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Anon is a nostalgic gamer

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works⁩ to ⁨greentext@sh.itjust.works⁩

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  • Chezus9247@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Okay guys 'n gals. What’s your first game you thought of while reading this greentext?

    Mine is TimeSplitters 2 on PS2.

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    • karpintero@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      GoldenEye N64

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    • Sanctus@anarchist.nexus ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I thought of an era, not a specific game.

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      • Chezus9247@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Tell me more! :D

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      • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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    • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Super Mario World on SNES

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    • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Goldeneye

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      • Chezus9247@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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

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    • mctoasterson@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Perfect Dark

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      • Fetus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You mean Goldeneye 2?

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    • CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Super Mario World That game is like 50% secrets and still Nintendos best work IMO.

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    • sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Divinity and then Dark Souls

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    • Signtist@bookwyr.me ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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      • Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I loved playing as Lanky Kong.

        I had that, 007, Pokemon Stadium, and Tony Hawk. Anything else I had to rent from Blockbuster.

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    • 9point6@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Mario kart 64

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      • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That and Quake II are the only console games I’ve ever sunk an enormous amount of time into.

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    • Zulu@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Halo ce

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    • Captain_Baka@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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!

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      • Chezus9247@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        As a fellow German, I feel ya. The monkey was also my favorite char when playing pvp. lol

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    • Lampenoel@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ratchet and Clank - Up your Arsenal

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    • ArcaneGadget@nord.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Spyro the Dragon. Man I need to find the time to play through that entire stack of games again…

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      • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The remake of the trilogy is pretty good, if you haven’t tried it.

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      • mx_smith@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        At least with those games you had a collectible figure once the game was finished.

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    • Phantaloons@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Jet Force Gemini

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    • Nelots@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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      • Chezus9247@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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!

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    • DamienGramatacus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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)

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    • bitjunkie@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Soldier of Fortune

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    • psx_crab@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Twisted Metal on PS1

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    • missphant@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Super Monkey Ball 2 on GC. My brother and I spent more time playing the mini games than the game itself.

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    • Nima@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Golden Sun 😊

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    • BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Bonk’s Adventure for the TG16.

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    • Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Turok.

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    • LiarAmongAll@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oh definitely Gauntlet Legends on the N64, I ruined the game cartridge I played it so often. Good times

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    • Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Pokémon Leaf Green

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    • EmilieEasie@fedinsfw.app ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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      • Chezus9247@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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!

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  • ArcaneGadget@nord.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Honestly, that’s the entire reason i lost interest in consoles after buying the PS4. If i need to:
    1 Boot up the console.
    2 Update the system (twice).
    3 PSN account bullshit.
    4 Insert disc.
    5 Install the game.
    6 Download 50GB update for the game.
    7 Install said update.
    8 Finally start the game.
    9 Login and TOS bullshit.
    10 Finally play game.

    I might just as well use my PC for gaming at that point. The games library is larger and the exclusives are just not worth it. Especially after Sony started releasing those on PC as well.

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    • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Especially after Sony started releasing those on PC as well.

      They put a stop to that, and now it’s more clear why: they want absolute control over the price of their games.

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      • QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Which is a shame. I was going to buy Marvel’s Wolverine and that God of War remake collection.

        Now I will go back to not supporting Sony in anyway shape or form

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    • jnod4@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      PC gaming has more exclusives btw

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    • TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      i’ve never had to spend hours finding the ‘right driver’ for my PS4 to run a game. or having to mod the game to get it to just play.

      which is why i gave up on PC gaming, I’m old and I just want to play games, I don’t wnat to spend 2-3 hours ‘troubleshooting’ every game on my PC and having to swap drivers because some games only run on some drivers.

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      • TheLowestStone@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        i’ve never had to spend hours finding the ‘right driver’ for my PS4 to run a game. or having to mod the game to get it to just play.

        Funny, I’ve never had to.do.those things on my PC.

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      • carpelbridgesyndrome@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        On PC I don’t have to rebuy games because Sony doesn’t believe in backwards compatibility.

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    • OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Arggg too.

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  • solidsmoke@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Actually belongs to you Developers can’t delete it

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    • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s usually publishers who are the villains here, not devs.

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      • solidsmoke@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You’re completely right, whoops

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  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is def nostalgia goggles, so many games were broken buggy messes back then because there was no way to ship updates

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  • Ariselas@piefed.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Full game on a disk? You new school kids don’t know that 1/2 of the game is loading the 17, 5 1/2” floppies in order just to install your game.

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  • CarstenBoll@feddit.dk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Back in 1997 I bought the game KKnD (Krush, Kill n’ Destroy) in a local store for what would now be 110 dollars only to discover that it was broken and wouldn’t run on my machine and there was no way to get a patch for it.

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  • rachelzsnow@lemmy.pt ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    when can i stop living in this universe and switch back to the one we originally were on? man i miss it so much. That and original pizzahut

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  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The sweet spot was getting the full game on disc and getting included DLC, having the ability to mod the game, and run private servers.

    You could just enjoy the game as-is with a really good singleplayer campaign and then with whatever online offered.

    Some of the mods from this era turned out to be just as popular, if not moreso, than the original base game. Some of them live on to this day.

    Sure, some Steam games offer mods and the like, but it certainly isn’t the same thing as what we had 15 or so years ago.

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  • slaacaa@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Image

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  • Rooskie91@discuss.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’ll be $75 (for N64 cartridges).

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  • Nangijala@feddit.dk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I genuinely do not regret jumping off the video game train back in 2015.

    Everything I have heard about the evolution of the gaming industry since has surpassed my pessimistic predictions back then, which could be summarized as: video games are becoming predatory and I feel like they eat my time and money for dismissed returns.

    It was especially the consol market and the whole online aspect that made me wrinkle my nose. Feels like nowadays you actually can’t buy and play a game offline.

    But what do I know. I only tune in when my friend is playing on twitch and we talk about life over Signal. We have gone back to retro games recently too. Jake and Daxter 🎉

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  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Why do people want physical media? It’s shit. Sorry, I have to leave my house and go take the bus to transfer some data? IPoAC is a meme, not a serious distribution system. Yet it would still be better than games on physical media!

    If you don’t like the DRM that some digital copies come with I totally get that but GOG has existed for a very long time at this point. Also physical copies frequently come with more DRM than a digital copy from GOG does.

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  • MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I never got the “modern games are no fun!” thing because I’ve always played retro games only. Growing up around my dad and his SNES Station, I ended getting influenced.

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  • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Why would anyone build a whole ass in split screen mode?

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  • MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    With the exception of “buy game”, “disk/cartridge”, and split-screen mode with minigames, this is Endless Sky.

    Digital gaming can be great when corpos don’t ruin everything that makes it great.

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  • Nosebear@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Because of this and also the whole RAM deal, I’m wondering if some retro trend is going to happen. Like gamers just going back to exactly those games.

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  • ssfckdt@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is why I sometimes still play Civ2 or SC2K

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The only thing here that is mostly BS is the “tons of unlockable content.” That really became more of a thing after DLC and always online shit. Most of the time it was ONE level or ONE character.

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  • R00bot@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Nintendo games still do this bros.

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  • FinishingDutch@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m lucky in that I never sold any old consoles. I’ve got stuff dating back to the NES and Master System. And all of it still works too, right down to the Dreamcast.

    So thankfully I’ll still be able to play games once the console market implodes. I’m definitely not buying a new console if there’s no physical medium available.

    And yeah, I’m going to be more actively collecting for those older systems. They can’t steal the stuff you physically own…

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