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Retro Gaming #1333863
11/04/2012 21:11
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I've just bought this on a whim after reminiscing about just how good Goldeneye was. Best game ever? For me it's got to be up there with Doom and Duke Nukem 3D for best FPS. I've also got a SNES and I'll often have a few goes on Mario World. I have a yearning for an Amiga 500/600 but I think the truth is you wait minutes at a time for games to load! Emulators don't really do it for me. They don't have the feel of the original game, on the original pad, on the right console.
What do you go back to? Can you recommend me the best N64 games I should have?



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Playstation. Doom and Ultimate Doom. smile Somewhat crappy graphics on a 42" LCD, but still two of my all time faves. I never played it on the PC, my fave PC games would be the Mechwarrior series cool .


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Re: Retro Gaming [Re: Roadking] #1333867
11/04/2012 21:23
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The Xbox 360 Arcade has the full, original Doom and Doom II as well as Duke Nukem and they're fantastic! Doom was brilliant on the Playstation. Better than the PC version IMO. The hidden level with a Techno Nightclub was a neat touch smile



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Pinin all you've done is show your lack of FPS knowledge tongue

Best FPS? Either,

Half Life
System Shock 2
Unreal
Deus Ex (the original)
Or maybe, Far Cry (the original)

Duke Nukem wouldn't even come close, it was old before it was even released. Made to look sorry for itself by Quake.

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Half Life 2 was an absolute cracker, all the others you've listed wouldn't be good enough to clean Duke's shoes tongue

"Hail to the king, baby"



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I didn't say half life 2, a good sequel but still not the ground-breaker of the original.

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I know you didn't. I just thought HL2 was worthy of being in the top 5. It really moved the game forward. When will HL3 be out I wonder?




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They're still supposed to be working on HL2:Episode 3!

The success of Steam and Portal really screwed them over. Completely rearranged their development priorities. frown

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Steam was a complete NIGHTMARE wasn't it? really frustrating. You couldn't play the game unless you had access to the internet grr



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yeah it was a little ahead of it's time, but its been awesome for the last few years. An online computer game store that stores all your purchases so you can install and uninstall as you please, store all your achievements etc, etc.

but yes for HL1 it was a pain.

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I have amased a bit of a retro collection from my trips to Sunday morning car boot sales (sad I know)
I love firing up the snes, n64, nes, master system and playing though some old games. Zelda 3 a link to the past keeps me comming back time and time again although I think I have uncovered every secrete to that game twice over now.

Played games at the moment
Mario cart 64
Mario cart (snes set up for battle mode when brother is over)
Mario all stars for the snes

I have splashed out for a wii classic controller for my I-Pad though as I often load up starfox on the train home smile

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Nintendo 64 was awesome. Goldeneye 4 player with pals was brilliant especially when you got the golden gun.

I loved my dreamcast aswell.
Shenmue...best game ever for me
Crazy Taxi
Jet set radio
Ready to rumble boxing....afro thunder!

For the pc when i first got the internet there was one game i always played.
Unreal Tournament
Played on 56k dial-up but was brilliant.

Sure theres loads more i cant quite remember.


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I've got all the Nintendo consoles (expect the Virtual Boy) so I can comment on Nintendo games you need to own!


NES
Super Mario World
Super Mario World 3
The Legend of Zelda - Links Awakening
Super Spike Volley Ball (4 player compatible with a multitap!)
World Cup (also 4 player!)
Lunar Pool

SNES
Super Mario Kart
Super Mario World 4
Super Probotector
Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past
Secret of Mana
Street Fighter II (Turbo)
Donkey Kong Country
Star Fox

N64
Mario 64
Mario Kart 64
Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time
Legend of Zelda - Majoras Mask
Goldeneye
Perfect Dark (made by Rare as per Goldeneye but with better multiplayer - requires expansion pak)

If you've not heard of, or played it, try Super Probotector, it's a hidden gem of a game. Perfect Dark is also excellent.

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Originally Posted By: samsite999

I have splashed out for a wii classic controller for my I-Pad though as I often load up starfox on the train home smile


How is this possible Sam?!

