The Power of Nostalgia and games that were only "OK"

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Ian:
I just set up a Rasberry pi to play nintendo games on my TV. I used the usb/Nintendo adapter from amazon(https://www.amazon.com/Tomee-NES-Retro-Controller-Adapter-Converter/dp/B00HM3QCN2) and wow... I have a lot of ---smurfy--- games to play now... lol

But to be fair all the classics play great and are still fun (Jackal, mario bros, mega man, ninja gaiden... etc).

Here is a question though... (and this is pretty fitting for the topic) now that I can play every game I tried a lot of the sequels to games I owned that I loved... and they are BAD. I mean really really bad. For example the graphics, play-ability, sound, story in Wizards and Warriors is by far way way better than Wizards and Warriors 3. Same thing with Ninja Gaiden series... I feel the controls got worse and worse the further along the franchise went. I am sure there are more... any others that you can think of?

Ian:

--- Quote from: Malenko on January 06, 2017, 10:07:01 am ---
--- Quote from: ChadTower on January 06, 2017, 09:49:33 am ---Only system I remember seeing regular $70 games on was the N64. Not many but stuff like Perfect Dark and Majora's Mask. Maybe it was just the expanded memory games.

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Agreed, there may have been a one-off or two, like Virtua Racing for Genesis was $99 , that doesn't mean Genesis games were $99. The only high retail prices for games I remember was SF Alpha 2, UMK3, and maybe Killer Instinct? I remember StarFox and some of the FX games being above average in price.

Lets not get side tracked and start talking SNES, he specifically said NES.

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Right but the OP is talking about general Nostalgia and games. It's all relevant. The point is there really weren't a lot of games back then that were $70..

And btw we had a local video store that rented Atari games and eventually Nintendo games. So yeah rental stores were around for a while.

thomas_surles:
I don't think I ever got any new games until the ps2 came out. I was stuck with rentals and yard sale games. I remember when I got my n64 one Christmas it came with a rental game that was due back in 2 days. ( Sanfrancisco rush )

knave:

--- Quote from: Malenko on January 06, 2017, 08:17:31 am ---
So here's a launch year advertisement from target circa 1986:

https://2warpstoneptune.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/nintendo-ad-1986.jpg
Games are $25 to $35 in the EARLY NES's lifespan. The games actually went up in price when the carts started using more memory and batteries for saves.

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I was going to cry Fake! because we didn't get target until the 90's but google tells me Target was created in 1962 the modern Icon was developed in 1968. However the first store in Southern CA was opened in 1983 with the first store in the Pacific Northwest in 1988. Target apparently bought Mervyns though...in 1978 which we had until late 90s. Wow.

In any case thanks for the vintage adds.

My parents bought me a C64 and said no to every game console saying I can just use the Computer (probably for the best). I had to play Atari and NES games at friends houses. I had that one kid in the neighborhood who got every system. Atari, NES, Master System, SNES, Genesis...He always treated them like ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---, throwing the controllers when he lost etc...I remember thinking WTF If I had a console I wouldn't risk breaking it.

The Jaguar, Neo-Geo and sega CD where the expensive ones in my memory.
I remember thinking, "No One will spend $300 on a video game system." LOL.

Several of my friends thought Super Tecmo bowl was the greatest football game ever. I never got into it. But they would leave it running for days to complete seasons.

Ian:
My dad bought me a $225 Sega CD when it was released... I purchased a Sega Saturn for $400! Dreamcast for around $300 if memory serves me right... Never spent the $700 for the 3DO thank god.

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