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Just finished Assassins Creed 1, KOTR 2 and still playing Total War : Medieval and Rome 2.
Recently rigged up our old family BBC Micro B and played the original ELITE with my brothers. Now that is Retro!
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By *bi HaiveMan
over a year ago
Forum Mod Cheeseville, Somerset |
"I have a C64 emulator and an oldstyle joystick for my 8bit fix!
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I have an old C64, original joystick, light gun (zero accuracy on aiming!  ) and I actually find waiting for games to load via cassette quite therapeutic and relaxing.
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By *glyBettyTV/TS
over a year ago
About 3 feet away from the fence |
"I know this thread is old, but I've just started playing some GameCube and old arcade games on the pc, so many memories  "
Nothing quite makes you feel old like hearing people talking about the GameCube as being retro 
Some of you kids won't even know what a Sega Master System is |
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By *hesblokeMan
over a year ago
Derbyshire village |
"I know this thread is old, but I've just started playing some GameCube and old arcade games on the pc, so many memories
Nothing quite makes you feel old like hearing people talking about the GameCube as being retro
Some of you kids won't even know what a Sega Master System is "
Haha I had the first one, with Alex Kidd and the snail game, and a 48k spectrum too |
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Ahh my thread has arrived :P
I restore, repair and retrofit old consoles and PCs. I like going back to original hardware though will emulate where it's impossible or impractical.
Currently I'm sitting on a collection of I think 33 different platforms available (distinguished from 33 actual consoles due to duplicates and consoles which span multiple libraries such as GB/GBC/GBA)
Most recent retro game played - Fallout 1
Oldest working system in the collection - Intellivision by build date, Atari 2600 by release date
Most obscure system in the collection - Probably either the NEC PC-FX or the Amstrad GX4000 |
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By *hesblokeMan
over a year ago
Derbyshire village |
"Ahh my thread has arrived :P
I restore, repair and retrofit old consoles and PCs. I like going back to original hardware though will emulate where it's impossible or impractical.
Currently I'm sitting on a collection of I think 33 different platforms available (distinguished from 33 actual consoles due to duplicates and consoles which span multiple libraries such as GB/GBC/GBA)
Most recent retro game played - Fallout 1
Oldest working system in the collection - Intellivision by build date, Atari 2600 by release date
Most obscure system in the collection - Probably either the NEC PC-FX or the Amstrad GX4000"
excellent. I've got emulators from things I've never heard of, I'd like the original hardware but not got the room. |
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"Is anyone else playing old games?
I'm currently playing Syndicate and loving every second of it.
Next stop, Monkey Island  "
Syndicate was goooood.
Monkey island on playstation was pretty pants, but i havent played the PC version |
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By *hesblokeMan
over a year ago
Derbyshire village |
"Is anyone else playing old games?
I'm currently playing Syndicate and loving every second of it.
Next stop, Monkey Island
Syndicate was goooood.
Monkey island on playstation was pretty pants, but i havent played the PC version"
Syndicate on the A1200 was brilliant  |
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By *hesblokeMan
over a year ago
Derbyshire village |
"I have the Capcom arcade on ps4 and play a few of those games. My kids actually enjoy them too, similar style to Minecraft i guess"
There were soooo many fighting games, Neo Geo had some crackers but I could never have afforded one. |
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"I have the Capcom arcade on ps4 and play a few of those games. My kids actually enjoy them too, similar style to Minecraft i guess
There were soooo many fighting games, Neo Geo had some crackers but I could never have afforded one."
Neo geo were rich kids toys when i was a lad |
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By *hesblokeMan
over a year ago
Derbyshire village |
"I have the Capcom arcade on ps4 and play a few of those games. My kids actually enjoy them too, similar style to Minecraft i guess
There were soooo many fighting games, Neo Geo had some crackers but I could never have afforded one.
Neo geo were rich kids toys when i was a lad"
Definitely, I didn't know anyone who had one |
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By *glyBettyTV/TS
over a year ago
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"I have the Capcom arcade on ps4 and play a few of those games. My kids actually enjoy them too, similar style to Minecraft i guess
There were soooo many fighting games, Neo Geo had some crackers but I could never have afforded one.
