Andromeda Stardust

Bunch of thieves you were...

I got my approval today.

Darryl, i wanted to add that the slippery physics was one of the things I hated about Ice Climber and Mario Bros. Being raised on Super Mario Brothers, I would often miss the platforms or crash into enemies when playing Ice Climber or Mario Bros. So for me, the PAL 1993 "Classic Serie" release is the definitive editon. It plays great on an NTSC NES (lockout needs to be disabled) and is easier to control so despite the speed up, I can get a lot futher in this version. If you search for it on eBay or elsewhere, be sure to take a detailed look at the cover. This is the version you want: http://nintendoage.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Element.View&pId=1&egID=1418&lgID=5489&sID=2127 And the crappy version you don't want, essentially identical gameplay to the NTSC release: http://nintendoage.com/index.cfm?FuseAction=Element.View&pId=1&egID=1418&lgID=5091&sID=1994 If you decide to buy one, make sure you don't settle for a stock image as the versions may be easily confused by the shop owner. Agree to disagree on this one, but I and most other gamers probably consider the jump physics to be an improvement. I really don't see the reason why someone would deliberately hack in the old jump physics, even if it's more "arcade" accurate. There's also a hack available that improves the graphics of this. One guy recently tried to produce a run of carts using it until the author barked about it. Here is the locked NA thread: http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=6&threadid=154510 IMO the enhanced graphics just look so wrong (ie fake "16-bit" styling) and nothing like the arcade original.

I think a Vector display could be emulated in 1080p with good results. HD resolution is fine enough to make the lines pop without jaggies, assuming a decent antialias filter is used. I know it won't be the same as a real vector tube as the flicker and phosphor trails won't be exact, but the best possible display with modern tech. I would love to play Vectrex games on an HD display.

You know what? Hadmike not started this trainwreck in the first place, then maybe he would still have an audience. At this point any future KS project they start, RetroVGS related or not, will be highly scrutinized. They have really sot themselves in the foot with this. Like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, a new cartridge system could still become a reality at some point ---just look at the vinyl renaissance--- but it will not come from Mike and Company.

This is exactly the kind of feeling I'm talking about. Trbo grafx/PC Engine is an excellent example for many because we didn't know it existed when it was out. It doesn't have to specifically be joyful moments connected with your past childhood. You get the feeling "man they don't make 'em like they used to..." even when you're playing a 20 year old game for the first time, heck even if it's a brand new homebrew. Playing these games brings out a child-like joy in adults, and this feeling invokes nostalgia even if we have no memories associated with the game. Suppose I picked up a hidden gem yesterday at the game shop, or played a game off my shelf for the first time last night, even if I've had it for a while. Well now I have a positive memory associated with the game, even if it's less than 24 hours old. I also have nostalgia for picking up great games twelve years ago when retro collecting was plentiful and cheap. I wish I could go back in time and pick up that Bubble Bobble 2 I saw on the shelf, but passed up because the first one was "good enough." I think one could argue that playing games in the present creates nostalgia in addition to recalling it. Some people only want to play the games of their childhood; others want to play old games they've never played or new ones. These are equally valid.

Wow has this thread really regressed to degenerate moma smack talk and ball kicking? Ditto. Also agreed.

Dangit! Concerto cannot come soon enough...

There exists a little known European PAL variant of Mario Bros called Mario Bros Classic Serie rereleased in Europe in 1993, with updated animations and physics to match the arcade. I cannot play the old NES version since...

No dice. Lightguns require precise timing as the CRT races the beam. The conversion would cause lag and desync the lightgun to the beam.

Under $200 with controller. Final price TBA. HDMI does not work with Zapper games though due to the incompatible video standard.

Space C_nt...

Mystery solved.

You can draw anything with flicker, even if the frame rate goes down the toilet. IMO, flicker at less than 20Hz or so gets annoying fast...

Because everyone needs some extra plutonium in their diet.

I have one. It's awesome. I also have an adapter from Tototek that the NES cart faces the same way as the Famicom. AV Famicom is also the best way to experience Famicom games without tuning weird cable channels. Also there's no jailbars like with the toploader. Also if the OP waits a few months the AVS (720p HDMI NES / Famicom) will be out soon from RetroUSB. It also has built in four score and is compatible with four player Famicom and NES games. Stadium Events not included. LOL! http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=7&threadid=92557

Yes.

PM for Klax...

Great post Brett. I agree with you, video games are timeless. But looking at the overall picture, broken into time periods, there are certain trends and styles concerning both the technical merits of the games as well as the actual gameplay. The generation system is valid. Pre-crash (2nd gen), 3rd gen, 4th gen, 5th gen all have unique qualities as well individual consoles have different themes they excel at. But I agree that people of any age can enjoy games from any time period. Yeah I got sick of arguing over the semantics of the definition of the word. Many words often have several accepted uses. Nostalgia seems to be one of those where the dictionary definition does not perfectly represent the accepted usage of it in gaming circles.

I have to wiggle them back and forth a bit to pull them out. 3rd party carts like Tengen and Color Dreams are especially troublesome. But I would rather put up with carts being slightly difficult to remove than being plagued with errors and read issues. The BLW also contains it's own multiregion lockout, so if you haven't already performed the lockout mod on your NES, it becomes redundant with the addition of the BLW.

