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]

 

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/01/taki-udons-groundbreaking-fpga-ps1-gets-detailed-pricing-starts-at-usd149

 

[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. 

[F-ZeroOne]

I honestly don't know enough about LaserDisc to offer technical advice, but my guess would be as Pioneer were still making them just as DVDs appeared, their players might be the most "modern" and have more of the bells and whistles. 

I think the thing that gets me most about new tech is I still expect to have some kind of control panel or giant shuttle-wheel thing on the front, rather than everything  being controlled by an app or something... 😄

Before this gets too far off the thread topic...!:

 

[davidwhangchoi]

 

[F-ZeroOne]

Speaking of LaserDisc gaming, possibly the ultimate evolution:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxian3:_Project_Dragoon

[Hikuro]

3 hours ago, F-ZeroOne said:

Speaking of LaserDisc gaming, possibly the ultimate evolution:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxian3:_Project_Dragoon

Looks like it was on Playstation. when I look at that name I'm thinking of something that might have been on the Saturn but I don't think that's right...

 

4 hours ago, davidwhangchoi said:

 

That's an easy buy, def think I'll get it on the switch. 

[F-ZeroOne]

Hikuro, possibly you're thinking of "Panzer Dragoon"?

[Black Valkyrie]

 

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/01/taki-udons-fpga-ps1-is-called-superstation-one-pre-orders-start-at-usd149-this-week

 

[jenius]

Lol, i have zero desire to revisit the PS1 or Saturn days. I like going back to old 16 bit 2D stuff but the early 3D efforts were rough. I'm sure there's a few diamonds in the rough though.

[Big s]

On 1/16/2025 at 6:54 AM, F-ZeroOne said:

Hikuro, possibly you're thinking of "Panzer Dragoon"?

I loved that one. It was a simple design, but worked out great.

[Hikuro]

Yeah Panzer Dragoon was probably it. I know it's supposed to be a stupid expensive game on the Saturn......unless you want Japanese. Funny....if it's a Japanese saturn game, super cheap. American released Saturn game.....get a bank loan. 

[JB0]

11 hours ago, jenius said:

Lol, i have zero desire to revisit the PS1 or Saturn days. I like going back to old 16 bit 2D stuff but the early 3D efforts were rough. I'm sure there's a few diamonds in the rough though.

The Superstation One isn't really an FPGA PS1. It's a MiSTer in a PSOne-styled case.

[F-ZeroOne]

11 hours ago, Hikuro said:

Yeah Panzer Dragoon was probably it. I know it's supposed to be a stupid expensive game on the Saturn......unless you want Japanese. Funny....if it's a Japanese saturn game, super cheap. American released Saturn game.....get a bank loan. 

Heh, I was just reading an article in "Retro Gamer" magazine, a regular feature where they interview game collectors, and the Dreamcast collector they were talking to said that Japanese DC games were usually cheaper. I also remember years back reading an online article where someone mentioned games hunting in Japan and seeing "stacks" of what were considered rarities in the West at the time like "Radiant Silvergun".

There have been several "Panzer Dragoon" games, the impression I get is that everyone everyone wants the RPG "Panzer Dragoon Saga" but I'm not sure how sought after the others in the series are.

[davidwhangchoi]

On 1/23/2025 at 3:24 AM, Black Valkyrie said:

 

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/01/taki-udons-fpga-ps1-is-called-superstation-one-pre-orders-start-at-usd149-this-week

 

 

14 hours ago, JB0 said:

The Superstation One isn't really an FPGA PS1. It's a MiSTer in a PSOne-styled case.

i like the design and ports for ps1 controllers

[Hikuro]

11 hours ago, F-ZeroOne said:

Heh, I was just reading an article in "Retro Gamer" magazine, a regular feature where they interview game collectors, and the Dreamcast collector they were talking to said that Japanese DC games were usually cheaper. I also remember years back reading an online article where someone mentioned games hunting in Japan and seeing "stacks" of what were considered rarities in the West at the time like "Radiant Silvergun".

There have been several "Panzer Dragoon" games, the impression I get is that everyone everyone wants the RPG "Panzer Dragoon Saga" but I'm not sure how sought after the others in the series are.

I remember a buddy in Highschool had Gundam Rise from the Ashes on his dreamcast, an english copy, and I managed to borrow it from him, played the game and loved it back then. Course now with a dreamcast, finding that game is next to impossible at a decent price. I THOUGHT I had found it at a local retro shop, but the owner couldn't find the disc, nor could he even give me a price or info on if it was english or japanese.

Though I could find the game in japanese and for like under 20 bucks. But it doesn't due me any good since my Japanese is very rusty these days. 
Still though, on any CD system I could find any big import game rather cheaply now versus 20+ years ago! I bought a copy of DYRL on my PS back in 2001 and it cost me 90 bucks! Now it's anywhere between 40-90. Heck, think the only Macross game I'm missing in my PS library is Plus. 

 

Anyways, after seeing some online reviews and youtube stuff, I decided to give eStarland a try for my retro hunting needs, I absolutely won't buy the outrageous prices DKOldies does, and my shops in town only seem to carry crap in spades. I've actually got quite the wishlist on their website, and I was very impressed with how their shop does business and thought, man, a lot of game shops need to run on this platform so purchases and trades could be way smoother.
I didn't have a lot of money, needed to be under 50 bucks so I got some of the cheapest games I could find: Devil May Cry on the PS2, Call of Duty 2 and Dead Rising on the 360, and Zelda Twilight Princess for the WIi....that one I used to own, and still have the bonus game disc and the box with manual but my girlfriend lost the main disc. 
Either way, with shipping I spent 46 bucks with 2-3 day. Just got my stuff this afternoon, looked them all over and I gotta say I was impressed with the quality these games were in. My CoD box was a lil water damaged but it was fine. All the games minus Zelda came CIB so I really can't complain. Think I'm gonna just kick back this weekend and just start playing some stuff.