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Posted April 06, 2011
As you can see, retro gaming is becoming all the rage now, I think we'll soon have many kids telling us about thin cool game they discovered, but we probably didn't hear about it, it isn't mainstream ;)
What are your reasons for buying old games? Is it nostalgia? DO you want to play some game you didn't back in the old days and you know it's awesome? Some other reason?

For me there are several reasons. I grew up during eighties and nineties in Serbia, was one of the rare people to actually own a computer or even original games, there were no gaming shops and we got all are games pirated. I got my firs original game in 1988, it was SDI by Sega for commodore and I was impressed by the shiny package, manuals and stickers ;) and since then I managed to find and buy many of the games I played during my childhood because I always feel nostalgic while playing them, they always bring some hidden memory from my childhood, some moment i remember that happened while I was playing them.
Also, I want to have a collection of games to give to my son which is due to be born this june. I know he'll be a gamer, it's in his genes ;) Although I know he'll play whatever they will play in 10-15 years more, I want him to experience some of the classics that were there in my youth and see how the good old games were made ;)

Last reason is simple: almost no modern game feels worthy of money they ask for them, games transformed from works of art into mainstream (lol) media like movies and it's everything about special effects now, nobody cares about the story anymore :(

Share your stories if you'd like, please :)
Posted April 06, 2011
Because that's all my computer can play.

No, actually, I play a bit of everything. I guess many people play the games of today while at the same time enjoying the stuff they couldn't have played back in the day because they didn't own the groundbreaking Voodoo cards.
Posted April 06, 2011
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michaelleung: Because that's all my computer can play.

No, actually, I play a bit of everything. I guess many people play the games of today while at the same time enjoying the stuff they couldn't have played back in the day because they didn't own the groundbreaking Voodoo cards.
word! I'm gearing up for I-war which I couldn't play back then, my graphic card wouldn't let me :s
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GameRager: Well for me it's the fact that some of these games had amazing gameplay/story/areas to explore/etc that made me play them over and over as a kid/teen, and so I still love them until today through nostalgia & fond memories.

I like how the older games focused more on storytelling & even random nonsense shooting/etc in great looking (for that period) settings, and weren't huge system disk space hogs for the sake of amazing graphics yet small levels or short gameplay(or even no singleplayer gameplay in some games, just multiplayer).

There are also many older games that I never played for some reason(they weren't advertised enough for me to notice them, they didn't sell in my area, etc) from that period and I like to retro game and search such sites to find hidden gems I never knew existed from that era and play them.

If I recall correctly, the first game I ever played/owned on computer(my OWN computer) was Command & Conquer...what a game. As I built up my ranks of games and expanded into retro classic from years past(sadly due to abandonware as there was no online sellers at that time like there are today and I was a broke SOB.), I learned of many classics like System Shock 1 and others.

I also purchased NEW(for that time) games like Quake 1 & 2 in their BIG CARDBOARD BOXES(sadly I never kept them......my loss I know), and Duke Nukem 3D regular and Atomic Editions. I would always beg my parents to let me go to Target/etc to see what 10 dollar budget bin releases they had just stocked, and also went top the local dollar store where they had some older gems(Terminator: Future Shock, Chronomaster, Tek Wars, etc) for like 3 dollars or so, which was a bargain for me as I could buy many games for cheap.

As a side note, I should've stocked up on several duplicates of those games as they were all sealed and in good condition and some go for like 30-40 on eBay today, but oh well. I do have a sealed copy(dinged box though) of this rare game Astronomica lying around that I could probably get 25-30 for, but it's one of the few I kept from those days in box so i'm sentimental about it.
Wait for the day when you can say to your kid: "when I was young, games came in cardboard boxes with printed manuals" ;)
Yeah, i still have cardboard boxes even for my old c-64 games, they occupy a safe spot in my parent's home waiting for the day they could be put on a display for all the world to see ;)
Post edited April 06, 2011 by dr.zli
Posted April 06, 2011
I drink the blood of GOGs to rejuvenate my life force.
Posted April 06, 2011
The main reason for me is to get to play all those games I read about from games rags when I was a kid, but didn't get to play them because I didn't have that much money to spent. So maybe it is nostalgia.
Posted April 06, 2011
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GameRager: What kids? Lol, but really i'm an introverted hermit who hardly ever sees the light of day. Oh well. Still, it is a nice dream to have. :)

