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  3. Posted · Edited by malducci

    NES IS FOR DOUCHEBAGS!!! :D

     

    So... it's for Germans??? That doesn't make any sense. :3

     

     

    OP: Uhmm... if you have to ask, the answer is obvious. Get rid of it. You can always deal with regret later on (if that ever happens). I never understood why people post threads like this. If you can't make a simple choice like this, I can just imagine what the rest of your important real life decision process is like.

     

    Edit: I voted No.

  4. Posted · Edited by malducci

    Interesting post but fact tells us that the 7800 actually outsold the SMS in the US, which as much as I love the 7800 still surprises me!

     

    Which is why I'm skeptical of posted sales numbers. (Back in the day) 7800 who? I knew of the SMS, NES, Amiga, ST, C64, A8, 5200/2600, Coleco, etc. I never saw one 7800, nor knew it existed, or anything. And yet it out sold the SMS (which every kid I know that played games back then, knew what an SMS was even if they didn't have one)? That doesn't add up.

  6. Posted · Edited by malducci

    In Europe, Nintendo had to port some SMS games to try and generate sales. (Afterburner, Shinobi, Fantasy Zone)

     

    None of those came out in Europe.

     

    1988 LA Times article stating that Sega sold 500,000 systems

     

    British magazine article breaking down Sega UK/Europe sales for 1990:

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    What kind of professional magazine writes "Heeeeee, heeeeeee, heeeeee, hee, he." ???

     

    I've also wonder how much support Sega received for the Master System in UK/EU, on the basis of Nintendo's system being the favorite child of the US game systems.

  8. Posted

    Then you won't like the original Phantasy Star 1 which was a pure grindfest with barely any strategy in the fight scenes.

    Yeah, I agree. Best to pass on the Phantasy Star series in general. Huge boring grindfests. Some neat plotty stuff seems to happen, as indicated in the intro scenes of the later ones, but to get there is a *massive* hassle.

     

    PS4 was the last one I tried. It marched me all over the continent on boring fetch quests for a good 6 hours before I gave up. At one point it even temporarily gave me a powerful character and basically told me to use him for grinding before they took him. Lame. Lots of people like that game too. I just don't 'get' any of it.

     

    At least I can remember distinctly which phantasy star games were which though. I really have trouble with a lot of the FF series.

     

    Than it's a safe bet that you're not a classic J-RPG fan. Simple as that. Just because you liked a few of them, doesn't make it so. (Not sure if you've figured that out or not ;) )

     

    Also, I have no idea what RPGs people are playing, that they consider FF IV a grind fest (or anything remotely close to it). And Chrono Trigger is over hyped. Fun game, but no where near the pedestal fan-freaks put it on.

  9. Posted

    A while back, I bought Final Fantasy Chronicles so I could finally have Chrono Trigger. However, FFC also happens to have FFIV in it. I've heard nothing but unfailing praise for this game wherever I go, so I had some high hopes for it. But now I've gotten a few hours into it, it just doesn't seem all that fun.

     

    That's your problem right there. Don't let hype effect what you think of a game. Almost no game lives up to the hype. If you like J-RPGs from that era, then kept playing it. It's a fun game. I personally though FF V was boring. FFIV and VI were a blast.

  10. Posted

    Something To Do With Your Hands

     

    Look closely and you'll see that the price is listed in GBP. That explains it. Something this suggestive would not have been well-received in the US.

     

    Wow, what a tasteless ad. Never expected something like that from Sega. Is that was it takes over in the UK to get peoples attention? And the funny part, is that it's not even really funny. Just something lame like a 13yr old would draw.

  11. Posted

    I assume that dig was aimed at me and do you even know what the pictured game is (and don't say Fight For Life because its not the standard release) because if you did you would know its worth far more than the majority of crap old NES stuff.

     

    And that's supposed to mean something? It's a Jag game. What more is there to say? The name of the game might as well be 'doorstop'. Just because it's worth some amount of value as an asset or collective investment, says nothing about the game itself. It doesn't change the fact ;)

     

    On topic. Man, I wish I had kept some of my old borked NES systems for something like this (hate to ruin a working system). They used to be dime a dozen 10 year ago.

  13. Posted

    There is also a sequel titled Dragon Saber. I'm unaware of any domestic releases of the title outside of the actual arcade cabinet, but it was on the final Namco Museum release on the PSOne in Japan if you're willing to import (Namco Museum Encore). It's also rumored for a North American release on the Virtual Console's arcade section (Already on the Japanese service for the Wii).

     

    Dragon Saber is also on PC Engine, IIRC.

  14. Posted

    Hi guys,

     

    One person I heard said the Turbo-Duo was ugly. I said its debatable. The design was slick & cool looking. But the material was cheap and gritty.

     

     

    Anthony....

     

    Anyone that told you that is either messing with you, or are complete frick'n idiots. The Duo isn't ugly by any stretch of the imagination. Unless tasteless designs are your thing.

     

    Can we include home console computers too? Like the A8's and C64s?

