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I'm talking old video games. Did you play Defender? Brutal game. Also, Ms Pac Man table top version is my vote for best video game ever.
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tetris >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> everything else
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Aug 16, 2023 02:04
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Windows 98 posted:tetris >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> everything else Was Tetris ever in the arcade?
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Aug 16, 2023 02:05
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redshirt posted:Was Tetris ever in the arcade? Sure was. I remember sucking at it for NZ twenty cents a pop. 
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Aug 16, 2023 02:13
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redshirt posted:I'm talking old video games. Did you play Defender? Brutal game. Defender seemed to have been built for some gentic mutant with seven fingers on their right hand. The one-button simplicity of New Rally-X was one of my all-time money-sink games.  BANG
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Aug 16, 2023 02:16
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I have a cool little mini console version of Asteroids and I love it. The game obviously has the most basic graphics (it's like a souped up Pong, essentially), but whoever programmed the game physics and the randomness of the asteroids and the alien ships that appear, it's genius.
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Aug 16, 2023 02:20
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Arcade Tetris sucks because analog joysticks have way too much play to be fast enough at high levels.
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Aug 16, 2023 02:20
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I loved Defender as a kid but I tried it recently and man, I just don’t have those reflexes anymore.
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Aug 16, 2023 02:21
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BAGS FLY AT NOON posted:Arcade Tetris sucks because analog joysticks have way too much play to be fast enough at high levels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6Y858742uY 
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Aug 16, 2023 02:21
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BAGS FLY AT NOON posted:I loved Defender as a kid but I tried it recently and man, I just don’t have those reflexes anymore. It was always super tough. You go play Space Invaders and feel like a champ, then burn a quarter in seconds in Defender.
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Aug 16, 2023 02:24
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The newish shopping center (at the time) near my parent’s house was a holy shrine to arcade games. Every summer was spent just hanging out at different places eating and playing arcade games. There was a laundromat that had Centipede, Dig Dug, and a sit-down tabletop Ms. Pac-Man. An ice-cream shop/diner had Pac-Man and Rastan. My favorite place was Round Table Pizza, which had 1942, Crystal Castles, and Golden Axe. It ain’t no fun if there isn’t pizza grease all over the controls. Used to get real far on Crystal Castles.
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Aug 16, 2023 02:27
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You Are A Elf posted:The newish shopping center (at the time) near my parent’s house was a holy shrine to arcade games. Every summer was spent just hanging out at different places eating and playing arcade games. Did any of these places have Asteroids or Asteroids Deluxe?
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Aug 16, 2023 02:37
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There's a hotel in san Diego that had a 3D pacman game almost 35 years ago. Wonder if they still have it. 
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Aug 16, 2023 02:40
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redshirt posted:Did any of these places have Asteroids or Asteroids Deluxe? There was a Circle K down the road that did have an Asteroids machine, but I only played it but one or two times.
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Aug 16, 2023 02:40
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You Are A Elf posted:There was a Circle K down the road that did have an Asteroids machine, but I only played it but one or two times. It was a tough game too and you often lost your quarter quickly.
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Aug 16, 2023 02:43
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The arcade cabinet has a trackball yeah?
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Aug 16, 2023 02:45
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Overdog posted:The arcade cabinet has a trackball yeah? Do you remember the awesome Track and Field game where you had to work that trackball like a motherfucker?
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Aug 16, 2023 02:48
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redshirt posted:Do you remember the awesome Track and Field game where you had to work that trackball like a motherfucker? No, no I don't. I think the first sports game the local place got was nba jam.
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Aug 16, 2023 02:51
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Overdog posted:No, no I don't. I think the first sports game the local place got was nba jam. It was awesome. I think it was a decalathon and you had to complete each level to go on.
