Anyone born in the 70s? Remember how good the 90s games were?

[Kapone33]

I feel that more than anything, it was, and in my heart still is, the defining social occasion of the time. For myself, my friends and so many others. It's up to us to keep the tradition alive, and although we're lucky to do 2 a year now instead of the every weekend it used to be, and we eat, drink and talk a lot more shit than play games, I never want to stop doing it.

That made Doritos and Mountain Dew popular before the Corps ate it out. We don't need 6 flavours of Dew. The thing is today's PCs would be insane at LAN parties.

 

[P4-630]

Maybe I should just buy a crt TV so I could still enjoy the CD-i games I have...

 

[freeagent]

Not gonna lie, I kinda miss the old days

 

[QuietBob]

Born in the late 70s, but only got my first PC in 1993. Since I didn't have a computer before that time, I spent the 80s playing 8- and 16-bit games at friends' and relatives'. Fun times with the Atari 65XE, ZX Spectrum+, Amiga 500 and a NES knockoff

But the 90s were my real introduction to video games. This was a period of great innovation in the industry, which brought about many genre-defining titles and franchises present to this day. The publishers were more willing to take risks, resulting is some truly original releases. Many studios were given a lot of creative freedom, and numerous games from that era are a labor of love.

In retrospect, to appreciate the titles spanning a whole decade, we should keep in mind that the 90s had three distinct phases in video gaming:

- early to mid 90s covering mostly 2D bitmap games
- mid 90s marking the shift towards polygonal graphics
- late 90s with mostly 3D hardware accelerated titles

Since I only gamed on the PC at that time, my personal favorites are limited to DOS and Win releases:

1990-1995
Battle Bugs
Blackthorne
Bomberman
Civilization
Crusader: No Remorse
Doom 1 and 2
Duke Nukem 3D
Dune 1 and 2
Golden Axe
Jagged Alliance
Jazz Jackrabbit
Lotus III
One Must Fall 2097
Pinball Fantasies
Prehistorik
Rise of the Dragon
The Incredible Machine 1 and 2
The Legend of Kyrandia
The Lost Vikings
Tyrian

1996-1999
Age of Empires 1 and 2
C&C: Red Alert
Dune 2000
Fallout 1 and 2
Jagged Alliance 2
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee and Exoddus
Quake
Unreal

 

[Vayra86]

basically the decade of the CRPG
all the DnD games like eye of the beholder and BG
Kings Bounty
Fallout
and my personal favorite, Lands of Lore

Oh shit yeah I forgot all about Baldurs Gate and the lot. But that was later.

 

[Kapone33]

Oh shit yeah I forgot all about Baldurs Gate and the lot. But that was later.

PS2 was the best console for Action RPGs

 

[Vayra86]

PS2 was the best console for Action RPGs

Was it? What games do you have in mind? Baldur's Gate was not an action RPG, its called a CRPG, much more oriented towards narrative than action.

 

[Kapone33]

Was it? What games do you have in mind? Baldur's Gate was not an action RPG, its called a CRPG, much more oriented towards narrative than action.

Champions of Norrath and Star Wars Battlefront 2 come to mind. Dreamcast had Record of Lodoss War and that was about it.

 

[dirtyferret]

Not gonna lie, I kinda miss the old days

computer took forever to boot up
you had to wait for patches to come in the mail
drive to the store to get games

I actually launched BGII a few weeks ago but it's just too old to really hold my attention any more

I do miss being young though! Getting old sucks plus you have to constantly work on the house

 

[mxthunder]

Was born in 1987, but there are definitely some 90s games that changed my life. Literally sent me down my IT path/career/schooling and got me into PCs.

Heroes of Might and Magic 3
Moto Racer 1 & 2
Heroes of Might and Magic 3
Need for speed high stakes
Heroes of Might and Magic 3
Need for speed 2
Heroes of Might and Magic 3
Motocross Madness 1 & 2 (2000)
Heroes of Might and Magic 3
Tomb Raider
Heroes of Might and Magic 3

Did I mention HOMM3?

 

[Steevo]

80

Pong, Asteroids, etc on the Sears Atari 2600 were my first video game memories, then when I went to school playing Oregon Trail on the Mac, Nintendo.

Got to know about PC's from friends and text based games, then in the 90's Windows and Rage....

 

[ShrimpBrime]

You were not a 2600 owner unless you had Pitfall and Skiing.

Bro. I had Bert and Ernies Alphabet in space or w/e it was called. PitFall and Skiing are but of a few we all had back in the day.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Not gonna lie, I kinda miss the old days

I don't kinda miss them, I greatly miss them. Creating games was a passion for perfection and a fine art. Today, it's more about business and making money, which does nothing for a quality experience. Very distasteful. Most games these days are shovel-ware or plain garbage.

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

This post isn't for only people born in the 70s. I was born in 75. I remember playing sierra games back in the day. I am probably looking through this with rose colored glasses but man I have fond memories of games in the 90s and early 2000s. I was 18 years old in 1993. That is when I got into pc gaming on my own computer. Before than in 1989 it was kings quest on my school buddies computer.

Games seem like they were made great back then. But I am sure good stuff is coming. I guess I just miss being young a long time ago and how everything back then was fresh.

My fav game from the early 90s was Warlords 2. What was yours and why?

November 5, 1980 here! I was late to the games, apparently, unless I literally forgot about playing some video games before 1989. In 1989, IIRC, I played the first Super Mario Bros. (1985) for the first time and was doing bad when I started, no surprise! I would be lucky to get the first mushroom, travel down a stretch and die on the first level! By the early-1990s, my appetite for video games, took off! I was going to town with Super Mario Bros. 3 (1988, but released in 1990, LOL) in 1991, when I was 10! I also played Astyanax (1990) in the early-1990s. Then I played some Castlevania II. (Simon's Quest) I played that Castlevania in 1993.

