What were you playing at this time 10 years ago?

[CyberCubed]

Its 2003 again, what were you playing at this time 10 years ago? I was still a teenager back then in High School so I had a lot of games to play.

This was the year Zelda: Wind Waker came out for Gamecube, so I was playing that. In the summer I remember playing Soul Calibur II which included Link as a playable character, as well as the amazing F-zero GX. On top of that Mario Kart: Double Dash came out in the Fall.

On the GBA side of things I think I was playing Mario and Luigi and some of the Mario ports. Maybe Fire Emblem on GBA as I think it was 2003 as well.

And most importantly Pokemon: Ruby and Sapphire came out on GBA in 2003. I was a huge Pokemon fan at the time so I was playing them non-stop.

I didn't have a PS2 yet, so I wasn't playing any PS2 games at the time.

[dkram230]

I was a Junior in college that year! We played a TON of Mario Party 4 on Gamecube which of course we turned into a drinking game. And if you look between Waluigi's legs when he gets big from a giant mushroom there is totally something pulsating there. SO Wrong!!!! :o

For PS2 I was playing a lot of Devil May Cry that year along with the first TMNT game based off the 2K3 series.

[MikeandRaph87]

Seems like a random thread...ah,well,I will bite.

Pok'emon Sapphire. Starting with the usual water type as team leader. Also, Spider-Man:Mysterio's Meance.


Ninja Turtles (2003) and Rocky for Gamecube.

[Captain PunchYouHard]

Still UT. Which I was playing three years before that, and which I still play now. That and BW are timeless.

[Gin Rummy]

That years Madden I guess. But that can be said for every year. :D

Also, In 2003, I was really into Max Payne 2. MP has to be my favorite Video Game Series.

[XERO]

Mostly SSB Melee, F-Zero GX, Mario Sunshine, and Sonic Adventure 2 Battle.

[sdp]

Well I wasn't much of a gamer anymore, but I did buy and play Wind Waker up until you find out that Hyrule was flooded. Don't know how far a long that was but probably not a lot. I also fell into the hype and bought Pokemon Ruby, I also didn't play it much, probably only got 3 gym badges. I don't know what else I might've played, I probably bought other games though just never played them. I bought Silent Hill 3 and never played it but I listened to the soundtrack so many times. I don't remember other games I might've played or bought during that time.

I was a sophomore and Junior during 2003, I was a full on metal head and not as much of a geek anymore during that time. That's also when I went to my first ozzfest. But yeah music took all my attention since 2000/2001 and by 2003 gaming was but a fading memory, it wasn't until 2006 with the DS and Wii that gaming won me over again and even then I haven't really been what people would call a "hardcore" gamer, i play rather 'casually', even if I'm better informed than most "hardcore" gamers.

[Candy Kappa]

Wind Waker, Mario Sunshine and the first TMNT game on the Gamecube

And lots of lots of lots of Super Smash bros. Melee.

[Peanut]

The Wind Waker was the obvious one. I was enjoying playing that, along with the Master Quest version of OoT that came with it, but I also distinctly recall being absolutely blown away by WarioWare.

I was also still deep into both the first Animal Crossing and Morrowind in the summer of 03, both of which are probably two of my most played games of all-time. I know I played a lot of other releases from that year, like Tony Hawk THUG (I think that was out?) and stuff like F-Zero and Mario Golf, but I recall very little about them. Wind Waker, WarioWare, Animal Crossing and Morrowind almost completely comprise my gaming memories of 2003.

[RaphAndDonnie]

Ah 2003...I was excited because I had gotten a Gameboy SP (although I can't remember what I had for it) played Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire CONSTANTLY. I also played The Simpsons: Hit and Run, and LOZ Wind Waker.

[TMNT_Guy]

Sonic Mega Collection. Sonic Adventure 2: Battle was my first Sonic game and I thought it was awesome (Still do.) but Mega Collection was what introduced me to Sonic's early adventures and I've been a fan ever since.

I also remember playing alot of Mario Kart Double Dash and Mario Golf Toadstool Tour. I loved the intro movie of that game, makes me wish there was a new Mario TV show.
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[dkram230]

I also remember playing alot of Mario Kart Double Dash and Mario Golf Toadstool Tour. I loved the intro movie of that game, makes me wish there was a new Mario TV show.

