Anachronic wrote:Yikes, I sure was a shareware junkie. I even remember saving up for months to send away for a copy of Sango Fighter (my first fighting game).
Man, wasn't shareware great? I actually miss the days of getting / buying physical PC games in an actual store at the mall. Did you guys have Babbage's in Canada? There was one in the Plymouth Meeting Mall right outside Philadelphia, and one of the highlights of my tiny life was getting to walk around the place and check out games.
Do you remember how incredible game boxes were?! I remember the first time I picked up SimCity 2000 and saw this:

My tiny brain couldn't handle it - the awesomeness was too much. An entire summer of my youth was spent playing this game, and if I could go back and do it again, I wouldn't change a moment of it.
Remember when games used to come with awesome stuff, like a kickass manual that was, itself, amazing?

I miss that stuff. I know that the internet has made everything far more convenient, but some of the wonder of browsing a rack of physical games is lost in the streamlined experience of Steam.
We also had a Dreamcast in those days, which led to me getting a GameCube, which led to my kind-of intense addiction to Super Monkey Ball.
What were the Dreamcast and GameCube like? I had pretty much given up on consoles after the N64, but I'd like to go back and see some of what I missed with these, if I can find the time.
If you could only play one TG16 game I'd recommend Dungeon Explorer. It's like Gauntlet by way better. Neutopia I and II are rad if you're a Zelda fan. Victory Run is my nemesis though. I've probably tried hundreds of times but can't get more than like halflway through; I swear it's impossible.
These have been added to my list of games to play. Believe it or not, I've never played a Zelda game the whole way through. I played a bit of Ocarina of Time, which I had for the N64, but I remember getting stuck somewhere and not being able to figure out how to proceed.