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I was born in '80 and I literally cut my teeth playing Atari and C64. I chewed the hell of the rubber boots that covered the Atari joysticks. There's a reason they sold replacements in packs of two.
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Babylon Astronaut posted:I was born in 1985, so while the NES was out, many people still had their 2600's around. I think the first game I ever played was combat, followed by river raid. I like the aesthetic. The 70's art style is really funky looking, and nothing looks the same. I still play Atari, because the games are dirt cheap, some of them have never been ported, and they are quick to pick up. I would recommend Night Driver (I swear it's a euphemism for drunk driver) and any of the IMAGIC games. Also, it's drat near arcane to toggle difficulty switches, select the game, and push the start button. You can use a wide variety of controllers too, and there hasn't been a home console with a spinner controller since. The Intellivision had a spinner built into that strange joystick. And the NES had the Arkanoid controller. Obviously, I played a lot of Atari and in the early days of the NES I was buying every 2600 game I could get my hands on for $.25 each from garage sales. I got a ton of awesome stuff from that and played pretty much all of Atari's first party games. The 2600 was at its best when it was replicating those basic arcade games from the late 70's and early 80's...
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Interesting note, for those of you recording videos of retro games and posting them on YT (I experimented and found this out for myself earlier) Okay, so I was recording myself playing Otogi 2 on my original xbox, right? I recorded a session in AmarecTV, and then did the ole x264 and LAME encoding to get the filesize reasonable. Now, what I did was upload the original file, in regular 480p, straight to Youtube. This is what I got. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXyYXYqXpoU Now, I was wondering why the hell Youtube mangled my video. Compression artifacts out the rear end, et cetera. So what I did was I upscaled the exact same video to 720p in virtualdub and I got this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4qKIU5PwwQ A direct comparison:  So it turns out Youtube automatically compresses the poo poo out of sub-720p videos on YT, and I had no idea. That's a pretty big difference. So yeah, all I'm saying is I guess remember to upscale your vids to 720p before putting on YT for max quality?
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Random Stranger posted:The Intellivision had a spinner built into that strange joystick. Quick Atari question: what's the best video I can get out of my 7800? Will it ruin the look of games that utilized the blur for their graphics? Yar's Revenge sounds like it's warming up the killdozer. Holy poo poo the buzzing hum of doom. V V Babylon Astronaut fucked around with this message at May 22, 2013 around 00:25 |
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I was born in 86 so grew up mainly with sms and the nes, but atari and lovely old dos games were an important part of my youth. Yar's Revenge is a nightmare game when you're little! I feel like early ps1 stuff is nearly as divisive (I still love and play the hell out of it, but I know people the same age who can't touch it - let alone younger people). e: spinner talk - any cheap usb ones available for emulation, or is diy mousewheel spinner still the answer? field balm fucked around with this message at May 22, 2013 around 00:20 |
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I was born in late '81, and my first video game experiences were likely playing Learning with Leeper on an Atari 800 before I found my first love, Gyruss. My older sisters played a ton of Star Raiders, and it was home to one of the best versions of Space Invaders around (the green ship up on left that ticks down whenever you clear a wave). I have to cherry-pick a bit for the games I still enjoy from that era (Mountain King, Gridrunner, and a few others), but I will also admit that the Atari 800 was not nearly as "primitive" as a 2600.
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The only pre-NES game system I'm interested in is the ColecoVision, and it's definitely more about nostalgia than the library. I was born in '87 so the NES was my intro to gaming. I didn't even know older game consoles existed until my dad bought a ColecoVision, at a yard sale. I don't remember how many games he got with it, but the ones I remember enjoying were Venture, Pepper II, Mr. Do, and Cabbage Patch Kids Picture Show. I already have Mr. Do on the SNES, but Venture and Pepper II look like something I might still enjoy for a few minutes. Don't know what to tell you about the Cabbage Patch Kids game other than I was a dumb kid. Unfortunately the ColecoVision didn't last long in our house. Among the pile of Coleco games was Space Fury. The intro features a creepy-looking (to my 4-year-old self, anyway) alien head while freaky space music plays in the background. I interpreted the sounds as alien speech and thought the creature was talking directly to me. This scared the poo poo out of my, and I ran out of the room crying. My parents got rid of the Coleco and all the games shortly thereafter.