Neo geo were rich kids toys when i was a lad
Definitely, I didn't know anyone who had one"
Same. Never even saw one in any shops until years later when a retro game shop opened in town.
Neo Geo was essentially console-ized SNK arcade hardware & the game cartridges were literal arcade PCBs in a plastic shell & cost £200 a pop back in the day. |
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By *hesblokeMan
over a year ago
Derbyshire village |
"I have the Capcom arcade on ps4 and play a few of those games. My kids actually enjoy them too, similar style to Minecraft i guess
There were soooo many fighting games, Neo Geo had some crackers but I could never have afforded one.
Neo geo were rich kids toys when i was a lad
Definitely, I didn't know anyone who had one
Same. Never even saw one in any shops until years later when a retro game shop opened in town.
Neo Geo was essentially console-ized SNK arcade hardware & the game cartridges were literal arcade PCBs in a plastic shell & cost £200 a pop back in the day. "
Yep, madness really. Still, top quality stuff |
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"Is anyone else playing old games?
I'm currently playing Syndicate and loving every second of it.
Next stop, Monkey Island "
Monkey Island, Sam And Max, all the Lucas Arts Indiana Jones games…..
I love anything like that, I can’t get on with the kids and COD, they all kick my arse!  |
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By *hesblokeMan
over a year ago
Derbyshire village |
"Is anyone else playing old games?
I'm currently playing Syndicate and loving every second of it.
Next stop, Monkey Island
Monkey Island, Sam And Max, all the Lucas Arts Indiana Jones games…..
I love anything like that, I can’t get on with the kids and COD, they all kick my arse! "
I played Fortnite once for about seven minutes. That was more than enough, I learned new words... |
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"I have the Capcom arcade on ps4 and play a few of those games. My kids actually enjoy them too, similar style to Minecraft i guess
There were soooo many fighting games, Neo Geo had some crackers but I could never have afforded one.
Neo geo were rich kids toys when i was a lad
Definitely, I didn't know anyone who had one
Same. Never even saw one in any shops until years later when a retro game shop opened in town.
Neo Geo was essentially console-ized SNK arcade hardware & the game cartridges were literal arcade PCBs in a plastic shell & cost £200 a pop back in the day.
Yep, madness really. Still, top quality stuff "
An insane piece of hardware for the time, and the jewel of my collection :D |
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Few years back I had a garage arcade. Had 4 JAMMA cabs and a Chase HQ cabaret at one point. Was trying to get the world record on game called Secret Agent. Put hours of practice in and was close to the no 2 high score, but nowhere near the top one.
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By *hesblokeMan
over a year ago
Derbyshire village |
"Few years back I had a garage arcade. Had 4 JAMMA cabs and a Chase HQ cabaret at one point. Was trying to get the world record on game called Secret Agent. Put hours of practice in and was close to the no 2 high score, but nowhere near the top one.
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That'd be the dream |
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"I've been playing Dr. Mario, Mario Brothers 3, and Sonic 2 on the Switch a lot lately
Sonic 2 was great, such an upgrade from the first."
Of course I'm stuck in the same spot I had trouble with when I first played Sonic 2 when I was a kid lol |
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"Ahh my thread has arrived :P
I restore, repair and retrofit old consoles and PCs. I like going back to original hardware though will emulate where it's impossible or impractical.
Currently I'm sitting on a collection of I think 33 different platforms available (distinguished from 33 actual consoles due to duplicates and consoles which span multiple libraries such as GB/GBC/GBA)
Most recent retro game played - Fallout 1
Oldest working system in the collection - Intellivision by build date, Atari 2600 by release date
Most obscure system in the collection - Probably either the NEC PC-FX or the Amstrad GX4000"
In my mums loft is my boxed binatone tv master mk 8, not working unfortunately the batteries leaked and killed it  |
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By *hesblokeMan
over a year ago
Derbyshire village |
"I've been playing Dr. Mario, Mario Brothers 3, and Sonic 2 on the Switch a lot lately
Sonic 2 was great, such an upgrade from the first.
