Zelda (NES): My mom and I ripped through that game twice. It was awesome.

Gauntlet Legends (PS1): Dad loved it, because he had a nostalgia trip everytime he picked up the controller.

Akuji: The Heartless (PS1): For some reason, this game was the only one that ever interested my stepmother. She loved watching me play it more than she played herself, though.

BattleToads (Genesis): My aunt fell in love with this game when I was young. Everytime I spent time at my cousin's house, we'd fire it up and take turns.

9/11/2007 4:27:37 PM

original mario kart (SNES)

toe jam and earl (Sega)

Twisted Metal 2 (PS1)

9/11/2007 4:33:42 PM

i used to play toe jam & earl with my mom

and my dad amazed me when i was little because he could beat super mario bros without dying

9/11/2007 4:40:47 PM

all the marios for nintendo

excite bike

gauntlet (i think this was the name)

super pitfall

goonies II

duck hunt

and then later my dad and i would play NBA Jam TE for my sega gen 32x all the time

9/11/2007 4:43:43 PM

Delta Force with my dad

I should get him a 360 and a good FPS

9/11/2007 4:46:37 PM

To this day my parents still hold the ignorant belief that all video games are worthless and a complete waste of money.

9/11/2007 4:51:16 PM

my mom and dad played toe jam and earl (Genesis) together sometimes

my dad was an RC Pro Am (NES) champ

9/11/2007 4:52:01 PM

^^



that sucks. video games with mom and dad are fond memories.

[Edited on September 11, 2007 at 4:52 PM. Reason : wraith]

9/11/2007 4:52:17 PM

My dad would always watch me play Zelda, then try and start his own character and play. Half of the time he would ask me for help and what he was supposed to do...I also don't think he ever completed one...

My mom was ALL about Dr. Mario...she could kill anyone at that game...pretty crazy

[Edited on September 11, 2007 at 4:52 PM. Reason : .]

9/11/2007 4:52:35 PM

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"To this day my parents still hold the ignorant belief that all video games are worthless and a complete waste of money."

9/11/2007 4:57:10 PM

star tropics. we used to sit around as a family and play this game, we each had our own save and we would take turns playing, my dad got the furthest, i remember the night he beat the game... it was crazy.

9/11/2007 5:01:03 PM

oh shit.


i remember startropics.




I loved that game, but couldn't ever beat it.

9/11/2007 5:05:31 PM

Hell, I've actually played some Multiplayer Halo 2 with my dad as recently as a couple of months ago. And he's 60.

We went through Zelda together when I was a kid. Later we played Myst at the same time, but different games. We've played some of the wireless games on the new Super Mario Bros on DS (he has his own DS Lite and PSP, and also a modded Xbox) We also played wireless multiplayer Tiger Woods and Need for Speed on the PSP. I think that's about it.

9/11/2007 5:06:52 PM

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"To this day my parents still hold the ignorant belief that all video games are worthless and a complete waste of money."

Seriously, I hate it when older people believe video games have no worth whatsoever. My dad did take interest in the Menacer for the Sega Genesis because it game with some game where you could blow up tanks and planes and shit.

The only thing they thought video games were good for was hurting my grades and they still think that.

9/11/2007 5:23:16 PM

Trying to think back I dont think I ever played any video games with my parents. My mom used to sit and watch me when i'd play zelda or chrono trigger/cross or FFVII just cause she thought they were pretty cool.

My dad and I would play Jeopardy or something that didn't really involve much action. My dad never has been big into video games...except for one..

Super Black Bass for the SNES. He used to be so into that game that i'd come home and he'd be posted up 5 feet in front of the tv and would scream when he lost a "lunker". He was so into it he kept his passwords in a notepad in his top right desk drawer.

9/11/2007 5:33:55 PM

non. I was the first and only person in my family to play any video games. However my much older cousin's husband was the one who got me into SimCity (original) when i'd visit them in Cali. So i guess you could say simcity.

