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The2ndQuest Title: Manager: -Literature -LACWAC -Games Registered: Jan '00	Date Posted: 5/24/03 11:22am 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. -----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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Iron_Fist Registered: Jan '03	Date Posted: 5/24/03 6:01pm Subject: RE: Which gaming era was best?
	The best graphics power: today. The best games: Not today. My 2 cents. -----signature----- "Light a fire for a man and he'll be warm for a day, but set fire to a man and he'll be warm for the rest of his life" - Terry Pratchett Red Leader, Deputy Security Chief - EUDF
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Joe_The_Red Registered: Apr '03	Date Posted: 5/25/03 2:13pm Subject: RE: Which gaming era was best?
	Some of the most awsome graphics today: StarFox Adventures On of the worst games today: StarFox Adventures Beauty is on the inside. Don't be shallow. -----signature----- "When you do good, people wonder if you did anything at all" -- God, Futurama "My space ship always works better when I kick it." -- Spike, Cowboy Bebop "You realize that during our conversation I could've groped five times" -- Vash the Stampede, Trigun
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Teknobabel Registered: Jun '00	Date Posted: 5/25/03 8:05pm Subject: RE: Which gaming era was best?
	It's got to be 8 bit and before, the days of playing all 4 games of Alex Kidd straight through without a break during school holidays were the best in my life. -----signature----- I want to be young and wild, then I want to be middle aged and rich, and then I want to be old and annoy people by pretending that I’m deaf
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darth_melvin Registered: Jun '02	Date Posted: 5/28/03 7:09am Subject: RE: Which gaming era was best? - Date Edited: 5/28/03 7:10am (1 edits total) Edited By: darth_melvin
	So StarFox Adventures gameplay isn't good? I've only heard good things about it - Zelda-ish gameplay and so on. (Edited for clarity) -----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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Jirin_Raman Registered: Apr '02	Date Posted: 5/28/03 8:47am Subject: RE: Which gaming era was best?
	I voted for the 16-bit era. Some of the finest games ever were produced when the great SNES vs Genesis war was going on. It was a war of console loyalty, but it was nowhere as ignorant as today's blatant fanboyism towards one system or another. Better graphics and sound do not make a game great by default, afterall. I totally agree. -----signature----- Congrats to my Buffalo Sabres on a great playoff run! "You will pay the price for your lack of vision" Proud Member of FIGS
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Joe_The_Red Registered: Apr '03	Date Posted: 5/28/03 5:37pm Subject: RE: Which gaming era was best?
	The problems with SFA were: A) Rare makes you collect so much pointless stuff. Maybe it's just me, but I pretty sick of collecting pointless stuff. It also doesn't help that they put in a really anoying fanfare for every item you collect. The fanfare even plays for the health power ups at the begining. I swear I'll kill some one if I have to get another Bafmodad (Yes, I know Bafmodads are extra lives. I just think it's a pretty stupid name. ... Bafmodad. 'diculous.) B) As for the Zelda-like gameplay, it ends up doing the game a disservice. No matter how similar to Zelda it may seem, you're constantly reminded of the fact it's not Zelda. The was one point where my friend was on this platform up high. If it was Zelda, he would've been able to jump off the platform and land near the entrance of the room; and there by eliminating the need to take a ridiculously long route. But instead, Rare actively programmed it so Fox can't jump off of that side of the platform. He just grabs the egde no matter how fast you try to run off the platform. So SFA is one of the worst games in recent history in my mind, but it also has some of the best graphics ever. I am still marveled by how good the graphics are. I'm not going to play it again. -----signature----- "When you do good, people wonder if you did anything at all" -- God, Futurama "My space ship always works better when I kick it." -- Spike, Cowboy Bebop "You realize that during our conversation I could've groped five times" -- Vash the Stampede, Trigun
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darth_melvin Registered: Jun '02	Date Posted: 5/29/03 12:21pm Subject: RE: Which gaming era was best?
	i see - i'll have to rent. Of course it has come down a lot in price. -----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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dp4m Registered: Nov '01	Date Posted: 5/29/03 1:09pm Subject: RE: Which gaming era was best?
	Atari 2600 + 8-bit Nintendo > Everything Else. -----signature----- "Looks like you're about to get pwned" - Eric Cartman "Awarding experience points for cleverly and creatively generating an enjoyable experience. How warped is that?" - Darths & Droids
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