fontgeeksogood wrote:I do and why does it matter? They were "launches" to me, especially when I was younger and could only get consoles at Xmas or after saving for yonks. |
Favourite console launch bundles • Page 2
-
Daeltaja 2,061 posts
Seen 2 days ago
Registered 11 years ago -
PazJohnMitch 17,276 posts
Seen 18 hours ago
Registered 14 years agoSo this is name a console and your favourite game for that console? -
muddyyfunster 1,371 posts
Seen 21 hours ago
Registered 11 years agoI did say it didn't have to be actual launch games. The thread was intended to be limited to just the games you came home with on the day you bought the console. i.e. the games that were bundled or you added yourself and subsequently formed your first impressions of the new machine.
I was mainly asking about consoles purchases fairly close to launch (within a year or so) so you had to select from the launch/early games line up.
For example I bought a 360 just to play Bioshock (which was great) but by that point the 360 was well established with loads of games so this isn't in the spirit of this thread.
Just an excuse for nostalgia though, post what you want. -
simpleexplodingmaybe 19,992 posts
Seen 4 hours ago
Registered 6 years agoGameboy Tetris is the true classic
Getting PS1 with Wipeout was pretty sweet -
Rhaegyr 5,499 posts
Seen 2 weeks ago
Registered 10 years agoLeft field choice - I think my favourite bundle was a Sega Saturn I got for Christmas.
Virtua Fighter
Sega Rally
Panzer Dragoon
Alien Trilogy
Olympic Soccer
Some good and some naff but I couldn't believe I had FIVE WHOLE GAMES to play. -
BreadBinLidHero 10,801 posts
Seen 11 hours ago
Registered 12 years agoNever bought a console at launch. When I was younger I was too poor, and when I did have the money it seemed like a false economy. -
Awimbawe 698 posts
Seen 2 days ago
Registered 12 years agoThe ones I remember best seem to be Nintendo.
SuperNes - Super Mario World ( imported this sucker but was well worth it ).
Gameboy - Tetris
N64 - Super Mario 64
Amiga - Batman ( loved that game at the time )
Playstation 1 - Tekken
Can't properly remember the more recent ones which probably speaks volumes for nostalgia and my ageing mind. -
ghearoid 3,758 posts
Seen 3 weeks ago
Registered 19 years agoDreamcast + Soul Calibur was pretty amazing, played so much of that.
In recent years, the Switch + Breath of the Wild kept me entertained for months. -
muddyyfunster 1,371 posts
Seen 21 hours ago
Registered 11 years agoRhaegyr wrote:
The Saturn was so exciting at launch. Given that the Mega Drive was still the standard console, the idea of Sega Rally and Virtual Fighter at home just seemed too good to be true. For some reason, I also really wanted Pebble Beach Golf.
Left field choice - I think my favourite bundle was a Sega Saturn I got for Christmas.
Virtua Fighter
Sega Rally
Panzer Dragoon
Alien Trilogy
Olympic Soccer
Some good and some naff but I couldn't believe I had FIVE WHOLE GAMES to play.
There was no way I could afford one as an 11-year-old and my parents thought it was too expensive. Actually, this was for the best given how that generation subsequently played out. 18 months of paper rounds later I'd finally saved enough but by that point the PS1 was starting to put the Saturn firmly in the shade as it was clear it run 3D games the Saturn couldn't, despite being cheaper. So I bought that instead.
Edited by muddyyfunster at 12:26:21 10-11-2020 -
PazJohnMitch 17,276 posts
Seen 18 hours ago
Registered 14 years agoI think the only consoles I have bought on launch day are:
Wii: Wii Sports and Twilight Princess. (Was very promising)
PS4: Assassin’s Creed 4 and Killzone Shadowfall. (Tad disappointed that it wasn’t really innovative but really enjoyed Black Flag, so was happy enough)
3DS: Ghost Recon. (Game was actually a decent tactics game but I was really unhappy with the 3DS hardware and felt I had been ripped off).
