zetastrike

I've come to realize that I actually like other people in person... but I tend to think I dislike people "online." Make of that what you will.

I agree with BydoEmpire, on both counts lol I consider myself a Nintendo fan (possibly even a fanboy) and I really enjoy classic arcade games. I also get along with just about everyone in real life, but can be a touch rough around the edges online.

It's always felt a little wrong to me to play Mario Bros on a non-Atari system. I should loudly complain.

I always forget about the VCS versions of those Intellivision games. The Atari Flashback Portable smacked some sense back into me.

Dark Cavern rocked! I used to play the heck out of it as a kid. In my opinion much more playable than Night Stalker. I liked the Adventures of TRON too. They definitely had their actor together as far as good game ports. Can't say the same for some of the Parker Brothers and Coleco ports to the VCS.

Cool to see support for Adventures of Tron. Always wanted to like that game, but always thought it gets old/repetitive quick. Love me some Deadly Discs though!

Centipede alone makes the 7800 worthwhile to own. It's the killer app for the 7800. It's all the reason I need to own the system.

Everyone hates the sound chip, it was really an inexcusable part of the design. Graphically I find it rather pleasant. Stuff like Dig Dug and Donkey Kong are pretty nice looking games, but nothing really holds up to the NES

FWIW, the original 7800 design included better sound, but somewhere along the way it was dropped. Adding a POKEY chip to every cartridge just for sound is incredibly wasteful, which explains why only two (first-party) games did it.

The XM will also add better sound, but who knows how many people will get to use it.

...having said that, yeah, the PVM-or-bust crowd can be quite tedious. Composite/SVideo is actually a better choice for some games, plus any decent CRT TV is enough, no need to spend hundreds of bucks because some trendy obsessives said so.

fact crt is nearly instantly updated by the older machines, and lcd frame at a time with processing ruins gameplay, scan lines improve the picture on old consoles that relied on it to get defined and wonderful graphics.. todays screen make it look blockier than it really was

on the whole CRT vs LCD debate, for me it's more a matter of what i have available. My TI994A and Atari 2600 look just fine on my el cheapo $99 walmart tv, lol.

Cool! I have it for Turbografx

Games were meant to be played! Thank you for releasing that game from its prison.

Gratz on the Space Harrier. How much are they going for NIB? I maybe would have sold it then bought a CIB copy and had the game and some money. I also saw the stuff about Shantae, inspired me to buy Pirate's Curse. It's pretty fun!

I'm actually working on an Intellivision review and you just inspired me to complete it

And it makes me sad when youtube guys who are 10+ years older than me claim that they're not "old enough" to appreciate Atari games. Yeah ok, bud.

I actually grew up with Nintendo, Commodore, Amiga, Atari 2600, the arcades, and pre-Genesis Sega.

I always played that one off Famicom multicarts.

I totally would have played it in arcades BITD if we had it though

I liked that game. Early parallax scrolling in an arcade game. Also liked the way you have to balance rapid fire (limited) and regular fire. Some music would have been nice though.

Maybe not ALL...But MOST is a nice idea  (see above)...Completed games I'm thinking...Not my Apple BASIC game from computer class in 1984.  

I believe all software should be preserved. It started it's life in digital format and should be remembered in that form. Just because it was flashed to physical hardware and sold doesn't mean it should stay that way. Everything has a shelf life and when that expires, much of this software that could be enjoyed for generations to come will be lost forever. I understand some are against emulation and digital preservation (especially hardcore collectors). However in reality it always was digital and nothing other than code. HC collectors still have their physical copies and that's cool. But many like the convenience of emulation while keeping their systems and carts stored on a shelf for aesthetic purposes (like myself).

Might as well preserve them all. "Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it." and all that. ;)

you are going to feel silly when they release the 36th anniversary edition!

@jaybird3rd that's the one. I spent about an hour with it last night. The games that don't use diagonals are great on it, but I had a hard time with Xevious and Bosconian. It was hard to hit diagonals with that stick. The video output is surprisingly good for composite. I'd say it's worth it for the Pac Man games, Galaxian, Galaga, and Dig Dug. Just don't pay more than $20. A big improvement over the Jakks p'n'p's.

Thanks for the report!

I'll probably pick one up if I can find it cheap. It might be fun to strip the board out and mount it inside a better controller. The original "blocky Pac-Man" controller doesn't look too comfortable.

Correct. And I went from backing it to not, banned from two threads, yet still sleeping like a baby.

Did I miss something? In the last 2 or 3 days?

Don't know. I'm not awwowwed to weed the thread.

I think a lot of NES carts were used as makeshift dust pans for slobs to clean up their coffee tables.

