A Question For Those Who Don't Like Console Gaming

Zig · October 2004

<div class="IPBDescription">i really wanna know.</div> what did you DO growing up? i mean, this is assuming that you're at least 17 or so, so you could grow up with the NES, Master System, Genesis, SNES, Sega CD, and onward.

what did you DO as a kid? if you didn't play Sonic, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Super Marios + SM World, Super Metroid, Mega Mans + Mega Man X's, Chrono Trigger, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter..

what DID you do?? and if your answer is "nothing" then do you have any inkling of how deprived your childhood was? <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' />

TychoCelchuuu · October 2004

Read books.

coil · October 2004

I like consoles, but didn't own one till I was a teenager -- and that was a Gameboy. My first *console* was a Dreamcast when I was in college, followed fairly quickly by a PSX. After graduation I added a Gamecube and an Xbox to the list, and most recently a GBA (thanks bacon_flaps!).

Like Tycho, I read a *lot* of books growing up. One year of grade school our English teacher asked us to keep a record of all the books we read, and my friend and I tied for most books read in the class.

I also lived on a street with about 15 kids aged ±4 years from me, which made for some awesome games of block-wide tag, Cops & Robbers, Ghost in the Graveyard, and more.

Swiftspear · October 2004

Play in the forest, Lego, Kill hordes of ants and other insects, played soccer with friends, wandered around the neigborhoods and local playgrounds aimlessly, biked off of the most pitiful dirt ramps you have ever seen in my backpedal brake bike, and other assorted things.

Marik_Steele · October 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Zig @ Oct 29 2004, 11:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> what did you DO growing up? i mean, this is assuming that you're at least 17 or so, so you could grow up with the NES, Master System, Genesis, SNES, Sega CD, and onward.

what did you DO as a kid? if you didn't play Sonic, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Super Marios + SM World, Super Metroid, Mega Mans + Mega Man X's, Chrono Trigger, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter..

what DID you do?? and if your answer is "nothing" then do you have any inkling of how deprived your childhood was? <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Became very good friends with people who did own those systems, and enjoyed every moment of multiplayer until PC's became respectable gaming machines.

Other than that...my family probably spent as much money on legos as other families did on nintendo products. I intend on doing the same for my future children until they're at an age where schoolwork requires computers.

[edit]Wow, my answers are similar to other peoples....I almost forgot that in 3rd grade I read every single Hardy Boys book my school library had.

Caboose · October 2004

Um, I pretended to play video games. I pretended to be Luigi and my friends would be other various Mario charactors and we would do Marioey stuff.

That, and I begged to get a SNES/GBP/GBC.

I also played text games on my 386 when I was really young, like 5 or so.

Oh yea, I read every Goosebumbs book. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' />

Liku · October 2004

I love console gaming, Super Smash Brothers FTW. But I just hate when people think they're better than PC's, and when people think any FPS is good with a Controller.

Crono5 · October 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Caboose @ Oct 29 2004, 11:40 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Oh yea, I read every Goosebumbs book. :D  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Is that anything like the Goosebumps series by R.L. Stine? :P

rabbity · October 2004

im sure everyone had their console gaming experiences at least once in their life, but when computers came along with multiplayer capability and all, consoles are nothing compared to it :o

kuperaye · October 2004

My family isnt rich or anything (no really we arent) But growing up with two older siblings (23 and 20 now and me being 17) ive played every *MAJOR* console system.

We own (yes still own) a working atari (every once in a while we bust out Kaboom Tourneys) 2 working NES 1 snes 1 n64 1 dreamcast 1 xbox 1 ps but no GCN

<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' />

i did read a lot too

Caboose · October 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Crono5788 @ Oct 29 2004, 10:43 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Caboose @ Oct 29 2004, 11:40 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Oh yea, I read every Goosebumbs book. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Is that anything like the Goosebumps series by R.L. Stine? <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
The one and only!

Zel · October 2004

i dont like consoles now, because i cant justify putting that much money into videogames. nowadays, i can put money into my computer and use it for a thousand purposes, along with videogames when i need them. way back when, we did have an NES, SNES, and Genesis, but they were never as absorbing as QBasic on my 386, or reading everything in the pitifully small science section of the grade school library.
understanding the universe has always been my goal, and most console games have nothing to offer in that regard. computers offer the understanding of how they work, you can look at the files, you can tweak or hack them and learn. consoles give you the game and nothing but the game, and i just dont want to spend time progressing those characters lives.... Well, i did spend an awful lot of time with Double Dragon2, and TMNT 1, those times were long past.

loved to climb trees, and what i guess what would nowadays be called LARPing, back then i just called it PLAYING WITH STICKS. (ive always pretended to be poor, as i see it as virtuous)

Nuketheplace · October 2004

I didn't have a console because my parents didn't let me. However, my dad did teach me to play F-14 when I was four years old.

Oh yah, I use to play a lot of "educational" games. Thats what kept me enterteined until I was 8 and got Warcraft II.

KaMiKaZe1 · October 2004

I grew up on video games. They were pretty much my sole source of entertainment. From NES to SNES and Sega, to Playstation and N64, to Dreamcast, and then to PS2, it has been a good run. However, I've grown out of them now. Only one or two titles every year or so catch my eye as worth buying. MGS3 and FFXII will likely be my last console purchases.