Other games I bought with consoles but not at launch:
Megadrive: Sonic 2, Super hang on, Columns and Italia 90. Initially had issues with the RF cable but once I got it working I fell in love with Sonic 2.
N64: Turok, odd choice I know but my mates already had Mario 64. Genuinely happy with it though.
Gameboy: Pokémon Yellow. Very happy with it.
Xbox: Halo. Game of that generation for me.
PS2: FFX. So disappointed with the game. Barely touched the PS2 for a year afterwards.
360: Gears of War. Impressed by the graphics and game was decent.
Vita: Uncharted. Loved the Vita from the start.
Wii U: Mario 3D World, Mario Kart 8, NSMBU and Nintendo World. Only really bought it as Amazon priced this pack really low. Was good value for what I paid but it was clear the Wii U was a poor idea.
Switch: Mario Odyssey and BotW. Was a tad disappointed with both games despite them being objectively excellent but loved the console to bits.
C64/DC/PSP: 2nd hand with loads of games. Skies of Arcadia was a driving force for buying DC. C64 was a hand me down present and PSP was because I was bored in China.
GC/GBA/PS3/DS: Cannot remember what games I got with them. Probably Wind Waker, Mario World, Uncharted and Advance Wars DS. -
Pierre2k 1,466 posts
Seen 2 hours ago
Registered 9 years agomuddyyfunster wrote:
I've already posted, but the Saturn was my favourite (VF2, Sega Rally, Wipeout, and Worldwide Soccer 97.
Rhaegyr wrote:
The Saturn was so exciting at launch. Given that the Mega Drive was still the standard console, the idea of Sega Rally and Virtual Fighter at home just seemed too good to be true. For some reason, I also really wanted Pebble Beach Golf.
Left field choice - I think my favourite bundle was a Sega Saturn I got for Christmas.
Virtua Fighter
Sega Rally
Panzer Dragoon
Alien Trilogy
Olympic Soccer
Some good and some naff but I couldn't believe I had FIVE WHOLE GAMES to play.
There was no way I could afford one as an 11-year-old and my parents thought it was too expensive. Actually, this was for the best given how that generation subsequently played out. 18 months of paper rounds later I'd finally saved enough but by that point the PS1 was starting to put the Saturn firmly in the shade as it was clear it run 3D games the Saturn couldn't, despite being cheaper.
So I bought that instead.
Incidentally, given your story, whilst I was always interested in the Saturn (had a Mega Drive, big fan of arcades), I almost bought a PS1. Actually went to the shop, with my Mum, to get a PS1 bundle I'd seen in a catalogue, but it was out of stock. Decided to get a Saturn instead.
No doubt the wrong choice by most standards, but I actually look back on the Saturn as my favourite console ever. No regrets. Was like being part of an exclusive club, playing all these gems most people couldn't play or didn't know about.
As for the 3D capabilities of the machine, the first party Sega stuff at that time was so good, I never doubted it. VF2 and Sega Rally still.lool amazing (though of their time). Tomb Raider (3rd party) was brilliant on the system. Games like Virtua Cop 1 & 2, and Panzer Dragoon also looked stunning. Most third party ports though were dreadful, especially at the very end when even first party fare dropped in quality (eg Sega Touring Car). -
Sharz 2,121 posts
Seen 1 day ago
Registered 6 years agoIn some ways I think the bundles that turn up 12 months after the launch define the console more than the console itself. For example the Gears of War bundles for the X360, it was not a launch title but that bundle is what sold it probably. And Unreal engine from that point on more generally. Another example might be Jak & Daxter on PS2, that console had absolutely loads of games like it by the end.
That period where the developers knows the machine strengths are and manufacturers are looking where the market is moving. Once you get into year 3 that is all established by the games that came out in year 1-2.
Edited by Sharz at 13:26:27 10-11-2020 -
muddyyfunster 1,371 posts
Seen 21 hours ago
Registered 11 years agoOff-topic but mid-90s were a weird era for gaming with the benefit of hindsight.
