Old Games: The Old Games Show: 04/22/2015

Gotta include your amazing gif, duder!

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And the only appropriate response, thanks to SJWMegatron on Twitter:

@marokai: This has a more retro feel than UPF ever did though.

Also, I remember the SNES Star Wars games kicking my ass as a kid. The platforming stage Brad ended it on is a terrible memory for me.

@amyggen: It's definitely more retro (and I enjoy this show quite a bit) but it has a lot of the same early UPF vibe. Which isn't a bad thing.

Man I had Earthworm Jim 3D on PC as a kid, i thought the game was pretty interesting and quirky at the time. Controlled ok with a interesting world structure with different parts of Jim's brain, it was a bloody difficult game also.Was pretty bummed when after I helped that Elvis dude escapes he gets turned into a bloody burger.

I am scared to go back and play it....

Seeing Lemmings again brought back memories for me. It was one of the first games I ever played, my dad had it for the Acorn Archimedes.

Oh man I was really hoping for it to be TIE Fighter...

You and me both, brother.

I'm scared too, but for different reasons, I think. I watched some let's plays and had to turn them off after 3 minutes each. The memories I have of that games are worth more than confirming or denying them.

@bisonhero: Oh shit. Redwall. My man.

This was a great group to delve into old games.

I honestly don't know how you can look back at the Super Star Wars games as being anything other than mediocre. Visuals/sound effects were great for the time, but gameplay-wise? Yech. It's not like there was a shortage of great platformers back then.

Yup, the Super Star Wars games are still bad. Great graphics and sound effects though.

Edit: ^ Totally didn't see you there, @seminormal.

I never played any of the Super Star Wars games, but having looked them up later,they didn't seem particularly good.

I did play the NES Star Wars game and remember enjoying it, despite never making it past the space segment, but I went back and watched some of that too and it seemed filled with quite a bit of BS as well.

Breaking Brad: Super Star Wars would be something special I think.

There are Lemming statues in Dundee, they are only a little way from DMA's old office

For fuck's sake guys, vote for Valis III already.

VIDEOGAMES

Have not watched the video yet, but I legit love MK Mythologies. Use the infinite continues code and that game is a grand ol' time.

@danryckert not only is he a horse, he's a horse with multiple personalities.

I fucking hate Quan Chi so much. Shang Tsung should have been the second-in-command bad guy they stuck with. He sucks in the games, too. Total garbage in MKX.

Awesome stream as always.

I never got into the original MK games, but I really remember liking Mythologies back in the day. I don't know if I ever got past the first level, though. At least not without cheating.

I'm also one of those 'rare' people that actually likes the design/integration of Quan Chi. From what I've played of MK9/MKX, Shinnok is the only character I didn't like.

My new favorite show on GB.

that thumbnail is fucking amazing

So is MK Mythologies Jeff's Yoshi's Island?

Edit: I think Majora's Mask is actually a better fit here for what I'm trying to say.

Id love to see Jeff play the first Alone in the Dark. Still my favorite 'scary' game.

I remember the demo for it (that came with Power Pete on Mac... right?) being scary as shit.

Thinking back on it, that thing looked real rough.

Is Sub-Zero a wizard?

Got so frustrated during the Star Wars part with Dan not reading the chat.

Another great episode you guys, can't wait for the next one.

I wonder if @mooseymcman is still depressed about Milo and Otis.

I'd like to see that, yeah. Even more I'd love to see him play Project Firestart on the C64 though.

I wasn't, BUT THANKS FOR REMINDING ME.

:'(

In regards to the split timeline timeline talk, MK Mythologies: Sub Zero take place before MK1. This game explains why Scorpion hates Sub Zero and kills him in the first Mortal Kombat Tournament (the beginning of MK9). Quan Chi tricks Scorpion and Sub Zero into fighting, resulting in Scorpion's death, and hires the Lin Kuei to kill Scorpion's clan. Quan Chi then turns Scorpion into a wraith and tells him Sub Zero is the one who killed his family.

So this game takes place before the timeline split, even though it came out after MK3.

I'm so glad this is a regular thing. Checking out older titles is a great way to pass the time at work.

@emuprime: No, cause there is a big difference. MK Mythologies is not a good game. Yoshi's Island is...

Huh, yeah, odd to cite Lemmings as an RTS precursor. It was released just months before Dune II, at which point Tyrants: Fight Through Time, a proper RTS by modern standards was just getting released too. The Herzog games had been out for years at that point, which while not proper RTS games either, were much closer to the RTS genre than what Lemmings is. There were also stuff like Populous and SimAnt, which were about amassing armies and conquering enemies in real-time, even though you didn't have direct control of each unit there.

Isn't that Jeff Gerstmann from Gamespot, and what looks like some guy wearing Rich Gallup's hair?

It's weird. They were gifted a giant box of old games. Just plow through as many as DOS Box allows.

Oh man. I could just imagine people screaming in the chat that you had to flip jump to make it up that Sand Crawler. Dan wasn't paying attention and then got up and left the laptop on the couch for everyone to scream into the abyss. That would have been so frustrating if I had watched it live.

I don't know if it's wrong to say this but this lemmings game is one of the best games of all time. I remember having a lot of fun with it.

I would love to see Brett and the other guys playing The Lost Vikings. That would be awesome.

I'm sure I've said this in the past but it's a great idea for a mid week show guys. I love watching it every time...keep it up!

Jeff's intro on this is strong...damn strong. Media master

Wow... Jeff's been hitting all my nostalgia notes lately. Star Control, Tie Fighter, One Must Fall... <3 <3 <3

Does this mean they won't play old games on UPF anymore? This is basically UPF, but with old games.

The Playstation 20th anniversary theme for ps4 has sweet bootup sounds. Does the ps1 sound then goes to the waves of ps2.

@bisonhero said:

@fobwashed said:

@hammondoftexas said:

What the hell is that second picture from?

My Star Wars/Redwall crossover fan fic.

If I was drinking anything I would have spit it out laughing from that line. Man, I haven't thought about Redwall in at least a decade. RIP Brian Jaques.

The Return of the Jedi game was much better than this one.

I also have found memories of a GBA Star Wars game, "Star Wars Trilogy" or something like that.

Dan calling Jeff to the carpet over the 7.5. It never ends for that man. :P