Chrono · October 2004

i grew up with video games i used to play sonic 1-3 and sonic and knuckles, chrono trigger, and i played alot with legos (mainly when my bro was playing the console) i cant imagine a child hood without video games *shudders at the thought of children reading <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /> *

Necrotic · October 2004

Read, read, read and read some more. I was into the whole Fighting Fantasy choose-your-adventure style books which is like Games Workshop for poor nerdy kids.

I didn't discover computer games untill I was about 11 and that was a mega drive one of my friends had and it didn't interest me for a while.

A shocking fact - the first time I played Half-Life on (the same) friends computer I hated it ^_^

RPG_Jssmfulhud · October 2004

I went out with my friends, cycled, fooled about, read books, played around with Spectrum ZX, later 386, 486, P I, etc... No consoles. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' />

SoulSkorpion · October 2004

Played LHX, Dune 2, Wing Commander 2 and other, even more ancient games, on my beloved 386.

Oh, and Lego. I used to love lego.

Maus · October 2004

Wel, I played some stuff I can't remember on my ZX81, then played Elite, Repton, and Revs on my BBC, then a whole bunch of things on my Amigas, then the likes of Doom and Tie Fighter on my 486...

Not to mention *gasp* actualy going outside and enjoying the fresh air while doing fun normal things (bike, soccer, etc), instead of being cooped up in front of a screen all day long.

/me beats some modern teenangsters™ with his cane

Private_Coleman · October 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Zig @ Oct 29 2004, 11:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> what did you DO growing up? i mean, this is assuming that you're at least 17 or so, so you could grow up with the NES, Master System, Genesis, SNES, Sega CD, and onward.

what did you DO as a kid? if you didn't play Sonic, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Super Marios + SM World, Super Metroid, Mega Mans + Mega Man X's, Chrono Trigger, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter..

what DID you do?? and if your answer is "nothing" then do you have any inkling of how deprived your childhood was? <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
I done all of these things. I just came to realize console gaming sucks in this modern day and age. Like disco funk.

esuna · October 2004

CMEast · October 2004

Started on a C64, also had a mastersystem, megadrive, snes, saturn etc.

PC Games normally have far more depth and the communities that build up around them are amazing, some console games are good but too many of them are dumbed down, empty experiences and playing a FPS on a controller just makes me want to cry!

Hmm, heres a thought, should I buy Halo on the PC? If I get more positive than negative then I'll buy it today on break (at work *sigh*) but there has to be more than just a couple of responses or it'll be a crap sample and I'll save my money.

esuna · October 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CMEast @ Oct 30 2004, 12:16 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Started on a C64, also had a mastersystem, megadrive, snes, saturn etc.

PC Games normally have far more depth and the communities that build up around them are amazing, some console games are good but too many of them are dumbed down, empty experiences and playing a FPS on a controller just makes me want to cry!

Hmm, heres a thought, should I buy Halo on the PC? If I get more positive than negative then I'll buy it today on break (at work *sigh*) but there has to be more than just a couple of responses or it'll be a crap sample and I'll save my money.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Halo PC is the buggiest POS port to ever defile the shelves of game stores everywhere. Take the boredom, bland mediocrity of Halo then severely drop the framerates and graphical quality and you get Halo PC. Avoid.

Zaggy · October 2004

mouse & keyboard > console controllers

when speaking of RTS/FPS I mean eh.

BigMadSteve · October 2004

Started out on the NES and gradually started getting more consoles over the years. My absolute favourite was the Playstation. Many hours of fun were had on that. I rarely play consoles nowadays because I find the PC equivilant of the game to be better in most cases. Consoles are usually easier to link up than PCs IMO. It was a **** getting the last LAN I was at started, took ages. Hopefully the one tomorrow won't take quite so long.

Seph_Kimara · October 2004

I like consoles, don't get me wrong.

There are just SOME types of games that just totally suck **** when on a console (FPS, to a lesser extent, RTS)

Blobby · October 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (kuperaye @ Oct 29 2004, 11:46 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' />

i did read a lot too </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Why do people read when it makes them so sad? <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' />
NOTE: Reading is the tool of the devil.
<a href='http://www.timecube.com' target='_blank'>proof</a>

Swiftspear · October 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Blobby @ Oct 31 2004, 04:19 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (kuperaye @ Oct 29 2004, 11:46 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' />

i did read a lot too </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Why do people read when it makes them so sad? <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' />
NOTE: Reading is the tool of the devil.
<a href='http://www.timecube.com' target='_blank'>proof</a>  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
I can see the guy who made that website going down in a hail of gunfire one day...

Chrono · October 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Swiftspear @ Oct 31 2004, 02:23 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Blobby @ Oct 31 2004, 04:19 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (kuperaye @ Oct 29 2004, 11:46 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' />

i did read a lot too </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Why do people read when it makes them so sad? <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' />
NOTE: Reading is the tool of the devil.
<a href='http://www.timecube.com' target='_blank'>proof</a> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
I can see the guy who made that website going down in a hail of gunfire one day...  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
we can only hope...

EEK · October 2004

Because it always seems that bad PC games just die, but bad console games have an army of fanboys that are willing to kill to defend their title. I don't know what it is, but there's bad PC games, and bad console games, but bad console games just stick around like cancer.

Necro · October 2004

computers.

PWNT!

i've had once since i was 6 and started playing space quest 1!

only time i've played a console was at friends.

A Question For Those Who Don't Like Console Gaming

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