Poll: I think I am OFICIALLY an OLD PERSON

[mayney93]

no, your not old,
your just not a dumbshit 12 year old who thinks gaming started at xbox360

AMEN, why do all these lil kids think that the xbox started gaming? we should force feed them windows 2.0 and lucas arts games and see how they fair

 

[MurderousToaster]

You are not an old man. There are three kinds of people.

The old people complaining that video games suck and that on their time they had to settle with playing soccer and such.

The brats who don't understand a thing about video games and thinks that quality is a matter of how young the product is.

Then there's us, the only people who actually understand the essence of gaming. We are the middle-men, and until we die, we shall call both old and young people ignorant for not seeing how awesome video games are!

Although just to be safe, check your mirror for gray hair.

I'd go for option D. I made it up so it has to be better, right, HUBILUB!?

See, I'm remembering to shout your name.

 

[Aesir23]

Being old is when you open your window and yell "SHUT UP, YA DAMN KIDS N' YOUR MUSIC!" out the window on a Friday night.

Nah, you're not old. An older generation of gamer perhaps (I am as well). But not old in general. I'm only 21 and I swear my eye twitches whenever I encounter a gamer who doesn't appreciate some of the older games simply because they aren't as 'pretty' graphic-wise as some of today's games. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go play the Legend of Zelda and relive my childhood.

Nah dawg, it be all 'bout tha bling bling. I get all up in my GTA and then its all RATTATTAT and then its HOE time. Yea.

2legit.

*eyetwitch* Boy, don't make me get the Tommy Gun.

 

[miniwak93]

i'm 16 and a few of my mates and me are like that, besides things where better in my day, no cheeky little kids acting stupid and being annoyanses

 

[miniwak93]

What's this about a Pokémon N64? Blue with a Pickachu on it? Bloody hell, my friend has one of those! Most awesome special edition console ever, if I do say so myself.

And nah, you're not old. Gaming is just young, and you've been around for a lot of it.

To be quite honest, I'd consider myself in your leagues. Sixteen and I've been gaming since before I could form proper memories.

your not alone there mate

 

[DigitalSushi]

About 3 years ago I went to rave and thought to myself, "musics a bit loud isn't it?"

Then it hit me, I'm old.

You are not an old man. There are three kinds of people.

The old people complaining that video games suck and that on their time they had to settle with playing soccer and such.

The brats who don't understand a thing about video games and thinks that quality is a matter of how young the product is.

Then there's us, the only people who actually understand the essence of gaming. We are the middle-men, and until we die, we shall call both old and young people ignorant for not seeing how awesome video games are!

Although just to be safe, check your mirror for gray hair.

i'm only 13 and i would say im the 3rd through and through
my first word was "f-zero"

Very good, my apprentice. Now destroy your classmates who will only hold you back!

yes master i have already done it.

Falcon punch their ass'.

 

[Galletea]

I went back to the original psx controllers when I got a ps1, and I do have a pokemon 64. Well actually my boyfriend does, he got it a few years ago, and Yoshi's story is great. That is all.
We started with a mega drive, and played that till it died.

 

[Danzaivar]

I can see their logic. These days the D-Pad is just another set of 4 buttons.

 

[Tiny116]

I'm 21 and already tell my colleagues at work "when i was your age (they being 16-18)
And i'd laugh at kids who knew nothing of old age consoles. I first played commadore 64 followed by snes until i got a ps1 about 3 months before ps2 came out

 

[Hazy]

You appreciate what got us here today - nothing wrong with that.

It's fine if the young man didn't know of consoles from yester-year, but you do, and that's what counts.

 

[Hiphophippo]

... And I'm only 18, woe is me.

Sigh, okay, backstory. Recently, I've been collecting old consoles, and I spotted a Pokemon Special edition N64 for sale at GAMETRADERS ROBINA INDOOROOPILLY, and rushed over to purchase the same.

Now, within GAMETRADERS ROBINA INDOOROOPILLY, they have a circle of TVs set up, until recently they've just been running demos, Anime trailers, and the occasional Xbox new-release, but suddenly they've decided to hook up some old consoles (to whit: an N64, PlayStation, and SNES) and run some old games. I was obviously overjoyed to play Diddy Kong Racing and Crash Bandicoot again, after so long, so I immediately picked up a controller and zoned out.

Here's the weird thing: A young man, probably in his early or pre-teens, and his similarly aged friends, walked up to the TV with the PS hooked up to it. He picked up the controller, held it in his hands, and just stared at it. With his posse muttering amongst themselves, this young man turned to me and asked: "What's wrong with this controller?"

"Is it not working?" I replied, not wanting them to miss out on their Crash-Bandicooty action. "No", he answered, "Where the hell are the thumbsticks?!"

It was at this point I lost my shit. Hard.

As most of GAMETRADERS ROBINA INDOOROOPILLY began to stare, I stopped laughing long enough to begin in impromptu lecture on the history of Analouge sticks, the first-generation Playstation, and the impetuousness of youth (well, all but the last one).

