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It is on a timeline, but not tech.
If you compare 1985 to 2005, holy shit. So many classics because of mind blowing advances.
2005 - 2025... Well, there's still 2005 games that go hard with some mods. We really rely on gameplay and story to make a classic now.
I don’t find this hard to believe at all.
Tried to play halo 3 campaign for the first time a little while back.
It really felt aged, like an upgraded ps2 game essentially.
And this was the pc version mind you.
I feel old consider the new resurgence in people wanting a PS2. you can't find them anywhere anymore. all the retro game stores are selling out of them. Even the PSP is hard to come by.
I remember waiting in line at the midnight launch of the PS2. I also remember waiting in line at the midnight launch of the first Xbox and having to convince my friend to also pick up Halo because I heard good things about it. He just wanted to get Cel Damage and Fusion Frenzy.
It's wild living through the time that these systems are brand new and pricey, then become practically worthless, and then become scarce and unaffordable forever.
My back pain already makes me feel old, no need to throw memes at me.
My current annoyance: my Xbox 360 works just fine, but none of the controllers turn on while battery powered. (IR remote works, but it's not exactly suitable for gaming.) And Xbox 360 was the pinnacle of Microsoft's "well we have to do slightly incompatible shit just for the hell of it" attitude - you can't just use a standard USB cable, it uses USB over a weird proprietary connector. (On the other hand, I've looooooved Xbox One and later controllers on PC, they have standard plugs)
My Halloween tradition is Bullet Witch - had to jank up the PC version to working state last year when I first noticed this problem with the 360 controllers.
Edit: Oh wow, I managed to find a 360 controller battery holder that actually works. Geometry Wars Evolved 2 status: got the first cheevo
Recently i feel the years piling up on me... i mean, for me, personaly, in my feelings, a C64 is old, a Core2Duo with 2 GB RAM is still a pretty decent office machine, i still convert € to DM in my head and an Xbox 360 is still the console i was well too eager to buy ~~a couple of years~~.... goddamn... about 20 years ago.
I think it became retro when the 9th gen consoles started coming out.
To me, current gen is current, previous 2 generations are not retro, and anything older is. Many 360 models still had analog video out (as did the PS3 and Wii), so arguably it's the final generation built with CRTs in mind.
My first 360 game was FF XIII. Had a massive crush on Lightning.
Classic? What? I'm really that old?
I remember playing the crap out of my xbox360 when I had one. It had such a good library of games.
Guys, these consoles are so old I've seen these kinds of memes since the PS4 and Xbox One days. I think its time to accept they're retro
Still have mine hooked up for the kinect
BTW, I had to put all my media in chronological folders yesterday so Nova Media Player could see / stream it from my NAS correctly while I fix my Raspberry Pi / finally bite the bullet and install Proxmox.
Firefly, Harold And Kumar, Knights Tale, Constantine, Austin Powers, Iron man 1, Matrix and bunch of other stuff circa 1999-2009.
It took me right back to people and places. And then it hit me -
"All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain".
Fuck you for hitting me while I'm down.
They had Call of Duty 2 going on the in-store display setup at EB games when the console had just come out.
There was a line to play it. Lots of people standing around just watching what was on screen.
I remember thinking it would be impossible for games to ever look better than what I was seeing at that time.
I was watching my roommate try to play portal the other day. He’s touchscreen generation. Never used a controller before.
It was a horrible thing to watch. Lots of “I can’t” shit you would get from a 6 year old.
Yes. Getting old is hard.
Just go with it and let the newer generations enjoy what you did.
DREEEAAAAMCAAAAAAAASST!!
DREEEEAAAAAAMCAST!!
*is quickly surrounded and tackled by shadowy xbox figures*
DREAMC-argh!
. . . dreamcaaaaaaast!
