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Luckily those things aren’t dead, you can still play them!
Those companies do everything they can to make it as hard as legally possible.
There’s a pretty thriving retro scene… you can buy any of the consoles listed here fairly easily.
You can even get better and new alternative retro consoles. As in consoles with HDMI out and upscalers that will run old games.
Which is better for 8- and 16-bit games, HDMI out with an upscaler, or analog video out with a real CRT?
That is entirely subjective but I would say some still prefer CRT and Analog video, which these retro consoles also provide. There are also some benefits for it like no lag and better graphics due to the natural blurring of the CRT but at the cost of space and screen size. CRTs are bulky.
Konami and Nintendo? Yeah I agree they’re too litigious. Still, it’s trivially easy to emulate though.
I can hear that Ocarina of Time screenshot.
🎹🎶
OWOOOOOOooo
Same — everyone has so many memories of that game. For me, it reminds me of playing games with my brother, he would read the prima strategy guide and help me get through the dungeons. My father bought ocarina of time for us both for Christmas. We got drawn in to the magic of that game for several months after.
You got classic video games buried in dirt and forgot about Atari? There are more copies of ET in the ground than anything else. Lol
Are there still? Did they leave most of em? I thought a bunch got sold off to patrons of that dig attempt.
Oh shit! You’re right! I never read about that.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/video-games/those-old-e-t-atari-games-dug-desert-sold-108-n418971
We still talk about how many of your cartridges got buried in a landfill.
”RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE!”
—Altered Beast (Sega Genesis)
You didn’t need the attribution line. With just your quote we all heard it in our heads.
POWER UP!
AH AH AH AH!
Many people still play OoT, especially with mods.
I don’t know what you’re talking about, I play three of these systems regularly.
I’m playing through Jade Cocoon right now. These games aren’t dead.
Love MGS1, but Yell Dead Cell is one of the best boss themes of all time.
I’ll let you go out in style.
Old video game nostalgia can be easily cured by trying to actually play them today. A lot of them have aged…poorly.
I started the pixel remaster of ff6 and I’m surprised how well it holds up
I first played FF6 when it was already retro(I was a Sega kid) and it bacame my favorite FF, even higher than 7 which holds huge nostalgic memories to me
I’ve actually found the cure to my old video game nostalgia is watching old lets-plays. Usually I can skip a whole bunch of the creators video and get that nostalgia bug outta my system in a few hours without spending any money.
This picture is way too sinister, unrelated to this being a meme
Every time i see it i have tears coming
I know, I started seeing it a lot after losing my cat recently, and it stings a bit. =(
Mega Drive is still getting good mileage here. Recently played MSG on a ps emulator. I have the discs and a PSX but played it on my odroid go ultra. Got stuck figuring out how to change the discs virtually so that’s how far I got in the game.
Last year I bought an original 8 bit Nintendo system with Super Mario and Tetris … two games I grew up playing for hours and hours. I hadn’t played them in years and I thought I should buy one just to have on hand because they’ll probably disappear and become unavailable in the next decade or two (assuming I’ll live that long … lol)
I bring it out once in a while just to play it and get frustrated as I try to remember where, when and how to run and jump through level 8
My OG NES is quite possibly my most played out of all my retro consoles. It’s currently loaded with Duck Tales, for meme purposes.
Mine also has an emerald green power light (because I can), the lockout chip is clipped, and I modified the cartridge connector so you don’t have to press the carts down to play them anymore (because that blows people’s minds).
My eight year old self back in the 80s would have seen you as a god among men. I would have been happy to just watch you play on that console.
Here is the current spread. Not everything I have, just what’s hooked up at the moment. Never mind the crap lighting in here.
The machine in question.
Wow … what a setup … it’s something I’ve dreamed of building myself but I have far too many other projects on the go and my own collections I have to maintain … my other passion is motorcycles and I have five of them on the go and need constant maintenance, parts, service and repairs … not to mention a bunch of other work I have to do to make a living and work on my own house and garage.
I envy you and wish I could just sit down to have a break with an NES, switch to an Xbox, then a Sega Genesis and on and on … I love all those old units as they remind me of being a kid and being around all my old friends and younger times. I’m taking out my NES tonight just to make myself feel better … lol
Thanks for the images … I’m actually very happy for you … nice one!
lol … that’s amazing … I store all my old bikes in a cramped little shed and garage with not enough room … I sometimes wonder why I have all these bikes but I love them. I’m sure you feel the same about your stable.
Love that KLR 650 … a friend of mine has one and is really enjoying it. Neat to have that scooter mixed in with those offroads. What’s the Suzuki? Beautiful Yamaha at the start. What are the two cruisers at the end? Nice Yamaha dualsport too! Wow what a collection! I really like the variety and types of bikes you keep. You must really love riding.
Mine are:
- 1998 BMW K1200RS
- 2001 BMW R1100R
- 1978 Honda Goldwing
- 1976 Honda CB750
- 2002 Kawasaki Vulcan
Here is my main ride - 1998 BMW K1200RS - a beast of a machine but I seldom get her going fast because she is 26 years old and although I have faith in her, I don’t have enough faith to test to see how well the parts will hold out. When everything is tuned, she cruises without effort at 120 km/h and I’ve brought her up to over 240 a few times but scared myself so badly that I won’t do that often. The bike is rock solid at speed, it feels like the faster it goes, the more stable it becomes, its amazing … but she’s showing her age and I have to take everything apart to service her again in the spring.
Damn, you’ve got some fine tastes!
The little Suzuki is an RV200 Vanvan. It has a rear tire on the front and an ATV tire on the rear… actually the same tire sizes as the TW200 and similar displacement and power (a widowmaking ~13 HP) but it’s lower, less dorky looking, and fuel injected rather than carbed.
A while back a friend of mine offered me custodianship of a CB750 Four from the late '70’s, but I declined owing to already having a small mountain of bikes and I was not relishing the thought of owning something with four inline carbs. I un-mothballed the thing for him after it had not run since 1997 so he could sell it, and taking it apart once was enough for me. I got the bastard starting on the first kick, though. I don’t know where it went after he wound up selling it to a local dealership.
At the moment I have:
- Yamaha FZ6R
- The KLR650
- Honda Shadow A.C.E. 750
- Suzuki RV200 Vanvan
- Honda CH50 Metropolitan (the scooter)
- Orion/Nicot RXB250L
- Bashan/Raven BSR250 “Enforcer” (actually 229cc, but who’s counting)
The Sportster on the end of that lineup is my neighbor’s, he stores it in my garage over the winter.
I got a Miyoo Mini very recently and have been playing a lot of games since. I can’t put the thing down for long at all!
“You’re all together on one piece of plastic smaller than a thumb!”
