Posted on Jul 27, 2015
SGT Ben Keen
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So the other day I went out and purchased a Nintendo NES, yep that 8 bit little grey box that was all the rage in the mid-1980s. I took it home and set it up on my tv, turned in out, blew into the cartridge and started playing Super Mario Brothers!

Well all this excitement started an interesting discussion as I posted pictures of Mario Brothers, Ice Hockey and even Double Dragon on Facebook. The question became, what is the best "old school" video game?

And since I enjoy hearing what everyone here things, I figured I would post it here. So what is your favorite pre-2000 video game? Can be from any system.
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SCPO David Lockwood
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Mario brothers without a doubt. Before you ask it doesn't matter!
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SGT Ben Keen
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I played the game in between meetings for work on Friday as I worked from home. Nothing beats a true original in my book.
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GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad
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Sorry, but I have to go waaaay back ...
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SGT Ben Keen
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Yea you are! LOL
I can't even think of how much time I spent defending the base from those little shapes from outer space!
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GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad
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Yep, I spent countless hours fightin' them damn invaders! Good memories ... thanks!
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Sgt Kelli Mays
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I played this for hours. lol and centipedes
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PO1 Cryptologic Technician (Technical)
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Where to start........

Nintendo:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (#1)
Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt
Streets of Rage I and II

Sega Genesis (32-Bit/64 bit)
Road Rage
Sonic the Hedgehog 1&2 (#1)
Streets of Rage III
Revolution
Echo the Dolphin (music put me to sleep)

Play Station (1997)
Tomb Raider I, II, III, IV, V, VI (#1)
Wild 9
Final Fantasy VII
Spyro the Dragon
Crash Bandicoot
Parasite Eve
Resident Evil: Directors Cut, II, Nemesis (#2)
Cool Boarders II
Tony Hawk Pro Skater
Dave Mirra: BMX
Silent Hill I, II (#3)
Medevil


Just to name a few......
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CW3 Tac Officer
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BurgerTime, loved it. Perfect Dark for the shooter genre. Final Fantasy VII for RPG
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SrA David Steyer
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I will say some of my favorites were Quake on the PC, Rise of the Triad on PC, Streets of Rage 2 on Sega Genesis, Doom 2 on PC, Sonic 2 or Sonic 3 and Knuckles on the Sega Genesis. I know I am forgetting some.

I have been collecting Sega since 2001 so I am biased towards them but I do like Nintendo just collecting Nintendo is too rich for my blood.
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SSgt Station Commander
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Chrono Trigger... the best of what the golden age of the SNES had to offer. It was the first team up of Squaresoft (Final Fantasy) and Enix (Dragon Warrior) before the two companies merged. It also had Akira Toriyama of Dragon Ball fame doing the character designs. It was a perfect storm of talent that led to the most cherished game of my youth!
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SSgt Station Commander
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The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is a close second.
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SSG Drew Cook
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Super Mario speed runs! Oh and A Link to the Past.
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CSM Michael Poll
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Atari PITFALL... this was and still is my favorite!
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Sgt Kelli Mays
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old school PC games were great too...like Tomb Raider and Doom! wow, played these two for hours with my kids...and sonic the hedge hog.
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I fell in love with Crono Trigger and FF3.
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SGT Ben Keen
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You stumped me on those, never heard of Crono Trigger.
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Crono Trigger was an old SNES RPG. The other is Final Fantasy 3.
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