Re: Retro Gaming [Re: coupedummy] #1333893
11/04/2012 22:08
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Originally Posted By: coupedummy

Ready to rumble boxing....afro thunder!


..Somebody call the Doctoooooorrrrr! Love it! laugh I had a Dreamcast the week after they came out in the UK. Paid £100 for it from somebody in the pub. I found out later it was from a ram raid on argos shocked I had Sega Bass fishing including the rod blush

Thanks Gunzi, that's some top recommendations there. I'll be getting Mario 64 and Perfect Dark after I'm bored of Goldeneye.



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Originally Posted By: pinin_prestatyn
....after I'm bored of Goldeneye.


This is not possible.

Re: Retro Gaming [Re: Gunzi] #1333898
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Re: Retro Gaming [Re: pinin_prestatyn] #1333904
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Sorry Matt, needs to be Sega DC for me, Then PSX. The A500 never gets used, as you say it a bit of a ball-ache to put on

Dare I post a pic of my retro setup?


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oh go on then!

4:3 screen essential! I have added a couple of other bits and bobs since this was taken too!

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Rogue Spear - great stuff

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A jail broken Ipad, Snes 9x with the Bluetooth stack a wii remote with a classic controller plugged in.

I was given a dream cast last weekend with crazy taxi and fur fighters smile

Owned at the moment:
Sega Master system
Sega MegaDrive
Sega Dreamcast

Nes
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Game cube (x2)
Wii
DS

PS1
PS2
PS3

Xbox (original)

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Originally Posted By: MeanRedSpider
Rogue Spear - great stuff


Was that the first Rainbow Six game? That was awesome too laugh

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Just 'mega lol'd' at that....


Not sure if it's classed as retro yet,but Final Fantasy 7......for me...the be all and end all of gaming....

Speaking to a 'geeky' gaming friend tonight,if they were to release FF7 on PS3 it would take 30 years to programme/produce the graphics to a suitable level to suit the current platform.....as he said...think 'advent children',now think how much gameplay there is in FF7....... ooo

Not sure about 30 years but by christ there's over a hundred hours gameplay to come near completing the game 100%

Wish they would though laugh

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I start the FF series with such high hopes, I watched my brother put hours and hours and hours in to it. I manage to get half way though, then stop, then I cant start again because I have forgot where I am in the story!

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Originally Posted By: samsite999
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A jail broken Ipad, Snes 9x with the Bluetooth stack a wii remote with a classic controller plugged in.

I was given a dream cast last weekend with crazy taxi and fur fighters smile

Owned at the moment:
Sega Master system
Sega MegaDrive
Sega Dreamcast

Nes
Snes (x2)
Game cube (x2)
Wii
DS

PS1
PS2
PS3

Xbox (original)


Nice Collection mate.
I'm a veteran gamer too

My collection must be Vintage if yours is Retro.

I cant remember alot of the stuff in my attic.

I have;

Loads of Handheld LCD/LED games
Grandstand games console from around 1978.
Sinclair ZX Spectrum
Dragon32 Computer
Atari 2600 (6 switch Wood)Console.
Mattel Intellivision. with voice module and Computer Component and Piano Keyboard Component.

BBC Micro.
Atari 400 Computer with Membrane Keyboard.
Atari 800XL.
Atari ST.
Commodore Amiga
SNES
Sega Megadrive
ATARI Lynx x3
Xbox original.
PSP x2
PS3.
Several Amstrads
Mac Classic x 2
Mac Powerbook.
Power PC
Palm xion
Ipod Touch 4 x2
Ipad 2
Galaxy S"


There is more but I've forgotten and
I wont list the current stuff as its to much.
I've run a Computer business for nearly 20 years now so I have an excuse wink andI was always getting offered stuff by customers.

I play on PC's mostly and have PC's everywhere.
I Sim Race regularly every week and have a Proper Racing seat Logitech G25 & G27 Wheels Pedals etc etc. Probably my main PC Rig is worth more than my coupe. Which seems crazy.

Currently playing BF3 and Skyrim a bit.

Have been playing the Monkey Islands series with the whole family on the PS3 over the winter and also Indiana Jones Fate of Atlantis. Which second time around are still great games and very funny.

