Retro Gaming

[MKT]

8 hours ago, Black Valkyrie said:

 

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/12/this-christmas-youll-be-able-to-play-snes-batman-returns-on-your-genesis-for-free 

 

 

 

Another nostalgia fest watching this lol. It didn't have the best gameplay but was very serviceable and captured the mood nicely. 

[sh9000]

 

 

[Valkyrie Hunter D]

New free racing game for your Atari STE:

A real nice looking labor of love.

[Big s]

On 12/10/2024 at 7:49 PM, sh9000 said:

 

 

Saves president Ronnie and only gets a burger for a reward 

[rsvictor1976]

I'm not super big into the retro gaming community, just dabbled in some emulators. But I used to own a 32" Sony Trinitron TV back in the day and remember how bulky and heavy that was. This has gotta be an amazing TV to play a vintage console on.

 

[Hikuro]

That's pretty cool, I never would have thought the CRT's got that big unless it was just some gimmick thing. I don't even remember what my biggest CRT was growing up, but it had to be in the 30's range. I DO remember my last CRT was a Toshiba VHS/DVD combo 20''. We gave it away to a gal who was moving into a new home after her previous had burned down. SADLY the night she was heading home with said TV, she got into a wreck and the TV was destroyed. 

[Big s]

8 hours ago, Hikuro said:

That's pretty cool, I never would have thought the CRT's got that big unless it was just some gimmick thing. I don't even remember what my biggest CRT was growing up, but it had to be in the 30's range. I DO remember my last CRT was a Toshiba VHS/DVD combo 20''. We gave it away to a gal who was moving into a new home after her previous had burned down. SADLY the night she was heading home with said TV, she got into a wreck and the TV was destroyed. 

Yeah, most of the big screens were those projection tv sets. Those had so many problems like screen burn and they didn’t like basic household cleaning items. I remember my aunt melted a corner of theirs and my uncle didn’t let go of that one for a decade or so.

[MKT]

On 12/25/2024 at 2:13 AM, rsvictor1976 said:

I'm not super big into the retro gaming community, just dabbled in some emulators. But I used to own a 32" Sony Trinitron TV back in the day and remember how bulky and heavy that was. This has gotta be an amazing TV to play a vintage console on.

 

Nice story and it just got better towards the end. 

[F-ZeroOne]

Yes, that video is an incredible story and goes some places you probably won't expect before viewing!

[Black Valkyrie]

 

 

 

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[Hikuro]

 Since we were talking about a 40+ tv, I came across this, I don't have any memory of these ever existing, probably because these were discontinued shortly after I was born and it never took off with anyone I ever knew growing up. Laser Disc was a different story, but this, seemed really interesting. I did look up these CED's after viewing this and see quite a few in the market, but almost not a single one of them work and getting any kind of parts is next to impossible or as expensive as the player itself. Though I did find tons and tons of movies, just not working players. 

[JB0]

CED is wild tech. But yeah, there's relatively little hardware, and the styluses haven't been made for decades. The format isn't completely unplayable yet, but it is well on its way.

 

YouPotato Technology Connections did a five-part documentary about the format and it's history because there was just slightly too much information to fit into one episode... and slightly too much information to fit into the second episode, and slightly too muck information to fit in the third... and his thirty-minute swim turned into a two-and-a-half-hour deep dive because there was just so much going on.

 

https://youtu.be/PnpX8d8zRIA

 

[davidwhangchoi]

looks like a mister that's has a cool looking shell. 

[F-ZeroOne]

I also only recently found out about CED; I think there was at least one other LaserDisc rival as well but I forget the name now...

[Hikuro]

The thought crossed my mind on trying to find a CED to add to the collection, movies aren't hard to come by on the format, and there are several models out there to choose from. But the pricing on working units are just to gosh darn high. And with parts pretty much close to non-existent and hearing that CED records tend to scratch and decay very easily I guess it just puts it off the table and not to much no repair shop will touch them at all.

Though I'm not opposed to buying a Laserdisc honestly, I always liked the format and there's some really good movies to own out there, such as untouched Star Wars....don't get me wrong I own the gold band DVD's from back in the days and those are about as untouched as it gets as well. But it's just owning a piece of history that I like, which is why I have so much retro console stuff stored up over the last year it just helps me remember a better time in my life. Laserdisc players are still rather expensive, but think when the time comes I'll come across a good unit and just sit back and enjoy.

 

[Black Valkyrie]

 

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[Black Valkyrie]

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[F-ZeroOne]

I used to have a Pioneer combo DVD/LD player, back when it was a little uncertain if these new-fangled DVD things would be a success. I loved that machine, though I no longer have it. I did manage to get a couple AnimEigo LDs and LD sets which I still have (the second part of "Kimagure Orange Road", "Rupan III" - yes, "Rupan"! - "The Fuma Conspiracy" and a couple "Urusei Yatsura" movies just because LD packaging was so nice. During my early trips to Japan in the early 2000s there were still lots of LDs around, presumably being sold at bargain prices (this was in the time when everyone was transitioning to DVD but before things like Google Translate were commonplace). If I had the wall-space I've wondered about getting the LDs framed more than once.

[Hikuro]

12 hours ago, F-ZeroOne said:

I used to have a Pioneer combo DVD/LD player, back when it was a little uncertain if these new-fangled DVD things would be a success. I loved that machine, though I no longer have it. I did manage to get a couple AnimEigo LDs and LD sets which I still have (the second part of "Kimagure Orange Road", "Rupan III" - yes, "Rupan"! - "The Fuma Conspiracy" and a couple "Urusei Yatsura" movies just because LD packaging was so nice. During my early trips to Japan in the early 2000s there were still lots of LDs around, presumably being sold at bargain prices (this was in the time when everyone was transitioning to DVD but before things like Google Translate were commonplace). If I had the wall-space I've wondered about getting the LDs framed more than once.

I kind of assumed Pioneer would be the better brand to go with if I were to try to get a Laserdisc setup. I do tend to remember back when anime clubs were a thing, they would just buy discs straight from japan cause they were somehow cheaper than in the US, and use those and some typeset equipment to do the subtitles then pump 'em out on VHS for the clubs so people could get copies of such. I used to have a crap ton of copies of various shows I wanted to watch, I got super excited when I came across the entire 0083 series but could only take 1 tape at a time. 

Funny enough I was just watching a comparison video of T2 footage from VHS, LD, DVD, Bluray and 4K. LD was pretty much just as comparable to VHS with just subtle changes....and even though it's been maybe over a year since I saw the 4K variant I own, the Blu-ray looked the best. But the LD and VHS versions just take me back to a way happier time for me. guess always will.