Retro console and games thread

JoeBoi · 9 Jul 2014 at 20:44

cee-S-dee said:
Emulation.... ewwwww

lol.

lakitu · 9 Jul 2014 at 20:47

Oh loved Aladdin, although never completed it. Used to play on PC, SNES but my favourite was the Mega Drive version. Great animation and music. Plays just as well today.

almoststew1990 · 9 Jul 2014 at 20:59

It plays really well on a slightly dodgey emulator- you know, one of those annoying installers where you have to decline 9 (I counted) crap bloatware software applications and toolbars before it will let you install the game. would It have been smooth on the megadrive? It runs at 60fps but that isn't what I mean. It's kind of hard to explain, it just flows and animates really well. It also seems to run slightly faster when set to US mode. I never got past the second level although I was 4 or so at the time!

I might try out a few Roms for this emulator and if they seem fun grab a megadrive off the bay.

Buffman · 9 Jul 2014 at 21:12

Alladin was awesome! I kept getting killed at the last level I think (with lava jumping)? Games were a lot tougher back in the day.

lakitu · 9 Jul 2014 at 21:28

It ran beautifully on the Mega Drive!

malachi · 9 Jul 2014 at 22:06

It was all about the Lion King with me, loved it!! I liked the Megadrive version better. I had Toy Story too but the SNES version was better with that one.

Cavallino · 9 Jul 2014 at 22:24

almoststew1990 said:
emulation

Get out.

exhashdotdot · 10 Jul 2014 at 15:05

Oh God, that filter is disgusting.

wingman · 10 Jul 2014 at 15:22

malachi said:
It was all about the Lion King with me, loved it!! I liked the Megadrive version better. I had Toy Story too but the SNES version was better with that one.

Agreed, I recently bought a boxed copy of the Lion King for SNES and it's a superb game.

Never played any other version (except watching videos of the NES version, eww!), but I can't imagine the MegaDrive version playing much better?

almoststew1990 · 10 Jul 2014 at 15:49

I did also play the lion king, I thrink I remember its 'drm' was typing a specific word from the manual? Brilliant pre internet idea!

CrispyXUK · 10 Jul 2014 at 16:48

exhashdotdot said:
Oh God, that filter is disgusting.

+1

lakitu · 11 Jul 2014 at 10:51

Just picked up this box of fun. Has 512 classic arcade games and the guy who made it does this as a full time job!

Perfect for when I don't have time to get stuck in to a game. Please excuse the terrible photo's. For reference, it's a 15" screen.

drphibes · 11 Jul 2014 at 10:59

That looks great Lakitu, how much did that cost and where did you buy it from ?

lakitu · 11 Jul 2014 at 11:04

Yeah, it's really fun but wasn't cheap at £350. The GF loves it too, nice Wonderboy 2P action (a game she spent many hours on) I think this is his Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Pauls-Custom-Cabs/1467450383480109?fref=nf

drphibes · 11 Jul 2014 at 11:14

Thanks for the info , look really good these do

PiKe · 11 Jul 2014 at 11:23

The ones Clarkcade make are really nice too https://www.facebook.com/Clarkcade

He was at North East Retro Gaming last weekend with a few of them.

PiKe · 11 Jul 2014 at 13:42

This went completely unnoticed in the "images of items you've purchased" thread so I thought it might be more appreciated here...

lakitu · 11 Jul 2014 at 14:51

I'd love to check out this new arcade, anyone been?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28202061

lakitu · 11 Jul 2014 at 14:54

PiKe, is that from Johnny Mnemonic? Is that a game?

Worthy · 11 Jul 2014 at 15:50

PiKe said:
This went completely unnoticed in the "images of items you've purchased" thread so I thought it might be more appreciated here...

Is that a full pinball table!?

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