The retrogame thread Options

[mirocu]

This is a thread dedicated to the gaming system that took over the torch and basically saved the whole gaming industry after the video game crash of 1983, I believe it was. Details aside though, it became a tremendous success for Nintendo and gained gaming fans all over the world. It´s a system that still has a lot of popularity long after it was taken off the shelves and it is equally iconic and infamous at the same time.

But this thread isn´t mainly about that. It´s about the games and the accessories and the memories. As many of you know, I collect games for my own console I got as a kid. It still works and since I made the decision to take it apart to clean it and cut the 10NES lockout chip (preventing games not approved by Nintendo to be played), it works even better now than when it was new since the lockout chip can also screw with legal games.

I plan to write about games I´ve gotten and ones I´m getting and about the games in general, but as I realize this is a topic not shared by too many here, I invite you to write about any other old gaming system you may have played or simply know something about that you want to share. The only requirement I ask you to follow is that it´s about a cartridge-based system.

Happy gaming!

This post has been edited by mirocu: Aug 2 2016, 10:54 AM

[mirocu]

No blow!

Moist from your breath can make the contacts corrode. You need to pull out the mighty qtip and a cleaning agent (not Smith) like Windex or something. This guy will show you how it´s done - take it away, mr Koralik!


(If you don´t want to see when he takes apart and cleans the system skip to 11:25)

[mALX]

No blow!

Moist from your breath can make the contacts corrode. You need to pull out the mighty qtip and a cleaning agent (not Smith) like Windex or something. This guy will show you how it´s done - take it away, mr Koralik!


(If you don´t want to see when he takes apart and cleans the system skip to 11:25)

Huh? Don't ... er ... blow? That's the first time I ever heard that,



Rohi - cover your eyes!!!


Edit: Oh, what a great vid! Thank you for that!





This post has been edited by mALX: Aug 31 2015, 09:46 AM

[mirocu]

Just found The Gaming Historian on youtube. He´s good and quite interesting to listen to. Here he talks about Super Mario Bros 2 and how different it was for us compared to Uleni´s the Japanese version.

[mALX]

Just found The Gaming Historian on youtube. He´s good and quite interesting to listen to. Here he talks about Super Mario Bros 2 and how different it was for us compared to Uleni´s the Japanese version.

Wow, doesn't that make you want to play that original hard Japanese version? I WANT IT !!!!

[mirocu]

Wow, doesn't that make you want to play that original hard Japanese version? I WANT IT !!!!

Yeah, I´d love to play it!

[mALX]

Wow, doesn't that make you want to play that original hard Japanese version? I WANT IT !!!!

Yeah, I´d love to play it!

Didn't he say that the "Lost Files" was a watered down easier version of it? I want the original one, not the watered down version, lol.

[mirocu]

Same here


Maybe Uleni can get me a copy..?

[mALX]

Same here


Maybe Uleni can get me a copy..?

UUULEEEEEENIIIIIIIIII !!!!!!!






This post has been edited by mALX: Oct 11 2015, 04:40 PM

[mirocu]

Pat the NES Punk - NES 30th Anniversay panel talk (with Ian)


This system was so awesome, had such an impact and it deserves recognition

[mALX]

Pat the NES Punk - NES 30th Anniversay panel talk (with Ian)


This system was so awesome, had such an impact and it deserves recognition

I still have it!

[mirocu]

Played some tonight.

Started out with the all-time classic Super Mario Brothers, I got up to level 5-1 before I messed up too much to be bothered to continue. So in went Probotector, otherwise known as Contra, and with the help of the 30 lives code I beat it. I guess I could beat it without the code if I actually tried hard enough, but meh. I just wanna see the game and beat it. It btw really does have solid gameplay

[mirocu]

More from the Gaming Historian, this time about the Game Boy

I had about six games in total when I was a kid and I´ve beaten them all. I spent so much time playing that I got really good at them, more so than I ever got on the NES actually. Still have all the games but unfortunately I can´t find the boxes and manuals

[mALX]

More from the Gaming Historian, this time about the Game Boy

I had about six games in total when I was a kid and I´ve beaten them all. I spent so much time playing that I got really good at them, more so than I ever got on the NES actually. Still have all the games but unfortunately I can´t find the boxes and manuals

I'm not ignoring this, will check it out when I have some time to watch it. Today was Thanksgiving, and tomorrow I've got an appointment for most of the morning; and really not sure what I'll have time for after that, depends on how things go.

