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Using the arbitrary "ten year rule," games released in 2009 are now RETRO. So I wanted to start this thread to talk about 2009.

I'll start with JANUARY to be timely. Here's some January 2009 releases of note:



Moon (NDS)



Lord Of The Rings: Conquest (PS3, 360, NDS, PC)



Skate 2 (360, PS3)



DJ Max Fever (PSP)


And here's a couple of magazine covers:



(TMNT: Smash-Up)



(Uncharted 2)


As for me, in 2009 I was heavily playing Gamecube and GBA/GBC/GB stuff. We also got a Wii that year. Good times.

UNCHARTED 2 BABY!!!!

Such a good game, Amy Hennig, I love you.

Nintendo DSi was released in North America in April. This marked a final farewell to the GBA.

PSP GO came out in October. Ahead of its time.

Lots of firsts: Borderlands, Batman, Dragon Age, Demons Souls.

Two series that was pushed way into main stream: Call of Duty Moder Warfare 2 and Forza 3.

Overall a pretty great year.

Edit: ohh shoot. Was I supposed to limit just January?

casterofdreams wrote:Edit: ohh shoot. Was I supposed to limit just January?

nah no worries. I was just going to try to do like monthly posts highlighting things from that month to keep conversation moving. But really, I just figured this thread could be a catch-all for 2009 talk throughout the year.

Great thread. It’s hard to believe, but I joined the forums in 2009. I started lurking on them about the time my daughter was born in February, 2009, and I joined four months later.

Only thing that matters.

Believe it or not, in 2009 the newest console I owned was a Dreamcast. I had sold my GameCube and all my games some point before, maybe 2005 or 2006ish? It was shortly before Twilight Princess came out, because I remember my friend picking it up and telling me how daft I was for selling my GC because it meant I couldn't play it. But I digress...

I didn't get a PS3 until 2012, so although I have played a bunch of games from that generation, it really doesn't feel like a decade ago to me and I don't really feel any great nostalgia for the last gen yet. It just feels weird now thinking there was a period of time when my gaming was done exclusively on PC and retro consoles and I was completely out of the loop with modern gaming.

I was still exploring PS2 during this year - league of legends was the best game that came out in 2009, though I didn't start playing it until a few years after.

I'm surprised Nintendo Power was still a thing in 2009.

Violent By Design wrote:I'm surprised Nintendo Power was still a thing in 2009.

NP went all the way thru 2012. And immediately after Nintendo Force kind of took its place.

In 2009 was kind of an odd year for me gaming-wise. I graduated college in 2008 and lived with my parents up until starting grad school in Buffalo in the fall of 2009 and grad school took over my life until 2011. So 2009-11 kind of blur together.

I think I was playing my original model DS more than anything else. I *think* that was the year I played Dragon Warrior III for Game Boy Color, which quickly became my #1 favorite 8-bit RPG. Beyond that, I'm not sure I could say what I was playing.