Favorite Retro Video Game?

Strictly-Dragonball · Post by **Strictly-Dragonball** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 6:43 am

Just wondering if anyone has a fav' game from the early days of console gaming? NES, SNES, Megadrive etc...

I used to LOVE Streets of Rage 2 on the Sega Megadrive when I was young. Beating up thugs to quality tunes can't be beat lol.

beatrush · Post by **beatrush** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 8:43 am

I am putting my "retro" cutoff point before the N64/Playstation/Saturn Era

NES - Mario 3, P.O.W, MegaMan 3, River City Ransom, Guerilla War, Contra, Super C, Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers
SNES - Turtles in Time, Sunset Riders, Chrono Trigger, FF 4 and 6, Secret of Mana, Bahamut Lagoon, UN Squadron, Super Contra, Super Double Dragon, Yoshi's Island
Gameboy - Mario Land 1 & 2
Genesis/Megadrive - Toe Jam and Earl, Sonic 2
Sega CD - Popful Mail, Lunar 1 and 2, Vay, Keio's Flying Squadron, Snatcher
Turbo Grafix 16 - Bonk, Bonk's Revenge

Nat.R · Post by **Nat.R** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 9:03 am

on SNES, my favorit one was Starwings!
and on PS1: Wipe'Out" (Wipeout games are again my favorit at this day)

Strictly-Dragonball · Post by **Strictly-Dragonball** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 9:09 am

My favorite PS1 game is Final Fantasy 7, but up there on the PS1 is a game called Tombi!, Tomba! in the US.

cutiebunny · Post by **cutiebunny** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 9:59 am

NES - Mario 2('cause I could be the Princess...), Mario 3(Who doesn't like the Koopa kids?!), Bibble Bobble, Chip N' Dale's Rescue Rangers(..I never did defeat Fat Cat...sniff!), Legend of Zelda, Megaman 7

Sega Gamegear - Sonic 3

Gameboy Color - Pokemon Silver & Crystal

Gameboy Advance - Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald, Megaman (..) Warrior, Kingdom Hearts Chain Of Memories

iceman57 · Post by **iceman57** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 10:10 am

SUPER NES :
Chrono Trigger - Final Fantasy III (US) - Secret of Mana - Legend of Zelda - Contra 3 - F Zero - Street Fighter 2 - Super Castlevania

GENESIS / MEGADRIVE :
Sonic - Golden Axe - Street of Rage 2 - Castle of Illusion - Quackshot

NES :
Super Mario Bros 3 - Legend of Zelda - TMHT - Ducktales

Strictly-Dragonball · Sun Feb 07, 2010 10:21 am

Yep Iceman, Golden Axe was brilliant as well

Caterfly · Post by **Caterfly** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 11:19 am

Zelda 2, Castlevania, 7th saga, secret of mana, and mario 2 and 3

iceman57 · Post by **iceman57** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 11:36 am

Strictly-Dragonball wrote:Yep Iceman, Golden Axe was brilliant as well

A bit rusty with 2 frames per minute, but really funny, especially with the BGMs that were perfectly fitting the game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XopcZ7dI8Pg&fmt=18

zerospace · Post by **zerospace** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 12:17 pm

Atari 2600: Space Invaders, Pitfall, Pitfall 2, The Empire Strikes Back, Kaboom, Breakout
NES: Legend of Zelda, Mario 1, 2, & 3, Spyhunter, Contra, Tetris, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Gameboy: Super Mario Land

I think my #1 favorite classic was Legend of Zelda on the NES. I've beat that game at least 100 times, and have it on a disc for the GameCube.

It never gets old.

Captain Haddock · Post by **Captain Haddock** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 1:16 pm

Well Strictly-Dragonball as far as side scrolling beat em ups go you really can't beat Streets of Rage and 2 was the best. So your onto a winner there!

I always found the old Amiga games were tops though, Syndicate really couldn't be beaten, but you also had games like Midwinter and Deuteros, which were all really cool strategy games and of course the Forgotten World. Infact as far as original gameplay concepts went I don't think Amiga games could be topped really. Something modern games developers should take note of.

toonybabe · Post by **toonybabe** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 3:31 pm

I am a true blue Sonic the Hedgehog fan, so my favorites will always be the Sonic games on Sega Genesis. The first Sonic game I played was Sonic the Hedgehog 2, but my favorite might be Sonic the Hedgehog 3 with its lock on action wtih Sonic and Knuckles - the hype surrounding that game was so much fun. I was reading the Sonic comics at the time and totally got into it. Have you guys heard that Sega is coming out with Sonic the Hedgehog 4 this summer? It is 3D but scrolls across the screen like the classic Genesis games - I am so excited!

I also had fun playing Mortal Kombat, Donkey Kong Country for the Super Nintendo, Kid Chamelon, The Micheal Jackson video game for Genesis and of course Duck Hunt (I was really young when I first played that one). I never played much Mario - pretty much only when I went over to friends' houses.

EDIT: I totally forgot about Toe Jam and Earl and Echo the Dolphin!

TMarkS · Post by **TMarkS** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 4:04 pm

NES, anything Super Mario.

I favorite game for the SNES is Super Mario RPG. It took my favorite character and exposed me to the goodness that is RPGs.

Playstation, Final Fantasy VII and VIII. (Thank you PS3 Store for selling these games online and introducing a new generation to classic RPGs.)

Strictly-Dragonball · Post by **Strictly-Dragonball** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 4:04 pm

Iceman, I remember that music for stage 1

It really gears you up for the rest of the game. Me and my sis used to play the hell out of SOR 1 and 2 and Golden Axe when we were kids.

That music is cool but this is one reason why SOR 2 is epic!:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggbBJSyq ... re=related

When that tune starts, you know s**t is about to go down LOL.

I actually got a custom Axel Stone figure from SOR 1 made last year as the games are so epic.

Yeah, Captain Haddock, SOR 2 is IMHO the king of beat em' up's, they just don't make games like that any more

Simple, but so much fun!

Strictly-Dragonball · Post by **Strictly-Dragonball** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 4:15 pm

I have that Michael Jackson Sega game too, oddly enough it was actually a really fun game. Even though the concept was... MJ moonwalking through levels saving children while grabbing his crotch

Keep in mind though that game came out when Michael Jackson had the world at his feet, although looking back now it's strange lol.