And Who remembers M.U.L.E ? one of the best Multiplayer games ever. You can now download it and play it on line with no emulation hassles.
I got lots of computer technophobes( I dont play games rolleyes) ) hooked on that game during the early 1980s.

Go to http://www.planetmule.com/

I'll shut-up before I bore some of you to death. biglaugh

I'm off to practice Spa smile



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Fair play marko, that's impressive!
Im a late 80's 90's person I would like to expand my collection but im lacking on the old space, My better half refurse to them as "clutter" and god knows she puts up with enough all ready.

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Yes I'm at about my limit for space and I hope to start getting some up on ebay at end of Summer.

I know I'm very lucky because Computers are my Biz I have a perfect excuse to "research/invest" in new technology. (boys toys) wink So I dont get too much grief.

I get a lot of stick over car ownership though. frown

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I've had:

ZX81
BBC Micro
Atari ST
Commodore Amiga
Acorn Archimedes
SNES
PS1
PS2
Sega Dreamcast
and all manner of PC's from a 286 upwards.

The Atari ST is the only old machine I've still got and use occasionally, although not really for playing games.

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I cant believe im the first to mention sensible world of soccer. Played that so much it killed my amiga 500

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Ditto Kev.

I STILL miss that game. Developing players, competing in the champions league (or whatever it was called back then)

Ross

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Some serious rigs there! I could never get away with having that much 'clutter'. I'd always dreamed of having my own room in the house set out like an arcade with all the best old consoles/games. Of course this will probably never happen. But maybe with a lottery win?
I was never into Sensi Soccer blush But my bro played it constantly and so did most of my mates. It's probably the most popular game on the Amiga. I recall they did 'Sensible World of Soccer' a couple of years after too.
I did have a demo disc that had a game of SS in which the ball was a bomb. That was fun!



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Renegade soccer was the grenade version IIRC.

Ross

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Speaking to a 'geeky' gaming friend tonight,if they were to release FF7 on PS3 it would take 30 years to programme/produce the graphics to a suitable level to suit the current platform.....as he said...think 'advent children',now think how much gameplay there is in FF7....... ooo

Not sure about 30 years but by christ there's over a hundred hours gameplay to come near completing the game 100%

Wish they would though laugh


I agree. ff7 was groundbreaking on the playstation.

I fully completed in around 160-200hrs. Tbh, I completed it around 3 times, selecting different characters and making sure I got Vincent and Yuffie.

Golden chocobo.

Ross

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Here you go:

"On the Amiga Power Coverdisk 21 one of the demos was Sensible Soccer: England vs Germany, also known as Sensible Soccer Meets Bulldog Blighty.[13] This featured a mode of play that involved replacing players with soldiers from Cannon Fodder, and the ball with a hand grenade. The grenade would randomly begin to flash eventually exploding, killing any nearby players."

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I was wrong then!!! laugh

But I do remember this being shown as a demo in my local computer store!! laugh

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FF7 ..that does take me back to my school days with chocobos.ha

I am now going to buy a dream cast for shenmue and ps1 for FF7


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You can get FF7 on ps3 network Rueben. £3.99. FF8 also.

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Cheers mate..Xbox dude..

Might do it properly and buy an old tube telly.ha


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I actually started playing FF9 for the first time during easter.

FF7 and FF8 have been played to death on several occasions.

Never been a big fan of C64 or NES, but I started beck in the Amstrad 464 days.
Best game I played on the Amstrad was The Sacred Armour of Antiriad.
Groundbreaking in its day, both in the gameplay and in the graphics.

Other than that I have had an Amiga 500, PSX, PS2 and currently a PS3.

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Originally Posted By: h2ypr
You can get FF7 on ps3 network Rueben. £3.99. FF8 also.

Ross

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NO WAY!!!

Now,do I risk putting my details into ps network after all the hacking hoohaa? chinny

Now that you've mentioned chocobos.Did you defeat all 4 weapons?Another achievement...buying a lifetime pass for 'Golden Saucer' laugh

I dread to think how much of my life has been spent playing FF7 rolleyes

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4 weapons?

