Nostalgia Goggles

[Erttheking]

Tetris (Original Gameboy)
Super Mario Land
Lylat Wars
Banjo Kazooie
Goldeneye


Fuck it, every good N64 game

Not that none of these games are bad. Goldeneye has aged quite badly buuuut MP is still great fun as everyone is on equal footing.

I will say what I've said before. No console has matched the N64, ever.

But...I thought you said that the PS2 and NES had the best game libraries

Anyway, OT: I probably have some nostalgia goggles for the Metroid Prime series and metroid in general.

PS2 has the best library imo due to it's size, variety and quality, the SNES is another one that is held up in the same regard but I do not hold that opinion.

In terms of sheer quality and nostalgia it's the N64 for me.

I never mentioned the NES.

Huh, must have misread it.

Also funny thing. I never played Lylat Wars (Or as we call it in the states, Star Fox 64) when it came out and I downloaded it onto my wii in...I think it was around 2008, 2009, that time period. And you know what? I thought it held up pretty well. Sure the graphics were ass by modern standards but the gameplay was damn good (but the underwater level...christ I hated that.). Challenging too. I seem to recall Star Wolf's boot being placed firmly up my ass during the final fight with them.

Damn right, Venom Star Wolf is mighty hard. Took me a good long while to get used to that fight. Yeah, the graphics look like ass but most things are angular so it looks better than many blurry 3D games of the time. The textures need a lot of work though, something decently rectified by the 3DS version.

And I loved Aquas! Sure it was hard to get the medal but damn it, it was mysterious as fuck and finding it as a kid was insane. It's like, WTF I'M UNDERWATER THIS IS AWESOME!!!!

I love that game Damn you, now I'm all nostalgic!

Aw well maybe I'm biased. I hate, and I mean I FREAKING HATED underwater levels as a kid. They scared the living shit out of me. Pretty much any of them, the one in Majora's Mask, Super Mario 64, Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie and Super Mario Sunshine. In fact, I never finished Majora's mask. I looked in the strategy guide, saw that there were GIANT SEA SERPENTS coming and more or less said "fuck this shit." I think I had a phobia, I still do I think, something about water levels just freak the fuck out of me.

Now, you want to talk about good levels in that game? How about the one were you're chasing a train and you manage to flip all of the switches and make it crash into its own base. Most satisfying boss fight ever. I really liked the conductor's voice for some reason too.

"I CAN'T STOP ITTTTTTTTTTT!"

 

[theglasscannon]

Gah.

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Perfect dark . This game pefected what Golden eye 007 started . Also , Laptop gun . Can i get a HELLS YEAH.

I am not sure I agree with this one. I mean yes I loved it on the N64 and I did buy the 360 HD remake. While it may not hold up to modern FPS games I think it holds up well.

They are not nostalgia goggles they are past tense contacts!

Also screw the laptop gun. Dragon is the way to go! Best secondary fire ever. It is scary how many of the guns and secondary fire modes I remember.

Spoiler: oh sweet a gun on the floor

BOOM

*Plays Perfect Dark multiplayer for the first time with Goldeneye-veteran friend*

*Loads up Facility*

*Friend tries the toilet airduct trick*

*Grabs Farsight...*

Perfect Dark and Goldeneye were really the zenith of local multiplayer games. Back then if your friend teabagged you, you'd give him a dead arm.

 

[Erttheking]

Tetris (Original Gameboy)
Super Mario Land
Lylat Wars
Banjo Kazooie
Goldeneye


Fuck it, every good N64 game

Not that none of these games are bad. Goldeneye has aged quite badly buuuut MP is still great fun as everyone is on equal footing.

I will say what I've said before. No console has matched the N64, ever.

But...I thought you said that the PS2 and NES had the best game libraries

Anyway, OT: I probably have some nostalgia goggles for the Metroid Prime series and metroid in general.

PS2 has the best library imo due to it's size, variety and quality, the SNES is another one that is held up in the same regard but I do not hold that opinion.

