King Gilga
Member
I thought it was common knowledge that it sucked. Who the fuck wants to hold something with sharp corners? SNES controller was he biggest improvement possible.
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Teens React to Nintendo (NES)
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I thought it was common knowledge that it sucked. Who the fuck wants to hold something with sharp corners? SNES controller was he biggest improvement possible.
Mango The Magician
Banned
I shouldn't feel this old, I'm only 21.
Also "The Legend of who?" I just...I don't know man. :/ Shit made me sad.
Also "The Legend of who?" I just...I don't know man. :/ Shit made me sad.
reelbigtink
Member
The Internet, streaming video/television, on-demand stuff, etc. have contributed to younger folks having zero interest or grasp on the past. When we were growing up we were forced to watch shows like Gilligan's Island and Lassie because, very often, there were no other options. We had to consume what entertainment was available to us, so we learned a lot more about then-retro pop culture. Now if Gilligan's Island is on some channel a kid can skip over it entirely, because there're hundreds of other more contemporary shows on, or they can hop online and stream a movie or something instead. So many choices and instant gratification.
It makes my old heart sad.
JesseEwiak
Member
They played one of the greatest games of all-time. Give them some of the shovelware crap that was part of the Nintendo and they won't react as well.
"Most" older games are just that - old.
DAREALGUMMY
Member
Madison tho
*Checks that she's 19*
*Checks that she's 19*
Phew
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Ok, I got up and went outside and within 5 minutes I ran into a teenager wearing a Zelda hat. So I'll call bullshit on that kid not knowing what it is. It's more mainstream than ever.
Imperfected
Member
You have to keep in mind that cultural "time" isn't the same as objective time. Technology follows an exponential curve, and the exponentiation of technology creates ripple-effects through culture due to the proliferation of transmitted media (books, radio, television, the internet) and transportation (automobiles, planes). The ability to distribute a concept to the point of near-global saturation rapidly means that ideas become both adopted more quickly and, as a result, outdated more quickly; ideas, social values, and cultural mores "age" more quickly in an environment with exponentially improving technology.
So, ten years now may be the same objective amount of time as ten years a hundred or even a thousand years ago, but in relative terms there will be more maturation and "aging" of ideas in the next ten years than there were in an entire thousand year period of early human history. You're going to get several lifetimes worth of "old" before your body even starts decaying out from underneath you!
Personally, I like to think of it in the strides we've made toward equality or in reducing the global level of violent warfare. You know, try to focus on all the good change that wouldn't normally have been possible in ten years, instead of nostalgia for all the things that get left behind when the world spins too fast.
First attempt ever!
Have a feeling this will be used in many sarcastic ways/posts.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
This thread is going places
Admiral Woofington
Member
Probably doesn't help that they have what appears to be some non-video game aware folks. You don't even have to be one of us, heck my little sister could tell you what it is. Some of those 19 year olds must've actually had lives when they were kids if they don't recognize this shit.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
I'm shocked at how few of them knew about Zelda. I didn't expect kids to know Dragon Warrior, but I thought Zelda would be well known, there are a lot of modern Zelda games on their DS and Wii's after all.
I was about 5 years old and had never played a video game before, but still. If you never played this game before and are not familiar with the controls and speed of running and distance of jumping, you can easily die right there.
Okay, I laughed.
I agree. And I'm past 30, GAF seems rather bitter lol. They're kids and casual gamers, what did you expect? Some of them were quite clever too. I think they were kind of adorable, and I tend to hate kids and find them annoying... >.>
Hey, I died at the first goomba the first time I played it too.
I was about 5 years old and had never played a video game before, but still. If you never played this game before and are not familiar with the controls and speed of running and distance of jumping, you can easily die right there.lol, that's harsh, but yeah he was the worst one of the bunch. Incidentally he was also the worst player by far! xD
They did eventually pass it, they just lost their first life to the first goomba. Most passed the first level, though Xbox 1080 kid didn't. xD
Yeah, at least the thing still works.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
To be fair, they said they'd return that ASAP and bitch about it and all.
Man, there's a lot of uneducated opinions made in that video. Sure, I can get that if you're not familiar with something it all seems so alien considering the sheer multiplicity of life, but just some of the comments, especially to those who happen to play games...
Man. Just..man.
Man. Just..man.
Riposte
Member
These seem more than a little fake to me. I don't think anything this popular or made this popular can be real or stay real.
EDIT: By fake I mean, people who grew up around a NES or at least a SNES probably wrote all of this.
