Classic Gaming

by Yioibon August 5th 2010, 4:31 pm

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Classic Gaming

by Yioibon August 5th 2010, 4:31 pm

Do you like to collect games from the 8 bit and 16 bit era? How about consoles from the Magnavox Odyssey to the Sega Dreamcast? If so, post why you like classic gaming, and what your preferred classic gaming platform is.

If you have a favorite gaming series that got ruined by new developers or you just like the classics better, post in here.

Also, feel free to post any suppliers of classic gaming consoles, cartridges, and accessories, if that is allowed.

If you buy anything classic gaming related, post it in this thread, I am sure we would like to hear about it.

Basically anything classic gaming related, goes in this thread.

by Zez August 5th 2010, 6:12 pm

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Re: Classic Gaming

by Zez August 5th 2010, 6:12 pm

Yioibon wrote:Do you like to collect games from the 8 bit and 16 bit era? How about consoles from the Magnavox Odyssey to the Sega Dreamcast?

Very much so.

Yioibon wrote:If so, post why you like classic gaming, and what your preferred classic gaming platform is.

I like classic gaming for so many reasons that my laziness threshold is being compromised, and I can't think about listing them all.

As for the platform question, I don't have an ultimate favorite, but the Atari 2600, SEGA Genesis, and Super Nintendo are certainly far up there. I haven't had the pleasure of actually owning, nor playing a Neo Geo, but I want to, and the same can be said of the NES, though I have played that. The Saturn and Dreamcast were also favorites of mine, and I also like the Vectrex.

Yioibon wrote:If you have a favorite gaming series that got ruined by new developers or you just like the classics better, post in here.

The spark of a million flame-wars. Sonic and Mario.

Yioibon wrote:Also, feel free to post any suppliers of classic gaming consoles, cartridges, and accessories, if that is allowed.

It is allowed, why wouldn't it be? I'm also interested if someone has some good places to get some, because all I know of are:
http://www.ebay.com/
http://www.amazon.com/

And, frankly, that's pretty darn sad.

Yioibon wrote:If you buy anything classic gaming related, post it in this thread, I am sure we would like to hear about it.

I probably won't be able to post much in here related to that for a while, until I get some good pocket change to spend on it. If I do, I will.

Yioibon wrote:Basically anything classic gaming related, goes in this thread.

Go Yio.

by Yioibon August 5th 2010, 6:25 pm

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Re: Classic Gaming

by Yioibon August 5th 2010, 6:25 pm

One great place to buy games new and old is http://www.retroscene.co.uk (even though the currency is in British currency, it is still a great place to find classic games.

Another great place that I have personally bought from many times is http://www.dkoldies.com

I have also bought a couple games from http://www.play-asia.com

Good for finding retro import games https://www.risingstuff.com/store

One last place for now is http://www.consolepassion.co.uk/retro-games-and-consoles.htm (I have bought a couple systems from these guys)

I will post more sources in the future.

by Phantom August 5th 2010, 6:45 pm

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Re: Classic Gaming

by Phantom August 5th 2010, 6:45 pm

My first console was an NES, complete with Super Mario Bros. 3 and a baseball game called Bases Loaded. I remember renting games from a local store, things like Concentration, Metroid, Mega Man 2, and maybe a few random others. Then after that console stopped working, I went back a step to the Magnavox Odyssey 2, with games like Attack of the Timelord, Pickaxe Pete, Nimble Numbers Ned ("IS-THIS-A-PERSON. WRONG. IT-IS-A-TRAPEZOID"), KC Munchkin and some kind of Speak-n-Spell thing with a robotic voice.

1994, I finally got a Genesis, and I really got deeper into the gaming scene. Sadly, my Genesis/32X is long dead, but I still have a perfectly capable Nomad that I can plug into the TV and plug a controller into that to somewhat fake the effect of playing on an actual Genesis system.

Back in my old neighborhood, there's a local used game store that sells games from as far back as the Atari 2600 and even an old Pong machine, the world's first ever home video game system.

by **Zezima** August 6th 2010, 3:26 pm

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Re: Classic Gaming

by Zezima August 6th 2010, 3:26 pm

Yioibon wrote:One great place to buy games new and old is http://www.retroscene.co.uk (even though the currency is in British currency, it is still a great place to find classic games.

You can only pay through Pounds?

Yioibon wrote:Another great place that I have personally bought from many times is http://www.dkoldies.com

That place seems too heavily focused on Nintendo, the only really old products they're selling are 2600 games.

