/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.4043061]

1. Age.
2. First console.
3. Favorite console.
4. Biggest console regret
5. Best decision.
6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
9. What makes a game bad?
10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
12. Toughest game you've ever completed.

[Anonymous No.4043079]

>>4043061
>1. Age.
32

>2. First console.
nes

>3. Favorite console.
ps2

>4. Biggest console regret
dreamcast.

>5. Best decision.
ps1

>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
streets of rage 3, baldur's gate, mario 3

>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
sonic the hedgehog,

>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
fun is learning.

>9. What makes a game bad?
no options, nothing to learn or discover/rote, style over substance.

>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
options.

>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
as a kid, there isn't a game i didn't cheat in at some point.

>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
mega man 2, i guess.

[Anonymous No.4043087]

>1. Age.
24
>2. First console.
SNES
3. Favorite console.
PS1
4. Biggest console regret
closest to regret is N64
5. Best decision.
migrating to PC gaming
6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
zelda oot
super smash bros
ultima 7
7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
any football game
8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
enjoyable mechanics, good story
9. What makes a game bad?
generic games, buggy
10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
2lazy2think
11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
avoided fighting games when they were hot (mortal kombat, street fighter, list goes on)
12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
FFT without insane grinding and guides

[Anonymous No.4043218]

>>4043061
>1. Age.
27
>2. First console.
NES
>3. Favorite console.
SNES
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
FF5
SaGa Frontier
Might and Magic 6 Mandate of Heaven
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
It has addictive elements that kwep you playing for hours: smooth mechanics, few to none dull parts
>9. What makes a game bad?
Busywork gameplay, most prominently in collection platformers and RPGs
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
Customization of characters that motivates you to engage in battles and become stronger without turning in a dull exercise.
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
As a kid I played Mega Man games mute and with save states.
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
NG 3 US I guess

[Anonymous No.4043275]

I doubt anybody will stop to read each of these posts but here we go

>1. Age.
31
>2. First console.
Coleco Vision
>3. Favorite console.
SNES
>4. Biggest console regret
3DO
>5. Best decision.
Going idort during 4th and 5th gen
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
It'd take a lot of time to decide only 3 so I'll just go with what comes to mind first: Super Mario World, Revenge of Shinobi, Bangai-O
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
I bought a (bootleg) copy of The Crow for PS1 back in the day, oh shit.
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
Devs being experts/passionate in programming and design
>9. What makes a game bad?
Devs that don't care about doing a good job at programming and design
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
They're all 2D?
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
I savestate-scrummed my way through various games when I was a teen, then I realized it wasn't fun.
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
I don't know, maybe some irem shmups (not 1cc though), anyway it all depends on how much time you invest in a game, I can beat the first Castlevania without dying, but many people consider it a hard game. I just played it a lot of times.

[Anonymous No.4043314]

>1. Age.
27
>2. First console.
Famiclone
>3. Favorite console.
Can't decide between Famicom and PSX
>4. Biggest console regret
No regrets
>5. Best decision.
Stopped wasting time on non-Japanese games
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
House of the Dead 2, Batsugun, Umihara Kawase
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
Fallout
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
You have to become a better player to be able to beat it.
>9. What makes a game bad?
Weak or missing game part, saving anywhere you want, uninspired music and art assets.
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
Don't know.
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
I can't beat some of my favorite games.
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
Dark Souls, 1ALL of DoDonPachi or FFIV DS, I'm not very good at video games.

[Anonymous No.4043317]

>>4043061
>1. Age.
27
>2. First console.
NES (family), my own: Genesis.
>3. Favorite console.
Saturn.
>4. Biggest console regret
Selling my NES, SNES and Genesis for fifth gen; buying a Dreamcast too late not knowing Sega was going to die.
>5. Best decision.
Not buying into the overrated SONY hype.
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
Too many to choose from so I'll just pick genres: shmups, puzzle games, platformers.
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
Rhythm, sports sims, JRPGs.
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
Having interesting design and good gameplay.
>9. What makes a game bad?
Game-breaking glitches, poor design, unfun gameplay, lack of replay value.
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
N/A.
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
In my teens I really liked JRPG, now I can't stand playing them at all.
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
Ghosts 'n Goblins (arcade) 2-ALL maybe.

[Anonymous No.4043346]

>>4043061
>1. Age.
33
>2. First console.
Atari 2600
>3. Favorite console.
PSX
>4. Biggest console regret
WiiU
>5. Best decision.
Buying Suikoden 2, Rule of Rose, Koudelka and about 15 other games for less than $20 each in the early 2000s.
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
Seiken Densetsu 3, FF7, Quest for Glory series
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
uhhh, some of the bullshit hard NES games.
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
When a game is fun, and challenging enough to not be frustrating, but still make you work for it.
>9. What makes a game bad?
Usually, poor design choices.
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
They're all RPGs of a kind.
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
To this day, I still use the Suck Blue Frog cheat in QFG2 to max my stats for the export file.
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
Either my SL1 Dark Souls run, or my "Shields Only" run of Dark Souls 2.

[Anonymous No.4043352]

>>4043314
>>5. Best decision.
>Stopped wasting time on non-Japanese games
lad

[Rican asshole No.4043378]

>>4043061
>1. Age.
18
>2. First console.
N64
>3. Favorite console.
N64
>4. Biggest console regret
Allowing my model 1 Sega genesis get sold off.
>5. Best decision.
Buying back a PS2.
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
Donkey kong 64, Mariokart 64 and Road rash 64.
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
Batman beyond for the N64,Carmageden on the N64,.Extreme-G 2.
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
When a game is fun
>9. What makes a game bad?
When a game is not fun.
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
Fast paced action
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
Trading in videos i enjoyed to buy new games (still regret it to this day).
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
Contra with the code.

[Anonymous No.4043381]

1 - 26
2 - Game Boy
3 - Sega Genesis
4 - Dreamcast
5 - Playstation
6 - Contra Hard Corps, Donkey Kong Country 2 and Breath of Fire III
7 - Sonic Adventure 2
8 - Good gameplay and level design
9 - Bad controls and shitty level design
10 - They can be kinda humorous sometimes
11 - I love Contra Hard Corps but I can't beat it without the hit points restoration hack
12 - Splatterhouse 2, I guess

[Anonymous No.4043434]

>1. Age.
24
>2. First console.
SNES (sister's) PS1 (mine)
>3. Favorite console.
Fat PS3 just because I can play 3 generations of games on one console. Don't care otherwise.
>4. Biggest console regret
Slim PS3
>5. Best decision.
Stopped buying consoles
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
Majora's Mask, Thief, and Valkyrie Profile Vagrant Story in a close fourth
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
I don't know. I don't keep track of things I hate
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
An adherence to well-fleshed out core gameplay mechanics and the avoidance to deviate from them. Variety in enemies/unique situations that test a player's skills while keeping them engaged and a cohesive and appealing art style that ties the entire package together
>9. What makes a game bad?
Glitchy, unresponsive or unintuitive controls, lack of player agency i.e. lack of player control during story/dialogue/gameplay, deviation from the core gameplay mechanics i.e. shallow minigames, repetitive gameplay,
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
Dark fantasy settings mostly. Structured but allows a little freedom to explore your surroundings. Adherence to core gameplay mechanics. Majora's Mask has minigames but they use the same basic controls and core gameplay the player uses the whole game. Unintrusive stories.
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
I use guides for JRPGs when I hit the 30 hour mark and gamer fatigue begins to set in so I can rush through the rest of the game just for the sake of completion
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
Zelda II but that isn't much of an accomplishment. I'm not particularly good at video games

[Anonymous No.4043487]

1) 28
2) NES
3) NES
4) in college I was fucking this girl who want into vidya, I loaned her my N64 and a few games (not my Zeldas or anything thank God) and then we broke up. I never got my 64 back.
5) my parents sold my NES and all my games without asking me around 1996. Later around like 1998-99ish my brother and I found an NES at a yard sale with some games for $20 and we split the cost. From there I literally started collecting retro games.
6) Contra, Sonic 2, MGS1
7) All N64 3d platformer collectathons
8) Great rhythm, feels cool and fun, doesn't suck ass, isn't confusing or difficult to figure out your goals
9) Broken controls, poor presentation, "where the fuck do I go"
10) Speed, action, always in control
11) I used a level up cheat in FF6 because I just wanted to steamroll all the fights and enjoy the story. It kinda worked though
12) I can beat Friday the 13th which some people find impressive, unless you know the tricks to do it