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As regards the earliest days of my gaming, I was born in `81, and the first console I got to get my hands on was a Coleco Vision that my father bought new, on release. Zaxxon, Space Fury, Turbo and Donkey Kong were all stone classic ports, probably the best ports before the NES. Edit: Also, that genius analog synth poo poo that opens up Space Fury is the BEST. Good times. I was actually fairly late getting a NES, since my mom and stepfather didn't have much scratch in those days, I didn't get mine until 1990, and even then, I missed most of the big name games, and got a rack of low-budget crud. Back to the Future? Seriously? Double edit: I had the 5200 as a stopgap, when I was about 6 or 7. Unfortunately, I went through about eight controllers that all broke. Knowing what I know now, I should have just boxed the stuff and waited a decade or two for when the internet would show me dudes who can repair them and then I could play the giant shoebox full of games I had back then that I am just starting to replace now. Allen Wren fucked around with this message at May 22, 2013 around 01:12 |
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ACID POLICE posted:Do any of you who are Atari fans (well, Atari consoles, the ST is rad as heck but that's a different story) grow up while Atari making games was a thing or are any of you born after that time period? I've never been able to understand enjoying pre-FC/NES era games but people obviously do
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Lowen SoDium posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRIikQqOC5I Sneak `N Peak was my favorite old Atari game. I always remember this because of all those times I listened to Retronauts and heard Jenn Frank's horrifying 2600 memories.
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I gotta stay away from Pawn shops... they have everything I could ever want at really good prices and I had to walk out of one to keep myself from buying a Super Famicom for $50. Tempted to go back for it 
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Hammond Edgar posted:Unfortunately the ColecoVision didn't last long in our house. Among the pile of Coleco games was Space Fury. The intro features a creepy-looking (to my 4-year-old self, anyway) alien head while freaky space music plays in the background. I interpreted the sounds as alien speech and thought the creature was talking directly to me. This scared the poo poo out of my, and I ran out of the room crying. My parents got rid of the Coleco and all the games shortly thereafter. Thank god she retrieved it after I went to bed and gave it back to me years later. I still play it now and then and it still chills the 4 year old in me to hear the first one coming and see him turn the bend...
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I remember Sonic the Hedgehog for DOS and Spiritual Warfare scared the bejesus out of me when I was a kid, and I still get the creeps when I play Starfox 64.
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Just spent some time tearing down 4 snes controllers and putting together 2 with the best parts and the other two out of what's left over. It seems like the first screen in StarFox was made for testing out controllers  .On another note, wtf do you guys find 10%+ hydrogen peroxide for retr0bright? I went to 4 stores looking today and could only find 3% :/
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| # ? May 22, 2013 01:35 |
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McFunkerson posted:Just spent some time tearing down 4 snes controllers and putting together 2 with the best parts and the other two out of what's left over. It seems like the first screen in StarFox was made for testing out controllers
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Tusen Takk posted:I'm at work right now so I can tell you Walgreens carries it. I guess that'll teach me to go to CVS.
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Tusen Takk posted:I remember Sonic the Hedgehog for DOS and Spiritual Warfare scared the bejesus out of me when I was a kid, and I still get the creeps when I play Starfox 64. This exact part of Bart vs The Space Mutants used to always scare the crap out of me: http://youtu.be/4RBNTdOATj0?t=12m31s I was a weird kid. I think it was because it happened right in the middle of gameplay, and was totally random when Marge would just pop up on screen, though.
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I have a mate visiting at the moment and talk of retro gaming lead us to the question of whether or not JP Mega Drive accessories would work with PAL system. Anybody know what the deal is? He's keen on picking up a controller or two if he can while he's here, because they aren't too easy to find back home.
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They should work fine. As far as I'm aware genesis/mega drive was size difference aside from the rom itself. All the consoles use the same 9 pin connector. As far as I'm aware console lockout on peripherals didn't happen until the dreamcast with house of the dead 2 and the light guns in the us flyboi fucked around with this message at May 22, 2013 around 03:00 |
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JJJJJS posted:Yeah, we're moving the office right now. Things have been slower than usual because of that and catching up from the charity show we did in mid april. Fortunately I just cleared the last of the orders yesterday so things are nearly back to full speed. Not sure why you might have thought there was a box, that's something I'd like to make clearer if possible. --damnit wrong thread But while I'm here, I'll be ordering from you in no time JJJJS. I'm just trying to narrow down what I want. Tyson Tomko fucked around with this message at May 22, 2013 around 03:08 |
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McFunkerson posted:Just spent some time tearing down 4 snes controllers and putting together 2 with the best parts and the other two out of what's left over. It seems like the first screen in StarFox was made for testing out controllers You can also get them at any hair care store. Strong peroxide is used for bleaching.