Thought there was only 3?

Emerald, Ruby and Ultima?

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You can get FF7 on ps3 network Rueben. £3.99. FF8 also.

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Actually.. You can get Final Fantasies 5 through 9

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You can get FF7 on ps3 network Rueben. £3.99. FF8 also.

Ross


Actually.. You can get Final Fantasies 5 through 9


Oooooooo didn't know that!!! laugh

I have ff9 on ps1, if anyone is interested!! laugh

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4 weapons?

Thought there was only 3?

Emerald, Ruby and Ultima?

Ross


Aaaand........Diamond... laugh you have to fight it,it's not an option,think back towards the end of the game when your heading back to Midgar.Your on the world map and you watch it walking out of the sea,you then fight it,it 'runs away' towards Midgar and the Shinra cannon blasts it...

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Lol.

Your memory better than mine!! laugh

Your putting me right in the mood to start playing it again though....

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I know mate.I'm seriously thinking about buying it on the network.Have there been any more issues with security of card details etc?

A friend of mine had a walkthrough for it and it reveals LOADS of mini extras.Such as meeting vincents mother,tells you where to go to watch a sequence explaining how cloud ended up as 'zack' and loads more.
So I bought it off him when he got bored.lol.Just to get a complete 100%

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Originally Posted By: jon13

A friend of mine had a walkthrough for it and it reveals LOADS of mini extras.Such as meeting vincents mother,tells you where to go to watch a sequence explaining how cloud ended up as 'zack' and loads more.
So I bought it off him when he got bored.lol.Just to get a complete 100%


Sounds sweet!! laugh

I had a full walkthough which I gave to my cousin, who lost it frown Gutted.

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Can you recommend me the best N64 games I should have?


Apart from an Atari STE (yes, sensi soccer was the best although we played a hell of a lot of Kick Off 2 also), the N64 is where it all started for me, with Goldeneye and the gold controller. Over the years I have spent silly money and for the last few years been getting rid of it all at a huge loss! Hey ho, it was fun while it lasted.

I have rather a large box of the finest N64 games which are going on ebay soon. I would say you need to play the Zeldas, Mario Tennis and Golf, Perfect Dark, 1080 snowboarding and a little known gem called World Driver Championship. Actually, the latter is probably crap now, considering how far driving games have come, but I would still far rather hack around 18 on Mario Golf than Tiger Woods 20XX. Also, four player tennis has never been bettered in my opinion.

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Yes Kick Off 2. Had forgotten about that. Played that a helluva lot on the ST after the pub

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I remember Kick Off 2 well, I think I spent longer hacking it than actually playing it though, haha.

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FYI, Due to YouTube's increased 'video' length limits, there are alot of full game soundtracks now appearing on there.

I've been spending the last week listening to great soundtracks to games like:

Unreal
Command & Conquer (first version and Red Alert both had awesome soundtracks)
Quake 2
Carmaggedon
Wipeout (of course!)

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Originally Posted By: Lego
Yes Kick Off 2. Had forgotten about that. Played that a helluva lot on the ST after the pub


I used to play KO2 so much. I still remember the name of my leading goal scorer (J Downs for England - obviously).

I remember that I used to break joysticks every 2 or 3 months. Once I actually snapped one lol

My other favourites where Robocop, Test Drive, Double Dragon, Outrun (and Outrun Europa), Bombjack and Operation Wolf.

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Bombjack?

That was the wee guy that had a cape and could jump about really high? laugh

Double Dragon was a legendary game, but Golden Axe was so much better (plus it had a nice chick in it!! laugh )

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(plus it had a nice chick in it!! laugh )

Ross


Which brings us to Tombraider (PS1). Personally I never "got" Tombraider, so didn't bother, although my lads in Bosnia were desparate to find the "Lara Croft naked" hack rolleyes smile

Wipeout was a favourite which I subsequently bought on the PSP, proof you can't beat the big screen for gaming.

Another fave was Time Commando. I've just discovered the PS1 in our house has been Ebayed frown so my new found enthusiasm for retro gaming has been dashed..


