The 10,000 Post Thread v2

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

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Thankfully there are still Mario games that keep beating the ol' 2D drum!

Will this post in a new page?

EDIT: YES!

[Duke87 1,070]

(9392)

I honestly don't care about any Mario game not on a NES or SNES. Anything newer just isn't classic in the same way. And Super Mario 64 is the most overrated game of the 90's.

[Haljackey 17,323]

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Back in 1996 if your jaw didn't drop after Super Mario 64's graphics, then did? That was friggen awesome and never before seen.

After 64, I didn't play another Super Mario game till Galaxy. (Unless you count the Paper Mario series)

[The Avatar 1,089]

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Your rep. number is a little unsettling, Haljackey. -->

Dang, now it's 667.

[Vahr 341]

9395

Not dead.

[Ocram's Razr 964]

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I enjoyed SimTower/Yoot Tower and OpenTower/Highrise Developer and they are 2D kinda side-scrolling (you have to scroll through the scene to see your tower) and I enjoyed IsoTower, which is obviously Isometric psuedo 3D. I no longer play much of them anymore. I prefer Minecraft, SimCity 4: Deluxe with a ton of mods (I cannot play it without mods), or Cities XL. I am afraid to use up another activation of Anno 2070 though I can install Deep Ocean on my recently gifted second computer once I upgrade it.

--Ocram

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[The Avatar 1,089]

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I wish I could play Anno 2070, but I don't think the family desktop can handle it, and my laptop definitely can't. I hope this computer can handle the new SimCity.

[Duke87 1,070]

(9398)

Back in 1996 if your jaw didn't drop after Super Mario 64's graphics, then did? That was friggen awesome and never before seen.

But see, that's just it. Mario is not Mario without tingy music and pixelly graphics. It's also not Mario with 3D gameplay, where you punch things instead of jumping on them, where you have a power meter instead of growing and shrinking, where you don't have the concept of "Worlds", where you don't have Luigi as player 2, etc.

Super Mario 64 is meh. It's too different from the games that came before it to qualify as a classic Mario game, and it's just not that fun to play.

Part of the problem, I think, is that it's tough to make a good action game where you can't shoot stuff. The 2D Mario games pulled it off but 3D Mario does not.

[Muck308 55]

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I really enjoyed Super Mario 64. That and San Francisco Rush. Rush 2 with the stunt track gave my friends and I hours of entertainment.

[simlink 1,098]

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Time to get trixie nominating. Finally cane up with a custom award... hopefully it makes it through.

[Duke87 1,070]

(9401)

All of a sudden things are lively today for some reason.

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

(9402)

Mario 64 was my childhood.

I've probably spent more time with that game than my family ahahah

[Larks2242 251]

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I was more a Goldeneye007 Dude.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

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I miss MarioKart.

[The Avatar 1,089]

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Games are a lot different now from what they used to be.

[Duke87 1,070]

(9406)

Ah, the original Mario Kart!

Y'know, it's interesting. Most people seem to consider Mario Kart 64 to be more of a classic than Super Mario Kart. I suppose it was more popular on account of being "proper" 3D. Still, what they pulled off on the SNES with that game using just sprites and mode 7 was impressive!

(but not as impressive as the original Star Fox)

[Haljackey 17,323]

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lol, I was listening to the Super Mario Kart and Mario Kart 64 soundtracks yesterday. So much fun... So much replay value.

I Consider Mario Kart 64 to be the best in the series, and my favorite 'party game' ever. Just wished the frame rate kept up with all the mayhem of 4-player split-screen carnage.

[simlink 1,098]

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Mario Kart on the SNES is definitely impressive...

[Duke87 1,070]

(9409)

As classic as Mario Kart 64 is, I still think Crash Team Racing for the PS1 is a better game. It has a lot more depth (unlockable characters, story mode, other bonuses), the battle mode is far superior to Mario Kart's, and I find the play control to be better, too.

[Haljackey 17,323]

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I never really understood why they've made so many handheld Mario Kart games... Got the one for the GBA, but playing with friends is what it's about for me.

