Yes, nowadays people tend to rely on graphics so heavily, that the gameplay is almost literally gone.
It's time to start a thread about oldschool games, that were full of manliness and awesomeness. List your favorite ones.
Oh and i'd count retro so far as 1999 in this case.
My favorites :
Commodore 64:
-Ski or Die
-Bubble Bobble
-Pirates!
-Rainbow Islands
-Delta
-Wizball
-Defender of the Crown
-Maniac Mansion
Amiga:
-Populous 2
-Zool 1 & 2
-Prince of Persia
-Leisure suit Larry ( 1,2,6,7 )
-Doom
-Mortal Kombat II
-Robocod
-Moonstone
-Cannonfodder 1&2
-Lemmings 1 & "oh no! more lemmings!"
-Quake
-Dungeon Master
-UFO 'Enemy Unknown'
-Chaos Engine
-Starcontrol 1 & 2 ( Ur-Quan ftw )
DOS / Windows:
-Fallout 1&2
-Jagged Alliance 1&2
-Elastomania
-Commander keen (all)
-Ultima
-Duke Nukem 3d
-Starcraft
-Warcraft 1 -2
-Total Annihiliation
-Diablo
-Command and Conquer: Dawn of War to Tiberian Sun ( would have included Red alert 2 , but since it came out in 2000, so..)
-System Shock 2
-Thief
-Wing Commander
-Star Wars : Tie Fighter
-Quake 2
-Unreal Tournament
PlayStation :
-Tekken 3
-Crash Bandicoot 3
-Final Fantasy 7,8
-Resident Evil 1-3
-Metal Gear Solid
-Silent Hill
NES:
-Battletoads
-Megaman 2 & 3
-Contra
-Double Dragon 3
-Castlevania
-Metroid
SNES:
-Street Fighter II: Turbo
-Final Fantasy III
-Super Metroid
-Chrono Trigger
There are way more, but i just can't remember all of them.
It's time to start a thread about oldschool games, that were full of manliness and awesomeness. List your favorite ones.
Oh and i'd count retro so far as 1999 in this case.
My favorites :
Commodore 64:
-Ski or Die
-Bubble Bobble
-Pirates!
-Rainbow Islands
-Delta
-Wizball
-Defender of the Crown
-Maniac Mansion
Amiga:
-Populous 2
-Zool 1 & 2
-Prince of Persia
-Leisure suit Larry ( 1,2,6,7 )
-Doom
-Mortal Kombat II
-Robocod
-Moonstone
-Cannonfodder 1&2
-Lemmings 1 & "oh no! more lemmings!"
-Quake
-Dungeon Master
-UFO 'Enemy Unknown'
-Chaos Engine
-Starcontrol 1 & 2 ( Ur-Quan ftw )
DOS / Windows:
-Fallout 1&2
-Jagged Alliance 1&2
-Elastomania
-Commander keen (all)
-Ultima
-Duke Nukem 3d
-Starcraft
-Warcraft 1 -2
-Total Annihiliation
-Diablo
-Command and Conquer: Dawn of War to Tiberian Sun ( would have included Red alert 2 , but since it came out in 2000, so..)
-System Shock 2
-Thief
-Wing Commander
-Star Wars : Tie Fighter
-Quake 2
-Unreal Tournament
PlayStation :
-Tekken 3
-Crash Bandicoot 3
-Final Fantasy 7,8
-Resident Evil 1-3
-Metal Gear Solid
-Silent Hill
NES:
-Battletoads
-Megaman 2 & 3
-Contra
-Double Dragon 3
-Castlevania
-Metroid
SNES:
-Street Fighter II: Turbo
-Final Fantasy III
-Super Metroid
-Chrono Trigger
There are way more, but i just can't remember all of them.