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Operation Wolf.


Bitch please!

Operation Thunderbolt.

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I did wolf through Doom and onto Quake 3 which I still play on line - it rocks !

I also had a lot of fun with Commander Keen laugh


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That was the wee guy that had a cape and could jump about really high? laugh


That sounds more like Rick Dangerous.

Dungeon Master and Stunt car racer were probably my favourite games on the ST.

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Stunt car racer was legendary. Why it put holes in the car when you crashed I'll never know!! laugh

Rick dangerous I remember, had the first and 2nd ones. laugh

Bombjack was the guy in the cape that jumped about I'm sure...

Ross

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomb_Jack

Omg - that game is older than me!!

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Rick Dangerous was the one who cried when he got hit. Waaaaaa!

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For me the best bit about old games on the Amiga was the music in the 'crack' menus laugh

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SWOS is available on xbox live arcade for pennies. Its EXACTLY like the amiga version used to be. Plus you can play it online against others

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Please tell me ps3 has this as well.

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Dont know, never had a ps3. I used to think i was the greatest sensible soccer player in the world......until i played people online. Theres rarely anyone to play against anymore when i look, but that doesnt matter because the game on its own is just as awesome as you remember it.

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My best game for the ZX Spectrum was Super Stuntman, which I believe we bought from a garage lol

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best thing about SWOS was how you could score from the halfway line, every time:

Cut in from left or right touchline
Hit fire whilst also puling back and rolling the joystick round in the opposite direction

Instant curler into the opposite top corner.

If you were particularly cocky you could get your striker to do a diving header into the flight of the ball and get it in the near top corner laugh

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If you were particularly cocky you could get your striker to do a diving header into the flight of the ball and get it in the near top corner laugh


That's what I always tried to do.

If you were playing 2 player (which you could on the amiga) you can block that shot with a careful defender header out for a corner!! laugh

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PC game - Lemmings,the first PC game I became addicted to.


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What i dont get is how the Amiga was playing music like this:

Bomb The Bass - Megablast

dont beleive me? Here's the licenced Amiga version:

Xenon 2 : Megablast

The Amiga was capable of this in the 80's... about the same time people were listening to the electronic farting noises of the NES.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTiQ_jHinN8


Operation Wolf on the ZX Spectrum Sinclair with the light gun the best.

Golden eye what a game, and F1 World Grand Prix on the N64 was great too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2PSEG0hlX4&feature=related

James Pond on the Amiga 600 was a favorite too

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http://www.fiatcoupeclub.org/forum/ubbthreads.ph...true#Post949211



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http://www.fiatcoupeclub.org/forum/ubbthreads.ph...true#Post949211



Been playing lemmings now for 20 min laugh

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Showing my age but MAME and a bunch of geniune ROM images from the arcade machines that I *cough* owned

I can remember spending many wasted hours playing Mr Do, Flicky and Track and Field (and Defender though that machine was in a dodgy kebab so you had to be careful when to go in).


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Defender is easily my fav. Pole Postition was great too but I could top the leader board with ease. On defender i never even got close.

I am generally a fan of Williams games and Joust was another odd but very addictive game.

None of these games is the same on anything but the stand up arcade machine format frown

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wow, how have I not already posted in this thread.

I love retrogaming, I spent £1000 building a mame arcade cab complete with genuine arcade sticks and trackball.

it is brillant.

Also I have sensible soccer on the xbox so if anyone wants a game send me a message (bigmike20vturbo) i am not very good mind you, i have barely played it.

also if you like your classic games, check out assault heroes and choplifter HD on live arcade, 2 very good classic style shooters (choplifter HD was half price on steam yesterday) I remember my mum buying me that back in the early 80's on my home computer. i loved it.

PS if you havent already look at this thread for retro remakes some are brilliant and all are free

http://www.avforums.com/forums/retro-gam...ion-thread.html

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Stop this thread now please. Or stop posting links. I need to do some work.

I've got a shop full of PC's to fix before I leave for Spa on Thursday and this thread is not helping me fix frown them

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Excellent thread. Surprised no F-zero mentions as yet - probably my favourite game series.

