I thought of an era, not a specific game.
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Chezus9247@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Okay guys 'n gals. What’s your first game you thought of while reading this greentext?
Mine is TimeSplitters 2 on PS2.
Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 3 weeks ago
Chezus9247@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Tell me more! :D
Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 3 weeks ago
It was a time of both plug and play simplicity, and head banging frustration. Consoles were dumb easy, and had to have a catalog that competed with the others. PC games were the wild west. Everything from it just works to eight disc setups, but not a single mainstream way to extract more money after the game had been sold. You could pop your ass on the couch and play the same game for 8 hours and still not do everything in it despite the lack of online capabilities. It was an era of mystery, is this article/friend/kid taking me for one? Or is Yoshi really there at the top of Peaches castle in Mario 64? If you’d never know if you or a friend didnt do it in front of you. Subscription was a thing but they seem modest by today’s standards. Zezima, Athena, and LeeroyJenkins were the names of our Gods.
Chezus9247@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Oh man. Amen! Thank you for this awesome text. I’m just 26 years old, but I think this is the golden times. Not like, those are the best games or stuff, it’s just… I kinda feel like those were the good times. Even tho even then there was many shitty games. Probably even most of the games. It’s hard to describe this feeling. :/
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah, while my mind did go to GoldenEye, this really applied to NES, SNES, N64, GameCube, and ps2, out of the systems I have/had.
My wii u games are still playable, though they might try to connect to a server that no longer exists to look for updates. Similar with ps3 (though I think my system needs an overhaul because it’s running pretty slow these days, like many dropped frames in rock band 2 or even some in GH3).
For the ps5, I’m not sure what will happen when Sony no longer wants to support it. I mostly have physical games, maybe I should try disconnecting the internet and see what happens if I try to fire up random games, both ones I’ve already played and ones that haven’t left their case yet.
Anyways, I mostly thought of the era of the first paragraph, since the others have updates.
BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Bonk’s Adventure for the TG16.
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Super Mario World on SNES
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Goldeneye
Chezus9247@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I gotta play it. Sadly as I grew older, those old FPS with low FoV give me motion sickness in like minutes. Can’t even enjoy Build Engine games anymore, which were my favorite old school games back then. :c
mctoasterson@reddthat.com 3 weeks ago
Perfect Dark
Fetus@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You mean Goldeneye 2?
CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Super Mario World That game is like 50% secrets and still Nintendos best work IMO.
sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Divinity and then Dark Souls
Signtist@bookwyr.me 3 weeks ago
DK64. I see so much hate for it now, with people saying there are way too many collectibles, but those people fail to realize that back then most kids only had a few games that they just had to play over and over again if they wanted to play video games at all. To have a game that always had a new thing to collect even when you went to the same level for the 1000th time was a godsend.
Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
I loved playing as Lanky Kong.
I had that, 007, Pokemon Stadium, and Tony Hawk. Anything else I had to rent from Blockbuster.
9point6@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Mario kart 64
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That and Quake II are the only console games I’ve ever sunk an enormous amount of time into.
Zulu@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Halo ce
Captain_Baka@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Gotta agree here. That game was so much fun. Just remember the monkey assistant mode (don’t know what it was called in english, the german localization called it “Affiger Assistent” which translates to “monkey-like assistant” or “silly assistant”) in multiplayer!
Chezus9247@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
As a fellow German, I feel ya. The monkey was also my favorite char when playing pvp. lol
Lampenoel@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Ratchet and Clank - Up your Arsenal
ArcaneGadget@nord.pub 3 weeks ago
Spyro the Dragon. Man I need to find the time to play through that entire stack of games again…
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
The remake of the trilogy is pretty good, if you haven’t tried it.
ArcaneGadget@nord.pub 3 weeks ago
I have, and i loved every minute of it. 😁
mx_smith@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
At least with those games you had a collectible figure once the game was finished.
ArcaneGadget@nord.pub 3 weeks ago
???
-Oh you talking about Skylanders? Never got into that. I was talking about the original games.
mx_smith@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Oh yeah I forgot there was the other game.
Phantaloons@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
Jet Force Gemini
Nelots@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
Mortal Kombat: Deception. Honestly, fighting games are one of my least favorite genres nowadays. But as a very young kid (way too young to be playing MK lol), it was a lot of fun.
I always got my ass kicked by my older siblings, so I preferred taking turns in the story mode over playing against other people. Probably one of the reasons I strongly prefer co-op and PvE games even today, now that I think about it.
Chezus9247@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You should try Tekken Tag Tournament. It’s one of my favorite games because you can play the Story Mode in CoOp and it’s soo much fun!
DamienGramatacus@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
While not my absolute favourite 2 player game, my friend and I sunk hours and hours into Champions of Norrath 1 and 2. We must have played new game+ like, 5 or 6 times. Loved it!
(Most love probably goes to Street Fighter 2 on the Megadrive)
bitjunkie@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Soldier of Fortune
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Twisted Metal on PS1
SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Bubble Bobble, but it was on my boyfriend’s C64. I wasn’t allowed a computer (and was thus obsessed by them, lol)
missphant@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Super Monkey Ball 2 on GC. My brother and I spent more time playing the mini games than the game itself.
Nima@leminal.space 3 weeks ago
Golden Sun 😊
Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Turok.
LiarAmongAll@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Oh definitely Gauntlet Legends on the N64, I ruined the game cartridge I played it so often. Good times
Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Pokémon Leaf Green
EmilieEasie@fedinsfw.app 3 weeks ago
Fuzion Frenzy even though it doesn’t really apply because it wasn’t really single player at all, it was only local co-op mini games like a Mario Party kinda (with no board.)
Even though it doesn’t really match what the greentext is describing, the vibe of just, like, enjoying video games in your living room with no DLC nor microtransactions made me think of it. It’s a game that was, like, moderately successful but not enough that I ever run into people on the internet that know about it, so it almost feels like a kind of secret I share with my sister, and the game had strong art direction that was really early 2000s that hits me with nostalgia too.
Chezus9247@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Okay that looks REALLY interesting. Thank you for sharing! Gotta share one thing: Bishi Bashi! PSX game that’s also a minigames collection. Pretty fun, quite high quality as far as I can tell. Haven’t found someone to play it atm. :c Still, looks fun af!
karpintero@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
GoldenEye N64