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Classic Video Games / Re: looking for weird/terrible games

« on: January 03, 2013, 12:36:45 am »

I have not played it, but you might check out spice girls. I remember seeing people play it where there was confusion on if they had selected a game as they thought or just went to a strange menu.

I personally think that Taz-mania for game gear/master system is really bad. But it might just be me.

Robocop 3 is pretty bad.

Oh, by the way, TWJGames, are you going for a full LJN collection?

Actually no. But now that you mention it i have a good bit of their games. Like beetlejuice and bill and ted... but im getting alotta replys on games that were not made on the nes,snes,n64 or atari... im looking for stuff thats terrible on thoes systems or horror games... like i really want Nosferatu but kinda hard to find without using ebay

You know, I read the nes/snes/n64 thing but promptly forgot it. Sorry.

NES
Dr. Jekyll Mr. Hyde
CheetahMen 2
Where's Waldo
Barbie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (I'm sure a lot will disagree, but I think it is just awful)
Again look for LJN made games.

SNES
Super 3D Noah's Ark
Home Alone

My take on Home Improvement is that it really belongs on your list. I really think it is a subpar to mediocre platformer. However, it is certainly weird. Part of the premise is that you lose your tools and have to fight dinosaurs to get them back. There might be debate on the terrible but it is certainly weird. It feels like they were making a different game but the company got the home improvement license and slapped it on. However, from the little I played it isn't really terrible. But it's not great and just weird.

Also, if you ever look at a new system pick up a Sega CD. You might be interested in Make My video with Mary Mark. Or even the cult classics of Double Switch and Night Trap. Looking for Weird/Terrible/Horror I bet Night Trap would be your perfect game.

Something that might be interesting to pull up an emulator or get on iOS is Penn and Teller's Desert Bus. You just drive a bus that slowly pulls to the side. Nothing happens. There are sometimes marathons of that game for charity purposes.

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Classic Video Games / Re: looking for weird/terrible games

« on: January 02, 2013, 09:05:56 pm »

I have not played it, but you might check out spice girls. I remember seeing people play it where there was confusion on if they had selected a game as they thought or just went to a strange menu.

I personally think that Taz-mania for game gear/master system is really bad. But it might just be me.

Robocop 3 is pretty bad.

Oh, by the way, TWJGames, are you going for a full LJN collection?

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General / Re: Types of games you'd like to see

« on: January 02, 2013, 08:16:39 pm »

I want to see 8-16 bit style RPGs returned. Hopefully Ni No Kuni brings back that feeling that I miss from playing games like Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy VI. Ive looked at the games people call RPGs now and it blows my mind as to what they were thinking.

Have you checked out Pier Solar? It is literally a new 16-bit RPG. They put amazing detail into making it feel like you just got a completely new genesis game as well. The packaging is top notch.

http://www.piersolar.com/

I actually checked this out.  I'm interested to say the least. 

It's probably the only homebrew I've actually been interested in. The CGR Review shows some nice gameplay. Every review has been raving about it. And they've been selling out of each reprint since 2009 with the word of mouth just getting stronger as time moves on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUg-tD2M8jo

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General / Re: You know how I know we have a very narrow type of gamer here?

« on: January 01, 2013, 12:10:29 pm »

@Sin2beta:

Thanks for the links & lessons (never knew that's where that music originated from)

Nothing like some pumping music & scantily-clad girls to start off the new year right

(Btw, though...you have *entirely* too much time on your hands) 

 

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Classic Video Games / Re: a question for dreamcast fans

« on: January 01, 2013, 05:56:37 am »

Ok well saturn does look good too. Im not big into collecting newer stuff and dreamcast is pretty new for me... whats better to everyone? Dreamcast or saturn? Or maybe mega drive? Saturn seems more interesting to me

I would pick the one that is most interesting to you.

Looking at your collection though, I would go mega drive. Where do you live? AUS, UK... Both of these have a very good selection of mega drive games. Last time I was in the UK there was a lot of mega drive stuff at various cash converters, but Saturn merch was difficult to find. Mega Drive is cheap, plentiful, and very fun. Plus, you stated that you like collecting cartridges over CDs.

My take on the Saturn is... if you don't like the dreamcast, you won't like the Saturn. Although this is not 100%, the systems are very similar.

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General / Re: You know how I know we have a very narrow type of gamer here?

