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Check out this beauty: More here: https://imgur.com/gallery/hS1hsFE
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A home hifi with built-in guitar and mic pres? What the hell was their target demo?
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Grand Prize Winner posted:A home hifi with built-in guitar and mic pres? What the hell was their target demo?
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Grand Prize Winner posted:A home hifi with built-in guitar and mic pres? What the hell was their target demo? Judging from the time period it represents and the look of the equipment itself I would say the target demo was cocaine.
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Not entirely related but did any of you hear about the synth tech who accidentally dosed himself with 50 year old acid a while back? https://mixmag.net/read/synth-technician-dosed-lsd-buchla-news Apparently the guy who made those synths was rumored to hide acid in them to enhance the performances, and someone finally found proof. quote:Since the incident, all traces of acid have been removed from the vintage Buchla. 
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Nov 18, 2019 08:13
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That acid belongs in a museum!
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Grand Prize Winner posted:Not entirely related but did any of you hear about the synth tech who accidentally dosed himself with 50 year old acid a while back? I remember this and was just thinking about it the other day but couldn't find the article, thanks!
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Grand Prize Winner posted:A home hifi with built-in guitar and mic pres? What the hell was their target demo? Since it's Japanese gear from the 70s/80s, my guess is home karaoke enthusiasts.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gCZZkBATSc
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I always heard about that working but never saw it in motion. So awesome.
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I hope he does do a video about this as a camera too. Happy 25th birthday to the playstation. gently caress
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spaceblancmange posted:I hope he does do a video about this as a camera too.
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When I was a tiny kid sitting on a bean sprout and eating my own poo, a system from six years ago was loving ancient (the Atari 2600) and considered literal garbage. The PS4 is still considered current by all normal people. Weird how the pace has both sped up and slowed down.
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Dec 3, 2019 10:59
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Laslow posted:I got the 20th anniversary background on my PS4, speaking of tech relics. I feel like I should have gotten a PS5 a few weeks ago, since my PS4 is 6 years old, practically ancient. I only got a PS4 Pro the other day . But I do have my moddable launch-day one on low firmware and another regular PS4 for legit play.
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Jerry Cotton posted:When I was a tiny kid sitting on a bean sprout and eating my own poo, a system from six years ago was loving ancient (the Atari 2600) and considered literal garbage. The PS4 is still considered current by all normal people. Weird how the pace has both sped up and slowed down. Plus, current systems have a bunch of behind the scenes OS stuff going on, from Friends/Voice Chat to Streaming and System Pause stuff. And that's before you get into any of the rumored backwards compatablility that's being hinted at for the next gen. 5-6 years is pretty good for people to not only recover from the initial investment price (like $4-500), but also for devs to start making those games that really squeeze every little bit of performance from a proven and documented platform. Hell (not taking into account the platform revisions that Nintendo did) the 3DS is heading into its 10th year and is all but dead. That's one hell of a lifespan.
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FilthyImp posted:the 3DS is heading into its 10th year and is all but dead. That's one hell of a lifespan. All but means almost. e: Or is the 3DS almost dead? I really don't know. ee: If the PS5 can play PS, PS2, PS3, and PS4 games off the discs I want one. 3D Megadoodoo has a new favorite as of 13:59 on Dec 3, 2019 |
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Jerry Cotton posted:e: Or is the 3DS almost dead? I really don't know. The success of the Switch really changed the priorities of the devs at Nintendo and the 3D generation never really seemed to catch on anyway. It had a crazy run though. The PS4 architecture is different than the previous gen so it's easier to run 1-3 off of the emulator packages they sell on the PS Store (more lucrative, too). The PS3 can run PS1 games off the disc, though. It's one of those weird things you discover and then get reminded that they stripped out the PS2 backwards comp when they revised the models  The guess is that the 5 will run 4 games natively, but I wouldn't be surprised of there was some $5 Disc to Digital thing where you just pay to install it/unlock it on your account or whatever. The Project Scarlet next Xbox thing is supposed to be able to run XBone games pretty easily, but MS has been promoting cross platform porting with their gamepass thing so who knows.
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Jerry Cotton posted:When I was a tiny kid sitting on a bean sprout and eating my own poo, a system from six years ago was loving ancient (the Atari 2600) and considered literal garbage. The PS4 is still considered current by all normal people. Weird how the pace has both sped up and slowed down. One of the things I think about is the fact that when I was a kid, time was experienced a lot differently. Nintendo was around forever to me, we probably got one in '86 and used it well beyond 95 when it was discontinued and we moved over to the Sega Genesis. Even if you were to factor in the Super Nintendo in 1991, 5 years is a long rear end time when you're the ages of 5-10 years old. Now that I'm old as gently caress, it feels like I just got a PS4, and that the XBOX 360 it replaced isn't really that old either. Jerry Cotton posted:All but means almost. The DS line is discontinued, but the stuff out there is still current stock for now, hell you can still find new WII-U copies of Breath of the Wild out there.
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Iron Crowned posted:One of the things I think about is the fact that when I was a kid, time was experienced a lot differently. I'm aware of that but it wasn't just me, the kid. By 1983 every 2600 was hidden away in a wardrobe somewhere, and by 1988 they were literally left lying in the dirt in a tractor shed in the country. There was no nostalgia for it until the late 1990s and it fell out of use immediately when home microcomputers got affordable/popular.
