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[-MD-]

"Did you see the new Rare game?!"

Bet that hasn't been said in a awhile. At least with any excitement behind it.

 

[antitrop]

MU-MU-MU-MULTIKIIILLLL!!!

I think Perfect Dark Zero is the game that put the nail in the coffin of over-enthusiastic deathmatch announcers.

I don't think people use the term "cheese" for fighting games anymore. If anything it has become way more general, synonymous with "cheap". They even used to give you a cheese symbol in some games if you knocked someone out through chip damage. "Chipping them out" is probably more common.

Maybe not for fighting games, but any build you do in StarCraft II will be considered "Cheese" if you win.

 

[Parakeetman]

PSX as a shorthand for the original Playstation.

Who was the idiot that added an X to PLAYSTATION. No amount of reasoning will make sense of that failure personally.

PS, PS2, PS3, PS4.

 

[TAJ]

Emergent Gameplay

OMG, I miss this a lot.
Every developer on the planet should have picked up the gauntlet that Bungie threw down, but nope... monster closets and NES Ninja Gaiden respawns for everyone.

 

[GysahlGreens]

PSX is kind of a term that's fallen out of favour. It used to be the main abbreviation for the original PlayStation, but now more people seem to stick with PS1.

Not this guy.

PSX forever.

 

[Cynar]

Back home we used to say a game was "rescued" when it was finished. It could be about kart racing and you still said the game was "rescued", based on Mario of course.

Also, hit points were always refered as "blood", even if you were destroying a tank in Contra or whatever, enemies had "blood", you had "blood", you were "lowering their blood down".

This might not have applied to everyone though but in my family and group of friends it was like that.

Oh also using "Atari" as a name for any console.

Spoiler

Yes I'm old.

I'm old as well and I've never heard whether of those.

Rescue would apply to Mario which everyone has heard but if you were using it to describe other games that sounds a bit odd.

 

[-MD-]

I think Perfect Dark Zero is the game that put the nail in the coffin of over-enthusiastic deathmatch announcers.

God I loved that announcer.

 

[Saintguine]

n00b.

Definitely n00b.

 

[GysahlGreens]

Who was the idiot that added an X to PLAYSTATION. No amount of reasoning will make sense of that failure personally.

PS, PS2, PS3, PS4.

While it's not really the full reason, my understanding is that the fact that all systems used a 3-character acronym contributed to it sticking so well early on.

This is aside from the real etymological origin of the acronym.

In any case, PSX is great. PS1 shows youth of the gamer, and PS alone speaks to the brand.

 

[-MD-]

n00b.

Definitely n00b.

The way it's spelled or the word noob? Just fire up Dota 2, you'll be called a noob in no time, even if you're a pro.

 

[ElectricKaibutsu]

"fragging"
"shards"

I still call them shards and always will.

n00b.

Definitely n00b.

Well, "newbie" is certainly dead at least.

 

[caustictoast]

The word "memory" to mean "RAM".

But memory does mean RAM. Storage is your hard drives.

 

[-MD-]

The word "memory" to mean "RAM".

But memory does mean RAM. Storage is your hard drives.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdREEcfaihg

 

[Tigress]

I only notice that among kids younger than twelve or so, personally. Kids whose gaming history consists of 70%-100% Minecraft.

Funny, I associate mob with my days back in mudding/mush (the original MMO's ). I call them mobs today cause habit from my days back in mudding.

Oh, there we go... Mudding . Which I think is the old school version of MMO's before they brought in graphics (muds to MMOs are like Zork to modern day RPGs).

 

[T-0800]

Arcade perfect.

 

[cuevas. PhD.]

mm2 please

 

[cress2000]

CGA/EGA/VGA/Super VGA
megabit

 

[moojito]

SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 T4

 

[Raonak]

I miss saying "I clocked the game."

 

[Lindbergh]

Do games still thank the player at the end?

 

[antitrop]

God I loved that announcer.

I suppose you almost have to respect that kind of dedication to achieving their goal of having the worst multiplayer announcer in gaming history.

 

[Deadpool_X]

"Type/Chat Killer"

Man, I used to love it when online FPS games would actually show when a player was typing. That icon over their head might as well have been a target between their eyes! Don't want me to shoot you while you're typing? Get a headset and IRC!

