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ben_ethus Title: Current Epic Duels Champion S.W.A.P Registered: Dec '01	Date Posted: 5/14/03 2:09pm Subject: RE: Which gaming era was best?
	Greetings, blokes. With absolutely no hesitation, 16-bit era was the best years for video gaming. I support the claim that SNES was the best system to ever grace this Earth. Graphics and sound were sweet, and the games were even sweeter. Plus, in that era, you had the constant SNES vs. Genesis debates (or arguments or fistfights [depending on who you hung out with]), with both sides always eager to try to outdo the other EGM (probably the best gaming magazine in that timeframe) was averaging around 100 - 200 pages around that time and was actually still useful since the Internet wasn't omnipresent yet You didn't have to drop down bucks for an extra peripheral to save your game Unless you were playing that hideous Batman game for the SNES (whose title I forget), there was virtually zero loading time for any game Around this time, Lucasarts was also releasing some of the best games in existence for the computer... (aka: Day of the Tentacle, Sam and Max Hit The Road, Full Throttle, Dark Forces, Monkey Island, etc...) Those were the days... reminisces Have fun, Yours Truly P.S. Random question: but did parts of anyone elses SNES on here turn "urine yellow" at some point? This appears to be a common ailment among many of my college cronies. Curious if anyone else was affected... -----signature----- http://forfeitzero.keenspace.com - Forfeit Zero, SWCCG Comics
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Soulwalker Registered: Mar '03	Date Posted: 5/14/03 2:28pm Subject: RE: Which gaming era was best? - Date Edited: 5/14/03 2:29pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Soulwalker
	For those of us who were born in the "new gaming era", the old school nostalgia and excellence factor of the "old gaming era" is largely lost on us. I'll have to be honest; I voted for "Right Now". -----signature----- Stolen Chance (NJO, J/TK, Updated 5/26): http://boards.theforce.net/message.asp?topic=10971166 Chiss Wing Commander/Chiss Lead of the NJO Fan Club "This is the shameful secret of the Jedi: There is no dark side." - Vergere
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Imperial_March Registered: Nov '02	Date Posted: 5/22/03 2:45pm Subject: RE: Which gaming era was best?
	BEN ERUS... You are SO TRUE when you mention the Golden Era of the Graphic Adventures. The early 1990s. The Secret of Monkey Island and what's this? A sequel... that's just as good! LeChuck's Revenge! And something else? The Fate of Atlantis -- the best bits of monkey island and you're INDY!! But hang about, there's something else coming out now... Day of the Tentacle?? Another platinum classic! Full Throttle! The Dig!! Nothing has ever quite replaced these classic adventure games, making it the BEST ERA for me -----signature----- Chaos Theory in Star Wars: A droid gets a bad motivator and the galactic empire falls
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Aragorn327 Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Aug '01	Date Posted: 5/22/03 2:46pm Subject: RE: Which gaming era was best?
	I vote: Teh future. -----signature----- "Question not the ways of the script, there's always a bigger fish" Wyrd bið ful aræd.
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The2ndQuest Title: Manager: -Literature -LACWAC -Games Registered: Jan '00	Date Posted: 5/22/03 5:16pm Subject: RE: Which gaming era was best?
	And lets not forget Leisure Suit Larry... -----signature----- "When your future self tells you to do something, YOU DO IT." K'Kruhk, 140 ABY:"Why haven't I come forth earlier to share my Jedi knowledge with Skywalker? Well, it's kinda a long story, see, I had this freaking sweet hat..."
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Mrs_Kitty Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 5/22/03 5:35pm Subject: RE: Which gaming era was best?
	16 bit era -----signature----- BYS since 7/29 Petite Keeper of Blue Yoda's Blue Cats "I assume I need no introduction." "I am no man." "I won't kill you, but I don't have to save you."