« on: January 01, 2013, 01:48:24 am »

I like a small dose of sports games. They are just modern pong. And to be honest, I really like pong. Tennis games are pong completely. Hockey is just slightly more complicated pong. And football is just slightly more complicated pong. Baseball feels like a strategy game of sorts to me. I like pong and I like strategy. I just don't need 15 versions of it every year.

I really like virtua tennis. I like most of the 2k series from the early to mid 2000s. And I currently own ncaa football 11 and nhl 12. To be honest, I was shocked by how much I actually enjoyed them. NBA Jam was a favorite to rent when I was a kid.

Wow, the comparison you just did amazes me. I never saw those games that way, but now that you mention it, I wonder how I never saw it. There seems to be enough of a difference to be annoying though, because I love pong and dislike a lot of modern sports games, so I'll have to investigate further!

Thanks! To be honest, I've spent a little too much time looking at the relations and comparisons between video games and sports. If you just play a modern sports game it does not seem like pong at all. But if you start with a game like hockey on the telstar (which was pong but with more paddles) and then gradually move to Intellivison, NES, SNES, etc, it is an interesting and pleasant evolution.

One of the best things I've noticed in my journey of geekdom is that most sporting events chant a commodore 64 chiptune. (even used to be the Toronto Maple Leafs goal horn) There is a C64 game called Lazy Jones with a song called "star dust". This was used by the German band Zombie Nation in their song Kernkraft 400, which is used in almost every sporting event.

Personally, I can't help but smile when I see a stadium of sports fans singing Commodore 64 songs as loud as they can.

Florida Gators stadium chanting C64 music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDZLULd4Qcg

Original C64 Stardust BGM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKnNFVkbIbA

Intermediate step of zombie nation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSJQLCImV18

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General / Re: Types of games you'd like to see

« on: December 31, 2012, 09:38:36 pm »

I want to see 8-16 bit style RPGs returned. Hopefully Ni No Kuni brings back that feeling that I miss from playing games like Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy VI. Ive looked at the games people call RPGs now and it blows my mind as to what they were thinking.

Have you checked out Pier Solar? It is literally a new 16-bit RPG. They put amazing detail into making it feel like you just got a completely new genesis game as well. The packaging is top notch.

http://www.piersolar.com/

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General / Re: Types of games you'd like to see

« on: December 31, 2012, 09:19:02 pm »

I would love to see light gun games come back.

Shenmue HD and Shenmue 3.

I want a Panzer Dragoon HD collection.

I want to see a Zombies Ate My Neighbors remake.

I would like a Super Smash TV remake. (Even as a FPS, I think that would be sweet. First person, massive weapons, hundreds of mutants, 4 minutes to survive, go for the high score)

I'd like to see a Telltale take on Maniac Mansion. And just for my own enjoyment I would like to see them take on Night Trap. Seriously... that would be awesome.

Most of these would end up being silly and probably pretty bad. But I'd still like to see them.

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Hardware and Tech / Re: Game Gear LCD screen

« on: December 31, 2012, 04:02:18 pm »

Yep bad capacitors...

You can also replace the LCD screen completely with something more modern or add a TV out to your GG.

It's kind of an old thread, but I wanted to say that if you are a little hesitant to change the capacitors, don't start with a new screen or tvout. They take some decent soldering skill. The capacitors you can get away with some glopping of solder. However, this won't fly on the video mods. Very small solder points.

If interested on seeing the trials, here is a video of the person who installed the video out for the GG for Mike Matei of Cinemassacre. This guy also made the Nintoaster for James Rolfe of Cinemassacre.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGvMESQ8kTc&feature=youtu.be

All of this work (and the above for cinemassacre) came from the work of a few people (special props to Xavier) from the SMSpower forums. His design, with a few design improvements were made into a community circuit. These are the boards you want, he also sells capacitor kits
http://members.iinet.net.au/~stinkyfist/reviletim/ggtv/ggtv.htm

If anyone decides to go this route, smspower is a good resource.

For video capacitor repair, htimreimer provided very good links. To get another style, in case someone gets stuc on something, I also suggest looking at Stig's tutorial. He is a really nice game gear collector. Recently sold his collection if I remember correctly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGDyYRNwFY4

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Classic Video Games / Re: a question for dreamcast fans

« on: December 31, 2012, 03:02:23 pm »

Im going to be the voice on the other end. The Dreamcast ties with the N64 for the worst normal game console system in my opinion (by normal, I mean from the NES til now. Of course its better than crap like pong and stuff like the Commodore 64). The library is full of mediocre games (RPG options are a joke) and the controllers are absolutely horrendous. I hear that it has bonuses like it can read CD-Rs and totally modifyable ... but you cant really polish a turd!