Worst I ever came across was a dead cockroach shell and a mummified spider nest in the same cart.

I actually had Worse luck with a few Atari carts...Grimy mud on a couple (No idea LOL), But some of those brightly colored Famicom carts show the dirt in obvious ways...

In the nearby low-class apartment complex, they throw out CRTs 3 per week on average. For years now!

I've seen that, with 'FREE' signs posted on them no less. But, it might not be the end if one gets wet. My late friend used to let them sit somewhere dry for a day or two and often they still worked.

Maybe you're looking at it backwards, maybe CRTs sitting out in the elements cause rainstorms, much like freshly washed cars.

Whatever you do, don't start a thread with "I have a great idea for a crowdfunded retro game console"

I think this place is by and large refreshingly positive too compared to other gaming forums. That's why I stick around here. =) And I can forgive the Jaguar sub-forum for not being quite as positive as the rest. The fate of the Jaguar wasn't exactly sunshine and rainbows, so Jag fans probably do have a fair bit to be upset about.

Seems like many games get ported to the Colecovision, was it that similar to the CV?

Same CPU and VDP, different sound chip, I/O and memory map.

The soundchip seems nearly identical. I'm told it can reach lower octaves, but that's about it.

I stuck with cavity and progressive modes. Nothing like getting the ball in between two advancing layers and hearing all the tones.

always think of the movie Close Encounters when that happens. lol

I used to still kick back with Super Breakout,...even in those college years when I was out of playing Atari...

No, it was a SD set.  It was just in poor working order.

Crazy that they were still making SD sets in 2007. I believe my HD one was from 2006.

Depending on where you live, your wallet might be a bit lighter as well. Around here they are making it harder and harder to dispose of CRT sets.

It's exactly like the old show, but with the occasional minor celebrity cameo.

It's good. And don't take the criticism from fans of the old show too seriously; a lot of those people aren't happy if they're not complaining.

Good. I figured the fans complaining are just mad it's not exactly like it was.

I have a modded 130XE with the 3-in-1 OS chip. Original XL/XE os, 400/800 OS "B" os, and their version of the XL/XE version with enhancements. Also with 320 Ram. Also have their I/O board that plugs into the cartridge/epansion port that ads parralel printers and hard drive ad ons. Have to hook it up and see it all still works. Thinking of selling it.

Forgot to mention, it was made by ICD, the Sparta-Dos guys! Sorry about the spelling!

Congrats! I always liked the style of the XE computers.

90s Coyotes white Kachina today.

The clean one

The best one is none

Be careful - it might be Clark Kent getting changed.

I'm amazed there are still such things as phone booths, given how many people have smartphones.

I know riiiight? It feels like ages ago the reviews came out for the Japanese version, saying "any day now the NA version will be out!". And yet...here we wait "ever so patiently"!

I want a real steering wheel for the Switch. And the Labo doesn't count.

I like that game and will jump on it the moment it launches. I wonder if it's as popular in real Ike as it seems to be online? The Switch port sounds like it does everything right, at last. The 32X port was great but the hardware was stupid. The Genesis version is low res. The PS2 port was really late to North America, and I don't want to talk about the Saturn port.

Goo gone

Anyone use Barkeeper's Friend? I have a bottle of it, but haven't tried it yet. However I did read on the internet that that's the best thing to use so it must be true!

Naptha (lighter fluid) may be something to try before going with the more extreme sandpaper/steel wool route...

I put this in the Dream Repository thread in General Chat, but I had a dream once where I was playing "the PS2 version of Panzer Dragoon Saga" on a Dreamcast using an emulation disc like Bleemcast. And why was I playing the PS2 version? Because it was cheaper (reasoning I had in my dream).

I once had a dream that Art Of Fighting 2 was ported to the Genesis.

Funny that you mention this zeta..I had a dream like that in high school. 8^)

I just downloaded blueMSX last weekend and checked out prices on the real thing and did a triple take.

MSX1 stuff used to be fairly priced, but as the demand for MSX2 stuff far exceeded supply and thus became impossibly expensive, more common MSX1 followed upwards in price.

The MSX is just a juiced up ColecoVision anyway. Then again, that hasn't exactly been cheap lately either.

Congrats! It's definitely on my want list too!

Awesome! I think you're going to like it way more than you imagine. When I got my Harmony Encore it really took all the pressure off collecting for the 2600, since it let me play every Atari 2600 game ever made (including all the latest homebrews that aren't out on cartridges yet). The Harmony Encore is the best thing any Atari 2600 fan could own if you ask me! =)

whats an encore vs standard harmony?