So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition

Retr0gamer · 08-01-2010 02:25PM

CCCP^ wrote: »

I'm not getting into an argument with you about games Acclaim have made. You have your own tastes and I have mine and we'll leave it at that. I happen to like XGR3 and think it's a decent game. Have you played it?

I thought I said it was good? I played it a bit, it unfortunately came out around the same time as the much better F-Zero GX.

Acclaim won't be missed by me. 90% of the games reviewed by AVGN are Acclaim games. And they hired those useless pricks Probe to ruin the ports of the Mortal Kombat games and the 32-bit Bubble Bobble collections. They just stole the mame code and all the bugs in the mame version were present.

defenderdude · 08-01-2010 02:36PM

Just did an attic raid last night - putting back up the Christmas decorations.

Found a load of loot, some of which I forgot I still had.
First up today will be a game of SPACE INTRUDERS by Quicksilva on the ZX Spectrum.
That's if it loads...:p

Bought a new cassette cable for my Oric over the Christmas from Retrocomputershack.com
Been without it for years. It's gonna be second to be powered up. Fingers crossed.

Just letting them acclimatise to the warmer tempreratures before I power em up.

The haul includes - 2 Specc'ies (16 and 48K), the Oric 1, 2 ZX81's, C64, A500, 4 6-switch 2600's (woodies) 2 4-switch 2600 woodies (1 made in Atari Ireland), a shoot load of 2600 carts and other goodies, a modern megadrive:rolleyes:
One of the 2600's is in it's orig box - crazy when you see it was sold with two free games: Pac-Man worth £49.95 and Combat worth £26.00! All for just £113.50!! Now that was alot of money back in the day...:D

Looks like no airsofting (again) this weekend so it will be a busy weekend indoors...

:D
More pics to follow...

CiDeRmAn · 08-01-2010 02:50PM

Well, if you ever feel the need to liberate one of the ZX81's I'm you man!

Those XtremeG titles weren't so bad, but it was like trying to be a racing title after Gran Turismo was released, no matter what you made after Wipeout Pure or Wipeout 3 Special Edition (my fave) and F-Zero GX it always looked 2nd (or 3rd) best.

Rollcage 2 is probably the most real fun I had with a "futuristic" racer, great weapons, nice visuals, all on the PS, nice...

Professey Chin · 08-01-2010 02:52PM

Ewwwww 2600 Pac-Man

batari · 08-01-2010 02:54PM

Or if ya wanna offload a Woody 2600, let me know :pac:

CiDeRmAn · 08-01-2010 03:00PM

Ultimate Chin wrote: »

Ewwwww 2600 Pac-Man

Yeah, I have that game too and it really really blows.
But Ms Pacman is absolutely brilliant, so it was never the hardwares fault, just really lazy programming.

Atavan-Halen · 08-01-2010 03:06PM

atariman wrote: »

Or if ya wanna offload a Woody 2600, let me know :pac:

+1 from me on that

Retr0gamer · 08-01-2010 03:58PM

Rollcage 1 and 2 are underrated classics and had a great 4 player split screen mode.

Amalgam · 08-01-2010 05:22PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Rollcage 1 and 2 are underrated classics and had a great 4 player split screen mode.

One of the Rollcage games made me vomit, about 3 games have made me ill soon after playing them, Half Life 2 with the default fov and Take No Prisoners, the look down game by Orb\Raven.

TNP led to me lying down for about an hour trying to hold off the inevitable with the most awful nausea ever. There is a slight wobble of the whole screen when the character walks. I couldn't even look at the CD afterwards, gave the game away..

CiDeRmAn · 08-01-2010 05:23PM

Just watched the zeropunctuation review of Demon's Souls, very very funny, I see you're playing it now Retro, is it as hard as he says?

Retr0gamer · 08-01-2010 05:40PM

You really should be put off Demon's Souls just to that review. The game is very tough but it's an old school tough. However it actually gets easier the further you get in the game. You are actually meant to die in the game since a lot of the mechanics of the game vary depending on if you are alive or dead. You will die a lot in the game but it's a learning experience and you will get a little further in the levels the more yo play it and many of them open up shortcuts as you get a little further.

Don't let Yahtzee put you off experiencing what is more than likely the best game this year especially since the online options and integration is so unique and excellent.

CCCP^ · 08-01-2010 07:45PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I thought I said it was good? I played it a bit, it unfortunately came out around the same time as the much better F-Zero GX.

Acclaim won't be missed by me. 90% of the games reviewed by AVGN are Acclaim games. And they hired those useless pricks Probe to ruin the ports of the Mortal Kombat games and the 32-bit Bubble Bobble collections. They just stole the mame code and all the bugs in the mame version were present.

Sorry must have missed that. I read up on Acclaim today on Wikipedia, some Jokers alright. XG3 Racing is a good racing game I think but if it came out around the same time as F-Zero GX it was doomed. I've yet to get my mitts on GX but it looks amazing.

