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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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So the retro games thread got me thinking, if you could play one game for the rest of your life, what would it be? Retro or Modern
I think I would go with Sonic 1 |
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By *hilloutMan
over a year ago
All over the place! Northwesr, , Southwest |
Damn...impossible choice when you've tried so many iconic titles.
Probably World of Warcraft as it was during the Burning Crusade or Wrath of the Lich King expansion when it hit its peak  |
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"Damn...impossible choice when you've tried so many iconic titles.
Probably World of Warcraft as it was during the Burning Crusade or Wrath of the Lich King expansion when it hit its peak "
Agreed on Warcraft before it got all dumbed down and weird. I liked it in those older phases |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Zelda... Choosing which could be a nightmare though... Or Half Life 2... Black and White 2...Trackmania.... Mario Kart... F Zero... Left 4 Dead... Resident Evil 4...Quake...no Doom! Ffs! Still shit at choosing, so I won't  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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For Retro it would be Super Metroid as it was the original "Get Gud" game for me, had to really put the work in to master it.
Modern would be Skyrim just as its so vast and I still don't think I've seen everything I think it would be a good one only game (would do one game with just the goal of killing every NPC in the world). |
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By *killsMan
over a year ago
Never Never Land |
"Zelda... Choosing which could be a nightmare though... Or Half Life 2... Black and White 2...Trackmania.... Mario Kart... F Zero... Left 4 Dead... Resident Evil 4...Quake...no Doom! Ffs! Still shit at choosing, so I won't "
If you go with Zelda then I think it has to be ‘a link to the past’ It’s the ultimate retro game for me |
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"So the retro games thread got me thinking, if you could play one game for the rest of your life, what would it be? Retro or Modern
I think I would go with Sonic 1"
I started with pac man way back in 1983 and and and that lead me Ll the way up to playing Half Life Alyx in VR with who knows how many titles in between.
I don't think there is any game in my 38 years of gaming that could keep me going on its own for the rest of my life. Quite frankly I expect to still be playing the newest titles during my twilight years..
But I know what my favourites have been over the years so if I had to pick something it would be some sort of city based survival resource management game...
Surviving Mars perhaps?
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"Mechwarrior 4 or Need for speed on computer, and defender in the old school arcade games. "
Mechwarrior was and still is the dogs bollocks. I'm a big fan of the battletech stuff
Ive been testing a VR mod for Mexhwarrior 5. Childhood dreams do come true is all I'm gonna say |
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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago
Liverpool |
Surprised people would want to play very linear and never changing games as they only game they would ever play. That would be extremely monotonous surely. Very few of the retro games (some exceptions) offer that.
I'm yet to narrow it down but MMO, single player open world, rpg or RTS would probably what I'd go for. Anything that has replay value past one or two playthrough. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The ones that immediately springnto mind are Golden Axe or Altered Beast, but theres only so much you can do with those...
I loved the Burnout series, and cant ever see myself getting bored of the crash junction mode. |
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Do you know how old I am and how many game I've played? Choosing just 1 is so cruel
Shortlist from
Elite
Team Fortress
Escape from Monkey Island
Gran Turismo
Halo
Legend of Zelda
Mario Kart
Final Fantasy VII
Metal Gear solid
..and of course Tetris!!! |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
Oooh … two different answer’s
If we are talking console… then there are WWE smack down on PlayStation that is a classic… or a madden game before they ruined it!!!
If we are talking arcade… oooh there was an outrun game in the Leicester squad huge arcade that had a proper Ferrari testarosa as the actual car you played it in….
And I was bloody brilliant at outrun!!!! It was my one way to super impress a girl at 15!!! Lol
Yes… chick magnet moi!!! |
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Been playing video games on various platforms since the early 80’s, so lots to choose from. I’d go with Gran Turismo. I’ve owned every release, it’s why I got a PlayStation in the first place, and once out on the PS5 I’ll probably upgrade the PS4. |
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By *abioMan
over a year ago
Newcastle and Gateshead |
"would probably pick football manager game as there's endless game play there.
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It never got any better than football manager italia… after that they tried making it so realistic it took days to set up and complete season’s |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"So the retro games thread got me thinking, if you could play one game for the rest of your life, what would it be? Retro or Modern
I think I would go with Sonic 1"
Tetris |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Tetris on a retro gameboy with the wire to connect and make it a 2 player game.
