Old school video games

[stonebreakerwasgod]

My favorite, bar none, was Defender. After that, it would probably be space invaders, galaga, and maybe baseball. All played on the venerable Atari 5200.

One of the best games of the time, according to yours truly, was one of the first good b-ball games called Lakers Vs. Celtics. It had 5 on 5 with Magic, Kareem, Worthy against the hated Celtics of Bird, McHale, Ainge. Even had Jordan as an up and coming star. I think I played that on a Tandy computer (yeah, you heard me), which I think had like a 100 or so kb of ram. Oh, the good 'ol days before windows.

 

[ACamp1900]

Old Old school-- Galaga

Nintendo-- Tecmo Bowl, Castlevania I II & III,

Super Nintendo-- Bill Walsh CFB and NHL 95

 

[stonebreakerwasgod]

Let's not go there to the old old school. Makes me feel old...

 

[ACamp1900]

Let's not go there to the old old school. Makes me feel old...

as you should:stickoutt

 

[stonebreakerwasgod]

Well, yeah, good thing I drank some rum and coke tonite. Woohoo!!

 

[dudexcore]

wonderboy!!!!

 

[stonebreakerwasgod]

Ya'll got that right...

 

[portlaNDgal]

Arcade game: Spy Hunter. Only played it once in a hotel when I was traveling w/ my family but loved it.

Computer Game: King's Quest. You had to type in all the commands but the graphics were awesome (for that time).

 

[stonebreakerwasgod]

Spy Hunter was cool.

One of the first computer games I played was Oregon Trail. I luved that game! Kind of a choose your own adventure thing.

 

[IrishCalves]

Can I get a shout out for Wolfenstein 3D? The Godfather of 1st person shooter games:

 

[ptrigger]

was Tecmo bowl the game that went left to right on the screen?
instead of top to bottom

 

[NDOM]

Nintendo games: Double Dribble?? Blades of steel?? Mike Tysons punchout?? Contra?? Hogans alley?? Those are some of my favorite.

Arcade Games: Spy Hunter?? Pole Position?? Mrs. Pacman??? and last but not least COMMANDO!!!! That was a sweet game.

360 games: Theres only one and thats NCAA football any year. Oh and NHL Games and I do like the Tiger Woods games as well.

 

[BestBIrish47]

ND our Mother...great games...don't forget super tecmo bowl...on NES, you actually could change your playbook...that was clutch!

 

[stonebreakerwasgod]

Pole Position was pretty dang cool for awhile. Alot better than the first Atari 1600 where all you had was a black screen and two dotted lines for a road. LOL

 

[goldenlid]

Defender by far was the best old school game. Then it is a tie for second between Contra and Tecmo Bowl. In that Double Dribble game the highlights of the dunks were outstanding(ha ha ha...)

 

[IrishRamMan10]

Goldeneye 64!

 

[Irishknight1023]

Goldeneye 64!

^^^Booya^^^

 

[NDOM]

Dont ever forget about good old Burger time and frogger and pitfall. Anyone remember those games?

 

[stonebreakerwasgod]

Pitfall was pretty good for the time. Football was great at the time, only had to know like 2 buttons.

 

[Newc]

What about RBI Baseball...I loved that game.

 

[Fishin'_Irish]

Anyone remember Chip's Challenge?

NES - Tecmo Super Bowl was awesome. Way ahead of the time, and it's still one of the coolest games around. Dusty Diamond All-Star Softball was one of my favorites as well.

Other than that, Goldeneye was pretty cool.

 

[ACamp1900]

What about RBI Baseball...I loved that game.

yeah me too...

also, I'm stunned no one has given any love to Castlevania...

and wtf is defender???

 

[stonebreakerwasgod]

Defender, kind sir, was a hell of a game where you blasted a bunch of stuff. It was on Atari 5200. Might have been a year or 10 before your time.

 

[AlbuquerqueIrishFan]

Street Fighter II was by far the best arcade game of it's time!

Mastering Ken made you unbeatable unless you played another Ken character.

 

[marv81s]

I always enjoyed Joust and Dig Dug and one other game Front Line

 

[ACamp1900]

Defender, kind sir, was a hell of a game where you blasted a bunch of stuff. It was on Atari 5200. Might have been a year or 10 before your time.

Yeah I never saw the 70's... how were they???

 

[thunder44]

Tell you what i used to spend hours playing astroids on atari rolling over the score a few times and can't leave out kaboom that was a great game!!

 

[stonebreakerwasgod]

Yeah I never saw the 70's... how were they???

Groovy

Marsha, Greg, Jan, and I thought the 70's were terrif!! You haven't lived until you wear corduroy bell-bottoms with a silk shirt.

 

[Akron Irish]

Atari - Kaboom and Haunted House

NES - Contra, Tecmo Bowl, Double Dragon

SNES - Goldeneye (Great!!!)

The best game of all time is Maniac Mansion for NES. I'm telling you guys this was way ahead of its time. Addictive.