[Anonymous No.4043503]

1. Old
2. Master System
3. snes
4. Selling my snes with ff3,ff2, som. Or selling my turbografx + cd
5. getting wii emu up and running. fking love it.
6. SoM, LoZ, MM2
7. hard to say
8. When a games creators all come together to make a production one cohesive piece of true 'art'.
9. Poor control, bad design elements
10. See 8.
11. Playing too much FFXI. For others: using cheats and then bragging about 'mastering the game'
12. Alex Kidd in miracle world. RE2 Hunk Scenario

[Anonymous No.4043547]

>>4043061
27
SNES
NES
Spending too much time on 4chan
Getting a multicart
Warwolf, galaga, ms pac man
Idk
Its gotta be made before 1999
If its NOT RETRO
They please muh dik
I dont beat games

[Anonymous No.4043557]

>>4043487
>letting women borrow things
At least u fukd, that was the payment

[Anonymous No.4043562]

>1. Age.
27
>2. First console.
Snes
>3. Favorite console.
Snes
>4. Biggest console regret
loaning games out and never getting them back
>5. Best decision.
dropping out of modern gaming
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
Chrono Trigger, Megaman X3, Balloon Fight
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
FIST for the Saturn
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
Developer freedom
>9. What makes a game bad?
Unnecessarily large development teams, too many cooks etc.
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
Pick up and playability
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
I spent WAY too much time playing FF7 when I was a teen when I should have been doing other things or at least playing other games
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
Probably Castlevania 3

[Anonymous No.4043568]

>>4043557
This.
I lent games to male friends who ended up stealing my stuff and I didn't even got to fuck their sisters/moms.

[Anonymous No.4043573]

>>4043061
>1. Age.
28
>2. First console.
Master System II
>3. Favorite console.
SNES
>4. Biggest console regret
Not buying a Saturn
>5. Best decision.
Making a retro station with (almost) all gen 3-7 consoles
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
FF8
Crazy Taxi
Homeworld (classic)
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
FF7
Alex Kidd (any)
Educational games (any)
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
Making its intended demographic experience achievement proportional to effort. FLOW is a simplification of that.
>9. What makes a game bad?
Lack of originality first, lack of FLOW second.
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
They inspire dreams of a better world
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
Rage-quitting Comix Zone, many a shooter
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
EVO - search for eden (with human)

[Anonymous No.4043586]

>>4043568
Did you fuk the boipussi at least

[Anonymous No.4043590]

>>4043061
1.32
2. ZX Spectrum
3. Gameboy Advance
4. XBox
5. To Emulate
6. Lost Vikings, Doom, Unreal
7. Final Fantasy (whole series)
8. Combination of cohesive game design, visual style and extent of player agency in game flow.
9. lack of engaging content, gamebreaking bugs, lack of internal logic
10. They are fun and do not get stale with numerous replays.
11. Skipping levels/cheating
12. Mazan arcade. Ammount of coins I dropped to it is astounding.

[Anonymous No.4043860]

>>4043061
1.30 ( in six days )
2.Genesis
3.probably SNES
4.don't really have a regret for getting it but XBox 360. actually went through 2 of them.
5. switching to PC honestly. i can play run emulators and play all my favs and more for freeeeeeeeeeeeeee. also new games if i want.
6.Super Mario World, Mega Man X, Street Fighter II: Special Championship Edition.
7.Fuck Donkey Kong Country and its sequels. I just don't like them.
8. If I don't have to ask too many questions on how to play the game or to make sense of it, it's good. Also, if I just can't stop playing it, it's good.
9. the reverse of answer 8. A prime example for this would be Dwarf Fortress. Fuck that game. I wanted to like.
10.Not really sure except meeting my criteria for what makes a game "good".
11.Nothing comes to mind.
12.Total Carnage

[Anonymous No.4043862]

>>4043061
>1. Age.
43

>2. First console.
first gaming thing, PC. first console, NES

>3. Favorite console.
Toss up between Genesis and 360

>4. Biggest console regret
Accidentally hooking the wrong adapter to a Sega CD.

>5. Best decision.
Buying a used Nomad I saw even though I was quite poor at the time.

>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
King of Fighters '98, Ecco the Dolphin, Shiren the Wanderer

>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
I don't hate anything but City of Lost Children is probably the worst

>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?

Having many interesting decisions to make and forces you to learn.

>9. What makes a game bad?

Not having any interesting decisions to make.

>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?

They're fun.

>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).

Not sure.

>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.

Tough to say. Probably either Rogue, Brogue or Sil, hard to say which is tougher. Wish I could say IVAN, but no dice yet.

[Anonymous No.4043871]

>>4043275
>3DO

yeah, you fucked up asking your parents for that one. what were you thinking? lol

[Anonymous No.4043894]

>>4043061
>1. Age.
31
>2. First console.
NES
>3. Favorite console.
PC
>4. Biggest console regret
Not getting PS1 until its end of life
>5. Best decision.
Buying an SNES and Genesis with small libraries and lots of rentals (even had sega channel)
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
Doom, Myth, Mega Man
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
Metroid, mostly due to hype (I just don't like it)
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
Combination of challenge, immersion, and sense of accomplishment
>9. What makes a game bad?
Lots of things, but bad control is usually the first killer
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
Dunno. Fun factor is hard to define
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
Save scumming and claiming to have beaten the game
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
Battletoads. No idea how many hours that took

[Anonymous No.4043896]

>>4043860
>12. Total Carnage
A pizza place near me has that, but i never really stay long enough to play that far into it, and I prefer the Raiden DX machine they have. Is it worth playing TC to the end?

[Anonymous No.4043920]

>>4043896
i suppose that depends. i was staying over night a a friends house and we co-oped it trying to collect all the keys to get the pleasure dome ending. we were five fuckers short. it was satisfying though. stayed up all night playing it.

[Anonymous No.4043929]

>>4043061
>1. Age. Q
19
>2. First console.
N64
>3. Favorite console.
PS1 / NES / SNES
>4. Biggest console regret
Xbox HEUG
>5. Best decision.
NES / PS1
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
Doom, Street Fighter 2, Punchout
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
No clue, I've enjoyed most games I've played.
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
It's fun, doesn't take itself seriously, tight controls
>9. What makes a game bad?
Tries to hard to be funny / memorable and isnt. Awkward / confusing character / level design.
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
You beat the shit outta someone.
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
I rarely beat games. I easily get bored or disinterested in a lot of games pretty quickly.
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
See 11.

[Anonymous No.4043976]

>1. Age.
26
>2. First console.
SNES
>3. Favorite console.
SNES
>4. Biggest console regret
Letting my original SNES and games get stolen.
>5. Best decision.
Getting into early 90s CRPGs
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
Contra III
Final Fight
Sunset Riders
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
Gex
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
Creativity from everyone involved in the development from the gameplay to the graphics to the music. Many of the best retro games seem like a legitimate labor of love.
>9. What makes a game bad?
Lack of creativity, clear commercial intent, i.e. frustrating or boring generic ass licensed platformers
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
Cool as shit
Can pick up and play and get hooked immediately, progression is more difficult
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
Being under 30 and claiming to be a "retro" enthusiast but I guess that's what everyone else is doing, apparently
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
I don't know I'm bored answering shit now

[Anonymous No.4043986]

>>4043061
>1. Age.
21
>2. First console.
SNES and PSX, my memory fails me but i remember having both together as far as I can remember
>3. Favorite console.
Retro would be between PSX and SNES, non retro is PS3
>4. Biggest console regret
Wii U
>5. Best decision.
Probably getting a super famicom, and a flashcart instead of buying actual carts with my very small income.
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
Earthbound (Despite its many flaws),Link to the Past, Megaman X4
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
I don't think it is the worst, but X6, because it brought the series back, though i like X8. X6 just has many issues that would take a paragraph to list
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
Character development (one of earthbound's faults sadly),diverse levels/world, and reasonable amounts of enemies/encounters. The last one is a big issue, as random encounters every other step slow the game down to a halt.
>9. What makes a game bad?
Excluding one off examples, and my own terrible gaming abilities, I'd have to say the need to grind often to proceed,very luck dependent survivability, and checkpoints/save points being very far apart.
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything? They all are 2d, I prefer fluid sprites to early 3d in most cases, and they are all not that hard, since I am really bad at games for the most part.
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired). probably saying that I beat SMT, when i got stuck due to a bug before the final fights due to my alignment. I have not beaten LTTP either because i accidentally hit the load state key after i killed ganon and that state was 3 dungeons back, and i couldn't be bothered.
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
I don't really play hard games, so probably Earthbound the NES prototype with no hacks to make it easier.