In terms of sheer quality and nostalgia it's the N64 for me.

I never mentioned the NES.

Huh, must have misread it.

Also funny thing. I never played Lylat Wars (Or as we call it in the states, Star Fox 64) when it came out and I downloaded it onto my wii in...I think it was around 2008, 2009, that time period. And you know what? I thought it held up pretty well. Sure the graphics were ass by modern standards but the gameplay was damn good (but the underwater level...christ I hated that.). Challenging too. I seem to recall Star Wolf's boot being placed firmly up my ass during the final fight with them.

Damn right, Venom Star Wolf is mighty hard. Took me a good long while to get used to that fight. Yeah, the graphics look like ass but most things are angular so it looks better than many blurry 3D games of the time. The textures need a lot of work though, something decently rectified by the 3DS version.

And I loved Aquas! Sure it was hard to get the medal but damn it, it was mysterious as fuck and finding it as a kid was insane. It's like, WTF I'M UNDERWATER THIS IS AWESOME!!!!

I love that game Damn you, now I'm all nostalgic!

Aw well maybe I'm biased. I hate, and I mean I FREAKING HATED underwater levels as a kid. They scared the living shit out of me. Pretty much any of them, the one in Majora's Mask, Super Mario 64, Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie and Super Mario Sunshine. In fact, I never finished Majora's mask. I looked in the strategy guide, saw that there were GIANT SEA SERPENTS coming and more or less said "fuck this shit." I think I had a phobia, I still do I think, something about water levels just freak the fuck out of me.

Now, you want to talk about good levels in that game? How about the one were you're chasing a train and you manage to flip all of the switches and make it crash into its own base. Most satisfying boss fight ever. I really liked the conductor's voice for some reason too.

"I CAN'T STOP ITTTTTTTTTTT!"

Well Titania was awesome due to that alt ending and also the feeling of , WTF I'M IN A TANK THIS IS AWESOME!!!!

The levels I hated? Sector Z and Katina. Getting a medal on them is insanely hard, doubly so on Expert mode.

Sector Z...ugh. NO (SLIPPY/PEPPY/FALCO) DEAL WITH IT YOURSELF! For me the level after that is freaking hard...actually that's a lie, that level is actually a blast, flying directly through the Venom orbital defenses, smashing through Andross' fleet, getting Rob to say that most wonderful line "Great Fox will cover you" hearing the enemy soldiers shit bricks...but the boss is a *****.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

The big one would be the NES Super Mario Bros game. It can be argued that Mario is to gaming what Mickey Mouse is to cartoons but going back to what is arguably his most influential game can be a bit eye-opening. Playing Super Mario Bros on the 3DS is one thing but playing the original game without save-states on the NES is an exercise in anger control and patients. For most of us who grew up with the game it's potentially easy to get through but for people who stepped away from Mario games, going back to it because you remember playing it as a kid can be one of those things that makes you scratch your head and wonder out loud why the game appealed to you in the first place.

Personally I have beaten a few iterations of Super Mario Bros on the Wii-release of Super Stars and on the 3DS through the Ambassador program. That being said, I'm having trouble getting through the actual SMB/Duck Hunt cart I just got with my brand-new-to-me top-loader. Of course I'll likely have that one beaten long before my copy of Zelda which needs a battery or, Adventure Island which I never played as a kid to begin with.

 

[3quency]

Not that none of these games are bad. Goldeneye has aged quite badly buuuut MP is still great fun as everyone is on equal footing.

Equal footing??? Oddjob had a huge advantage! His hitbox was obscene. But much fun was definitely had, I'll grant you.

Actually, the games that most fill me with nostalgia are probably Abe's Exodus and Dungeon Keeper Gold. I loved those games.

 

[bl4ckh4wk64]

Hmm, I'm positive there was another one of these threads less than a week ago. Oh well, I'll say the same thing I said in that one.

