Kicking Back and Enjoying a Simple ol' game of Super Mario Bros.

[vee4473]

Originally posted by Frankychan


Good games for Genesis were: Mutant League Football and Hockey, and General Chaos.

General Chaos, now theres a pretty good memory for me.

Very fun and funny. Nice.

[vee4473]

Oh, and I didn't mean to say that SMB was the king of mindless fun, just the flagship example I think.

I meant that playing a simple scrolling action type game of any sort is very nice these days.

I enjoyed Sonic. I only played the first sonic for the genesis, but the sheer speed of the game at most points was fun.


Now that I think about it, maybe "mindless" isn't the proper way to describe it.

I mean, those old games took all kinds of coordination, and that isn't "mindless" per se.

I mean, how many times can you remember playing a certain level over and over and over again until you were able to get the hang of timing a particular jump just right?


They were just less mind boggling and stressing as some of the newer great strategy games are.

While all the strategy and gameplay of the more sophisticated newer games is very fun, some times you just don't want to think that much...

Especially if you have a job that requires intense thought all day.

And that's where Mario, Donkey Kong, and Sonic rise up to light of day!!

Yay!

[asleepathewheel]

For mindless 8 bit fun, I don't think anything could beat kicking it with a friend and playing some Contra or lifeforce. UP UP DOWN DOWN LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT B A SELECT START REPRESENT!!!

[vee4473]

Originally posted by asleepathewheel
For mindless 8 bit fun, I don't think anything could beat kicking it with a friend and playing some Contra or lifeforce. UP UP DOWN DOWN LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT B A SELECT START REPRESENT!!!

HOLY COW!!

the UP UP DOWN DOWN etc... controller code!!

I never thought I would ever hear that one again!

[asleepathewheel]

Originally posted by vee4473


HOLY COW!!

the UP UP DOWN DOWN etc... controller code!!

I never thought I would ever hear that one again!

Yeah, it will be with me, for better or worse, always.



I remember when I rented Gradius III for the SNES and typed in the code and it self-destructed my ship, those sneaky Konami bastards.

[vee4473]

Gradius!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's the game that showed me the up up down down...

I couldn't think of it...

That was a cool game.

Love the MOAI stage!!

[War4ever]

Well i remember the old days differently i guess....i found those games very easy to beat.....

the patterns in the arcade were simple...i remember taking a map of pac man and memorizing the pattern so i could beat the game on any level...even when the power pellets on made the ghost turn away...you had like two seconds to move or you were toast.

mutant league hockey....haha i remeber losing b/c my team had no players left, my fav was seeing the guys under the ice (dead of course)

now i have a ps2 with gta vice city.... i just love kicking the crap out of hookers and blowing away cops and running people over......

the games have become way more intense...but the classics in the arcade are gems!

i remmeber super punch out....... all the fighting games....sf2, MK, VF..etc......

games like robotron, karate champ, i love double joystick games...haha...

rampart, D&D, the origional star wars.....wonder boy.... and god knows tetris.....

[vee4473]

Wonder boy....I remember that one...great.

I also have fond memories of Pit Fighter...kinda tha MK precursor...

I also have a great fondness for Operation Wolf.

I remember going to the arcade for the sole reason of plunking down quarters to grab the UZI and go at it. great fun.

Does anyone know of a PS2 gun game that can capture such fun? I want a light gun game like that now.

[vee4473]

Originally posted by Mr. President
Franky, if you go to a store where they sell classic Nintendo games and controllers (there's one at my local mall), they might be able to help you.

Anybody remember the original Legend of Zelda? That was cool.

Zelda was great. In gameplay, the way the game was laid out with the dungeons and the progressive quests.

Very fun. I also liked Zelda 2.

[vee4473]

I want to bring up the Rambo game for the NES.

I liked it for the most part. It took alot from Zelda 2 I think.

[asleepathewheel]

Originally posted by vee4473
I want to bring up the Rambo game for the NES.

I liked it for the most part. It took alot from Zelda 2 I think.

Another enjoyable game that copied nearly exacty the side scrolling action of Zelda II was Battle for (?) Mount Olympus. fun

[Frankychan]

Thanks Mr. Prez, FrustratedPoet, Static...I'll try what you guys said.

Another coupla games that were good were...

(Super) Conflict, Metal Gear, Bionic Commando, and Ikari Warriors.

[DarkCloud]

Well, it's strange to note that SMarioBros, a simple game with only a jumping weapon, is better than most games like Unreal II which have 30 different weapons to pick from

Simplicity, levity and ease of use, is sometimes the best

[asleepathewheel]

[QUOTE] Originally posted by DarkCloud
Well, it's strange to note that SMarioBros, a simple game with only a jumping weapon,[QUOTE]

don't forget the fireball!

[Asher]

Actually, I've also been in a retro gaming mood the past couple weeks.

I've been playing Zelda: Link to the Past, Super Mario Brothers 3, Sonic 2, and ToeJam and Earl 1...