 

[Saintguine]

The way it's spelled or the word noob? Just fire up Dota 2, you'll be called a noob in no time, even if you're a pro.

Maybe it's because I play FPS for my multiplayer but people usually call each other a bundle of sticks or scrub.

And I guess 1337speak in general is pretty dead/died out.

 

[Roto13]

Forza 5. Cheat codes were not always just used to break the game, most of the time they were used to unlock content that you bought but didn't feel like unlocking, for example using a cheat code to unlock all the cars in Gran Turismo. Now companies like Microsoft have the fucking audacity to sell a game for $60, then offer people their own content back to them for more money, and it is fucking disgusting.

So you people really are just lumping unlockables with cheat codes for some weird reason. Yeah, that's what I thought.

 

[Deadpool_X]

Who was the idiot that added an X to PLAYSTATION. No amount of reasoning will make sense of that failure personally.

PS, PS2, PS3, PS4.

Actually, the reasoning for this was because the system was originally called the Playstation Experimental project. The original developer abbreviation was PSX. It stuck with those of us who weren't 5 at the time, so you see a lot of us old geezers still using that abbreviation.

 

[-MD-]

I suppose you almost have to respect that kind of dedication to achieving their goal of having the worst multiplayer announcer in gaming history.

You mean the best.

Edit: 2nd best, TF2 has the best announcer.

 

[Needham]

Where are all you clockers from?

We used to wrap games in my hometown in Canada. I remember bragging about wrapping Dragon Warrior 2 which I never actually did.

 

["D"]

"Continue"

"Free man"

"Game Over" (seriously. Back to the title screen and everything)

"Insert Coin"

 

[MARNEY]

Practice & skill

 

[Balb]

Do games still thank the player at the end?

Games are too serious to do this now.

 

[Some Nobody]

Not this guy.

PSX forever.

*brofist* PSX > PS1 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PS (which just means the playstation as a whole)

 

[Kinsei]

Do games still thank the player at the end?

The most recent game to do this that I can think of is Super Mario 3D World. I think DKC:TF might have but I'm not certain.

 

[Principate]

Games are too serious to do this now.

Bioware does, actually I think a few RPG type games (or at least decision based) still do.

 

[TAJ]

Never liked it, anyway. I never did figure out from where exactly in their ass they pulled the X out of.

Still not as bad as 'GCN'.

 

[Persona7]

Still not as bad as 'GCN'.

NGC was already taken.

gcn is super cool

 

[dreamcastfan]

Not sure if it was mentioned (tired and didn't look through the entire thread), but I remember "player-missile graphics" being used back in the early 80s. One specific memory seeing it was in the Atari 7800 preview issue. I still remember the sentence.. "Remember when player-missile graphics represented state of the art? Forget it."

 

[A-V-B]

Ok I haven't read all nine pages, but I think the one that's won out with me is this one.

LPB.

Means low-ping bastard. Sort of the ultimate dated phrase from a period when there were two distinct classes of people, one with a great connection, and one with a poor connection, coupled with netcode that may not be as advanced as we have today. It's truly a phrase of a bygone era.

 

[TAJ]

NGC was already taken.

gcn is super cool

By what, Neo Geo Pocket Color?
NGC doesn't make sense for that.
And I've definitely never heard Neo Geo CD called that.

At least in WoW this term is still in use. Twink and Alt. I couldn't say what's more common, there are regional preferences though.
A term that certainly died is "mule". Ever since Blizzard's mighty MMO, the term "bank char" became more popular, not only restricted to WoW.

I've never heard anything but "mule" in FFXI.

 

[GorillaJu]

I still use 'newb' because it has become apparent to me that people don't realize 'noob' comes from 'newbie'. Someone on Dota actually tried to argue that 'noob' means 'idiot' and that it's in the dictionary.

Speaking of Dota, I preferred when it was 'pawned' and not 'pwned'. Pawned actually makes sense because you kill someone and pawn their head for 300 gold. That was the original concept. I guess enough people just didn't understand that and thought it was a typo for 'pwned' and it eventually got changed and now makes no sense.