Fucking this.

 

[RoyalSorceress]

Aw well maybe I'm biased. I hate, and I mean I FREAKING HATED underwater levels as a kid. They scared the living shit out of me. Pretty much any of them, the one in Majora's Mask, Super Mario 64, Banjo-Kazooie, Banjo-Tooie and Super Mario Sunshine. In fact, I never finished Majora's mask. I looked in the strategy guide, saw that there were GIANT SEA SERPENTS coming and more or less said "fuck this shit." I think I had a phobia, I still do I think, something about water levels just freak the fuck out of me.

Now, you want to talk about good levels in that game? How about the one were you're chasing a train and you manage to flip all of the switches and make it crash into its own base. Most satisfying boss fight ever. I really liked the conductor's voice for some reason too.

"I CAN'T STOP ITTTTTTTTTTT!"

Wow I had the same problem with underwater levels (still kinda do) I think what scared me was the thought that the giant sea monsters could come at me from anywhere.

Also I loved that train level in Star Fox, I also liked that level with the big dogfight, the one with that guy Bill (I think.)

 

[malestrithe]

Nostalgia has no place in my life. I do not look at the past, 80s or 90s as some magical times where everything was better. Every era has some good, every era has some bad. The majority of things, however, are mediocre. It is just as unfair to call out the 90s for having power rangers just because you hate the show as it would to call the 80s awesome because of Transformers.

The reason why people think modern pop culture is worse is simple. We are living in it. That's it.

 

[JasonKaotic]

I have four main ones. I'll do the opinion on whether they're good or bad too.

Final Fantasy VIII - No matter what flaws people tell me it has, I can never possibly have any bad feelings whatsoever towards this game. It will always be flawless to me. This game is my freakin' childhood incarnate. It's been my favourite game ever since I was about 4. I love you, FF8. And I'm sorry I allowed your discs to not work anymore. You shouldn't have wiped my save.

Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus - I think this was the second game I ever owned. I love it. I very recently managed to play this again, my first time since I was like 6 or something, and I can say I do think it's fantastic even if I wasn't wearing nostalgia goggles. There's a ridiculously dramatic change in atmosphere between disc 1 and 2, though. Not that it's a bad thing. Or a good thing. Just a thing. But if you like platformers I can't express how much you need to play it if you haven't already. Even if you didn't like Abe's Oddysee. I didn't like it either, but I friggin' love this game. And that last level. Good god. That last level. If you can find anything more tense in a game you're lying to yourself.

Monkey Hero - Still nostalgic as hell to me, but I now hate it for what it is. A shameless ripoff of Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, in more ways than I can possibly fit into a single paragraph. But I can't help but love it anyway. This was my second-favourite game when I was a kid. And ripoff or not, it's still pretty good. Because Link to the Past is too.

Croc 2 - This was my favourite game before I got FFVIII. Good god, I loved this game. When I played it a month or so ago the nostalgia was enough to kill me. But without the nostalgia goggles the game is meh. It's interesting, and I suppose it's pretty fun, but those controls. Those goddamn controls. Never before has the simple act of jumping from one platform to another been this hard. The controls are WAY better than the first game's, but that still isn't saying much. And the game as a whole is ridiculously hard. Especially considering it's a kid's game.

Edit: Oh, special mention to Alien Trilogy. The first game I ever owned. It's a good ol' Doom-era shooter, so of course it's good. It's actually also fairly scary considering its an FPS. And a really old one at that. It's not exactly terrifying, but you'll be surprised if you play it.

 

[Fallen-Angel Risen-Demon]

The most nostalgic title for me is probably one that isn't nostlagic for many other people, mainly because it's a "new" game compared to what other people may suggest. It's a PS2 Action RPG named Dark Cloud released in 2001 by Level 5.