Original F-Zero on the SNES was great, F-Zero GX on the Gamecube is excellent, and I'm currently working through F-Zero GP Legends (Gameboy Advance) on my DS.

James Pond was awesome, as was Speedball 2 - and still is, on Xbox Live Arcade.

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Speedball 2 was brilliant!! laugh

Had it on the mega drive.

Just a funny moment in computer games comment.

Madden 94' mega drive. Guy gets injured - what happened nexT?

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Taken from the games link thread

Originally Posted By: kj16v
Every NES game, ever!
http://www.virtualnes.com

Who remembers this classic from Atari? I don't...
http://www.atari.com/arcade/yars_revenge


I have an atari 2600. Well, its my dad's. And he has the original Yars Revenge game. And he is STILL brilliant at it.

We had a retro games night in the family a few months ago, and we had the SNES, megadrive, Atari, dreamcast and the orange *pong* style system (first home computer system supposedly) there, all of which myself and my dad own.

It was possibly the most fun I've had in years.

Best game of the night - mirco machines V3 with 4 player. What a game!! laugh

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Some of us are of sufficient vintage to remember the likes of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opru6qPsPa4

In fact, some of us had to do it the hard way: http://geoff.org.uk/microtan/files/Space_Invasion.pdf


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Oh yeh. Speedball 2 was superb.

I spent many hours playing John Madden 94 (was there a 95 too?), EA Hockey (fight!) and NBA Jam

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Manic Miner on the Spectrum 48k,first game I ever got seriously addicted to!
Geoff Crammond's Grand Prix on the Atari ST,had to build a joystick,from real metal and with proper microswitches because the plastic joysticks could not cope with the pace!
Used to race against my mate,but the computer used to crash your car while you waited for your next go . . .
Track and field was great,used to be one in my old local,could buy one pint and be on the machine til closing time . .

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Ah, isn't a trip down memory lane nice? Some great memories have came flooding back. Well the N64 arrived yesterday, and my god Goldeneye feels dated! I remember being awestruck by the graphics, the control pad, everything. It's not quite how I remembered it! The graphics are glitchy, the control stick is worn which doesn't help, but the aiming system is a right 'mare. The layout is also backwards if you've been fed on a diet of Xbox/Call of Duty for the past few years. The sound is laughably bad. You can't jump? You can't run? The mind really does remember things with a distinctly rose-tinted hue. I'll be honest, I felt like just putting it straight back on ebay. But I persevered for just one level. Then the second. Then when I woke up the next day, I had that feeling when you're starting to get addicted to a game. That 'urge' to play that only the good ones give you when you're doing other things.
Everything else fades, but the gameplay never does cool Look out Trevelyan....



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Well the N64 arrived yesterday, and my god Goldeneye feels dated! I remember being awestruck by the graphics, the control pad, everything. It's not quite how I remembered it! The graphics are glitchy,


Bit like Doom on PS1, and a 42" LCD Flatscreen. It's not that the graphics were crap, it's just that now they are so good!

Anybody remember Qix? Cost me a fortune in the early 80s on a table top pub game in Canada.

As for the ultimate - Space Invaders. Put in the choggie shop when I was on an NI tour in 79. Queue around the shop, only allowed one go at a time, at 10p a game. The machine had to be emptied the day it was installed. Nobody had ever seen anything like it love Those young soldiers who queued are now in their 50s frown


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I *paid* to play space invaders only twice. Then I built one (see my link above).

My preferred arcade games were Galaxians and Gorf.


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How did i miss this post and not know about oolite! Fixed that now - hello old friend, goodbye weekend.

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lol I forgot all about that thread that i made back on 09, i just tried to update it with the retrogames remake link i added on here, alas it is such an old post it wont let me/

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Playstation 1 and Formula 1.

Totally addictive, and explains a lot about where I have ended up today laugh

Murray Walker:

"Oh my word! What's happened? It's Hill! He's into the barriers!

