Today's kids review old games

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-10-16 10:45pm

The Yosemite Bear wrote:Let me put it this way.

I am in my Thirties.

I remember not only commandlines, I remember games without GRAPHICS!!!

I still have a number of Infocom products, The whole code for the Original Startrek game, with the starbased the lettter "K" klingons, The letter "R" romulons, the "E" enterprise etc, in TEXT.

Nothing fired the imagination more than say Suspended, Planetfall, or Zork. If you know where to look you can play Zork, it is public domain now IIRC. I remember being so fascinated with Planetfall. It was the first game I ever actually finished even if I did need one big hint to get past one part.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-10-16 10:59pm

AH the old geezer Text games....back when you grabbed everything because who knows if that mushroom or onion would be valuable later on.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-10-17 12:51am

Hey, I loved Space Invaders when it was new, but I dropped it like a flaming turd when Galaxian came out, which in turn got dropped like a handful of earwigs when the moving-background top-down shooters came out, etc.

This is a bit like making Car&Driver review a Ford Model T. It's a piece of history, but it's also a shitty car.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-10-17 12:53am

Yup, and I would challenge anyone to come up with something that cheap, with technology of that time.

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-10-17 12:54am

Darth Wong wrote:Hey, I loved Space Invaders when it was new, but I dropped it like a flaming turd when Galaxian came out, which in turn got dropped like a handful of earwigs when the moving-background top-down shooters came out, etc.

This is a bit like making Car&Driver review a Ford Model T. It's a piece of history, but it's also a shitty car.

Remember the one game where it had elements of Space Invaders and Galaxian? Gorf? I forget the name.

Gyruss was pretty cool. Oooh, dont forget Red Baron.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-10-17 12:57am

Damn, ok I have an old geezer question Ill post elsewhere.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-10-17 01:05am

If these were little kids rather than pre-adolescents, this would be forgivable. But these kids should know better.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-10-17 01:11am

hah.. i think this is satire but if it isnt, damn those kids are hillarious.

then i read one of the kids say "gay" as an insult. ugh. kill.

Johonebesus · Post by **Johonebesus** » 2003-10-17 01:12am

Darth Wong wrote:Hey, I loved Space Invaders when it was new, but I dropped it like a flaming turd when Galaxian came out, which in turn got dropped like a handful of earwigs when the moving-background top-down shooters came out, etc.

This is a bit like making Car&Driver review a Ford Model T. It's a piece of history, but it's also a shitty car.

Oh, I don't know. It depends on your mood and personality. I have Pong on my PC, and I play it frequently when I'm in the mood for something more than solitaire but less involved than Doom or BG.

Note, this is the full retro version, little square ball, nice little poingy sounds and buzzes, not some updated flashy version.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-10-17 01:19am

aww this is so cute, the boy already knows he loves guys! he wants to pick up guys and take walks on the beach..

Tim: This is nothing compared to Grand Theft Auto III, because you can't steal a taxi cab, pick up somebody, then drive into the ocean with him.

Well, KIND of ..

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2003-10-17 11:12am

some dumb 10 year old wrote:It's strange that fire moves in this and has eyes.

And today's games don't have wierd crap like that?

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2003-10-17 01:04pm

Darth Wong wrote:Hey, I loved Space Invaders when it was new, but I dropped it like a flaming turd when Galaxian came out, which in turn got dropped like a handful of earwigs when the moving-background top-down shooters came out, etc.

This is a bit like making Car&Driver review a Ford Model T. It's a piece of history, but it's also a shitty car.

They should have had them review Missile Command... now there's a great game. Fuck, if I found that sitting in an arcade, I'd probably blow a couple of dollars on it before I got bored with it.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-10-17 01:11pm

Darth Wong wrote: This is a bit like making Car&Driver review a Ford Model T. It's a piece of history, but it's also a shitty car.

The Ford Model-T is not a shitty car - they were much more reliable than most modern cars and certainly much easier to repair. (the latter can certainly not be argued!)

