Shawn, I had a question for ya....

RememberShaqFu? · Postby **RememberShaqFu?** » January 4th, 2007, 11:29 am

Just as a means of taking a break from all the constant back and forth that goes on in this forum, I had a couple of friendly questions to ask ya.

1). What was the game that actually got you into playing games? I also want to ask everybody(including myself) to refrain from bashing Shawn for his answer as I am officially declaring this a bash-free topic!

2). What was the game that you looked forward to the most and disappointed you the most?

....Personally, I think that Keystone Kapers was the first game I remember playing. However, the game that got me hooked on video games for good was the original Super Mario Brothers. I still remember walking through a Sears and they had a kiosk with it....I begged my mom to let me play it for a few minutes and it was three of the most magical minutes of my life. It captured my five year old imagination in ways that no game since has pulled off.

I think the game I looked forward to the most that disappointed me to no end was probably Final Fantasy IX. I had loved each FF, up until VIII(too far out for my tastes) and IX seemed like a happy return to the more whimsical themes of VI but all it turned out to be was a bland, unmemorable retread. It was the first FF that really had nothing new to offer me.

Ok, Shawn, your turn.;-)

Shawn · Postby **Shawn** » January 4th, 2007, 11:59 am

Wow! I have friends here! This is a good topic and I agree and am responsible for this; there is too much bashing that goes on. My New Year's resolution was to lose 10lbs and be more open minded. Anyway..back to topic...

Hmmmmmm......

I would have to say that the game that really got me into video games was Questron for the C-64. I had a 2600 for years and loved it but right around the time it started to collect dust I scored a major coup and got a C-64 for Christmas. My buddy Joe gave this game to me (no instructions or maps) and said I had to play it. I was like, "I hate adventure games". Plus I don't know what the hell I am supposed to do. After about five months of the 5 1/4" disk sitting around I popped it in and was hooked right away. Questron had me hooked for many hours and I played through it twice. It is my favorite game of all time! Twenty years later it gets my vote for besting video game ending EVER! Nothing else is even close.

The game I was most disappointed with? That is actually tough. I'll give it some thought and get back to you.

Shawn

RememberShaqFu? · Postby **RememberShaqFu?** » January 4th, 2007, 12:18 pm

You know, after hearing so much about the C-64 from people on this forum and in Retro Gaming, I might take a stab at picking one up.

Adamant1 · Postby **Adamant1** » January 4th, 2007, 12:52 pm

Here's another C64 recommandation - while the first game I remember playing is Outrun, it wasn't the playing part I enjoyed, as I found that too hard, so I preferred just sitting in the cabinet pretending to drive. My cousin's C64GS and the game Flimbo's Quest was what made me really enjoy gaming.

As for greatest disappointment, Bomberman 64. I mean, it's Bomberman, how can the possibly screw that up by turning it into a 3D game? By making it some sort of pseudo-platformer/puzzle hybrid, that's why. Easily the most loathed game in my collection, and I own the CD-i Zelda games.
There's also Pokemon Stadium, where I expected an RPG and only got a bunch of battles, but I learned to like it as I understood that Pokemon was about strategy, balance and movesets, not just hammering the A button with the cursor on an attack move (however, it should be said that Pokemon Stadium isn't anything more than a handful of opponents you fight with specific rules in motion, and could've easily been incorporated in the GB games. The game is also completly worthless if you don't own the GB games, as you can't change the movesets of the rental monsters, and the one's they come with in the game are absolutely horrible. It's more of an expansion than a new game, really).

Shawn · Postby **Shawn** » January 4th, 2007, 12:53 pm

Once I get the game room finished (which is a ways away) I am going to get the vintage setup. C-64 Monitor, Disk Drive and Keyboard...I think you can pick them up pretty cheap but who knows. If you want a good source for the C-64 go to www.lemon64.com. Lots of reviews and such. I think the reason why I have a hard time getting into Nintendo is b/c of the C-64. Basically, I mean the C-64 was my NES...the system I grew up on. I think if things were turned around I would be the biggest Nintendo supporter of all time. Trust me, if Commodore was still around I would have that system in my house.

As far as my most disappointing game.....hmmmmm....which games did I have high expectations for and then came crashing down on me moments after playing it? There are plenty of crappy games out there but some you play despite themselves. I guess I would cast my vote for "my most disappointing game" to Brothers in Arms for the Xbox. Being a huge Wargame/FPS/Action buff..I had high hopes but...this game just stunk. Plus, it never attempted to deliver on its strategy elements. I was pumped up for this game b/c it was supposed to offer something different in this genre but never delivered.

