What Happened to the Good Old Days: 8/16 Bit?

[RadarRider]

Originally Posted by DKR

Man, I remember begging for a Nintendo too after the family Atari 2600 went by the wayside.

Can't forget about the Turbo Graphix 16 with the portable version that took the same game cards.

Or how about the Neo Geo (I think that was the name)...was like $800 when the original Nintendo came out.

Another classic! Remember Keith Courage & Bonk? As far as the NeoGeo, you could take the cards out, bring them to the arcade, & stick them in any NeoGeo arcade console, advance through a bunch of levels, & bring the card back home & pick up where you left off on your home console! Some bodegas in my neighborhood STILL have some of the old SNK NeoGeo arcade games!

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Last edited by RadarRider : 07-09-2008 at 09:56 AM.

[MrJohnWayne]

oh man let me think about this for a moment..

Excite Bike, metal gear solid, twisted metal, madden 94, Dodgeball, Top Gun, Battletoads, Mortal Kombat, Tekken, rbi baseball, primal rage, NBA Jam, street fighter, killer instinct

many many more but these are all the names that I can remember

[DKR]

Bonk! That was the game I was trying to remember!!

Oh and Tetris, how about Dr. Mario? Same idea but with little pills and bugs! When I moved up to SNES and N64 and all...my Mom stole my origanl Nintendo and wore it out playing those two games! Then she went out and got an updated version so she could play!

And I just got a XBox 360 and the wifey and I got the "new" Tetris...like six different versions to play and up to 4 players can play as teams or head to head!

[my19997.3]

Never considered myself a "gamer". I remember when Sears Roebuck & Co came out with their console called "pong". Just a plain brown console with 2 paddles. Mom & Dad then got my brother an Atari 1600 and then a NES. Today I have the Atari (still works), NES (still works), SNES (still works), N64, PS2, and Sega Dreamcast. My favorite games to play are Duck Hunt, Dig Dug, Excite Bike, Pit Fall, Contra, Dead or Alive 2, and House of the Dead.

The other day I was playing Pit Fall and my wife's friend came over. She asked what I was playing and when I told her Atari, she asked "what's an Atari"? What's an Atari, do you think game consoles evolved overnight!

[ford99PSD]

def. gotta go with Nintendo's Duck Hunt!!! i played that game for hours. and the paperboy game that was cool, you could break the windows on cars and what not. but i really like my Xbox 360 there are some really cool games on it

[RadarRider]

Originally Posted by DKR

Bonk! That was the game I was trying to remember!!

Oh and Tetris, how about Dr. Mario? Same idea but with little pills and bugs! When I moved up to SNES and N64 and all...my Mom stole my origanl Nintendo and wore it out playing those two games! Then she went out and got an updated version so she could play!

And I just got a XBox 360 and the wifey and I got the "new" Tetris...like six different versions to play and up to 4 players can play as teams or head to head!

How about Yoshi's Cookie? Same idea as Tetris & Dr.Mario, but....with Yoshi....& cookies!

[RadarRider]

Originally Posted by my19997.3

Never considered myself a "gamer". I remember when Sears Roebuck & Co came out with their console called "pong". Just a plain brown console with 2 paddles. Mom & Dad then got my brother an Atari 1600 and then a NES. Today I have the Atari (still works), NES (still works), SNES (still works), N64, PS2, and Sega Dreamcast. My favorite games to play are Duck Hunt, Dig Dug, Excite Bike, Pit Fall, Contra, Dead or Alive 2, and House of the Dead.

The other day I was playing Pit Fall and my wife's friend came over. She asked what I was playing and when I told her Atari, she asked "what's an Atari"? What's an Atari, do you think game consoles evolved overnight!

Yep. With the exception of my Atari(R.I.P), all of my old systems still work! Matter of fact, I got all teary-eyed punching in this thread & I'm playing Abadox as we speak!

[mdkallam130]

i have to admit all those games are classics but as far as new games its hard to beat Call of Duty 4.. that game is awsome and the graphics ...wow

sniping has never been so realistic lol

[Farmerjohn]

Mario and duck hunt all my all time favorites, guess im just getting old though I was thinking of all the money you would have wrapped up if you bought all those games at todays prices, and I guess im cheap Ive looked at the ps3s and am no way buying one of them, I can think of things to buy for my truck, I did have a ps2 for awhile but could never find time to use the thing

[scotty2280]

i liked contra, and double dragon, mortal kombat, super mario 3