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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Aug 12, 2017 19:51:55 GMT
rateater I went to an antique shop a few weeks ago and they had an arcade system there, without any need to insert a coin. I played Ms Pac-Man on it. A lot of fun. BTW, the things at the antique shop ranged from U.S. Civil War artifacts to a GameBoy Pocket. It was a little strange seeing something from my childhood put into the same category as 19th century stuff....
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Post by scabab on Aug 12, 2017 20:39:46 GMT
Right now I'm playing two games.
One is Tearaway Unfolded which I got from PS+. It's a boring piece of shit though and regret starting it.
The other is Ni No Kuni which I actually bought Xmas 2013 and never played until a few days ago. So far it's actually pretty damn good.
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Post by geezer on Aug 12, 2017 22:48:24 GMT
I haven't bought or played any new games in years. Skyrim was the last new one. Used to play the Half Life games on the computer. I was going through some of my stuff and came across an old Gamecube system. The last game I've played was Metroid Prime.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Aug 13, 2017 9:19:27 GMT
Today I played a bunch of different versions of Tetris, some via original hardware, some via emulators.
These versions were: The wonderful version on the NES. A true classic. Plus, my NES is hooked up to an old woodgrain TV set, which added to the fun!
The wonderful version for the GameBoy, emulated via the Nintendo 3DS.
The good version on the Wonderswan Color, a handheld that sold well in Japan, but is unknown elsewhere. I admit though, the dim screen of the handheld was annoying.
The mediocre version on the GBA SP. Didn't particularly like this version when it came out, and it hasn't gotten better with age.
The highly idiosyncratic version for the CD-i system. Oddly enough I kinda like this version, if nothing else it is the most beautiful version of the game. Yes, I own a CD-i.
The rather blah version for the PS4. Hate the music in this version, but gameplay wise it is OK, I guess.
The very mediocre version for the Amstrad CPC, played via emulator. The Amstrad CPC was a good 1980s-era computer, and it deserved better than this.
The not-too-bad version for the 1980s computer the BBC Micro, played via emulator. It is a bare-bones version of the game, with no music, primitive graphics, and a general lack of features. But the addictive nature of Tetris still comes through.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Aug 14, 2017 23:12:01 GMT
I've been awake for nearly 24 hours, but decided to play two video games anyway. Well actually one game on two different systems. These were: Ms Pac-Man for the TI 99/4A, a home computer of the early 1980s that interestingly enough had a 16-bit CPU. Played via an emulator. Fun. Ms Pac-Man for the Atari 2600, played via an Atari 7800. Quite fun to play, much better than the dreadful version of "Pac-Man" for the system.
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Post by JHA Durant on Aug 15, 2017 2:56:16 GMT
Hearts of Iron IV. I edited in a whole bunch of countries after finding their flags in the game files, but not the country files themselves. I also extended the timeline to 1970 as opposed to 1949 which is the default, to see if there's any crazy situations in the post-WW2 world. Made a fun game even more so in the process, I must say.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Aug 16, 2017 10:14:24 GMT
Today I played the following games for 1980s computers: Pole Position via Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator. Not bad, quite fun. The Spectrum was hugely popular in the UK. I hope to get an actual one some day.
Breakout via Mattel Aquarius emulator. The Aquarius was intended as a low-cost "beginners" computer, but sold poorly. It suffered from being difficult to program, and had a limited game library. Nevertheless, the games released for it weren't too bad. This version of Breakout is quite decent.
Duck via BBC Micro emulator. The BBC Micro was popular in the UK. Duck was a game released by Firebird, a company known for doing low-cost budget games. It's a decent game.
Ghost Gobbler via Oric-1 emulator. A fun Pac-Man clone. The Oric-1 was moderately popular in the UK and quite popular in France.
Donkey Kong via Commodore 64 emulator. Commodore 64 was probably the most popular home computer of the 1980s. Its version of Donkey Kong is decent, though I've played better versions (and I've also played much worse!!).
Air Raid via Camputers Lynx emulator. The Lynx was a British-made computer sold from 1983 to 1984. The name "Camputers" comes from the fact that the company was based in Cambridge. The Lynx was a failure, and very few games were released for it. This game, Air Raid, is an example of the "city bomber" sub-genre of the early 1980s, where a plane would drop bombs to clear away skyscrapers. Nearly every home computer of the early 1980s had an example of this type of game. This particular one is fun, but there are better versions of the same idea on other computers.
