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Your gaming history; Share it with us
Topic Started: Dec 9 2012, 02:51 AM (387 Views)
Spire
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After thinking about it for a while, I thought it might be good to make a topic where everyone can share their Gaming History, as in, what consoles/computers/games people played throughout their childhood.

My gaming history began back in 1992, when I was 4 (holy shit that was 20 years ago, lol). My grandpa was a school principal, and would often bring home an old MS-Dos computer for me to play on. I was crap at them all, but he or my parents would load the games up for me. My favorite at this time was Commander Keen.

Then, in 1993, my parents got an Amiga Commodore PC. My dad usually used it for work, but my mum was a real gamer in her 20's, and I'd sit there and watch her play games until I was confident enough to play them myself. These games included my treasured gems, Superfrog, P.P. Hammer, Lemmings, Pugsy, Fire and Ice, Wizkid, The Lost Vikings, Pang, Locomotion and James Pond.

Most of these games had cheats on them such as unlimited lives, unlimited powerups, etc, which made them really fun to get through, which was quite important because some of those games are extremely hard, especially for a 5 year old.

Then, in 1996, I got a hand-me-down MS-Dos computer of my very own. Even though it was a relic from 1980 with only 640K memory, I loved using it. I learned how to use DOS in order to play the wonderful games on it, but unfortunately some were appallingly slow. I liked them all though and got through it.

With my 2 PC's from 1993-1998, this was my 'golden age' of gaming, from 5-10. It was around this time that my grandparents would let me play my uncle's old Atari and NES systems when I visited, although they didn't have much games. I loved playing Space Invaders, Pitfall, Asteroids and Berserk on the Atari though, and Megaman 2 and Super Mario Bros were my NES favorites.

Then, in 1998, we got a Playstation 1, which began my 'silver age'. The 2 PC's we had were both broken down by this time, and even though my parents only allowed me to play for 30 minutes on weekdays and 1 hour on weekends, I loved the games we had. These include Soul Blade (Soul Edge in the USA), Crash Bandicoot 3 and Crash Team Racing, Spyro 1 and 2, Gex 2 and 3, Ape Escape, Forsaken, Final Fantasy 8, 7 and 9 (in that order), and Digimon World 2003. The PS1 was my number one machine from 1998-2003.

Then, eventually, I used it so much that it broke down and only had about a 1 in 4 chance of booting up properly, which was a shame. But my void was filled by my second old Gaming PC. It was an old Windows 98 thing, but I enjoyed playing games like Command and Conquer, Blake Stone, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom 2 and my favorite game of all, TIE Fighter. I got it in 2002, and it really helped get through those long lonely days in Queensland when it was just so hot you couldn't be bothered going outside.

I also got my first portable in 2001 - a Gameboy Color with Pokemon Red. Dear god I loved that thing, but my nemesis was the battery light. I was allowed to play it as much as I wanted, but I had to supply my own batteries. The rechargeable ones in those days were awful, they only lasted about 1 hour once they died down and needed about 4 hours recharging, argh. But then I got Pokemon Gold in 2003 and that was just magical.

Then, in 2005, I was rewarded for getting through school with a PS2. My first game was Ratchet and Clank 3, and Jak 3. And I fell in love with those franchises as much as Crash Bandicoot and Spyro in the 90's. Sadly I didn't have that much money so I never was able to play through the PS2 library, but I liked the ones I got. Final Fantasy 10, 10-2 and 12, Spyro 5 and Okami.

It's about that time that I got my first Nintendo DS too, and that opened a whole lot of stuff. My favorite games on this one were the Pokemon and Digimon Story games.

Aand after that there's not that much. I got an upgraded desktop PC in 2006 and played the shit out of SNES, GBA, NES and Genesis emulators, too much to mention. And my current PC is a 2009 model that needs to be replaced soon, but I've still had many fun hours on it playing stuff like the Fallout and Portal games.

Oh yes, and I got my PS3 in 2010, eager to play Final Fantasy 13, but only found it to be an average game. I would've regretted it if it hadn't been for the excellent Ratchet and Clank sequels. I also got a PSP and enjoyed Daxter.

And finally, the last console I got was an Xbox 360 a few weeks ago, on which I'm thoroughly enjoying playing Tales of Vesperia.


So with that gush done, how was your gaming history?
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A, video games. Without them I'm pretty sure I'd be nothing like what I am today.

The first system I ever owned was like most people the good old Nintendo entertainment system. We had a handful of games including the duckhunt/Mario bros double cart that was basically the only thing we played. At the same time however, we also had a Sega Genesis, and a good many games on that system such as mortal kombat. Lastly I was a proud owner of a gamboy color and the omnipresent pokemon games which ushered in an entire age. I missed out on the super nintendo completely, not even realizing it existed until several years later.

After this is what I like to call the 'Golden age of gaming.' It was the rise of the two most influential systems ever to hit the states, The Nintendo 64, and for the first time ever, the Playstation. For the longest time we couldn't afford either, and resorted to renting the system and the game Yoshi story, which me and my brother would play for literally hours every weekend trying to beat (We never did).

However, one christmas, all that changed, we opened up the biggest present under the tree and lo' and behold an N64, complete with pokemon stadium. This system would become no doubt my most played and cherished system to this day. I still own it and a box full of games, and like to whip out the old starfox 64 or Turok 2 whenever I'm getting a nostolgia itch. Some time afterward, we got a playstation, though my age at the time prevents me from recalling when or how. This is essentially what made me a fan of Sony today, since it had one of the most influencial games in my life, Final Fantasy 8. Again late to the party I'd missed the whole 'FF7' bandwagon by the time I owned a playstation, and instead 8 was my pick since I'd seen my cousin playing it before. It started my love of RPGs before I even knew what those were, and I somehow, someway beat it without ever actually learning how to play the game until years later.