Of course I'm stuck in the same spot I had trouble with when I first played Sonic 2 when I was a kid lol"
I still hum the chemical zone tune |
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"I have a C64 emulator and an oldstyle joystick for my 8bit fix!
G
I have an old C64, original joystick, light gun (zero accuracy on aiming! ) and I actually find waiting for games to load via cassette quite therapeutic and relaxing.
A"
I loved the C64/128 operation wolf was always one of my favourites on that |
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By *hesblokeMan
over a year ago
Derbyshire village |
"I have a C64 emulator and an oldstyle joystick for my 8bit fix!
G
I have an old C64, original joystick, light gun (zero accuracy on aiming! ) and I actually find waiting for games to load via cassette quite therapeutic and relaxing.
A
I loved the C64/128 operation wolf was always one of my favourites on that"
The +2 spectrum was clearly superior... memories of playground arguments... |
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By *llaandGCouple
over a year ago
London |
"I have a C64 emulator and an oldstyle joystick for my 8bit fix!
G
I have an old C64, original joystick, light gun (zero accuracy on aiming! ) and I actually find waiting for games to load via cassette quite therapeutic and relaxing.
A
I loved the C64/128 operation wolf was always one of my favourites on that
The +2 spectrum was clearly superior... memories of playground arguments..."
So, so wrong |
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By *hesblokeMan
over a year ago
Derbyshire village |
"I have a C64 emulator and an oldstyle joystick for my 8bit fix!
G
I have an old C64, original joystick, light gun (zero accuracy on aiming! ) and I actually find waiting for games to load via cassette quite therapeutic and relaxing.
A
I loved the C64/128 operation wolf was always one of my favourites on that
The +2 spectrum was clearly superior... memories of playground arguments...
So, so wrong"
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"I have a C64 emulator and an oldstyle joystick for my 8bit fix!
G
I have an old C64, original joystick, light gun (zero accuracy on aiming! ) and I actually find waiting for games to load via cassette quite therapeutic and relaxing.
A
I loved the C64/128 operation wolf was always one of my favourites on that
The +2 spectrum was clearly superior... memories of playground arguments..."
On a hardware level the C64 spanks the Spectrum; of any variety
But, back in the day I was a spectrum man, and I still have the 128k Toastrack.
Admittedly now I also have a C64, traitor I know |
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"Did anyone have a PC Engine? It was not very mainstream for a console. "
Indeed, with the Super System SD3 add-on from TerraOnion.
One of my less financially justifiable expenses since I never play it |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I saw an piece on my local news on a retro computer and games museum in Leigh greater Manchester in case anyone is interested "
There was an exhibition at the science museum a few years ago with computers from like the Commodore 64 era to futuristic VR.
All the kids headed to the retro stuff. Especially the ping pong game where there was a queue. |
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By *hesblokeMan
over a year ago
Derbyshire village |
"I saw an piece on my local news on a retro computer and games museum in Leigh greater Manchester in case anyone is interested
There was an exhibition at the science museum a few years ago with computers from like the Commodore 64 era to futuristic VR.
All the kids headed to the retro stuff. Especially the ping pong game where there was a queue. "
There's the national videogame museum in Sheffield which has many old machines, and is well worth a visit - similar thing happens here. Mario on the NES is very popular there apparently. |
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"Depends what you class as old. Im playing my ps3s and 360s a lot more than my ps5 and series x.
Which is great cos you can pick games up for a few quid from CEX too "
Yeah I have 1 or 2 thousand...
Plus a lot of rare ones imported from Amazon, mercaro, Solaris Japan etc. |
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By *hesblokeMan
over a year ago
Derbyshire village |
"Depends what you class as old. Im playing my ps3s and 360s a lot more than my ps5 and series x.
Which is great cos you can pick games up for a few quid from CEX too
Yeah I have 1 or 2 thousand...
Plus a lot of rare ones imported from Amazon, mercaro, Solaris Japan etc. "
Wow that's quite the obsession you got there!
