Your best old school game you still play of all time

[lookfun78]

I am trying to see what some of you consider the best old school game that you still play is. Mine is super mario 64 because of all the game shark stuff you can do you will never ever run out of ways to custom your game.

[treismac]

Atari 2600
Seaquest

NES
A toss up between Tetris (Nintendo licensed) and the original Super Mario Bros.

Turbografx-16
Ninja Spirit

SNES
Super Mario Kart

[VertigoProcess]

Id have to say either mario 3 or super mario world... but I think I play mario 3 more just due to the fact that you can't save...

[geezuzkhrist119]

I can't decide on Super Mario Bros for the NES or Earthbound for the SNES.

[VertigoProcess]

I can't decide on Super Mario Bros for the NES or Earthbound for the SNES.

Jealous that you have a copy of earthbound... I can't afford it... D:

[bb_hood]

The first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game for nintendo. I can beat it in one sitting every time, only losing any turtles (if any) at the end in the technodrome. I think its one of the best nintendo games hands down, and I dont understand why so many people hate it. People say its soo hard but theres only one difficult part right at the end in the technodrome. I also hate when people bitch about the swimming part. Its really not that hard

[Ro-J]

Old school arcade ports, namely Mr. Do! (SNES) and Bump n' Jump (NES).

[jammajup]

I still play games on many retro systems and there are really way too many i have enjoyed and still enjoy playing, but not including my arcade games/cabs then it might be something like Carrier Command (Amiga),Knight Lore (ZX Spectrum) or Berzerk (Atari 2600).
I could never narrow it down to just one game it would give me mind block lol

[geezuzkhrist119]

Jealous that you have a copy of earthbound... I can't afford it... D:

exactly i dont have a legit copy of earthbound but i wish tho. From time to time I play it on my psp.

[Colorado Rockies]

Donkey Kong Country and Super Mario World

[QuickSciFi]

Sega Genesis:
1. Disney's Aladdin
2. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
3. ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron
4. Skitchin'
5. Road Rash
6. Road Rash II
7. The Ren & Stimpy Show Presents: Stimpy's Invention
8. Vectorman
9. Space Harrier II
10. Disney's The Lion King
11. Disney's The Jungle Book
12. Sonic the Hedgehog: Spinball
13. Mortal Kombat
14. Mortal Kombat II

'Been playing them since the 90s. Those are also probably my most beaten games.

[rocky412]

Mr Do! for Colecovision & Super Punch Out! for the SNES

[treismac]

Old school arcade ports, namely Mr. Do! (SNES) and Bump n' Jump (NES).

Bump n' Jump rocks!

[Ludwig]

Marios Picross, Tetris, various harvest moon titles, roller coaster tycoon 1, diablo 2, skyrim... oh wait, no, i don't play that last one anymore.

[bb_hood]

Mr Do! for Colecovision & Super Punch Out! for the SNES

Yeah, Mr. Do on coleovision is awesome. Its the only colecovision game I really like. Its worth owning a coleco just for this game. Its impossible to play without a Super action controller. The regular controllers are just horrible

[The 1 2 P]

Spy Hunter on original Xbox. It's an added bonus game(the arcade original) on the Spy Hunter reboot from last gen.

[SpaceHarrier]

Sonic 2. Not only is it one of my absolute favorites, but also because I have it in collections for several systems, so no matter what I have hooked up, something plays Sonic 2.

[Scott45]

Adventure for the Atari VCS 2600

currently playing it on a 3 DS



and Red Alert II on a PC

[retroman]

I still play Tecmo Super Bowl for the Nes all the time.

[TurboGenesis]

Kaboom! - Atari 2600
Centipede - Atari 5200 (with trak-ball controller)
Pepper II - Colecovision
Star Castle - Vectrex
Balloon Fight - NES
Summer Carnival '92: Recca - Famicom
Global Defense - SMS
Thunder Force III - Genesis
Soldier Blade - TG-16
Magical Chase - TG-16
Battle Garegga - Saturn
Batsugun - Saturn

these games have unlimited re-playability.... and I continue to enjoy them today... I have hundreds of hours of play in each of these games!

[NerdXCrewWill]

The old school game that gets the most replay around these parts is probably Virtual Pro Wrestling 2. That game will never get old. It's perfect. X-Men vs. Street Fighter comes in second. After that comes other fighters and various party games. I guess multiplayer games just get more play, even if I like some single player games more. Gaming is more a social thing around my parts.

