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Judge Smails

09-18-2006, 07:06 AM

I know a lot of people on here like to talk about their old school gaming systems.  But when I think back to my childhood memories I'm not talking about the NES or Sega.  I'm talking about the great Intellivision and Atari debate.Actually it was probably no contest:  Atari had Intellivision beat as far as market share goes.  I was the only one of my group of friends who had an Intellivision.  I firmly believe that once you got used to the Intellivision disc controller though, it was a vastly superior system than the Atari.I actually still have my Intellivision and, believe it or not, it still works even though it's over 25 years old.  I'll occasionally hook it up and play it with my eight year old son.  He gets a kick out of it.  Sometimes we'll play NFL Football on Intellivsion and follow it up with Madden '06 on PlayStation2.Anybody else out there an old fart like me who had an Intellivision or Atari?  ColecoVision was pretty good too but that came out towards the end of the video game craze and didn't seem to make a big impact.  <img src="http://www.consolepassion.co.uk/images/mattel-intellivision/mattel-intellivision-consoles/mattel-intellivision-console-loose.jpg" border="0" /><img src="http://img.gamespot.com/gamespot/images/2005/features/historyfootball/historyfootball_embed007.jpg" border="0" /> Intellivision Vs. Madden '06<img height="131" src="http://a248.e.akamai.net/f/248/5462/2h/images.gamezone.com/screens/25/9/33/s25933_ps2_4.jpg" width="180" border="0" />

Don Stugots

09-18-2006, 07:10 AM

i still play warlords for the atari on our 2600 system.  i rule in that game.   my sister kicks my ass in kaboom. 

2HoT

09-18-2006, 08:04 AM

Atari (River Raid) vs Blood Wake<img src="http://www.codejedi.com/guineapig/screenshots/screen16.png" border="0" /><img height="300" src="http://www.armchairempire.com/images/Reviews/XBox/blood-wake/bloodwake-1.jpg" width="400" border="0" /> I still like River Raid better tho...

cougarjake13

09-18-2006, 01:28 PM

i had the atari 2600 and 7800, then nintendo, sega genesis, ps 1, and finally ps 2

Don Stugots

09-18-2006, 01:34 PM

2600, nintendo, super nintendo, sega saturn (what a waste of money), ps 1 ps 2 and x box for me.

mikeyboy

09-18-2006, 01:35 PM

It was just a variation on the Space Invaders/Galaxian type shooters, but I always enjoyed Megamania.<img src="http://www.thealmightyguru.com/TheGuru/Projects/Images/MegaMania-Cartridge.jpg" border="0" />

narc

09-18-2006, 01:39 PM

I had an Atari and I used to be obsessed with a game called Swordquest:Earthworld. A total clusterfuck of a game, but kind of interesting. Impossibly hard. When Atari released it, there was a national contest going along with it where if you beat it and followed along with a comic book that came along with it, you'd win. By the time I came along and was playing it, the contest was long over, but I still credit it as letting me cut my teeth as a nerd. 
<img src="http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Lair/9260/ewscreen.gif" 
<img src="http://www.atariprotos.com/2600/software/earthworld/earthworld_1.png"

This message was edited by narc on 9-18-06 @ 5:42 PM

Judge Smails

09-18-2006, 01:40 PM

OK.  Let's see who's old enough to remember.  If you grew up in the New York area, does this mean anything to you?:"PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX!"

JustJon

09-18-2006, 05:08 PM

Judge Smails wrote: OK. Let's see who's old enough to remember. If you grew up in the New York area, does this mean anything to you?:"PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX!"  You forgot to gasp for breath in the middle

Don Stugots

09-18-2006, 05:10 PM

PIX PIX PIX PIX PIX BREATHE PIX PIX PIX PIX.  i was always pixxed that they never pixxed me.

tele7

09-18-2006, 05:49 PM

Intellevision Baseball and a tub of Charles Chips.  Ah the memories.  And yes, I needed to get out more.<img src="http://www.intellivisionlives.com/bluesky/games/overlays/sports/baseballO.jpg" border="0" />

Gvac

09-18-2006, 06:01 PM

Let's rock, motherfucker. <img border="0" src="http://www.classicgaming.com/rotw/boxing.gif" />

mikeyboy

09-18-2006, 06:35 PM

telecaster7 wrote: Intellevision Baseball and a tub of Charles Chips.   RAWK!<img src="http://users.mikrotec.com/g3boy/wwwpages/Media/charles%20chips%201.jpg" border="0" />

Tenbatsuzen

09-18-2006, 06:46 PM

OGC

09-18-2006, 06:56 PM

Am I the only one in the country that had one of these ?<img src="http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/7554/atari5200boxedvg1.jpg" border="0" />The controlers sucked real bad. I ended up making my own joysticks. I think it is still around in the basement somewhere. Anyone wanna play Qix ?

