JB0 Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 I suppose I shouldn't be surprised at the existence of a TurboGrafX Gradius, but... I am. At least it's close to the arcade. Gradius without four options just isn't Gradius. It's like... R-Type or something. Quote
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 (edited) wow, i didn't know that London Philharmonic Orchestra did Gradius it's really long in several movements, if i didn't know better i would've thought it was just some random classical piece. i put up the last part. my favorites are 10:55 and the boss theme at 12:00 Edited January 10, 2015 by davidwhangchoi Quote
Black Valkyrie Posted January 10, 2015 Posted January 10, 2015 Konami's arcade shooters for the PC Engine are excellent conversions. Quote
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 (edited) Konami's arcade shooters for the PC Engine are excellent conversions. pc enigne was awesome. damn you nintendo for locking up all the publishers so they couldn't release the games on turbo grafx16 in the u.s. i used to read EGM and gamepro and look at all the ads pics for the import games stores would carry. it was like looking at the Macross DYRL gold book that was so expensive. if you want to just read up on old editorials that are long oop and not online: this is a good place to read up on some classic issues (text only) here's a sample of a gamepro issue w/ an old interview on hideo kojima when he was young: http://archive.org/stream/GamePro_Issue_111_Volume_09_Number_12_1997-12_IDG_Publishing_US/GamePro_Issue_111_Volume_09_Number_12_1997-12_IDG_Publishing_US_djvu.txt Edited January 11, 2015 by davidwhangchoi Quote
Black Valkyrie Posted January 11, 2015 Posted January 11, 2015 Still have some of my old gaming mags, I remember the import section WOW and Nintendo I did hate them for prohibiting the publishers to release their games on other platforms and their censorship but Nintendo of Japan was another story. This is year is Gradius 30th Anniversary, no new Gradius ?! Quote
azrael Posted January 12, 2015 Posted January 12, 2015 I could probably spend years reliving some of these. Software Library: MS-DOS Games Warning, some are NSFW. Quote
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted January 12, 2015 Posted January 12, 2015 (edited) yeah i was checking out some of those ms dos games. btw, it looks like the site is back to normal so you can access complete full color scans of old game mag issues here: https://archive.org/details/gamemagazines the gamepro issue i linked above in full color: https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_111_Volume_09_Number_12_1997-12_IDG_Publishing_US Edited January 12, 2015 by davidwhangchoi Quote
Scyla Posted January 12, 2015 Posted January 12, 2015 So I bought a few old SNES cartridges that need some cleaning. I assume isopropyl alcohol is the way to go for cleaning the plastic case? Quote
JB0 Posted January 13, 2015 Posted January 13, 2015 Pretty much. IT's my universal cleaner. Only thing I can think of, aside fro the obvious "keep it off the labels" is to be wary of inked details, which is usually only an issue on hardware. As it turns out, the controller port labels on an NES are printed in an alcohol-soluble ink. Yes, I learned this the hard way. Quote
Scyla Posted January 13, 2015 Posted January 13, 2015 Pretty much. IT's my universal cleaner. Only thing I can think of, aside fro the obvious "keep it off the labels" is to be wary of inked details, which is usually only an issue on hardware. As it turns out, the controller port labels on an NES are printed in an alcohol-soluble ink. Yes, I learned this the hard way. It is pretty much the same with my SNES. As a child I put waterslide temporary tattoos all over it. As I tried to clean it as an adult I almost rubbed off the Super Nintendo label. Quote
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted January 14, 2015 Posted January 14, 2015 (edited) loved this game: hard as hell. (without emulator saves) aaand UBER PITFALL for nes Super Pitfall - Angry Video Game Nerd - Episode 76 (warning: explicit language!) Edited January 14, 2015 by davidwhangchoi Quote
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 i remember getting far on nes ninja gaiden but never beating the first game: this is a good episode (NSFW language) Quote
David Hingtgen Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 Ninja Gaiden is HARD. As in "Battletoads hard". (but not as hard as Battletoads, nothing is). I did eventually get to the final boss, (after like, 20 years) but never beat it. Still some of the best music ever. Up there with MM2/3 for "catchy stage themes". Quote
mikeszekely Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 I never owned any of the Mega Man or Castlevania games as a kid. I rented them a couple times, though. I don't think I got particularly far in any of the Ninja Gaiden games, but I made some progress in Castlevania 3. Eh, I was always more of a Mega Man guy myself. We were kind of poor when I was a kid, so I remember getting maybe two or three games a year total (never more than one on my birthday, two for Christmas if my dad got overtime). Seems like I was always asking for Mega Man. Quote
Black Valkyrie Posted January 16, 2015 Posted January 16, 2015 (edited) ..... Edited March 19, 2015 by Black Valkyrie Quote
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 (edited) I never owned any of the Mega Man or Castlevania games as a kid. I rented them a couple times, though. I don't think I got particularly far in any of the Ninja Gaiden games, but I made some progress in Castlevania 3. Eh, I was always more of a Mega Man guy myself. We were kind of poor when I was a kid, so I remember getting maybe two or three games a year total (never more than one on my birthday, two for Christmas if my dad got overtime). Seems like I was always asking for Mega Man. i thought this was fascinating seeing kids of this generation playing a retro game: Mega Man 1 is the first hard game i beat on the nes. i was so proud of myself. especially this part: http://youtu.be/DYpP_HSAWFs Edited January 17, 2015 by davidwhangchoi Quote
Valkyrie Hunter D Posted January 17, 2015 Posted January 17, 2015 I'm still proud of beating Chakan: The Forever Man. I don't think I can do that again. Quote
