Is anyone here into retro gaming? A few years ago, I bought one of these
Every time I try to set up an emulator, or play some of my favorite "retro" games, They're just nowhere near as fun as I remember them being. I would feed quarters into SmashTV and the TMNT arcade games, but playing them at home just isn't the same. Maybe it's because I'm on a PC, maybe I need the full arcade machine experience, I don't know....
So, as much as I love the idea of retro-gaming, actually playing retro games is a bit of a let-down for me.
Is anyone here into retro gaming? A few years ago, I bought one of
these
Every time I try to set up an emulator, or play some of my favorite "retro" games, They're just nowhere near as fun as I remember them being.
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Is anyone here into retro gaming? A few years ago, I bought one of
these GCW Zero handheld game systems:
http://www.gcw-zero.com
DAITENGU wrote to NIGHTFOX <=-
Every time I try to set up an emulator, or play some of my favorite "retro" games, They're just nowhere near as fun as I remember them
being. I would feed quarters into SmashTV and the TMNT arcade games,
but playing them at home just isn't the same. Maybe it's because I'm
on a PC, maybe I need the full arcade machine experience, I don't know.
I dunno, maybe it's me. As I get older I play fewer and fewer games. I have a Steam library that most people would be jealous of, and I've
But anyway, cool stuff out there! I REALLY love finding old
pinball machines to drop quarters into!!!
Every time I try to set up an emulator, or play some of my favorite
"retro" games, They're just nowhere near as fun as I remember them
being.
Not really into it much, but I've played around with MAME on an
old PC and have it on my laptop too. I thought about building
an emulator for my sons for Christmas 2016 but didn't get around
to it, then my oldest son got one from a friend, so I'm glad
I didn't do it. :-)
I think one of the reasons people like emulators is for the nostalgia and being able to play our old favorite games again (and sometimes more
easily). I wonder if kids these days really like those old games.
But anyway, cool stuff out there! I REALLY love finding old
pinball machines to drop quarters into!!!
In Alameda, CA, there's a pinball museum with over 90 machines from the 1940 PF>to present day - free play is $20 or so, so no quarters. It's a great time, PF>though.
https://www.pacificpinball.org/
Nightfox wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-
I think one of the reasons people like emulators is for the nostalgia
and being able to play our old favorite games again (and sometimes more easily). I wonder if kids these days really like those old games.
I think one of the reasons people like emulators is for the
nostalgia and being able to play our old favorite games again (and
sometimes more easily). I wonder if kids these days really like
those old games.
My 4 year old daughter loves the Famicom Disk System versions of Pac-Man and Dig Dug! Of course, that will probably change when she's older...
Nightfox wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-
I think one of the reasons people like emulators is for the nostalgia and being able to play our old favorite games again (and sometimes mo easily). I wonder if kids these days really like those old games.
My 4 year old daughter loves the Famicom Disk System versions of Pac-Man and V>Dig Dug! Of course, that will probably change when she's older...
I think one of the reasons people like emulators is for the
nostalgia and being able to play our old favorite games again
(and sometimes mo easily). I wonder if kids these days really
like those old games.
My 10 year old nephew certainly does not like older games. He is a sucker for the fancy colours and graphics. I am probably an anomaly in that I prefer older games myself (me being in my 20s).
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You might want to check out Minetest. It is a FOSS sandbox game like Minecraft. If you want a hosted version I offer that at https://MineCity.online for just $14/month, first month free, and $5 to your paypal for signing up ;)
Nightfox wrote to Vaclav <=-
My 4 year old daughter loves the Famicom Disk System versions of Pac-Man and Dig Dug! Of course, that will probably change when she's older...
I might have to try to set up an emulator for those. I never played
any Famicom Disk System games, though I heard those were popular in
Japan.
naga wrote to Vaclav <=-
My 10 year old nephew certainly does not like older games. He is a
sucker for the fancy colours and graphics. I am probably an anomaly in that I prefer older games myself (me being in my 20s).
Daryl Stout wrote to VACLAV <=-
My 4 year old daughter loves the Famicom Disk System versions of Pac-Man and
Dig Dug! Of course, that will probably change when she's older...
