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My first dedicated gaming system was the PS1, and in general I have no trouble going back to the sprites and chunky polygons of the mid-to-late 90s, whether on consoles or computers

spoileras long as I can upscale them to 1080P

Beyond that it gets a bit hit and miss- SNES and Mega Drive games look and sound fine to me and I've played plenty of 16 bit console games as an adult. On PC, I can enjoy 2D stuff like Sam & Max Hit the Road or the original X-Com but most early 3D, like the original System Shock, looks a bit too much like visual vomit.

Going to 8-bit, while the vast majority of NES games are too primitive to my eyes and ears, I have no problems with Game Boy/Game Boy Color games.

spoiler(Well, at least the good ones, mostly made by Nintendo)
Is it just nostalgia because I had a GBC as a kid or is it because Game Boy games came later and had more developed visual aesthetics? thinking-about-it

My limit is probably the very late 80s

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[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 3 points 7 months ago

Early 80's is as far back as I go which is pretty far.

[-] thisismyrealname@hexbear.net 3 points 7 months ago

Galaga is peak arcade game. i've got the emulated version on my 3DS which makes it perfect for short sessions.

[-] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I play mid 80s games. Must admit I was recently very pleasantly surprised by Final Fantasy 2 (actual 2, not 5), especially how modern it felt compared to number 1.

[-] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 3 points 7 months ago

There are a few (very few) Atari 2600 games that I can enjoy and some arcade games from the very early 80s like Tempest and Missile Command that I think hold up.

[-] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 3 points 7 months ago

Probably the DOS era side of things.

[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

How dare you say that about the original System Shock. It is beloved (by me)

The oldest games I've played tend to be Nes and Master System games, but I have been making bedroom eyes at Ultima III for a while now. I wanna poke at the origins of the role playing video game.

It was actually the original Fallout that made me realise, behind dogshit or incomprehensible PC interfaces sometimes there will be an ultraclassic banger of a game. It'll probably be worth slamming my head against Ultima III's weird menu keymaps.

[-] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I know System Shock is a great game, but every time I look at the controls and the interface I just go avgn-horror I don't have issues with a complex, text-heavy interface with lots of buttons on isometric turnbased 2D games but in a first person game it's a "no thanks"

I got System Shock 2 and the other Dark Engine games, Thief and Thief II, off GOG ages ago and loved all of them, but I just haven't been able to get myself to start the original. Now the remake's been out for like a year and I'll eventually probably just play that instead (since it looks like SS2)

[-] ashinadash@hexbear.net 3 points 7 months ago

shills annoyingly You should in fact try the remake instead then! The game does fuck ✨ it's about to get a major patch, and I can confirm the remake is one of the best games ever made.

[-] Ithorian@hexbear.net 2 points 7 months ago

Fallout 2 is even better then 1. I haven't played in years but I bet they're some of the few games that still hold up.

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