In 1995, when Saturn launched, arcades still led the way for technology and were a huge business (remember Sega World at Trocadero?). The cutting edge of consoles gaming was about getting arcade experiences at home (arcade-perfect being the highest form of reviewer praise). All racing games still had an arbitrary count down timer, lots of genres (especially sports games) still had 'lives', 'credits' and hi-scores. Progress was often via cheats for level skips and unlocks rather than actual saves that remembered where you were.
By 1996, when PS1 launched, many of the launch titles still had a bit of this with lots of Namco properties (even Destruction Derby and Wipeout were fairly arcadey) but games like Tomb Raider were showing the future. The second wave of games of late '96 through '97 and '98 really changed things forever. It was Playstation games like F1, MGS, Gran Turismo, FFVII that suddenly made the typical arcade game limitations just seem fairly ridiculous and shallow.
To me, the Saturn was an awesome home arcade machine but came at a time when gaming started to move away from arcade to deeper, more involved single-player experiences. I absolutely get why many people loved it though, it had lots of classic arcade games and I'm sure I'd have been delighted with it if I could have afforded one at the time.
Edited by muddyyfunster at 14:00:19 10-11-2020 -
RawShark 2,202 posts
Seen 14 hours ago
Registered 10 years agoI remember my brother getting an Amiga with Batman (the 1989 movie one) but can't remember what other games came in the pack. Deluxe Paint probably. -
Mega Drive + Sonic 1. I was using hand-me-down C64's, Spectrum's and a Master System for years. I'd never seen a proper console really. It blew my mind, I think I was 7 or 8 years old.
The colour, sound, speed of sonic compared to something like Bubble Bobble, Dizzy, James Pond or Alex Kidd was incredible. I was pretty hooked after that. Still am.
Notable mention for a PS1 with Demo 1. I was about 13 I think. Had a paper round and bought the console after saving for about 6 months. Couldn't afford a game, so played lots of Demo 1 and borrowed games off a friend.
First game I could afford was Worms! I loved it but it was basically an Amiga game.
Then Christmas came along and I got FF7, with no memory card! Cue another 3 weeks of saving to get one of those.
Sufficed to say I know the first 5-6 hours of FF7 REALLY well. -
The only console I actually got at launch was the ill-fated Amiga CD32 to go alongside my A1200.
Both were ace machines and I loved them to bits.
The launch pack for the CD32 was Oscar (often mistakenly called "Oscars") and Diggers.
Oscar was a messy run-of-the-mill platformer with a movie theme, and Diggers was a Lemmings-mixed-with-the-mining-off-of-Harvest-Moon thingy, which was really very good. -
docrob 1,795 posts
Seen 1 day ago
Registered 13 years agoPhattso wrote:
I went Spectrum > ST > Megadrive. The ST was the only one of the three where I felt I made the wrong choice. When I got it, I had actually decided an Amiga was the better option, but my mum had already got me a 2nd hand ST for my birthday after hearing me talk about it.
It was. But a bajillion free bangers and a couple of MIDI ports couldn’t safe that hunk of shit from the trash can. #Amiga4Lyf
Still had a lot of fun with it, mind. -
challenge_hanukkah 14,394 posts
Seen 4 hours ago
Registered 8 years agoPhattso wrote:
Far better than what I got bundled with my Amiga 500
Not a console per se, but I remember as a Spectrum owner enviously ogling the Atari ST bundles in the late 80s and early 90s:
Ended up going with an Amiga some years later though. Possibly the one with Lemmings and some shitty platformer packed in.
Shadow of the Beast 2 was OK, but only because I knew the TEN PINTS cheat.
Edited by challenge_hanukkah at 12:17:23 11-11-2020 -
Not quite a console, but I think my Voodoo 3 came bundled with Half-Life and Alien vs Predator. I already had Half-Life, but gave that one to a friend who I ended up playing Counter-Strike with for years afterwards. That was a pretty sweet bundle. AvP wasn't fantastic, but was pretty solid.
.gif)
Sometimes posts may contain links to online retail stores. If you click on one and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. For more information, go here.
