Old games you hated but everyone else loved.

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 12:35 pm 0

I would agree about the sequels, but when I went back and looked at the original it's just the same. (I try hard to separate my nostalgia from the other reasons why I play old games).

But everyone's supposed to disagree with me so that's OK

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 12:36 pm 0

rowan wrote:And gestures had no keyboard shortcuts Nothing else in ~13years of daily mouse use has given me arm ache to the extent I couldn't use the mouse for a week

Are you playing Quantum in the Lleague?

Reminds me exactly of the gestures (which I thought were a good idea meself). It's having much the same effect on right-arm-stiffness as well.

CharlieF · Post by **CharlieF** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 12:56 pm 0

I never really got on with *any* of the Sonic games. After playing the Mario series, they just seemed a bit empty gameplaywise.
There, that's opened the can of worms...

Michael_ · Post by **Michael_** » Tue Oct 05, 2004 1:06 pm 0

Dio wrote:I would agree about the sequels, but when I went back and looked at the original it's just the same. (I try hard to separate my nostalgia from the other reasons why I play old games).

But everyone's supposed to disagree with me so that's OK

But...ItÂ´s got Trumbles

TheyÂ´re cute, colourful and they make that squeeky noise...

--Michael

Foozwah · Post by **Foozwah** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 7:21 am 0

CharlieF wrote:I never really got on with *any* of the Sonic games. After playing the Mario series, they just seemed a bit empty gameplaywise.
There, that's opened the can of worms...

Well...I really enjoyed the first Sonic (mainly 'cos after the intricate jumpy-fiddlery of too many Mario games it was quite refreshing at the time - enough for me to finally buy a Megadrive, anyway), but as history has borne out, it was a bit of a dead-end, since none of the many follow-ups really did all that much to evolve or expand it, except in fairly gimmicky ways. So I'd give props to Sonic 1 just for sheer exhilaration, but every subsequent Sonic game can pretty much fuck off and die.

And in agreements with other posters, Sabre Wulf, KnightLore and every single goddamn goddawful Epyx "Games" title can fuck right off too. Hard to imagine anything more boring. (Though California Games gets a small reprieve, but only on the Lynx, and only for the surfing subgame on that platform, which until Kelly Slater Pro Surfer was the finest digital surfing fun available, IMHO.

And you know what, after I'd finally cleared one ship in Paradroid, I couldn't be arsed doing any more. Mainly because by then I was fast asleep.

/Matt · Post by **/Matt** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 11:49 am 0

I'm gonna get killed for mentioning these games but anyway

paradroid, wizball and impossible mission.
just not my cup of tea!

Michael_ · Post by **Michael_** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 12:26 pm 0

/Matt wrote:I'm gonna get killed for mentioning these games but anyway
paradroid, wizball and impossible mission.
just not my cup of tea!

Impossible Mission. Agreed.
Wizball. Innovative but ultimately too frustrating and uncontrollable.
Paradroid. Still like it. Great atmosphere, but I still havenÂ´t managed to even clear one ship.

--Michael

Lloyd Mangram · Post by **Lloyd Mangram** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 3:30 pm 0

/Matt wrote:I'm gonna get killed for mentioning these games but anyway
paradroid, wizball and impossible mission.
just not my cup of tea!

Paradroid - Good for a while but quite repetitive.
Wizball - I just cannot get into the gameplay.
Impossible Mission - Again good for a while, but I get stuck after a while.

turk182 · Post by **turk182** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 3:54 pm 0

Palmer Eldritch wrote:
/Matt wrote:I'm gonna get killed for mentioning these games but anyway
paradroid, wizball and impossible mission.
just not my cup of tea!
Impossible Mission. Agreed.
Wizball. Innovative but ultimately too frustrating and uncontrollable.
Paradroid. Still like it. Great atmosphere, but I still havenÂ´t managed to even clear one ship.

--Michael

Wizball ? Nooooooo!

Actually IMHO think the fustration & dodgy controls go after you get to the decent power ups , agree with the other two. Paradroid esp. as you could lose a decent run in the game with one ingame robot takeover (or I was crap at it probs!)

eb · Post by eb » Wed Oct 06, 2004 4:58 pm 0

On
VCS - Space Invaders
C64 - Ballblazer
SNES - Gods
Playstation - Tomb Raider 2 -
PC - Black and White, Quake 3

punkrulesok · Post by **punkrulesok** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 12:27 am 0

Street Fighter 2.

Well, to say I *hated* it would be a tad strong, but back in the early 90's when all those 1 on 1 fighters were doing the rounds, I simply couldnt get into them.

mISTER_jOHNNO · Post by **mISTER_jOHNNO** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 1:59 pm 0

I never got on with the first Super Mario Brothers on the NES.. I could never
quite work out what all the fuss was about .. Later on when I got SNES though..
Super Mario World converted me and ive loved most of the Mario games
since..
I was never into Rescue on Fractalus ..The Eidolon and Ballblazer on the C64
either ..Everyone raved on about them..and when my mate showed us the
games I remember being impressed with the graphics but I struggled to
get sucked in to what was going on..
I wasnt that fond on R-Type .. Uridium (I had a change of heart with it later
on

) .. Parallax.. Hunters Moon ... The list is possibly endless.. Most of the
popular Speccy games I thought were a bit cack as well ..
As for the modern stuff...its Doom 3 all day long for me..

Zen-Chan · Post by **Zen-Chan** » Fri Oct 08, 2004 8:13 pm 0

Street Racer on the SNES/Megadrive

Everyone said it was the new Mario Kart (back when there genuinely were no alternatives).

I said it was a bit smelly.

seuck · Post by **seuck** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 7:36 pm 0

Lloyd Mangram wrote: Wizball - I just cannot get into the gameplay.

Seuck: me too at first but after years I've taken again the joystick and finally I entered gameplay

Paradroid - Never understod what to do...

Coin-op: Quite all from Capcom!

All Street Fighter games. But I love only graphics of Night Stalkers and Samurai Shodown on Neo Geo.

btyler78 · Post by **btyler78** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 11:09 pm 0

For me it would have to be Elite, everyone stills raves about it even today, but I thought it was overrated big time.