Gaming Discussions

[johnnyenglish]

I've tried this topic in the past but I feel its time to get this out there.

Do we have around old gamers? I mean, really old gamers?

Today I just wanted to kill the nostalgia with some 20min XCOM run but I got slapped with lengthy Windows update junk and a 25min Armoury Crate revamp.
Talk about killing the mood, what is your thoughts?

That why I'm grabbing this and I know that "The Spectrum" is selling really well, so much it outsold PS5 and XBOX in Spain last December.
https://retrogames.biz/products/thec64/

[FunkZ]

Had a C64 in the 80's with a 5¼" floppy and a 300 baud modem. Did a little Basic programming myself and would dial up CompuServe BBS pay long distance charges and download games and programs that other users shared. I liked the text-based RPGs like Zork but my favorites were the SSI Forgotten Realms series. Had to re-buy all of those once I moved on to a NEC 386sx/16.

[johnnyenglish]

I had the 128K +3 but the Commodore games always looked better, I would prefer to get the full size Amiga, but they cancelled the release with no date, so I'm getting the C64.

[ajlueke]

Go64.

LOAD"*",8,1

[johnnyenglish]

You can still load programs the old way on the retro edition.

[BigAl01]

Even without a tape drive interface?

[johnnyenglish]

They made it very near perfect.

You have the C64 Mini, that's just a mock up keyboard, eventually, they launched the VIC20 and C64 full size with working keyboard and a supposed classic mode where you can type all the joy from those decades ago.

There are limitations and perks, its emulation. But the team designing it has some experience. There is an easy carousel mode with 64 pre loaded games and USBs to read /add more original titles.

The guys

• Darren Melbourne – Co-creator of the C64DTV direct to TV C64 games console and has held senior positions in many game development and publishing companies such as Square Enix. Darren has extensive knowledge of game licensing and production.
• Paul Andrews – Co-Creator of several games-based consoles. His previous companies were was responsible for many PC-based retro games and the Nintendo Wii’s Virtual Console C64 games. Paul has extensive experience in digital content publishing and management across multiple formats.
• Chris Smith – Co-creator of several games-based consoles. Chris’s design, creative and engineering skills power much of what we do. An experienced engineer, technical architect, developer and author, he wrote world’s best book on “How to design a microcomputer”.

I'm really looking forward to start typing, literally anything with a RND just to have fun with the wife and kids.

And of course play those games.

[BigAl01]

I got into gaming with my kids in the early 1990's.  Unreal was one of my favorites, using early graphic accelerator cards like the Voodoo series.  Prior to that, it was mostly arcade games like pong, Twix and such.

[johnnyenglish]

The ATARI could be your thing then.

My kid loves these simplistic games, like excite bike, super offroad, bomberman and that kind of stuff.
They grow up touching a screen but seeing them with a controller is just lovely.

You see, touching a screen is intuitive but navigating a game with a 2 button controller, its not so easy today for them.

[FunkZ]

My kids wanted nothing to do with dad's "retro" gaming. Their idea of "retro" gaming is Nintendo DS, or PC games like Club Penguin and Webkinz.

I recently sold my old 3DO gaming console and games and had hooked it all up to make sure it worked and asked my son if he wanted to try out some 90's gaming with Need for Speed or Road Rash and he took one look and said, "Eww, no." 😂

[johnnyenglish]

Sorry,
well...     I guess that as my kid grows, he'll probably do the same.

[BigAl01]

We had an Intellivision system in the mid-80's.  That was fun for a while.  

[BigAl01]

Here is a computer I built in June of 2002.  Check out the old CRT monitor!

An early case mod at Big Al Computers.

[johnnyenglish]

Oh yeah, good old memories.

[Qoojo]

I have fond memories of C64. It was awesome for games, due to better colors compared to its pc competitor. I still puke whenever i see CGA and that magenta.

Having bought a lot of old games, due to nostalgia from gog, I know the memory doesn't always meet the actual experience for most old games.

XCOM for example, I remember having all sorts of issues with figuring out what level i was actually on. But I think that game holds up over time.

[johnnyenglish]

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@Qoojo wrote:

Having bought a lot of old games, due to nostalgia from gog, I know the memory doesn't always meet the actual experience for most old games.

We had one of the most powerful graphic chips back then, it helped a lot with gaming immersion.

"A young kids Imagination"

Today its harder to get that feeling again, but we can try. 😊

[Awol]

Had the C64 then had the Amstrad CPC464 with the green screen

[ajlueke]

I had a C64, and later the C128 and Amiga 500.  

I remember "Impossible Mission", "Warp", and later games like "Silent Service" and "Heart of Africa".

I also used the Atari cartridge port to play "Moon Patrol" and "Omega Race"

[CaligoVereor]

Not that old but in my country certain things arrived later so my childhood was a mix of NES, SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis and PS1 😄

Still have my SEGA console (and it works) as well as the PS1 (to say it's gone "yellowed" is an understatement though). And, yes, that's a PS1 shaped controller for the Mega Drive/Genesis 😄

You can also probably notice a PSP in there  but that one unfortunately doesn't work anymore. Still, I like to keep it around as a memento.

[johnnyenglish]

I had a 128K +3 as a gift when I was young, managed to build one PC with Am386 (the very same from my avatar) from scrap parts and lucky enough to have a NES and Gameboy. The Gameboy is the only one still around and functioning.

I eventually bough a knock off NES with component video (OLD Style) to play simple games.

[johnnyenglish]

Well, its here and it has an amazing build quality, well... not too much so it replicates the feel of old stuff. But the joystick, super clicky! Such a lovely retro sound.

Can't wait to try it tomorrow.

Sneak Peak

[SpaceZ]

https://youtu.be/kECF2bq2_e0?si=x3Y6janwc0LPW9mw