Oh dear oh dear!!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7c6E9-n3VM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=KqJVl41xPB0

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Happy Birthday

ZX Spectrum.

its 30 today.

actually it was yesterday but i forgot to post frown

http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/mixed-signals-10000051/the-zx-spectrum-birthday-memories-10025956/

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Any one ever played command and conquer red alert link up with 2 TVs&ps1 in same room facing away from each other?

Best fun i ever had gaming.

FF7 a close 2nd

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^^ Love C&C

Played online a bit but there are some very very good players and being defeated like that hurts cry laugh


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Originally Posted By: jonnybgt1759
Any one ever played command and conquer red alert link up with 2 TVs&ps1 in same room facing away from each other?

Best fun i ever had gaming.

FF7 a close 2nd



Yes Johnny, great multiplayer Game.
Used to play it on PC over a dial-up modem with my a good mate who is sadly no longer with us.
This was Mid 1990s before broadband. You dialed their phone from game and they answered from game. Worked really well apart from no one could phone you for hours biglaugh

My mate Paul could never beat me, but one mega long game he really did have me surrounded and beat all ends up and was on course for his first victory. So as a last resort I sneaked Tanya right round ouside of Map and couldn't believe he had left only a couple of guards at his base. He was so engrossed in destroying my base and finaly beating me, he never noticed his base was being destroyed by a Solitary Tanya. I couldn't stop laughing after the game when he called me afterwards "ow the f-in ell did you win that you @##tard. He refused to play me again. Still makes me laugh

Happy Days eh

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Originally Posted By: jonnybgt1759
Any one ever played command and conquer red alert link up with 2 TVs&ps1 in same room facing away from each other?

Best fun i ever had gaming.

FF7 a close 2nd



Strategy on a console?! I couldnt imagine a less enjoyable gaming experience smile

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Not got round to reading it yet however I have signed up to this. It is free and may be of interest to some here

http://www.theretrogamesnews.com/

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Originally Posted By: jonnybgt1759
Any one ever played command and conquer red alert link up with 2 TVs&ps1 in same room facing away from each other?




Yes I remember the fun of lugging the old CRT tv's to other people's houses. laugh laugh laugh

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A well timed article by El Reg:
8 Bit Classics

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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sega-Megadrive-Ultimate-Handheld-Fighter/dp/B0058NRA70


I'm going to get myself one of these for my holiday! laugh

Got rechargable battery back, headphone jack and sd card slot to add your own roms, which appear to be free to download now they aren't for sale and are about 20 yrs old.

Ross

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Originally Posted By: Truffle
A well timed article by El Reg:
8 Bit Classics


cracking link, that is my bedtime reading sorted for tonight smile

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I loved playing Duke Nuke'em 3D linked on serial. I wouldn't actually call it retro gaming though. That's just 13 years ago. Retro gaming = asteroids. smile My favourite was moon lander.

Have to add though - didn't get our first computer until around 1998 when I bought a monster Pentium 133 with 128 MB of RAM and a Miro DC30 video editing card with a gigantic RAID-0 2 x 20GB stripe set - that was in times when regular harddrives were 1 GB or so. Crazy stuff. smile

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Originally Posted By: Kayjey
Have to add though - didn't get our first computer until around 1998 when I bought a monster Pentium 133 with 128 MB of RAM and a Miro DC30 video editing card with a gigantic RAID-0 2 x 20GB stripe set - that was in times when regular harddrives were 1 GB or so. Crazy stuff. smile


Pfffft

How about an Amstrad PC1512 with No HDD and a single 5 1/4" FDD that ran dos and word

Then a few years later my first 'proper' PC was a stonking 486 DX (yes with the built in maths co-processor), a massive 4mb ram and gigantic 40Mb HDD.

Beat that fatboy

As for retro gaming, my first favourite home game was gorf on the Vic-20, that had 3.5k ram until i added a 16 k expansion pack!

The spectrum 48k with rubber keys was a beast by comparison, jetpac, jetset will, manic miner, blimey what a blast!

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You're all such youngsters. When I were but a lad, if we wanted a computer, we damn well *built* one.

The youth of today, don't know they're born...


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You're all such youngsters. When I were but a lad, if we wanted a computer, we damn well *built* one.

The youth of today, don't know they're born...