Those were 2 of my favorite video games. :)
I loved the characters of Pooka and Fygar in "Dig Dug", then the
others with Pac-Man. I have a door on my BBS called Chomper...which is Pac-Man, but more challenging, as it has no power pellets.
Some of my younger coworkers don't care for the older games, either. I was playing Atari 2600 games (Stella emulator) on my lunchbreak and got to listen to comments about my "cheap-ass welfare games".
Until I introduced them to Wall Jump Ninja, a recent 2600 game. They shut up once they'd played it for a while and had fun :)
naga wrote to Vaclav <=-
My 10 year old nephew certainly does not like older games. He is a sucker for the fancy colours and graphics. I am probably an anomaly in that I prefer older games myself (me being in my 20s).
Some of my younger coworkers don't care for the older games, either. I was playing Atari 2600 games (Stella emulator) on my lunchbreak and got to liste to comments about my "cheap-ass welfare games".
Until I introduced them to Wall Jump Ninja, a recent 2600 game. They shut u once they'd played it for a while and had fun :)
... MultiMail, the new multi-platform, multi-format offline reader!I love the older games. I can sit for hours playing on a SNES, NES or SEGA Megadrive. Place me infront of Minecraft or COD and I'll be board in 5-10 mins.
My kid does too. Bought her Japanese plushies of Pooka, Fygar, and the blue V>ghosts for Christmas this year, absolutely loves them!
Nightfox wrote to Vaclav <=-
Until I introduced them to Wall Jump Ninja, a recent 2600 game. They shut up once they'd played it for a while and had fun :)
That's cool. :)
A friend of mine once had an X-Box (original) that he modded and put a bunch of emulators on it. I thought it was funny to see games going
back to Atari 2600 being played on an X-Box.
Ljayo1 wrote to Vaclav <=-
I love the older games. I can sit for hours playing on a SNES, NES or
SEGA Megadrive. Place me infront of Minecraft or COD and I'll be board
in 5-10 mins.
LOL, I still have my old 8- and 16-bitters, been into my PC Engine Duo lately. My wife told me I can't buy any new games until I finish all my old ones.
A friend of mine once had an X-Box (original) that he modded and put a bunch of emulators on it. I thought it was funny to see games going back to Atari 2600 being played on an X-Box.
We did the same thing on the Dreamcast, once we discovered the Utopia boot disk!
Ljayo1 wrote to Vaclav <=-
I love the older games. I can sit for hours playing on a SNES, NES or SEGA Megadrive. Place me infront of Minecraft or COD and I'll be board in 5-10 mins.
LOL, I still have my old 8- and 16-bitters, been into my PC Engine Duo latel My wife told me I can't buy any new games until I finish all my old ones.
I don't think I'll be seeing any new games in this lifetime...
... MultiMail, the new multi-platform, multi-format offline reader!LOL! Emulators and ROMs for you!
Nightfox wrote to Vaclav <=-
I used to have a TurboGrafX-16 (which was known as PC Engine in other countries). I bought it new at a store for $30 when the store was
trying to get rid of their TGX-16 inventory (it was December 1993, and
the TurboGrafX-16 was regarded as a commercial failure in the US at
that time). I thought the TurboGrafX-16 was fun, and was interesting
that the game cartridges were small enough that the same cartridges
were used for the TV console and their portable handheld version. I
think that downside to that, though, was that the cartridges were so
small that I doubt they had room for any extra processor chips, which
were used on some games for other systems (for instance, Starfox for
Super Nintendo used an additional processor chip in its game cartridge
to help render the 3D polygons).
Ennev wrote to Vaclav <=-
We did the same thing on the Dreamcast, once we discovered the Utopia boot disk!
Felt weird emulating Sega genesis/mega drive and mame on the Dreamcast
:-)
Ljayo1 wrote to Vaclav <=-
I don't think I'll be seeing any new games in this lifetime...
LOL! Emulators and ROMs for you!
Not as weird as emulating an MSX! ;)
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