Double Dash is probably my favorite game of all time. I must have got it later in the year though because I associate it with 2004. But Mario Golf TT... I think I got that game around release mid summer '03 and holy crap is it fun! I'm not huge into golf, but it is by far my favorite golf game. The taunting, the flaming drives, Waluigi throwing fits and flashing gang signs, the announcer proclaiming, "NICE ON!"... it's as hysterical as it is fun. Though like Mario Party and Mario Kart, SO much better when played with a group!

[愛]

Wind Waker and trying to perfect FFX...maybe. I don't even remember what I had for breakfast yesterday.

[Ninjinister]

I have trouble keeping track of what games came out this year that I've played, and which ones came out last year. I'm not gonna have any clue what I played 10 years ago."

Although since you mentioned Ruby and Sapphire, probably that.

[Storm Eagle]

I got Wario World for the GameCube around this time ten years ago, so I was playing that. I got through it pretty quickly though, and didn't even mess with it a whole lot after I did. So I just ended up selling it.

[Zulithe]

Honestly I was really tuned out on TMNT at that time, so no TMNT games for me.

I was playing Wind Waker (of course), castlevania: aria of sorrow, KotoR on Xbox, Xenosaga Ep 1... plenty of other stuff but those come to mind

[CyberCubed]

I'm surprised more of you weren't playing Pokemon at the time. A new gen release was a big deal back then especially since it was the first Pokemon gen on GBA.

[Peanut]

I was 18 at the time and I was done with Pokemon. I'd say a lot of the kids who were in grade school during the Pokemon R/B insanity probably got out of it too, considering it was the worst selling generation until B/W came along. People got older and moved on.

[Luke795]

PS2 games.

[CyberCubed]

I was 18 at the time and I was done with Pokemon. I'd say a lot of the kids who were in grade school during the Pokemon R/B insanity probably got out of it too, considering it was the worst selling generation until B/W came along. People got older and moved on.

I was around the same age (I was 17) and I was as hyped about them as previous games. They were still the top selling GBA games.

I guess the difference is the initial fad of Pokemon subsided by then, and new younger kids didn't get into the franchise at the time as they were distracted by Yu-gi-oh or whatever other anime craze was going on at the time. So between older fans moving on and younger fans distracted by other interests, I guess that explains it.

[Slade]

PS2 Grand Theft Auto 3

[Leo656]

Whichever WWF/E games were out, mostly, along with Wind Waker, the first TMNT game for GameCube, those were probably the most-played, but I jump around so much and play so many random things in a year, I'd never be able to remember it all. I always spent the majority of time on wrestling games, though.

[CyberCubed]

Looking back 2003 was a pretty good year for videogames. We were in the third full year of the PS2/Gamecube/Xbox cycle and developers were getting more confident in the systems architecture.

2004-2005 was the peak of that generation, but 2003 was pretty damn good too.

[shell4brains]

I think summer 2003 was when I got my first PS2. I was catching up on PS2 games, so anything worth while from system launch I was probably playing. Platformers have always been my forte, so I was particularly into Sly Cooper and the Theivius Raccoonus, Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank, and Ape Escape 2 (still one of my favorite franchises).

I did have a Gamecube too, so I was playing alot of Mario Kart: DD, Melee, and Mario Party 4 with my buddies. I also started playing Windwaker, Wario World, and Sonic Adventure DX, and was either still completing or replaying Metroid Prime, Mario Sunshine, Starfox Adventures, Sonic Adventure 2 Battle, Animal Crossing, and Pikmin. I think alot of my time was spent on the Gamecube, to say the least.

As for GBA, I still had one of the originals. Didn't play much on it (since most of the games I either borrowed or rented from Blockbuster, and Blockbuster didn't rent GBA), but I do remember finding the DKC port for dirt cheap. Huge fan of Donkey Kong, so that was one of my most highlighted moments with the GBA (and it also happened to be in 03).

[LeoNerdo]

In 2003 I was 15, had a Gamecube and a PC, and hadn't got into Zelda yet. I was probably playing Rogue Squadron 2 & 3, Metroid Prime, and maybe Eternal Darkness or something. I was really into GTA Vice City too if it was out on PC yet.

[Leo656]

Eternal Darkness! <3 I played that game to death. Although it unleashed some kind of bad mojo or something on me; ever since I first set the clock hands to 3:33 in the game, now every day since then, I compulsively happen to catch a glance at the time at EXACTLY 3:33, even when I have no idea what time it is and haven't looked at a clock all day. If I haven't even checked the time all day, when I finally do, it's f*cking 3:33! Every day, something "pulls" me to look at the clock when it's exactly 3:33, and I see the number constantly everywhere I go.