[Anonymous No.4043997]

>>4043986
welp messed up 10 thru 12, i probably should have typed less, also I should add for 4. Not realizing sooner my parents sold my SNES and PSX for newer stuff.

[Anonymous No.4044009]

>>4043061
>1. Age.
29
>2. First console.
Playstation
>3. Favorite console.
Playstation 2
>4. Biggest console regret
None
>5. Best decision.
Not selling any game.
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
Resident Evil 2, Super Metroid, Pokemon Silver/Gold
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
Carnage Heart
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
Good story and/or good mechanics.
>9. What makes a game bad?
Being too complex. Not being finished. Bugs
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
Exploration.
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
Not finishing Chrono Trigger and say that I did.
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
God of War

[Anonymous No.4044035]

>1. Age.
25

>2. First console.
NES

>3. Favorite console.
Nintendo64

>4. Biggest console regret
Super Famicom... for some reason I'm not sure if I really want to have It since my experience with It's games was trough emulation and I dont have the same feeling with this one...

>5. Best decision.
Not selling my Nintendo64 when I wanted the GameCube. Damn I'm proud.

>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
Majora's Mask and Ocarina of Time
Super Mario 64
Megaman Legends / Megaman Legends 2

>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
For me the most important thing is the style, the feel, the taste thats what I enjoy.

>10. In your favorite games, what do they all >have in common, if anything?
Action RPG-like, 5th gen, Japanese-made games...

>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get
fired).
Saying that you play retro, but not doing It as the first target in gaming hobby.

>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
I'm not sure. Ninja Gaiden (NES), Ghouls N Ghosts(Mega Drive), Aerofighters Assault (Nintendo64)...

I have pending to beat I-Spy Operation Espionage on Sega Dreamcast.

[Anonymous No.4044076]

1. 38
2. Intellivision (Mattel Electronics)
3. NES
4. No regrets but Wii U comes close
5. NES
6. Contra, Half Life 2, Tetris (NES)
7. None come to mind
8. Retro game: Has to be addictive. Modern game: Has to make me feel like I'm another personality experiencing a unique story
9. Poor game mechanics (i.e. poor response between controller input and character response, poor engine physics, etc.)
10. I could always play them over and over again without getting bored
11. None that I can think of
12. Tie between Castlevania and Battletoads

[Anonymous No.4044374]

>>4043061
>1. Age.
32
>2. First console.
NES
>3. Favorite console.
PSX
>4. Biggest console regret
My absentee dad sent me a Turbo Grafx 16 when I was a kid. It wasn't a Sega Genesis so I got rid of it.
>5. Best decision.
Early in 5th gen I had a friend with a 3DO and another with a Saturn. Saturn Friend urged me to get one too, I opted for the PSX.
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
Final Fantasy IX, Ocarina of Time, Metal Gear Solid
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
Not much as far as anything high profile can be concerned. All the shovelware I guess.
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game
good?
Little hand holding, organic teaching of mechanics, visual storytelling over verbose.
>9. What makes a game bad?
Stripping challenge from the equation. I don't need brutal difficulty but I also don't want to fall asleep.
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
Moderate open endedness with an encouragement for the player to reason their way through sets and events. I am aware this isn't reflected much in my listed top 3 up there but oh well.
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
Save scumming RNG based things in various games. Still do it. I have shame but not enough to convince me random chance for stuff like Digimon stats is worth being a good boy for.
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
FFT, Dark Souls, or Jak 2.

[Anonymous No.4044459]

>1. Age.
21

>2. First console.
SNES

>3. Favorite console.
SNES

>4. Biggest console regret
Never getting a PSX or PS2

>5. Best decision.
Getting into console emulation to finally play all of the retro games I never got the chance to.

>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
Chrono Trigger, Live-A-Live, Paper Mario.

>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
The NES port of Trojan. I don't know why, but I hate it so much.

>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
It needs to reward cleverness and skill, without relying purely on memorization or level-grinding as ways of overcoming difficulty.

>9. What makes a game bad?
Failing to be mentally stimulating, whether the cause be low difficulty, boring gameplay, or anything else.

>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
They're all JRPGs. They're all relatively easy at first blush, but are very tricky or strategic if you challenge yourself with low-level runs or the like.

>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
As a child, I once spent an entire summer dicking around on a Paper Mario save that I had already completed, just wandering around talking to NPCs and fighting random monsters.

>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
F-Zero GX. Not retro, but harder than any of the classic NES games I've played.

[Anonymous No.4044495]

>1. Age.
18
>2. First console.
N64
>3. Favorite console.
Ps1, maybe snes
>4. Biggest console regret
Not a console regret but my biggest retro regret was passing a cheap copy of strider 2, still kick myself for it.
>5. Best decision.
I'll just give my best find, which was a snes for $7.
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
Breath of Fire IV
Megaman 4
Metal Slug 3
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
Don't have one really.
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
Good gameplay is most important. Other aspects like music, atmosphere, art, and story though really add the experience.
>9. What makes a game bad?
Bad gameplay alone ruins a game no matter how good everything else is.
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
Two are made by capcom and are the fourth title of their respective series, all are Japanese games.
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
Using turbo to speed up grinding in certain games.
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
The hardest games I beat honestly I feel were either ninja gaiden and mr.gimmick.

[Anonymous No.4044546]

1. 25
2. Megadrive
3. Megadrive
4. No regrets
5. buyng ps2
6. shinobi 3, duke 3d, tekken 3
7. no hate
8. when game makes you forget you're wasting time
9. when game makes you feel like you're wasting time
10. They all got 3?
11. I always cheat at CRPGs to make my character best at everything. Out of laziness and desire to be a god.
12. Completing Adventures of Batman&Robin on megadrive without being hit.

[Anonymous No.4044567]

>1. Age.
31

>2. First console.
nes

>3. Favorite console.
360, my first "next gen" console, purchased fairly late in the lifespan.

>4. Biggest console regret
n64, might has well been marketed as a paper weight.

>5. Best decision.
ps2, got it for very cheap in it's infancy

>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
syndicate, M.U.L.E., Full Throttle (most SCUMMS really)

>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
ehhhh dunno

>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
Immersion and ambiance.

>9. What makes a game bad?
lack of foresight, cash cow mentality, inexperience.

>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
transportation

>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
selling most of my collection

>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
i briefly held the world record for fastest KO of Gabby Jay in Super Punch Out....

[Anonymous No.4044569]

>1. Age.
24

>2. First console.
Had a NES growing up, but it was my sister's. Got the N64 at age 4 and it changed my life.

>3. Favorite console.
Gotta say N64

>4. Biggest console regret
Buying a 360 for essentially one game. Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts

>5. Best decision.
Buying a Wii U when I did. Spent $200 and through weird circumstances (club Nintendo, free game offer, packaged game and free game with THAT) got four games with it.

>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
Chrono Trigger, Super Mario 64, and Banjo-Kazooie

>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
Hmm, I really kind of hate the old Bomberman games and the Mega Man games. I know, I know. Also, throw in Asteroids. Hate that one.

>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
The experience. Whether that includes graphics, story, the gameplay, music - whatever. A game is "good" in a unique sense opposed to other mediums because it's an amalgamation of many elements. When I think about my top three mentioned above, I chose them for the experience. Sure, nostalgia goggles plays a role, but because the experience I had at the time.

>9. What makes a game bad?
When the developers don't manage to put a soul in their game. Almost like some of those summer blockbusters - sure, it might have a massive budget and A-list actors from a famous source material... but we can tell if it's a cash grab or a labor of love.

>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
Games on Nintendo platforms, in the 90's.

>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
I sold my entire collection of Nintendo Power magazines at a yard sale about three years ago for $20. I still fucking hate myself for that.

>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
For me, Mega Man. Fuck that. I don't even know why I trucked through that.