Pac-Man via Atari 800 emulator. Atari's range of 8-bit computers were quite popular in the 1980s. The Atari 800's version of "Pac-Man" is vastly better than the dreadful version released for the Atari 2600 console....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2017 12:36:47 GMT
Some games I have been playing over the last few weeks have been
Donkey Kong 64 (I am on the final level again now and have just about finished it) New Donkey Kong Country Returns (The hardest Donkey Kong game I have played. I can beat Donkey Kong Country 2 in less than a week playing it once a night but this one never gets easier ) Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric (I got this game years ago and never played it all the way through. It got a lot of bad reviews for not being like other Sonic games but after replaying it and making it up to Bygone Island I don't think this game is anywhere near as bad as some people make out it is and I have enjoyed parts of it. I love playing as Tails and Amy!!) Rayman Origins (Love this!! We need a sequel to Rayman Origins and Legends to make it a trilogy) Yooka-Laylee (Very similar to Banjo Kazooie, Banjo Tooie, Donkey Kong 64 and Conker's Bad Fur Day which I loved.) The Simpsons: Hit and Run (I would love it if they re-released this game or put it on the Nintendo e Shop or X Box One store) Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds (Same as the above!) Batman Arkham Origins That last lava level in Donkey Kong Country Returns is insane! I've had the game for years and never could beat it. Have you played Tropical Freeze? It's 100 times better than Returns and is a truly great DK game. I haven't even made it up to the final lava level yet. I can make it up to level 3 in the final world and then I always get stuck and can't go any further in the game. I am surprised I can get that far 'cause I had a nightmare of a time with one of the levels in the second world and was stuck on that for months. I have played 'Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze' and finished it and I enjoy that game much more than 'New Donkey Kong Country Returns' 'cause it is easier. I am hoping Nintendo bring out a third game in the series or a 3D follow up to 'Donkey Kong 64' 'cause it has been a while since we got a new Donkey Kong game and they usually bring out a new one for every console.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Aug 19, 2017 13:22:39 GMT
Since my last post I've played: Micro Pinball 2 via TI 99/4A emulator. A decent pinball game, I guess. The TI 99/4A was a home computer of the early 1980s, was popular for a while.
Namco Museum for the Nintendo Switch. Played "Pac-Man" and some tank game. Fun.
Pole Position 2 for the Atari 7800. Fun game on an underrated console.
Formula 1 Simulator for the Commodore 16. Good game, but the Commodore 16's joystick isn't very nice.
Slot Machine for the Atari 2600 (but played on the Atari 7800). Fun. Slot machine video games are a guilty pleasure of mine.
Sonic Mania for the Nintendo Switch.
Sonic the Hedgehog for the Sega Master System (mine is the "II" model). Fun game, with extra fun added by the fact that I played it on an old woodgrain CRT TV set.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2017 0:54:58 GMT
That last lava level in Donkey Kong Country Returns is insane! I've had the game for years and never could beat it. Have you played Tropical Freeze? It's 100 times better than Returns and is a truly great DK game. I haven't even made it up to the final lava level yet. I can make it up to level 3 in the final world and then I always get stuck and can't go any further in the game. I am surprised I can get that far 'cause I had a nightmare of a time with one of the levels in the second world and was stuck on that for months. I have played 'Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze' and finished it and I enjoy that game much more than 'New Donkey Kong Country Returns' 'cause it is easier. I am hoping Nintendo bring out a third game in the series or a 3D follow up to 'Donkey Kong 64' 'cause it has been a while since we got a new Donkey Kong game and they usually bring out a new one for every console.
I would LOVE a new 3D Donkey Kong game! I've been waiting for Nintendo to make one for years.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2017 7:46:42 GMT
Same here. I am surprised Nintendo haven't made more Donkey Kong 3D games 'cause we have had a number of Mario, Sonic and Rayman games and even though some people said it was too similar to the 'Banjo Kazooie' games (and actually featured some unused Banjo Kazooie levels) Donkey Kong 64 was very popular here when it came out and I loved playing as Tiny and Lanky Kong who sadly haven't been playable characters in any of the other games again.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Aug 21, 2017 8:13:32 GMT
@deblovesbec I also enjoyed Donkey Kong 64. If you ask me, the Nintendo 64 is an underrated console....
