Games that never age

[darren]

Re: Games that never age

i can just buy them for their original consoles which i prefer to do.
there is something extra special about playing them on their original consoles.


another i must say will never age is majora's mask.
i know its very recent but for a zelda game it has a very dark tone to it which is unusual for zelda games.

some of the music is very haunting especially in ikana canyon.

check below.

http://youtu.be/eERSuNo-xew

http://youtu.be/KGQ0cU7BMWs

Yeah, I know them well, Horace Goes Skiing was always my fave.

You should look into emulation Darren buddy,
You can play F Zero flawlessly with the BSnes emulator.
Plus all those games I mentioned are playable in MAME, which is an excellent arcade game emulator.

[DemonEyeX]

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others that dont age fior me are the horace games im sure you know them mate.

Yeah, I know them well, Horace Goes Skiing was always my fave.

You should look into emulation Darren buddy,
You can play F Zero flawlessly with the BSnes emulator.
Plus all those games I mentioned are playable in MAME, which is an excellent arcade game emulator.

[darren]

Re: Games that never age

never herard of anty of those games.
not only never played it but never heard of it mate.

others that dont age fior me are the horace games im sure you know them mate.
another is f zero for the snes.

I regularly play Track & Field, Asteroids and Galaga on my arcade cabinet.
They all play as well as they did 30 years ago.

In general, 2D games age much more gracefully than 3D games,
Some early 3D stuff looks terrible these days.

By the way, I can't believe that you've never played Capcom's 1942 Darren.
Classic game, followed up by (in this order) 1943, 1943 Kai, 1941, 19XX and 1944.
Also look out for the similar Strikers 1945 series by Psyiko.

[DemonEyeX]

Re: Games that never age

I regularly play Track & Field, Asteroids and Galaga on my arcade cabinet.
They all play as well as they did 30 years ago.

In general, 2D games age much more gracefully than 3D games,
Some early 3D stuff looks terrible these days.

By the way, I can't believe that you've never played Capcom's 1942 Darren.
Classic game, followed up by (in this order) 1943, 1943 Kai, 1941, 19XX and 1944.
Also look out for the similar Strikers 1945 series by Psyiko.

[darren]

Re: Games that never age

never heard of it.
marble madness is another timeless classic.

1942 at the arcades. It's great to play it even now. It's nearly 30 years old.

[stevewebster]

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1942 at the arcades. It's great to play it even now. It's nearly 30 years old.

[Dancetothe]

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One more that i forgot, abes odyssey. AMAZING!

[Dancetothe]

Re: Games that never age

Worms, Pokemon, pacman, sonic, super mario.

[darren]

Re: Games that never age

Mario and pacman is the best

Space invaders are also a timeless classic.

Elite is another classic that never ages.

[onthebusesfan]

Re: Games that never age

Mario and pacman is the best

[Finnthedude]

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having said that I am hypocritically considering getting serious sam HD 1 & 2 for xbox 360

Don't buy the HD Sam games! The original xbox Serious Sam game WILL play on the 360. I have recently just re-completed it on my 360 and it was great, loved every minute of it. The HD versions from Xbox marketplace aren't worth paying for TBH, just find an original Xbox Serious Sam for pennies on ebay and play that. SS2 won't play on the 360 (yet) but it's not a patch on SS1 anyway.

Cheers,
Finnthedude.

[Cartimand]

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I remembered playing the original dungeon crawl Akalabeth on an ancient Apple II probably 30 years ago. Was delighted to see Akalabeth was available as an app on the ipod touch/ iphone and finally completed the game yesterday. Is that the record for the longest elapsed time between starting a game and finishing it?

[spuggybridge]

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It's not that I support the update, it's the fact that I am caught in the get all the versions cycle that seems to entrap most people who collect things, mind you I will only get them on the cheap I wasn't going down the full price route for a game that as you say I have already got the origionals of. The devs reason for releasing these updates was (as they say) to give a new generation of younger players the chance to play visually updated versions of them, (still think it was a lazy way to make a quick quid mind), They have just released Serious Sam 3, I will have to get the 360 version as the PC version is download only (just not the same as having a hard copy of the game for me).

[Sly]

Re: Games that never age

Why give it a go though, you already played the originals presumably. Shouldn't the devs be putting their time and effort into something wholly new? Saying you might as well give them a go shows support for something you are against in general going by your statements. It's not hypocritical as you obviously want to have a go on them.

[spuggybridge]

Re: Games that never age

In response to the latter part of the statement I never said that I thought serious sam deserved a remake (personally I don't) but seeing that it has been done like I said Hypocritically I might as well give it a go.