[Anonymous No.4044598]

>Age
29
>First
SNES
>Fav
PS2
>Regret
PSVITA
>Best decision
Dream cast
>Top 3
Donkey Kong Country 2, Silent Hill, Time Crisis 2
>Most Hated
All early 3d FPS especially those immune from criticism like Doom
>Good?
Satisfying mechanics joined with aesthetic beauty.
>Bad?
Padding, more for the sake of more, obnoxious level design.
>Common
Easy to learn, hard to master, beautiful to look at, endlessly replyable.
>Retro Sin
Can't think if any
>Toughest completion
Don't know... 1cc House of The Dead 2 took awhile.

[Anonymous No.4044643]

>1. Age.
29
>2. First console.
NES
>3. Favorite console.
SNES
>4. Biggest console regret
Dropping and breaking my Teal GameBoy Color.
>5. Best decision.
Either being willing to try Ogre Battle 64 or sticking with fighting games long enough to gitgud.
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
Earthbound, Wario Land 2, Street Fighter 2.
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
Ironsword, Young Merlin.
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
Enthralling gameplay, decent story or fair challenge. Good music can redeem almost anything.
>9. What makes a game bad?
Frustrating controls, limited continues.
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
I dunno.
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
Being a child and tearing my Earthbound Player's Guide to pieces through normal 8 year old wear and tear. God if I kept that in pristine condition and still had the box.
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
Either NES Batman, Super Ghouls n Ghosts hard mode, or Ninja Gaiden.

[Anonymous No.4044682]

>1. Age.
26
>2. First console.
One of those Famiclones with "999 games" where its actually the same ones repeated over and over
>3. Favorite console.
Tie between SNES and PSX
>4. Biggest console regret
Couldn't start working until the retro bubble started to inflate
>5. Best decision.
Buy a Wii, a component cable and a late-model CRT
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
Chrono Trigger, DKC, Final Fantasy VII
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
Don't hate anything
8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
If it's fun to play, makes me want to play it more and leaves me willing to play it again after I finish it, it's good in my books.
9. What makes a game bad?
See above and reverse it
10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
See question no. 9
11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
Almost all of the games I completed were on emulators
12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
Can't even remember...

[Anonymous No.4044762]

>>4043061
1. Age.
>28
2. First console.
>NES
3. Favorite console.
>SNES
4. Biggest console regret
>Wii U
5. Best decision.
>original xbox
6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
>Yoshi's Island, Star Ocean Second Story, Ocarina of Time
7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
>most sports stuff with some exceptions like mutant league football
8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
>good story and game play
9. What makes a game bad?
>bad game play and story, technical issues
10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
>they are all RPG's
11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
>Never beat Kefka at end of FF6 to finish game
12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
>mega man x

[Anonymous No.4044806]

>age
29
>first console
SEGA Genesis
>fav console
PlayStation 1
>regret console
Launch PS3 (overheated just weeks after warranty expired)
>best decision
Bought most of my PS1 games around 2003ish when no one gave a shit about them. Got most of them for less than $8.
>3 fav retro vidjya
Puzzle Bobble 4
Brave Fencer Musashi
Soul Calibur (Dreamcast)
>most hated retro vidjya
Beavis and Butthead (Genesis)
>what makes good game
Tight controls, clear rules and goal, atmosphere, music.
>what makes bad game
Bad controls, no direction, empty world, no spirit or personality.
>what my fav games have in common
Charm, clear direction/goals, good music
>retro sin
Game Sharked my way through Gundam Battle Assault 2. I wanted to unlock all the Gundams and to do that you had to do some crazy shit/get really good. I'm not dedicating time to get good at GBA2, a game no one besides me and like 10 other people care about.
>toughest game completed
Castlevania Chronicles. Try playing that game on normal even and see for yourself.

[Anonymous No.4044808]

>>4044495
>passing on a cheap copy of strider 2
Ouch! I feel that pain! Sorry for your loss anon.

[Anonymous No.4044842]

>>4043061
>1. Age.
40
>2. First console.
some half wooden thing with integrated games like pong I picked up at a jumble sale. But real first console was a Master System
>3. Favorite console.
Dreamcast or N64
>4. Biggest console regret
None but I rarely used my PS2
>5. Best decision.
N64 and buying a Saturn retrospectively
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
Ghosts & Goblins, Strider, R-Type
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
Doom and any RPG
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
Playability, style and fun
>9. What makes a game bad?
Unplayable, no style and not fun
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
Pre 2000
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
Learning patterns from Youtube longplays
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
When I was a kid the intergrated game on my Master System was Alex Kidd, took me a few weeks of non-stop playing to finish.

[Anonymous No.4044912]

>>4043061
>1. Age.
20

>2. First console.
Pegasus(Polish NES clone)

>3. Favorite console.
GBA

>4. Biggest console regret
DSi

>5. Best decision.
PS2

>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
HoMM3, Fallout 2, Baldur's Gate.

>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
Some shity football game

>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
Game world, freedom, story

>9. What makes a game bad?
Bugs, generic worlds

>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
Great worlds, replayability

>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
I did'n finshed HoMM3 Campaign

>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
Fallout 1 in childhood

[Anonymous No.4044913]

>>4043871
I actually bought it with my own savings, so it hurt more.
At the time, I wasn't sure if the PS1 was going to be successful or another failure, and I found a store that sold a 3DO for cheaper than PS1.
I eventually traded the 3DO for a PS1 (paying a bit of extra money)

[Anonymous No.4044918]

>>4043061
>1. Age.
33

>2. First console.
Atari 7800

>3. Favorite console.
SNES.

>4. Biggest console regret
None, but the Sega CD had the weakest library of my consoles.

>5. Best decision.
PS2, and by proxy re-acquiring a PS1.

>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
Final Fantasy VI, Doom, Uncharted Waters: New Horizons.

>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.


>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
Good gameplay and memorable music.

>9. What makes a game bad?
Unfun gameplay, mediocre music and plot (when relevant).

>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
Good art design, good music, and good gameplay.

>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
Spending way too much time with video games. And occasionally looking up FAQs when I got stuck.

>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
Castlevania 3.

[Anonymous No.4044924]

>>4044918
Didn't answer #7, but Tecmo's Secret of the Stars was one of the blandest games I ever played. The town-building element was its only redeeming value.

[Anonymous No.4045074]

>>4043061
>1. Age.
18
>2. First console.
N64
>3. Favorite console.
Genesis/Mega Drive
>4. Biggest console regret
Wii U
>5. Best decision.
Getting into retro at a very young age (8) and buying everything when it was cheap.
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
Sonic 2, Donkey Kong Country 2, Super Mario 64
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
Madden I guess
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
Satisfying core gameplay, fleshed out mechanics that are used well, complement the gameplay and don't get in the way, unified art style, jammin' soundtrack.
>9. What makes a game bad?
Sloppy controls, convulted or annoying mechanics, long loading times, repetitive interrupting textboxes/cutscenes, bullshit enemy/boss patterns, ear-grating SFX/music
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
They're all platformers, with perfect refined gameplay, tons of replay value and secrets to find, and amazing soundtracks. I'll admit SM64 is the weakest of the three and nostalgia is the driving force behind that pick.
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
Can't stop myself from savestate scumming on emulators, using walkthroughs when stuck on RPGs
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
Thunder Force III 1cc

[Anonymous No.4045843]

>>4043976
>Letting my original SNES and games get stolen.

what's the story with this? how did you "let" them get stolen?

