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Janizdreg

Favourite games on old platforms

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It's nostalgia time! Name three games you liked best for each gaming platform you had during and before the era of 16-bit consoles & 386s. Personally I couldn't get enough of (among many others) these:

---[ NES ]---
Battletoads
Blaster Master
StarTropics

---[ Megadrive ]---
Earthworm Jim
Light Crusader
Streets of Rage 2

---[ SNES ]---
Contra III: The Alien Wars/Super Probotector - The Alien Rebels
Super Metroid
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles IV

---[ PC ]---
Commander Keen 1
Lemmings
Space Quest II

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PC:
Arctic Fox
Wolf3D
Crystal Caves

Commodore 64:
Cosmic Relief("Terramex" in the UK)
Test Drive
Turbo Outrun
(And many more...)

NES:
Super Mario 3
Ultimate Basketball
Double Dragon II

Gameboy:
Tetris
Dr. Mario
Final Fantasy Adventure

And the only console I've owned since then is PS2.

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Janizdreg said:

Are you masochist or do you just like lying?


Well, besides Keen, what else was quality out there for a three-episode platformer in 1992?

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Janizdreg said:

Are you masochist or do you just like lying?

I actually liked Jill of the Jungle a lot. I only had the shareware but I played it more times than I can count, always enjoying it.

Hmm...
NES
Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 3
Dr.Mario
Snake Rattle 'n' Roll
Kirby's Adventure
Excite Bike
And others.

Megadrive
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (& Knuckles)
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (& Knuckles)
Sonic & Knuckles
Streets of Rage 2
And a few more.

SNES
Kirby Superstar
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Island
Super Mario World
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Metroid (though I didn't get to play it much, I recognize it as a great game)
Super Bonk
And maybe a little bit more.

Sega Game Gear
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble
Cool Spot
Legend of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse
And maybe some more.


I would put gameboy, but it still has some games that were released in the past few years.

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DOOM Anomaly said:

I actually liked Jill of the Jungle a lot.

Ok, I must admit it wasn't that bad of a game back in the day now that I think about it - especially considering I myself played games like Secret Agent & Crystal Caves and actually thought they were excellent. Those truly were the g... g... gloomy old days.

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Sega Genesis:
- Sonic Series
- Mortal Kombat Series
- Sunset Riders (I liked it more in the Arcades though)
- Two Crude Dudes
- Earthworm Jim series

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gameboy
metriod II, next to doom and all time favorite classic.
mario 3 for GB
turtles for GB

NES
super mario 1 & 3, thats about all i played for NES

sega
sonic the hemp hog, i mean hedge hog 2
sonic and knuckles

intel 486DX/88Mhz
not a side scroller, but doom is the all time classic for me
commander keen, all
jill of the jungle


atari 2600
pitfall
adventure, get the cup and fight ducks.
quest, some adventure game with better graphics than adventure.

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[nes]
Legacy Of The Wizard
Megaman 1-6
SMB 1, 2, 3
Blaster Master
Karnov
Contra
Friday The 13th
Goonies II
Castlevania II

[SegaCD]
Eye of The Beholder

[Snes]
Super Mario World
Star Fox

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I only had a Genesis and SegaCD, though I got the SegaCD way after it had died for like $20 (including a bunch of games)... aaaaanyways:

Genesis:
Sonic 1/2/3/K
Vectorman 1/2
Ristar
Maximum Carnage (even though it was way too hard)
Contra Hardcorps (same)
Earthworm Jim 1/2
Comix Zone
Toy Story (even though it kept repeating itself they really got a lot out of the Genesis with that game)
Rocket Knight 1/2 (2 more than 1)

SegaCD:
Sonic CD
Sewer Shark

... I didn't have any other games for SegaCD that were any good, and Sewer Shark wasn't really even that great, but it was pretty fun and addictive until the game froze midway through because the damn cd had a scratch or something :(

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Erm, I only owned 2 "platforms":

PC
Civilization
Turbo Science
Commander Keen 4

Commadore 64
Choplifter
Jumpman
Frogger

I think those all fit into the criteria. Those are basicaly the games I played a lot before Doom came out. Also for PC I played Duke Nukem 1+2, Bio menace, Halloween Harry/Alien Carnage, Space Quest 1-3, King's Quest 2, Police Quest 1-3, Eco Quest, Eco Quest: Rainforest, Freddy Pharcus, The Adventures of Willy Bemish, Galactix, Raptor, Treasure Mountain, Where in the USA/World is Carmen Sandiego?, The Incredible Machine, Jill of the Jungle, Xargon, Killoblaster, Major Stryker, Mutant Space Bats of Doom, Astrofire, Blake Stone, Catacomb Abyss, Wolfenstein 3D, Rise of the Triad, the Epic pinball games, Dune 2...

Erm, I think that's all the ones I played frequently. Not sure if all those were made before Doom. Those were the games I played before I got into Doom though. I'm sure Jazz Jackrabbit and Hous Pocus were made afterwards but they'd be on that list too.

