On This Day In Gaming History
- Thread starter Bullet Club
- Start date
- Watchers 27
- Multi-Platform Retro
Thread: On This Day In Gaming History
Vyse
the Bounty King
- Platforms
A little late to posting but Jade Empire released 18 years ago for the Xbox.
I play it on PC now and then but it was one of the standout titles on Xbox and really one of BioWare's best.
I play it on PC now and then but it was one of the standout titles on Xbox and really one of BioWare's best.
The Castlevania Advance Collection is currently 40% off on Steam BTW. You can play Aria of Sorrow on your Steam Deck Advance.
DonDonDonPata
Bridge Burn Man
I played a demo unit of one of these in a Meijer when I was a kid. My obsession with videogames wasn't enough to overcome the feeling of immense lameness when trying it out.
Remember picking one with Ridge Racer day one. How aweful these Saturn cases were though. It was also the same day I first shaved and have a chin scar still to this day.
Phunkydiabetic
Grave Dancer
The greatest splash screen and intro music for a console in the history of gaming. Rivaled only by Neogeo...
Vyse
the Bounty King
- Platforms
35 years ago, on October 23rd 1988, Super Mario Bros. 3 released for the Famicom.
Grinchy
Permission to suckle
Man, the hype levels were off the charts lol. The PS2 launch had insane hype too, but the market was smaller. But after the PS2 went and sold 150M+ units and everyone loved it and now we're getting this super sophisticated CELL beast with a blu-ray drive...what could go wrong??
Vyse
the Bounty King
- Platforms
I was a high school sophomore when the PlayStation 3 released. I had the launch 60GB console and later the 120GB console. I especially liked the look of the 60GB console, playing the exclusives (MotorStorm, Uncharted, inFAMOUS, Killzone 2, Ratchet & Clank Future, Warhawk etc), downloading and watching E3 press conferences, and even just going into PlayStation Home for 15 minutes to check out the unique areas based on the games.
17 years ago!? Esh, where did the fucking time go!?
Uncharted, Motorstorm, Resistance, UT3, Ratchet, DMC4. What a fucking time to be alive. I'd sacrifice 50% of GAF to re-live a few of those days again.
Uncharted, Motorstorm, Resistance, UT3, Ratchet, DMC4. What a fucking time to be alive. I'd sacrifice 50% of GAF to re-live a few of those days again.
Half-Life reaches its highest ever player peak on its 25th birthday
Unforeseen consequences (of being a legendary game)
November 19 was officially the 25th anniversary of Half-Life, one of the most influential FPS games ever made. Two and a half decades! It's hard to imagine, and it's even harder to imagine it's still going strong, as evidenced by recent statistics.
Spurred by this milestone birthday, Half-Life has received an influx of players, with SteamDB reporting the game's highest player count on record. Over the last 24 hours, 33,471 players have jumped back into the world of Black Mesa, the most it's ever achieved, according to the history.
Going back as far as possible, the graph shows that, aside from a few spikes here and there, the game has retained a fairly steady flow of players. Until recently, of course. At the time of writing, nearly 19,000 people are playing right now. That's more than Starfield.
That's a lot of resonance cascades
It's no secret why Half-Life is experiencing a boon right now. To go with the 25th anniversary, Valve released a new update for the game, as well as a special documentary about the development of this absolute classic.
As such, it's on a lot of people's minds right now, and understandably so. Featuring one of the most iconic openings in an FPS, Half-Life raised the bar for what was possible in video game technology and storytelling.
If you've never played it before, now's your chance, as it's currently free on Steam. We might take a lot of its elements for granted these days but, take it from an aging gamer, this stuff was revolutionary at the time.
Source: Destructoid
Unforeseen consequences (of being a legendary game)
November 19 was officially the 25th anniversary of Half-Life, one of the most influential FPS games ever made. Two and a half decades! It's hard to imagine, and it's even harder to imagine it's still going strong, as evidenced by recent statistics.
Spurred by this milestone birthday, Half-Life has received an influx of players, with SteamDB reporting the game's highest player count on record. Over the last 24 hours, 33,471 players have jumped back into the world of Black Mesa, the most it's ever achieved, according to the history.
Going back as far as possible, the graph shows that, aside from a few spikes here and there, the game has retained a fairly steady flow of players. Until recently, of course. At the time of writing, nearly 19,000 people are playing right now. That's more than Starfield.
That's a lot of resonance cascades
It's no secret why Half-Life is experiencing a boon right now. To go with the 25th anniversary, Valve released a new update for the game, as well as a special documentary about the development of this absolute classic.
As such, it's on a lot of people's minds right now, and understandably so. Featuring one of the most iconic openings in an FPS, Half-Life raised the bar for what was possible in video game technology and storytelling.
If you've never played it before, now's your chance, as it's currently free on Steam. We might take a lot of its elements for granted these days but, take it from an aging gamer, this stuff was revolutionary at the time.
Source: Destructoid
Grinchy
Permission to suckle
It bothers the shit out of me that that was 16 years ago. You read some shit like that and get a harsh reminder of how fast this all goes by.
Happy birthday to the Sony Playstation, which was launched on this day 29 years ago in Japan.
It was a good game. Just a bad DMC game.
Dreamlord
Living the...
- Platforms
Wow, it's been 7 years already??
Loved that game. My first RE. Played everything that came out ever since, such a successful series rejuvenation.
Grinchy
Permission to suckle
Man, that thing was great. Just awesome tech with some stupid decisions like the back touch pad and not having 2 shoulder buttons/triggers on each side to perfectly emulate console ports and remote play.