When Nostalgia has nothing to do with it

[Anayo]

Sometimes nostalgia biases people towards liking certain video games. I'm a little guilty of this myself with stuff like 007 Goldeneye and Sonic 3 and Knuckles. 007 Goldeneye I still regard as being great and awesome and amazing, but when I try to play it with friends who got started on later FPS's they say, "This must have been great in 1998, but today it just doesn't measure up.", which I have to admit is true. I love Sonic 3 and Knuckles, but it's probably just my memories of when it I played it a long time ago, since I've noticed everyone else online seems to like Sonic 2 more.

Then there are cases where I love a video game that is old as dirt, but I never even knew it existed back in the day. Case in point: missile command. I wasn't even alive when it came out yet I friggin' love it. Or Contra. The first time I ever played this was when I unlocked it on Contra 4 for the Nintendo DS, but it still knocks my socks off.

Are there any old games you love without being biased by nostalgia?

[noiseredux]

Galaga.

Galaga I always assumed was one of a million Space Invader clones. But when we played it for Together Retro, it was the first time I ever touched it. And because I spent more than a few minutes trying it, I ended up loving it for what it was: far superior to Space Invaders! Everything about Galaga is amazing, and ahead of its time... the graphics, the music, the difficulty curve. Amazing game. No nostalgia.

[RyaNtheSlayA]

Pretty much anything before the Playstation age thats not on the Genesis, and even then, I only had about 7 Genesis games when I first got one after my Playstation.

Being 15, I don't really have that nostalgia with older games other people have.

[Anubis]

Outrun
Lunar: Silver Star
Street Fighter 2

There's too many to count. I had a genesis, but only like 5 games for it. After that I got a ps2. I'm 21, but still missed out on tons of retro games.

[randombullseye]

Tons of them. I'm often playing old games for the first time. There aren't many left that I've not played, but when I play something I really like I can't shut up about it.

Like Final Fantasy 6. I played it for the first time last year. I tried to play before but couldn't get into it, I had a chunk of time to play it, and I really enjoyed it. Great game, with no real attachment to it at all.

[Reverend]

Aero The Acrobat for the Genesis.

I never heard of it until I picked up the cart from a garage sale. Lots of fun, but frustrating as hell. He's just as bad with spikes as Mega Man. T_T

[DCsegaDH]

At the time DC was released I was still playing my PS and didn't have money to get one so I bought one a couple of years ago and now I play it more than any system.Back in day I had some Genesis games when I was younger,but I haven't played most of the games until recently.

Street Fighter Alpha 3-DC
Fatal Fury:Mark of the Wolves-DC
Sonic Adventure 2-DC
Powerstone 2-DC
Crazy Taxi-DC
Rocket Knight Adventures-Gen
Vectorman 1& 2-Gen
Columns 3-Gen
The Punisher-Gen