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    Yeah, I like the above definitions for the most part. There are always going to be those machines that don't quite seem to fit into the mold though. The TG-16 is one. It's actually kind of between the "8-bit" and the "16-bit" generations. Based on both hardware and time of release. It came out earlier in Japan, remember? So it came out after the NES and SMS and before the Genesis and SNES fired up (although in the US it came out about the same time as the Genesis). Its capabilities were also kind of between the two, as well. It had great color, sprites, and speed, but couldn't do some of the neat graphical things that the Genesis could. (Of course later, the SNES did the same, able to do some graphical things the Genesis couldn't.) But the system and its software were more closely competitive to the Genesis than the NES, imo, so I would group it with the Genesis/SNES era of gaming. The 5200 I see as a similar inbetweenie system. More advanced than the 2600 to be sure, but not quite up to NES/SMS/7800 standards. I look more at the system's capabilities than the hardware and parts. Arguing that the 2600 and the NES are both "8-bit" is useless to me. Looking at the games the NES is an obviously more capable machine, so to me it belongs in a different generation of consoles.

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    I haven't heard of this. Is it just the Genesis 1 that has trouble? I have a Genesis 2 and haven't had any trouble with my Westinghouse LCD which is certainly not a top of the line model (it supports 1080p, but it was the cheapest one that did so).

     

    I'm not sure, but googling the problem I did find quite a few people asking about it, but few real answers. So I guess it's just SOME TV's that don't support the 240. How long have you had your TV? Mine is about three years old (got it during the 2008 Olympics).

     

    Mine is probably about two years old. It's a Westinghouse model TX-42F810G. The Genesis is connected via rf, and is daisy chained with an NES, a Jaguar, and a TG-16 rf connections between it and the TV. Last time I played my Genesis on it was a few months ago. I had just bought Truxton and played it for a couple hours. Right now I put Thunder Force II in and I'm just letting it run the attract mode to see if anything pops up weird.

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    Well, what ever you find, get some cheap sports games or something to practice or try it on first.

     

    IIRC, Brasso is a polishing compound with very fine grit in it. So it would require buffing and rubbing in some way. Same idea with toothpaste. Small amount of grit in it helps polish the minor scratches out. It's more a physical than chemical action.

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    I think one problem with the Genesis/GenesisCD/32X thing was that there was so many add on devices that they couldn't concentrate on one format. If someone made a game for the 32X for example, they would miss out on all the people that didn't have a 32X. If they just made it for the CD, they were missing out on all the people who didn't have the CD add on. So neither add on really had a lot of support or at least enough support to keep it alive. And yeah, the Saturn being released did put some final nails in those coffins...

     

    And what did it mean that the 32X games weren't as good as the CD games? I don't have either one of them, but I was under the impression that both of them had good games and bad games.

     

    This is a very plausible way to look at what happened to Sega after 1994. The problem is, most hardware and software manufacturers have more than three (or five) platforms running at once that they manage to support just fine. This includes Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo, much less any other company.

     

    My problem with the Genesis, Sega CD, 32X and Saturn being somehow mutually exclusive is that companies today make the "same game" for the PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, Nintendo DS, and PSP, if not the PC as well. Seriously, it seems more fiscally responsible to port a game to as many platforms as possible.

     

    The problems with the mid 1990s must have had more to do with the market slump and all of the transitions in gameplay styles going on at the time.

     

    How many games were there with both 32X and CD versions? I know there are several with regular Genesis versions and a version for one of the other two (Virtua Racing for example had both regular Genny and 32X versions), but there aren't many with both 32X and CD versions. Possibly because there aren't that many 32X games to begin with... but just seems like most were either/or, not both. Also, now I think there are fewer restrictions (like Nintendo's exclusivity agreements) than there were back then. I'm just thinking they spread their market too thin with so many essentially different systems. I would believe that today's game development/production environment is much different than it was fifteen or twenty years ago. I agree that today, they can and should release it to as many systems as possible to get as wide a sales base as possible. But in the 16-bit days, games on more than one system were more of the exception than the rule. Yeah, there were some, but most games seemed to be on one or the other because the costs involved (making two different cartridges is more expensive than making two different disks) and those exclusivity agreements.

     

    I don't know. I just think there's something to it.

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    People have Cat Boxes though... Especially people on AA forums... I'd like to have one, but I'm okay with rf for now.

     

    The gray cased Majora's Mask was interesting, too bad about the label.

     

    I don't want that mangled Mario plushy... I'd have nightmares.

     

    I agree, the VB kiosk would be neat to have, but I have absolutely nowhere to put it in my apartment. I remember a long time ago, in a different apartment, on the third floor, I got off the couch to investigate a loud "clunk, clunk, clunk" I heard on the stairs. The guy in the apartment across from me (also on the third floor mind you) had bought a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade machine and had the two delivery guys pulling it up the stairs. I helped them get it up the last flight and turned and through the door. He attached the panel with the controls on it (it was too wide to fit up the stairs or through the door still attached) plugged it in and adjust something behind it. Then the two delivery guys, the neighbor, and I played TMNT arcade for about an hour. But a huge arcade machine, in a small one bedroom apartment, on the third floor... that dude was crazy.