No ill intent taken. The more you brought it up, the more curious I become. Still waiting on that acceptance email. Same username as here. They can look me up if they want. Get the adapter. It is nice and for $35, it's a steal! Perfect for those of us with just the base unit and who cannot afford a CDROM or Duo model. Make sure all your EXP pins are perfectly straight before attaching the brick. One of my audio pins was slightly crooked and bent upon first insertion, no doubt from using my hackish "poor man's" AV mod. I straightened it out with needle nose pliers and the adapter worked flawlessly afterwords. One caveat is it probably won't fit on a PC Engine without hacking due to the trapezoidal shape. But on the AV version of the PC Engine it would be redundant. Also just an observation but the thing isn't perfectly round on the edges. You can see a faint outline of the trapezoid sloped walls in the design. The AV plugs appear to come out of an acrylic plate that has been laser cut and glued down into the harness. On the pin connector side, the 3x23 pin header is fabricated from one and a half IDE style sockets. The 3D printing is somewhat coarse and uses extruder tech rather than powder. The texture of the beads is similar to duct tape with none of the tack, giving it a finely ribbed surface texture that is semi-glossy and runs around the perimeter of the shape. Overall high quality and extremely sturdy when installed. And the picture is pristine.

"retrophilia" - Oh that's lovely. Let's create a brand new condition with "-philia" on the end so psychologists have something to label us with! Let's agree to disagree. This will be my last post on the subject. I definitely feel a sense of "nostagia" or whatever you want to call it when I enter into an antigue shop or a 50's diner with a vinyl jukebox and memorabilia on the walls. I can also tell you with absolute certainty I was not alive in that era or any time prior to the 80s. But I am still convinced that it is possible to open a portal back in time by surrounding oneself with things of the past. We do not exist in a vacuum, and future generations will discover and appreciate retro games and classic rock and other things of bygone days. Whether it becomes more popular or dies down to a niche of niches, I do not know. Playing video games from another time is an experience. It was an experience in 1983 or whatever and it is the same experience in 2015. Call it nostagia if you want. Call it retro. Call it what you will, but arguing that old games cannot invoke the same feelings in younger generations that they do in us "old farts" is a bit of a misnomer. There are grumpy old men and happy old men. Denying the younger generation the same experience is like yelling "get off my lawn" while allowing them in is like saying "y'all gather round and let me tell you a story of when I was your age..." Don't know about you, but I want to be the happy old man. You can be the grumpy old man if you want and discriminate based on age. I'll share my "nostalgia" with anyone who wants to experience it firsthand.

Well I really love mine. The Best 7800s were basically new old stock as far as I can tell. Cosmetically mine was absolutely pristine and I'm almost positive it had never been played before I recieved it. Well not there's a couple hairline marks on it because I do use it a lot. Best also plugged the screw holes with red wax and "Warranty void if removed" tamper stickers. LOL. I felt guilty pulling the plugs out to open the system but I needed to make a minor adjustment to the 2600 hue pot. The AV mod work inside looked very clean and professionally done. No sloppy solder or parts strewn haphazardly around. The "official" in house mod that Best used appears to not suffer from the ghosting problem that the Electronic Sentimentalities and other 3rd party mods do. Most other mods route a cutoff switch to the channel selector to prevent TIA interferance when operating in 7800 mode. This is totally absent on the Best mod and as far as I can tell there was zero interferance when operating in either mode. After a bit of calibration, the 2600 mode picture was virtually identical to my stock 4-switch woody sans RF bleed, although I've since increased the saturation on the woody using the 820-ohm resistor mod. Also 3rd party mods tend to get incorrect resistor values for the audio mix, resulting in Pokey sound being too weak in comparison. I don't have a Commando to compare to, but Ballblazer is pretty loud on mine. The issue has been brought up since the Concerto is slowly getting out there. The only real thing the Best AV mod lacks is S-Video, which is a dying format anyway.

No offense taken. Also if the OP is that concerned about the finnicky cart connector, he should probably get a toploader. Or just buy up a batch of aftermarket pin connectors and be prepared to replace them every few years. The cart loader is the NES Achillies heel and all will wear out over time and require delicate maintenence and meticulous cleaning. Well SNES is a natural progression from NES. The NES isn't a bad system and niether is SNES, but both havea lot of filler crap and a lot of gems in their respective libraries. SNES is getting just as expensive as NES, possibly moreso for later games with expansion pins that cannot be played on a Powerpak or Everdrive. Well once your NES has been sodomized by the Game Genie, it is basically required to use one to get a reliable read. I've gotten tons of replay value and general entertainment from my Genie over the years, and believe it or not, you can daisy chain them if you stick to 8-character codes. Oftentimes I would just leave the Genie in the NES in order to play stubborn games without inputting any codes at all. I also modified one of my Genies to fit in the Blinking Light Win. You need to grind part of the tongue off with a Dremel tool.

I got my Best AV 7800 in 2014. Picture is amazing. Sadly it appears they no longer offer them for sale. Maybe they ran out?