PixlBit

I wish I could remember my own life as accurately 

For some reason, games stand out. Plus ever since I realized the internet had databases that contained every video game ever made like allgame.com, I've been going through them to make lists and to remember what I've played. It's sort of the first topic I thought about writing on 1UP. In this rewrite, I'm getting a little queazy doing so much navel gazing. I'm thinking I should start doing real reviews or something.

Road Rash was so fun on N64 and Playstation. That's also where I remember playing or seeing Dioom and Duke Nukem was N64. 

I also played Wolfenstein on PC. All I remember about those old FPS games is brick walls and soda dispensors. 

It's really hard to go back to those corridor shooters now. I'm so used to seeing incredibly detailed environments, that I get lost in games like Wolfenstein and Marathon whose environments looks so much the same room to room.

I remember I played ever darn version of Duke Nukem 3D: PC, PSX, N64 and even Saturn more recently. I played a lot of deathmatch with bots on N64 with my friend Mark. We would race to get the exploding shell shotgun and a jetpack and become nigh invincible, blowing up bots and each other. Then it was the PSX version where we'd play deathmatch in the campaign levels, and I'd set laser trip mines everywhere and watch my friend run into them. Ha!

I love all those games you mentioned. I'm still playing them. There are updated versions of Duke 3D and Shadow Warrior on Steam. Heck, there's even a new Shadow Warrior out. I also felt those last levels on Warcraft 2 were too complicated. That didn't stop me from beating it though.

That new Shadow Warrior is high on my wishlist.

I got so fatigued playing past level 10 in WC2, that I'd just restart from the beginning. I loved playing the shorter levels in a different way every time.

For me, '91 to '96, was a lot of Street Fighter.  

The systems I played on the most were the SNES and the SAT.  

I got to those a few years late. After I got into PSX, I started getting the older systems I missed like Genesis and SNES. Then I played Street Fighter and DKC. Frickin' loved that stuff.

Didn't get a Saturn 'til much much later. Not sure why. I think I got one when trying to play Shining The Holy Ark about five years ago. It does have the most complete console version of Duke Nukem 3D with all the nasty cut scenes of the PC version. That was another reason to have it.  

I bought Duke Nukem 3D (SAT) too.  My PC wasn't good enough for the PC version, so I was excited the SAT got a port.  

91-96 for me was anything Square made on the SNES.

I wish I was more aware of all the JRPGs and strategy games out then for the SNES. I totally missed that stuff. I stuck to DKC and NBA Jam. 

I think my dad used to have Doom back when I was 5 or 6 years old, but only remembering vague parts. I definitly want to play the Doom games and i've been thinking in maybe get Doom 3 BFG since it has the three games.

Sweet! I didn't know the BFG edition came with all that. I'm putting it on my wishlist.

i was in high school at this point, and not really into games as much as I was into girls and drugs.  But I picked games back up in 96 and 97 with the PSONE and stuff. 

I was mostly not playing games from 90-95: I got my first job, lived with my first steady girlfriend, got stressed out, quit, moved back to my hometown, got a new job. I just can't remember exactly what year it was that I started in on PC games like Doom, '94? '95? '96? I was into it after '96 for sure.

At about this same time I was mostly playing cheap LCD games and anything my older brother would let me on his SNES and Genesis, mostly Super Mario World and Sonic 2.

I think I would be a very different person if I had an older brother. As it is, I have two younger sisters.

During that time period I got my first console - a Genesis towards the end of it's cycle. That kept me pretty happy for many, many years. I also did a little PC gaming during that time, mostly stuff like Return to Zork, Kings Quest 6, and a compilation of adventure and rpg games that I don't remember the title of, but it had the original Bard's Tale on it.

I've always wanted to play Bard's Tale. The only one I played was the Xbox version, which is a very different game from the original.

It's a lot like Wizardry, just better graphics. I wish I'd played more of it when I had it. Plus, the compilation disc didn't come with any of the goodies that the original games came with and the map that came with Bard's Tale is kind of essential.

Darn it's not available on GOG or Steam. Rats.

I think during early 90s it was all NES, Game Gear and a bit of the Genesis. Loved Road Rash. My brother and I would spend a ton of time on that game. 

I never knew there was a Sega hand held 'til fairly recently. My buddy Mark has one and I looked up some games for it. Crystal Warriors looks like a cool game for it. There's also Shining Force II, Dragon Crystal and Defenders of Oasis I'd like to try.

Sega made two handhelds - the Game Gear and the Nomad. The Nomad played Genesis games. I have a Game Gear that I found at Good Will about ten years ago, works except for the sound. I'd love to find a Nomad, though.

My buddy Mark also has a Nomad. Not sure if I ever need to play Genesis games on the go like that, but I think you could wire it to a TV as well.

Oh the Game Gear was awesome...but you needed to buy a ton of batteries. Thank goodness for third party external batteries. If you have a 3DS, on the eShop the Game Gear version of Crystal Warriors is on there. 

I got a Game Gear when it was released and still have it today, but the screen is kind of funky. Funny thing is I bought one at a thrift store and the screen is fine, but the speaker is funky. 

The amount of batteries is silly. Too many.

That's awesome Crystal Warriors is on 3DS. I'll remember that.

I missed out on those PC games till I played the ports on the respective consoles. I still have my copy of Hexen on the Saturn and Doom on both the Saturn and Playstation!

I wish they'd bring Heretic and Hexen to the new consoles. I'd play those again for sure.