"Do you remember when.."

[Azure-Supernova]

Do you remember when Portal references were still funny?

Do you remember having to reach around your huge CRT TV to fiddle with the RF trying to get a good picture?

Do you remember playing GTA3 for the first time with a friend and blindly ignoring the story, instead taking it in turns inbetween 'Wasted' and 'Busted' screens.

Do you remember your grandmother being elite at every Super Mario Bros. game and hogging the controller from your 6 year old self? No... just me?

 

[Realitycrash]

Remember shareware? Remember spawn copies?
Look how greedy game companies are now.

Shareware <3
And playing the new demos that you got on CD when buying a PC-magazine, because they did not exist for download.

 

[VincentR]

Remember the first time Captain Hector appeared in his shiny space ship and reminded you to not forget to buy the full version of Escape Velocity?

Do you remember the first time you read the desperate message from Leela, stating that the ship had been boarded at 0820 hours by unknown hostile forces and that all personnel were to arm themselves and fight for their lives?

 

[The Code]

Remember shareware? Remember spawn copies?
Look how greedy game companies are now.

Shareware <3
And playing the new demos that you got on CD when buying a PC-magazine, because they did not exist for download.

I remember that. I still have some of the old Eidos demo CDs in my collection. Those were the days, I tell ya...

 

[Realitycrash]

Remember the first time Captain Hector appeared in his shiny space ship and reminded you to not forget to buy the full version of Escape Velocity?

E s c a p e V e l o c i t y <3

Oh god, I spent so many hours playing that game, grinding, grinding, GRINDING to get my Kestrell.

 

[standokan]

Do you remember when a bug in your computer actually meant a bug in your computer?

 

[aegix drakan_v1legacy]

Not QUITE the same question but...

Do you remember the piranha plant you roasted in 5-1?
And were you there when his family received the news about their son?

I will give a cookie to the one who gets this reference.

 

[Doclector]

do you remember

...I remember don't worry worry, how could I ever forget, the pain doesn't show, but the hurt still grows, no stranger to you and me BA-DUM-BA-DUM-BA-DUM...

Ahem. Do you remember when no one knew the cake was a lie, or the true significance of the words 'would you kindly'?

Ah, good days. Good, 'Internet induced spoiler' free days...

 

[Ranorak]

Do you remember when this was awesome

In those days you could still videotape your brother in his pyjama's.

...WHAT!?

 

[Snake Plissken]

Do you remember that one time on the Escapist someone decided to make a thread about how everyone remembers stuff from shit that happened "a long time ago", but all it did was make me feel really old because everyone wants to talk about the PS1/N64 wars or how Pokemon used to only have 150 Pokemon or the annoying sound of dial-up internet or how all cell-phones used to be huge or how they had to swap discs in games?

Why aren't you people old enough to remember time before cellular phones?! Or the internet?! Or disc-based gaming?! Or the console wars more than 2 generations ago?! Or, God-fucking-forbid, POKEMON?!

Why do I feel so OLD?!

 

[TheAceTheOne]

Do you remember when there was no in game Iron Sights? And when you couldn't climb over waist high obstacles or jump?

If not, I sincerely envy you. Even though I just played Doom I and actually had fun, despite aforementioned limitations.

 

[Realitycrash]

Do you remember when this was awesome

In those days you could still videotape your brother in his pyjama's.

...WHAT!?

Original Prince of Persia. The only Prince of Persia game I have played, by the way.

 

[Canid117]

Do you remember when G4 Tv had more than one game related show?

 

[Nikolaz72]

Remember shareware? Remember spawn copies?
Look how greedy game companies are now.

Shareware <3
And playing the new demos that you got on CD when buying a PC-magazine, because they did not exist for download.

I remember once my father got a Ground Control Demo with PC-Magazine and I was like. WOAH, and he was like. woaaa- and then it was like. . ooh.. Amazing graphics! OMG you can like, have 3d!? and your infantry can like.. Enter buildings, AND Vehicles!?

 

[Custard_Angel]

Do you remember owning a land line?

You don't?

Just as cheap to have a mobile + you can take it anywhere.

 

[putowtin]

A topic for all you gramps and grannies out there! Every sentence must begin with "Do you remember when.." (unless commenting someone else), and refering to gaming. Share you memories!

Do you remember when Monkey Island came on floppy-disks?
Do you remember when we still had healthmeters?

I tell you..Those were the days.

I remember when games came on cassette!

(I?ll go get me coat!)

 

[eggy32]

Do you remember when Sega used to sell Mega Drive/Genesis cartridges with 6 games on them for the same price as 1?

 

[Lagslayer]

Do you remember the fall of cartridge games?
Do you remember when N64 had awesome graphics?
Do you remember when you could throw your gaming equipment against the wall and out a two story window and it still worked?

 

[SageRuffin]

Do you remember a time when Adventure Games were in their prime?

Do you remember when fighting games were in their prime?

 

[LaughingAtlas]

Do you remember when people played games for games, not trohpies/points?

Do you remember when singleplayer was the big thing?

Do you remember controllers with wires?

Do you remember that fucking brick, the original Gameboy?

Do you remember trying to keep pikachu happy in the first Pokemon game?

Do you remember when MGS2's graphics were considered great?

Do you remember when Spyro didn't suck?

Do you remember the first time you heard a game character speak? On second thought...(it might have been said by now) "Jill sandwich."