Other Commadore 64 games I played were: Save New York, Impossible Mission, Congo Bongo, Shamus 1+2, Pitfall, Pac-Man, Dig-Dug, Centipede, Donkey Kong, some Sesame Street game, and a few others that I can barely recall. Heh, I remember one game where you started out piloting a plane out of a hanger. I could never make it out of the hangar. :(

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Speccy:
Dizzy series
Spy vs Spy
Chaos
Lords of Chaos
Chase HQ
Ghost Hunters
Super Robin Hood

Megadrive:
Sonic series
Streets of Rage series
Strike series (Desert, Jungle, Urban)
Micro Machines series
Worms (until I got the infinitely better PC version)

Early PC:
Legend
Lemmings series
Wolfenstein
Keen series
The Settlers (after 4 meg upgrade)

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PC:
Jetpack
Jill of the Jungle
Crystal Caves
Keen Series
Hugo series

SNES:
Super Metroid
Super Mario World


And that's about it. :)

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Genesis:
Contra Hard Corps

SNES:
Demon's Crest

NES:
Gargoyle's Quest II

Compy 386:
VGASharks
D*Generation
Robocop 3D
4D Boxing

Lappy 486:
Doom
Heretic
ROTT

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Amiga:
Golden Axe

Early PC:
Wolfenstein 3d (and pretty much nothing else - didn't get to try that many games back then)

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Danarchy said:

I played Bio menace, The Incredible Machine, Dune 2...

Oh man, I just loved those *sheds a few nostalgia tears*

I must say I'm quite surprised no one has mentioned Xenon 2: Megablast, it still being one the best arcade shooters in existance.

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NES:
Contra
Journey to Silius
Guardian Legend

SNES:
Contra 3
Combatribes
Maten Densetstu
Shadowrun (._. .. right)

PSX:
Doom
Re 1,2,3
Wipeout
Tunnel b1
Tekken

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Spectrum:
City
Turmoil
Ant Attack
Sabre Wulf
Horace Goes Skiing

PC:
Doom + Wolf
Halloween Harry
Jill of the Jungle
Nearly Anything published by Apogee

Come to think of it, i only got the spectrum a few years ago... Makes me wanna get a new one :(

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Game Gear:
-Wimbledon
-Donald Duck's Lucky Dime Caper
-Mickey Mouse and the Castle of Illusion

SNES:
-Donkey Kong Country
-Street Fighter II
-FIFA '96

286:
-Grand Prix (Yes, the very first one!)
-The Hugo games (not the troll; the Zak McCracken:esque ones, i.e. "Hugo's House of Horrors"...)
-Sopwith

Fun topic!

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NES

-River City Ransom
-Solar Jetman
-Bionic Commando
-Elite


Genesis / MegaDrive

-Gunstar Heroes
-Greatest Heavyweights
-Maximum Carnage
-Mega Bomberman
-Road Rash 2
-NHL 96
-Theme Park
-Mortal Kombat II and III
-Psycho Pinball
-Micro Machines Turbo Tournament 96


PC and Amiga

-Lemmings series
-Populous
-Worms
-Sim City (the original and best)

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NES:
Ikari Warriors
SMB1-3
Ice Climber
Xite bike
Castlevania

Atari ST:
Cannon Fodder
Knightmare
Future Basketball
FLOOD
International Karate +
F29 Retaliator
Rick Dangerous 1
Xenon 1-2
Golden Axe

SNES:
Donkey Kong County

PC:
Syndicate
Syndicate Wars
American Revolt
Cannon Fodder 2
Jazz Jack Rabbit
Big Red Racing
Rollcage stage 2
Firestorm Thunderhawk 2
Doom
Duke Nukem 2
Halloween Harry
Wacky Wheels
Raptor
Descent

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TI 99/4a:
A-maze-ing
Hunt the Wumpus
Parsec
Superfly
TI-Invaders

Amiga (presumably):
Truck Driver (Trucker?)

Apple/2e:
Lemonade Stand
Odell Lake
Oregon Trail
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?

Early IBM-compatible (-1994):
Cannon Fodder 2
Civilization
Commander Keen I-VI (part. I & IV)
Doom
Leisure Suit Larry 2
Lunatic Fringe (came with More After Dark)
(Secret of) Monkey Island
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge
Scorched Earth
SimCity
Space Quest
Ultima VII (and VII: Serpent's Isle)
Warheads for Windows

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-NES
tecmo super bowl
megaman 2, 3 & 4
contra
kid icarus
bionic commando
blaster master

-SNES
final fantasy 3
earthbound
killer instinct
NHL 96 & 97
contra 3
r-type 3
gradius 3
super metroid

sargebaldy said:

Apple/2e:
Odell Lake

HELL YES

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Janizdreg said:

YES.

See, you people fail to realize that I was stuck on a 486 until around 2000. I don't think this thread would be complete without a mention of Bio-Menace, either. The one thing I remember about that game, besides the guy having a mullet, is how ridiculously happy the music always was.

Although, I suppose if you really want me to be serious, I honestly did love the Space Quest series. The fourth one used to crash all the time though, which pissed me off.

Finally, I need to mention the greatest SNES game ever that's not called Super Mario World or Out of This World: NHLPA HOCKEY 1993. The best part was the glitch where if you went around the back of the net, the goalie would get stuck momentarily so you had like two seconds to take a completely wide open shot.

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Kid Airbag said:

The best part was the glitch where if you went around the back of the net, the goalie would get stuck momentarily so you had like two seconds to take a completely wide open shot.

That never really went away in the rest of the 16bit NHL9x games...heh

That, and backhand shots from the bottom left portion of the bottom right circle...and wrist shots from the top right of the top left circle

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Kid Airbag said:

YES.Although, I suppose if you really want me to be serious, I honestly did love the Space Quest series. The fourth one used to crash all the time though, which pissed me off.

I actualy own a copy of that game, though sadly I cannot play it because there is a serious coding error in that game that makes it run too fast on a Pentium or faster machine. It is apparntly unfixable by any slowdown programs too. The big problem with this is that there are many timing-sensitive things in that game (such as the cyborg patrols at the beginning) that will kill you right off the bat with these glitches. :(

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