/vr/ - Retro Games

>>4649662

>>4649665

Commodore Vic-20

Probably 1984 or so

My brother got a Vic-20, and I got to play games on it pretty often. Some of the titles are definitely my oldest memories in gaming.

It's a great little game, similar to asteroids, but there's were a group of ships to kill, and you could bounce around the map, off the walls.

I haven't played it recently.. I should boot it up in an emulator.

>Centipede
>Atari 2600
>Best version of the game, infinitely playable
>I was born in 88 but my parents wouldn't buy me games as a younger kid, found my older half siblings' Atari in a drawer, older bro showed me how to hook it up. I've been a /vr/ trooper ever since.

>>4649662
>What is the game?
Castlevania Dracula X
>What system is it for?
SNES
>What do youthink of it now?
>you* think ;)
better than Castlevania 4, which i honestly think is the most overrated of the series(still good though)
>Can we see a screenshot or two of the game?
don't feel like digging up screenshots
>Tell us a short story about it?
got a few
once as a kid me and a cousin tried random password combos and accidentally got into one of the later levels
never got past the second or third level until i emulated later on then savestated my way through the entire game(i know doesn't count)
also, sold the game with my entire SNES collection and console for 20 bucks at some yard sale to get games for a ps1 when i was around 10 only to find out that Castlevania Dracula X is an incredibly rare and valuable game a few years later and NOW is even more rare and valuable

>>4649662

>>4649674
>r*ddit spacing

>>4649662
Still own this one. Also Jupiter Lander and Raid on Fort Knox.. all pretty good games, but Raid was my favorite by far

>>4649662
It was probably the (only) east german Arcade game PolyPlay.

Played it at some young pioneer camp back than and as well at the last young pioneer gathering in '88 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Pioneer_camp

And I found it fascinating and thus lost a couple of east german 50 Pfennig Marks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poly_Play
http://polyplay.de/?m1=play

But not all of those include games were new to me. Especially hare and wolf (pacman clone that was based on the russian cartoon Nu Pogodi) and some other clones of western games I played on the east german home computer KC85 (but I never actually owned one of these.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KC_85
http://lanale.de/kc85_emu/KC85_Emu.html

The first computer I actually owned myself was the C64 after the wall came down. And my first game was a rather shitty one called Sailing that I bought on tape before I even had the C64.

>>4650260

>>4649662
Deluxe Galaga for the Amiga
This was likely '94 or '95, my dad had a small videography business and a Toaster 4000. This was one of the only games on the computer. I thought it was amazing then and I still play it regularly to this day on UAE. Interestingly, while the Sega Genesis controller would have been literally plug and play, my dad had come upon a SNES controller that some one had very sloppily converted to 9 pin. He got it as a package deal with a couple of A500s and an ass ton of copied floppies. One of those A500s would become my first computer. I never owned an SNES, but i have an afinity for the controller because of this.

>>4649662
The first game I played isn't relevant to this board. It's sad that younglings don't know there were games before games that had flippers.

>>4650263
>((((((SAILING)))))))

The first I ever recall was probably the original Sonic on my brother's model 1 Genesis. It was probably about 1996 and I was only about 4 at the time but I remember being blown away and thinking it was the coolest thing ever. I remember sitting there with my dad while I played it. I also have very fond memories of SMB2 and 3 and Mega Man X. Back then, every new game felt so magical to me, the cartridges felt like these wondrous relics that contained powers beyond my tiny imagination. Nowadays, playing a new game is just a fun pastime, but back then, it was like discovering a whole new world. I miss those days.

In kindergarten (1989) my teacher brought in her NES and let us play Super Mario Bros. Very cool of her, in retrospect.

>>4649662
SPY HUNTER - first arcade than NES, circa 1987

I am pretty sure this.

>>4650373
How fucking old are you?

Either Pac Man at Kroger with my mom or Dig Dug at the tavern with my dad. Was playing both since my earliest memories. It's it weird my dad took his 3 or 4 year old to the tavern?

>>4649662
If I recall correctly, it was either Castle of Illusion or Sonic The Hedgehog on my step brother's Sega Mega Drive. He still had a black & white tv in his room.

>>4649662

>What is the game?
Wonder boy
>What system is it for?
System 2
>What do youthink of it now?
I think its one of the most influential games ever.
>Can we see a screenshot or two of the game?
No.
>Tell us a short story about it?
Wonderboy arcade was the reason i got into console gaming. I liked the game so much, i bought a master system for it 3 years later.