Graphics and gameplay have changed alot since the late 70's with Atari, early 80's with Intellivision, Atari, and NES, and late 80's with Master System.
With the Atari in the 70's, people thought graphics like these:
http://www.videogamecritic.net/images/2600/mario_bros_.png
were amazing.
As Intellivision rolled in, they got better...
http://intvfunhouse.com/intvcorp/games/dug-01.png
Now, I know what you're thinking, "Wow, those graphics are terrible!"
Well, I do agree with you. I mean, how can they compare with modern day graphics? They can't.
But anyways, the Nintendo Entertainment System rolled in.
http://www.dasutin.com/wp-images/Super_Mario_Bros_3.jpg
Better, eh?
Well, soon later, the Sega Master System rolled in...
http://www.racketboy.com/retro/sonicsms.jpg
Sega was always ahead of Nintendo in graphics.


In 1991, Nintendo introduced the Super Nintendo. Graphics were a whopping 16 bit. Nothing, at the time compared to it.
Until the Genesis.
http://www.vidgame.net/SEGA/Sega/Genesis/gen_sys2.jpg
Sega and Nintendo were arch enemies at the time.

Well, the "war" lasted for the next few years.
So, as you can see, graphics and stuff have changed ALOT.
Also, I would like to know, what "old" games/systems do you own? I own an NES [CLONE] with Super Mario Bros and Super Mario Bros 3.

Thanks, I hope you enjoyed this, it isn't all accurate, but it sure is entertaining to read :-)

I own a Nintendo 64. if that's old.

I own a Nintendo 64. if that's old.

1996? Thats 11-12 years ago, it counts, xD

Coolio. I love it alot. I also have a friend that has a Sega and a Super Nintendo

Coolio. I love it alot. I also have a friend that has a Sega and a Super Nintendo

Which sega console?

A regular Sega I think..

The graphics may have been primitive, but the games back then were far superior to today's generic shooting, racing, and fighting games.

The graphics may have been primitive, but the games back then were far superior to today's generic shooting, racing, and fighting games.

I know. My friends at school think that just because the game's graphics are terrible, the game is bad. Hmph. xD

i love the classic super mario bros platformer for the Nintendo entertainment system(NES)


i love playing super mario 64 on my nintendo 64

I got the first sega( no I don't mean I was the first 1 to get 1, i mean I got the first kind... rofl, got a few games,

I got the first sega( no I don't mean I was the first 1 to get 1, i mean I got the first kind... rofl, got a few games,

Master System? I think there was one before it though...

Can you post a picture of it?

EDIT: here are a few pictures of my famiclone and games.
http://xs223.******/xs223/08040/dscn0274773.jpg
http://xs223.******/xs223/08040/dscn0274483.jpg
http://xs123.******/xs123/08040/dscn0275498.jpg

Very cool comparisons, I never realized how much the graphics had developed and changed

I have a Super Nintendo...most of the games don't work, but every once in a while I'll take it out and see that one of them decide to work properly. My brother has a Sega, but I'm not sure what type it was. It is definitely one of the older ones though. We also have a Nintendo 64. I think that's pretty much all of the old systems we have, unless you count Beta tapes lol

Very cool comparisons, I never realized how much the graphics had developed and changed

I have a Super Nintendo...most of the games don't work, but every once in a while I'll take it out and see that one of them decide to work properly. My brother has a Sega, but I'm not sure what type it was. It is definitely one of the older ones though. We also have a Nintendo 64. I think that's pretty much all of the old systems we have, unless you count Beta tapes lol

Hmm, again, if you post a picture of it, I can decide what it is.
I had a Super Nintendo...
Donkey Kong Country melted in it though :(

I can beat you all. We had a Fairchild Channel F system! Anybody else here even remember what that was?

I can beat you all. We had a Fairchild Channel F system! Anybody else here even remember what that was?

Never heard of it O_o
But we did have...
an NES
a SNES
an Intellivision
and I think an Atari 2600...

Never heard of it O_o
But we did have...
an NES
a SNES
an Intellivision
and I think an Atari 2600...
Look it up. It was older than any of those!

i had them all and still do i am not old just has been passed down in my family

i had them all and still do i am not old just has been passed down in my family

All of them? ;)

I have a few, but my favorite is Super Nintendo :D
I have the Lost Mario levels..I forgot the full name..xD
And about 20 other games.

yeah the fairchild channel F (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Channel_F)

its a real must have

I have a few, but my favorite is Super Nintendo :D
I have the Lost Mario levels..I forgot the full name..xD
And about 20 other games.

You have the REAL Super Mario Bros 2? For the Famicom? Or the one on Super mario All-Stars

zangoose. xD

yeah i remember...
the first game i played was pac-man
i was tottally amazed rotfl

Well, I have a hand held Space Invaders, Basketball, Baseball, And Football ( My dad's from the 80s ) and I have some Atarii (sp?) games for the TV with games like Clowns, Adventure, Breakout, Donkey Kong, etc.

Jam, the first I played was Super Mario World xD

Hmm...

LOL, im not 28 years old ;)
that was just the first game i played, there were already newer games out.

Yea, those graphics were amazing for that day and age.
Now days, 360 owns them all with Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Halo 3.

Yea, those graphics were amazing for that day and age.
Now days, 360 owns them all with Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and Halo 3.

Hmm...

Halo 3 on the Atari 2600, Hahaha!

You have the REAL Super Mario Bros 2? For the Famicom? Or the one on Super mario All-Stars

zangoose. xD

The one on VC :D

The one on VC :D

Ah. That is the real Super mario bros 2.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros.:_The_Lost_Levels

I have an Atari 2600, i know that's old

Ah. That is the real Super mario bros 2.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Mario_Bros.:_The_Lost_Levels

I have no idea how I got it, but I know somewhere I read that it was in US for a short time.

I have an Atari 2600, i know that's old

Heh, does it still work?

kaka, it was only in Super Mario All-Stars and I think SMB Deluxe..

Heh, does it still work?

kaka, it was only in Super Mario All-Stars and I think SMB Deluxe..

it actually does still work