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[Rogue]

Call me hideously unevolved, but having just picked up a second-hand PS2 can anyone advise me on games to get that simply involve mindless destruction at a fast pace.

I get bored too quickly by these new-fangled games with "plot" and "development". I grew up with Golden Axe, Streetfighter, Turrican etc... Simpler games for simpler times perhaps but I'm not getting a proper fix with this new crap, time spent learning could be better spent maiming!

 

[hanley]

Call me hideously unevolved, but having just picked up a second-hand PS2 can anyone advise me on games to get that simply involve mindless destruction at a fast pace.

I get bored too quickly by these new-fangled games with "plot" and "development". I grew up with Golden Axe, Streetfighter, Turrican etc... Simpler games for simpler times perhaps but I'm not getting a proper fix with this new crap, time spent learning could be better spent maiming!

not too sure about new consoles but you can pick up snes'sss and megadrives for really cheap in secondhand shops and ebay.think that'd prob be the best places to get those type games, as new consoles all seem to be all plot/stories/video sequences and not enough mindless destruction/fun

 

[nofriendo]

bring back streets of rage thats what i say!!!

 

[Rogue]

not too sure about new consoles but you can pick up snes'sss and megadrives for really cheap in secondhand shops and ebay.think that'd prob be the best places to get those type games, as new consoles all seem to be all plot/stories/video sequences and not enough mindless destruction/fun

hmmm, ta!

 

[Cormcolash]

Double Dragon all the way. Especially Double Dragon 2, 2 player mode B on the NES, one of the funniest 2 player games ever.

 

[portrid]

I think you can get R-Type on the Gaystation

Edit: some visual clues in the image below support the claim above

 

[Wavioli]

viewtiful joe i believe is quite like this thing that you are looking for which is the thing that you were talking abouts wits the fast sidescrolling blam blam blam boom crash bleep.

 

[Rogue]

viewtiful joe i believe is quite like this thing that you are looking for which is the thing that you were talking abouts wits the fast sidescrolling blam blam blam boom crash bleep.

what the who now?

 

[Wavioli]

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[Rogue]

ah... that does look pretty cool, shopping time for me. Gotta get that R-type final too.

Score! thanks chaps