Are You Old School or New School?

Are you an old school gamer or a new school gamer?

Despite the fact that I've missed out on a lot of popular games (Zelda series, Metroid series, etc.), I consider myself old school. The most recent game I have came out in Q1 2007, and I rarely play it. I have no idea what most of today's popular games (Halo series, WoW, etc.) are about, and I don't usually browse around for new games. Usually after I finish a more recent game, no matter how good it is, I can't bring myself to play it again for months at a time. But I rarely have this problem with, say Joe & Mac (SNES) or Punch-Out (NES), and I can play them for days. I prefer to play SNES, Genesis, and even NES to the current gen games.

if you consider PS2 oldschool, then I guess i am one...until I get a 360 that is. but even then i will spend most of my time playing the arcade games lol.summer_star17x

Just so everyone knows, when I say "old school gamer", I mean you prefer fourth generation (16-bit era) and older games to fifth-gen and above.

[QUOTE="summer_star17x"]if you consider PS2 oldschool, then I guess i am one...until I get a 360 that is. but even then i will spend most of my time playing the arcade games lol.JerseyJ2007

Just so everyone knows, when I say "old school gamer", I mean you prefer fourth generation (16-bit era) and older games to fifth-gen and above.

You mean like SNES games?

I have been gaming since the early 80's, but consider myself new school,

I definitely like games better that are more recent. Like within the last 4 or 5 years.

Both. I always replay the classics and they still beat some of the newer games out there.

old school. i still buy games for playstation, and i just purchased an nes player. it seems it's almost impossible to find a bad nes game.FFuematsufan

Whoa. Sorry, but you are either not old school or like every game ever made. The majority of NES games you find floating around at stores today are terrible, and you have to weed out the junk to get to the really awesome games.

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New school buddy and im proud, whats the point of playing the same games over and over .EatBoxSocks666

Old school and dam proud of it. 2D games to me are the best games out there. No matter how good last gen and this generations games are, I`ll never accept any (3D action/adventure) games like I do the good old 2D side scrollers. Man nothing beats the pure, simple, high quality of hand drawn 2D pixel games. Anything from the Turbo Graphix 16, Sega Genesis, SNES, Neo Geo, Arcades, GBA, the few good Saturn & PS1 2D games and the DS make me almost forget that 3D games exsist.

I maybe really oldschool, but I still love alot of games in 3D like, racing games, FPS, fighting games and (of course) the few great 2.5D games.

I have been gaming since the early 80's, but consider myself new school,

I definitely like games better that are more recent. Like within the last 4 or 5 years.

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Yep, that sums it up for me as well. I've been gaming for 25 years, but I'm still capable of feeling the same enthusiasm I felt back then over a good game.

Middle School.

I love the new stuff, but don't feel like shelling out the money for a next-gen. But I grew up on the old stuff, so it will always have a place with me. But primarily I play last gen, XBox, PS2 etc... which I wouldn't consider old or new.

Unless your console was 8-bit or your PC was an Intel 486 DX2 66mHz, you're not old school.SKaREO

That's not absolutelly true. Old school is a term referred to the generation that existed before the one that exists now, so, now that would mean 8-bit and 16- bit, and 32, and 64 bits are all from precedent generations, and being so, they're old school.

Let's try to create some sort of timeline about generations, shall we? If I do commit some mistakes, correct me.

GAMING BEFORE TIME: The Pacman era.

Atari - C64 - MAME

FIRST ERA: The "mamma mía!" era.

NES - Game Boy - Master System I and II

SECOND ERA: The Sonic vs MArio era.

SNES - Game Boy Color (later) - Genesis

LOST ERA : The "in-between" bastards.

Virtual Boy - SEGA CD - Dram Cast (the very first one, a step towards something new) - PSX

THIRD ERA: The CD vs cartridge era

PSX (now after all the good releases) - Dream Cast (during it's sunset time) - N64.

FOURTH ERA: The Sony era (or not?)

- PSX - PS2 arrival - GC triying to survive the mess N64 left - Gameboy Advance

FIFTH ERA: The newer era.

Microsoft enters the fight and so, the ground trembles for Nintendo and Sony.

ACTUAL ERA: The wireless era.

XBox 360 - PS3 - Wii

I would place myself between the first era and the third one, so yes, I'm pretty much old school, and my favorite system from all times is, no doubts about it, the SNES.

I am defo old school, though I do love the new school games. Look at the re-releases like Outrun 2 WOW and Ninja Gaiden I way prefare OR2 to the original! but the original still hold's true to me. 2D fighter's like Street Fighter 2 Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter, Xmen vs Street Fighter, or Motion capture like Mortal Kombat are excellent, adictive still hold there own. The new ones like the MK games on the GC and Xbox or the Dead or Alive and Tekken games just don't keep me interested. So could we have old style games with the new graphics, most of the new games try to be to much and just fall flat. Stick to the good old days of gaming but with the new graphics...

I've been playing for a long time and feel like the new games have so many factors in which they are superior, but I guess in my heart I'm still old school since that's where the nostalgia is for me. The new games are fun and amazing, but they'll never be able to change the fact that I didn't grow up playing them. My first gaming goes way back to Oddessy2 and Studio II, but my roots are in the arcades, running around with pockets of quarters or Chuck E. Cheese tokens trying to get the high score on Galaga, Frogger or Centipede (I was that kid who'd enter in my initials as A-S-S or T-I-T :D ). The arcades, pouring in quarter after quarter to try and get the high score or see how far we could get on Gauntlet or Rampage, going over to my best buddy's house on Christmas Day trying to figure out how the hell to play E.T. on the Atari 2600, then a few years later having all-night NES parties with the rest of the neighborhood... good times. :)

There's also a certain something to a great old game. There's some games I thought were great as a kid that I think are unplayable now, but for the most part, picking up one of those old games -- even for the first time, there's something pure about it that I can't quite put my finger on.

I've been playing games since Atari 400... but I really like the newer games. I think in general, games have gotten better with time. I rarely go back and play anything more than a few years old...

[QUOTE="FFuematsufan"]old school. i still buy games for playstation, and i just purchased an nes player. it seems it's almost impossible to find a bad nes game.AtomicTangerine

Whoa. Sorry, but you are either not old school or like every game ever made. The majority of NES games you find floating around at stores today are terrible, and you have to weed out the junk to get to the really awesome games.

i shop on the internet. never owned an nes, so i bought an fc twin. i like games like castlevania II and commando even though they are considered crappy. get off my case.

[QUOTE="FFuematsufan"]old school. i still buy games for playstation, and i just purchased an nes player. it seems it's almost impossible to find a bad nes game.AtomicTangerine

Whoa. Sorry, but you are either not old school or like every game ever made. The majority of NES games you find floating around at stores today are terrible, and you have to weed out the junk to get to the really awesome games.

i shop on the internet. never owned an nes, so i bought an fc twin. i like games like castlevania II and commando even though they are considered crappy. get off my case.

New school,I play new gen games mostly but i still play my gamecube and PS2

Im kinda in the middle ^_^

With the little time I have nowadays, probably old school. My SNES is still hooked up to our big tv and my buddies will come over and play. I also play a lot of rpgs on the PS2 and a LOT of Street Fighter with my friends, mostly the Alpha Series and 3rd strike(not a big fan of SF2...i know..lol). I don't mind a litte Halo 3 every now and then though. I'm 17 btw, you dont have to be in your 20's or 30's to be old school.

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