Was it the tennis game that ran on the oscilloscope?
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!
A truly fascinating video, watched the whole thing, thanks for posting the link zaphod 
I love Ahoy's videos. Amazing production values.
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.
He's an odd mix of classic gaming and gun worship
His videos are amazeballs. The Secret Of Monkey Island retrospective is a particular highlight.
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.
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.
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But of course it's only one player and worse still, it's not even the arcade version of the game, but the NES.
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.
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 :
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.
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.
Zardoz wrote:
I've just bought some Epoxy!
That's why this thread is so sticky.
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.
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.
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.
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Stupid traffic in Coalville today. But then out of the corner of my eye I noticed this in a barbers!
For those with Amazon Prime Video, they've added a documentary about the Nintendo Power Glove.
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.
https://kotaku.com/one-mans-quest-to-co ... 1839432488
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One Man's Quest To Collect Every Classic PC Game In Existence
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The “Zorfon” Mystery: Answers from a Golden-Age Video Game Developer
https://medium.com/@atarispot/the-zorfo ... 1f58544254
https://twitter.com/frankcifaldi/status ... 3377896448
Okay now someone find the terrible Hypercard adventure games I made in school in 7th grade https://t.co/nJe2vO9cvM
— Frank Cifaldi @ MAGFest (@frankcifaldi) December 28, 2019
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.
DoMessage(“you went North”)
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/ ... _on_switch
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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
Companies really do want your money, but at the right price
TheVision wrote:
I can probably get them cheap so let me know
Mr Chonks wrote:
TheVision wrote:
I can probably get them cheap so let me know
I’m very tempted by the framed set.
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.
I’ll see what I can do.
https://twitter.com/benjedwards/status/ ... 2719904768
https://www.fastcompany.com/90432140/ho ... me-pc-wars
This year is the 40th anniversary of the Atari 400/800 computers. I wrote a history piece about my favorite computer/game platform for FastCompany to celebrate:https://t.co/9exEFQSxuC
— Benj Edwards (@benjedwards) December 21, 2019
https://www.fastcompany.com/90432140/ho ... me-pc-wars
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.
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.
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.
There's a clever chap who's making the Prince of Persia for it and that looks really good.
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
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.
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)
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
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
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
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
https://twitter.com/JazRignall/status/1 ... 5055814656
Doh! I missed the 40th anniversary of Atari's seminal Asteroids coin-op last November. I absolutely loved that game - and still do. Here's an old tale I wrote for @USgamernet about how I melted an Asteroids coin-op back in the day: https://t.co/zzZ5zio8DX pic.twitter.com/9IB6lZHNW6
— Jaz Rignall (@JazRignall) January 22, 2020
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.
Practicing my patterns.. I've almost got this one nailed. #ARCADEGAMESERIESPACMAN #XboxShare pic.twitter.com/gazIk0lTWJ
— Ross Taylor (@TheXboxVision) January 31, 2020
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.
Why don't the power pills work?
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.
This is about level 70 in my video.
Arcade Club in Bury have opened a third floor
Dr Zoidberg wrote:
Arcade Club in Bury have opened a third floor
I went there last summer. It was great.
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.
https://twitter.com/digitalfoundry/stat ... 9544470534
Sometimes you just have to sit back and acknowledge a master at work. This @dark1x retrospective of the original Mortal Kombat is simply brilliant stuff. The history, the tech, the ports - just wait until you see the homebrew Lynx version! https://t.co/YuMboiuKlT
— Digital Foundry (@digitalfoundry) February 2, 2020
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