What makes you feel old?

[castlewise]

The escapist makes me feel old sometimes. And more problematically gaming culture in general has that effect.

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

So what makes me feel old? Hearing (or reading) people much younger than me complaining about being old.

Oh believe me, I know I have no right to feel old. My sister's best friend plays in the local community band with me and she says I make her feel old because she used to change my diapers while she was in high school.

I just can't help thinking about when I was in Kindergarten when I see my nephew running around enjoying himself.

I even include myself in that statement fella. If I dared to complain about being old my (older) sister would kick my ass!

As for feeling old, imagine how old you'll feel the first time your nephew comes out with "God I feel old...". See? I reckon you're now feeling positively sprightly!

 

[TheLastSamurai14]

Aside from the floppy disk and VHS examples that have been mentioned to death, I'd have to say that I feel old when I realize that I first played Pokemon Blue when I was 5, then Silver when I was 7. 12 years later, I'm playing a complete revamp of those two generations, with Pokemon I don't even recognize.

Still, Pokemon is the ultimate nostalgia fuel for a 90s kid, man.

Also, some gamer kids I meet these days don't know what a Nintendo 64 is, yet they play the remakes on the 3DS. Just try to wrap your mind around that for a second.

 

[deadish]

I was a teen during the 90s.

Makes me feels old that there are teenager NOW were BORN IN THE 90s.

 

[Quakester]

Realizing that kids today never heard of black and white TV or a rotary telephone, have always had cable, only know Atari as a game maker and not consoles, and have always grown up with channels that play cartoons 24/7.

 

[Sovvolf]

Overhearing a child in GAME asking what a Gameboy was.

I almost fell into a pile of ash and dust just from hearing it.

Hahaha indeed. I remember owning one of those... How that could ever be considered portable I'll never know. The thing was as portable as an house brick and took 4 AA's to power... Those were the days. I start feeling old when I play a PSP and I'm astonished with the graphics... Sometimes just not being able to get my head round it. Just looking back and remembering when portable graphics consisted mostly of sprites.

Also start feeling old when I here kids state (I grew up on the PS2/Xbox) or not knowing what a PSone is.

That or when I start mentioning films made in the mid 90's and up to be "relatively new". Or I think back and remember it's been 5 years since I left high school.

 

[Tuesday Night Fever]

Hahaha indeed. I remember owning one of those... How that could ever be considered portable I'll never know. The thing was as portable as an house brick and took 4 AA's to power... Those were the days. I start feeling old when I play a PSP and I'm astonished with the graphics... Sometimes just not being able to get my head round it. Just looking back and remembering when portable graphics consisted mostly of sprites.

I'll take the size and added weight of those four AA batteries over what Sega Game Gear owners had to put up with. That thing would chew through batteries like nobody's business. I had a friend with one who never even bothered to use it without the wall adapter.

The GameBoy Pocket was pretty bad in the battery department too. Using two AAA batteries gave it a lifetime of like, what, five hours of game time? Maybe?

/sigh. I do miss my old gray brick GameBoy though. I think I still have it around here somewhere. Probably with all my other old game systems.

 

[Sovvolf]

I'll take the size and added weight of those four AA batteries over what Sega Game Gear owners had to put up with. That thing would chew through batteries like nobody's business. I had a friend with one who never even bothered to use it without the wall adapter.

Though to be fair the Gamegear did have a large graphical advantage in comparison to the Gameboy. I'd dare say that the graphics were just under that of a gameboy advanced which for its time was incredible. The big problem was, as you said, it had no battery life at all (think 4-5 hours on fresh, out the packet batteries). Could only be played with an adapter (which would get steaming hot fast) and those not at all portable... At that point you might as well had just stuck your Master System and saved yourself/parents £150... They had pretty much the same games.

 

[Tuesday Night Fever]

Though to be fair the Gamegear did have a large graphical advantage in comparison to the Gameboy. I'd dare say that the graphics were just under that of a gameboy advanced which for its time was incredible. The big problem was, as you said, it had no battery life at all (think 4-5 hours on fresh, out the packet batteries). Could only be played with an adapter (which would get steaming hot fast) and those not at all portable... At that point you might as well had just stuck your Master System and saved yourself/parents £150... They had pretty much the same games.

Yeah, graphically the Game Gear was pretty impressive. I remember watching my friend playing Sonic on it and feeling an overwhelming amount of envy. But in retrospect, I'm glad I had the GameBoy instead. It was less expensive to keep batteries in it, it was more portable, and let's face it... it had far more games. Hell, even just looking at the good GameBoy games, the GameBoy still had a significantly larger library than all of the Game Gear's games. And the games weren't as expensive, either.

 

[aether-x3]

Going to see Star Wars Episode 1: TPM 3D last week

since I was 6 when the movie first came out. Which I admit isn't all that old to some people, but It just made me feel just a tad old.

 

[GigaHz]

I don't feel old.

I'm not on medicare, I don't have to pay a mortgage, I'm not planning out my pension or discussing with my wife where it may be best to retire.

Are you? No, didn't think so.

Quit yer' whining, you dern kids, and stop playin yer dern Backstreet Men and Milli Vaniller so gosh dern loud!

 

[GoaThief]

I loved my Game Gear, had a load of games too but was unfortunately stolen along with a car.

Wonder how much they are to buy now, I'm feeling an itch...

 

[rangerman351]

Probably seeing all the freshman ant my school and visiting my old school over winter break.

 

[Mannayz]

Strangely enough, listening to a lot of 80's metal and rock makes me feel old. I grew up on listening to that music. And I was born in '89.

Seriously, how the hell does that work?

 

[Hawk of Battle]

I remember when mars bars used to only cost 30p.

 

[Hatter]

Having conversations with my little sister, it seems like just yesterday that she was a dumb as a brick baby.

 

[lacktheknack]

The first Elder Scrolls game I played was Arena.

Argh.

 

[phyrexian]

There's far too many CGI children shows. Back in my day we didn't have those! We had Recess, Hey Arnold! and Captain Planet. Oh god, I miss those shows so much...

Oh. I get angry when I see young kids playing with iPads and iPhones and whatever else, and I start yelling at my poor computer whenever it updates and everything looks new and confusing (we have an abusive relationship, my computer and I, but we still love each other very much...).

And I still don't know how to work flat-screens. Curse you, technology.
I'm not even 19 yet and you make me feel like a geezer.