WrenchNinja
Member
I hate teenagers.
GAF is making me feel old...
To be fair, they said they'd return that ASAP and bitch about it and all.
But they also said people would return it and buy the competing system. That didn't really happen though.
The Cowboy
Member
LOL, dying at the 1st mushroom in Mario - we've all been there and done that .
.DidntKnowJack
Member
Ok. I have to admit, in the Punchout video, this part made me laugh.
HellBlazer
Member
Hah, my NES needs like 10 minutes of fucking around with the cart before it even considers booting it correctly (and then it may crash at any moment). I was surprised at how well theirs worked.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Guys check out the Punch out video
...Scatter...
Banned
That was my game! And Excitebike. And Off-Road.
Exploratory
Banned
I'm now imagining them going into a school with a burlap sack kidnapping people for YouTube videos. Bastards.
...Scatter...
Banned
This was too hard to take in..
I don't understand these comments. So some of you genuinely believe that there are no 1080p games for XBOX One?
AmaterasuOkami076
Member
I'm 22 and grew up with the Snes, when I was 13 I delivered newspapers and when I was 15 I delivered milk so I could fund my gaming habit. That's when I started taking more of an interest in earlier consoles, got myself a NES, and bought myself some games I'd missed out on the first time round on the Snes and GB.
I'm a few years older than these lot and I had to go out of my way to research and buy these old systems myself, and I'm a big gaming enthusiast with nearly 600 games. I can't expect teens nowadays to be as absorbed in my hobby as I was.
Having said that, it makes me sad to realise that The Legend of Zelda, my favourite series since I beat ALTTP when I was 4, isn't really all that popular or recognisable anymore.
I'm a few years older than these lot and I had to go out of my way to research and buy these old systems myself, and I'm a big gaming enthusiast with nearly 600 games. I can't expect teens nowadays to be as absorbed in my hobby as I was.
Having said that, it makes me sad to realise that The Legend of Zelda, my favourite series since I beat ALTTP when I was 4, isn't really all that popular or recognisable anymore.
m_shortpants
Member
I'm only 23 but the fact that some of these people are only years apart from me is a bit frightening.
Cygnus X-1
Member
Yes, I feel very old now.
However you know the really, really great thing? As soon as these teenagers started to play, they also began to have loads of fun! For how many games could you say the same thing nowadays?
However you know the really, really great thing? As soon as these teenagers started to play, they also began to have loads of fun! For how many games could you say the same thing nowadays?
Exploratory
Banned
I think the idea that a modern day game that's at 1080p is automatically better than a classic is what they're getting at.
How can the NES feel so alien to them. Have they not played sidescrollers and retro games made in modern times? Have they never been exposed to other Nintendo systems, since nobody knows what a Zelda or Metroid is? Even the controller is d-pad and button based, which are standard input methods in contemporary consoles.
The only thing that's truly weird and can be considered outdated is the act of blowing on cartridges. Today's games and consoles are logical successors to the NES, so the reactions surprised me unless they are super casual gamers.
The only thing that's truly weird and can be considered outdated is the act of blowing on cartridges. Today's games and consoles are logical successors to the NES, so the reactions surprised me unless they are super casual gamers.
UrbanDandy
Member
Can't believe most of them got beaten by Glass Joe, even the guys who 'know' about the game.
Cygnus X-1
Member
This is very tragic man. No need to drama ;-)
wondermega
Member
Punch-out video is actually really cool. It is remarkable how right away the kids are drawn in by the graphics and ease of the controls - and how despite the game not completely holding their hands (introducing consequences, and without constant "how-to" tutorial pop-ups) they seem to grasp not only the fundamentals of the game, but seem interested enough to continue further. Yes I am sure the people running the show behind-the-scenes had to school them a little bit (especially for things like the star punch)
Thought it was funny that the girls were over it by the time the Piston Honda fight rolled around. Overall this game really has some classic, long-lasting appeal in it's design and structure and it's nice to see that people can still enjoy it today in spite of it's age and lack of modern tech. I wonder what other old 8 and 16-bit games would still be so approachable by a jaded & spoiled modern audience?
Thought it was funny that the girls were over it by the time the Piston Honda fight rolled around. Overall this game really has some classic, long-lasting appeal in it's design and structure and it's nice to see that people can still enjoy it today in spite of it's age and lack of modern tech. I wonder what other old 8 and 16-bit games would still be so approachable by a jaded & spoiled modern audience?
