn't been given much loving in this topic till this. FF7,FF8,FF9, Wing commander, Chrono Cross(I have an irrational love for this game), KH, FFTactics, Xenogears, Vagrant Story, the best racer(Gran Tourismo), Ridge racer, Silent Hill, Resident Evil, Castlevania, Parasite Eve, Bust a move, Driver, Tomb Raider, Spyro, Crash Bandacoot, Diablo, GTA2, Twisted Metal, MGS1, Parappa the rapper, Tony Hawks, Tekken 3, lots more decent RPG's, fun sport games(FIFA, NBA etc.), best controller design ever, some good shooters I believe(never really played em), RTS games(not that you would but they were there). This is easily the best console ever. Playing this after the SNES blew minds. Seriously...I need a cold shower.