What's especially odd is that I didn't really properly play the game, it was my Mother. When I was young and couldn't play games properly I used to spend my time watching my Mum play games. The one that always sticks in my memory above any other is Dark Cloud. Hearing the main theme [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gJ3qHyqCa4] invokes much nostalgia for me. I also specifically remember being freaked out every time my Mum failed to complete a quick-time event and the main character ended up having his face... Licked/Eaten by a Snake Boss. Also the Swordfish Weapon for one of the playable characters. Odd what sticks in your head.

Years later I played the game and had the time of my life. In fact as I write this I have the urge to play the game, I would if my PS2 hadn't broken a while ago. I still believe it's a good game.

The first game I had was Pokemon Yellow, in fact I think I played it before the above happened... But for some odd reason it doesn't stick into my memory as much. Except for me trying to forcefeed that damn Pikachu the Thunderstone.

 

[OmniscientOstrich]

there is still nothing better at ensnaring my attention for weeks on end. from that first battle with blue all the way through to catching mewtwo 50+ hour nostalgia trip of childhood joy

This. It's one of the earliest games I remember and I must have spent hundreds of hours on this along with Yellow, Gold and Silver (yes, I actually had both, on top of getting Crystal the following year) and when I was in sixth form, some friends of mine managed to get some kind of emulated version of Red and Crystal on our phones, so I got a chance to relive that and see if it holds up. And while it was very nostalgic to get back into those games, I do still think holds up (I mean it must do since they haven't changed much over 10 years down the line) it's a very simple, yet very engrossing and addictive game that rewards you for your persistence (read: grinding the absolute shit out of your monsters/wandering in fields for hours trying to catch super special awesome Pokemon X) and exploration and it just generally makes me happy to play. :3 I just wish I knew how to get them to work on my current phone. >.> As for gaming nostalgia/nostalgia in general, it's certainly a pleasant sensation, but I don't think I'm swayed by it. I won't hesitate to admit that a lot of things I liked as a kid were absolute fucking garbage and I can recognise flaws in things that I like and will certainly notice more cracks if it's been years since my last encounter and at the end of the day, if I'm really not enjoying something, then I don't see the point in championing it just because I liked it as a kid. One thing to consider I suppose, is that there might be instances where people are willing to concede that while XYZ might not be a great game/film/album/whatever, it's a game that means a lot to them.

 

[Ljs1121]

I think one of the main reasons that Ocarina of Time is constantly placed atop peoples' best game ever lists is because of nostalgia. Mind you, it is a pretty darn good game, I just don't think it deserves to be called the best.

That is a title reserved for Majora's Mask.

 

[Jimmy T. Malice]

Morrowind always seems to invoke nostalgia goggles, with many people saying it's the best Elder Scrolls game. But it really isn't. The combat is awful and button-mashy, the graphics are eye-searing (although that can be forgiven for a 2002 game), and even moving around is tedious thanks to the snail-like walk speed. The NPCs are even worse than Oblivion, with pretty much every one having exactly the same dialogue. And don't get me started on the vague quest directions.

 

[jisouserious]

I think one of the main reasons that Ocarina of Time is constantly placed atop peoples' best game ever lists is because of nostalgia. Mind you, it is a pretty darn good game, I just don't think it deserves to be called the best.

That is a title reserved for Majora's Mask.

Wish I could get ahold of a ram cartridge so I could actually play that golden Majura's Mask Cartridge. There is a reason why that particular game is probably as good as people say, and it's the fact that the N64 alone can't run the bleedin' thing without an add on XD On that note though, it'll be interesting to see if the game also gets a 3DS remake. I feel I'd re-purchase the 3DS for that journey alone.

 

[Elementary - Dear Watson]

For me it is the timesplitters trilogy... massively this! Oh, and Goldeneye for the same reasons...

Basically, modern fps's are so much more about strategy and good playing that I forgot how fustrating bots could be! In timesplitters there is no stealth, no silent kills and no peeking round corners, there is only running shooting and death!

I always forget this when starting the ol' ps2 up, and now I suck at those games tenfold! :/