How frustrating was it to get the connection just right and turn the gameboys on at the same time! |
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"I wonder if I’m the only person who’s never ever played one
Really? I’ll get you blasting scroats away on COD whilst shouting obscenities down the mic in no time  "
Well there’s an offer 
Does Pac-Man count in the arcade in the 80s? |
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"I wonder if I’m the only person who’s never ever played one
Really? I’ll get you blasting scroats away on COD whilst shouting obscenities down the mic in no time
Well there’s an offer
Does Pac-Man count in the arcade in the 80s?"
It sure does ……. …… |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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No Man Sky for me, massive procedurally generated planets to explore. Mining, building, taming animals as pets.
Space and planetary combat, and planets that will kill you if you leave your spaceship.
Oh, and the game visuals are beautiful, and free on Xbox game pass at the moment, I recommend taking a look. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"would probably pick football manager game as there's endless game play there.
It never got any better than football manager italia… after that they tried making it so realistic it took days to set up and complete season’s "
I remember playing the life out of that.think it was the 95 version.always played as AC Milan |
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"San Andreas
Embarrassed to say how many hours I spent on that one
I know it was my childhood "
A classic game for sure 
Remember the awesome and often hilarious voice acting? Such as when someone would smack into your car and your character would utter, ‘Yeah, thanks! I really appreciate that!’ |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Red Dead Redemption 2.
It's not my favourite game ever (definitely in my top 5) but it's absolutely a game I could string out for the rest of my life if I had to. So much to do and explore! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Asteroids...
...man I'm highlighting a mis-spent youth  "
At least it sounds like one out in a public place than one alone at home with a controller in hand |
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By *mily36CWoman
over a year ago
Bedford (or anywhere beginning with B..!?) |
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Asteroids...
...man I'm highlighting a mis-spent youth
At least it sounds like one out in a public place than one alone at home with a controller in hand "
Haha ...back in my day it was only arcade games out in public places  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Asteroids...
...man I'm highlighting a mis-spent youth
At least it sounds like one out in a public place than one alone at home with a controller in hand
Haha ...back in my day it was only arcade games out in public places "
It would have been an honour to stand in line watching you master the joystick  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Chuckie egg or manic miner, original football manager. Or possibly one of the recent F1 games."
Good call on Chuckie Egg. Jet Aet Willy was another legend! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Chuckie egg or manic miner, original football manager. Or possibly one of the recent F1 games.
Good call on Chuckie Egg. Jet Aet Willy was another legend! "
Jenny I want to be your friend and talk about Bounty Bob Strikes Back |
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By *mily36CWoman
over a year ago
Bedford (or anywhere beginning with B..!?) |
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Asteroids...
...man I'm highlighting a mis-spent youth
At least it sounds like one out in a public place than one alone at home with a controller in hand
Haha ...back in my day it was only arcade games out in public places
It would have been an honour to stand in line watching you master the joystick "
Ha ha... you should see my pin ball _kills  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"
Asteroids...
...man I'm highlighting a mis-spent youth
At least it sounds like one out in a public place than one alone at home with a controller in hand
Haha ...back in my day it was only arcade games out in public places
It would have been an honour to stand in line watching you master the joystick
Ha ha... you should see my pin ball _kills "
now I have an image of you smashing balls around with flippers …. It’s getting weird |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I may have to break the one game rule and add GTA5! Love the single player and you know Rockstar are gonna flog that horse for some time yet (online) |
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By *929Man
over a year ago
bedlington |
"Doom on the Playstation. Music and atmoshpere superior to the pc version."
It did have the better atmosphere it’s just a shame the later levels of ultimate doom were either cut down severely or missing altogether |
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By *dfabMan
over a year ago
Dunboyne |
Gran Turismo 4 was a revelation at the time and I played it more than any other game but, if GT7 has same achievement levels I may be won over.
That or Metal Gear Solid or Abe's Odyssey.
Can't choose!
Oh F! I forgot Soul Reaver and Darksiders trilogy |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Arcades going and spending 10p on a game luckily we have a few centers that still have retro games, you pay one entrance fee and all the games inside are free to play everything from 1960s to present day games, spent many fun afternoons playing away on old games happy memories! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Forget it. Too difficult to answer.
Platform, racing, FPS. They all have something the others don’t have. Pgr2 is some of the most fun I have had with racing games but I can shoot strangers in line if I chose that… |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Despite liking techy stuff I just never got into them. Even good flight sims and fps games bore me after while, and I won't even try them unless they have realistic controllers, ie not a playstation type pad. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Despite liking techy stuff I just never got into them. Even good flight sims and fps games bore me after while, and I won't even try them unless they have realistic controllers, ie not a playstation type pad."
You sound like you'd like steel battalion then |
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