And have you not just done that with your car too crazy

Re: Retro Gaming [Re: pinin_prestatyn] #1338127
26/04/2012 12:27
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Well, you kind of get into the habit...


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Re: Retro Gaming [Re: pinin_prestatyn] #1338309
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I remember our subtitling computer at school had a disk drive the size of a coupe wheel + tyre with 8 platters or so. 2MB!


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Originally Posted By: Lego
My mate Paul could never beat me, but one mega long game he really did have me surrounded and beat all ends up and was on course for his first victory. So as a last resort I sneaked Tanya right round ouside of Map and couldn't believe he had left only a couple of guards at his base. He was so engrossed in destroying my base and finaly beating me, he never noticed his base was being destroyed by a Solitary Tanya. I couldn't stop laughing after the game when he called me afterwards "ow the f-in ell did you win that you @##tard. He refused to play me again. Still makes me laugh

Happy Days eh


Where was his base defence? The old telsa coils would have sorted out the tanya smile

Whats your opinion on the new versions of the game? I think they have ruined it by going too futuristic with too much bad actors playing out movie story lines.

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I'm playing RA:3 again at the moment, it's great fun but very short ! Each campaign is only about 5 maps.

I've never really like the Tiberium Sun games, apart from the first C+C game. That was just epic, but then they started introducing, as you say, daft futuristic units like hover tanks, and walkers etc.

Generals was a welcome and original boost to the series and i'm looking forward to the sequel which should be out pretty soon.

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Also there it nothing more pissing off than having to do a non-base building level. grr

luckily RA:3 doesnt seem to have any of those, but i remember them being all over the place in the earlier games.

Re: Retro Gaming [Re: pinin_prestatyn] #1338493
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Did anyone else have the 3DO like me? I've not seen it on any of your lists... it was ahead of its time (well thats what I thought at the time).

laugh

Some classic titles been mentioned which has brought back some very fond memories.

It wasn't that long ago, me and the mates all got together for a retro game night (about 4 years ago) where we got the SNES, N64 and PS1 out for a blast, Needless to say the night revolved around Goldeneye and Perfect Dark.

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I had a 3DO.

There was a really good football game for it but that was about it!! laugh

Ross

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Look at the bad boy that I just dug out of the loft. I've got a videomaster superscore!

Wow!

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27/04/2012 21:08
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My god! I know it must have been the dog's knackers at the time, but pong is grim.

That gun is probably illegal now crazy



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27/04/2012 21:21
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Is the Nintendo Scope the biggest 'light gun' ever ?

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My mate had that! I remember his mum giving me a rollocking because i left it on and drained the batteries. Was a bit naff as i recall, always thought the mega drive one looked better and you could detach parts.
It was a beast, a bit like a full sized RPG!!



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I had that, Ill never forgive my dad for trading it in a couple of years ago for a crap game

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I still have my old megadrive light gun scope!! laugh

It was quality. The SNES one was crap!!! laugh

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Originally Posted By: jonnybgt1759
Originally Posted By: Lego
My mate Paul could never beat me, but one mega long game he really did have me surrounded and beat all ends up and was on course for his first victory. So as a last resort I sneaked Tanya right round ouside of Map and couldn't believe he had left only a couple of guards at his base. He was so engrossed in destroying my base and finaly beating me, he never noticed his base was being destroyed by a Solitary Tanya. I couldn't stop laughing after the game when he called me afterwards "ow the f-in ell did you win that you @##tard. He refused to play me again. Still makes me laugh

Happy Days eh


Where was his base defence? The old telsa coils would have sorted out the tanya smile

Whats your opinion on the new versions of the game? I think they have ruined it by going too futuristic with too much bad actors playing out movie story lines.


Sorry, only just noticed this.(spa trip interrupted reading of this thread).

I totaly agree. I have tried a couple of them but it just wasn't the same so I've ignored all others.

I still play the Microsoft Close Combat(cc) games series from the mid 1990s. CC4 "Battle of the Bulge" was my favourite and I visited some of the Battle Maps/Towns when I was at Spa last month(eek what a Geek!) They are excellent and have beem updated and re-released recently.
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