[Blitzwing256]

Ultima exodus
super pitfall
mighty bomb jack
atlantis no nazo

I can throw any of them in and be enthralled for hours

[Sinizar]

Rock 'N Roll Racing for SNES and Sega Genesis.

[Tony Lama]

I'd have to say Tetris on the SNES Tetris/Dr. Mario combo cartridge is my all time favorite version of Tetris ... and the one old school game I've been playing for years since its release. It's truly timeless. There's something about this version that makes it superior over all other versions. I think it has to do with the presentation ... the SNES has a marvelous sound chip that gives the three Gameboy original Tetris tunes that extra robust flavor. Couple this with the vibrant SNES graphics and the 2 player competitive mode (missing from both NES versions), and you get a version of Tetris that endures forever!

Runner up: Tetris Attack on SNES (I prefer this version to Pokemon Puzzle League on N64 or Planet Puzzle League on the DS)

[muchomojo]

I play through TLOZ: A Link to the Past at least once a year.

[superfamicast64]

Dreamcast:
Sonic Adventure 2. I've played thru this game soooo many times i've pretty much got it memorized. The best of the 3D Sonic games IMHO.

PS2:
Persona 4. Reallllly long RPG and one of my favorites from the Persona/Shin Megami Tensei franchise that features some light dating-sim elements. Reallllllly good.

Super Famicom:
Super Famicom Wars. The second incarnations of the Nintendo "Wars" series, and realllly freaking addictive. If you like Advance Wars on the GBA, (and have a way to play Super Famicom games) you should definitely check this out.

N64:
Custom Robo. One of my favorite 3-D mecha games (easily up there with Virtual-On and Armored Core) and what I would say is the really good mix of the two. You can customize your mecha with different weapons and then fight in pretty awesome 3D arenas that easily surpass the Saturn version of Virtual-On. (FYI, the N64 version is import only)

Saturn:
Dragon Force. I absolutely love Strategy RPGs and Working Designs made some of the best ones back in the day (The Saturn version of Magic Knight Rayearth was a pretty awesome RPG too). You take control of massive armies and conquer several kingdoms all over the world, and it's one of the best S-RPGs from the time period (1997?) and IMHO, would easily beat out Final Fantasy Tactics on the PS1.

[DuckTalesNES]

Duck Tales!

[Aussie2B]

I don't think there's any single game that I replay frequently. If you asked me in my youth, then, yeah, I replayed some games a ton because my collection was small, but now I have too many unplayed games I want to get to. That's not to say I never replay anything, but when I look at a single game, even if I look at my favorites, we're still only talking a replay once every couple years or so. And that's only because those games, like Tail Concerto, Wonder Project J2, Dragon Spirit, etc., are short. There are other games I like even more, but if we're talking a 40+ hour commitment, then it's going to be more years yet before I bother with a replay.

[kevifray]

Sega Genesis:
1. Disney's Aladdin
2. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
3. ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron
4. Skitchin'
5. Road Rash
6. Road Rash II
7. The Ren & Stimpy Show Presents: Stimpy's Invention
8. Vectorman
9. Space Harrier II
10. Disney's The Lion King
11. Disney's The Jungle Book
12. Sonic the Hedgehog: Spinball
13. Mortal Kombat
14. Mortal Kombat II

'Been playing them since the 90s. Those are also probably my most beaten games.

yea, skitchin! that game rules

[Emperor Megas]

I don't fire up my retro system nearly as much as I use to, and it's usually random games for most, but there are a few that are staples.

When ever I fire up my SNES I always end up playing a few games of Firepower2000. I also always play at least one game of Mystic Defender whenever I play my Genesis, and for Saturn it's always a few games of Bust-A-Move 2.

[Casati]

I am trying to see what some of you consider... Your best old school game you still play of all time

The best, that I still play, of all time isn't easy for me to decide, and I don't want to list a top two or top ten since that isn't what the OP asks for.

NES Ice Hockey is one of the best vintage games for replay value, and I have been playing it often although not all of the time, but I do not consider it the best of all time.

[Ackman]

Hammering Harry Arcade
Golden Axe Arcade
Rally Bike Arcade
Shadow Dancer Arcade
Shinobi various Mega Drive
Sonic 2
Donkey Kong Country games SNES
Super Double Dragon

[Pedro Lambrini]

Perfect Dark on the N64. I love that game so much.