Atavan-Halen · 09-01-2010 05:07AM

I remember years ago in England seeing XG3 and it was only £7 or something cheap like that. I wanted it but my mam wouldn't let me get it

Do pick up GX though, it looks great and is very very enjoyable. I seen it in a charity shop and was attracted by the box art so I got it. Didn't really know much about the game but I was glad I did get it after playing it

With the possibility of schools being closed until next thursday, I'll hopefully start getting stuck into my mahoosive backlog of games

CiDeRmAn · 09-01-2010 06:44PM

My youngster is in his aunts tomorrow and my wife is working so it's me and the TV and the game of my choosing, but which to choose? Too many choices! Literally several hundred games are at my fingertips, but which one?

Probably Fallout 3, again!

o1s1n · 09-01-2010 07:06PM

Are you far into Fallout 3? It's a game you really should play till the end. Brilliant stuff. And then when you're done with that, go back and play Fallout 1 &2 if you haven't already!

CiDeRmAn · 10-01-2010 11:48AM

No where near the end, I'm just now battling super mutants (hate them feckers!) in the Museum of Technology, still, great game.

Birthday coming in 3 days (January 13th), I'll be 38

Still you never know what wonderful retro things I may get, although it's more likely to be voucher shaped, but that has possibilities too.

o1s1n · 10-01-2010 06:33PM

Happy birthday! 38 eh? I suddenly feel a lot younger

I always think it's sad that there are so many amazing gifts out there a retro gamer would absolutely wet themselves over if they got for their birthday...if only the people buying things for you knew. We have to be the easiest people to get things for!

Imagine waking up on your birthday to find a gift wrapped Neo Geo AES, or original boxed copy of your favourite game..or even an arcade machine standing in the corner of the room!

Atavan-Halen · 10-01-2010 06:49PM

Happy (early) Birthday! I suggest a big party with excessively loud basslines. And gameboys

Retr0gamer · 10-01-2010 07:29PM

My birthday is coming up soon. If anyone wants to buy me a copy of radiant silvergun I promise to make sweet, sweet love to them.

CCCP^ · 10-01-2010 07:34PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

My birthday is coming up soon. If anyone wants to buy me a copy of radiant silvergun I promise to make sweet, sweet love to them.

O RLY?

Retr0gamer · 10-01-2010 07:53PM

I'd do anything for expensive rare videogames.

Anything.

Atavan-Halen · 10-01-2010 07:58PM

Hm... I've got a sealed copy of Pikmin?

CiDeRmAn · 10-01-2010 08:15PM

Would you play an all night session of Donkey Kong Country followed by a full day of Halo, all for a Gundam plushy?

Would you play Pit Fighter and Rise of the Robots for a Link toothbrush?

My guess is, yes...

And, sa for birthday pressies, according to my beloved I am IMPOSSIBLE to buy a gift for, which is odd because she knows my heart belongs to gaming, what she really means is that I am impossible to buy a non-gaming gift for.

Which is, like, sad...

For me....

If I could go back in time I'd change her so she'd love videogames, then everything would be perfect, rather than only wonderful!

Atavan-Halen · 10-01-2010 08:20PM

Just print off some ebay auctions and wallpaper them all over the house. She should get the hint.

Retr0gamer · 11-01-2010 01:32AM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

If I could go back in time I'd change her so she'd love videogames, then everything would be perfect, rather than only wonderful!

Two words ciderman:

Stockholm Syndrome.

They're like putty afterwards.

Either that make her play bubble bobble.

NeoKubrick · 11-01-2010 09:46AM

Nothing at the moment. Rather, coding a crap game for Uni.

I get a week off after the 18th, and I'm looking to finish Okami, Rogue Galaxy and re-play Silent Hill 2. I can't wait. Super Mario Bros. Wii may have something to say about that, though.

97i9y3941 · 11-01-2010 04:31PM

street fighter 2 on megadrive,you forget how small the sprites are when you played the arcade port so often...

Retr0gamer · 11-01-2010 05:10PM

Fred83 wrote: »

street fighter 2 on megadrive,you forget how small the sprites are when you played the arcade port so often...

Why? Dear god why? You can play the much better arcade version on mame!

97i9y3941 · 11-01-2010 07:49PM

only got it for collection sake

maddymcmaddser · 12-01-2010 03:59PM

NeoKubrick wrote: »

Nothing at the moment. Rather, coding a crap game for Uni.

I get a week off after the 18th, and I'm looking to finish Okami, Rogue Galaxy and re-play Silent Hill 2. I can't wait. Super Mario Bros. Wii may have something to say about that, though.

I have Rogue Galaxy and Okami sitting at home waiting for me to play them, I have to decide which to start next, which one is shorter?

I just finished Super Mario Bros. Wii and enjoyed every second of it and I'm playing Link's Awakening again for old times sake, currently just finished the 4th Dungeon where you get the flippers.

So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition

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