[King Of Beasts]

Any less known game suggestions from anyone for the NES?

[mirocu]

Any less known game suggestions from anyone for the NES?

Super Mario and Duck Hunt?


I don´t know many less known gems so I don´t think I can help you much. Though I know Renee would recommend Faxanadu, an early RPG kind of game where I think you level up and such things. Personally I can recommend River City Ransom otherwise known as Street Gangs, if you want to kick and punch thugs while being one yourself It actually has an element of RPG too where depending on what food you eat you can level up different skills. You can also learn new moves from books.

Look em up on youtube if you want to see how they are

This post has been edited by mirocu: Nov 27 2015, 10:48 PM

[mALX]

More from the Gaming Historian, this time about the Game Boy

I had about six games in total when I was a kid and I´ve beaten them all. I spent so much time playing that I got really good at them, more so than I ever got on the NES actually. Still have all the games but unfortunately I can´t find the boxes and manuals

I have a free weekend (finally) - so finally had time to sit down and watch this. I love his histories of the different games! He didn't go as in depth in this one as he did on the NES, but maybe there wasn't as much to say, lol.

I got my son two gameboys (so his friends could play with him if they didn't have one) and every single attachment and extra available for them. He had a Gameboy pack (like a briefcase) that held all the gear in it for when he visited friend's houses, lol.

He got the Gameboy Color and Gameboy Advance; the Gameboy GameCube Adapter so he could play his gameboy games on the Television; etc.

I think for the longest time that was his favorite of all time; but when I got him the XBox 360 it eventually got where he didn't want to play it anymore, so he sold everything to the GameStop in order to buy 360 games.





This post has been edited by mALX: Nov 28 2015, 07:53 PM

[mirocu]

So nice of you to get him all that! Sad to learn he sold it all eventually, though. If he hasn´t regretted it yet I suspect there might come a time when he will...


Never had any accessories for the Gameboy myself. I had the box it came in plus the games and that was it, but I was happy. Still remember when I got Kirby´s Pinball Land on a Christmas morning (we always got one gift early), I played the heck out of it!

[mALX]

So nice of you to get him all that! Sad to learn he sold it all eventually, though. If he hasn´t regretted it yet I suspect there might come a time when he will...


Never had any accessories for the Gameboy myself. I had the box it came in plus the games and that was it, but I was happy. Still remember when I got Kirby´s Pinball Land on a Christmas morning (we always got one gift early), I played the heck out of it!

I was afraid he would regret it too; but he sold them all in 2006 or so; and this is almost 2016 - so far he hasn't moaned about it, lol. I guess if he ever does, you can always still find them for sale at the GameStop, though maybe not in the same great condition his were in when he sold them.

I regretted selling my NES and Sega Genesis systems, and moaned about it a LOT. One of my son's friends gave me his old broken NES system and Mario games for XMas right before Oblivion came out. You had to fix the NES before playing every time you played it, but then it would work. I played it to death until my son got me playing Oblivion, lol.

I still miss the Sega every now and then, but I did get some of the games on my PC to play (Echo the Dolphin; Kid Chameleon; etc). It just isn't the same, somehow.






This post has been edited by mALX: Nov 28 2015, 09:34 PM

[mirocu]

I regretted selling my NES and Sega Genesis systems, and moaned about it a LOT. One of my son's friends gave me his old broken NES system and Mario games for XMas right before Oblivion came out. You had to fix the NES before playing every time you played it, but then it would work. I played it to death until my son got me playing Oblivion, lol.

Sounds strange. What did you have to do in order to make it work before every session?



Tonight I played some Pro Wrestling (as Star Man) and then Wild Gunman that utilizes the Zapper


When I got beyond lvl 99 on Gunman it just started over at lvl 1 again, and the score isn´t properly displayed as it can´t show 1.000.000 and over. But I did get over 2 million points. Average time on bandit one was 0.25 seconds and on bandit two 0.37 seconds. Lost two lives though because I was goofing around with different shooting styles


I love my NES

[mirocu]

Last night I finally beat Kung Fu!

Not a hard game really and it´s very short, but you take a lot of damage when hit, especially when fighting the bosses but I beat the end guy surprisingly easy. No deaths along the way either so it was a pretty nice run

I also played the black box wrestling game where I won and defended the title. No real end to it, you just keep defending the title. And I also beat Probotector (Contra) again. Love the music on stage 5 and 6

This post has been edited by mirocu: Jan 27 2016, 09:01 AM