Is the Playstation this generation's NES?
09-13-05 | 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by spainlinx0
Everyone always says how hard Contra was, but I don't remember it that way. I remember beating that game without dying once. Other games I found a lot harder, but the first Contra doesn't strike me that way. I should play it today, and see how I would do.
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09-13-05 | 10:31 PM
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The Playstation is this generation's NES, but even though there are many games for it that I love, I don't think that I will look back on it with fond memories like I do with the NES. It's hard to beat the feeling of playing through SMB or Contra "back in the day."
The Playstation is this generation's NES, but even though there are many games for it that I love, I don't think that I will look back on it with fond memories like I do with the NES. It's hard to beat the feeling of playing through SMB or Contra "back in the day."
09-14-05 | 12:20 AM
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Is it this generation's Nintendo? you can't honestly say that. Because two things have happened:
1. The perception of videogames as no longer being relegated to underweight nerds/losers or being a hobby that's reserved for children or adults who need to grow up has been vanquished.
2. There is more than one "console war" going on right now. You can't honestly say that Nintendo doesn't still have the presence it used to when they're still a huge hit with the GBA and the DS. People still know and recognize Nintendo just as easily today as they ever did.
So I supposed the question is: When people think games, do they think Playstation? Perhaps. But whether or not that's actually founded in enjoyment of the games as opposed to mass consumer identity is questionable.
1. The perception of videogames as no longer being relegated to underweight nerds/losers or being a hobby that's reserved for children or adults who need to grow up has been vanquished.
2. There is more than one "console war" going on right now. You can't honestly say that Nintendo doesn't still have the presence it used to when they're still a huge hit with the GBA and the DS. People still know and recognize Nintendo just as easily today as they ever did.
So I supposed the question is: When people think games, do they think Playstation? Perhaps. But whether or not that's actually founded in enjoyment of the games as opposed to mass consumer identity is questionable.
09-14-05 | 12:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Superboy
1. The perception of videogames as no longer being relegated to underweight nerds/losers or being a hobby that's reserved for children or adults who need to grow up has been vanquished.
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09-14-05 | 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Chris_D
I guess so, particularly for those who started out with a ps1 as their first console.
Originally Posted by PixyJunket
Will the Playstation age like the NES? Fuck no. Generally, people who grew up with the Playstation did so because of the technology while people who grew up with the NES did so because of the games. 20 years from the release of the NES, the system and games are still loved and collected and cherished. 10 years from now, the Playstation kids will be playing the Playstation 5 and probably not even remember the Playstation 1.
Originally Posted by DrunkLastKnight
I did that with some of the mega man games, I can almost beat Mega Man X without getting hit, Ive only done it without dying
09-14-05 | 03:05 PM
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Yeah, kids probably looks at the NES the way I used to look at Intellevision and Atari. Though honestly, while I loved my NES, most of my formative gaming memories come from the Genesis and SNES. 16 bit was the shit!
