Your predictions for the future of video game collecting?

[Brian R.]

The thing about emulation and updates of old games for new consoles is they often are not done right. Graphics are wrong, speed is wrong, control is wrong, sounds are wrong... any or all of the above.

 

For example, I noticed the sounds on 2600 Space Invaders on Stella are wrong. And a big example is the Sega Smash Pack for the Dreamcast... some of those games are seriously messed up.

[NE146]

For example, I noticed the sounds on 2600 Space Invaders on Stella are wrong. And a big example is the Sega Smash Pack for the Dreamcast... some of those games are seriously messed up.

 

I have been saying that the sounds in Stella have been all out of wack for a long time.. but no one seemed to acknowledge this until you! (You're talking the pc version right?). Yeah it's always sounded funky... Z26 seemed to have the best sound on my win98 machine, but now I have problems getting it to run 100% on my winXP box

 

As far as that Sega emu for DC, yeah it's pretty well known that the sound in that is way off.. However have you check out the NES emulation as of ver. 7.0 of Nester? It's more or less flawless

[gamerthegreek]

i think Nintendo will be a big thing for years to come. atari also yet it will sooner or later be over come by nintendo. like when it first came out. atari will proably level off in collectiblity. Genisis i can see becoming semi collectible games like michael jackson will be prize posessions sorta like some of the atari big ticket items atari video cube or maybe crazy climber.

 

SNES is going to be come big and i see that going places

 

for as going broke i can see people doing that as well

as of now i have

 

atari 2600,5200,7800,400,800,600xl,800xl,1200xl,xegs,xe65,jag

nintendo,snes,n64,ps2,xbox,channel f,odyssey 2, mattel aquarius

 

hard to keep up i know i still need the sega line of items and ps1. and colecovision and intellivision, what will happen if we can keep up some point our wallets or houses wont be able to take it. i still have cracks in my ceilings . hehe. but im most impressed now with this aquarius unit. very strange yet fun little toy

[Atari Master]

In the future I'll probably be collecting Handheld systems.

[krisjohn]

In the future I'll probably be collecting Handheld systems.

 

That's a slippery slope. Currently my handheld collection includes:

 

Gameboy

Gameboy Pocket

Gameboy Colour

Sega Game Gear

PC Engine GT

 

A GBA will be bought when some accessories I've ordered from overseas arrive.

 

That's not including the assorted Game and Watch style devices I own, particularly my Nintendo Mini-Classic collection. Or the Barcode Battler, or portable Monopoly LCD game, etc, etc

 

The reason I don't have a Lynx is that it was stolen a while back and I just haven't got around to getting one again.

 

The only downside with old portable units is the huge number of batteries they need. Six AAs are the average requirements.

[Atari Master]

I can't find Game & Watch systems. I'm possibly going to start collecting Game Boy games soon. You know, the originals.

[Happy_Dude]

I still have a game watch from when i was 5.

It looks like hell and im amazed it still works but condition means nothing if the game isnt fun.

Genisis games are already collectable. (at least for me ) thats my biggest collection

as for predictions:

I think Shop display consoles and disks like the official Sega DC boot disk and

media reveiw games like Sega's GDr format (that needs the boot disk) will be big time collectable. Display consoles are new arcade. every time you walk into a shop with one of these things theres always a congragation of kids playing the latest game (and their there for hours too)

 

If i wasnt broke I'd be hounding shops for old display units .

 

(i wonder what sega did with their GD-ROM burners )

[justice_is_blind]

What's going to compete with the DVD format?

 

In 2005 when Sony releases the MP3 player named the VT3 that stores digital video.

[Happy_Dude]

In the future consumers finally realise the supiriority of the beta format.

Cars can fly.

and 1970's games programmers are the last hope for hummanity as the space invaders, well, invade.

 

 

 

What's going to compete with the DVD format?  

 

In 2005 when Sony releases the MP3 player named the VT3 that stores digital video.

That wouldn't be a MP3 player then would it.

[Ze_ro]

In 2005 when Sony releases the MP3 player named the VT3 that stores digital video.

That wouldn't be a MP3 player then would it.

 

2004: Sony invents amazing new technology to encode video into MP3 format, leading to higher quality and even lower file sizes.

 

 

--Zero

[Happy_Dude]

They call this amazing new technology MPEG.

 

A lawsuit ensues.

[DeV0]

Sony release another disturbing over rated machine and call it the playstation3. It still cant play VCD's, Its still expensive, It still cant do half the things sony will tell everyone it can. It will be compat with Playstation 2 but no-one will care because they still cant get the image on their screen to fit and look half decent.

 

But by then it wont matter because everyone will be a shopping drone with no imagination and chips in their heads that go off randomly.

 

Time for a coke

 

Time for some Mcdonalds

 

Time to buy a crappy Sony product, Because its a brand name we can trust

 

Maybe i should sleep more?

[Ze_ro]

Most of that's already happened... just remove the '2', and replace '3' with '2'...

 

There's something about Sony that leaves a bad taste in my mouth....

 

--Zero

[Atari Master]

I think Microsoft should have stayed where they were. Damn Sony for killing what Nintendo had...

[AtariDude]

We are Sony. Resistance is futile. From this time forward, you will purchase our products and like it!

[Happy_Dude]

Hello gentlemen.

All your console are belong to us.