ORiginal NES

[devilmunchkin]

SO we have anyone out there that still plays original nes games besides myself? any old tetris lovers (or anyone who is actually enchanted by the music [or am I a complete nut?]?).
I had gotten a game called Shadowgate many years ago. every heard of it? ever played it? if so, how do you get past to forking front door!! lol! i can never figure out how. If you haven't heard of it, it's kind of a predecessor to Final Fantasy, i think.

[History049]

Most get them on emulator , NES system too hard to use

[Zopperoni]

Originally posted by devilmunchkin
SO we have anyone out there that still plays original nes games besides myself? any old tetris lovers (or anyone who is actually enchanted by the music [or am I a complete nut?]?).

...that would make me complete nut too then...

I had gotten a game called Shadowgate many years ago. every heard of it? ever played it? if so, how do you get past to forking front door!! lol! i can never figure out how. If you haven't heard of it, it's kind of a predecessor to Final Fantasy, i think.

Ah...Shadowgate...a true NES-classic...pretty tough game...and about the front door...?...uhh...I don't remember...

[devilmunchkin]

i cry this in disbelief. i don't see how you can get anymore basic, especially compared to all the stuff like play station. does NES put out their new system in a few weeks?
zopper..classic game?? lol...i might agree if i could past, excuse th correction, the front hall. i always get in the front door..but the front hall is locked and i can't get in.
woo hoo! fellow tetris luver! so you must like the remix by aphex twin?

[General Ludd]

I downloaded a NES Emulator, and played a FF1 rom for half a minute before remembering how old and shity it is, a few weeks ago...


By the way, the original NES controlers had pointy corners and where a pain in the arse to hold.

[devilmunchkin]

yeah..but b/c they were so small, nothing got hurt if you threw them out of frustration. sometimes it's that simplicity that makes everything ok and worthwhile. come on, nobody's cuter than lil mario! and blasting away those annoying ducks in duck hunt! ack!! too fun!

[November Adam]

I remember the anticiaption I felt the Christmas I asked for the NES machine.

It was a great Christmas, my whole family sat around and played Super Mario all daylong. Hmmm, it's one of those things that I really liked about that machine.

Did you ever play Dragon Warrior? I think that's the games name. Or Zelda... great times.

I tired an emulator, and lets just say the games were better in my memory.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by devilmunchkin
any old tetris lovers (or anyone who is actually enchanted by the music [or am I a complete nut?]?).

I used to play Tetris a lot, not any more though. That music is fantastic - I love it. IIRC it's a Russian folk song.

[devilmunchkin]

well, if it wasn't a russian folk song, it sure sounded like it. I actually became obssessed with the third choice of songs it offered. It was very ethereal sounding.
I never played Dragon Warrior, but i DID play zelda and still have it (although both [we have 2 working nes systems] are at my parents place). I usually played the "girlie" games like Yoshi's cookie, dr. mario, mario 2, tetris, and some bowling game. There was a game called Chysalis i played alot too. I play Kirby's Pinball Land on my original gameboy that i have with me at college all the time. i can't fit a real pin machine in my hole in the wall room.

[ColdWizard]

my old NES system gave up the ghost many years ago, but brought much entertainment to the family. taking turns in mario to see how far we could get as a group, watching dad shoot from the hip and wasting stacks of ducks....

[Zopperoni]

Originally posted by devilmunchkin
well, if it wasn't a russian folk song, it sure sounded like it. I actually became obssessed with the third choice of songs it offered. It was very ethereal sounding.

Yeah...the third one rocks......some more classics...Faxanadu...Probotector...Double Dragon...DuckTales was cool too ...and of course Duck hunt

[Zopperoni]

Originally posted by ColdWizard
my old NES system gave up the ghost many years ago, but brought much entertainment to the family. taking turns in mario to see how far we could get as a group, watching dad shoot from the hip and wasting stacks of ducks....

Yeah...mine's broke too...my mom wanted it fixed so she could play Mario again......and the Duck Hunt rocks..."Zopper with the Zapper!"

[History049]

yes too hard to use. some dont' want to use things 12 years old. when a much newer computer can do the same thing for free

[devilmunchkin]

everything recycles itself. i think the 80's are in need of a serious resurrection (except for the clothes. *hurls*). I never played duck tales. you know...you can buy old nes games now for 25 - 50 cents!!!

[Urban Ranger]

Do you know they pirated everything?

Years ago there were these NES ROMs sold around street corners that contained tens or even hundreds of NES games. These games each cost about 1/100 of legal ones.

[tniem]

My old NES bit the dust long ago and I didn't there was a chance in the world that there were many left that actually functioned any more. Then I went to college. Two of the guys that live on my floor brought their NES that work.

All the old Mario, Zelda, Duckhunt, and original FF games have been played in great abundance. I actually missed the old graphics and sound with some great gameplay. Because back in the day it was all about game play and I really do miss that.