  16. Posted

    U.S. SNES

    Nintendo DS Phat

    3DO

    CDI

    Sega Nomad

    Xbox 360

    Atari 5200.

     

    What!? Ok, people in this thread are officially fucking ridiculous. Genesis, TG16 and NES are ugly? Yeah, SNES is kind of a bad design, but it isn't ugly per se. But If the SNES is considered "ugly", then lots of systems previous to the NES are super fugly. 5200, coleco, 7800, etc. Yeah, this thread is ridiculous.

  19. Posted

    I think a good way to judge a console's "soul" is how it does in it's afterlife, i.e. is there a large homebrew/emulation support for it after it dies out.

     

    Dreamcast seems to have a bit of soul there as do the Genesis and SMS, and so does the 2600, 7800, and to a lesser extent the 5200.

     

    can't say as much for the Nintendo or Sony products. I honestly look at them as being favored by "casual gamers" who like easy stuff and don't invest a lot of effort into it.

     

    That's a weird definite soul/soulless, but by that definite - the NES definitely has soul. The RE for the NES is probably more crazy than I've seen for any other system. Not to mention the emulation, demo, music/NSF (which is huge). and homebrew scene. It's very-very active. Check out the nesdev forums for yourself.

  20. Posted

    Wow another ignorant newbie jackass who doesn't know what he's talking about. This topic was created quite awhile ago to talk about females who make YouTube videos about classic games. My favorites were the Gaming With the Girls. So I provided links to the videos in the thread and then the real immature a holes came out and could only be negative and criticize them AND me. The facts are, these girls are very good looking AND really like classic games. Dunno what world you live in, but it is a rarity. Most other girls that REALLY like classic games are NOT attractive, are quite old. 40+.. and / or arent into (as knowledgable) about classic games as much as Kat and Diana. It's just the facts..

     

    And who are you anyway, coming here acting like you are the end all say all of this matter when you haven't even been at AA long and don't even know the whole story... Like you aren't a nerd, posting at Atari Age!? We are all nerds to some degree.

     

    PS- someone find me ANY Girl or girls that are better looking, better personality, and / or more gaming knowledge than GMTG's ON YOUTUBE, cus that was the whole point of this topic. Dunno but I find it funny people feel the need to be so negative about this. All I ever was, was positive about this until people started bashing these girls and me............................. Speaking of getting a life... Take your own advice.

     

    Did I bruise your ego? Ahhhh... poor baby. Get over it. ;)

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  22. Posted

    So you found a female gamer. And that's news worthy-posting-material, because she's female? The rare and elusive female gamer. Ooouuu~~~. Some of you guys need to get-a-life. My four nieces are total gamers and have been raised on games before they could walk. Does that mean people (gamer nerds) are going to ogle them when the get older too? Nerds....Jesus. It really seems like every time a young female gamer reveals their gender identify, you get these rabid fools that feel the need to white-knight/protect them, or hit on them, or just treat them as an outsider, poke at them for fun, or insult them (or all of the above). Apparently gaming and maturity are still at opposite ends. /rant off

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  23. Posted · Edited by malducci

    And thats the trouble with you non-gamers:....'from what I've seen'....

     

    I'm a non-gamer now? Hahaha. That's news to me. Should I post my certifications so we can clear up this matter?

     

    But, and this is a handy tip from me, you gotta play to judge, otherwise, ship out and stay quiet.

     

    Bullshit. First, my opinion is my own and I can stated as is. Second, I don't need to 'play to judge' to know what I like and what I don't. I've never played a CD-I game in my life and I don't need to know the games are shit. I've seen enough 'games' on the N-Gage for me to make an opinion of it. And it's an opinion, nobody said you had to like it ;) I didn't tell you to 'ship out or stay quiet', just because I felt your opinion of the NES was slanted.

  24. Posted

    Jealous of the NES?, not likely. I agree with The_Lairds NES comment.

     

    So you guys don't like it because it didn't have direct arcade ports? That's pretty stupid lame reason to hate the NES. Maybe you just don't get the 8bit era. But I suspect it has to do with other reasons ;)

     

     

     

    Trouble with Dittohead is that like his other post (best consoles in his mind), his research is always very flawed (always looks like a Wiki cut and paste job).

     

    N-Gage, for example, I have a COMPLETE collection (yes, complete list of games is known), and the good/bad ratio of games is actually way better when compared to the NES/Famicom, meaning the games on N-Gage are of very good quality indeed. And using the N-Gage as a cell is kinda cool, it makes everyone take notice for sure. Yes, I still use mine nowadays.

     

    Ratio means jack shit to a gamer. The amount of good games are real measure of worth. SGX probably has one of the best ratio of good games to bad for any system (I put it at 60%, but some put it higher). And I doubt anyone has it as their top system of choice :) N-Gage is pretty much crap from what I've seen.

     

    If I had to make a list:

     

    CD-I

     

    3D0

     

    Jaguar

     

    N-Gage

     

    I can't think of a fifth at the moment.

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