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[–] CuriousRefugee@discuss.tchncs.de 119 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Me: Haha, 20 year old games, huh? Like Super Mario Bros. and Megaman, right?

Them: Zelda Twilight Princess came out in 2006.

Me: (Benjamin Button gif)

[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

You mean the gif of the movie that came out 18 years ago?

[–] jherazob@fedia.io 50 points 4 days ago (1 children)

We're all Sanae on this day

Sanae from Touho with a concerned expression says "Huh? No, retro consoles are nlike the NES and SNES, right? The Playstation 2 and DS are still pretty new..."

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 23 points 4 days ago (3 children)

The PS3, 360, and Wii are the 20 year old consoles now.

[–] Lileath@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago

The PS3 was shown at E3 a few months before I was born and I am old enough to drink in the United States

[–] SailorMoss@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago

PS4 will start being retro any moment now… my back hurts.

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[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

How about an awesome expansion to a 30something year old Zelda 2?

ZIIAOL by HoverBat

Im on the 3rd palace and it feels like an expansion, same gameplay. Its really good.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The explosion of expansions and general romhacks in the last decade has been beautiful. Not all of them are winners, but so many are. If gaming companies funded them and sold them, we'd be in a golden age. But we're just suing the kiddies these days.

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[–] Kenny4tunes@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Quake 1 is still rocking servers and multiplayer games are still being had, 30 years later.

It's still a great multiplayer gaming experience. back when games were made properly; with the sacrificial sweat of a demon's nutsack.

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[–] negativenull@piefed.world 51 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Team Fortress 2 will be 20 years old next year.

you're welcome

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Super Mario Brothers was released closer to WWII than to today.

[–] driftwood@lemmy.zip 15 points 4 days ago

Oh, the new one? I only played the previous 😬

[–] BurntWits@sh.itjust.works 37 points 4 days ago (9 children)

Feels weird to call it retro but I’ve been having a blast with Morrowind lately. 24 years old, so fits with the meme.

[–] fishy@lemmy.today 14 points 4 days ago (5 children)

I will never forget going to the store in the mall and having Neverwinter nights in one hand, Morrowind in the other and the clerk waking up to ten year old me and saying "wow, great taste." offhandedly. I bought Morrowind that day and had never been so completely lost in a game. I ran around getting killed by everything for weeks!

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Great taste indeed

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[–] FunnyUsername@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago (2 children)

i started this recently on my channel. it's a bit rough, but the openmw modpack helps a lot for someone who doesn't have any nostalgia for it

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[–] one_old_coder@piefed.social 34 points 4 days ago (4 children)

20 years old because you finished all the NES, Super NES, and MegaDrive games already?

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 23 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yep! Excited for that new PSP thing, can you believe youll be able to play ps1 games on the go??

[–] HouseWolf@pawb.social 8 points 4 days ago (2 children)

No joke the PSP might be my favourite console of all time. It's the only console I've owned multiple of...I've had 4 in total.

I got my main Red 3000 model back in 2016 for £20 already jailbroken with a bunch of roms already installed. Sadly the retro boom has skyrocketed the price, I'd just tell anyone nowadays to emulate it. PPSSPP runs on nearly everything.

[–] welfare_wizard@lemmy.zip 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The PSP was my smartphone before smartphones were a thing, all the neighbors with unsecured wifis right next to the school hated me.

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[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago

...20 years isn't far enough. Oh no.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 8 points 4 days ago

and the rest, the Wii turned 20 years old this year!

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[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I just bought Red Dead Redemption 2 last night and it was the only one they had in stock. It's already an 8 year old game, but it's new to me!

[–] ddplf@szmer.info 2 points 2 days ago

That means last time I played RDR2 was THAT many year ago!?

Hell, I remember half of it like it was last year, and extremely memorable trip ahead of you.

But I'm not jaelous, I also got some gems ahead of me - Baldurs Gate 3, Silksong, Crimson Desert, Dragons Dogma 2. I'm good!

[–] HouseWolf@pawb.social 23 points 4 days ago

My backlog is long enough to last me 20 years on it's own.

On top of old games I only just find out about and add to the pile. Still a few indie games I'm looking forward too but it isn't going to kill my next year of gaming if one turns out to be a flop.

[–] CaptnKarisma@lemmy.ml 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Word, same playing Chrono Trigger for the first time. I now get the hype.

[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Chrono Trigger is 30 years old at this point.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Depends on where you are in the timeline.

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[–] bluelander@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 days ago

Only 20? Y'all are missing out!

[–] TaeKwonDoh@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Why do I get the feeling they're British

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 days ago
[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (9 children)
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[–] Axolotl_cpp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago

I have enough MC mods to try out :3

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