[Anonymous No.4045897]

1. 21
2. Game Boy Color / GameCube
3. GameCube
4. Saturn
5. Free Xbox HUEG 4 years ago
6. Link's Awakening, Metal Gear Solid, Rondo of Blood
7. Pic related
8. How much enjoyment you can squeeze out of it plus how well made it is.
9. No matter how many times you try it, it isn't fun. That or it's just obviously low effort.
10. I'd say they're all well made with lots of care taken in their design. They are neither overly easy nor impossibly difficult and they offer replay value which for me, adds to the fun.
11. I was so shitty at Metroid that I had to use the NARPASSWORD cheat to just get the Ice Beam and fight Mother Brain right away, using a GameFAQs map to guide me. I tried with Justin Bailey but never could make it to the Ice Beam.
12. Super Mario Bros 1 without warps

[Anonymous No.4045924]

>>4043061
>1. Age.
28
>2. First console.
NES
>3. Favorite console.
SNES
>4. Biggest console regret
Gamecube/dreamcast
>5. Best decision.
PC
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
LttP, DQ III, Aero Fighters
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
No idea, i can't really think of any.
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
Good controls, graphics that accuretly represent what they're meant to, and is (subjectivity) fun.
>9. What makes a game bad?
A game that is difficult not because it's intended to be difficult, but because it's poorly made (controls are awful, graphics are hard to tell what you're looking at, etc)
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
Uh, i can't really think of anything that they all have in common.
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
I almost failed out of high school and got fired from my first job because i couldn't stop playing Diablo 2. I had to make my friend hold on to the discs until i graduated.
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
Hmm, i use to struggle with the Ninja gaiden games, but they are mostly hard due to being old Nintendo games

[Anonymous No.4045946]

>>4043061
>1. Age.
25
>2. First console.
Sega Master System 2
>3. Favorite console.
Nes
>4. Biggest console regret
Maybe xbox369
>5. Best decision.
Gbc
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
Ninja Gaiden
Duck tales
Little Samson
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
Snake
Metroid
Pong
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
Gameplay and story
>9. What makes a game bad?
Bad gameplay and bad controls
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
Platform, my favourite
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
I'm playing CTR on a Psx emulator for the PSP instead of study condensed matter for my master degree in theoretical physics
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
Ninja gaiden

[Anonymous No.4045965]

>>4043061
1. 23
2. SNES
3. Neo Geo Pocket Color
4. Nintendo Switch
5. Sega Dreamcast lot
6. Castlevania SOTN, Pokemon Silver, Street Fighter II Turbo
7. Home Alone 2
8. Good gameplay.
9. Bad gameplay.
10. Exploration.
11. Save scumming a few NES games.
12. Halo 2 on Legendary

[Anonymous No.4045972]

>>4043061
1. 24
2. SNES
3. Genesis
4. I never got to play a Saturn.
5. Downloading Doom on a whim.
6. Doom, Sonic 2, Mario 64
7. Bubsy the Bobcat
8. Above all else, you just need to have fun.
9. Does playing it make you feel miserable? That's what.
10. Good pacing, tight controls, mechanical depth.
11. I wasted most of high school playing Doom through Skulltag with friends. Had shitty grades for it.
12. I am tempted to say Ultima III.

[Anonymous No.4046068]

1. 34
2. NES
3. PS1
4. Dreamcast
5. Getting a TG-16 between the 8bit and 16bit years. I was the only kid around who had one so it made me feel special. Plus some of the games were awesome.
6. Gemfire, River City Ransom, Lufia 2
7. Most of the movie licensed NES games.
8. If you are having fun playing it everytime you play it.
9. Poor controls, glitches, obscene difficulty.
10. I'm not sure
11. Cheating with Savestates on some games, especially if they have gambling minigame to win money..
12. Streetfighter 2010, that game gave me fits as a kid.

[Anonymous No.4046124]

>>4043061
>1. Age.
31
>2. First console.
snes
>3. Favorite console.
zsnes
>4. Biggest console regret
n64
>5. Best decision.
snes9x
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
Homeworld 2 (rts), day of defeat (HL1 mod), Ultima Online
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
SMarioW, warcraft1, diabloLOD
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
challenge my reflex or wits in a manner
>9. What makes a game bad?
-relying solely on memorized timings as faux challenge, or requiring [too much] grind

-lazy graphic hacks like blur/fog as a form of smoothing even on high polycount, going cartoon-like, or hipster-retro-pixels.
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
online multiplayer as sole or primary source of matchmaking

>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
never done duke3d without cheats, i was pratically indoctrinated, cheated for fun at first and then i didnt know how else to play duke3d but to effortlessly kills monsters with all-guns-cheat, then waste time finding all secrets and touring the maps.
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
no idea

[Anonymous No.4046146]

>>4046124
>favorite console is snes
>hates SMW
Freak.

Nah but this is just strange to me, I can get not liking it but anyone who can say SMW is one of their least favorite games just sounds bizarre.

[Anonymous No.4046151]

>>4043061
1. Age.
32

2. First console.
NES

3. Favorite console.
SNES

4. Biggest console regret
Wii U

5. Best decision.
Quitting WOW in Cata

6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
Super Metroid
Mario 3
Earthbound

7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
Castlevania 3, because i could never beat it as a kid... but morphed into one of my top 5 favorites

8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
Killer Soundtrack and Unique Gameplay

9. What makes a game bad?
Graphics over Substance

10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
Killer Soundtracks and Replayability

11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
Save Scumming with Emulators in my older age cuz I have no patience anymore

12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
Castlevania 3 or 100% super meat boy

[Anonymous No.4047759]

>>4043061
>1. Age
23

>2. First console
SNES

>3. Favorite console
PS2

>4. Biggest console regret
N64

>5. Best decision
Getting a good PC

>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya
Robotron 2084, Doom, Windjammers

>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya
Old turn based RPGs about feudal Japan

>8. in 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
If the developer is forced to compromise and is still able to make the game they want, it will be good to some degree.

>9. What makes a game bad?
Not fully committing from the dev

>10. In your favorite games, what do they have in common, if anything?
Replayability.

>11. Most shameful retro sin
Action replay in Pokemon to get those good candies and beat friends

>12. Toughest game you've ever completed
Adventure Island. I've beaten Double Dragon 3, Silver Surfer and Battletoads all once and none of them were as annoying and stupid as Adventure Island.

[Anonymous No.4047782]

>>4043061
>1. Age.
24

>2. First console.
Game Boy

>3. Favorite console.
SNES/PS1

>4. Biggest console regret.
Don't really have one

>5. Best decision.
Pestering my parents to get me a PS1

>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
THPS2
Half-Life
Fallout

>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
Megaman

>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
Intuitive design and control, a good art style, a good sountrack

>9. What makes a game bad?
Not doing the things I just mentioned

>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
Good controls and/or design

>11. Most shameful retro sin
I don't really cheat on games, but in RPGs I'll use exploits if I stumble upon them

>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
Quake on Nightmare maybe?

[Anonymous No.4048018]

>>4043061
>1. Age.
18
>2. First console.
NES
>3. Favorite console.
PS2
>4. Biggest console regret
3DS I guess.
>5. Best decision.
Saving money to buy my first PS1.
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
Super Metroid, Metal Gear Solid, Kirby's Adventure
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
I don't really hate any games I remember.
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
Good atmosphere (especially music), gameplay, story and graphics, in this order. Being unique also helps.
>9. What makes a game bad?
Repetitive music, shitty/boring gameplay, unresponsive controls, unrewarding difficulty.
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
I like them.
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
Throwing away all of my old NES cartridges like a fucking retard.
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
Mega Man 1 from recent memory.

[Anonymous No.4048171]

>>4043061
>1. Age.
20
>2. First console.
Does Gameboy Color count? If not gamecube.
>3. Favorite console.
PSX
>4. Biggest console regret
none desu
>5. Best decision.
getting into /vr/
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
1. Quake 3
2. Doom
3. Dragon Quest V
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
I hate zelda games
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
For a game to be good it needs to keep your attention, be fun to play, and have replayability
>9. What makes a game bad?
Slow start, boring or tedious sections, and most importantly not fun.
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
Quake and Doom are FPS games with a very fun multilayer component. As for DQ im a sucker for JRPGs but this was the first one I finished when I got into /vr/.
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
If the game isn't on disc, I'll only emulate it because im not a fan of cartridges.
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
not sure desu

pic unrelated

[Anonymous No.4048198]

>>4043061
>19
>Gamecube
>Gamecube
>Tied between 360 Elite and Wii U
>Deus Ex, Mega Man X, Earthbound
>I honestly can't think of any
>Good gameplay and memorable story
>Trying to appeal to too many audiences at once, making graphics a priority over actual content, microtransactions, creatives caving in to noncreatives or societal pressure, I could go on
>Incredible presentation, good characters and amazing music
>I use save states whenever I emulate
>Maybe Mega Man X6 but there's probably a harder one I'm not thinking of, I've played a lot of games

[@@@@@@djm.factorymark.co.jp No.4048247]

19
PS1
Swan Crystal
SNES, but only because of the game prices and PAL version.
Picking up a Megadrive II in box with all the original posters and bits 'n' bobs for £20
Tetris, Pokemon Gold (Crystal), Digimon Rumble Arena
Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Battle 22, I saved up my pocket money for 2 months or so, only to blow it on that hunk of crap for £10

Deep, multi-faceted story and typically RPG mechanics
Didn't get into retro gaming until waaay later, christ I could've been emulating from a younger age but the thought just never crossed my mind
idk, maybe Mega Man 2

[Anonymous No.4050192]

1. 22
2. PC
3. PC
4. Not having tried other consoles. An engineer and a programmer had use for a PC but not for something else.
5. Playing games older than me.
6. MoO 2
Starcraft
AoE 2
7. Shooters. I'm garbage at them.
8. If you play a game all day and dream about it all night then it's good.
9. Shit outside of your control, like bad AI.
10. Strategy.
11. Being too chicken to play online. My dad has a better one, my mom almost divorced him because he played all day and did nothing else.
12. Don't know...