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    I think one problem with the Genesis/GenesisCD/32X thing was that there was so many add on devices that they couldn't concentrate on one format. If someone made a game for the 32X for example, they would miss out on all the people that didn't have a 32X. If they just made it for the CD, they were missing out on all the people who didn't have the CD add on. So neither add on really had a lot of support or at least enough support to keep it alive. And yeah, the Saturn being released did put some final nails in those coffins...

     

    And what did it mean that the 32X games weren't as good as the CD games? I don't have either one of them, but I was under the impression that both of them had good games and bad games.

     

    Never played a Pippin. Didn't he play with Jordan?

     

    Played a Virtual Boy only at the store. (I worked at a Target when they were being sold.) I just couldn't imagine myself having fun playing it for very long. I mean, people talk about WoW players being alone in their mom's basement, pale, overweight, eating Cheeto's and drinking Red Bull, (a gross exaggeration) but at least they can look around. The Virtual Boy made you completely cut off from the outside. If your cat snuck up on you and sniffed your hand while you were playing (to check for Cheeto residue), it'd scare the crap out of you because your peripheral vision is gone.

     

    I would have bought a CD-i if I had the money if only because of Phil Hartman in the commercials.

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    It thinks it's in one of those old store kiosks where the game would automatically reset after a few minutes so that one person wouldn't hog the machine. I'd give it a stern lecture to set it straight. I tend to get the best results when I have one hand on my hip and the other hand wagging a finger at the offending hardware.

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  12. Posted · Edited by Eltigro

    The first NES Castlevania was one of the first games I got for the system. I remember having it, 1943, Metal Gear, and of course the pack-in SMB/DH. I loved the game and still have very fond memories of it. I didn't beat it for years, but it was damn fun trying.

     

    Never owned CVII, just rented it a few times.

     

    I don't think I've ever even played CVIII.

     

    I have Castlevania: Bloodlines for the Genesis and it's pretty fun, but I haven't played it enough to get very far. I get a little past the area where everything fills up with water I think. It's been a while.

     

    I used to have Symphony of the Night, but it was in a binder full of games that I let a friend borrow when I got my PS2. The friend moved and lost the binder in the move. (This binder also had my copies of FF VII, Einhander, Suikoden I and II in it!!!) But it was amazing when I first played it. I cringed at the voice acting at the beginning, but the game seemed revolutionary at the time. And it has become the standard by which almost all 2D CV's have been measured. I never repaced the Playstation disk, but I downloaded it on XBox.

     

    I have Super Castlevania IV on the Wii Virtual Console. Again, I haven't played it enough to get very far into it, but it does remind me more of the first one than Bloodlines. More visual tricks though with the SNES, like the turning rooms and whatnot.

     

    I have Dracula X on the Virtual Console as well. It reminds me even more of the first CV. Kind of a cross between it and SCV IV. It's really fun but I don't play it much. I was very excited to try it though. The price of playing the actual game was/is prohibitive and many people say it's still the best CV out there.

     

    I have Castlevania Adventure for the Gameboy. Never could get very far into it. Controls too stiff it seems and there's one place where I have to jump across some blocks that I can't seem to get past.

     

    I have Harmony of Dissonance and enjoyed it quite a bit. But I got to one point where I have to make it through a maze like room faster than a rolling ball so that I can get into a room to get something and have not been able to get past that point. Haven't played it in years.

     

    I have a downloaded Castlevania on the 360. I don't even remember the names now. It is big on online multiplayer and has several characters that can be leveled up. I don't play it much.

     

    I have Lords of Shadow and like it for what it is. It doesn't seem very Castlevania, just because, as you can see through my CV history, it's the first one I've played that was 3-D. It, as many people have mentioned, plays more like God of War. It is fun, but again, as seems to be the case on many games lately, I got to a point that started frustrating me and haven't played it in a while. (The music box level.)

     

    I've never played any import Castlevania's (except Dracula X: Rondo of Blood) and I never played any of the 3-D games (except LoS), but I have been a fan of the series for quite a while and have fond memories of the games. I would guess that my favorite would have to be the first one, but this base more on nostalgia than anything I would assume.

  13. Posted · Edited by Eltigro

    Yes.

     

     

     

     

    Oh, you want more info? In that case, definitely. If it comes with Bonk 1 and 2, it already is coming with a couple of the best games for the system. The Turbo Tap and two Turbo Pads are a big plus and necessary for any two player action. As others have said, Devils Crush is an excellent pinball sim. I'd also recommend Ninja Spirit, Blazing Lazers, and Military Madness. Neutopia is an excellent Zelda-ish game as well as the appropriately named sequel, Neutopia II.

     

    The Turbo Booster will allow you to hook the system up using RCA type connections. The Turbo Booster Plus includes the RCA type connections as well as a way to save games. If it comes with either one of these... BONUS!