(Glances at piles or unpainted Warhammer models)
Keep it up |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I saw an piece on my local news on a retro computer and games museum in Leigh greater Manchester in case anyone is interested
There was an exhibition at the science museum a few years ago with computers from like the Commodore 64 era to futuristic VR.
All the kids headed to the retro stuff. Especially the ping pong game where there was a queue.
There's the national videogame museum in Sheffield which has many old machines, and is well worth a visit - similar thing happens here. Mario on the NES is very popular there apparently. "
Top tip, thank you |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"V - with Goldeneye & The Settlers coming to gamepass , I'll be doing a spot of retro in the next few days."
It's not on playstation shame that I really like that game. |
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By *hesblokeMan
over a year ago
Derbyshire village |
"I saw an piece on my local news on a retro computer and games museum in Leigh greater Manchester in case anyone is interested
There was an exhibition at the science museum a few years ago with computers from like the Commodore 64 era to futuristic VR.
All the kids headed to the retro stuff. Especially the ping pong game where there was a queue.
There's the national videogame museum in Sheffield which has many old machines, and is well worth a visit - similar thing happens here. Mario on the NES is very popular there apparently.
Top tip, thank you "
No worries, it's opposite the old Argos |
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"V - with Goldeneye & The Settlers coming to gamepass , I'll be doing a spot of retro in the next few days.
It's not on playstation shame that I really like that game."
The legal battle over 25 years to even get it on Xbox, was hard enough. It was never coming to ps. Rare is part owned by Xbox and Nintendo thats why its been a fight since day 1.
Even though this port is not brilliant, its a miracle that it happened at all. |
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"Is anyone else playing old games?
I'm currently playing Syndicate and loving every second of it.
Next stop, Monkey Island "
Love Monkey Island!!! Might have to revisit! Is it available on PS5? Sure I have played on PlayStation but might have been pS3?! |
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"V - with Goldeneye & The Settlers coming to gamepass , I'll be doing a spot of retro in the next few days."
Don't forget age of empires 2. 25 years later age of empires has finally released on console! |
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"Is anyone else playing old games?
I'm currently playing Syndicate and loving every second of it.
Next stop, Monkey Island
Love Monkey Island!!! Might have to revisit! Is it available on PS5? Sure I have played on PlayStation but might have been pS3?! "
Syndicate on ps3/360? Good game that, same dev that made BLACK. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"V - with Goldeneye & The Settlers coming to gamepass , I'll be doing a spot of retro in the next few days.
It's not on playstation shame that I really like that game.
The legal battle over 25 years to even get it on Xbox, was hard enough. It was never coming to ps. Rare is part owned by Xbox and Nintendo thats why its been a fight since day 1.
Even though this port is not brilliant, its a miracle that it happened at all. "
Well its happened, your playing it or will be soon, and ill put the walkthrough on YouTube as that's how close ill come to playing it.
happy gaming |
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"Is anyone else playing old games?
I'm currently playing Syndicate and loving every second of it.
Next stop, Monkey Island
Love Monkey Island!!! Might have to revisit! Is it available on PS5? Sure I have played on PlayStation but might have been pS3?! "
I saw it on ps+ essential you can just stream it. |
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I used to be quite good at table tennis and tank pong on my BBC computer. Especially enjoyed night time tank pong where the screen was completely blank.
Nowadays I just play on my old Atari, got lots of cassettes but my favourite is still river raid |
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"Use to love Time Crisis but as it was on play station 2 don't think you can still get it.
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Won't be hard to track down a PS2 and the game. The real tricky part will be that period correct light guns won't work with anything other than a CRT display.
There are however projects to bring modern flat panel compatible light guns to the Mister project. I haven't checked up on them for a while |
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By *hesblokeMan
over a year ago
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"Use to love Time Crisis but as it was on play station 2 don't think you can still get it.
Won't be hard to track down a PS2 and the game. The real tricky part will be that period correct light guns won't work with anything other than a CRT display.
There are however projects to bring modern flat panel compatible light guns to the Mister project. I haven't checked up on them for a while "
There are a few available for various emulator systems but they ain't cheap! |
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