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I miss "2 player A" and 2 player B" where it's basically friendly fire off or on. Some NES games had B mode and the were impossible to beat not just because you accidentally killed your friend - it was always entirely on purpose

 

[Parakeetman]

Actually, the reasoning for this was because the system was originally called the Playstation Experimental project. The original developer abbreviation was PSX. It stuck with those of us who weren't 5 at the time, so you see a lot of us old geezers still using that abbreviation.

Its more a Western thing since in Japan it was simply PS. It was more game magazines and whatnots back then pushing the whole PSX tag in the US.

 

[midramble]

Controllers with a "turbo" mode.

 

[A-V-B]

Speaking of Dota, I preferred when it was 'pawned' and not 'pwned'. Pawned actually makes sense because you kill someone and pawn their head for 300 gold. That was the original concept. I guess enough people just didn't understand that and thought it was a typo for 'pwned' and it eventually got changed and now makes no sense.

But of course, "pwned" was just a typo for "owned" that caught on.

 

[rkn]

Not sure if it ever was a thing, but I was weirded out by this guy in grade school who when he "beat" a game, referred to it as "solving" the game.

What a weirdo.

 

[akira28]

Not this guy.

PSX forever.

hear hear!

As well as PS1, the first PlayStation console came to be known colloquially by its provisional codename of PSX. This can cause some confusion as to which device is being referred to.

 

[TheRedSnifit]

By what, Neo Geo Pocket Color?
NGC doesn't make sense for that.
And I've definitely never heard Neo Geo CD called that.

There's a rather large corporation and a TV station that each abbreviate their name as NGC, and lawsuits involving abbreviations aren't unheard of.

 

[sector4]

PSX as a shorthand for the original Playstation.

haha that always used to confuse me, especially because whenever I tried to find out if people were just referring to the PS1, this would come up

 

[guitarhero]

What is this mythical game I keep hearing about where you can buy invincibility and infinite ammo and stuff?

Saints Row The Third: Invincible Pack

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Invincible-Pack/ffeb388f-fb7c-4268-b50f-9de64a68feaa

Let me quote:

More cheats than you'll know what to do with. Never worry about dying or running out of ammo! Unlock the Get Down Cheat that makes you ultra limber. Super Saints gives you better guns and better health while Ultimate Clip ensures that you're always ready to fire. Get Infinite Mass for your vehicle plus Super Explosions and you'll be ready for anything!

2.99$

Not that kind of cheat, more of a "can't be arsed to play the game":

NFS Pro Street: Ultimate Performance Bundle

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-us/P...e-Bundle/00000000-0000-400c-80cf-003445410822

You could play through the game normally, unlocking stage 4 performance parts for the cars you have by dominating race days (and choosing the right reward card at the end!)...OR you could pay 10 bucks and have EVERY part for EVERY car.

Tuner/Sport/Muscle Car Bundles

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-us/Product/Tuner-Car-Bundle/00000000-0000-400c-80cf-005a45410822
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-us/Product/Sport-Car-Bundle/00000000-0000-400c-80cf-005b45410822
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-us/Product/Muscle-Car-Bundle/00000000-0000-400c-80cf-005c45410822

Again, you could play through the game normally, making enough money from winning races to buy all those car...OR you could pay 5 bucks per bundle.

 

[BubbaMc]

Cassette.

Floppy disk.

 

[DerpButter]

Perspective Correct Textures
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texture_mapping#Perspective_correctness

Yes, there was a point in time in 3D graphics where keeping the textures from swimming around and looking nightmarish was an option you could switch off for better performance.

 

[old]

"Hey, can someone hand me the manual! I've got to look up the answer to this trivia question so the game will run."

"Gotta get my save code so I can resume my game later."

"Wait, do I run it from the A drive or the C drive? C Drive!? Well why do I need the disk in the A drive then?

"Game Genie"

"Hit the reset button. Did you blow on it? You gotta blow it! Did you put it on channel 3 first? Put it on Channel 3."

Also, back in my day you had to overclock from BIOS. Nowadays these whippersnappers do it quick and easy from the desktop. We had to dig through BIOS menus we couldn't comprehend to switch values we didn't understand...and hope we didn't burn the house down.