Snes and Nes vs S-N-E-S and N-E-S (poll)

[Snes and Nes vs S-N-E-S and N-E-S (poll)]

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is the x in xbox pronounced like the x in Xylophone or x in Six?

[Collecting: The great conflict]

I like to think of myself as a player first and a collector second, but i have a few pieces that are for display only. keeping my game collection at a manageable size is a challenge, especially when some awesome deal shows up.

[Snes and Nes vs S-N-E-S and N-E-S (poll)]

during the lifetime, the only times i heard it called 'snes' was when a genesis fan wanted to be snarky.

 

it was said in the same mind set as 'taco hell'or 'jack in the crack'

 

during these times i've also heard it referred to as the 'super nes'

[the.golden.ax]

Just got a package from ax. Always a good experience buying from him.

["Winnable" games]

Klaatu barada nm*cough*mnmn

[2K Games reveals NEW "Oldschool" X-Com! (Yes, I'm serious)]

x com was the best.

 

my tactic was to load up with incendiaries, land at night and burn everything to the ground.

[Old thread please lock]

there are old threads and there are bold threads, but there are no old bold threads

[What Do You Do With Your Dead Carts?]

i try them every two weeks and say 'maybe they'll work this time'

[What Do You Do With Your Dead Carts?]

double post

[Many Systems and Games for Sale]

nice stuff

[FINALLY! Vectrex overlay repro's]

whelp. there goes my money.

[Just received Cyber Virus today awesome game!]

To be fair to AtariLynxLover: There really is very little moderation here on AtariAge, for better or worse.

 

it's probably because AAers are so well behaved..

[Just received Cyber Virus today awesome game!]

All kidding aside, CyberVirus is a lot of fun. It plays a lot like Super Battletank.

[Just received Cyber Virus today awesome game!]

K, excuse me. Geez, I didn't know trying to help someone out vould turn into this big old bruhaha.

 

not knowing what a bruhaha was - i googled it and came up with this

 

so those are brouhahas...

[Apparently E.T. for Atari 2600 is much worse than we thought]

What movie was that at the end with Robert Vaughan?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virus_(1980_film) ?

[Apparently E.T. for Atari 2600 is much worse than we thought]

it drops all your data into a pit.

[Favorite Video Game Character]

this is a tricky one. some of my favorite games have unlikeable characters. I love me some Mr. Do, but i wouldn't want to have a beer with him. clowns creep me out.

 

qbert is not my favorite game, but i like the character.

[How can you tell if a game is Pal or NTSC without an Atari]

tie it to a cat's tail.

 

if the cat spins counter-clockwise, it's ntsc.

[Anyone still play Medal of Honor or MOH Underground on PS1?]

i lost my copy of MOH - have to replace it someday. I still have underground and play it whenever i have the PS hooked up.

i't s lot of fun and the music is compelling during gameplay, i'm humming it now.

[Crazy Climber]

great price on space invader tiles - they really class up the joint.

[Old thread please lock]

Pm'd for 2005 multicart

[Service Offered: Sega Game Gear Repair]

PM'd for GG repair.

[Classic Coin-Op Seawolf inspired iPad Game]

very nice

[Regarding killing the used games market...]

I wonder how eliminating the used car market would affect car sales.

[In praise of 2600 Missile Command]

The majority of my Atari time back in those days was spent on a tiny 13" black-and-white TV. When I lost the game and that explosion lit up the screen, the rapid changes in light made it a little hard for that poor TV to keep the picture steady. As a result, everything on screen would shake, making it seem that much more destructive, that much more "final." As happy as I would be whenever my mother would let me hook the Atari up to the living room's color TV, that part of the game just never had the same effect.

 

Hah that's great.

 

Speaking of old tv's, I remember on ours it had some major brightness control to the point where you could make the background 100% BLACK in games like Space War and thus get rid of the stupid green background. I would then jack up the color and the ships, shot and 'sun' would literally be flourescent againsts the black. Shots would start to have tracers too. It was great

 

Can't seem to do that on today's tv's though. The brightness just seems to lower the the glare of the entire screen.. including the ships. And you can never even really get the background pitch black

 

I remember doing this on our old Zenith back in the early '80s. I'd change the color on Pac Man and make the playing field this awesome purplish color. Pac Man himself would turn a funky orange color. On my old tel star that I had, I'd pump the brightness up and turn the contrast down so much that the puck or ball (whatever you want to call it) and the paddles would be so white that I'm sure it would have burned the screen if I left it on too long.

 

my dad used to get so pissed when i messed with the tv colors. he'd be on his knees in front of the tv fiddling and cursing trying to get jim rockford to look like a human being again.