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"Going Retro"

I have had enough of the current consoles and really, think the main 3 have had their time now. I was willing to pay around £30 for games in the beginning, but now i don't feel i need to. many games don't interest me or are basically tosh. I am going to trade my PS2 + about 23 games and just buy a MegaDrive, Mega CD, Snes and many, many games.

I'm not hanging up my control for good, just going retro. I remember as a youth i could never get bored of tirelessly playing Sonic and Mario games and feel sad tht i've been without the golden old games we all were brought up with.

I'll have a hard time searching for games but when i have them, ill be able to respect them for what they are. Games. We don't play games for fun now and the prices and gameplay haven't always been top notch recently. Also, i don't think ill be missing out on any of the new PS2 games, as the next gen of consoles will be out and i have decided not to get any of them.

My Reason? Price,Time i have to use them, getting a job soon, so i wont be able to spend so many hours on games. I have enjoyed them and have no intentions of giving up, but just going to play some fun classics while they are still just about still around.

Thanks for reading, have a good day.

There are the odd few games which have aged particularly well.

Mario 3 and Super Mario World are examples.
Link To The Past and Chrono Trigger too.

Those 4 games are still better today than most new games.

Tiltawhirl wrote:
> The-IronFlame wrote:
> Minish cap? Link to the past? They're
> still enjoyable today maybe even more than most games nowadays.
>
> Since when has Minish Cap been a retro game?

Er you said 2D games I thought you meant them in general. Maybe you should of "these old games" rather than "these 2D games"

I agree with Tiltawhirl.

I have lots of fond memories of the games I used to play, but whenever I play them, the illusion is shattered.

Though they were great in their day, they only stay that way in memory. When it comes to playing them these days, it rapidly becomes apparent that they were... well... naff.

The-IronFlame wrote:
> Minish cap? Link to the past? They're
> still enjoyable today maybe even more than most games nowadays.

Since when has Minish Cap been a retro game?

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I'd happily go back to my old consoles if there was a way for me to et some of my old favourite games back. I still have a NES and God knows how many games, also an N64 with about 20-30 games, and a Megadrive, where I used to have quite a lot of games but now only have a select few, and they are the boring ones except for one very special one which was my favourite.

Even though i don't know this guy and tilta gives the idea that he's unpopular, I agree with him. Retro is the best way to go - back in the day when games were game and not reality simulators. back in the day when good games mattered and not crap games with gob-smacking graphics.

And Afro hit the nail on the head with that comemnt about N64 simply kicking ass compared to modern gaming systems.

My N64 has had more game time in the past month than my PS2 and Gamecube put together have since 2005 began, easily.

The games might not be technically as good, but for enjoyment purposes, the N64 rips it out of modern gaming systems.

Do it.

Someone brought an N64 round my flat a couple of weeks ago, and it's seen more use than the PS2 has in over 6 months (Goldeneye on 00Agent is still damn hard). If you get bored of retro, you can always pick up an Xbox 360 or something at Xmas.

Secret of Mana? Chrono Trigger? Minish cap? Link to the past? They're still enjoyable today maybe even more than most games nowadays.

Tiltawhirl wrote:

> Oh and those 2D games only seemed so amazing because you were younger
> and they were the latest thing. Most of them will just taste like
> mouldy old pants these days.

except super mario world/kart