If like myself you have been gaming for many years I'm sure you'll have some great memories of the good old days.

I'm talking about the days of Playstation, N64, Dreamcast, and PS2. I thought I'd jot down some thought on the good old days of gaming before everything had to be online.
Most of my gaming memories come from my school days playing with friends or challenging other kids in the class. One game that sticks out in my mind is Metal Gear Solid, me and my best friend at the time bunked off school, stocked up on snacks and drink and spent the entire day playing it (remember you had to switch the controller port to beat that one guy?) and completed it twice. Another great game was Fighting Force on the Playstation. This was one of the first games where i discovered how cool co-op modes could be. The ability to rip a bar off the wall and beat a bad guy to a pulp with it amazed me but it seems like nothing in today's games.
Another great game was Premier League Stars, this was the first football game to feature details such as league badges, sponsors and branding on teams shirts. Bloody Roar is also a classic, a great beat u up with the power to transform your fighter into beast form and rip apart your enemy! Bloody Roar 2 was equally as good. Then there was Bushido Blade, a Japanese styled fighting game which featured gore which in the days of the Greystation was pretty impressive. Next up is WWF (WWE) SmackDown! Now that was a great game! Me and my friends would rush home from school and spend hours fighting each other in home made PPV 's (the best feature of the game). When it was announced that SmackDown 2 was to be released we almost died! Myself and friends brought all the Playstaion magazines we could to read the previews of SmackDown2 drooling over the pictures (We were obsessed with wrestling at the time).

After the grey days of the Playstation (which i ended up having to stand on it's side after a while to get it too work) came the Nintendo 64. Ah yes that dark lump of plastic was the nuts at the time! With games like F-Zero X, Bioharvest, Pokemon Stadium, WWF (WWE) No Mercy, Excite Bike and of course the legendary Goldeneye. Oh yes the one and only Goldeneye i cant tell you how many times i completed that game! Amazing game play and great multi player meant for countless all night marathons!

I also have to mention the Dreamcast for two reasons. One, Crazy Taxi. Two, Bass Fishing!. Enough said i think.

Then of course came the PS2. I remember staying at a friends house near Christmas
the year the PS2 was released and he had got his as an early present along with GTA3 , which for years remained my top game. We spent all night on GTA3 almost finished the main storyline! SmackDown 3 hit the shops for PS2 and as you can imagine after reading the above me and my friends were over joyed at the thought of "next gen" wrestling. GTA San Andreas was a game that really blew me away too due to it's sheer size and new game play features.

So there's a few thoughts on the old days of gaming and hopefully maybe one day I'll look back on the 360, Wii and PS3 days with the same fondness