/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.2368294]

Since most of you must be getting into that age now, do any of you have kids?

And do your kids appreciate your retro games?

I'm not yet a father but I am an uncle and the small kids seem to like the simplicity of the older Mario games.

[Anonymous No.2368309]

Last Christmas, my niece bought herself a SNES with the money she was given in cards.

[Anonymous No.2368316]

Given my age and lifelong lack of GF I will probably never have kids. And lack of siblings means no nieces or nephews. It would be fun to expose untainted kids to older games before they reach some sort of "Ewww why is it all ugly and old looking? Where's my iPad and PS4?" stage.

[Anonymous No.2368319]

>>2368294
I don't have any kids, but I made sure that my little sister would appreciate games, and she still does, even now. She's not into a bunch of older games like I am, but she has a lot of fun with PS1 and PS2 stuff, even though she has newer consoles.

[Anonymous No.2368326]

>kids
>not even had sex yet

[Anonymous No.2368351]

I'm only 18 and girls have never really talked to me before so no, I don't have kids.
I have a 7-year-old sister but she only plays games on her iPad. She tried playing Super Smash Bros with me once but she said it was "dumb."

[Anonymous No.2368353]

I'm 21, and don't have any kids of my own, but I have a half sister and a half brother that are 1 and 2 years old respectively. I'm thinking when they're old enough that I don't have to worry about them drooling all over my controllers, I might show them some retro vidya.

[Anonymous No.2368375]

>>2368351
>She tried playing Super Smash Bros with me once but she said it was "dumb."
lol your sister has shit taste.

[Anonymous No.2368384]

21 here. I hope i never have kids, but if it happens i'll love the shit out of them.

I'd most likely introduce my kid to any games i played when i was a kid. My first was Quake. I'f he/she is too young to play themselves i would let them aim and shoot with the mouse, while i move with the keys. It actually used to work out pretty well. When i got good enough to play myself i would do this with my sister.
We were always kind of poor so i didnt get a PS1 until later, or had any other consoles.

But PC games are a little more beneficial in terms of education i think. I would have never picked up computers as well as i did if i had been playing console games. You learn a lot from adjusting graphics, asking questions about hardware, fixing broken games and even pirating games. Before i could read fluently i was finding serial codes for shareware games using an updated list that was released by a group every month. As i got a little older i played around with modifying variables in java games and changing textures around in more complex ones.

Chances of this happening with my kid are slim. Computers and games are a lot different now. They will probably be wanting to play the newest shit game after reading about it on their smart phone.

[Anonymous No.2368479]

>being a 4chan regular
>having kids

Those kids are going to be fucked up.

[Anonymous No.2368485]

>>2368384
>>2368353
>>2368351
>18-21
Why are you here?

Don't necessarily mean that as a negative.

[Anonymous No.2368530]

>>2368485
What do you mean

[Anonymous No.2368535]

>>2368530
You weren't even born when 5th gen was coming out.
Seems curious that you would be here.

[Anonymous No.2368540]

Brother is 13 and enjoys a lot of retro games. He's currently playing through Super Metroid again, really likes Earthbound, he loved Super Sonic series, Mario 64, OoT, etc.
Basically, he enjoys a lot from gen 4 onward.

>>2368485
23 here. Family was poorfags, first console I owned was an N64 in 2001, primarily played N64, Gameboy, Genesis, SNES, PS1, and Atari 2600 growing up, in order of amount played. (and non-/vr/ things) In highschool days, learned about emulation and started playing a lot of older games as compared to current gen because poorfags. Love for retro vidya grew exponentially as there is so much available and you can cherrypick the best titles.

[Anonymous No.2368541]

>>2368485
>Why are you here?
I'm not the people you're replying to, but please fuck off.
>Don't necessarily mean that as a negative.
Yeah, well, based on your tone, it's sufficient enough to suppose that you're being a prick. Stop pretending that you belong to some sooper speshul sekrit club, you fucking ass hat.