Also, don't you mean they came with LARGE printed manuals with their own CUSTOM ARTWORKS & various AWESOME FOOTNOTES? ;) (Cuz technically the little flip book you get today is still printed...jus' saying.)
lol, yeah, but many of the games I see now just come with a dvd and a install key, manual is in pdf and on disc :S
I remember MOO2 manual, hundreds of pages of raw data... Essentially, manual was a storytelling device back then, almost a part of the game, setting the scene and making our awesome graphic card in our heads do all the the amazing graphics games in those days lacked.
On and I hate compass and an arrow pointing me in the right direction. Oh god how I hate it :D
Post edited April 06, 2011 by dr.zli
Posted April 06, 2011
well my reasons for "retro" gaming are quite simple

I'm 22 years old right now and started gaming when I was around 5-6

Over that time I enjoyed many games however looking back at a lot of things I realise just how much I missed, how good are the games is not determined by the graphics - it's the actual gameplay and mechanics, so while I play many new games I'm happy that there is a service online that focuses on older titles and does it really really well (even if there are many features that GOG is lacking, which hopefully will get fixed)

Thanks to GOG I discovered plenty of games that I was unfamiliar with (Blood is a good example) and hopefully that will continue for a long time to come :)
Post edited April 06, 2011 by Roman5
Posted April 06, 2011
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tomimt: The main reason for me is to get to play all those games I read about from games rags when I was a kid, but didn't get to play them because I didn't have that much money to spent. So maybe it is nostalgia.
I seconded this. Growing up, I always heard how terrific games are by reading the magazines and I'm not able to play those games because of financial reasons. When I was in middle school, lot of guys would play specific title then talk about it all over the campus so I feel like I was left out.

When I got older and have a bit of a extra cash, I was able to play those games that I have always heard a lot while growing up so it may be nostalgia. But I do enjoy the gameplay in those games as well.
Posted April 06, 2011
Played a lot of games when I was young and do still play modern games. But in my opinion, I think the games from today are not as good as the older games (ok, the graphics are much better, but the gameplay is nearly always the same, and if someone comes up with something fresh, it is made worse (yes, I am talking to you "Dungeons")).

Because of that, I spend most of the time here and playing all the good old games :)
Posted April 06, 2011
Why retrogaming?
We are old nostalgic :D
I'm 27 but I've started to play very early with the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and the old school gameplay now remind me the good old days!
Those games are milestones that almost every computer may execute, they are patched and came along with expansions without need to wait. And of course, they are quite cheap!
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/2148/dscn0627w.jpg

P.s.
Someone has named Voodoo cards: I've collected about 110 +/- 3Dfx cards and hundreds of other brands (Voodoo5 6000, 3D Prophet 4800, Diamond Edge 3D, ...). It's a pleasure to build up a perfect configuration, specific for one game!
http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/8609/dscn0122e.jpg
http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/7087/v56kry4.jpg
Post edited April 06, 2011 by Max_R
Posted April 06, 2011
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Max_R: http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/2148/dscn0627w.jpg
Uhh... Pandemonium on the lower right... one more for the wishlist :)
Posted April 06, 2011
But it may be a problem because it's only 3Dfx
I don't know why :D
Posted April 06, 2011
I know... but maybe a 3dfx wrapper might help here... need to find my version again :)

yes, nGlide does support this game :)

http://www.zeus-software.com/downloads/nglide
Post edited April 06, 2011 by Ubivis
Posted April 06, 2011
Simply because many of those old games put to shame newer games in terms of game design, game pleasure and overall experience. It's sad, but it's the truth.
Posted April 06, 2011
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Ubivis: I know... but maybe a 3dfx wrapper might help here... need to find my version again :)

yes, nGlide does support this game :)

http://www.zeus-software.com/downloads/nglide
Of course but will gog give us a game that isn't playable without a wrapper? :D
Post edited April 06, 2011 by Max_R
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