You never forget your first
Submitted 11 months ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to retrogaming@lemmy.world
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NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 11 months ago
kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
Konsole sounds like the name KDE would use for a home gaming device, or their terminal emulator :3
hOrni@lemmy.world 11 months ago
PolyStation. I’m from center Europe, so Famiclones were a big thing in the 90s.
ICastFist@programming.dev 11 months ago
I hated those things because of how easy it was to scam unaware parents. “Your kid asked for a playstation? Oh, sure, it’s this polystation, they must’ve said the name wrong, it’s this one, for sure!”
k1ck455kc@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I’m obsessed with the OG xbox and 360, oh how the mighty have fallen.
Wahots@pawb.social 11 months ago
The 360 was so good
k1ck455kc@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Yeah if you never got the red ring of death it was the best console.
Its DRM was more flexible than we have ever or will ever see on a console again.
- The licensing worked similar to xbox one but you could transfer all licenses at once instead of just when you downloaded a game.
- You could install any disc or digital game to internal or external drives and could transfer it between any pc/console. The discs then functioned as physical licenses to play disc-based games.
The avatar system was the gaming metaverse we all wanted and it got abandoned before it could reach its full potential.
- Avatar awards as skins you could show off in multiple games!? Amazing.
- indie devs could take advantage of the avatar system to enhance their games
The library was the peak that xbox ever had to offer. Uniqueness and passion still showed through in AAA games of this era, and 360 had the majority of quality AAA games. PS3 still managed, but nostalgia for the 360 days is what is still keeping the xbox brand alive today.
The online multiplayer in games of this era still celebrated and enabled community/random encounters with voice chat. This doesnt happen in modern games, nobody is in the game chat anymore. I am not a fan of paid multiplayer so i dont pay anymore, but back in the day, it was worth it for the shenanigans and connections we made.
naught@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
red ring of death
Kolanaki@pawb.social 11 months ago
I grew up in the SNES vs Genesis war and I only knew one person with a Genesis and even they thought the SNES was better.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Mega Drive was awesome
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
I had SNES and pretty much all of the best games, but my friend had Sega Channel and I COVETED IT.
edgemaster72@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Growing up I had a Genesis because I wanted to play Sonic 2. I remember 3 of my friends also having a Genesis, only 1 that I remember had a SNES and he was also one of the 3 with a Genesis. There were 2 that I remember stuck with NES, 1 played on his family’s PC (ooh fancy), and 1 I don’t think had any video game systems. The first real Nintendo fanboy I met was my college roommate, but that wasn’t until the mid-00’s.
SNES probably was better, but I had more exposure to the Genesis so that’s what I wanted.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Genesis owner in the 90s here. Yes. My dad did not know video games. I said I like Mario. I wanted to play RPGs and Super Mario.
My dad went to the store, asked what I assume is some 19 year old Sega fanboy which console was the best, and got told to buy the Genesis.
On a positive note, the Genesis Sonic games were pretty cool, and so was Jurassic Park. So, it’s not like Genesis sucked. It’s just…MARIO!!! I WANT MARIO!!!
Eventually I got an SNES, but by then it was 1996. I immediately got Mario Paint, Super Mario Allstars + Super Mario World (in one cart), Legend Of Zelda Link to the Past, and Mario Kart.
Eventually I’d get Chrono Trigger, Earthbound, Donkey Kong Country, Super Mario RPG, Batman Forever, and some Star Wars game.
Flea markets in the 90s were the best.
NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 11 months ago
But… but… Sega does what Nintendon’t!
Kolanaki@pawb.social 11 months ago
To which my response was “Well… Nintendo doesn’t suck.” They clearly didn’t test that slogan amongst children. 😌
Gnugit@aussie.zone 11 months ago
I had a Sega Megadrive that I loved but still thought SNES was better.
ThraawnSolo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Does the Offspring come to mind when thinking of the Dreamcast? I can’t get it out of my head now.
edgemaster72@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Does the Offspring come to mind when thinking of the Dreamcast?
Ya ya ya ya ya
Kolanaki@pawb.social 11 months ago
Crazy Taxi had them on the soundtrack and it was a Dreamcast game… Maybe that?
ThraawnSolo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Yep and a damn fine game at that! Atleast that I can remember.
folkrav@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Fuuuuck I rented that game so much back then. If it wasn’t available every other weekend at my local video store it was 100% my fault.
pipes@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Ya ya ya ya yaaaaa! Day after day…
WYLD_STALLYNS@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
uninvitedguest@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
I need to know more about this.
Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
The song “All I Want” was prominently featured in the game Crazy Taxi, I believe.
Eggscellent@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Intellivision 👾
ccunning@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Atari 400 ✋
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I had an 800. Had the cassette tape media drive and some game for it, but could never get it working.
Also had that awful ET game.
I recall writing a screensaver in basic and letting it run overnight.
ccunning@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The 800 was the better machine but god damn the 400 is so sexy 🥵
The idea of writing anything on its awful keyboard is inconceivable though 😅
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Hey, do you want like 400,000 more copies of E.T? They’re just sitting there. In some landfill.
peteyestee@feddit.org 11 months ago
Dreamcast was the best.