A truly fascinating video, watched the whole thing, thanks for posting the link zaphod
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Oct 09, 2019 21:22 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Arcade Games & Random Gaming Nostalgia |
Was it the tennis game that ran on the oscilloscope? |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Wed Oct 09, 2019 22:01 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Was it the tennis game that ran on the oscilloscope? Tennis for two - its covered but there are a number before that - if you'd asked me before watching the video that would have been my answer as well ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view! |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Wed Oct 09, 2019 23:03 ] |
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A truly fascinating video, watched the whole thing, thanks for posting the link zaphod
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Thu Oct 10, 2019 9:59 ] |
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I love Ahoy's videos. Amazing production values. |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Thu Oct 10, 2019 10:24 ] |
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DavPaz wrote: I love Ahoy's videos. Amazing production values. I'd never heard of them before this - have subscribed and there are a lot of other videos that look interesting For this one I clicked - saw it was an hour and thought 'I'll just watch the first few minutes' but stayed right to the end. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Thu Oct 10, 2019 10:27 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Arcade Games & Random Gaming Nostalgia |
He's an odd mix of classic gaming and gun worship |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Thu Oct 10, 2019 10:27 ] |
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His videos are amazeballs. The Secret Of Monkey Island retrospective is a particular highlight. |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Thu Oct 10, 2019 10:39 ] |
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He always manages to make his old game footage look super crisp and modern, with the Quake one being stunning to look at in particular. |
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| Author: | devilman [ Sat Nov 16, 2019 16:18 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Arcade Games & Random Gaming Nostalgia |
I liked the look of the Bubble Bobble My Arcade Attachment: myarcade.PNG But of course it's only one player and worse still, it's not even the arcade version of the game, but the NES. |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Sat Nov 16, 2019 21:51 ] |
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devilman wrote: I liked the look of the Bubble Bobble My Arcade But of course it's only one player and worse still, it's not even the arcade version of the game, but the NES. It cant be long till you get the actual arcade one out - a lot of the 'my arcade' ones are the NES roms due to the size of the system and the price point they are going for Ashens did a video on a lot of the larger 1/4 sized ones recently : |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Sun Nov 17, 2019 10:10 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Arcade Games & Random Gaming Nostalgia |
I've got the Pac-man quarter sized arcade machine in that range and it's lovely. Ms. Pac-man is out soon so I've ordered that too. I also need to tell you all about the arcade machine I had for my birthday. I'll get some pictures together and post something soon. |
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| Author: | Warhead [ Sun Nov 17, 2019 13:41 ] |
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Zardoz wrote: I've just bought some Epoxy! That's why this thread is so sticky. |
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| Author: | devilman [ Sat Nov 23, 2019 16:36 ] |
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Not cheap, but Amazon have the Street Fighter II 4ft cabinet in their Black Friday deals at the moment. £254.99 instead of £349.99. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sun Nov 24, 2019 13:51 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Arcade Games & Random Gaming Nostalgia |
Gaywood and I went to the Arcade Vaults in Cardiff yesterday. They had a lot of old computers and consoles (and only one arcade cabinet), but it's a great little place. Here is Gaywood playing California Games on the Lynx. Attachment: IMG_20191123_215140.jpg
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| Author: | Satsuma [ Tue Nov 26, 2019 20:29 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Arcade Games & Random Gaming Nostalgia |
Stupid traffic in Coalville today. But then out of the corner of my eye I noticed this in a barbers! |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Wed Nov 27, 2019 22:12 ] |
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| Author: | devilman [ Fri Dec 06, 2019 16:42 ] |
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For those with Amazon Prime Video, they've added a documentary about the Nintendo Power Glove. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sun Dec 08, 2019 22:17 ] |
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https://fusionretrobooks.com/collections/pdf Free books! |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Sun Dec 08, 2019 22:25 ] |
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devilman wrote: For those with Amazon Prime Video, they've added a documentary about the Nintendo Power Glove. I watched this, it was quite interesting. |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Thu Dec 19, 2019 15:30 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Arcade Games & Random Gaming Nostalgia |
https://kotaku.com/one-mans-quest-to-co ... 1839432488 Quote: One Man's Quest To Collect Every Classic PC Game In Existence
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Thu Jan 02, 2020 14:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Arcade Games & Random Gaming Nostalgia |
Quote: The “Zorfon” Mystery: Answers from a Golden-Age Video Game Developer https://medium.com/@atarispot/the-zorfo ... 1f58544254 |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Thu Jan 02, 2020 14:06 ] |
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https://twitter.com/frankcifaldi/status ... 3377896448
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| Author: | Mr Russell [ Thu Jan 02, 2020 15:44 ] |
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zaphod79 wrote: https://twitter.com/frankcifaldi/status/1210973413377896448 All my first programming stuff was done in HyperCard in the school library, navigating between cards drawn to look like a top-down map. |
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| Author: | Mr Russell [ Thu Jan 02, 2020 15:44 ] |
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DoMessage(“you went North”) |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Fri Jan 03, 2020 14:32 ] |
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https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/ ... _on_switch Quote: Best Of 2019: Why You'll Never Get To Play Your Favourite Retro Game On Switch
Companies really do want your money, but at the right price |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Tue Jan 07, 2020 15:55 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Arcade Games & Random Gaming Nostalgia |
UK Gaming stamps! https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/51012498 |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Wed Jan 08, 2020 10:39 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Arcade Games & Random Gaming Nostalgia |