Yioibon wrote:I have also bought a couple games from http://www.play-asia.com

I'm going to go out on a limbe here and say almost everything there specializes in the Japanese counterparts. Unless you have a Japanese or NTSC restricted system, that probably won't be used much, I'm guessing.

Yioibon wrote:Good for finding retro import games https://www.risingstuff.com/store

I'm sorry, that place is made of awesome.

Yioibon wrote:One last place for now is http://www.consolepassion.co.uk/retro-games-and-consoles.htm (I have bought a couple systems from these guys)

That's probably the best store I've ever seen for gaming collection ever, but then, it's UK currency, Pounds. Blast.

Yioibon wrote:I will post more sources in the future.

Thanks, Yio.

Phantom wrote:My first console was an NES, complete with Super Mario Bros. 3 and a baseball game called Bases Loaded.

You didn't get the bundled Mario/Duck Hunt cartridge?

Phantom wrote:I remember renting games from a local store, things like Concentration, Metroid, Mega Man 2, and maybe a few random others.

What's Concentration?

Phantom wrote:Then after that console stopped working, I went back a step to the Magnavox Odyssey 2, with games like Attack of the Timelord, Pickaxe Pete, Nimble Numbers Ned ("IS-THIS-A-PERSON. WRONG. IT-IS-A-TRAPEZOID"), KC Munchkin and some kind of Speak-n-Spell thing with a robotic voice.

How much did the Odyssey² cost you?

Phantom wrote:1994, I finally got a Genesis, and I really got deeper into the gaming scene. Sadly, my Genesis/32X is long dead, but I still have a perfectly capable Nomad that I can plug into the TV and plug a controller into that to somewhat fake the effect of playing on an actual Genesis system.

Back in my old neighborhood, there's a local used game store that sells games from as far back as the Atari 2600 and even an old Pong machine, the world's first ever home video game system.

Does this game store have a website?

by Zez October 28th 2010, 11:39 pm

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Re: Classic Gaming

by Zez October 28th 2010, 11:39 pm

Bumped for great conversation.

by **NeoMetalSonic** October 28th 2010, 11:48 pm

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Re: Classic Gaming

by NeoMetalSonic October 28th 2010, 11:48 pm

IF You ever wanted to play your old NES games but can't find them you can go to
http://www.virtualnes.com/
and also http://www.virtualgbx.com/ for Gameboy games

And it's all free

That or just emulate them

by Shade October 29th 2010, 4:26 am

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Re: Classic Gaming

by Shade October 29th 2010, 4:26 am

If you want to get games like Goldeneye: Rogue Agent and Midtown Madness 3 (old XBOX games), I'd suggest trying on Ebay.

by Chaos_Overlord October 29th 2010, 9:29 am

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Re: Classic Gaming

by Chaos_Overlord October 29th 2010, 9:29 am

I have some N64 stuff. There is a place near my house that has games, systems and accessories for it and other systems, all the way down to the NES.

by Phantom November 7th 2010, 9:24 pm

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Re: Classic Gaming

by Phantom November 7th 2010, 9:24 pm

Phantom wrote:
My first console was an NES, complete with Super Mario Bros. 3 and a baseball game called Bases Loaded.

You didn't get the bundled Mario/Duck Hunt cartridge?

Phantom wrote:
I remember renting games from a local store, things like Concentration, Metroid, Mega Man 2, and maybe a few random others.

What's Concentration?

Phantom wrote:
Then after that console stopped working, I went back a step to the Magnavox Odyssey 2, with games like Attack of the Timelord, Pickaxe Pete, Nimble Numbers Ned ("IS-THIS-A-PERSON. WRONG. IT-IS-A-TRAPEZOID"), KC Munchkin and some kind of Speak-n-Spell thing with a robotic voice.

How much did the Odyssey2 cost you?

Phantom wrote:
1994, I finally got a Genesis, and I really got deeper into the gaming scene. Sadly, my Genesis/32X is long dead, but I still have a perfectly capable Nomad that I can plug into the TV and plug a controller into that to somewhat fake the effect of playing on an actual Genesis system.

Back in my old neighborhood, there's a local used game store that sells games from as far back as the Atari 2600 and even an old Pong machine, the world's first ever home video game system.

Does this game store have a website?

In order:
1. No I didn't get the NES Mario/Duck Hunt bundle, but I did have SMB3.
2. Concentration was based on an old game show hosted by Alex Trebek, and it involved things like word puzzles and matching pictures. I still kinda remember the theme music for the NES game.
3. The Odyssey2 was given to me pre-owned, as it were.
4. Technically, this game store doesn't really have a website, but it is on Yelp.