In fact, my grandmother used to know somebody who owned a Ford T for all their life and never had it through any major restaurations or refits. I actually think Ford switched to lower-quality materials on the Model A because if they made cars which were as durable as the Model-T, people would only need new cars each 30 years.

Now - the ZAZ 966... that's what I call a shitty car!

Shogoki · Post by **Shogoki** » 2003-10-17 01:27pm

Durran Korr wrote:If these were little kids rather than pre-adolescents, this would be forgivable. But these kids should know better.

Doubtful, the older ones were born in 1990, and any memories about videogames before they were 6 years old is probably just a blur, about pressing some buttons randomly and their older brothers making fun of them, so their earliest clear memories are probably set around 1996, the year the N64 was launched, and the PS was already one year old.

Their earliest memories are about the last SNES games (DKC sequels and things like that) and the then new 3d console games.

The youngest ones probably never understood what a SNES was until much later, even if they got to play with it.

And then, all this is assuming their parents let them play since they were very young(likely).

Just deal with it, we are all old farts when it comes to VG's and the young ones just don't know what we're talking about, if it's older than a SNES, it's ancient history.

Shogoki · Post by **Shogoki** » 2003-10-17 01:30pm

gah, what am i doing

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-10-17 01:35pm

kojikun wrote:hah.. i think this is satire but if it isnt, damn those kids are hillarious.

It's not satire. The only satire EGM publishes regularly in their magazine is Seanbaby's reviews of bad games and Hsu & Chan.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-10-17 01:38pm

Bastards. Why, in my day we had a joystick and one button. And we were damn glad for that button. Damn kids and their 8 button controllers.

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2003-10-17 01:53pm

YT300000 wrote:Okay... an 11 year old talking about how he played GTA3 and liked it?

I'm 14, and my parents won't let me touch Halo, let alone a GTA game.

I think he's bullshitting.

For some reason store people will demand ID from me (i'm 19 and have a facial hair for crying out load) for an 18 video/DVD, but not even make any attempt at all when a kid buys the GTA:VC. The only time i've seen a store person not sell a kid a game was when some little creep tried to buy the Getaway, which was a media circus and had massive 18 signs stuck on it. The kid just went and got his parents to buy it for him.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-10-17 07:42pm

2000AD wrote:
YT300000 wrote:Okay... an 11 year old talking about how he played GTA3 and liked it?

I'm 14, and my parents won't let me touch Halo, let alone a GTA game.

I think he's bullshitting.
For some reason store people will demand ID from me (i'm 19 and have a facial hair for crying out load) for an 18 video/DVD, but not even make any attempt at all when a kid buys the GTA:VC. The only time i've seen a store person not sell a kid a game was when some little creep tried to buy the Getaway, which was a media circus and had massive 18 signs stuck on it. The kid just went and got his parents to buy it for him.

Videogame age labels aren't usually seen as being as strict as they are for movies.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2003-10-17 08:04pm

The Yosemite Bear wrote:I'm 33 and I haven't played GTA, I have played The Getaway, several FPS's and always wanted to do a Roaring twenties/early thirties style FPS, with a nice film noir feel too it. I just don't think that the present gaming criteria would think of a Greyshade series.

I think there's a halflife mod that went for that..i don't remember the name or what became of it though.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-10-17 10:44pm

I think I was born just about the right time... I can remember playing NES all the time at my friends, and even playing some Atari... then, of course, I played the Genesis and the SNES... PSOne... yup.... *zones out remembering playing Frogger and Dr. Mario*

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2003-10-17 11:07pm

Gah! They dissed Handheld football! I had that game, used to play against my brother all the time, it was awesome. Oh well...

Laird · Post by **Laird** » 2003-10-17 11:12pm

Stupid kids.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2003-10-18 11:23pm

The Yosemite Bear wrote:Why am I afraid to look at this, is it because I remember the original Star Trek game?

GAHHH

Yes, I feel old too, YB. This is just sad, hearing these kids talking about the games we knew and loved/hated.

They should have made the little brats play Frogger... or SuperBomber... or Breakout.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-10-18 11:47pm

Frogger is pretty boring...Breakout is superaddictive, though.