You can buy those stamps here. https://shop.royalmail.com/special-stam ... ideo-games |
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| Author: | myp [ Wed Jan 08, 2020 10:57 ] |
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TheVision wrote: I can probably get them cheap so let me know |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Wed Jan 08, 2020 19:31 ] |
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Mr Chonks wrote: TheVision wrote: I can probably get them cheap so let me know I’m very tempted by the framed set. |
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| Author: | romanista [ Thu Jan 09, 2020 21:12 ] |
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Mr Chonks wrote: TheVision wrote: I can probably get them cheap so let me know If you can get me a few sets that would ve great. The sensi community will eat them. |
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| Author: | myp [ Thu Jan 09, 2020 21:49 ] |
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I’ll see what I can do. |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Wed Jan 15, 2020 15:19 ] |
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https://twitter.com/benjedwards/status/ ... 2719904768
https://www.fastcompany.com/90432140/ho ... me-pc-wars |
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| Author: | Hearthly [ Thu Jan 16, 2020 9:15 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Arcade Games & Random Gaming Nostalgia |
What a fascinating and well-written piece, I read all of it last night. Thanks for posting the link zaphod I remember owning an Atari 800XL, it was a hand-me-down from a cousin when he'd finished with it so it was a bit long in the tooth, but it had some good games for it (once you got past the APPALLINGLY SLOW loading times from tape), really impressive colour abilities compared to other 8-bit machines. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Thu Jan 16, 2020 9:44 ] |
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I agree. I've got an Atari 800XL and have recently set it up again. I've got one of those SD card readers on it and it's great. There's a clever chap who's making the Prince of Persia for it and that looks really good. |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Thu Jan 16, 2020 10:23 ] |
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An Atari 800XL was my second computer (after the ZX81) and yes the tape games loading times were terrible (Bounty Bob Strikes Back being the worst I can remember at around 15 minutes) but a very capable machine and when I eventually got a disk drive it was way way faster than the equivalent C64 with drive |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Thu Jan 16, 2020 10:53 ] |
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I think Gauntlet had the longest loading times as far as I can remember. I remember the tape spools pretty much touching there was that much of it. |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Thu Jan 16, 2020 12:03 ] |
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Gauntlet was a multiload so it loaded , then you had it load in levels in blocks of 4 or 8 (I was lucky that i had a disk drive for mine by that point so got the disk version instead) |
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| Author: | DavPaz [ Thu Jan 16, 2020 12:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Arcade Games & Random Gaming Nostalgia |
I also had an Atari 800XL. I remember it being incredibly difficult to get games for in about 1988-89 when we got it. It was swapped for a Speccy 128 soon after. Much easier to get games for. When Atari games were written to take advantage of the better hardware on the 800XL, they were seriously impressive. Pretty sure I played Stunt Car Racer on the Atari long before I got my Amiga. Edit: Nah, couldn't have as it wasn't available. Must've been the Speccy version 
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Thu Jan 16, 2020 12:37 ] |
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DavPaz wrote: I also had an Atari 800XL. I remember it being incredibly difficult to get games for in about 1988-89 when we got it. It was swapped for a Speccy 128 soon after. Much easier to get games for. When Atari games were written to take advantage of the better hardware on the 800XL, they were seriously impressive. Pretty sure I played Stunt Car Racer on the Atari long before I got my Amiga. Edit: Nah, couldn't have as it wasn't available. Must've been the Speccy version FYI someone has ported it to the Atari recently - pretty sure Chinny did a video on it There was a C64 version of it which was good - and yes the main problem with the Atari was finding games for it - relegated to the random edge of a shelf or hidden in the back somewhere when C64 / Spectrum / Amstrad was everywhere else |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Tue Jan 21, 2020 14:07 ] |
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https://www.polygon.com/features/2019/1 ... las-warner Quote: The man who made Wolfenstein
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Fri Jan 24, 2020 14:21 ] |
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https://twitter.com/JazRignall/status/1 ... 5055814656
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| Author: | romanista [ Mon Jan 27, 2020 22:17 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Arcade Games & Random Gaming Nostalgia |
Cool. Old satteliteview snes game found https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digi ... m-oblivion |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Jan 29, 2020 10:59 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Arcade Games & Random Gaming Nostalgia |
http://fabiensanglard.net/another_world ... index.html Interesting series about Another World. |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Sat Feb 01, 2020 0:32 ] |
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https://twitter.com/TheXboxVision/statu ... 9539523585
I'm quite proud of this. My eventual aim is to see the kill screen. I'm using save states so it's cheating technically but if I can knock off 10-20 screens like this in one go, I'll be there in no time. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sat Feb 01, 2020 2:22 ] |
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Why don't the power pills work? |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Sat Feb 01, 2020 9:02 ] |
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The time that the ghosts turn blue reduces by each level. By level 19, the power pills stop working completely and each level runs the same speed right up to level 256 where the game breaks. This is about level 70 in my video. |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Sat Feb 01, 2020 20:06 ] |
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Arcade Club in Bury have opened a third floor |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Sat Feb 01, 2020 21:02 ] |
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Dr Zoidberg wrote: Arcade Club in Bury have opened a third floor I went there last summer. It was great. |
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| Author: | Dr Zoidberg [ Sat Feb 01, 2020 21:47 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Dr Zoidberg wrote: Arcade Club in Bury have opened a third floor I went there last summer. It was great. I think it’s 4 times for me, plus the original venue in Haslingden. I was going to do the Leeds one but failed to fit it in over Christmas. |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Mon Feb 03, 2020 18:30 ] |
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https://twitter.com/digitalfoundry/stat ... 9544470534
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