Imagine: every PC game you owned on physical media, working straight off the disc, installation usually optional. Doesn't seem so old and backwards now.
There was a period internal storage was so small games had just minimal stuff on the computer itself and would get most of the data out of the CD while it was running
@FreedomIII "Back in my day we had to make Mario walk uphill BOTH WAYS! And the videogames cost a nickel! And when you went to the Funkoland they had spitoon and a man playing a piano. Oh it was such a hootinanie
Geega showing an image of an old joystick with manual trim controls. For the uninitiated, that's those sliders on the back and the right-hand side. They're to manually centre the joystick because the potentiometers would wear out over time and cause drift.
I've got Win95 installation media - a full box of 3.5" floppies. That's a lotta floppies. Also have X-Wing on 5.25" set. Kids these days don't know where that Save icon comes from
I get why some prefer inverted. It is how planes work. But I need up to be up and down to be down. Another aspect she didn't touch on: to fill out space on the CD, some companies would pack demos for the other stuff they've worked on. IIRC Halo:CE you could play a part of Conker Live and Reloaded. No company has the confidence in their library to try that anymore; that and the software bloat.
I remember inverting Y but I fell out of it probably because I fell out of FPS. For 3rd person games I have to invert X on controllers though probably because of old PS1 era Final Fantasy games.
Wait, how can CDR drive be surprising when there were CD Players a long while already? (-> music) Also: Atomic Bomberman, yes! And my brother used joystick while I was on keys, take that for an impractical input device... (and also no sense inverting there)
I guess 'boomer' in the title is of the not precise slang sort regarding behaviour and not a generation. I'm only a GenX and in my teen years, arcade games, Atari 2600/VCS, then Commodore PET computers in latter high school (loading the game Adventure up on cassette instead of BASIC computer science work) were more my core earlier memories and more ripe personally for nostalgia video games and computer games. I even remember a watch I had in junior high that played a basic tank/plane game. I remember floppy disc and CD-ROM games though by the time CD-ROMs were popular I wasn't as much into computer games to occupy my time.
Yeah I was gonna put millennial since she referred to herself as that at some point but boomer works better for a title. I might swap it out if I remember to next week
People calling Geega grandma really makes me feel old af.
I mean, she would have to be 40+ to have played games on floppy. I think that would make her one of the oldest vtubers.
I'm under 40 and I used floppy disks. But definitely 35+
@@Tiavals 38 and used floppy disk as a child in computer class, but never played games on them.
Imagine: every PC game you owned on physical media, working straight off the disc, installation usually optional. Doesn't seem so old and backwards now.
Merry Christmas, I couldn't find anything else christmasy that wasn't done yet so have some nostalgia
Windows 95, Windows XP and Windows 7 were the pinnacle of Windows OS and I will die on this hill! 😂
As an IT guy, not a gamer, Windows 2000 was the one I ran the mosst
Vista was really good.
Kept Windows XP on my one computer for as long as possible, then had to change to Windows 10.
XP definitely the best
Windows 98 and windows 2000 were good too.
There was a period internal storage was so small games had just minimal stuff on the computer itself and would get most of the data out of the CD while it was running
Realizing giga is maybe my age is hilarious. Girl you're like an auntie educating all the tadpoles
Saaaame 🤣
@FreedomIII "Back in my day we had to make Mario walk uphill BOTH WAYS! And the videogames cost a nickel! And when you went to the Funkoland they had spitoon and a man playing a piano. Oh it was such a hootinanie
Geega showing an image of an old joystick with manual trim controls. For the uninitiated, that's those sliders on the back and the right-hand side. They're to manually centre the joystick because the potentiometers would wear out over time and cause drift.
Windows 95 with tasteful custom color themes is pretty close to the ideal GUI style IMO
I feel a kinship with Glumpyblacksheep who also played Croc: Legend of the Gobbos.
I've got Win95 installation media - a full box of 3.5" floppies. That's a lotta floppies. Also have X-Wing on 5.25" set. Kids these days don't know where that Save icon comes from
I installed my first Linux from floppies too
Geega Tapping some childhood gaming here.
I get why some prefer inverted. It is how planes work. But I need up to be up and down to be down.
Another aspect she didn't touch on: to fill out space on the CD, some companies would pack demos for the other stuff they've worked on. IIRC Halo:CE you could play a part of Conker Live and Reloaded. No company has the confidence in their library to try that anymore; that and the software bloat.
this is comforting lol
I used the disc tray as a cup holder for my drink
for anyone wondering, the youtube video about Vangers is most likely by MandaloreGaming, great vid great channel
MS-DOS, Win 3.11, Win95, Win98...
I remember inverting Y but I fell out of it probably because I fell out of FPS. For 3rd person games I have to invert X on controllers though probably because of old PS1 era Final Fantasy games.
A bunch of these older games, you don't need a VM, etc. You can literally play it in your browser, no install, etc. needed.
'95 was awesome but 7/XP were the GOATs for like a decade, though.
Imho, UI clunkiness and isometric perspective of old games only adds to the charm.
It's like watching pixel art. It's somewhat comfy
Yes, its part fo the charm and really not that clunky even if it takes a few moments to get used to. Still some of the best games ever made.
Gravis Gamepad. Respect.
Wait, how can CDR drive be surprising when there were CD Players a long while already? (-> music)
Also: Atomic Bomberman, yes! And my brother used joystick while I was on keys, take that for an impractical input device... (and also no sense inverting there)
I guess 'boomer' in the title is of the not precise slang sort regarding behaviour and not a generation.
I'm only a GenX and in my teen years, arcade games, Atari 2600/VCS, then Commodore PET computers in latter high school (loading the game Adventure up on cassette instead of BASIC computer science work) were more my core earlier memories and more ripe personally for nostalgia video games and computer games. I even remember a watch I had in junior high that played a basic tank/plane game.
I remember floppy disc and CD-ROM games though by the time CD-ROMs were popular I wasn't as much into computer games to occupy my time.
Yeah I was gonna put millennial since she referred to herself as that at some point but boomer works better for a title. I might swap it out if I remember to next week
Was she talking about MandaloreGaming at the end?
The kids dunno bout fury3.
Geega's full of shit, I played with those old joysticks too, I don't invert a goddamn thing if it's not a flight sim.
If I press down, I want my physical camera to go up so I can see down.
yOu'Re So CoOl
There, the attention you are craving.
I'm that old and I can only invert Y for flying games. Rest is normal.