I have every console Mario Kart with the exception of Double Dash (never owned a Gamecube). The one for the Wii is good, but will never live up to the SNES or N64 titles.

[The Avatar 1,089]

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Never played Mario Kart 64, and I've only played the SNES version a little on my DS, but I love Mario Kart Wii. My friend and I used to play it all the time together. He doesn't seem to care for it that much now, though. I got pretty good at it, but the disk reader for the Wii broke, and I had to get a new one. After losing all my progress, I lost interest in the game. Every once in awhile I play it again.

[Duke87 1,070]

(9412)

I got pretty good at it, but the disk reader for the Wii broke, and I had to get a new one. After losing all my progress, I lost interest in the game.

This is a large part of why I dislike the current idea of save game data going on a console hard drive itself. If the console gets fried, all your save game data is gone and there is no way to retrieve it, or to back it up in case of such occurrence. It also lacks portability that way. Memory cards were a superior format. What's worse, the Wii has an SD card slot, but it obnoxiously won't let you copy save game data to it for most games. And for some of the ones where it does let you it will only let you access the data from the specific console on which you put it there (which entirely defeats the purpose).

Of course, I suppose it's still better than the method of cartridge battery backup, where it's always a ticking timebomb. Once that battery dies, poof! No more saved game and no more ability to create a new one.

[Ocram's Razr 964]

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I prefer PC gaming. I never cared for Mario games.

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[Muck308 55]

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A friend of mine had a SNES and we would occasionally play Mario Kart but once the N64 came out I stuck with Mario Kart 64. The other comparable I can recall was Twisted Metal 2 for PS1.

As far as PC games went, I played a lot of Quake 2 and 3, Unreal Tournament 2, Test Drive 5, and some others. Earlier games for PC were Heroes of Might and Magic 2, SimCity of course, and that's really all I remember. My sister and I played Wacky Jacks a lot when we had a Mac. That game was fun.

[Haljackey 17,323]

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PC to me has always been reserved for the RTS genres. Played a lot of the Command&Conquer and Red Alert series since the DOS days (Windows 3.1), still continue the trend with Starcraft II today.

Consoles to me are good for quests and party games.

[Ocram's Razr 964]

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Don't forget your number. I wonder if I am allowed to divulge secrets about SimCity 2013 here. I acquired the info from other players since I never played the Beta, I am not obligated to follow the NDA.

Also, I have a serious gaming addiction as well as information overload addiction. It is like an itch I cannot scratch. I am typing at 11pm from my phone, in bed trying to sleep.

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[NMUSpidey 3,956]

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I miss the old days of gaming. Get off my lawn.

EDIT: I really rather like GT5 so far as racing games go, but Super MarioKart has that special something, colored in an even more wonderfully vibrant color thanks to nostalgia. I'm an old softie. Still, get off my lawn.

[Duke87 1,070]

(9418)

I played Gran Turismo and Gran Turismo 2, but none of the ones since then. The original is decent. The second one introduced an annoying pressure sensitivity into the controls which, I found, made the cars impossible to steer properly. It is very difficult for me to be gentile with the controller in the middle of an action sequence. So I always ended up wildly swerving and spinning out from pushing the buttons too hard.

[The Avatar 1,089]

As far as PC games went, I played a lot of Quake 2 and 3, Unreal Tournament 2, Test Drive 5, and some others. Earlier games for PC were Heroes of Might and Magic 2, SimCity of course, and that's really all I remember. My sister and I played Wacky Jacks a lot when we had a Mac. That game was fun.

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I can't believe I found someone else who likes Heroes of Might and Magic. I've only really played the third one, but it's one of my favorite games.

[simlink 1,098]

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I wish I could find my Sims 1 disc, I haven't played the original in so long, probably 2004 when Sims 2 came out, maybe 2005. Sadly I've only found all of the EPs... oh well. Maybe I'll bite the bullet and buy it off ebay if I can find it.