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Aug 21, 2017 9:50:45 GMT
Today I played a game called Penny Shoot via an emulator of the Sinclair ZX81 home computer. The game came out in 1981, as did the computer. The game only lasts a couple minutes, but it's oddly rather fun. It involves shooting falling pennies, requiring shots to be timed correctly. It's refreshing to play a shooting game in which nobody gets hurt. The game was originally part of a ten game compilation. Interestingly, the game is written in the BASIC programming language.
The Sinclair ZX81 was hugely popular in Britain in the early 1980s. But not because it was a great piece of hardware: it had no sound, no colour, a terrible keyboard, and came with 1 kilobyte of RAM (though most were sold with a 16 kilobyte RAM add-on pack). But it had something special: it was cheap. Very cheap.....and price just kept getting cheaper. By 1983 it was sold for £45 with a free 16 kilobyte add-on RAM pack and a free game. There were lots of games released for it, and surprisingly, serious business software was also sold for it.
Unfortunately, finding a working one is very hard. Happily, there are lots of emulators of it.
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Aug 21, 2017 19:43:51 GMT
The last Mad Max game was pretty good. Very enjoyable and expands on the world shown in the movies. Gastown!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2017 6:41:46 GMT
@deblovesbec I also enjoyed Donkey Kong 64. If you ask me, the Nintendo 64 is an underrated console.... Yes. It is. When it first came out here in Australia it was really popular and most of my friends had one but doesn't have the same nostalgia as Nintendo and Super Nintendo have now. I loved a lot of games on the Nintendo 64 like Mario 64, Banjo Kazooie, Banjo Tooie, Donkey Kong 64, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Pokemon Snap, Mario Kart 64, Diddy Kong Racing, Rayman 2: The Great Escape, Mischief Makers, Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, Yoshi's Story, WWF Wrestlemania 2000, WWF No Mercy, Pokemon Stadium, Snowboard Kids, Super Smash Bros, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and Star Wars Episode I: Racer and the only problem I had with the console was the controller. I had a Sega Master System, Sega Mega Drive and Super Nintendo before that and it took me a long time to get used to using the controller 'cause of how different it was and even though I got used to it after a while I am having more fun playing the games again on now Nintendo Wii U with the gamepad but sadly they are still missing some on the Nintendo eShop such as Mischief Makers.
Did you like the Gamecube? I think that had some good games too and some people might not like it but I loved 'Super Mario Sunshine' and I would love to see them bring back a bigger version of Isle Delfino.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Aug 24, 2017 6:53:17 GMT
@deblovesbec I also enjoyed Donkey Kong 64. If you ask me, the Nintendo 64 is an underrated console.... Yes. It is. When it first came out here in Australia it was really popular and most of my friends had one but doesn't have the same nostalgia as Nintendo and Super Nintendo have now. I loved a lot of games on the Nintendo 64 like Mario 64, Banjo Kazooie, Banjo Tooie, Donkey Kong 64, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Pokemon Snap, Mario Kart 64, Diddy Kong Racing, Rayman 2: The Great Escape, Mischief Makers, Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, Yoshi's Story, WWF Wrestlemania 2000, WWF No Mercy, Pokemon Stadium, Snowboard Kids, Super Smash Bros, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and Star Wars Episode I: Racer and the only problem I had with the console was the controller. I had a Sega Master System, Sega Mega Drive and Super Nintendo before that and it took me a long time to get used to using the controller 'cause of how different it was and even though I got used to it after a while I am having more fun playing the games again on now Nintendo Wii U with the gamepad but sadly they are still missing some on the Nintendo eShop such as Mischief Makers.
