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Modern Video Games / (edit) My Own Opinon With Modern Consoles

« on: June 17, 2018, 05:18:19 pm »

This is sorta a game warning thread for those who want to buy a modern game

One of my family member mentioned a modern game I think it is for the PlayStation 4 that took him over 12 hours on a fast DSL connection before playing it even though he had the disc,

I know not all games are that big and are fun regardless but read what I said below I edited this topic title after seether's post

I was really venting so beware

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Hardware and Tech / A Virus In An Old Super Nintendo Game Mortal Kombat 2

« on: June 17, 2018, 12:31:23 am »

Years ago I picked up a used copy of Mortal Kombat II I have gotten rid of it a long time ago, but if you played that cartridge. all the fighters would glitch out randomly a 4 seconds into the first fight to the point that the game had a mind of it's own, the buttons didn't work at all and the game was looping glitches flying the fighters all over the screen. and the game also was playing itself moving the fighters automatically.

I did read once that Mortal Kombat II for the Super Nintendo, had an experienced hacker that discovered how to break the cartridges that were sold back in the early 1990's. This hacker also did this for a joke or a prank to pull on kids to make them think that their Super Nintendo was being controlled by ghosts It was also an old article I read on the internet about this.

I figured this topic was interesting so I shared it with you

Did your ever run into those messed up Mortal Kombat II games?

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General / Found A Forgotten Video Thread That Looks Interesting

« on: June 15, 2018, 10:10:12 pm »

I just found an old thread that sparked my interest on VGcollect. In spite of it being an older thread It has not gotten a lot of views. I plan on watching the videos in this thread. I hope the videos in this thread are not deleted off Youtube because they are pretty old

https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,6218.0.html

 (edit)

here is a link to Retro Reload playlists
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTyhaE8LSCmQN7fiHxHjyWg/playlists

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Off Topic / Are Member Of VGcollect Starting To Get Angry Or It's Just Me?

« on: June 14, 2018, 07:19:05 pm »

I feel lately some people are starting to get annoyed on the boards lately, and I hope I am not one of the causes. I sense people are starting to reply in an agitated way. Maybe it's what is happening with E3, maybe someone including myself said something or did something uncalled for. Maybe it is a new member, the boards used to be a place where we could all speak our thoughts, maybe something is in the air. I sense some hostility and maybe I should leave for a while.

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General / Do You Ever Alter The Controls For A New Challenge?

« on: June 13, 2018, 05:14:35 pm »

Do you ever alter the controls on a game you know how to play by heart? that you love vary much? but it became too easy for you? Since you probably beat it many times. I didn't so far, but I have thought about it, if in case I wanted try something different or make a video game I love seem new again.

How many of you actually tried alternative controls for a new challenge on a game you've already beaten?

This is an idea I have thought about for a long time now. But occasionally changing controls can make the game lag on some games that were never tested through.

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General / Your Preferred Device Manufacture Friendly Disscussion

« on: June 10, 2018, 06:20:55 pm »

Lets not argue or call anyone a fanboy. all opinions are welcome.
The reason for this thread is because  I have been reading on people least favorite device a lot of people on here have said either Nintendo or Microsoft related consoles. But none mention not once SONY or Sega.

do more people of VGcollect like SONY and Sega devices on here then the other in the big four including Nintendo and Microsoft also .

There is no doubt in my mind Nintendo's 2nd and 3rd consoles. including the gameboy's are what I believe are Nintendo's most preferred consoles. Including the 1985-1983  The Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicom and the 1990 Super Nintendo/Super Famicom 

But after the Super Nintendo/Super Famicon. According to what I read on here so far Nintendo's more newer experiments get a lot of people disappointed, starting with the N64 and Virtual Boy. And for some the Gamecube, Wii and the Wii u are not their preferred console

I go with anything but So far think SONY and Nintendo products hold up the best today

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General / Your Least Favorite Gaming Device

« on: June 08, 2018, 03:26:57 pm »

I am not sure where the older threads are so I made a new one.

Out of all I owned in my life the Gameboy Advance SP was the least fun for me. I never really got into this device. All other handhelds like the Sega Game Gear and the Nintendo Gameboy I did enjoy though.

 I was not as into gaming at the time I had it so maybe that was why. Or because I had a lot of games that were not fun.

One of them was Lord Of The Rings The Return Of The King. I also had Duke Nukem Advance, and Hot Wheels Racing, also someone loaned me Sonic The Hedgehog for the Gameboy Advance and never wanted it back.

I know there is another thread somewhere on this. But out of all gaming period which PC? device? console? or handheld? is your least favorite? of what you actually remember playing a game on.

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Classic Video Games / What Would You Do If You Had Nintendo World Championship For NES?

« on: June 04, 2018, 11:49:25 am »

For me? I don't think this would be necessary in my collection. Since this cartridge has a bunch of common games on it. I personally don't think I would buy this since it is only basically good for bragging and showing off. Also less the 150 copies were ever made of Nintendo World Championship NES

But in my opinion it would go well in a museium

If I had it I probably would keep it and put it on a shelf

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Classic Video Games / Do You Buy Something Just Because It's Rare Or Fun Factor?

« on: June 01, 2018, 03:31:59 am »

I like to own a game for it's fun factor. a lot of rare game are rare for a reason. And sometimes it is because they stink or where underrated on their release. yet most common games I actually found to be fun including common overlooked sports titles. why pay $100 or more on a rare game when you could have just as much fun on a common game?