Question is, what will we be like with our kids? Considering we are the first generation to really play video games as kids. I'm guessing most of us are going to frag the hell out of our kids in halo 10 and Counter Strike: Source 2

[Edited on September 11, 2007 at 5:39 PM. Reason : fda]

9/11/2007 5:38:03 PM

HAL'S HOLE IN ONE GOLF (SNES)

9/11/2007 5:41:10 PM

Tetris, Doctor Mario and Family Feud

9/11/2007 6:00:07 PM

tetris and coolboarders 1 and 2

9/11/2007 6:13:40 PM

my dad has an obsession with beating me at pacman. he used to play it constantly and then id come and beat his score in one or two tries. finally he played it so goddamn much that i just couldnt beat him anymore.

we played madden a few times too back in the day. id cream him every time unless i used the saints.

9/11/2007 6:17:11 PM

My grandpa worked for IBM and was big into the first Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy games for PC. We'd play it for hours.

9/11/2007 6:26:08 PM

my dad loves some flight sim games. he was a FA-18 NFO and cant get enough of just sitting there flying the thing for 3 hours, hitting the drop bomb button, flying back for 3 hours and landing on the carrier at night.

i liked taking off, turning around and lighting up the carrier, it was way to boring flying to the enemy

9/11/2007 6:48:08 PM

my dad used to play real sports baseball with me on the atari 2600, and maybe tanks. the nes was too complicated for him, but my mom would play super mario bros and duck hunt. my mom also used to love tetris. when we get together now we'll play jeopardy or wheel of fortune on whatever happens to be hooked up to the television. my mom also plays various word/puzzle flash games on the internet.

[Edited on September 11, 2007 at 7:02 PM. Reason : .]

9/11/2007 7:00:56 PM

the predecessor to the soul caliber series... my dad and i would play best out of 7.

he'd always be Siegfried, i would be Li Long. we used to be really good.

9/11/2007 10:14:28 PM

Mom

Super Mario Bros. 2 - the only game my mom ever beat
Tetris Attack - I got her into this one
Mario Kart - We played that some

Dad

Street Fighter II - I remember he played it a little
Command and Conquer - He really dug this one
Chessmaster - complete waste of money, we had a lot more fun playing real chess
F-Zero - He really liked this one a lot too

Of course, now the ultimate is Wii Sports. Just about everyone gets into that.

9/11/2007 10:29:17 PM

me and my dad beat zelda together...i'd play and go to bed, he'd play until he went to work around 1am and i'd continue after school...we were hooked.

9/11/2007 10:57:07 PM

Super Mario Bros, Jaleco Baseball (dad was very good at both of these, i think he played others as well) - NES
Mariokart - SNES
Twisted Metal 2 - PSX
Goldeneye - N64
my dad is the man.
he was really good at SMB, pretty good at TM2... never got the hang of the joysticks and stuff with Goldeneye

thegoodlife3 didn't expect anyone else to say twisted metal lol



[Edited on September 11, 2007 at 11:01 PM. Reason : ]

9/11/2007 10:59:53 PM

I used to hear my dad playing Super Mario Brothers in the playroom outside my door and I would get out of bed to tell him what to do watch him play. I think I was 8 at the time.

9/11/2007 11:10:31 PM

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"my dad loves some flight sim games. he was a FA-18 NFO and cant get enough of just sitting there flying the thing for 3 hours, hitting the drop bomb button, flying back for 3 hours and landing on the carrier at night. i liked taking off, turning around and lighting up the carrier, it was way to boring flying to the enemy "

haha, that's like my dad. he was a radar tech on harriers and loves flying games. We played WWII Fighters together.

Also played Call of Duty 3.

9/11/2007 11:13:33 PM

I used to play video games all the time, but honestly, they are a complete waste of time. Just like jigsaw puzzles, they give people who have nothing else to do something to do....and while they are entertaining and you may feel a sense of accomplishment by completeing one, they are a waste of time.

but my dad and I would always play the original mario brothers game and duck hunt all the time. we would also play pong and donkey kong for atari....

9/11/2007 11:16:38 PM

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"To this day my parents still hold the ignorant belief that all video games are worthless and a complete waste of money."

My mom is like that. I think she still thinks video games are for kids and hopes I grow out of them.

My dad doesn't really play video games much, except this really old version of Microsoft Golf. I bet he would love Tiger Woods.

9/11/2007 11:24:56 PM

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"To this day my parents still hold the ignorant belief that all video games are worthless and a complete waste of money."

9/11/2007 11:27:32 PM

That is why I killed both my parents at the age of 13.