It's just weird. No blood-soaked maid corpses or anything like that ever show up, so far, just years and years of constantly seeing 3:33 at random for no reason. It's just that it happens so often as to be unsettling. Once in a while, it would just be a funny coincidence.

That game was great at f*cking with your mind. It was very creative and psychological. I need to play that again. Thanks for the reminder.

[CyberCubed]

Dennis Dyack has been trying to get a sequel done on Kickstarter and its failing miserably. He's basically a laughing stock of the gaming community.

[Leo656]

It only didn't catch on because it was a Gamecube exclusive, if it had come out on XBox there'd be 6 of them already. I like Resident Evil and Silent Hill, but I think if the world had a little less of those and a little more Eternal Darkness, the world would in some small way be a better place to live.

People just ignored it because they ignored the Gamecube, because people are stupid in general and don't know what's good for 'em. Gamecube and Eternal Darkness were both amazingly awesome and underrated.

[Peanut]

It only didn't catch on because it was a Gamecube exclusive, if it had come out on XBox there'd be 6 of them already.

Lol no. That's complete nonsense.

[CyberCubed]

If it were multiplatform I doubt it would sell well. In fact the only reason it stood out was because it was a mature exclusive on a Nintendo console.

I kinda miss how Gamecube had big third party exclusives like Resident Evil 1 and 0, RE4 for a time, Star Wars Rogue Squadron and Rouge Leader...etc.

[Leo656]

Lol no. That's complete nonsense.

More like an exaggeration, really. I do think there would have been at least a sequel and possibly a third one if the first one wasn't a GC exclusive. It was one of the highest-rated games when it came out, after all, it was just that not enough people played it and Silicon Knights take forever to do anything anyways. Nintendo keeps renewing the trademark, so I still think there will be a sequel one day.

[Grimlock]

Megaman & Bass for the Advance, Wind Waker, Pokémon Saphire and Simpsons hit and run.

[dkram230]

PS2 Grand Theft Auto 3

Haha this was my stress reliever game in college! I would toss it in just to create chaos and beat the living sh*t out of anyone I passed. Don't think I ever played the actual storyline.

[CyberCubed]

Heh, I think around this time in August is when F-zero GX and Soul Calibur II came out. Those two games were excellent and consisted of my summer that year.

[tmnt transformer]

10 Years ago.... I was just starting to become a gamer.... Sonic & Knuckles on sega genesis...

[Roland]

I think I was playing Dragonball Z Badukai , Mortal kombat Shoalin Monks and Tomb Raider 3.

[DonatelloNinja82]

10 years ago I was 21. I was playing a lot of GBA games at that time. The rerelease of Dragon Quest is one that comes to mind.

[Prowler]

I was playing a lot of GCN and GBA at the time. Don't really remember which GBA games came out in 2003, though.

On the GCN I was playing F-Zero GX, Double Dash and FIFA 2004. I was also still playing Sunshine and Melee from the previous year.

Man, the GameCube had a pretty great library. It's a shame it was so overlooked. And although I've never owned or played much of the original Xbox, it certainly had a lot of overlooked games. People, however viewed it as the "Halo and Fable" console.

[CyberCubed]

The most notable GBA games in 2003 were Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire and Mario and Luigi: Superstar saga.

[Allio]

well let me think

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Pokemon Ruby and Dragonball Z Budokai 2?

[Prowler]

The most notable GBA games in 2003 were Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire and Mario and Luigi: Superstar saga.
Oh, I was definitely playing the latter one back then. Never got to finish it, though.

[CyberCubed]

Didn't Fire Emblem come out on GBA in 2003 too?

[Prowler]

Didn't Fire Emblem come out on GBA in 2003 too?
No idea, but the FE game I was playing around 2003-2007 was Path of Radiance for the GCN.

[CyberCubed]

The GameCube one came out in 2005.

[Discogod]

10 years... Well, I'd just left uni, gotten a crappy job and moved in with a friend. Our nights were smoking copious amounts of weed and playing Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, Mario Kart & Bomberman on the Gamecube. I was also playing a lot of the first Zelda, as we got it free with the GC for some reason (like, the original NES version. I think it was on some demo disc).

It was around that time that I bought a PS2 and developed a burgeoning GTA addiction...

[SavageSloth]

Only had a PS1 back then, so it would have been Final Fantasy 8, Tekken 3, Rollcage, Brian Lara cricket, Tony Hawks Pro Skater 3 or 4.