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offline PORICK from fucking IRELAND on 2007-12-20 09:59 [#02155990]
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far better than the new ones


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2007-12-20 11:06 [#02156004]
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Is that no more than a list?


 

offline epohs from )C: on 2007-12-20 11:25 [#02156007]
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cool, i'm glad i'm not the only one who couldn't find the
download link.


 

offline melack from barcielwave on 2007-12-20 11:31 [#02156009]
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i just bought a Super Nintendo Entertainment System...


 

offline magicant from Canada on 2007-12-20 11:32 [#02156010]
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I LOVE SNES


 

offline melack from barcielwave on 2007-12-20 11:35 [#02156011]
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me too :D

my first snes was broken,
so i needed a new-not-new one :)

mario kart best game ever
nobody beats me :D


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2007-12-20 11:39 [#02156012]
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Did you, like me, get a bit excited when you saw that list
and think you could download them and play 'em?


 

offline epohs from )C: on 2007-12-20 11:45 [#02156013]
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haha, yes.

i scrolled to the bottom looking for a link only to find
another identical list.


 

offline sneakattack on 2007-12-20 11:58 [#02156020]
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the poster is trying to demonstrate penis size in a very
strange way.

some great things on that list, of course.


 

offline melack from barcielwave on 2007-12-20 11:59 [#02156022]
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LAZY_yaysnes


 

offline iiiiiiiiii from Gloucester on 2007-12-20 12:20 [#02156035]
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i can run all of that on my GP2X :P


 

offline sneakattack on 2007-12-20 12:25 [#02156036]
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sonic the hedgehog chaos?


 

offline PORICK from fucking IRELAND on 2007-12-20 13:38 [#02156050]
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oh, you didn't get to see the GOOD LIST..

which was an open directory list of all those files which i
promptly wget -r'd and now have the full 8gb of mad old
games to do with what i please.

you're right, the list does look much better when
highlighted in blue and underlined...


 

offline Brisk from selling smack at the orphanage on 2007-12-20 13:42 [#02156051]
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Every home needs a MAME unit (including mine!)

I have full rom sets for the snes and megadrive, which I
play via my PS2. Some of the games were simply fantastic and
bring back a lot of great memories. I do think games have
improved quite a bit for the most part, but there are
undeniable classics of old which still need regular
inspection.


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2007-12-20 14:39 [#02156064]
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I used to download a lot of old games -- had a CDr stuffed
with SNES ROMS, a couple of DVDrs of old PC games. Then I
realised: I NEVER PLAYED THEM! Occasionally I would
play Commander Keen or Railroad Tycoon, even Dizzy... but
the others.. nah. I guess I'm just not a born gamer :[


 

offline BoxBob-K23 from Finland on 2007-12-20 15:52 [#02156088]
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what kind of software/patches do you use to play emulators
on PS2? I've tried a few things but only C64 emulator has
worked so far...


 

offline dave_g from United Kingdom on 2007-12-20 17:20 [#02156126]
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hahaha wget, it's embarresing that everyother post has a
unix reference, and it's worse that im enough of a nerd to
use wget instead of fireferret's default downloader.
on the plus side, ive just come back from the pub having
spent the eveving with 4 lovely girls and I've had to
re-write most of these words due to drunken typos.

I'm glad you're not sharing any of these games. people
expect everything to be handed to them on a gold platter
these days.
I think I might just do a recursive wget on the whole of
zilty just see what happens....arrgghhh sozzled.

BTW was sim city 2000 really 1993?? I can't believe that!



 

offline pigster from melbs on 2007-12-20 17:38 [#02156133]
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man. the snes would have to the cutest console ever.
so grey and rounded! with all these great games accompanying
it
: )


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-12-20 17:49 [#02156134]
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genesis (w 6 button controller) is better than snes imo,
more better games and no ass shoulder buttons that screw up
street fighter. But NES is the best evar, if you can make it
work. Suckiest system I ever played is gamegear, every game
sucks.

By the way here's a history of videogames stream I watched
recently and liked:
LAZY_TITLE


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-12-20 17:50 [#02156135]
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or maybe this will work
LAZY_TITLE


 

offline BoxBob-K23 from Finland on 2007-12-20 18:07 [#02156140]
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snes vs. genesis debate is the oldest in the trade (well, no
it's not, but let's pretend it is...). I would side with
snes just because I can easily name twenty masterpieces on
that console, whereas on genesis i honestly haven't come
across many lasting classics beside the obvious choices...
but to each his own.


 

offline pigster from melbs on 2007-12-20 18:33 [#02156143]
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yeah. genesis (megadrive! :P ) was also amazing, but the
snes was the one that did it for me.
hehe last year or so, devoted a bit of time into getting a
working nes. ended up buying a refurbished nes from someone
who knew what they were doing, and works 100% :D


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2007-12-20 18:38 [#02156144]
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Oh cool--it's got the Oliver Twins in it!


 

offline w M w from London (United Kingdom) on 2007-12-20 18:42 [#02156145]
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Its about replacing the 72-Pin_Edge_Connector which doesn't last
well over time.