9/11/2007 11:31:12 PM

My mom would play some video games. She could beat Zelda for NES without any help and to this day she still loves that game. Asked me to set up the NES when I get home for her to play it, haha, she watched me playing TP for the Wii and was asking me all types of questions about it, haha.

She also use to play some Tetris Attack, her and my older brother would play me, it wasn't much of a contest, haha.

[Edited on September 11, 2007 at 11:35 PM. Reason : .]

9/11/2007 11:34:39 PM

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"I used to play video games all the time, but honestly, they are a complete waste of time. Just like jigsaw puzzles, they give people who have nothing else to do something to do....and while they are entertaining and you may feel a sense of accomplishment by completeing one, they are a waste of time."

That's not much different from most of television outside of the news.

9/11/2007 11:42:48 PM

Frogger
Missile Command
Asteroids



all night long

9/11/2007 11:47:17 PM

One time, I brought Tetris with me when I spent the night at a friend's house. His mom literally stole the nintendo and played it all night without sleep. Then, she kept putting off taking me home the next day.

9/11/2007 11:48:23 PM

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"I used to play video games all the time, but honestly, they are a complete waste of time. Just like jigsaw puzzles, they give people who have nothing else to do something to do....and while they are entertaining and you may feel a sense of accomplishment by completeing one, they are a waste of time."

Anything that is a hobby could be considered a waste of time.

Seriously, what are you going to do with all your time? Work?

9/11/2007 11:50:35 PM

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"Gauntlet Legends"

and biohazard battle (genesis) were two i'd play for hours.


and me and my mom played dr mario for ages

[Edited on September 12, 2007 at 12:04 AM. Reason : dfg]

9/12/2007 12:04:21 AM

Atari games when I was really little...

Mortal Kombat and Donkey Kong Country a very long time ago

and now Dark Age of Camelot and Warhammer...

9/12/2007 5:51:04 AM

Circus Atari! My grandmother used to own me and my brother in that game.

9/12/2007 7:38:54 AM

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"To this day my parents still hold the ignorant belief that all video games are worthless and a complete waste of money."

Haha. I can't wait until you guys have children and are saying the exact same thing about whatever it is their generation is really into.

That said, my parents have never even so much as touched a controller.

9/12/2007 8:00:20 AM

I'll play whatever the latest greatest thing is with my kid.




unless it's something completely retarded, like super ninja barbie horseback riders.

9/12/2007 8:21:49 AM

my dad loved Arkanoid

9/12/2007 9:46:16 AM

haha, arkanoid FTW

9/12/2007 9:55:04 AM

Quote :

"I used to play video games all the time, but honestly, they are a complete waste of time. Just like jigsaw puzzles, they give people who have nothing else to do something to do....and while they are entertaining and you may feel a sense of accomplishment by completeing one, they are a waste of time. "

Do you feel the same way about books? Or movies?

9/12/2007 9:56:42 AM

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"Question is, what will we be like with our kids? Considering we are the first generation to really play video games as kids. I'm guessing most of us are going to frag the hell out of our kids in halo 10 and Counter Strike: Source 2"

sure you say you are going to dominate your kid, but go back and play some of those NES and SNES games you grew up on and used to easily beat...they are hard as shit now

If my kids get into video games, I have a feeling i'll be the one losing...besides, it'll all be motion anyway and a 7 year old kid has more energy than a 36 year old man, lol

9/12/2007 10:06:45 AM

^They were hard as shit because you couldn't save the games. Every time you played you had to go through them level by level, eventually to the point where you could tear through the first ones without even thinking. Have any of you guys ever played the original Altered Beast? I had this game for the Master System (my brother had the NES and I got stuck with the Master System) and it was hard as hell. I fired it up on an emulator a few years ago and after playing for a week or so the first level was cake but the rest were really hard.

9/12/2007 10:46:00 AM

Atari / Intellivision

Back in the Day I used to play I think it was Bases Loaded or just Baseball with my dad and boxing
Chess

Nintendo
Mike Tyson Punch Out
Super Street Fighter
Dr mario
Mario Kart

PS1/PS2
Gauntlet Legends
Champions of Norath

9/12/2007 10:55:51 AM

My dad and I spent a year trying to figure out "The Pawn"

it was a text based adventure game. We never did get passed this one part where this Guru is acting like an asshole.

9/12/2007 11:21:09 AM