Did you like the Gamecube? I think that had some good games too and some people might not like it but I loved 'Super Mario Sunshine' and I would love to see them bring back a bigger version of Isle Delfino. I own a GameCube, but need to get more games for it. I only have four at the moment. I also need to get more games for my Sega Dreamcast. What do you think of the Wii? I've seen a lot of people mock it, but I felt it was a good console.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2017 7:12:14 GMT
I own a GameCube, but need to get more games for it. I only have four at the moment. I also need to get more games for my Sega Dreamcast. What do you think of the Wii? I've seen a lot of people mock it, but I felt it was a good console. Have you got Super Mario Sunshine, Luigi's Mansion, Mario Kart: Double Dash, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds, the Simpsons: Hit and Run, Spider-Man 1 and 2 and Pikimin? Those are some good Gamecube games I would suggest and The Simpsons: Hit and Run is my favourite Simpsons game and I would love a 'Hit and Run 2' or for the first one to be re-released. I loved the Wii and have a heap of Wii games but I wasn't a fan of the Wii Remote or the combined use of the remote and the nunchuck in games like 'Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2' and I would have preferred if they had stayed with the Gamecube controller 'cause I was just starting to like that one after the design of the Nintendo 64 controller. I never had a Dreamcast and stopped getting Sega consoles after Sega Mega Drive and moved to Nintendo, Playsation and eventually X Box 360 but I have 'Sonic Adventure 1 and 2' which I believe were on that console and those are two of my favourite Sonic 3D games and I loved the little Choas. They were so cute!!!
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Aug 24, 2017 7:20:58 GMT
I own a GameCube, but need to get more games for it. I only have four at the moment. I also need to get more games for my Sega Dreamcast. What do you think of the Wii? I've seen a lot of people mock it, but I felt it was a good console. Have you got Super Mario Sunshine, Luigi's Mansion, Mario Kart: Double Dash, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds, the Simpsons: Hit and Run, Spider-Man 1 and 2 and Pikimin? Those are some good Gamecube games I would suggest and The Simpsons: Hit and Run is my favourite Simpsons game and I would love a 'Hit and Run 2' or for the first one to be re-released. I loved the Wii and have a heap of Wii games but I wasn't a fan of the Wii Remote or the combined use of the remote and the nunchuck in games like 'Super Mario Galaxy 1 and 2' and I would have preferred if they had stayed with the Gamecube controller 'cause I was just starting to like that one after the design of the Nintendo 64 controller. I never had a Dreamcast and stopped getting Sega consoles after Sega Mega Drive and moved to Nintendo, Playsation and eventually X Box 360 but I have 'Sonic Adventure 1 and 2' which I believe were on that console and those are two of my favourite Sonic 3D games and I loved the little Choas. They were so cute!!!
I have Mario Kart: Double Dash....fabulous game.
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Post by Matthew the Swordsman on Aug 25, 2017 13:19:05 GMT
Today I played: Super Mario Kart on the Super Nintendo. Fun game, plus I love the music and graphics.
Mario Kart 64 on the Nintendo 64. I like it, but it took me a while to remember how to use the N64 controller.
Mario Kart: Super Circuit on the Gameboy Advance SP. An underrated game if you ask me.
Mario Kart: Double Dash on the Nintendo GameCube. A game which really needs to be reissued. It's quite fun.
Mario Kart DS on the Nintendo DSi XL. Another fun game, one of my favourites in the series.
Mario Kart Wii on the Nintendo Wii. I like this, but it's probably the most unfair game in the series.
Mario Kart 7 on the Nintendo 3DS. A great game, though to be honest, I usually play it with the 3D turned off.
Mario Kart 8 on the Nintendo Wii U. It's a shame the low sales of the Wii U prevented more people from playing this wonderful game.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on the Nintendo Switch. Pretty much the same as above, but I thought "might as well play it anyway".
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2017 12:24:13 GMT
Mario Kart: Double Dash on the Nintendo GameCube. A game which really needs to be reissued. It's quite fun. I am not sure if it has been officially confirmed yet but it has been reported by multiple sites Gamecube games are going to be part of the new big Nintendo eShop for the Nintendo Switch which is going to launch next year and if they are true I think all the Mario games including Mario Kart: Double Dash, Super Mario Sunshine, Luigi's Mansion, Mario Tennis, Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour, Super Smash Bros Melee, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door and the Mario Party games will be a part of it. I am just hoping we get some non Nintendo owned games on it too like 'Sonic Heroes', 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds' and 'The Simpsons: Hit and Run' and they do deals with those companies to re-release them.
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