Who like common games? I Do

If you do see my collection I'll confess I own a bunch of compilations with the rare stuff

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Off Topic / Your 2018 Summer Plans

« on: May 30, 2018, 02:41:40 am »

I plan on playing some games not sure about going anywhere special.

Summer for me brings back video game nostalgia. I don't get out much. But if I did I would get overheated because it actually can be up to 110' Fahrenheit plus 99% humidity in the lower east part of Michigan during the summer months. and I don't have air conditioning currently due to costs. but I live in a cooler room.

what are some of your summer plans? Do you intending on playing games? or going fishing for real? or maybe a BBQ? or maybe you plan on hunting for more games. I do plan on hunting for more games

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Hardware and Tech / N64 Reset Button Trouble I'm Guessing It's the Expansion Pack?

« on: May 26, 2018, 07:56:27 pm »

I bought a n64 used online with the expansion pack a while back, and I noticed that although the console is clean and the reset button is not stuck. So I am guessing this may be an electrical issue. I am not going to bother to fix this since on and off still works fine.

I don't use the reset button often.

I watched a video on Youtube and done my research. and I am not the only one having this issue. all Youtube did was recommend that I take it apart and clean it, but the console has been clean since the day I had it. So far google led me to nowhere and there is nothing on the internet that has a solution. Or the hackers have their mouth shut and nobody's talking. as I did read in a forum that this guy fixed multiple systems with this issue but has no tell to prove it

But I did notice that in the video had of someone fixing this issue has the same expansion pack as mine the red booster pack

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General / General Play Tips For Any Video Game Genre?

« on: May 26, 2018, 05:03:14 pm »

What are some tips you could offer for playing video games in general?

this can include any genre. I would like to stick to genres because everyone has different games in their collections. Here are some of the things to mention in your posts you can provide a below average retro or modern gamer

1: Your experience with a genre how you beat them (example) "beat em ups" or "shoot em ups" (etc)
2: How you defeat most video game bosses in defined genres?
3: What you should try to avoid doing in a defined genre or style of game.

My tips first person shooters both console and PC

First Person Shooters
1: Try not to stand still. keep moving in all possible directions while fighting off enemies
2: Learn to move from side to side and backwards and forwards while shooting and aiming
3: Reload often after clearing out a bunch of enemies on all modern FPS games were reloading your gun is necessary
 
4: Duck behind an obstacle then reload
5: Keep low and use the crouch feature often especially if you don't know what your up against.

6: Shoot the gun in the direction of the enemy even if you don't hit them when the game is being cheap.
8: sometimes you can use the sound effects to find hidden enemies.
9: shoot through plants or even walls on some FPS games.
10: look in hidden areas or explore levels  to find special power-ups such as health and ammo upgrades or even better weapons.
11: pick up ammo from fallen enemies and use their guns when you can't find enough ammo for your own guns.
12: Learn to take risks and go guns blazing when the game starts to get hard.

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Site Feedback / Does This Forum Penalize Necrobumping? Vs. Having People Repeat

« on: May 22, 2018, 12:28:35 am »

I have been making a lot of threads on VGcollect. I am not trying to control the forum in any way.  I currently have been using the forum search before making new posts.

 In short can I get in trouble for bring up a thread made by someone else or even myself that got reply's and was an older legit topic?

 instead of making a new thread every time for something with having have former posters repeat things they already said before? I knew some forums in my past that would scold or even penalize and use the word Necrobumping. I need to know this because I was planing on replying on a Plug & Play thread created in 2014 instead of making my own Plug and Play Thread.

By the way, this thread has some vary active senior members that replied and would otherwise probably repeat what they said years ago. on the same subject. This is coming from a man who has been in a lot of forums, what some of your thoughts on this VGcollect?

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Off Topic / Your Opinion On People That Create Game Or Hardware Breaking Malware

« on: May 16, 2018, 10:38:28 pm »

Personally I don't understand why anyone has the nerve to ruin something that is not theirs. and  not even know the person, who fall victim to their shit. I hate when you download from a certain video game site and everything thing is fine until, you then pick something to download and it has secret codes attached to it that could eventually break something.

Not everything you download on the internet is a virus but a lot of malware is completely random, it can be anything from a game breaking glitch or a hardware malfunction.

Yea I remember the time when my PC almost caught on fire and if I was a person without some electrical experience. It might have burned my house down. My PC was new at the time and their was no reason why, when I went to this one site. and no it was not a porn site my PC started grinding and stinking but I managed to save my PC by spamming the power button because It almost burned up and even the power button would not it shut off.

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Classic Video Games / Your Favorite Mech Game

« on: May 16, 2018, 06:50:25 am »

Mechwarrior 4 Series

1: Mechwarrior 4 Mercineries PC
2: Mechwarrior 4 Vengeance PC
3: Mechwarrior 4 Black Knight PC Expansion pack

For those who are new to this series, or too young to know this series is mainly on PC although I do own a PS1 version of Mechwarrior 2. This series is a first person shooter that lets you take control of a huge war machine called a Mech. you shoot other war machines called Mechs in 3D or first person and or even in third person if you choose.

It is basically another game about future war simulation with a story line. Especially the Mechwarrior 4 series. MW4 Vengeance, and Black Night PC Expansion has the best story out of all of the PC versions I've played, in my opinion. Mechwarrior 4 Vengeance and it's expansion pack is worth adding to your retro PC collection also in my opinion

I highly recommend for all Mech gameing fans "Mechwarrior 4 Vengeance" and Mechwarrior 4 Black Knight and Mech Warrior 4 Mercenaries defiantly MW4 Mercenaries.

Mechwarrior is not that console game that came with the massive control station