Honourable mention goes to Galaga '90 for the PC Engine. I've never owned the real hardware but I've played that game on pretty much every emulator out there.

I wish I could afford to get into the PCE. It's such a great looking machine...

[AceAerosmith]

Does Super Star Wars for the SNES count? How about Time Pilot on Konami Arcade Classics?

[wrk]

Contra (NES)
Killer Instinct (SNES)
Mario Kart 64 or GoldenEye (N64)
Quartet (SMS)
Streets of Rage 2 (Gen)
World Series Baseball (Saturn)
Twisted Metal 2 (PS1)

[Yago]

Hmmm seeing how I play nothing but classic games lol...

Arcade - Twin Cobra
Atari 2600 - Pitfall 2
Colecovision - Wargames / Time Pilot / Turbo
Intellivision - Snafu
NES - Contra / Zelda
Genesis - Earthworm Jim
Amiga 500 - Agony / Project X / Speedball 2 Brutal Deluxe
Amiga 1200 AGA - Banshee / James Pond 2 Robocod
Jaguar - Tempest 2000
Dreamcast - Crazy Taxi

I have a lot of other systems but just don't touch up on them all that often unless I'm really bored.

[Sunnyvale]

Ones I keep hitting again and again:

Atari 2600:
Cosmic Ark
Raider of the Lost Ark
Berserk

SMS:
Space Harrier
Double Dragon
Zaxxon 3D

NES:
Nobunaga's Ambition
Metroid
Solomon's Key

There's lots of games on the Colecovision that I love to play, but until I get one of them action controllers, I can't give it more than an hour without losing all feeling in my arm.

[RPG_Fanatic]

Super Mario World and Zelda - Link To The Past on the SNES.

[Nirvana]

I swear, I've play through Mega Man X at least 3-4 times a year ever since I was about 8 years old. Love that game.

[jdc]

Hands down, Phantasy Star Online for the Dreamcast, played offline of course. I spent a lot of time online when it was current, and all these years later, my quest to find a legit spread needle continues. Two days ago I began yet another character build on a fresh VMU. :D

[BydoEmpire]

Almost everything I play is older games, so it's really hard to pick just one. Phantasy Star Online (DC) is my favorite game of all time, but I don't really play it anymore and I don't really consider it "old school." I find myself coming back to Demon Attack on the 2600 pretty often.

[grandpappyplok]

tetris for the old brick gameboy
Dragon warrior monsters for GBC

Fire and Ice or smb3 for nes
Earthbound for snes
Loz oot for n64

[Orzunoid]

1) Perfect Dark
2) Gunstar Heroes
3) Phantasy Star IV

[Tempest]

I break out and beat Wasteland, Zork I-III, and Beyond Zork on my Apple II and beat them at least once a year. Don't know why, but there's something comforting and familiar about them. I'll also beat Miner on my Atari 8-bit at least once a year.

[R.Sakai]

Parasol Stars - TG16

First game I ever bought/owned, still chasing that highest score 20 years later :)

[The Clonus Horror]

Jackal-NES
Rolling Thunder-NES
Ring King-NES
Karate Champ-NES
Joust-NES
Streets of Rage 2-GEN
Choplifter-SMS
Berzerk-2600
Robot Tank-2600
Megamania-2600
Asteroids-2600
Spider Fighter-2600
Sunset Riders-SNES

[Nirvana]

Jackal-NES
Rolling Thunder-NES
Ring King-NES
Karate Champ-NES
Joust-NES
Streets of Rage 2-GEN
Choplifter-SMS
Berzerk-2600
Robot Tank-2600
Megamania-2600
Asteroids-2600
Spider Fighter-2600
Sunset Riders-SNES

XD That game is hilarious.

[Nonplus]

Ultima exodus
super pitfall
mighty bomb jack
atlantis no nazo

I can throw any of them in and be enthralled for hours

Wait...Atlantis No Nazo and Mighty Bombjack?! That's...just terrible. :P

[Tempest]

Wait...Atlantis No Nazo and Mighty Bombjack?! That's...just terrible. :P
Atlantis No Nazo? Seriously, are you a masochist? Mighty Bombjack isn't much better, but at least that one can be beat by a normal person (I did it once).

[tom]

Star Raiders on 800