Age has nothing to do with appreciating retro games, and even if it did, you would be neglecting the fact that kids who were born 20 years ago owned and played Super Nintendos, Mega Drives, and other retro consoles as their first. Not every family could afford a Playstation, a Saturn, or Nintendo 64 when they were new and popular.

[Anonymous No.2368543]

>>2368540
That's cool. Neat to see younger generation like the old games.
>>2368541
And then there's this asshole...

[Anonymous No.2368545]

>>2368540
>Super Sonic series, Mario 64
Should be >Sonic Series, Super Mario 64

Stupid, sloppy editing...

[Anonymous No.2368554]

>>2368535
Well, I wasn't alive when the original Star Wars trilogy was coming out either, but I still enjoy those.

[Anonymous No.2368558]

>>2368554
Just a trend I see were the younger generation seems to hate anything and everything old.

That's why I think it's cool you like this stuff.

[Anonymous No.2368616]

>>2368326
hey man, it only takes once!
you could get both in one evening!
don't give up hope!

[Anonymous No.2368696]

>>2368543
>And then there's this asshole...
Stop pretending that you're not conducting yourself on the same level, but only under the guise that you are curious and not condescending.

[Anonymous No.2368703]

>>2368696
Is this projection or people so desperate to shitpost they'll jump on anything?

[Anonymous No.2368715]

My brother is going to have a baby soon.

I'm not going to push anything on him/her, but when s/he sees my wall of games s/he's probably bound to be at least a little curious.

[Anonymous No.2368724]

>>2368485
My first consoles were an NES and an SNES. My parents were poor in the mid-late 90s. :P

[Anonymous No.2368747]

>Implying any woman would allow my inferior genes anywhere near her ovaries

[Anonymous No.2368769]

My older brother and sister have kids but I've read too many horror stories about niceses and nephews breaking other people's consoles/games to let them near mine for about another six or seven years.

[Anonymous No.2368786]

>>2368769
Just give the kid a junk controller and supervise them bro.

[Anonymous No.2368816]

>>2368769
>>2368786
Still not good enough. They can still yank the console or throw the controller before you can stop them. There's also the issue of them throwing tantrums when it's time to stop playing.

[Anonymous No.2368940]

>>2368485
I was born in 97, but I only had my brother's SNES and Game Boy growing up.

[Anonymous No.2369078]

Level 36 wizard reporting in: I don't have kids, and don't plan on having kids. Ever.

However, most of my friends and co-workers do have kids. And I tell them all the same thing I will now tell you, if you would listen: Don't let your kids waste their time playing games. Make them go outside and play, sign them up for sports, music lessons, and take them to the library and instill in them a passion for reading and writing and language.

As much as I enjoy games, I understand that they are nothing but a diversion. Literally a waste of time. The older I get, the harder it is to justify playing anything at all. It basically just boils down to apathy and cowardice. I can't force myself to care enough to change.

[Anonymous No.2369090]

>>2369078
So its okay for you to waste time with games but not others? What kind of logic is that. I dont get exactly what defines something as a waste of time. Nothing in our puny lives is really important in the grand schemes of the universe, so go ahead and waste all that time you want because we humans are unimportant as fuck.

[Anonymous No.2369092]

>>2369078
I'm glad you'll never have kids.

[Anonymous No.2369093]

>>2369078
If I wasn't "wasting my time" with video games I'd be doing drugs. And I don't mean weed.

[Anonymous No.2369094]

>>2369078
Animals, including humans, need recreational time whatever it be.
I mean sure, don't encourage the kid to be a NEET who just plays games all day, but as long as they're well rounded who gives a shit what they do for fun?

[Anonymous No.2369096]

>>2369078

Everything is a waste of time. "go outside and play" usually turns kinds into bandits who smoke crack and sell their body. Well, not really, but it's the same case of exaggeration of thinking video games can ruin your life.

People love wasting their time in idiotic ways (like watching TV), videogames ain't really that bad.

[Anonymous No.2369109]

>>2368747
>impying any sane women would want to squeeze a demon spawn out of her vagina
Never ever.