[devilmunchkin]

so i guess i should feel lucky to have 2 working systems! lol! I remember when i was in third grade and mario 3 was the rage. i still had yet to get a nintendo period! ack!!
i stayed up last night for shits and giggles and played Kirby's Pin Ball land. Put out a shitty score, but i haven't been playing much since school started. I have to agree that computer versions of NES games suck. I remember playing Tetris on the computer and wanting to die because there wasn't any music nor did i have as much control over the piece. Perhaps that's why i've always perferred video games to computer games.
UR: so the pirated versions ended up in the shops in the malls?

[Zopperoni]

Originally posted by devilmunchkin
so i guess i should feel lucky to have 2 working systems!

Two...? ...Two NES' or one NES and one SNES...? My SNES still works...or @ least...a year ago it still worked......haven't switched it on since then...

[devilmunchkin]

two regular NES. My parents never let us upgrade above that...so that ALL we have. so at the same time it's admirable that we have 2, it's also pathetic.

[Zopperoni]

...just take out the 8 bit-thingy of one NES...and stuff it in the other...and hey presto!...your home-made SNES...

[devilmunchkin]

i seriously never had contact with snes, that's how pathetic i was. I got NES and next thing i know, i'm 19 playing with my boyfriend's playstation thinking it's the most wonderful thing since Cheese Whiz.

[Zopperoni]

Well...NES was an 8-bit machine...SNES was a 16-bit machine...so if you had two NES'...you could take 8 bits from one machine...and put it in the other...thus creating your own 16-bit machine...
BTW...the fact that you missed out on SNES...doesn't make you pathetic...

[devilmunchkin]

what does it make me?? sheltered ?? (and that i was...but that's off-topic stuff. ). so....did they do a 32 bit? how many bits is nintendo 64? That IS what came out after SNES right?
Whatever happened to the old Ataris? Is that company still in business?

[Zopperoni]

Originally posted by devilmunchkin
what does it make me?? sheltered ?? (and that i was...but that's off-topic stuff. ).

It makes you techie...

so....did they do a 32 bit?

IIRC...they originally had the idea of making some sort of 32-bit VR thingy...but I never saw it

how many bits is nintendo 64?

64...(educated guess )

That IS what came out after SNES right?

Yes

Whatever happened to the old Ataris? Is that company still in business?

My guess is they gave up and formed the band The Ataris

[tniem]

Originally posted by devilmunchkin
Whatever happened to the old Ataris? Is that company still in business?

They tried a few years ago to make a system entitled the Jaguar (around 94 or 95 IIRC), didn't do very well. They went into basically software, reselling old games like Frogger and some others. Now, Infogrames owns the rights to Atari and all their stuff, so beginning either this Fall or in the Spring all North American games from Infogrames are going to be under the Atari label because it is more recognized.


I am amazed that you have two NES, lucky bast...

[devilmunchkin]

*slaps self in the head over not catching the 64 significance* wow. i feel DUMB! I've heard OF the Ataris, but never listened to them.
Tniem: well..technically i am a ...... Thing is, my mom has both system capitive at her house..plus, my lil bro and sis need something to play on too. Yes, they are regularly used in the house. THe oldest one, min, i've had...over 10 years. more like 11 or 12. and it works good. yesterday i remembered a game i have that most people won't remember, but the character might bring back memories, especially if you're from the US. I had a game Called Yo Noid. Remember that pizza hut or dominoes commercial character called the Noid?? lol! The guy in the red suit with bunny ears??? Anyway, he runs around new york city zapping mobsters with his yo-yo ( ) and has pizza eating contests. it's rather amusing. WHo remembers all the Castlevanias??? How many did they end up putting out anyway?
how much more advanced is playstation that NES64???

[November Adam]

I would say the playstation 1 isn't more advanced than the N64. They are about on par with each other.

[Zopperoni]

Originally posted by devilmunchkin
WHo remembers all the Castlevanias??? How many did they end up putting out anyway?

Ah...good ol' Simon Belmont......actually the best memory I have of him, is his role in the cartoon Captain N ...

how much more advanced is playstation that NES64???

Not much...I prefer the N64...but I think the PSX has the upperhand...

[Sarxis]

I messed with an NES emulator last year. It was fun for a while, but then I realised just how much better today's PC games are, and how much gaming time I was wasting on that NES stuff.

[devilmunchkin]

didn't castelvania make their own cartoon at one point?

Why would one prefer the N64 if playstation has the upperhand. Is it just me, or it ps2 not THAT much more advanced than PS! outside of the dvd player and minutely improved graphics.
See, i don't see how computer games are better than video games for the sole reason that i have a really hard time playing with a keyboard as opposed to a controler. can't say the graphics are better on either because both have pretty bad ones and good ones.