The days went on this way, carved out by bouts of smash brothers, pokemon, and final fantasy leading the charge.

Next came the storm, the aftermath of a great era was followed up by one just as great, as the gaming world was shook by the presence of 3 new systems. Nintendo's gamecube, Sony's Playstation 2, and newcomers microsoft's Xbox. The gameboy advanced was somewhere in here aswell, and I still consider it the king of handheld gaming. This trinity of powers would come to be known as the 'Silver Age of Gaming.' This time our parents were on the ball, and we had all 3 at some point or another. While I can't remember anything on the Xbox besides Halo, it took a backseat to the gamecube. The graphics on these new systems were amazing compared to the polygonal shapes on the N64 we called people. While our Gamecube library was quite extensive over the years, by far the most well known and fun had to be Super Smash Brothers melee. We'd spend hours alone with friends just bashing each others brains out.

Through all this fun, one system stood above the rest, and that was the Playstation 2. To this day the best selling system in existance, the playstation 2 brought with it literally hundreds of games. Instantly I was hooked, all my old playstation games plus the likes of Tony Hawks, Armored Core 2, God of War, Final Fantasy 10 and countless others, sign me up. The hours I spent playing that system were no doubt equal to the lifespan of your average dog. This also hooked me on the Kingdom hearts series, which I picked up at a rental store just to see what all the hype was about and promptly beat within the course of 3 weekends. The second I bought properly, beating it in turn. Still waiting on the 3rd installment.

Around the cresendo of this era, I purchased the game Resident Evil 4. Having no previous experience with the series aside from a few minutes of watching my cousin play the second one, I bought it on word of mouth alone. Needless to say it was awesome, a feat none of the sequels have managed to mirror so far.

We're nearing present day now as the next 3 systems hit the shelves, this time the players where all the same, and Microsoft finally made a name for itself with it's Xbox 360. Sony continued doing what they've always done with the PS3, and Nintendo went way into left field and brought out the Wii. Something at the time we'd known as the "Nintendo Revolution," supposedly a black awesome new system.

Again our parents were on the ball this time, but in this case the battle lines were clearly drawn. My brother got the 360, and I the PS3. Our paths in gaming drifted then, and while we remain brothers and friends to the end, Call of Duty will never be as cool as Metal Gear! This era had it's own share of greatness. The afformentioned Metal Gear Solid 4, God of War 3, Armored Core for Answer, and perhaps one of my favorite games to ever be, Darksouls. While it failed to live up to the greatness of it's predecessors, this generation was no slouch when it comes to content.

It was here however that I felt a shift in the gaming community, and gaming in general. Be it the simple fact that I was older or the new innovations that the gaming behemoths had made, gaming had changed. The prime cause for this, I feel, was the internet. Gone were the days of Nintendo power, of finding secrets through friends or by sheer luck, or god forbid a strategy guide. The internet had evolved from a silly device used for Solitare and Spiderman Cartoon Maker to a massive world of information, and most importantly, sharing. Anything could be found at the push of the button, be it how to beat a game, or the game itself. Region locks and new security methods were implementing in the name of 'anti-piracy' to prevent people from simply mass producing the games for free the moment they had a copy. This prompted the use of DLC and extensive piracy protection via codes or accounts, changing what was once a platform to enjoy gaming into an extravagent laptop.

Nintendo had become a gimmicky mess, using their family friendly super fun kawaii system to appeal to a target audience so wide it might as well be called the Nintendo Sellout. The Xbox has all but given up on originality, using Call of Duty and it's numerous clones as their sole source of income. Playstation, while sticking to their gaming roots and target audience, is becoming swayed by the more Hardcore crowd aswell as their competitors, and has started to implement shallow gimmicks into a system that was more or less a PC to begin with.

With the newly announced WiiU (a tablet) and the 3DS (a smartphone) Nintendo is on it's way to the inevitable conclusion. They will become a cellphone company, one to rival apple as they battle it out. Microsoft will likely delve further into PC territory along with Sony, eventually becoming indistinguishable from a computer, and leaving PC gaming as essentially the only platforum left as computers become even more advanced. Eventually gamers themselves will be seperated, between the elite PC gamers and indie players who feverantly use only the latest and greatest and the retro gamers who cling to what once was as they become increasingly out of touch with the gaming world.

And so, in this twilight of gaming, we have reached a breaking point. What will become of the future of gaming? Will it fade away with the very people who grew up with it as our children are raised on angry birds and fruit ninja, unaware things like 'consoles' and 'gamers' ever existed. Or will there be some sort of new shift, something that will revolutionize the world of gaming and steer it towards a brighter path? Only time will tell.

And so we wait, thinking of what was, is, and could be. Nintendo power, a magazine which literally defined the gaming world in years past, is now printing it's final issue on December 11th. Will you buy it? Will you acknowledge the former greatness of the past or let it die peacefully and focus on what is to come?

Regardless, whichever course of action you chooose to take from here on out. You, me, and everyone else who lived in these times. We are, and will always be, gamers.

So remember gamers, when all else fails.

Game. The fuck. On.
Edited by Elixir, Dec 9 2012, 10:16 AM.
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