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Games consoles you bought... which turned out shite
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 5:13 pm
by andyman_Archive
Brother #1: What do you remember about the Commodore 64?
Brother #2: "Syntax Error, Syntax Error! AbortAbortAbort"
That console did rule though.
Games consoles you bought... which turned out shite
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 5:30 pm
by rocker654_Archive
Mike Greenlees wrote:This is more my speed.
Yeah, I had one of those when it was the pinnacle of high tech.
Amazing what passed for handheld entertainment in 1977.
Games consoles you bought... which turned out shite
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 5:46 pm
by Eierdiebe
BadComrade wrote:
You're thinking of the much superior Neo Geo. The idea was you could save levels in your game at home, and continue in the arcade, or maybe the other way around.
ahhhh, yes -- the neo geo. i downloaded some roms for a neo geo emulator once and they were indeed arcade quality.
BadComrade wrote:Why you'd go to an arcade to pay 50 cents to play a game you paid like, $150 for to play on your $500 console is beyond me. Those things were expensive as hell.
i too always failed to grasp the appeal of this.
BadComrade wrote:...we used to sit there and play on the tvs that were in the store.
you mean the TVs that were in...
THE RECORD STORE?
Games consoles you bought... which turned out shite
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 5:50 pm
by Eierdiebe
andyman wrote:Brother #1: What do you remember about the Commodore 64?
Eierdiebe: "Sam & Ed, motherfucker! Sam & Ed!"
Games consoles you bought... which turned out shite
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 5:51 pm
by TheMilford_Archive
Eierdiebe wrote: BadComrade wrote:Why you'd go to an arcade to pay 50 cents to play a game you paid like, $150 for to play on your $500 console is beyond me. Those things were expensive as hell.
i too always failed to grasp the appeal of this.
Dudes! it was so you could show off your Neo Geo prowess to the other gamers at the arcade...
Games consoles you bought... which turned out shite
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 6:15 pm
by Eierdiebe
TheMilford wrote:Eierdiebe wrote: BadComrade wrote:Why you'd go to an arcade to pay 50 cents to play a game you paid like, $150 for to play on your $500 console is beyond me. Those things were expensive as hell.
i too always failed to grasp the appeal of this.
Dudes! it was so you could show off your Neo Geo prowess to the other gamers at the arcade...
Who wants to go to Aladdin's Castle?
My treat.
Games consoles you bought... which turned out shite
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 9:49 pm
by lemur68_Archive
rocker654 wrote:
Amazing what passed for handheld entertainment in 1977.
Some forms of handheld entertainment are timeless.
Games consoles you bought... which turned out shite
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 9:50 pm
by lemur68_Archive
jayryan wrote:the only video game system i ever owned or spent any time on was intellivision, which is probably why i lost all interest in video games circa 1984.
I hated the Intellivision's graphics, and that controller would have given me blisters if I would have ever played it long enough.
Games consoles you bought... which turned out shite
Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2006 10:08 pm
by Dylan_Archive
Am I alone in thinking that the Super Nintendo was pretty useless?
Games consoles you bought... which turned out shite
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 8:35 am
by Nico Adie_Archive
Mr. Binary wrote:...but do you play Street Fighter??
Best video game controller? It looks pretty awesome, but for my wee hands the saturn pad is the best, or maybe an ascii pad/stick.
ps. there are still new games coming out for dreamcast.
I don't play Street Fighter. Only sports games.
The arcade stick is exactly the same as the controls on an actual arcade machine. Exactly the same.
So good.
