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Edited by irishfreak:
11/10/2015 4:40:51 AM
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Do you remember video games before the Internet ?
Even when the net was in its infancy we had to discover content I'm games on our own. Could you imaging a game like destiny without tutorials and videos showing you everything there is to do in the game.
Destiny would seem 10 times larger than it is. People would interact. We'd always be looking for groups in game and asking people where they got their gear.
It would be a place of constant discovery. There would still be mystery to the game which to me is what is currently lacking.
With all the information we have access to we can look up and complete content that would take us months without the net.
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#Gaming
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1 ReplyI remember playing Zork, the text based game. When you got stuck you had to mail in an order form for a hint book that requires an invisible ink pen that would "unlock" hints for a specific problem in order of how spoilery you wanted it.
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I just remember when me and my homies would sit as a six man fire team irl, pass the joint, and play video games while we wait for girls to come over and smoke with us. Then we would all go together as a group down to the lake and split up into groups of two and forget video games dawg! Smell my finger!
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2 RepliesNintendo Power, Gamepro, Game Genie, Pro Action Replay The Konami Code, etc. News traveled slower obviously before the internet, but ever since there's been a console, there's been a gamer trying to find a way to get it done faster or easier. Just the nature of the beast, lol. I have to admit, I understand why online games don't have cheat codes but I still miss em now and then.
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It was like that for me n 2014 .... I don't Google to find shit But in the forums it's hard to avoid learning about shit To me VoG was definitely like old school gaming......especially when it 1st released
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1 ReplyThis may actually be the best post I've ever seen on this forum. You win the Internet today.
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2 RepliesRemember putting on a tape or record so you could listen to music while playing instead of streaming music into the game? Oh yeah and the bigger the speakers the better....how times have changed:(
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RIP Nintendo power. If it's dead by now. I Stopped paying attention.
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Oh my god Lego Star Wars the original trilogy is what comes to mind! I needed one more of those white box things to get to 100% and it was on the last mission but I could not find it.
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1 ReplyGauntlet legends for n64 was beast.
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I remember when it was considered a sin to look something up about the game rather than discovering for yourself. Also, later talk amongst your friends to come up with different theories on how to unlock potential characters in video games.
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Ahh yes the good ol days of super Mario world on snes.
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That was the best. It was so much better. No chance of spoilers and it was very easy to go in completely blind. Hype is so easy to fall in to and you watch every trailer. Even if there are no spoilers in them it was much more fun knowing next to nothing about a game outside of maybe an article in Nintendo Power or a commercial. ( * v * )
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Of course. It was an exciting advancement playing Diablo 1 on dial-up.
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3 RepliesTurning the tv to channel 3 to play
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I remember games before DLC exists. Just beautiful.
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1 ReplyI was on my gameboy Advanced in 2000 when I was a mere year and a half old playing tmnt so eh I dont even remember even touching a computer
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2 RepliesI'm old enough to remember having a collection of gamepro magazines so I had the cheat codes to various Genesis and SNES games I owned. I remember plugging in the light guns and playing lethal enforcer. I remember playing jurassic park on Genesis and being the raptor.
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1 ReplyI still play star wars shadow of the empire and Rouge squadron on N64 and maximum carnage on snes
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It was a great age. People didn't squabble over who had what console they had. In fact everyone in the circle of friends wanted a different one. Instead of sitting alone playing games in darkened rooms, we would group together every week at a different place and play. The first to die would fork over the controller to a different friend. The champion would eventually be beaten, and seek vengeance in the form of a digital beat down. Older consoles were cherished, not disregarded because the games were, and still are, challenging and fun. Friends would gather and play the retro games and see who could get further. They were great days. But then everything changed when the internet attacked.
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My gaming mag of choice was Electronic Gaming Monthly.
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Not really, least 90's kid to come out of the 90's [spoiler]'99 lol[/spoiler]
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1 ReplyI do....it was time when games were legitimately great. Rarely if ever saw a game that was broken to the point where it was unplayable, maybe because people took time and put care into their games and didn't do this whole "Ship it broken, fix it later" attitude. Even if there was something somewhat broken about the game you had to live with it, there was no making it better, but gamers sucked it up and enjoyed the game for what it was or if it too terrible just let it disappear into obscurity.
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4 RepliesBeing a teenager and playing Mario Kart 64 with 4 of my closest friends, for hours on end. There was no fireteam leader and you only got booted when you came in last and had to hand your controller to the fifth person.
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Now I don't have to pause until I wake up though
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Heh. I remember the King's quest games actually including a walk through in the manual. Jeez.
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2 RepliesI never beat Battletoads.