I think a lot of people will have the same opinion. That is why I would suggest researching very well (if possible playing one before the OP tries it). I believe the above is a very valid opinion.

If you like RPGs, the dreamcast is not your console (although it has shenmue which I consider the best). If you like adventure games, you can do better. If you like platformers the dreamcast is not your system. If you like racing games, you've got a few great options and a LOT of mediocre games. However, the dreamcast is HEAVILY loved by people who like the late 90s arcade genre. The dreamcast has a lot of ports from the naomi architecture from that time. If you like SEGA and Capcom arcade games, the DC is a good system. Both companies seemed to believe in and love the system.

For me, I also really like that it has some decent ports from the 32-bit era with playable graphics. I personally hate the PSOne, Saturn, and N64. The Saturn has a few gems, N64 has about 10-15 games I would actually play, and the PSOne only has the SQuare RPGs that interest me. In my view, the N64, SS, and PSone were way too underpowered for 3D. I remember thinking that at the time as well. The N64 did 3D decently enough (game design was horrible). The SS did 2D well, however this was becoming a 3D era. And the PSOne, in my opinion, did neither 2D or 3D very well. The DC was refreshing in that it did 2D very well and 3d at least competently enough. Also, during this time, I played most current games in the arcades. Thus, to experience games and nostalgia from the late 90s, the dreamcast is about the only option for me.

Ultimately, it comes down to personal taste and whether that jives with the system's personality. Try it out, if possible, before buying. Don't pay more that 35-40 for the system, and you should be able to resell with no problem or loss.

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General / Re: Fancy Meeting You Here...

« on: December 31, 2012, 04:44:04 am »

I just recently came to this site. I started watching the retro collecting youtube community. Youtubers like Ninjabearhug mention the site retrocollect a lot. However, that site is very PAL oriented. And being a yankee, I tend to collect NTSC and this site seems to have a proper database for the region.

So far, this seems like a great site and community. I look forward to getting more and more involved.

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General / Re: You know how I know we have a very narrow type of gamer here?

« on: December 31, 2012, 03:30:47 am »

I like a small dose of sports games. They are just modern pong. And to be honest, I really like pong. Tennis games are pong completely. Hockey is just slightly more complicated pong. And football is just slightly more complicated pong. Baseball feels like a strategy game of sorts to me. I like pong and I like strategy. I just don't need 15 versions of it every year.

I really like virtua tennis. I like most of the 2k series from the early to mid 2000s. And I currently own ncaa football 11 and nhl 12. To be honest, I was shocked by how much I actually enjoyed them. NBA Jam was a favorite to rent when I was a kid.

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Classic Video Games / Re: a question for dreamcast fans

« on: December 31, 2012, 03:14:45 am »

Oh, I wanted to add that it is very easy to find games for the dreamcast online. However, I have had a really tough time finding good quality games in the wild. There are way too many NFL 2k games out there. It's a good sports game, but my god, they are everywhere...

However, ebay and estarland have several games if you don't mind going that route.

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Classic Video Games / Re: a question for dreamcast fans

« on: December 31, 2012, 03:12:03 am »

It is a highly regarded system. Even though it doesn't mean much PCMag listed it as the best console ever at one point. http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow_viewer/0,3253,l=251235&a=251237&po=10,00.asp?p=n

The retro popularity of the system is a double edged sword as the dreamcast can be tough to shop for because a lot of people don't get rid of their dreamcast games. It also appeals to a certain demographic. The system was basically a home version of the naomi arcade board. Thus, you get a lot of late 90s arcade games. A lot of fighters and shmups are on the system. But it also had a lot of just weird games you won't find made very often (seaman, space channel 5, crazy taxi, shenmue). The best thing to do is probably watch some videos and such and see if it appeals to you. Most systems have its own personality and this is probably more true with the dreamcast more than any other system (except maybe neo geo).

Controllers are very durable. VMUs are awesome! The D-pad hurts your thumb on street fighter.

Here are some suggestions on where to start:
http://www.racketboy.com/retro/sega/dreamcast/games-that-defined-dreamcast

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBweijbvR_4

http://www.youtube.com/channel/SWfPzLT90pCJs

If you have more questions, just post away.