 

offline pigster from melbs on 2007-12-20 19:32 [#02156146]
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yeah!
i bought this old nes, which worked from time to time, so i
bought a new connector off ebay, and ttried to replace it
myself.
absolutely murdered the poor thing : (

but yeah, i dunno if its true or not, but the people who
make the new connectors claim that the originals were of
poorer quality and over time wore out, in contrary the new,
longer lasting ones.

either way, im just happy i can play a game and not have to
worry about it fucking up on me.


 

offline pigster from melbs on 2007-12-20 19:36 [#02156148]
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oh yeah, and i watched that history of video games vid.
i've pretty much read most of it from wiki, but it really
shows how much of a mess it all was.
loved how extreme some of it was, with traditional music
cues playing when talking about nintendo :D


 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2007-12-20 19:40 [#02156151]
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Underground Gamer has a good series, The History Of Video
Gaming (or something). I think it's 6 episodes long.


 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2007-12-20 19:42 [#02156153]
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I've just started a 13 gig download of old games now.....


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2007-12-20 19:44 [#02156154]
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I gave my SNES to my little cousin. I was aghast and totally
disgusted to do so but I didn't want to be a dick. I would
never give away my Genesis though. The processor is XTREME,
faster than Skynet.

It's been a long time since I've played an old game*, 2007
has been the second or third best gaming year ever, no time.
But I've got a big backlog and I'll at least be replaying
Fallout/Metal Gear Solid/Deus Ex/etc in anticipation of the
upcoming sequels.

*other than NHL 94, which I've been playing nonstop since
1993



 

offline marlowe from Antarctica on 2007-12-20 19:52 [#02156159]
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Give me Boulderdash and I'm happy.


 

offline JivverDicker from my house on 2007-12-20 20:46 [#02156188]
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Pomme gave me loads ages ago and they were all lost in a
computer loss incident.


 

offline Sano on 2007-12-20 21:56 [#02156235]
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I connected my MegaDrive the other day and booted Sonic, it
was shit. Nostalgia am cry totalement, une merde. SNES is
still good if you modded it to play at 60Hz, Super Mario
World is a classic that I enjoy replaying along with Zelda
LTTP.

Oh and all the Amiga games, I still need to finish Wings,
the last time the floppies crashed and I lost my progress :(
Need to get an A1200 with HD.

PC old games never interested me, apart from the point and
click games games there's really not much to play.



 

offline Wolfslice from Bay Area, CA (United States) on 2007-12-21 01:09 [#02156386]
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Nothing beats the holy power of the Monkey Island series.


Attached picture

 

offline sneakattack on 2007-12-21 01:12 [#02156388]
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true. and day of the tentacle.

star control 2 was also wonderful.


 

offline Wolfslice from Bay Area, CA (United States) on 2007-12-21 01:15 [#02156389]
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Full Throttle, Sam and Max, Indiana Jones and the Fate of
Atlantis... man those were the days.


 

offline swears from junk sleep on 2007-12-21 01:47 [#02156390]
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Nintendo Wii is better than anything I played as a kid.

Loads of cool casual games like that "Crayon Physics".

GTA4 is out soon..

Just 'cause there's loads of rubbish 1st person shooters and
an obsession with teh epic graphics doesn't mean everything
sucks.



 

offline hexane on 2007-12-21 03:48 [#02156395]
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LAZY_GUYBRUSH.JS

i've been mucking around with some monkey island sprites i
found using javascript. use the arrow keys to make guybrush
walk..dw about lechuck tho he's just a ghost


 

offline hexane on 2007-12-21 07:10 [#02156446]
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those were the days...many happy lucasart memories


 

offline Wolfslice from Bay Area, CA (United States) on 2007-12-21 07:10 [#02156447]
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Very nice. I could play with that for hours and make up my
own Monkey Island adventures.


 

offline Wolfslice from Bay Area, CA (United States) on 2007-12-21 07:11 [#02156448]
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aye, Grim Fandango was the last great adventure game.
Although I give a special nod to The Longest Journey which
came out in '99 or 2000.

Never really got into Monkey Island 4 all that much.


 

offline hexane on 2007-12-21 07:29 [#02156452]
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Couldn't get into MI:IV much either..didn't even get off
that first island. might have to give it another go some
day...
Rather enjoyed Broken Sword 2, but haven't followed the
series since it turned 3D action (it could be good). I
didn't mind Indiana Jones 3D: infernal machine but often
games are best remembered from the golden 2D days


 

offline BoxBob-K23 from Finland on 2007-12-21 11:46 [#02156576]
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broken sword 3 and 4 were OK. I enjoyed them, but they were
sort of clumsy and unpolished. On the other hand, The
Longest Journey and its sequel, Dreamfall, have almost
single-handedly kept the tradition of adventure games alive.
Syberia is another supposedly good game, but I haven't
played it, or its sequel. Also, the latest Sam and Max
games, delivered in episodic content, have been superb,
witty and fantastically clever.


 

offline ijonspeches from 109P/Swift-Tuttle on 2007-12-22 05:26 [#02156901]
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the longest journey is worth playing,
though the riddles are very easy and rare.
but the story is ace imo


 

offline Tomi from Poland on 2007-12-22 06:07 [#02156910]
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SNES and Neo Geo ROX


 


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