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flyboi posted:They should work fine. As far as I'm aware genesis/mega drive was size difference aside from the rom itself. Thanks. I was under the impression that NTSC SNES pads wouldn't work with PAL consoles and thought it might be similar. This weekend we're off to Tokyo with a quick stop in Akihabara. I'm after a Saturn multi tap and maybe a SFC game or two. I hope Katana Gomai hasn't cleaned every where out by then.
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I went to a thrift store looking for video games today and found some shovelware, some sports and a copy of Sim City 2000. I ended up leaving the store with a 27'' Trinitron.It's an absolute behemoth with an absurd number of input connections; model number kv-27fs100L. I'm debating buying a remote but I'd probably pay more than the seven bucks the TV cost and I'm fine with getting up to press the buttons when I adjust volume and change between consoles.
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Got a dreamcast up and running today. Holy crap when it's reading it sounds like a bloody grinder. Going to play shenmue for the first time tonight, pretty pumped for that.
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Cloks posted:I went to a thrift store looking for video games today and found some shovelware, some sports and a copy of Sim City 2000. I ended up leaving the store with a 27'' Trinitron.It's an absolute behemoth with an absurd number of input connections; model number kv-27fs100L. I'm debating buying a remote but I'd probably pay more than the seven bucks the TV cost and I'm fine with getting up to press the buttons when I adjust volume and change between consoles. Hit up a dollar store of some sort and you should be able to find a universal remote for about 5 bucks. (edit: full disclosure, it has been a while since I bought one.) Do (normal size) SD cards fit flush in the Mega Everdrive? I know the SD2SNES needs that mini adapter for Macs to fit so I'd assume yes. If that is the case I'll skip making a slot for it and just use the micro slot. Plus then I'd only have to drill a hole for the Master System pause button. Are there any drawbacks to that method I'm not thinking of other than having to unscrew the case to put anything else on the card/update the firmware? Now to go back in the thread and find Univbee's post about how those DAT files work! TheSpamalope posted:Got a dreamcast up and running today. Holy crap when it's reading it sounds like a bloody grinder. Going to play shenmue for the first time tonight, pretty pumped for that. Ah hearing that wonderful, awful noise for the first time is like magic: scary yet amazing. _____! fucked around with this message at May 22, 2013 around 04:58 |
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Where did the people who bought an Ezflash IV get theirs from? I've seen realhotstuff.hk recommended but the description says it's out of stock. I have a terrible itch to play Mother 3.
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WAIL posted:Where did the people who bought an Ezflash IV get theirs from? I've seen realhotstuff.hk recommended but the description says it's out of stock. In spite of the out of stock notice, it will let you add one to the cart and check out. Unfortunately, while goons a couple weeks ago had success, I've been waiting since Friday for mine to stop processing and ship. Nothing yet  ill keep you posted if it actually ships or gets refunded.
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Does anybody know whether SFC pirate carts are worth anything? I found a console I'd like to buy, but it'd only be worth it if I can recoup some of the cost by selling the cartridge it comes with.
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| # ? May 22, 2013 06:06 |
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Random Stranger posted:The Intellivision had a spinner built into that strange joystick.
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Vegastar posted:In spite of the out of stock notice, it will let you add one to the cart and check out. Unfortunately, while goons a couple weeks ago had success, I've been waiting since Friday for mine to stop processing and ship. Nothing yet I bit the bullet and ordered one. What's the worst that can happen? I did find my old E-Link cart I bought years ago. Unfortunately I can't get it to work with 64 bit Windows 7 so it doesn't do me any good.
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| # ? May 22, 2013 06:25 |
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The Mega Everdrive SD slot leaves half the card hanging out of the cartridge. However it has both a normal and micro sd slot. The micro slot seats fine inside the cartridge without a hole cut.
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Well, my Sega CD gamble doesn't seem to have panned out, as the unit doesn't seem to power on, although apparently there's a fuse in the system that commonly blows so I might give that a go, fingers crossed. I hope that's all it is.
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TheSpamalope posted:Got a dreamcast up and running today. Holy crap when it's reading it sounds like a bloody grinder. Going to play shenmue for the first time tonight, pretty pumped for that. I like to think of it as the mechanical version of Scratchy's (of Itchy and Scratchy fame) scream. Also noticed that the thrift store Dreamcast I bought has a "no returns" sticker on it so I guess I'm stuck with it 
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