Classic Nintendo Games (N64/GBA or earlier)

Zachrulez · Post Post #7 (isolation #0) » Tue Dec 16, 2014 2:47 pm

Mega Man 2 and 3 are great entries into the Mega Man series. The others are good but not quite as.

Zachrulez · Post Post #10 (isolation #1) » Wed Dec 17, 2014 1:35 pm

It is an 18 year old console, and god damn does that make me feel old.

Zachrulez · Post Post #19 (isolation #2) » Wed Feb 11, 2015 8:17 am

My first disc based console was the Sega CD. On that system you saved games onto the system memory, so I was always annoyed that you had to use memory cards on the older Playstations, it was clearly a step back. (Or a step forward if you liked accessory money I guess.)

The original Playstation is definitely the first real successful disc based console though.

Zachrulez · Post Post #23 (isolation #3) » Wed Feb 11, 2015 12:20 pm

In post 22, GuyInFreezer wrote:It's CD-i.

The only reason I know that's a CD-i is because I watch the Angry Video Game Nerd on youtube. It was a really obscure system that really did not do very well at all.

Zachrulez · Post Post #25 (isolation #4) » Wed Feb 11, 2015 1:32 pm

In post 24, Kublai Khan wrote:
In post 22, GuyInFreezer wrote:It's CD-i.

The CD-i was made by Phillips, wasn't it?

Phillips was the main manufacturer, but not the only one.

Zachrulez · Post Post #28 (isolation #5) » Wed Feb 11, 2015 5:20 pm

In post 26, Kublai Khan wrote:
In post 25, Zachrulez wrote:
In post 24, Kublai Khan wrote:
In post 22, GuyInFreezer wrote:It's CD-i.

The CD-i was made by Phillips, wasn't it?

Phillips was the main manufacturer, but not the only one.

Could you explain this to me over the course of a 2 hour long infomercial?

According to the wiki page on it, CD-is were made by Phillips, Magnavox, GoldStar / LG Electronics, Digital Video Systems, Memorex, Grundig, Sony ('Intelligent Discman', a portable CD-i player), Kyocera, NBS, Highscreen, and Bang & Olufsen.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philips_CD-i

Man the Sega CD ends up being the better system of that gen simply by not failing as hard. (Phillips lost nearly a billion dollars on the CD-i)

Zachrulez · Post Post #33 (isolation #6) » Mon Apr 13, 2015 5:40 am

In post 31, RedCoyote wrote:
In post 20, Kublai Khan wrote:
In post 16, Cyrus wrote:Final Fantasy 6 (3 for the SNES version) and Chrono Trigger (only for the SNES since this is a classics thread, but it was rereleased for the DS).

Breath of Fire and Breath of Fire 2 if you're into atrocious translations.

Man, I loved Breath of Fire 2.

I love the entire series even though I think the argument could be made that the original game was objectively pretty mediocre and hasn't aged well at all.

The sequel was outstanding, however. I don't want to use the cliche that it was ahead of its time because, one, I don't know enough about jrpgs of that era (or in general, really) to make that claim, and two, I don't necessarily think anything was too terribly groundbreaking about it conceptually. But it did everything right that it was supposed to do and the story draws you in just as well as any top tier classic rpg you can name. The story had really dark undertones and really solid writing (despite the unfortunate translation work that Cyrus spoke about).

But, yeah, it's a good one. I'd definitely recommend 2, 3, 4 and DQ to anyone that likes jrpgs.

Unfortunately I doubt 6 will get a western release. Even if we do, I don't really care for the idea of a cell phone/tablet-oriented game.

I'm actually currently playing through Breath of Fire 2 for the first time on the Wii U.

Zachrulez · Post Post #37 (isolation #7) » Mon Apr 13, 2015 3:13 pm

In post 35, Empire wrote:I'd say 4 and Dragon Quarter are the best BoF games if you can get your hands on them.

Addressing the topic more directly, EARTHBOUND EARTHBOUND EARTHBOUND EARTHBOUND EARTHBOUND EARTHBOUND

I have Earthbound on the Wii U as well, just haven't gotten to playing it yet.