Golden Era of Gaming (Please VOTE!)

MT · May 15th, 2008

Following my last thread intention, vote and argue.

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Cheesus · May 15th, 2008

Only been active for the 32bit era... My vote goes to that.

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cowfez · May 15th, 2008

I think of the overlap between the fourth and fith generations as the golden era. You had the snes still going strong and the psx and n64 settling in. There were a lot of good pc games out around then as well.

**SCHUMI_4EVER** · May 16th, 2008

Exactly what I was thinking cowfez.

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Noja87 · May 16th, 2008

Ahhh!!! way to hard too choose. I am btw Fourth and Fifth ...ahhh....fifth. More memorable games were born there for me

And the worse has to be the seventh. NO BLOODY DOUBT ABOUT THAT ONE

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Samor · May 16th, 2008

fifth, I think. Indeed lots of good pc games at the time....

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Paratech · May 16th, 2008

I went for the 16 bit era, at that time you could own a Super Nintendo and a Sega Genesis for ~ $200. I loved both systems

You had great platform games, RPGs, racers, some decent arcade ports, some of the best Nintendo games were started, Mario RPG, Mario Kart, you had the Mario All Stars for free with a Super Nintendo purchase for a while, you had some great Sega games, some of the sports games were primitive but fun, there were some great fighting games, Super Street Fighter, Street Fighter Alpha 2, The best Megaman X games were made.

Squaresoft had it's best RPGs, from Final Fantasy IV and VI, Chrono Trigger, and Secret of Mana, Castlevania IV was great, Super Mario World was fun.

Then there were games like Starfox that had the great graphics at the time.

And the best thing of all, most of the greatest 16 bit games have been digitized and can be played forever! Another 16 bit gamer, play a while, play forever!

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**SCHUMI_4EVER** · May 16th, 2008

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And the best thing of all, most of the greatest 16 bit games have been digitized and can be played forever! Another 16 bit gamer, play a while, play forever!

Or for as long as microsoft does not screw up backwards compatibility for us retro gamers..which they have already started doing in 64bit OSs...

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Paratech · May 16th, 2008

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Or for as long as microsoft does not screw up backwards compatibility for us retro gamers..which they have already started doing in 64bit OSs...

Linux doesn't have a Genesis emulator?

What about compiling Haze's MAME/Genesis emulator for Linux? I could see that as doable!

I'm sure there'd be emulators to run emulators as well...

Don't lauigh, DOSBOX exists for a reason!

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**cottonvibes** · May 16th, 2008

8-bit Nes FTW!

seriously the original nintendo is what started it all IMO.

so much games were made for that system, and alot of those were actually good games.

megaman 1-6, Super Mario Bros 1-3, duck hunt, Zelda 1&2 (well i didn't like Zelda 2....), North and South, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1-3, Battle Toads, Double Dragons... etc.

all those games bring back memories; and all those games you can tell that Gameplay and FUNfactor were the driving motif.
now games are too focused on 3d-realistic graphics.

i think once games started going 3d, it really killed the "love" in games.

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Paratech · May 16th, 2008

Super Mario All Stars was better than Super Mario 1-3, Double Dragon was better on the Genesis, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV rocked, so did Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Metroid, Super Mario World, Yoshi's Island, and The first 3 Megaman X games were also great.

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MT · May 16th, 2008

My first real console (well, the console that actually PLAYED with, cause I had an Atari 2600 that got broken some days after my mom bought it, second hand) was the N64.

I used to hate Sony and Sega back then.

And I always claimed that N64 was more powerful than PS (you know, childish discussions

), but I can't imagine my childhood with a PS. Banjo-Kazooie, Mario and Zelda made my early days and I would not exchange them FOR ANY PS title. =)

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Paratech · May 16th, 2008

I was a Nintendo basher until I purchased a Super Nintendo in March 1994.

Although I was and still am addicted to Vs. Super Mario Bros in the arcade!

My first console was a Sega Genesis, back in September 1992, later I purchased a Super Nintendo.

