Confessional

[pixelmischief]

This is a safe place.  A place of truth and trust.  There is no judgement here.  You may admit, here, to loving the games that everyone hates.  I'll start.

 

Sewer Shark on the 3DO.  I know, I know.  It's essentially a workplace abuse simulator.  But I'll be damned if I don't love everything about it.  Or damned if I do.  Not sure which. ?

Obsession Pinball on the Amiga.  Especially Aquatic Zone.  I know that everyone raves about Pinball Dreams.  But, to me, Obsession Pinball is the better by far.

Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within on PC.  Yes, the acting is bad and the plot makes game progression hard to accomplish.  But I just love the thing.

 

Now c'mon.  Don't be shy.  We're all friends here.

 

[Tales from the Game Room]

I love playing "CARD SHARKS" by Accolade for my Commodore 128D.  In a world of Call of Duty games and MMORPG games, I enjoy killing a few hours, playing hears with Margaret Thatcher, Mikhail Gorbachev, and Ronald Reagan.

[Magmavision2000]

I think Pac-Man on the 2600 isn't that bad of a game. 

 

I also really enjoy Sonic R, and I think Mario 2 JP is better than Mario 2 USA.

[mbd30]

I enjoy Bad Street Brawler and Bayou Billy on the NES.

 

 

[Razzie.P]

Me as a Kid ---

Bayou Billy on NES -- one of my favorites.  I saved up the money to buy it after renting it multiple times.

Simon's Quest was my favorite Castlevania and I wished 1 and 3 were more like it.

I loved Zelda 2!  And thought Zelda 1 was just "ok."

I asked for Blades of Steel as a present because I thought it was gonna be some sort of game with swords.  It put me on the path to being a lifelong hockey fan.  I don't suppose this is a game that everyone hates, but embarrassing all the same.

 

Me as an older kid ---

Sega CD came along and I thought Sewer Shark, Dracula, and Tomcat Alley could be the greatest things ever.  Tomcat Alley was the one time that I can recall myself saying that dumb ass phrase that I've heard so much all my life --- "graphics can't get better than this!"   I tried to support my statement with "it's live action!"

 

Also, I loved Phantasmagoria and Beast Within was my favorite Gabriel Knight   ?

[RREDDWARFF]

Regarding gaming, there have been many times I tended to lean on the unpopular side of things.

 

1987- I went into Toys"R"Us with my dad to purchase an NES and instead walked out with a Sega Master System.

 

1996- After playing Twisted Metal 2 several days in a row, I concluded that I preferred the original Twisted Metal.

 

1998- I sold my Sony Playstation and bought a Sega Saturn (Net Link Edition) at EB Games in the mall. Everyone working there thought I was nuts.

 

2003- I traded my PS2 in at Gamestop for a Gamecube. Once again the employees there thought I was crazy.

 

2007- I traded my Xbox 360 in towards two Sony PSP consoles and a bunch of multiplayer LAN play games. (Yeah, this one I later regretted).

 

 

[homerj]

I love all of the American Laser Games light gun games on the 3DO.  I love Mad Dog on the Wii too. 

[BassGuitari]

My favorite era of gaming is the pioneering 1970s. It's a lonely place to live. ?

 

[Steven Pendleton]

I play CrazyBus sometimes.

[RREDDWARFF]

Baldies on the Atari Jaguar is one of the top 5 "best" games I've ever played on any platform. 

[ClassicGMR]

I am a 48 year old that plays Fortnite solos and raids in EverQuest regularly. I have no room to judge anyone. ?

Edited August 20, 2020 by ClassicGMR
Editor added like 18 spaces to my link... weird.

[youxia]

Is TES:Oblivion a retro game?

[Mikebloke]

The CDi Zelda games, with a decent CDi controller they just become regular platformers, and aren't that bad. 

 

Fellow Bayou Billy fan, I didn't think I was going to like it when I bought it, but it turned out OK. Reminded me a bit of The Ninja on master system. 

[Shawn]

Ground Zero Texas is a fun game to play.

[Tanooki]

9 hours ago, Mikebloke said:

The CDi Zelda games, with a decent CDi controller they just become regular platformers, and aren't that bad.

Your ability to think on your own and actually realize that very fact says a lot about you.  I had Link Faces of Evil in the day, bought Hotel Mario too but not the other Zelda wand game (and thankfully not the broken adventure either.)  If you use the included console thumb stick the games are 100% insufferably problematic, but if you get the gravis gamepad clone they had, it's like Zelda II with a momentary load here and there for the stages or FMV sequences which is no big deal.  Same can be said for Hotel Mario which is like Elevator Action+Mario World aesthetics mixed together and it's actually pretty fun.