     

    As far as a good price goes? Dunno. Mine was a couple hundred dollars, bought new, in the early nineties.

     

    Comparing it to the Genesis and SNES? They both have more slightly better graphics and sound, but it's still pretty comparable. TG-16 games are usually bright and colorful, only missing a few graphical tricks that the others might have, but it's doubtful you'll notice much. I think the sound is better than the Genesis, and seems to suffer from slowdown less than the SNES (especially in shooters where there are a lot of things on the screen, of course in those instances, slowdown could help...) The biggest difference is in the software. There are far more games available for the Genesis and SNES. And those games are much easier to find. Go to just about any mom and pop video game resale shop and you'll see full racks of Genesis and SNES games, and maybe two TurboGrafx games. (And those will usually be ones you already have or don't want anyway.)

     

    BTW, I must admit that I'm a biased source... for example, I've been using Johnny Turbo for my profile pic or whatever for years...

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    Oooh, Alien Crush. That's a fun one.

     

    Indeed I love Alien Crush and there is another one isn't there? Can't remember the name but I remember back in the day renting a Turbo Graphics system from my local video store with of course Keith Courage, Alien Crush, I think maybe R-type and some platform game. For sure I was impressed by the graphics, I mean I was blown away, me and my friend put our money together to rent it but otherwise those were pretty poor and hard times, that was my only experience with the system, it was not big in my area but I always remembered being impressed with the graphics.

     

    Yeah, as Austin said, it's Devil's Crush. I actually started that page on Wikipedia (if you look at the history of revisions on the page, I'm Belknap, the page starter.) I have both Alien and Devil games, they are pretty good. I prefer Devil over Alien.

  20. Posted

    2600: (It's been a long time since I played one, but...)

    River Raid

    Space Invaders

    Donkey Kong

     

    NES:

    Castlevania

    Blaster Master

    1943

     

    SMS:

    Shanghai

    Enduro Racer

    Shinobi

     

    SNES:

    Super Mario World

    Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

    The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

     

    Genesis:

    Thunder Force 3

    Sonic the Hedgehog

    Phantasy Star II

     

    TurboGrafx-16:

    Gate of Thunder

    Bonk's Adventure

    Devil's Crush

     

    Jaguar:

    Zool 2

    CyberMorph

    DinoDudes

     

    Nintendo 64:

    Super Mario 64

    Mario Kart 64

    007 Goldeneye

     

    Sega Saturn:

    Virtua Cop

    Daytona USA

    Darius Gaiden

     

    Sony Playstation:

    Tomb Raider

    Suikoden

    Castlevania: Symphony of the Night

     

    GameCube:

    Mario Kart Double Dash

    The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker

    Star Wars Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron II

     

    Sega Dreamcast: (I don't have a lot of DC games, but of the ones I have...)

    Crazy Taxi

    Sega GT

    Tee Off

     

    Playstation 2:

    God of War II

    Grand Theft Auto III

    Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec

     

    XBox:

    Star Wars Starfighter

    Crimson Skies

    Fable

     

    Wii:

    Wii Sports

    Super Mario Galaxy

    The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

     

    Xbox360:

    Batman Arkham Asylum

    Assassin's Creed II

    Rock Band 2

  21. Posted · Edited by Eltigro

    I need to get my toaster back out and mess with it again. It had flashing issues, I ordered a new connector because everything I read at the time said it was easier than bending pins. While waiting for the part to arrive, I put the NES on the floor by my desk. When the part arrived, I went to pick up the NES and found that the cat had peed on it. Cleaned it for a few hours with alcohol and swabs. Urine had gotten on everything. Replaced the connector, put everything back together, plugged it in, inserted a game, and got nothing.

     

    I said screw it and ordered a top loader of Ebay. It works great so I never got back to messing with the toaster.

     

    Also, I kind of like the idea of maybe putting something behind them, but it would probably be too difficult to do in reality. Finding the right size of thing and the right resiliency... perhaps an individual spring on each of them?

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    Okay, background... I'm a teacher in Texas. We have mandatory state tests called the TAKS (Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills) tests. Today was the 6th grade Reading test. Teachers are not supposed to look at the test or read anything on the test, but while supervising testing, something caught my eye and I had to read a little of it.

     

    The name of the reading passage was "Queen of Q*bert" and it was about Doris Self. I didn't read much to know what all was said, but Billy Mitchell was also mentioned.

     

    So today, sixth grade students all over the state of Texas read about Doris, Billy, and Q*bert. Just thought it was interesting and I would share.

     

    Now I'll probably get fired...

  24. Posted

    I prefer to play on the actual hardware with an actual cartridge/disk/whatever...

     

    I have only messed around with emulators and ROMs on computers a little and that was about ten years ago or so...

     

    I do enjoy playing what is essentially emulation in the form of the Wii Virtual Console... I have several games for several systems on the VC. The emulation is really good as far as I can tell, the only downside is not being able to use the controllers that you would have originally used.

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