[Anonymous No.2369116]

>>2369078
Geez, it's not like it's not possible to do both. I played vidya even before I was kindergarten and I didn't end up being an antisocial shut-in, I was outside a lot.

[Anonymous No.2369117]

>>2369116
Yet you ended up on 4chan.

[Anonymous No.2369119]

>>2369117
Are you suggesting facebook would better?

[Anonymous No.2369127]

>>2368351
I don't have kids either but I also have a little sis. She plays my Wii a lot (her favorite game is Mario Kart Wii) so I thought it'd be nice to play Mario Kart 64 with her. Halfway through the first race she didn't want to play anymore because she said the controller hurts her hands and the game looks ugly.

[Anonymous No.2369129]

>>2369117
So? I'm still not an anti-social shut-in virgin that blames his misarable life on videogames.
I'm just a bit different. ...And have "unusual" tastes in porn, that's all. Well and I like arguing, especially when I'm allowed to call a stupid person a retarded faggot without being banned or downvoted.

[Anonymous No.2369174]

>>2369117
Which is an incredibly small portion of the entire population that plays video games. If video games turned people into anti-social losers then the entire world would have collapsed at this point.

Stop blaming video games for your own fuck ups and look in the mirror.

[Anonymous No.2369190]

My 5 year old nephew liked to play my Super NES when he was staying with us. He loved Super Mario World. I think he has newer video games at home, but it didn't stop him from appreciating the retro. Super Mario World is just a good game no matter how old it is.

[Anonymous No.2369248]

>>2368294
>Since most of you must be getting into that age now

What? Sorry, I'm not in my 50s yet.

[Anonymous No.2369267]

I'm 19
The only reason I visit this board is because my brother had shitloads of emulators on his Pc when i was little
only had 1 real gf like 1-2 years ago. didnt last long
fug

[Anonymous No.2369272]

>>2369190
>no matter how old it is
Careful, you're going to trigger the guy who thinks games can't age (it's actually YOU who got older).

[Anonymous No.2369283]

>>2369272
The only way a game can actually age is if it was revolved entirely around some stupid fad that was popular at the time. There is no way a game from the 1980s would magically turn to shit for someone who never played a video game before and happened to pick one from that era out as their first one despite it being 2015. People who claim a game "aged" poorly are just looking for an excuse to shit on an older game that is considered good without listing any actual reasons.

[Anonymous No.2369285]

>>2369283
It begins.

[Anonymous No.2369307]

>>2369285
>>2369272
>>2369190
>games ageing
6th genners just don't stop

[Anonymous No.2369340]

>>2369283
I don't think the 3rd gen aged poorly at all, but the early 3D systems had some truly atrocious games. You just try telling me Bubsy 3D wasn't developed by Satan himself. PS1 textures were epileptic, N64 had no VRAM, none of the controllers had dual analog sticks until it was too late so all the in-game cameras were borderline unplayable. The only games I still play from that era are either 2D, like SotN and Legend of Mana, or those with fixed planes/cameras, like G-Darius.

I play 8 and 16 bit games all the time, but otherwise sort of... skip a few generations ahead until things stop looking and handling like pond scum.

[Anonymous No.2369343]

>>2369340
> but the early 3D systems had some truly atrocious games.
And you're an idiot.
>fixed planes/cameras
Nothing wrong with that.

[Anonymous No.2369349]

>>2369283
I agree.

If, for instance, a game relies entirely on OMG REAL PEOPLE graphics and the rest of the game is just mediocre, in 10 years time the OMG REAL PEOPLE graphics will no longer be impressive, so it has to stand entirely on gameplay and the graphics for what they actually are, not how people think of them at the time. Kinda like dating a hot person who is a total asshole - for a short period of time their hotness makes their shittiness more tolerable, but after a month most people will realize that they are nothing special and move on.

If that makes sense. If a game has balanced quality and isn't a one-trick pony that has clouded the judgment of the braindead public through its gimmick, it won't get worse over time, even as other good games are released.