There you have it...the best and worse of....now let me get off work so I can play Oblivion for a bit!

andrew · Postby **andrew** » January 4th, 2007, 9:53 pm

[QUOTE=Adamant]Here's another C64 recommandation - while the first game I remember playing is Outrun, it wasn't the playing part I enjoyed, as I found that too hard, so I preferred just sitting in the cabinet pretending to drive. My cousin's C64GS and the game Flimbo's Quest was what made me really enjoy gaming.

As for greatest disappointment, Bomberman 64. I mean, it's Bomberman, how can the possibly screw that up by turning it into a 3D game? By making it some sort of pseudo-platformer/puzzle hybrid, that's why. Easily the most loathed game in my collection, and I own the CD-i Zelda games.
There's also Pokemon Stadium, where I expected an RPG and only got a bunch of battles, but I learned to like it as I understood that Pokemon was about strategy, balance and movesets, not just hammering the A button with the cursor on an attack move (however, it should be said that Pokemon Stadium isn't anything more than a handful of opponents you fight with specific rules in motion, and could've easily been incorporated in the GB games. The game is also completly worthless if you don't own the GB games, as you can't change the movesets of the rental monsters, and the one's they come with in the game are absolutely horrible. It's more of an expansion than a new game, really).[/QUOTE]

I found that bomberman 64 made an excellent multiplayer game with the ability to kick bombs at yur foes stunning them before the bomb destroys them.

JustLikeHeaven1 · Postby **JustLikeHeaven1** » January 5th, 2007, 10:02 am

I think the games that really got me into videogames were the old atari 2600 classics. I can remember waking up to play frogger at like, 6:30 in the morning. I also loved River Raid and Pitfall.

I also played a number of games on my old Apple II gs computer. I remember playing the hell out of a game called Movie Monsters. You basically played a classic movie monster (Godzilla, Mothra etc...and you had to either destroy or escape a city). It was primative, but I really enjoyed it.

Those are are what got me into gaming...my NES is what kept me there. I still remember the first time I saw Rad Racer and my Dad's friend's house. It was like an arcade game to me. Soon after my dad bought the family a NES with Super Mario Bros and I was forerver hooked.

My biggest disapointment in videogames was Earthworm Jim 64. EWJ was easily my favorite character in the 16 bit era and I heard the game was so bad that I never even bought it. Jim wasn't heard from for a long long time.

My other disapointment came from Doom on my 32X. Now I wasn't upset at the gameplay...I thought it was amazing and I wanted to own it ever since my neighbor showed it to me on his computer. What made the experience bad, was that after I played the game for a short period of time I got motion sickness...thus ruining FPS for me until this very day.

RememberShaqFu? · Postby **RememberShaqFu?** » January 5th, 2007, 11:46 am

Ohhhh, I forgot about EJ64!!! God, that game was wretched! Before I forget one, I have to add Shadowgate 64 to that list!! The original was one of my fav nes games so I freaked when they announced the one for 64!! I kept thinking to myself "this will be great, along with Deja Vu 64 and Uninvited 64!!" God, that game was L.O.U.S.Y.!!!! SLOOOOOOOOOW!

Paul Campbell · Postby **Paul Campbell** » January 7th, 2007, 10:34 pm

[QUOTE=Shawn]

Once I get the game room finished (which is a ways away) I am going to get the vintage setup. C-64 Monitor, Disk Drive and Keyboard...I think you can pick them up pretty cheap but who knows. If you want a good source for the C-64 go to www.lemon64.com. Lots of reviews and such. I think the reason why I have a hard time getting into Nintendo is b/c of the C-64. Basically, I mean the C-64 was my NES...the system I grew up on. I think if things were turned around I would be the biggest Nintendo supporter of all time. Trust me, if Commodore was still around I would have that system in my house.

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I have a TON of Commodore stuff that is basically in storage if anybody needs help getting a system together. There was a time a few years ago when it seemed like anytime I went to a Goodwill or second hand store to look for classic games, that there were always a few Commie drives or monitors or something to be found. So in hopes of putting together sort of a few backup systems for when my setup broke down, I bought whatever I saw. I forgot that Commodore stuff is LITERALLY and ABSOLUTELY the MOST DURABLE computer or console equipment EVER MADE (I challenge anyone to name a more durable and longer lasting line), so now I have all this extra stuff.