tele7

09-18-2006, 07:06 PM

Tenbatsuzen wrote:  Judge Smails wrote: OK. Let's see who's old enough to remember. If you grew up in the New York area, does this mean anything to you?:"PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX! PIX!"   Nice memories.  Now, wasn't it WNEW's Pat St. John who hosted that?  Not sure, but this 4 second clip may jog your memory.<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=S1EoGMmvq74">http://youtube.com/watch?v=S1EoGMmvq74</a>

overyoo

09-18-2006, 08:03 PM

i stopped at my dads house a few weeks back and was helping him look for somthing, opened up a box and found my old atari with a boatload of games, i should hook it up and see if it still works..although i dont think my plasma has the proper hookups for it.

suggums

09-18-2006, 08:06 PM

oh how i hated these<img width="464" height="257" border="0" src="http://www.omegacron.com/mighty_max/images/collectibles/handheld_tiger.jpg" />

Fallon

09-18-2006, 09:17 PM

I had an Atari, don't remember which one.Those Tiger games really sucked, except for...<img width="409" height="500" border="0" src="http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Tiger/Tiger-BoJacksonFootballBaseball.jpg" />

Judge Smails

09-19-2006, 09:50 AM

This was my first computer.  I don't know what it was about my parents who insisted on making me the odd man out.  When all my friends had Ataris, I got an Intellivision.  And when everyone had Commodore 64s I got a ColecoVision Adam.  To a kid who just wants to go with the crowd, and share experiences with his friends, this was as bad as bringing in coconut cupcakes to school.<img height="551" src="http://www.pong-picture-page.de/catalog/images/DSCN1947.JPG" width="735" border="0" />

Clutch

09-19-2006, 10:00 AM

This is the only Atari game I remember playing ... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/clutch43/pitfall.jpg

jeffdwright2001

09-19-2006, 10:06 AM

My buddy and I always ordered Dominos and spent a few hours playing JOUST<img height="240" src="http://www.ataritimes.com/arcade/images/joust.gif" width="292" border="0" />

ChimneyFish

09-19-2006, 11:48 AM

mikeyboy wrote: telecaster7 wrote: Intellevision Baseball and a tub of Charles Chips.   RAWK!<img src="http://users.mikrotec.com/g3boy/wwwpages/Media/charles%20chips%201.jpg" border="0" />Double rawk!!!! Damn I miss those.    And I also had the 5200, rich. I remember Star Raiders used the number pad thingy. That game was awful, though.Mr Do's Castle, anyone????<img src="http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c217/luxa1/mrdoscastle.gif" border="0" />

ThePointer

09-20-2006, 05:09 PM

no one mentions the Magnavox  Oddessey.  that was the best  game console.  They were known for their version of Pac Man which allowed you to design the maze and then it would dissappear until you hit a wall.  they also had a Wall street game that was aheadof its time.  Quite a shame that like Beta Oddessey was tossed to oblivion.

Don Stugots

09-20-2006, 05:11 PM

elevator action?

trig

10-17-2006, 01:34 PM

I was playing atari 400 before I was even able to walk. The thing still works too.  Quality electronics. Used to play a flight sim game that looked a lot like this.<img width="300" height="189" border="0" src="http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l155/zduvall/fs1-apple-anim1.gif" /> Badass.

FUNKMAN

10-17-2006, 02:33 PM

bad motherfucker...<img height="242" src="http://www.level7.nu/cache/cimg/f174b5697e58e7bb5ff627a01bef0a01.jpg" width="150" border="0" />loved the way he bounced around and used his head as a whip<img height="217" src="http://www.juegomania.org/Earthworm+Jim/fotos/snes/0/556/Foto+Earthworm+Jim.jpg" width="250" border="0" />

This message was edited by FUNKMAN on 10-17-06 @ 6:35 PM

JimBeam

10-17-2006, 02:35 PM

I made my parents buy me that Adam and it had to be like my birtday, Christmas and like Confirmation gifts all in one.I did get a 500 credit towrds college though ( oh wait it was $125 a year )I got the Commodore 64 after the Adam.C64 had all kinds of cool games.

PaulF

10-18-2006, 05:52 AM

Loved Yar's Revenge on 2600, also Superman.Had a game for my Apple ][ called Bilestoad in which two people could hack each other apart with huge axes. You had a shield to block and you could chop off limbs or behead the other guy.

giannidesk

10-18-2006, 06:02 AM

The Atari 400 ruled! I started with the casette player (the 410) and then upgraded to the floppy disk drive (the 810).Of course the Atari 400 was the poor man's Atari 800.My favorite game: Star Raiders trig wrote:   I was playing atari 400 before I was even able to walk. The thing still works too.  Quality electronics. Used to play a flight sim game that looked a lot like this.<img height="189" src="http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l155/zduvall/fs1-apple-anim1.gif" width="300" border="0" /> Badass.

spankyfrank

10-18-2006, 06:13 AM

If you guys really want an old school experience, try gametap. It's actually not a bad deal and it has literally everything from pong all the way up to dreamcast.