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**cottonvibes** · May 16th, 2008

the super nintendo era was good, but the NES beat it in terms of games.

the SNES barely had any games compared to the NES.

they even were making new NES games, at the same time as they were for SNES.
meaning that the system could hold its own against the snes.

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Radix865 · May 16th, 2008

The fifth generation... Its been going a little downhill since then, not that many "groundbraking" games lately...

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**jonc2006** · May 16th, 2008

4th gen fools.

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sigmax · May 16th, 2008

the Forth Generation i still can remenber playing Megaman X on snes XD

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galson · May 16th, 2008

Easy, the 16-bit era rocked of course

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Nightmare · May 17th, 2008

Hard to choose between 3rd and fourth. I voted 3rd tho. Those games like Contra, Mario, Chips and Tales, etc just too great although gameplay were very simple. I think gaming world changed a lot and getting much more popular when better graphics consoles like megadrive and snes came out. Both 3rd and 4th generation also golden era for me. I was still in primary shcool or seconadary school that time, nice memory.

Kaizen · May 17th, 2008

super mario world, chrono trigger

16 bit ftw

View Poll Results: Golden Era of Gaming
First Generation (pre 83)	0	0%
Second Generation (pre 83)	0	0%
Third Generation (8-bit)	2	5.41%
Forth Generation (16-bit)	16	43.24%
Fifth Generation (32/64-bit)	17	45.95%
Sixth Generation	0	0%
Seventh Generation	2	5.41%
Voters: 37. You may not vote on this poll

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MT Totally crazy Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Brazil Posts: 2,775	Golden Era of Gaming (Please VOTE!) Following my last thread intention, vote and argue. edit: thanks for editing ref, i love you <3 __________________ Get your weed, condoms & grease, and prepare for the LULZ! Last edited by MT; May 15th, 2008 at 22:32..

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May 15th, 2008	#3 (permalink)
cowfez Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: . Posts: 449	I think of the overlap between the fourth and fith generations as the golden era. You had the snes still going strong and the psx and n64 settling in. There were a lot of good pc games out around then as well.

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SCHUMI_4EVER Hackin 'n Slashin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Corrupt Rapist run South Africa Posts: 11,354	Exactly what I was thinking cowfez. __________________ Intel Core2Quad Q9550 (2.83Ghz stock) \| ASUS P5Q \| 2x2GB Transcend JetRam DDR2-800 \| ASUS ENGTX260\HDTP\896M \| Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 The Champ has retired but may his Legacy live on FOREVER !!!! No$GBA DS FAQ 2.0 Get it right fools! The glass is HALF-EMPTY, not half-full!!! !!! WARNING: Emulation requires a brain !!! WARNING: Emulation =/= Piracy !!!

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Noja87 White Void Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: The End Has Come Posts: 1,945	Ahhh!!! way to hard too choose. I am btw Fourth and Fifth ...ahhh....fifth. More memorable games were born there for me And the worse has to be the seventh. NO BLOODY DOUBT ABOUT THAT ONE __________________

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Samor racing gamer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NL Posts: 6,051	fifth, I think. Indeed lots of good pc games at the time.... __________________ YouTube Channel Current consoles: Xbox360, Playstation2, Dreamcast Geometry Wars: 447850

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Paratech Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Franklin, Pa Posts: 4,137	I went for the 16 bit era, at that time you could own a Super Nintendo and a Sega Genesis for ~ $200. I loved both systems You had great platform games, RPGs, racers, some decent arcade ports, some of the best Nintendo games were started, Mario RPG, Mario Kart, you had the Mario All Stars for free with a Super Nintendo purchase for a while, you had some great Sega games, some of the sports games were primitive but fun, there were some great fighting games, Super Street Fighter, Street Fighter Alpha 2, The best Megaman X games were made. Squaresoft had it's best RPGs, from Final Fantasy IV and VI, Chrono Trigger, and Secret of Mana, Castlevania IV was great, Super Mario World was fun. Then there were games like Starfox that had the great graphics at the time. And the best thing of all, most of the greatest 16 bit games have been digitized and can be played forever! Another 16 bit gamer, play a while, play forever! __________________ -Dreams of getting a new 360 XBOX in 201x. -Current consoles: Playstation 2 and Wii, also has DS/GBA and a PSP 3000 -PC: AMD 5000 2.6 Dual Core, 2GB Ram, 8600 GeForce GT video card, SB Live!, Win XP SP3

