1996 Video game ads

[ponitacupcake.livejournal.com]

I think it was a very good year for games. Sony Playstation was starting to rule but Sega and Nintendo would not go down without a fight... well one of them did...



That is Ice Cube. Unfortunately for Sega most gamers headed the opposite direction from Saturn...





Dragonforce has become a cult favorite. I wish i had it in my Saturn collection.



Saturn was actually a success in Japan, I think their biggest and only success in their home country



I think this game was actually pretty good. I dont remember seeing it on Sega or Playstation.



The start of the franchise.



What retrogaming looked like in 1996. Much like retrogaming in 2016! And these games were like all of 10 years old or so. I own this one, very worth it. Also on DOS CD-ROM.



SNES was a surprisingly longlived system. Capcom Marvel games were great in the arcade, not sure about this, the Saturn ones were great but I think they had to be imported.



But the future was here with N64! Great system, I never owned one though i even have a Gamecube. This is taken from this Toys R Us catalog which includes all systems, including GameBoy Pocket and also Tamagotchi! Aka the pet you could kill with its own poop.

http://www.businessinsider.com/old-toys-r-us-catalog-2012-12

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[dandyads]

I loved my Genesis and I even remember wanting a Dreamcast, but I don't remember Saturn at all!

I think the N64 is where video game consoles kind of lost me forever. There was one set up at the Blockbuster where I worked and every time I tried it, I was like, WHY ARE THERE SO MANY BUTTONS THIS IS SO CONFUSING. Which is weird because I was a relatively tech savvy teenager, i.e. that was the summer I taught myself HTML, but Pokemon for N64 was just beyond my grasp.

[calzephyr77.livejournal.com]

Hehehe I know what you mean! I felt that way with the Game Cube, and I work in IT for a living too. I think there's a point where we just become exhausted with complexity and just want a simple eight way controller and one button.

[ponitacupcake.livejournal.com]

Saturn is probably my favorite system but that's because of the Japanese market games. It was a real flop everywhere but Japan. Over here it was mainly good for Sega arcade games and a few other titles but everything else was poor versions of Playstation titles if anything.

Aw, I taught myself html on some editor for Mac, good times.

[ponitacupcake.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, both N64 and Gare Cube had too many buttons. N64 was kind of a brilliant idea and it influenced everybody else with its analog joystick but damn, there was even a right way to hold it. Gamecube controller was cool but there were too many buttons, all different sizes and you had to learn a new control scheme for most every game.

I think SNES or 6 button Genesis controller is near the upwards limit of complexity.

Sega's 3d controller for Saturn is my favorite and it influenced the Dreamcast and Xbox controllers which i don't like so much. Playstation Dual Shock is my second favorite but too many games use too many buttons.

I really like Wi theni but mostly for MarioKart

[calzephyr77.livejournal.com]

So much nostalgia here!

[ponitacupcake.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[ejia-arath03.livejournal.com]

FUCK YEAH LUNAR

I played the eventual PlayStation rerelease, but still I loved it. My best friend and I bonded over that game.

My heart belongs to Nintendo forevermore, though.

[ponitacupcake.livejournal.com]

I have yet to play Lunar, still thinking I will get it in whatever format.

[(Anonymous)]

Dragon Force is my jam. I would love a handheld port.

[ponitacupcake.livejournal.com]

I would too!