Valkyrie Hunter D Posted January 19, 2015 Posted January 19, 2015 I just ran into this article regarding CRT monitors: The Best CRT Monitor for Retro Gaming. It's not a bad read, quite informative actually. Quote
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted January 19, 2015 Posted January 19, 2015 I just ran into this article regarding CRT monitors: The Best CRT Monitor for Retro Gaming. It's not a bad read, quite informative actually. i always use scanlines on all my emulators nes, snes, genesis and mame and adjust the settings w/ OCD and same with aspect ratio. psxe emulator scanlines have settings between 0-255 for scanline brightness. i went through each number just to get it right. (124) (the aspect ratio is also inaccurate so i have to do a custom window setting to match the output to my tv.) great article. i do miss my 19" sony crt tv from the 80's, my brother owned an KD-34XBR970. great set but a pain to move. that other industry standard monitor looks cool... Quote
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 this is one bleepin game i played in the arcade and just gave up because the difficulty was unrealistic. Twin Eagle is pretty much airwolf (what other huey bell can go mach speed and fly against fighter planes in existence?) gameplay is two parts once as slow paced against tanks copters infantry and the part goes high spped against fighter planes. the power ups are lame. but i kept sticking in quarters bc i wanted to test my manhood and dodging skills. (but the game is not about dodging at all) you can't really dodge bc the bullets come in so fast. the only great thing were the sound effects. top notch: love the horse sound: this guy does it with one man(life): pretty much it's memory kill: hit the enemy's before they appear on screen. (bc there's no way to win once you let the enemies actually appear on screen) never thought i see the day someone actual beats such a horrible designed game to take your quarters. Quote
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted January 27, 2015 Posted January 27, 2015 (edited) anyone ever play the 3DO? i never had any friends who had it. i almost had my hands on a neo geo with 3 games for 200 but i passed bc each cart was like buying a system (damn i regret it) anyways i ran accross this and forgot about the 3DO REALLY NSFW!!!! worst game ever next thing i never touched was the phillips cd-i Edited January 27, 2015 by davidwhangchoi Quote
TangledThorns Posted January 27, 2015 Posted January 27, 2015 anyone ever play the 3DO? i never had any friends who had it. I don't know anyone that owned a 3DO either, probably because it was $600 IIRC. I do remember eyeing its pretty graphics when it was on display at the mall. Quote
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted February 4, 2015 Posted February 4, 2015 anyone remember this game? Quote
renegadeleader1 Posted February 20, 2015 Posted February 20, 2015 Remeber how a while back I was asking about vintage mecha games and was asking for a list of classic and notable games that I would use to create a blog or a database? Well I decided to roll all that knowledge up into a panel for Anime Boston and it just got accepted! Coming soon Anime Boston 2015! Heavy Metal Heroes: a guide to piloted mecha in video games! This is going to be a busy con for me with this panel and the Air Combat one already being accepted. I also have two others on the wait list that may or may not happen. Quote
danth Posted February 20, 2015 Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) Edited February 20, 2015 by danth Quote
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 Remeber how a while back I was asking about vintage mecha games and was asking for a list of classic and notable games that I would use to create a blog or a database? Well I decided to roll all that knowledge up into a panel for Anime Boston and it just got accepted! Coming soon Anime Boston 2015! Heavy Metal Heroes: a guide to piloted mecha in video games! This is going to be a busy con for me with this panel and the Air Combat one already being accepted. I also have two others on the wait list that may or may not happen. nice!!! keep us updated. hopefully with pics from the booth. Quote
Black Valkyrie Posted March 9, 2015 Posted March 9, 2015 Its upsetting really that the 3DS is region lock, http://www.play-asia.com/sega-3d-fukkoku-archives-paOS-13-49-en-70-87j7.html Quote
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted March 9, 2015 Posted March 9, 2015 Its upsetting really that the 3DS is region lock, http://www.play-asia.com/sega-3d-fukkoku-archives-paOS-13-49-en-70-87j7.html maybe it will come stateside via e-shop Quote
dizman Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 Fantasy Zone, Space Harrier, Ecco, Shinobi 3 and Streets of Rage are already on the e-shop in their beautiful 3d remastered forms. Outrun is going to be released on Thursday if I remember correctly. If you want them in physical form then yeah your outta luck in the US. Quote
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 (edited) i always loved c64 music, they always came up with good stuff: commando high score: rob hubbard (composer) playing it live: Edited March 15, 2015 by davidwhangchoi Quote
jvmacross Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 Thanks to whoever mentioned the MAME4ANDROID app....recently downloaded it and found the ROM for Super SpaceFortress Macross on the webs....and finished it!!! Now I need to find the Macross II and Macross Plus ROMs..... Quote
jvmacross Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 Downloaded ROMs of Macross II and Macross Plus for MAME4Android.....awesome time wasters! Quote
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted March 19, 2015 Posted March 19, 2015 Rare Konami shooter heading to PS4. black valkyrie, this game is one of the first arcade games i played at a super arcade (it was i believe in manhattan 34th st Penn station called "Space Station." i was too young, unknowingly watch the demo of the tomcat part and thought this was a topgun style game. after putting in 50cents (man, two quarters was a lot of money to a little kid) the intro showed a plane taking off a carrier. (super excited) then i start out as a helicopter ?? being so little i was confused and just died quickly. game over... was the first misleading demo/intro i've experienced. AJAX everytime i scrub my bathroom i keep thinking of that misleading game Quote
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