I also of course, played Skate Or Die II! (that iconic NES version) (1990) I played that, mostly before 1993, IIRC.

I moved to a different mixed-needs school on July 5, 1994, where the campus is loaded with IBM-compatible systems! Seeing Apple there, was rare! (July 5, 1994 (13) - November 11, 2002 (22) )

The one where I started playing the first Super Mario Bros., was from 1988(likely November or shortly before)-July 5, 1994. That was in Rutland, Vermont. (very urban!)

The second school was in Greenfield, New Hampshire. (very rural!) Yes, I was born in New Hampshire, but I grew up in Bellows Falls, Vermont, so it felt a little strange, LOL.

In New Hampshire, I go on to play a Super Nintendo regularly! I was playing a lot of Super Mario World and Street Fighter II in 1994!

In 1996, I go to regularly play a first-generation PlayStation! I played Destruction Derby, Defcon 5, then in late-1996, I start playing the first Tomb Raider!

In 1997, if not 1996 as well, I was playing Tunnel B1 (Acclaim) (Ocean Software) (1996) on the PlayStation! Why do people rarely even know about that game on the internet? That puzzles me!

In 1997, I first played Goldeneye, late in that year, on a borrowed Nintendo 64! That fun fest I had in late-1997, led to me playing it a lot in 1998 and probably played it the most in 1999, on the Nintendo 64 that our group home finally got by 1999. After 1997, most game plays I did, were in single player mode, doing missions. In 1998, I went to another group home to play Goldeneye on their Nintendo 64.

 

[Eskimonster]

75 here also, still playing now and then. God it was another time back then.
My first experience was with handheld Donkey kong, in 82-83. Then Atari.
The first PC´s game was Crusaders of the Dark savant. It got me addicted to gaming
Wish you the best.

 

[Vario]

As an 80s birthday, I liked the late 90s early 2000s. Games like UT99, Broodwar, Tribes 2, Diablo 2...

 

[pnjaF]

I feel ashamed, because I've been every day on this site and forum since the beginning (it was 2004 if I remember correctly) and I registered only now. To cut the story short, I enjoyed Prehistorik 1 and 2, Paperboy, Bumpy, Descent 3D, Wolfenstein, Commander Keen, Vikings, That game larry that I don't know how to spell, HL1, Doom, Quake, Quake 2, Tomb Rider 1 and others, Commandos behind enemy lines, AOE and AOE2, Another World, Heart of Darkness, American Mc'gees Alice, Quake 3, first Unreal, and I really don't know where to stop because I'm still playing and at least trying to play everything that comes out. Cheers guys and I surely forgot some of the gems I've played.

Edit: I was born 1982. Got my first PC 1993.
Edit2: Lion King, Hercules, Alone in the Dark, memories are coming back but I don't want to spam the thread.

 

[Kapone33]

I feel ashamed, because I've been every day on this site and forum since the beginning (it was 2004 if I remember correctly) and I registered only now. To cut the story short, I enjoyed Prehistorik 1 and 2, Paperboy, Bumpy, Descent 3D, Wolfenstein, Commander Keen, Vikings, That game larry that I don't know how to spell, HL1, Doom, Quake, Quake 2, Tomb Rider 1 and others, Commandos behind enemy lines, AOE and AOE2, Another World, Heart of Darkness, American Mc'gees Alice, Quake 3, first Unreal, and I really don't know where to stop because I'm still playing and at least trying to play everything that comes out. Cheers guys and I surely forgot some of the gems I've played.

Paperboy you brought me right back with that one.

 

[Fokker]

Some call it nostalgia, but most of the games being named in this thread I would rather play than the mainstream titles coming out today. I'll have to put together a list for myself and see if they're available on GOG or abandonware sites (for the ones I don't have discs for still).

 

[jarablue]

computer took forever to boot up
you had to wait for patches to come in the mail
drive to the store to get games

I actually launched BGII a few weeks ago but it's just too old to really hold my attention any more

I do miss being young though! Getting old sucks plus you have to constantly work on the house

Working on my own home would be a dream come true for me. I never owned my own home. I grew up poor and had to fight mental illness my whole life. I hope everything will work out in the end.

You are blessed!

 

[peppermint]

I was born in the 80s but I agree with you that games around that time were made better, software in general seemed much more polished and complete, not like today's developers who are content to release unfinished mediocre games and use their audience as pseudo beta testers.

 

[jarablue]

Everything was new back then when you are young. That def helped. But objectively it was a great time to be alive. I grew up on the Jersey Shore from 1984 to 1999. Great time!

 

[natr0n]

You were not a 2600 owner unless you had Pitfall and Skiing.

I remember using/testing a sega master system control pad on atari 2600 and forever messing up the console or a single game I cant remember.

It was like the fire button was held down. like on tank constant firing.

I had those 2 games as well.

 

[lexluthermiester]

But objectively it was a great time to be alive.

It really was. The 80's & 90's were a great time to be alive. Granted, for all the problems we face now, we're still in a great time. It's just different with some weird as hell challenges that really don't need to exist.

 

[Massdeth]

Games?!?! I remember how awesome life in general just was. 80's too. Me and my bros went thru all the consoles and handhelds, my good friend down the streets family owned a PC shop so they had all the top pc stuff when it came out. We'd play all the games when they dropped too.....that is after you got done typing in all the dos commands, lol. We played alot more tabletop AD&D back then though cause you could create so many things yourself, plus i would go slot car racing and had R/C cars, slingshots and BB guns etc. So games werent as big a priority cause we had so many other things goin on.