As I paid for my N64, and walked out the store, I came to the horrorfying realisation: I had become one of those old men who sit on park benches and claim that things were better in my day.

It's a scary thought.

EDIT: For those of you who are just taking shots at these kids for being young or willfully ignorant, know this: They were actually quite knowledgeable, and we had a long conversation about the merits of PC gaming over console/vice versa after my impromptu history lesson. These kids weren't dumb, just naive about consoles released before they were born. So lay off, okay?

Not only is that me, but I wear argyle everything and snappy old man hats. I relate.

 

[bigolbear]

... And I'm only 18, woe is me.

Sigh, okay, backstory. Recently, I've been collecting old consoles, and I spotted a Pokemon Special edition N64 for sale at GAMETRADERS ROBINA INDOOROOPILLY, and rushed over to purchase the same.

Now, within GAMETRADERS ROBINA INDOOROOPILLY, they have a circle of TVs set up, until recently they've just been running demos, Anime trailers, and the occasional Xbox new-release, but suddenly they've decided to hook up some old consoles (to whit: an N64, PlayStation, and SNES) and run some old games. I was obviously overjoyed to play Diddy Kong Racing and Crash Bandicoot again, after so long, so I immediately picked up a controller and zoned out.

Here's the weird thing: A young man, probably in his early or pre-teens, and his similarly aged friends, walked up to the TV with the PS hooked up to it. He picked up the controller, held it in his hands, and just stared at it. With his posse muttering amongst themselves, this young man turned to me and asked: "What's wrong with this controller?"

"Is it not working?" I replied, not wanting them to miss out on their Crash-Bandicooty action. "No", he answered, "Where the hell are the thumbsticks?!"

It was at this point I lost my shit. Hard.

As most of GAMETRADERS ROBINA INDOOROOPILLY began to stare, I stopped laughing long enough to begin in impromptu lecture on the history of Analouge sticks, the first-generation Playstation, and the impetuousness of youth (well, all but the last one).

As I paid for my N64, and walked out the store, I came to the horrorfying realisation: I had become one of those old men who sit on park benches and claim that things were better in my day.

It's a scary thought.

EDIT: For those of you who are just taking shots at these kids for being young or willfully ignorant, know this: They were actually quite knowledgeable, and we had a long conversation about the merits of PC gaming over console/vice versa after my impromptu history lesson. These kids weren't dumb, just naive about consoles released before they were born. So lay off, okay?

hey kido... ;-)

heres some questions for ya from a real old gamer ;-) (well sort of..31)

what system had a rubber keyboard?
whats a modulator?
do you know what a zipstick is?
do you remember getting a magazine with lines of code to type in to make a new game each month then having to debug the damn thing manualy?

To be honest i know exactly the feeling your describing here - ive been feeling it for years. my gaming career started at the humble age of 7 when consoles and home computers were first starting to hit the shelves. The internet was strictly a bussiness/military thing, the world wide web didnt exist as we know it today and mobile phones were attached to breifcases and used exclusively by very rich people.

Now think another 10 to 20 year down the line, what will these kids you were talking to be saying to kids they meet about the good old days? progress makes the mind boggle.

 

[Pimppeter2]

I was going to give you a picture of hard candy and call you a geezer... but...

Never google "hard candy". Even with safe search on

 

[dietpeachsnapple]

Said to a 23 year old...

-.-

Been there.

A big one for me was when I remembered that Youtube has been around since 2005

My little cousin was once AMAZED that there was such as thing as a 'Playstation 1'.

It took me several minutes and an improvised puppet show before he was consider the signifigance of the name 'Playstation TWO'

Puppet show?

Something along the lines of showing him a peace sign, and indicating that two fingers were more than one?

More like picking up various consoles and flailing them about wildly.

Like... grabbing the hatch of a PS1 and wagging it up and down as you talk, or ... did you beat him with it during your flailing?

*laughs*

I am trying to determine the constructive aspects of flailing puppet shows.

 

[Sevre]

It's ok mate, things were better in your day.

 

[BaldursBananaSoap]

BURN GRAMPS!

 

[TheRealCJ]

Said to a 23 year old...

-.-

Been there.

A big one for me was when I remembered that Youtube has been around since 2005

My little cousin was once AMAZED that there was such as thing as a 'Playstation 1'.

It took me several minutes and an improvised puppet show before he was consider the signifigance of the name 'Playstation TWO'

Puppet show?

Something along the lines of showing him a peace sign, and indicating that two fingers were more than one?

More like picking up various consoles and flailing them about wildly.

Like... grabbing the hatch of a PS1 and wagging it up and down as you talk, or ... did you beat him with it during your flailing?

*laughs*

I am trying to determine the constructive aspects of flailing puppet shows.

Yup, pretty much.

 

[rex922]

dont worry your not old im 17 and i still think that SEGA megadrive/genesis was one of the greatest consoles ever made.
No load screens, any bugs would have you crucified.
Much unlike today's games plagued with load screens and bugs