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Paratech Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Franklin, Pa Posts: 4,137	Super Mario All Stars was better than Super Mario 1-3, Double Dragon was better on the Genesis, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV rocked, so did Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Metroid, Super Mario World, Yoshi's Island, and The first 3 Megaman X games were also great. __________________ -Dreams of getting a new 360 XBOX in 201x. -Current consoles: Playstation 2 and Wii, also has DS/GBA and a PSP 3000 -PC: AMD 5000 2.6 Dual Core, 2GB Ram, 8600 GeForce GT video card, SB Live!, Win XP SP3

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MT Totally crazy Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Brazil Posts: 2,775	My first real console (well, the console that actually PLAYED with, cause I had an Atari 2600 that got broken some days after my mom bought it, second hand) was the N64. I used to hate Sony and Sega back then. And I always claimed that N64 was more powerful than PS (you know, childish discussions ), but I can't imagine my childhood with a PS. Banjo-Kazooie, Mario and Zelda made my early days and I would not exchange them FOR ANY PS title. =) __________________ Get your weed, condoms & grease, and prepare for the LULZ!

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Paratech Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Franklin, Pa Posts: 4,137	I was a Nintendo basher until I purchased a Super Nintendo in March 1994. Although I was and still am addicted to Vs. Super Mario Bros in the arcade! My first console was a Sega Genesis, back in September 1992, later I purchased a Super Nintendo. __________________ -Dreams of getting a new 360 XBOX in 201x. -Current consoles: Playstation 2 and Wii, also has DS/GBA and a PSP 3000 -PC: AMD 5000 2.6 Dual Core, 2GB Ram, 8600 GeForce GT video card, SB Live!, Win XP SP3

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Radix865 Symmetric-8-cirtemmyS Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Finland, just below arctic circle. Posts: 3,243	The fifth generation... Its been going a little downhill since then, not that many "groundbraking" games lately... __________________ - Soul Eater -

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jonc2006 Mod of Douchebagness™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: USA MD. Posts: 8,797	4th gen fools. __________________ Antec 900/Antec Truepower Quattro 1000W/eVGA 780i SLI/Windows XP Media SP2 & Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP1/Intel Core 2 Duo E8400@4.0GHz/Dual eVGA e-Geforce GTX280 1GB DDR3 SLI Enabled/Creative SB X-Fi XtremeGamer/Corsiar XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400 DDR2/Dual WD Caviar SE16 500GB 7200RPM HDDs The Official jonc2006™ Emotion Chart. Courtesy of PCXL-Fan after he tried to steal my identity on Steam because I am so awesome. Official jonc2006™ Fan Club Official jonc2006™ Trophy Collection

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sigmax Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Dominican Republic Posts: 1,254	the Forth Generation i still can remenber playing Megaman X on snes XD __________________ I like anime just a little

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galson The Big Red Machine Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Éire Posts: 1,454	Easy, the 16-bit era rocked of course __________________ My deviantART \| PS3 news \| General Emulation Forums

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Nightmare ... Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 1,275	Hard to choose between 3rd and fourth. I voted 3rd tho. Those games like Contra, Mario, Chips and Tales, etc just too great although gameplay were very simple. I think gaming world changed a lot and getting much more popular when better graphics consoles like megadrive and snes came out. Both 3rd and 4th generation also golden era for me. I was still in primary shcool or seconadary school that time, nice memory.

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Kaizen Banned Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sucking your penis Posts: 2,717	super mario world, chrono trigger 16 bit ftw