Really old games you treasure / remember / even still play.

[kibaxx7]

Saw it on another forum and wanted to ask here. Mine (from the tip of my tongue, I have a lot more)

Sonic, Mario, Metroid (the NES / Sega Genesis ones)
Jazz Jackrabbit 1 & 2
Midtown Madness
Gex series
GoldenEye (N64)
Captain Claw
Spyro The Dragon
Dungeon Keeper
Urban Chaos
Age of Empires II (A month ago some friends came over and got into multiplayer, pure awesomeness)
Duke Nukem Atomic Edition

[benji]

You probably should have noted which of those you treasure and which you still play.

I couldn't list the number of old games I remember.

[Andrew]

If five years is long enough to consider a game old, then NBA Live 06 is one of the first games that comes to mind on all three counts for me. As I just posted in the "Games you're currently playing" thread, I'm still planning on picking it up again at some point and finishing my current season as I've really enjoyed that Dynasty.

Super Mario Bros 3 and Castlevania III on the NES are two old favourites that I'll have a stab at from time to time. I've finished SMB3 on the SNES (as part of the Super Mario All-Stars cart) but never finished the NES version, nor have I ever finished Castlevania III. Sid Meier's Pirates! is one of my all-time favourites, these days I generally play the 2004 remake (which again some might consider old at this point, given that it's over five years old).

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time along with Majora's Mask are two others I've played through quite a bit and will play around with from time to time. Having finished them both a couple of times, these days I tend to look for stuff I've overlooked on past playthroughs and try for a bit of sequence breaking. THQ's wrestling games on the N64 (both the WWF and WCW titles) are others I might play for a bit of nostalgia with a match here or there when the mood strikes. It's been a while since I played the older PS2 WWF/WWE games though. GoldenEye, Duke Nukem 3D and Doom II are some first person shooters I'll sometimes go back and play. Commander Keen too, if I've got some time to kill and I really want to go old school. Grand Theft Auto, mostly III and the games based on that engine. And of course, the early games in the Mortal Kombat series.

That's about all that comes to mind for the moment, there's a lot more games that I'd rate amongst my all-time favourites that I mentioned in the Video Game Hall of Fame thread we had some time back but I don't play them quite as much when I'm in the mood for an old favourite.

[JaoSming]

I couldn't list the number of old games I remember.

this....

but to participate, off the top of my head


Treasure

Civ II
NFL Street 1
Gretzky's 3D Hockey
Tiger Woods 2004
Rally Cross
Tobal No. 1
Bushido Blade
Sims 1
GTA 3 Series
N64 AKI Wrasslin games

Still Play

NBA Street 1
ATV Off Road Fury 2
Goldeneye
Super Mario World
Burnout 2

[The X]

Heroes 3

[Lamrock]

Twisted Metal 2 for days

[formx]

NHL 06
NBA live 06
NBA Street v2 and v3
All the Genesis Sonic Titles on Wii
NBA Live 2000
NHL 2001
NHL 2000
Worms Armageddon

[Murat]

Treasure:
- FIFA 2004 (my first video game)
- Marvel Ultimate Alliance (GBA)
- NBA Live 2000
- NBA Live 2001 (my computer suck at this point)
- NHL 2002 (was very slow)
- WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2010 (someone broke the CD)

Still Playing:
- NBA Live 2003
- NBA Live 2004
- NHL 2004
- WWE SmackDown! Here Comes The Pain

[rise]

NBA Live 2003
NBA Live 2000
Roller Coaster Tycoon
Need for Speed Underground 1
Need for Speed Underground 2
Mario Kart (Gamecube)
Mario Kart N64
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Call of Duty 1

I've got a lot more, but I can't really think of them right now.

[kibaxx7]

You probably should have noted which of those you treasure and which you still play.

My bad That would be:

Still Play:
- Sonic, Mario, Metroid
- Jazz Jackrabbit 1 & 2
- Captain Claw
- Age of Empires II
- Duke Nukem Atomic Edition

Treasure:
- Midtown Madness
- Gex series
- GoldenEye (N64)
- Spyro The Dragon
- Dungeon Keeper
- Urban Chaos

[deihatein]

Treasure
NBA Live 2003
San Francisco Rush 2049 (Dreamcast)
Unreal Tournament (Dreamcast)
Sonic Adventure 2
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Starcraft
Battle Realms
Fifa 2002 (PC)
WWE Smackdown Here Comes the Pain

Still Play
Super Mario Bros.
Crash Bandicoot 3
Power Stone 2
Naruto Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3
God of War Series

[Phil89]

Jazz Jackrabbit 1 & 2

Wow, I remember getting the Xmas edition when I was like 5 or 6.

So many of those DOS games were awesome fun. I used to spend hours playing Stunts and Wolfenstein 3D.

And the graphics hold up so well compared to today's games...

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[JaoSming]

Stunts was the shit

[Andrew]

I'm not sure I ever played Stunts. Street Rod II was my old DOS racing game of choice.

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[Phil89]

Yeah, I remember playing that one too.

[Andrew]

I never managed to get up to The King. I could never win the Mulholland Drive race.

[benji]

You kids with your fancy polygons. We played Kroz and we liked it!

And then we played EGA Trek which is still awesome and I think I need to play it right now.

[Axel The Great]

I play all of the games I treasure still, except of course if they don't work. Off the top of my head:

Still Play:
- Mario Kart 64
- Super Smash Bros. (N64)
- GTA III (PS2)
- Super Mario 64
- Conker's Bad Fur Day (best game on the 64! )
- NFS: Hot Pursuit 2 (PS2)
- God of War: Chains of Olympus

I remember playing Twisted Metal Black at one point. I understand why Lamrock loves Twisted Metal, addicting as hell.

Guitar Hero III is the only game I treasure, which I can't play because the red and blue on my guitar don't work.

[[Q]]

You kids with your fancy polygons. We played Kroz and we liked it!

I preferred ZZT. I wish i still had my saved worlds i created. when i was a kid, i made some funny ass recreations of the shitty family vacations i went on

[Andrew]

Still Play:
- Mario Kart 64
- Super Mario 64
- Conker's Bad Fur Day (best game on the 64! )

I don't play those all that often these days but they are still some of my favourites that I'll take out once in a while.

[Houndy]

Still Play
Mario Kart 64 (VC)
All the Super Marios (VC)

[JaoSming]

(VC)

Yep yep, useful.

[Lamrock]

- WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2010

Holy shit man! That game is old as fuck!

[Houndy]

(VC)

Yep yep, useful.

I love Virtual Console. Cheap NES games, and some good N64 games.

[Andrew]

Jon's post in the other thread reminded me of Donkey Kong Country and its sequels on the SNES, also some of my all-time favourites that I'll play again every so often when I'm in the mood for some old school gaming.