[Anonymous No.2369361]

>>2369190
>>2369272
I think of it more like: there's some games whose visuals or mechanics are just timeless
if you make thats only impressive because of the graphics or the technology its gonna be easily forgotten or just used as a reference for something or a benchmark tool (see Crysis)

[Anonymous No.2369371]

>>2369361
Crysis gameplay isn't terrible though. And the bugs it has will always be hilarious. What's better than ai so shitty you can trick them into jumping off a cliff and downing?
And then there's the cryengine that had all sorts of stuff done with it.

The multplayer was unplayable though with the hackers.

I remember buying 8800 ultra for it.

But for those that didn't play it, it'll just another meme.

[Anonymous No.2369372]

>>2369349
This OMG REAL PEOPLE graphics thing and the never-ending quest for "realistic" graphics are pretty stupid sometimes. Just look at "realistic" FPS games. They have been repeating the same concepts or mechanics since the early 2000's, if not earlier. I see how it's good from a technical point of view since it pushes hardware to get better and better but still.

[Anonymous No.2369379]

>>2369372
That's 6th gen garbage that started the generic fps title with HALO. All those fps are trash.

[Anonymous No.2369402]

>>2369371
Actually that wasn't the best example, but couldn't think of another title- I agree it isn't bad as a game
>>2369379
I remember I thought Halo looked cool at the time but trying it out I didn't like it at all. I really liked Killzone on PS2 tho despite the relatively bad reviews.

[Anonymous No.2369410]

>>2369402
To me the last good FPS on console was probably Time Splitters 2.

I never actually liked HALO much. I kinda like the story of the first but the multiplayer was trash. The second one (last one I played) didn't improve anything.

And now PC fpses are dead too.

[Anonymous No.2369420]

>>2369410
They are not dead unless you do not play them. You have Quake Live wich is basically Quake 3
TF2 is pretty good as an arena shooter if you get past the fact that "Yes, they make money out of hats" but first you'd have to get past the cartoony style wich admiteddly is one of the reasons it took me a while to finally try it out back in 09

[Anonymous No.2369424]

>>2369420
You're talking about really old games. I do still play FPSes. I was talking about new release.

Been playing TF2 since it came out in 2007.

[Anonymous No.2369428]

I've got three kids, 8,6,and 4. The oldest one mainly just plays minecraft, but he'll play my old super nintendo from time to time. He's been playing a ton of Link to the Past lately. The 6 yr old doesn't really like to play any. She just gets frustrated and quits as soon as she starts to lose. The youngest is actually the best, lol. She likes to play Sonic. She's still learning, but she's almost able to get through the second zone. The lava keeps getting her.

[Anonymous No.2369437]

>>2369424
well I guess we both play old games then. i thought only pre-2000 games were considered old in this board lol.
2013's Shadow Warrior was interesting
>>2369428
in my experience, the middle brothers are more interested in social activities than the others. might not be the case but im just sayin

[Anonymous No.2369442]

>>2369437
Yeah, it's definitely looking like that's the way it's going to turn out.

[Anonymous No.2369447]

>>2369437
> thought only pre-2000 games were considered old in this board lol.
Retro

Not fps but I may pick up splatoon. I had a lot of hope for Killing Floor 2 but that eula fucks it for me.
And even though it's edge master, Hatred looks cool to me. Though I guess it's a 3rd person/top down shooter.

[Anonymous No.2369463]

>>2369447
Me and my friends were pretty hyped about KF2 although only one of us bought it yet . What's the matter with the EULA? I should probably play other genres more.. (im not a regular here, i just lurk from time to time because i love NeoGeo and some other retro games)

[Anonymous No.2369475]

>>2369463
>What's the matter with the EULA?
It bans you for being "abusive".
It's meant for trolling but if you get reported enough they just ban you. So stuff like exploits or what not will get you banned.
Me being a big fan of fully exploring a game can't play a game like that.

And the whole banning for trolling is retarded to begin with. People play the game how they want. What's next banning people for playing too well or bad? Oh wait CSGO does that already... Yep modern games just make me shake my head.