The Blackangel

If I wanted a damn PC tower, I would buy a damn PC tower.

I think as time goes by they're all going to do what they can to phase out all physical games and everything will digital downloads. PlayStation, Nintendo, Xbox, and any other competitors that enter the mix whether they make it or not. But after seeing the train wreck that is Google Stadia, I highly doubt we'll see many new challengers to the Big 3.

If anyone is into ROM-Hacks, for your own sanity I recommend you stay way the hell away from the 3 Zelda R/H's on SNES. I've been playing Goddess Of Wisdom for a few years now, and have only just discovered the location of a third dungeon. This game is so far beyond hard that it's crossed the line of being fun long ago. Now it's in the realm of having to beat it just so you can say you did, and feel that small sense of self satisfaction. Or so that you can wipe your ass with it afterward. Whichever is a more attractive choice. I'm opting for choice number two. It's the type of game that you don't even like playing anymore due to the difficulty, but you're too damn hard headed to quit until you beat it. That's how I was with DKC1 and DKC2. And now I absolutely despise that franchise. And the worst thing about it is that due to it being a ROM-Hack, there are no guides or walkthroughs. There are no cheat codes. There's just you getting butt fucked by the Master Sword while all of Hyrule howls with laughter. And if the Master Sword is in this game, I haven't seen a damn trace of it anywhere.

T&C Surf Designs is another one. I think most people passed on it because it's made by LJN. Granted they put out a lot of horrible games, but this one was actually really good. With the exception of the surfing part, it wasn't too difficult, and was loads of fun. Another is Super C. I know it couldn't touch the first one, but it was still a really sweet entry into the Contra series. Conker's Bad Fur Day. Why does no one remember this one? Even though it was an adult game, it was a blast. It's as if it's been swept under the rug of shame in an attempt to be forgotten. I don't get that. Hexen. Everyone wanted Doom. No one wanted a medieval version. The cost of that? They missed out on one hell of an awesome game. Final Fantasy VIII. Up until FF13, FF8 was the worst received entry into the series. Players had difficulty with the junctioning system, they didn't like the characters, the storyline was like nothing they had seen. Gamers just didn't like it. Now it has a cult following of die hard fans, myself included. Dantes Inferno. Why does no one talk about this one? It's one of the most mesmerizing games that ever came out on the PS3. Yet people seem to have either not noticed it, or they were just like "meh". There are also several of the old, old, old classics but I'm not going to get into them or I would be posting all day.

Even with their screwups, and the crash in 1983, Atari is were pioneers and pretty much the ones to be thanked for keeping video gaming alive. Sure they're more or less gone now. But if it wasn't for them we wouldn't be talking right now, because this forum wouldn't exist.

There are thousands of games on the 2600, for exactly the reasons @Shagger mentioned. Anyone could make a game in their basement and sell copies on the street corner. You just needed the materials and a little bit of programming knowledge. I just did a count, and I have 72 different game titled cartridges, and duplicates of several of them. Some of them are multigame cartridges. I'm not even close to scratching the surface. I'm at the back of the line to do so. if you can think of it, chances are, you can find it or something damn close to it on Atari 2600.

One game that I thought of that I play that has a few moments where you need a bit of stealth is Zelda OoT. The two that stick out to me the most are the Forest Temple and the Gerudo's Fortress. The only part in the Forest Temple is when you have to shoot the paintings to draw out those Poe sisters. You have to hide from an angle she can't see you and pick off the painting she's in. In the Gerudo's Fortress, you have to be very careful where you go there, or you could walk right up in front of one. You have to hide from their view then pick them off when their back is turned and they've moved far away enough that you have time to nail them.

And I still play it to this day.

3 words: What. The. Fuck.

The games I play where you level, it's automatic (FF8, Castlevania SOTN, etc.). You don't have a choice really. The closest I can think of would be Zelda 2. I save my points so I can level up several things at once. I stick with the mini battles (which takes a million years but still) because there's a decent amount of points to gain somewhat quickly, and there's no shortage of them.

It all depends on the game. Most of the games I play are either an above aerial view, or a side scroller which doesn't offer much in the way of stealth options. However in the few games I can think of that I play that have the player option, I tend to go with a bit of stealth. I try to be as stealthy as I can in GoW and in Dante's Inferno. I recently started playing Darksiders for the first time, and I'm still learning the mechanics of that, but I go with stealth when I can. Unless there are humans around. Then I go nuts and slaughter them.

I just turned 38 a little over a week ago. Yippee. ^Note the sarcasm.

F-Zero. That is one awesome racing game. I like doing the time trials the best over grand prix racing, but either way, SNES hit a masterpiece with that one.

Curious why I wasn't tagged in this.

Why do emulators? You can get an actual 2600 for less than $50 with a ton of games easy.

I wouldn't put a whole lot of faith in this. How many pics have we already seen of leaked designs? 20? All of them different. Until it hits shelves, I honestly don't think anyone who doesn't work for Sony will know. Unless they're releasing 20 different PS5's.

A clock.

S i x t y F i v e

Is there anyone else here that feels the early days of some series' are better than the current era? I'm talking the really big well known series' of games. Sonic, SMB, Zelda, CoD, GTA, etc. Personally I feel that way on several games. Not just because I'm a classic gamer, but because I think the best entries the companies released were in the early days of that series. To me the best Zelda game released is the original one. But that one aside its a tie between Links Awakening (GameBoy) and Ocarina (N64). With SMB I will always say Mario 2. Just because it's so wildly different and offers so many different challenges that Mario never faced again. I never truly was able to decipher a difference between any of the first 3 Sonic games that was enough to set them apart, so I can't comment on that one. My favorite Mega Man will always be MM3. The one thing about that game that I'll never understand is why so often when you attack with TopSpin it drains all your attack power with that one attack. My favorite GoW is Chains Of Olympus. It was initially released on the PSP, and is the game that made me a GoW fan.

Zelda OoT. Thinking of playing Darksiders next. I'm kinda getting into it.

Pepsi. I drink diet.

Tixty Swo

I nominate the following: @StaceyPowers @killamch89 @kingpotato

Aside from my god damn eyes burning all day, and soul crushing boredom, I think I'll quote George Carlin: "I'm just fuckin' dandy"