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THE_MISSING_TRIPLET Registered: Jan '03	Date Posted: 5/22/03 6:27pm Subject: RE: Which gaming era was best? - Date Edited: 5/22/03 6:34pm (1 edits total) Edited By: THE_MISSING_TRIPLET
	Although i did vote for right now i'd have to say i enjoyed every era that was on the poll, i grew up on mario,then went to sega, then n64...all era's had their classics.the 64bit era had goldeneye and ocarina of time,perfect dark and all those great thq wrestling games! sega had mortal kombat and snes had everything else! and who can forget the three in one game including duck hunt mario and that track game where you got the running pad, its all great to me! -----signature----- THE_MISSING_TRIPLET they left me Behind! "It's not fat! It's Glandular!" "GARRRRDUCK!" "Someday I will be the most powerful Jedi Ever!" "I came here from Canada and they think i'm slow, eh?" Let's Go Dolphins! GO LEAFS GO!!!!!
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Night4554 Registered: Oct '00	Date Posted: 5/22/03 7:35pm Subject: RE: Which gaming era was best?
	The thing I always think of is that now, we have what we have now, plus all that came before. Is that not the best of both worlds? ¤Night
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rumsmuggler Registered: Aug '00	Date Posted: 5/23/03 10:00am Subject: RE: Which gaming era was best?
	The present is the best era for gaming. -----signature----- W.W.L.D. What Would Lando Do
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darth_melvin Registered: Jun '02	Date Posted: 5/23/03 12:43pm Subject: RE: Which gaming era was best?
	I voted for 64 bit because of the advent of 3D. I grew up on Atari, and did all the Nintendos and so on... but the first time I played Mario 64 was like the first trip to DisneyWorld. A real "wow" factor. -----signature----- Spoiler free 'til Episode VII "Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny." "A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack." - Guess the Sith aren't the only ones that deal in absolutes
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ezekiel22x Registered: Aug '02	Date Posted: 5/23/03 1:30pm Subject: RE: Which gaming era was best?
	Nothing will ever top the 16-bit era. Fifth grade through eith grade I devoted my life to promoting the Snes over the Genesis. Yes, I was one cool kid back then.
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TIE1138 Registered: Apr '02	Date Posted: 5/23/03 2:20pm Subject: RE: Which gaming era was best? - Date Edited: 5/23/03 2:22pm (1 edits total) Edited By: TIE1138
	Please don't buy into corporate propaganda, vote for 8 bit and before. -----signature----- All Hail Blue Yoda!!! since 5/15/02 - Protector of Blue Yoda's leaf Chief Assistant to the Chancellor ~ Pilot of the Blue sky LAFF - The Westside of the Force The Elite Blue Yoda loves you! http://www.thecolosseum.org/
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bliv Registered: Mar '02	Date Posted: 5/23/03 4:57pm Subject: RE: Which gaming era was best?
	Zelda and Mario World on the SNES.....not much tops it.
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DARTH-PLONKER Registered: Apr '03	Date Posted: 5/24/03 7:39am Subject: RE: Which gaming era was best?
	The depth of modern games, along with the grapgical and sound capabilities of computers and consoles nowadays, mean that Today beats the past second to none. Just imagine a world with no Jedi Outcast and you'll see where I'm coming from. -----signature----- "Yub Yub"- Proud but unofficial member of the Ewok Fan Club Reading: TLOTR: Return of the King Playing: Half-Life: On Rails; Counter Strike On holiday in the good ol' USA from 6th to 24th August
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Darth_Omega Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 5/24/03 9:37am Subject: RE: Which gaming era was best?
	Just imagine a world with no Jedi Outcast and you'll see where I'm coming from. Just imagine a world without Doom or Quake and you can say bye bye to all those FPS games including Jedi Outcast. The 8 bit and 16 bit era establish most genres we know today. -----signature----- Stress makes you bald, but it's stressful to avoid stress, so you end up stressed out anyway. So in the end there's nothing you can do.
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