[Anonymous No.4050204]

is there a reason to post in this thread besides being profiled?

[Anonymous No.4050213]

>>4043061
33
Atari 800
PSX
N64
Uh... Buying a PlayStation, I guess
FFVIII, vagrant story, chrono cross
Probably OoT. It's just so over rated
Variability, replay value, options, originality and solid gameplay.
No options
They're all psx RPGs
I never beat my all time favorite game.
Probably resident evil remake.idk.

[Anonymous No.4050253]

>>4050213
>FFVIII, vagrant story, chrono cross
>Probably OoT. It's just so over rated
>FFVIII

[Anonymous No.4051294]

1. 25
2. Sega Genesis
3. See pic
4. Leaving my old N64 & collection at a place I was staying, where it had been stolen
5. Finally buying Stadium 2
6. in no particular order: Super Mario World, Armored Core, Pokemon Silver
7. Micro Machines (PSX), the first two Legend of Zeldas, Breakout
8. A good game is original, able to capture the imagination of the player, as well as fun to play for years to come. The player should walk away having gained something from the experience.
9. Shitty controls, bugs, poor gameplay
10. All of them are able to keep me in their world for a little while and have me think about them when I'm nowhere near a means of playing them.
11. Fuck your puzzles, I'll walkthrough the shit out of that
12. Castlevania

[Anonymous No.4051617]

1. 27
2. Famicom
3. SNES
4. blank
5. Buying a N64 with 4 controllers. Still playing with friends to this day
6. Romancing SaGa 2, Megaman Legends, Captain Tsubasa 2
7. TMNT (you know that NES one) hated to play it but couldn't stop
8. Waking up early because you want to play more.
9. Being a bother to play.
10. Aesthetic direction and buildup. Those games have a very strong identity, too.
11. As a kid I used savestates and even gameshark for games that were too hard.
12. Super Robot Wars 3 in japanese without using game overs (this means restarting a stage keeping acquired levels and money IE grinding). To this day I don't know how I did it

[Anonymous No.4051619]

>>4051617
If I could pick two more favorite games they would be Age of Empires 2 and Pokemon Gold. Multiplayer for those was insane at the time.

[Anonymous No.4052012]

>1. Age.
23
>2. First console.
Genesis
>3. Favorite console.
SNES
>4. Biggest console regret
Selling said Genesis last year
>5. Best decision.
Grabbing a Super Everdrive
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
Super Mario Bros 3
Castlevania IV
Zelda II
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
Starshot
Brutal Paws of Fury
Dr Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
It has to immerse the player in the protagonist's perspective via the gameplay. It also needs to be challenging in a fair, thought-out way.
>9. What makes a game bad?
It doesn't engage the player and lets you coast through it.
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
Challenging
Relatively linear
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
Spending most of my early childhood playing them rather than acquiring useful skills
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
Castlevania I

[Anonymous No.4052153]

>>4052012
my nigga

[Anonymous No.4052185]

>Age
28
>First console
NES
>Biggest console regret
Buying gamecube instead of playstation 2
>Best decision
Buying DS instead of PSP
>Top 3 favorite retro vidya
Mega Man 2, Super Mario World, Earthbound
>Bottom, most hated retro vidya
A Boy and his Blob, Bart vs. The World, Chakan: The Forever Man
>In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
Platformers with well designed difficulty spikes. Well tuned controls.
>What makes a game bad?
RPGs that doesn't explain what certain stats does.
>In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
They're all japanese I guess. Two of them have really refined controls.
>Most shame retro sin
I just can't play retro RPG's for PC. They're way too advanced for me and I always end up making builds that are absolutely awful.
>Thoughest game you've ever completed
It's a tie between Ghosts 'n Goblins for NES and Battletoads NES.

[Anonymous No.4052215]

>>4043061
>1. Age.
30

>2. First console.
Atari 2600

>3. Favorite console.
SNES

>4. Biggest console regret
N64 (I only liked 3 games for it--SM64, OoT, and Dook Nukem but it was better on the PC, anyway)

>5. Best decision.
Probably transitioning over to PC gaming. I haven't owned a console since Dreamcast.

>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
Chrono Trigger, Diablo 1, Ultima 6

>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
Fucking Action 52 and Heroes of the Lance for the NES.

>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
Fun gameplay and a decent story if the game in question is a RPG.

>9. What makes a game bad?
Glitches and clunky game mechanics.

>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
Addictive gameplay

>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
I'm not sure if Diablo 2 counts as retro, but I basically spent my entire teenage years and early 20s playing that game non-stop on closed Bnet at the expense of my social life.

>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
Gothic 2

[Anonymous No.4052383]

>>4043061
>1. Age.
19
>2. First console.
N64
>3. Favorite console.
PS2.
>4. Biggest console regret
Breaking my GBC
>5. Best decision.
Setting up my Wii as a retro vidya machine
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
1) Shatterhand
2) Snatcher
3) Bionic Commando GB
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
Japanese SMB2
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
It takes the whole package. Control, gameplay mechanics, sound, story/context and graphics should blend together into an enjoyable experience.
>9. What makes a game bad?
Focusing too much on a single aspect that the rest of the game suffers for it.
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
Shatterhand and Bionic Commando GB have buttery smooth controls, though Snatcher obviously doesn't quite apply since it's an adventure game. I also really like that 80s-90s Japanese sci-fi style I guess.
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
Savescumming, but I've made an effort to stop in recent years.
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
One of the Ninja Gaidens, not really sure which one I'd consider the hardest. Hardest game I've attempted is US Contra Hard Corps but I haven't been able to beat it. I can beat the JP version no problem.

[Anonymous No.4052479]

>>4043061
1. 27
2. NES
3. Gameboy Color
4. Xbox 1
5. PS 2 or N64
6. Pokemon R/B, Harvest Moon 64, Perfect Dark
7. Dragon Quest (any)
8. Art matches music. Gameplay matches story.
9. Tons of features that do nothing to add to the game (Inch deep, mile wide)
11. I love retro games but struggle to play them over because the feelings of nostalgia and loneliness (no more friends) make it too hard to do.
12. I dunno... define tough? At my peak with it I could almost play MGS 2 on Xbox perfectly (no non required kills and perfect stealth). Also had all but the last weapons training for grenade done on MGS 2Subsistance (I know its not retro)

[Anonymous No.4052493]

>>4043061
>1. Age.
34
>2. First console.
Commodore 64
>3. Favorite console.
SNES
>4. Biggest console regret
Jaguar
>5. Best decision.
Asking for Final Fantasy 2 for Christmas even though I disliked the NES game
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
1. Quake
2. Castlevania: SOTN
3. E.V.O: The Search for Eden
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
I think the original Castlevania games are bad, not-fun games and there are vastly better platformers on NES.
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
"Kimochi ii"-- the game makes the player feel good when they play it. Responsive and accurate controls and visuals.
>9. What makes a game bad?
Lack of heart by developers. Most games are simply products now, but if you read stuff like the Megaman 2 staff talking about the production of the game, they were absolutely pouring their soul into it. Everything they had.
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
Very responsive and tight controls.
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
Never played through Ocarina of Time. Since Quake had just came out on PC it felt like going years backwards in time and I had zero interest in it. I also saw ALTTP as a "top of its class" game and when OoT came out I saw it as an "already defeated" game where PC games had superior controls and visuals at that point.
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
Dota 2 is by far harder than any other game I have ever played. If that answer doesn't count, I completed games like Kabuki, Metal Storm, Contra, Ninja Gaiden etc as a kid without cheats.

[Anonymous No.4052507]

1. Age.

33

2. First console.

nes

3. Favorite console.

snes

4. Biggest console regret

none

5. Best decision.

fuck yeah emulator

6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.

super Mario world
symphony of the night
Final Fantasy Tactiks

7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.

sport game

8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?

