Video Games and You

[Cereb Daithi]

Why do none of the new video games that ever come out seem to have the same feel? No next-gen game has ever been able to connect with me on a level that the older ones have ever been able to.

I got thinking. What games mean the most to me? I mean everyone says "mario, metal gear, halo" all that bs. But that's not me. When I think back to warm fuzzy game memories... what do I think back to? Here's the list. Feedback and your own lists welcome. I'm curious to see what everyone else thinks. I have a strange game history. My fav ones aren't necessairly well known games. Hopefully this list reminds you of some of your past.

(I'll try to list them by at least general chronological order)

Max Payne 1&2
Jet Set Radio Future
Pharaoh
Half-Life (just the first one)
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
MechWarrior 3
MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries
Interstate '76
The Curse of Monkey Island
Jet Grind Radio
Myst I, II, & III
Blue Stinger
Sonic Adventure 1& 2(Dreamcast)
Soul Calibur (the original. not one of the many many sequels)
Shenmue I & II (STILL my fav games of all time)*******
Rogue Squadron
Pilot Wings 64
Donkey Kong 64
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Killer Instinct
Star Fox
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Gunstar Heroes (3rd favorate game of all time) **
Battletoads & Double Dragon
Earthworm Jim
Loom
Commander Keen (and all the sequels)
LHX Attack chopper
688 Attack Sub
Wing Commander (the original one)
Duke Nukem (the old side-scroller)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (2nd favorite game of all time)****
Secret weapons of the Luftwaffe
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's revenege
The Secret of Monkey Island
Wolfenstein

I'm sure I can think of more later and maybe I'll update the list. For now that's it. Just coming up with this list was a warm fuzzy trip down memory lane. So many memories associated with every one of those games. It's amazing how a video game can connect with you that much.

[Mr Kleen]

games have changed and [hopefully] so have you. too many variables to solve this equation.

[sirwilliam]

Pong for Atari displayed on a B&W swivel wood case console tv utilizing a crappy 1 watt mono speaker broke my game cherry.

[Cereb Daithi]

It's not so much a matter of whats "good and bad" either. I mean Blue Stinger was a god awful train-wreck of a game.. but it brings back so many fond memories.

[chicken n waffles]

games have changed and [hopefully] so have you. too many variables to solve this equation.

^ this.

different strokes for... you know.

there is no one formula that works. for instance, i never got on board the mmorpg train that's sweeping the globe. i think they suck horse balls (although i'm curious to see how the new star wars game unfolds). however, i'm addicted to fps'es on the pc (not consoles). i can still bust out super metroid or link to the past and be wildly entertained.

[Cereb Daithi]

You missed the point. That's why I why I was interested in what was other people considered to be good.

[chicken n waffles]

and i... just... told you.

[avriette]

for instance, i never got on board the mmorpg train that's sweeping the globe. i think they suck horse balls (although i'm curious to see how the new star wars game unfolds).

you haven't heard about the tf2 mmorpg?

and, yeah, the above are correct. games change, settings change, consoles change. it's sort of like asking you today what you'll be driving in ten or fifteen years (I suppose I played my first video game 25 years ago, give or take; there's no way I could have predicted the things I liked or even was exposed to today).