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Jerry Cotton posted:I'm aware of that but it wasn't just me, the kid. By 1983 every 2600 was hidden away in a wardrobe somewhere, and by 1988 they were literally left lying in the dirt in a tractor shed in the country. There was no nostalgia for it until the late 1990s and it fell out of use immediately when home microcomputers got affordable/popular. Atari was a completely different beast. They poisoned the well of home video games so well that the NES had to be redesigned to distance itself from Atari.
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Iron Crowned posted:Atari was a completely different beast. They poisoned the well of home video games so well that the NES had to be redesigned to distance itself from Atari. Yeah I guess the main thing was the Atari 2600 was the last popular home computer system that was literally dogshit. It had exactly one decent game. (Although I would say that, game-wise at least, the Commodore VIC-20 was dogshit as well but maybe I just never got to play the good game(s)  )
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There's just a handful of those Atari games that aren't grating on the eyes and ears. It was a really, really constrained generation.
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FilthyImp posted:There's just a handful of those Atari games that aren't grating on the eyes and ears. It was a really, really constrained generation. True. But Pitfall II proves that even within those constraints you could make a decent game. Most companies and developers just didn't want to, because that required skill and time.
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Iron Crowned posted:One of the things I think about is the fact that when I was a kid, time was experienced a lot differently. Nintendo was around forever to me, we probably got one in '86 and used it well beyond 95 when it was discontinued and we moved over to the Sega Genesis. Even if you were to factor in the Super Nintendo in 1991, 5 years is a long rear end time when you're the ages of 5-10 years old. Remember saying "I'm X-and-a-half years old"?
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Data Graham posted:Remember saying "I'm X-and-a-half years old"? 
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Data Graham posted:Remember saying "I'm X-and-a-half years old"? No, I'm not a 2000-year-old Italian.
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A Logic Named Joe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Logic_Named_Joe You got a logic in your house. It looks like a vision receiver used to, only it's got keys instead of dials and you punch the keys for what you wanna get. It's hooked in to the tank, which has the Carson Circuit all fixed up with relays. Say you punch in "Station SNAFU" on your Logic. Relays in the tank take over an' whatever vision-program SNAFU is telecastin' comes on your Logic's screen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V6NO_pvjeI
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Jerry Cotton posted:When I was a tiny kid sitting on a bean sprout and eating my own poo, a system from six years ago was loving ancient (the Atari 2600) and considered literal garbage. The PS4 is still considered current by all normal people. Weird how the pace has both sped up and slowed down. Average console life is about 6 to 8 years, so that feels about right.
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Jerry Cotton posted:Yeah I guess the main thing was the Atari 2600 was the last popular home computer system that was literally dogshit. It had exactly one decent game. (Although I would say that, game-wise at least, the Commodore VIC-20 was dogshit as well but maybe I just never got to play the good game(s) I’m assuming that one decent game you’re referencing is River Raid.
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empty baggie posted:I’m assuming that one decent game you’re referencing is River Raid. I don't know what anyone means by one decent game. There were plenty of games that were good for their time. Cause it was the only system other than pong early on. Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, Joust, Breakout, Arkanoid (maybe?), Galaga or Galaxian I think, Frogger, Pole Position, Vanguard... There was also a lot of crap, and I say this as someone who got ET for Christmas.
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empty baggie posted:I’m assuming that one decent game you’re referencing is River Raid. Jerry Cotton posted:True. But Pitfall II proves that even within those constraints you could make a decent game. Most companies and developers just didn't want to, because that required skill and time.
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So there were two decent games at least. Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:I don't know what anyone means by one decent game. There were plenty of games that were good for their time. Cause it was the only system other than pong early on. Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, Joust, Breakout, Arkanoid (maybe?), Galaga or Galaxian I think, Frogger, Pole Position, Vanguard... Obviously there were at least several good games on the 2600, although there were many good games that had absolutely terrible Atari ports, Pac-Man being the first that comes to mind.
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Flash Gordon Ramsay posted:There was also a lot of crap, and I say this as someone who got ET for Christmas. You poor soul.... Its OK, your parents didn't really hate you, they just didn't know.
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Fun fact: Steve Jobs created Breakout by rotating Pong 90 degrees. It's probably also why all the early Macs had a Breakout clone called Brickle
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Iron Crowned posted:Fun fact: Steve Jobs created Breakout by rotating Pong 90 degrees. do you mean bushnell + atari, makers of pong, also created breakout, which is one player instead of two? they just had jobs (and woz) build the hardware for it. but yea that's probably why macs had it and also classic ipods had a version called Brick.
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stevewm posted:You poor soul.... Its OK, your parents didn't really hate you, they just didn't know. And yet I played the poo poo out of it. It was so so bad. And I'm pretty sure half my gifts that year were ET themed. It was kind of a big deal that year. But it's ok because I like Reese's Pieces I did however like the Raiders of the Lost Ark game, and it too was probably judged harshly by the critics.
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2600 Space Invaders has a bunch of fun co-op modes, Asteroids plays better than the arcade original, and Dragster is still great if you and a friend are both very drunk.
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My family also had an Atari 2600, but we got it very late in its life. Around 1990/91 I think. Well into the Nintendo age. I remember my mother buying games for it at Sears. They still had it on display and racks of games for it. My favorites where River Raid, Taz, and Moon Raiders (Moon Attack?, I forgot... it was a almost space invaders like game). Never had Pitfall.
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stevewm posted:I remember my mother buying games for it at Sears. They still had it on display and racks of games for it. My dad had a Sears brand pong game that he'd hook up his tv when we'd visit. Late 70s I guess? Before we had a 2600 at home. There was something so peaceful about pong, the simplicity of it. The basic sounds (or maybe just sound).
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Would a Pong work on a modern TV?
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