Do you find it more fun to play older/classic games with friends?

[todesengel]

Same here, I love playing playing classic games with my friends. It's even more fun when I pull out some game or system that they never played before.

[Oldskool]

Goldeneye and Mario Party are classic games now? Oh.

Yes I think it's SO much more fun. Especially if your friend is about the same age as you. They see your collection and get all excited like "MAN! Contra! I remember that, hey Blaster Master! Rygar! Wow let's pop one in!" - haha.

Also, it's just nice to team up on a game, especially something two player like Streets of Rage or Battletoads.

[spongerob]

I think for alot of people it depends on how you and your friends grew up. Me personally, most of my friends weren't huge gamers and we'd play sports outside quite a bit. I know when I went inside I played games until I was blue in the face, I dunno about them. My gamer friends were really into RPGs and not much else so it made it hard to play anything together in person (although watching RPGs back then was more fun than it is today lol).

What I do now is play the classics with my girlfriend, who didn't play games when she was younger but still loves them. We've gone through a ton of both old and new games in the span of a few years and while I always try to convey the feeling I get from playing them, I know it'll never be the same for her which sucks, but we still have fun. There are many times some days where I'll walk in and a game will be paused when she tells me "this is a hard part" and I have to get her to the end of a level in Mario or something like that.

I can say though hypothetically that if they had any SNES classics on the Xbox Live Arcade with online multiplayer, be it co-op or whatever, I'd play them with friends much more.

[garagesaleking!!]

100%, yes. For me thats usually the only time I do play classic games. Me and my friend played NBA Jam for Genesis not long ago and had a blast. I would never just play it by myself. And then all the great n64 games, they are a blast getting together and playing.