Best Gaming Generation

Ra · 11-07-2009, 11:35 PM

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The best gaming generations for me were the 8-bit and the last generation. I love games from every and all eras of gaming, but I seem to have a lot of favourites from these points of time. I love the current generation as well, but nothing much really grabs for me that much.

For the last generation, I love it mainly because it was the generation were I really got into games. I loved video games before it, but my exposure to this new and fasinating world was severly limited to my Game Boy Colour and various copies of "Pokemon". In 2003 I got my PS2 and I never really looked back. So many great games that came out on that. Heck, even last year I was latching onto great titles as everyone made the move to the current generation. No regrets from that what-so ever.

I also have a very soft spot for the 8-bit era. While the 16-bit had great games coming from it as well as playing around with new ideas, I think the 8-bit got some really awesome basic ideas out there for us all to devour. Providing everyone with a basic genre pallet, if you will. Their beauty was (and still is) in their simplicity. Yes, there were plenty of crap games from there, but I still think that near the end of that period we were really seeing the ideas start to well and truely florish.

11-07-2009, 11:35 PM	#35
Ra It's my desire? Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In your pants. Posts: 4,441	Because we are assholes. Welcome to the Video Game Section. The best gaming generations for me were the 8-bit and the last generation. I love games from every and all eras of gaming, but I seem to have a lot of favourites from these points of time. I love the current generation as well, but nothing much really grabs for me that much. For the last generation, I love it mainly because it was the generation were I really got into games. I loved video games before it, but my exposure to this new and fasinating world was severly limited to my Game Boy Colour and various copies of "Pokemon". In 2003 I got my PS2 and I never really looked back. So many great games that came out on that. Heck, even last year I was latching onto great titles as everyone made the move to the current generation. No regrets from that what-so ever. I also have a very soft spot for the 8-bit era. While the 16-bit had great games coming from it as well as playing around with new ideas, I think the 8-bit got some really awesome basic ideas out there for us all to devour. Providing everyone with a basic genre pallet, if you will. Their beauty was (and still is) in their simplicity. Yes, there were plenty of crap games from there, but I still think that near the end of that period we were really seeing the ideas start to well and truely florish. __________________ "So. The whole lot of you against little old me? How retarded."