Looks fun and it's fun

9. What makes a game bad?

bad design or just cloning good game and dump in to rom

10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?

Fair difficult and you can choose to play it easy or hard .

11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).

Get some weird japanese game and use it as class presentation .
those nightmare still haunting me till now

12. Toughest game you've ever completed.

castlevania 3

[Anonymous No.4052510]

>>4043061

>1. Age.

32

>2. First console.

nes

>3. Favorite console.

snes

>4. Biggest console regret

tie between n64 and genesis

>5. Best decision.

ps1

>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.

sotn super metroid ff6

>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.

combatribes, tecmo secret of the stars, castlevania 64

>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?

Good story, interesting and consistent mechanics, balance (obv ff6 and sotn are unbalanced, but you'd have to be a sperg/guidefag to notice that back in the day)

>9. What makes a game bad?

Pretty much any first foray into a completely new genre or graphics systems. A lot of the worst games are ports or "series firsts"

>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?

Exploration, lots of items and modification, diverse groups of enemies to kill in different ways.

>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).

I cheat because I no longer have time due to having a kid and college, so I excuse myself. I would rank crt puritanism and militant buyfagging among the ones I don't engage in (my total game collection is about 400 titles retro and non - I'm seriously am not buying shit until my financial situation changes, also let a 36inch crt go for free because I had no space and there's no market for it in my area.)

>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.

There have been hundreds - I have no idea. I want to say one of the Silent Hills or Resident Evils on max difficulty with no guide back in my pre-responsibility puritan days though.

[Anonymous No.4052518]

>>4052510
>>4052507
>needlessly double-spacing this

[Anonymous No.4052535]

>>4043061

Just want to say, reading through these, the 25 and up guys are right on, and you guys are why I keep coming back to /vr/.

To everyone else, I say: welcome apprentices - your youthful spirit is appreciated.

[Anonymous No.4052537]

>>4052518

shift + enter is a reflex now, what can i say?

[Anonymous No.4052710]

>>4043061
>1. Age.
22

>2. First console.
Genesis

>3. Favorite console.
Toss-up between NES and Genesis

>4. Biggest console regret
Wii

>5. Best decision.
Getting into roguelikes.

>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
(NES) Ice Hockey
Gunstar Heroes
ADOM

>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
Mario Party

>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
Good controls, multiple viable strategies, and replayability. Some baseline level of intuitive gameplay.

>9. What makes a game bad?
The opposite of everything in #8 - poor controls, a single dominating strategy, unintuitive gameplay, lack of replayability.

>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
Not much. Usually some combination of excellent music and competitive multiplayer.

>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
Save-state-scumming my way through castlevania, rocket knight adventures, and contra: hard corps.

>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
Hard to say - maybe MUSHA or (Genesis) Jurassic Park?

[Anonymous No.4052720]

19
Playstation
Xbox 360
Destroying my PS1 with a popsicle, so I was told happened.
Asking my dad if I could play Halo 1
THPS2, SOTN, Grim Fandango (I don't think Halo 1 is retro)
Don't remember what was bad, I didn't play it long enough.
Fun, Replayable, Notable.
Not rewarding, not intriguing at least
Fun, Cohesive experiences
Savescumming/cheats
Don't remember

[Anonymous No.4052761]

>1. Age.
19
>2. First console.
PS2
>3. Favorite console.
PS2
>4. Biggest console regret
Closest bet is PS4
>5. Best decision.
Bought my sister's PS2 slim
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
3: Wipeout 2097, 2: Gunstar Heroes, 1: Rayman
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
Usually, games that are usually cheap.
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
Best gameplay, catchy soundtrack, balanced difficulty, and control.
>9. What makes a game bad?
Trusting most of /v/, but it's usually the opposite of 8.
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
Damn good music.
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
CHEAT through either tough bosses or cheap-ass puzzles.
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
Indie: Cave Story
Non-retro: Maximo: Ghosts to Glory
Retro: Rayman.

[Anonymous No.4052796]

>>4043061
>1. Age.
20
>2. First console.
N64
>3. Favorite console.
Genesis
>4. Biggest console regret
DS
>5. Best decision.
Small SNES collection
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
Thunder Force III, Puyo Puyo Tsu, Castlevania
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
Sports games
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
Gameplay mechanics that are deep yet intuitive; easy to pick up but offer plenty of room for mastery. A game should be challenging and force the player to become a master at the mechanics in order to complete it, so that they can't BS their way through the game.
>9. What makes a game bad?
Gameplay mechanics that are clunky and convoluted that are more about know-how than in-game performance. In a good game, knowing what to do is never enough, it's your ability to actually do it, which is where the real challenge lies.
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
The games I like focus on pattern recognition. Whether it's firing patterns in a shooter (Thunder Force III), chain-building patterns in a puzzle game (Puyo Puyo Tsu), or enemy/boss patterns in a sidescrolling action game (Castlevania).
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
Played nothing but Nintendo games as a kid. If it wasn't Mario/Yoshi/Donkey Kong/Kirby then I hadn't played. The only exception being a few that were either rented/at a friend's house that I played only briefly. It wasn't until I was a teen where I started to expand my tastes and I'm still working on it.
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
1cc Puyo Puyo Tsu was pretty tough Didn't get to Masked Satan though

[Anonymous No.4052947]

OP HERE. i didn't expect this to be a flighty thread. my oh me. i never get all these (you)s. i am a rich man.

[Anonymous No.4053393]

>>4043061
>age
23

>First console
nes

>Favorite console
snes

>Biggest console regret
Lost SM's original packaging and guide

>Best decision
Built a pc

>Top 3 favorite retro vidya
Super Metroid, FFVII, Chrono Trigger

>In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
Exploration, figure out yourself

>What makes a game bad?
RNG, hand holding, RNG

>In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
Exploration, story

>Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
Cheating, exploiting. I never cheat anymore but still abuse mechanics

>Toughest game you've ever completed.
They Bleed Pixels 100%

[Anonymous No.4053419]

29
NES
Probably PS1 or PS2. So many great games
none really. kind of move between my consoles in phases so some get ignored for a long time. probably the biggest letdown was the gameboy micro.
everdrive/sd2snes. i'm not a collector, i like gaming so these things were a god send
smb1, mgs1, doom
any jrpg/crpgs. sorry guys, I just can't get into them.
good controls and feeling you're being treated fairly. I hate games with "unavoidable" deaths.
boring, repetitive things without reward/higher score
watching the ending to games i just know i'll never beat. chrono trigger was one where i wanted to see the ending, but didn't want to invest the time to grind them all out.
I'm bad at games. maybe megaman X?

[Anonymous No.4054026]

>1. Age.
24
>2. First console.
N64, got a late start
>3. Favorite console.
Genesis
>4. Biggest console regret
Dreamcast
>5. Best decision.
Started importing JP games
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya
Castlevania Bloodlines
Outrun
Super Mario Bros 3
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
The only games I have the energy to hate are the ones that are thrown in my face all the time, and those aren't really awful...so Donkey Kong Country
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game great?
A creative fire from the dev team. I can overlook technical faults if the dev team clearly loved everything they were making.
>9. What makes a game bad?
Phoning it in, or short development times.
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
The only thing they really have in common is stellar soundtracks...otherwise it's all over the map.
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
Playing Resident Evil 1 Remake and getting so tired of running back to the item chest that I gave up and watched a speedy longplay on youtube. When people ask if I beat it properly, I say I do, because the Resi fans I know are all real shitbirds about you not playing their game.
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
No death run on Castlevania I...I don't generally get a challenge boner.

[Anonymous No.4054032]

>1. Age.
6000000
>2. First console.
Abraham Entertainment System
>3. Favorite console.
Super Abraham Entertainment System
>4. Biggest console regret
Wasting my shekels on a Palestine System X
>5. Best decision.
Saving my shekels from buying a Shoahcast
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
Wolfenstein 3D, Spear of Destiny, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
Any expensive ports. Dat's anuddah Shoah!
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
KILLING GNADZIS AND MORE GNADZIS
>9. What makes a game bad?
When da joos are not da heroes (we always are)
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
KILLING EVIL GNADZIES
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
Not buying a game at a sale.
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
Menachem Begin's Hotel of Horrors

[Anonymous No.4054415]

>>4043061 (OP)
>1. Age.
fucking old

>2. First console.
SEGA master system

>3. Favorite console.
NEO GEO

>4. Biggest console regret
playstation

>5. Best decision.
selling my playstation

>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
SFII, Samurai Spirits, Musha Aleste

>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
sonic the hedgehog 2

>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
adrenaline inducing gameplay

>9. What makes a game bad?
sony, marketing, hype and stories

>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
adrenaline

>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
shouldn't have sold my copy of windjammers

>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
ecco the dolphin, maybe, people these days claim its hard, i didn't find it hard...