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Aug 16, 2023 02:57
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redshirt posted:It was awesome. I think it was a decalathon and you had to complete each level to go on. I don't think they wanted to encourage people to go outside and do healthy crap. I mean Gauntlet yeah ok that's sort of outdoorsy. They actually moved gauntlet over a little and got rid of Michael Jacksons Moonwalker for NBA JAM. I wonder what kind of creep ended up with that poo poo lol. Overdog fucked around with this message at 03:30 on Aug 16, 2023 |
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Aug 16, 2023 03:27
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terrible video games thread is thataway buddy
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Aug 16, 2023 03:31
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The kids science museum near me when I was growing up had a Lunar Lander machine set to FREE PLAY
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Aug 16, 2023 03:33
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Someone’s always gotta be a show off
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Aug 16, 2023 03:37
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redshirt posted:Do you remember the awesome Track and Field game where you had to work that trackball like a motherfucker? One of our neighbourhood stores had a Track and Field machine, with the three-button setup instead of a trackball. But Spaceworld was video game heaven for an 80's kid in Auckland:  Underground, dark, noisy, the same carpet for a decade at least. The sit-in Star Wars machine alone must have made the owners rich as balls. 
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Aug 16, 2023 11:17
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My dad had Asteroids and Space Invaders on his Atari 2600. I loved Asteroids. Very satisfying to play and had a gritty two-note soundtrack. Good times.
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Aug 16, 2023 11:41
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Kids these days who think Dark Souls is hard have never experienced Dragon's Lair.
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Aug 16, 2023 11:43
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Time Pilot was a great game and I RULED at it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_OzRECVOk8
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Aug 16, 2023 11:44
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redshirt posted:Was Tetris ever in the arcade? yes, TGM3 is a masterpiece.
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Aug 16, 2023 13:58
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Stoatbringer posted:Kids these days who think Dark Souls is hard have never experienced Dragon's Lair. I wouldn't say it's hard as much as it was sucking the money out of you. I beat it a few years back for the first time, and it was a pain. Dark souls is hard, dragon lair is, gently caress you how did you not know it was up down right right even though you couldn't know that yet. E: oops on new reply
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Aug 16, 2023 14:01
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You really haven't played Asteroids or any of the old vector based Atari games unless you played them on a real cabinet. The way those lines shine in the low light of the arcade is just something you can't recreate in any emulator.
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Aug 16, 2023 14:20
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some day I will buy myself a Xevious cabinet
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Aug 16, 2023 14:33
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emSparkly posted:You really haven't played Asteroids or any of the old vector based Atari games unless you played them on a real cabinet. The way those lines shine in the low light of the arcade is just something you can't recreate in any emulator. Yeah the Atari version was very chunky. Console version is super clean.
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Aug 16, 2023 14:40
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i just built some diy arcades cause im having a midlife crisis i wish i owned a super off road 3 player cabinet
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Aug 16, 2023 14:45
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emSparkly posted:You really haven't played Asteroids or any of the old vector based Atari games unless you played them on a real cabinet. The way those lines shine in the low light of the arcade is just something you can't recreate in any emulator. My mate has a Vectrex, and I envy him for it. Enough that I want to get him an UV frame and some matching overlays.
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Aug 16, 2023 14:46
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oh ya the etch-a-sketch arcade version of asteroids in the old cabinet is loving gorgeous
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If you've got the money, you can buy console versions of many games at Arcade1Up. I got my Asteroids console there. It's not a full size console, but everything else about it is spot on. So fun to play.
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Aug 16, 2023 15:05
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I played a game of Asteroids on the Atari one time for 4 hours. I was home sick, parents at work, so I just sat there and played. Since there was no Pause button, I'd simply make sure to stockpile new lives/ships, and just head off to the bathroom when needed. I'd get back and still have a handful of spare lives. Pretty certain I rolled the score. Also, I played using my toes. No hands at all.
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Aug 16, 2023 17:59
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Konar posted:The kids science museum near me when I was growing up had a Lunar Lander machine set to FREE PLAY Lunar Lander is unironically the best vector game (suck it, Tempest). It's beautifully simple and intuitive but lets you challenge yourself if you want that high score by giving you varied goals. And the cabinet itself is gorgeous. I just bought a copy of the Game Boy version that was only released in Japan. But they added a bunch of other levels beyond landing that aren't as good.
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Aug 16, 2023 18:15
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Grey Cat posted:yes, TGM3 is a masterpiece. drat right - I so badly want to see the sequel on a PC, but that feels like some big Monkey's Paw poo poo at this point. BAGS FLY AT NOON posted:Arcade Tetris sucks because analog joysticks have way too much play to be fast enough at high levels. It's a bad interface, but it's part of learning TGM3 (for better or worse). You can absolutely play with it at the highest levels, but it makes me just want a keyboard tbh.
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What was that arcade game where you had to pedal a bike to control an in-game flying machine?
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