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disolitude on 08 January 2009
The Anarchyz said:
disolitude said:
The day I beat battletoads without game genie...yes... beat that anyone

 

The day I beat battletoads without a game genie or a single warp... Yes, beaten!!!

Seriously, when i finished Battletoads i was so mad at the ending, it was an ending for a medium game, but not for a game that made me lose my thumbs...

But i don't consider myself hardcore, i'm a gamer since the Arcade/2600 days, but it was only for amusement, what really got me hooked up was the NES/FAMICOM (I had a NES first, then a FAMICOM with NES adapter thanks to the Asian community) and the Arcade games after the crash...

It was fun tho, wasn't it? :)

I tried playing it recently on an emulator...forget it, I couldn't even get passed the surfing level. The legit way anyways...using quick load and quick save...thats another story.

 

 



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Hephaestos on 08 January 2009
DaveD said:
Vetteman94 said:
The day i got my original NES, I spent all day playing Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt.

I miss my Duck Hunt =/

 

wii play says hi (there are ducks but no dog sorry).



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DaveD on 08 January 2009
Hephaestos said:
DaveD said:
Vetteman94 said:
The day i got my original NES, I spent all day playing Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt.

I miss my Duck Hunt =/

 

wii play says hi (there are ducks but no dog sorry).

The dog is what made it memorable =/



"After you win, son, I feel like going for a ride on your bike, haha." ~Doc Louis (Punch Out Wii)

 

 

kutasek on 08 January 2009
Tremble said:
The holy day I bought FFVII!

 

I remember first time playing it, since i never played Jrpg, i couldn't stop playing it. I guess that's when i turned hardcore.



Snake on 08 January 2009
ChronotriggerJM said:
Hardcore gamer to me is someone who invests and dedicates part of they're life to gaming. They think about it, they make plans for it, they talk about it, they visit forums to discuss it, and they show a genuine interest for gaming as a whole.

A casual gamer to me, is the person who owns no console, shows up at a party where someone is playing rock band and says "Oh I love that game!" . Play's it mad style for over an hour, and after getting off the drumset doesn't regard it as an experience he/she has invested in, yet a musing to kill time, have fun, and socialize :P This person can go home and not feel the need to ever think about buying a console to play it on his/her own time. They "casually" stumble upon it and have a great time ^^

The moment I became hardcore in my mind, was the moment I wanted a Super Nintendo, because I saw my grandpa playing video games and simply had to have one @_@ I thought about it all the time and wanted to play so many games. Before the super nintendo, my father had given me his atari, but I never got into it. The thing sat in my room and I'd play it occasionally, but it was never an urge, I'd never think about the game I would play, I certainly wouldn't talk about it :P I had no passion, but that Super Nintendo man... that was a lifestyle!

 

 i tought hardcore gamer was the guy who plays only 16+ and 18+ games



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chaospluto on 08 January 2009
Snake said:
ChronotriggerJM said:
Hardcore gamer to me is someone who invests and dedicates part of they're life to gaming. They think about it, they make plans for it, they talk about it, they visit forums to discuss it, and they show a genuine interest for gaming as a whole.

A casual gamer to me, is the person who owns no console, shows up at a party where someone is playing rock band and says "Oh I love that game!" . Play's it mad style for over an hour, and after getting off the drumset doesn't regard it as an experience he/she has invested in, yet a musing to kill time, have fun, and socialize :P This person can go home and not feel the need to ever think about buying a console to play it on his/her own time. They "casually" stumble upon it and have a great time ^^

The moment I became hardcore in my mind, was the moment I wanted a Super Nintendo, because I saw my grandpa playing video games and simply had to have one @_@ I thought about it all the time and wanted to play so many games. Before the super nintendo, my father had given me his atari, but I never got into it. The thing sat in my room and I'd play it occasionally, but it was never an urge, I'd never think about the game I would play, I certainly wouldn't talk about it :P I had no passion, but that Super Nintendo man... that was a lifestyle!

 

 i tought hardcore gamer was the guy who plays only 16+ and 18+ games

There are different types of "Hardcore" gamer.

 



  • 2010 MUST Haves: WKC, Heavy Rain, GoWIII, Fable III, Mass Effect 2, Bayonetta, Darksiders, FFXIII, Alan Wake, No More Heroes 2, Fragile Dreams: FRotM, Trinity: SoZ, BFBC2.
  • Older Need To Buys: Super Mario Bros. Wii, Mario Kart Wii, Deadspace, Demon's Souls, Uncharted 2.

There is definitely more to list that I want, but that's my main focus there.

chaospluto on 08 January 2009

OMFG, how could I forget about Super Ghouls' n Ghosts.

That's when I became a true hardcore gamer xD. That son of a beast was HARD, it defined HARD on so many levels. Then the 2nd play through was even worse >.>



  • 2010 MUST Haves: WKC, Heavy Rain, GoWIII, Fable III, Mass Effect 2, Bayonetta, Darksiders, FFXIII, Alan Wake, No More Heroes 2, Fragile Dreams: FRotM, Trinity: SoZ, BFBC2.
  • Older Need To Buys: Super Mario Bros. Wii, Mario Kart Wii, Deadspace, Demon's Souls, Uncharted 2.

There is definitely more to list that I want, but that's my main focus there.

theprof00 on 08 January 2009

wheni killed a star destroyer in an xwing



mesoteto on 08 January 2009

when i once spent 3 hours jiggling and blowing into a nes just so i could play mario for a half hour befoer it would freeze up and i would have to repeat teh process over


all the time thinking this was a small price to pay for my games



 

klarklar on 08 January 2009

when i racked up more hours on Pitfall for Atari than most addicts do on WoW



Still waiting on a New Road Rash and Legend of Dragoon 2...


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