[Anonymous No.4056358]

>>4043061
>1. Age.
32
>2. First console.
Atari 2600 (played)
Game Boy (owned)
>3. Favorite console.
Playstation 2 (plays all of my PS1 games, has an extremely diverse library of its own, and was my first DVD player
>4. Biggest console regret
Leaving my Dreamcast behind in Japan when I got divorced.
>5. Best decision.
Entering an office Christmas raffle. Won an SNES and 5 games.
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
Chrono Trigger
Star Ocean: the Second Story
Landstalker
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
Yu-Gi-Oh: Forbidden Memories
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
A series of meaningful, interesting decisions which lead towards a feeling of learning and sharpening skills that culminate in a satisfying final test of ability, conclusion, and denouement.
>9. What makes a game bad?
Non-involvement (keep tapping X to attack enemies which are just generic bags of HP), unintuitive user interface.
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
Customization of the characters.
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
Have to savestate my way through just about any shmup, even though I love playing them.
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
Ghouls'n'Ghosts. Fuck the "replay" and fuck those to glitchy barons in the final castle.

[Anonymous No.4056587]

>>4043061
>1. Age.
26
>2. First console.
PSX
>3. Favorite console.
PSX
>4. Biggest console regret
xbox, holy shit
>5. Best decision.
PSP
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
DOOM, Tekken 3, Metal Gear Solid 1
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
OG Medal of Honor
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
Being mindless fun
>9. What makes a game bad?
Low replayability
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
Replayability
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
I could never copy passwords for early NES/Master System games correctly so I'd just leave the console on, only learned not to do it after I fried my NES
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
Bionic Commando, I think

[Anonymous No.4056616]

>1. Age.
24
>2. First console.
NES
>3. Favorite console.
GBA
>4. Biggest console regret
Wii and getting rid of the Saturn
>5. Best decision.
Going full on portable Nintendo in my formative years, so many good games and memories
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
Doom, Streets of Rage 1, and Crash Bandicoot 2
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
Sport games, point and clicks, and forced difficulty (Shit you'd never see coming at all and they don't give you time to do anything about it)
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
Game needs to be tough, but fair. Also needs tangible rewarding progression, so you can feel yourself growing as you conquer challenges and shit
9. What makes a game bad?
Unpredictability, "Where am I supposed to go",
ludicrous backtracking
10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
Getting straight to the action
11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
Speeding up grinding with turbo and save scumming
12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
Ninja Gaiden 1

[Anonymous No.4056776]

>>4043573
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
>FF8
>Homeworld (classic)
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
>FF7

My nigga

[Anonymous No.4056830]

>1. Age.
29
>2. First console.
NES
>3. Favorite console.
SEGA Genesis
>4. Biggest console regret
Masturbating with a vibraiting ps1 controller up my ass. Also not remembering the name of one ps1 game I really liked.
>5. Best decision.
Buying my own PC
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
Dune: the Battle of Arrakis, Battletoads 2, Heroes of might and magic 3
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
I cannot remember a bad retro game that I'd hate. Some low quality, low budget maybe, but everything was fun then.
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
Good story, realism, well fledged ui. Lack of grinding or menial tasks.
9. What makes a game bad?
Artificial shit put there just to waste your time, menial tasks, poor ui, that takes extra time to naviate, poor save spots. Lack of realism or any sense whatsoever. Rolling in armor, and backflips on a horse. SJW pandering.
10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
Nothing. Any dev can make a compelling game even if half-assed. It's a combination of many factors.
11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
Save scumming (although I do not feel guilty) pirating and buying bootlegs a lot
12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
Battletoads 1 coop

[Anonymous No.4056886]

>>4056587
>>4. Biggest console regret
>xbox, holy shit

Why? its a great console

[Anonymous No.4057363]

>1. Age.
18
>2. First console.
Super NES
>3. Favorite console.
N64
>4. Biggest console regret
None
>5. Best decision.
Saturn
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
Majora's Mask, Doom, Space Harrier
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
Can't think of any I hate, I just don't see the fun in the original Crash games and original Sonic games.
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
Engaging gameplay that tests your skill. Gameplay mechanics that are built upon and challenging.
>9. What makes a game bad?
Lack of continue system, unfair difficulty, cheap death, not thought out mechanics, sluggish gameplay
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
Fast paced, action heavy, dark theme, kickass music.
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
Received donations of very valuable games without them knowing the worth, lowballing prices, stuff like that I guess?
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
Either Zelda 2, Afterburner II, or F-Zero X. Probably Zelda 2.

[Anonymous No.4057379]

>>4056830
>Masturbating with a vibraiting ps1 controller up my ass

>Good story, realism
>Lack of realism or any sense whatsoever
>SJW pandering

So people like that are literal faggots? Why am I not surprised?

[Anonymous No.4057532]

23
ps1
ps1
wii
ps2
mega man x4, super metroid, sonic 3 & knuckles
ninja gaiden NES
tight mechanics/controls and good design
busy meaningless work that involve no learning or decision
the characters are a pleasure to control
continuing in arcade games
mega man 1

[Anonymous No.4057560]

19

PS1

PC

Selling all my ps2 games to buy a ps3

building a pc

SMB3, f-zero, unreal 99

Iunno bubsy

wait now iw bored

[Anonymous No.4057665]

>1. Age.
31
>2. First console.
NES
>3. Favorite console.
Sega Saturn
>4. Biggest console regret
Gamecube
>5. Best decision.
Sega Saturn
>6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya
Nights, Sonic CD, Megaman 2
>7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
Cool Spot
>8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
Challenge, inventiveness, and game mechanics
>9. What makes a game bad?
Bad programming? Haha...
>10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
Inventive or unique for their time ?
>11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
Spent a total of $100 to mod my PlayStation and import Dragon Ball Z UB 22 only for it to be one of the worst games I have ever played.
>12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
Battletoads

[Anonymous No.4058075]

>>4043061
>Age
21

>First console
N64

>Favourite console
PS4

>Biggest console regret
None yet, I love all my consoles

>Best decision
PS4

>Top 3 favourite retro vidya
Ys 1 & 2, Etrian Odyssey if that counts, Tekken 3

>Most hated retro vidya
Couldn't name, just hate a lot of the tedium that retro games have.

>What makes a game good
Hard to say in 2 sentences, but if it makes a lasting impact the game is good, but even that isn't doing justice.

>Favourite games
Bloodborne, Nier, Horizon Zero Dawn. They're all large sprawling games with fantastic writing and lore. Also not retro

>Shameful retro sin
I really don't like %90 of retro games, but the ones I do like I love.

>Toughest game you've ever completed.
Bayonetta on Infinite Climax with decent scores

[Anonymous No.4059148]

>>4043061
1. Age.
>28
2. First console.
>Older Brothers NES. first console I got for christmas was sega genesis.
3. Favorite console.
>cant decide snes maybe
4. Biggest console regret.
>trading bomberman 64
5. Best decision.
>not selling my collection
6. Top 3 favorite retro vidya.
>Sonic 3&K, Links Awakening, Mario
7. Bottom, most hated retro vidya.
>Heavy Nova
8. In 2 sentences or less, what makes a game good?
>FUN absurd wacky over the top visuals & cute anime girls with machine guns. Addicting gameplay like FFT
9. What makes a game bad?
>It sucks and has shitty controls. some bad games can be good tho
10. In your favorite games, what do they all have in common, if anything?
>Good presentation devs put their heart into it. also good music.
11. Most shameful retro sin (i.e., cheating out of pure laziness, or playing so much you fail school or get fired).
>Wasnt a big PC gamer. Only played Doom as a kid once.
12. Toughest game you've ever completed.
>uhhh do save states count? Ecco the Dolphin

13. Bonus
>I dressed up as knuckles the hedgehog for halloween as a kid because I was an autistic sonic sperg. I dont know where the pictures are.