Earlshog

10-18-2006, 06:24 AM

I loved night stalker... <img height="360" src="http://www.tdubel.com/emulaattorit/kuvat/intellivision/pelit/nightstalker.png" width="480" border="0" />

Melrapuo

10-18-2006, 06:54 AM

FUNKMAN wrote: bad motherfucker...<img width="150" height="242" border="0" src="http://www.level7.nu/cache/cimg/f174b5697e58e7bb5ff627a01bef0a01.jpg" />loved the way he bounced around and used his head as a whip<img width="250" height="217" border="0" src="http://www.juegomania.org/Earthworm+Jim/fotos/snes/0/556/Foto+Earthworm+Jim.jpg" />

This message was edited by FUNKMAN on 10-17-06 @ 6:35 PM  I used to play this game constantly when we got our first computer.  Too bad I sucked at it...

Fezticle98

10-18-2006, 07:23 AM

<strike>2600</strike>, <strike>NES</strike>, Game Boy, <strike>PS1</strike>, NES, Genesis. Some might say I'm regressing. Memorable 2600 games:Chopper CommandBarnstormingEnduroE.T. - tough getting out of those pits sometimesAdventure - had to collect some keys and hope a bat didn't fly in and kidnap you

This message was edited by fezticle98 on 10-18-06 @ 11:25 AM

pete_in_NJ

10-27-2006, 06:46 PM

Atari 2600, Colecovision, Sega Saturn, Nintendo GayCube.  I have Pitfall on my cell phone  .

Fez4PrezN2008

10-27-2006, 07:24 PM

My brother and I spend hours copying basic code from hardback books into our Tandy TRS80 monochrome green screen with casset tape drive. We though we were hot shit when we got the 5 1/4 floppy drives. 3 hours of typing code and about 6 hours of debugging, then you get the cheapest ASCII version of asteroid ever. Ahh, those were the days...<img height="318" src="http://www.weller.to/wcc/trs/wcctani__01l.jpg" width="400" border="0" />Check out the faux silverish plastic case too. 

This message was edited by Fez4PrezN2008 on 10-27-06 @ 11:27 PM

sailor

10-27-2006, 07:30 PM

Gvac wrote: Let's rock, motherfucker. <img border="0" src="http://www.classicgaming.com/rotw/boxing.gif" />   white people are so scared...

Fezticle98

10-27-2006, 07:36 PM

bronxmarc wrote:  Gvac wrote: Let's rock, motherfucker. <img src="http://www.classicgaming.com/rotw/boxing.gif" border="0" />    white people are so scared... Well played, sir.

Kurtis9

10-31-2006, 07:32 AM

I used to play this on my Macintosh, wow: <img src="http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n150/wkwieman/BirdvsErving.gif" border="0" />

ezshark

11-24-2006, 07:06 PM

When I was little, I had a Sega Genesis, Sonic the hedgehog and Cool Spot. I also played Lemmings on the PC. A little more recent, but still old school for me was the N64, I still have it. Goldeneye on that was unparraleled.                        <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0d/Cool_Spot.png" border="0" alt="cool spot" title="cool spot" width="320" height="224" align="bottom" />

Landblast

11-24-2006, 07:30 PM

<img src="http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r37/pbrstreetgang1/atari.jpg?t=1164428444" border="0" width="227" height="265" />did anyone elese think these Atari controllers were the worts ergonomically designed things ever? some of them were soft but most of them were rigid as hell, and the design, it's like what, my f#ckn hand was like hurtin like shit but it's like ohh cool i'm playin a cool game....

johnniehardrock

11-24-2006, 08:06 PM

Did anybody play the interstellar game M.U.L.E. for the old Atari 800?It was the best <img src="http://www.classicgaming.com/rotw/mule2.gif" border="0" alt="M.U.L.E. Screenshot" hspace="10" vspace="10" width="250" height="173" align="left" />       <a href="http://www.classicgaming.com/rotw/mule.shtml">http://www.classicgaming.com/rotw/mule.shtml</a>

BYOBKenobi

11-24-2006, 09:50 PM

Landblast wrote: <img src="http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r37/pbrstreetgang1/atari.jpg?t=1164428444" border="0" width="227" height="265" />did anyone elese think these Atari controllers were the worts ergonomically designed things ever? some of them were soft but most of them were rigid as hell, and the design, it's like what, my f#ckn hand was like hurtin like shit but it's like ohh cool i'm playin a cool game....I've seen some ladies do interesting things with those old atari controllers on some porn site.  I wish I saved the URL because that shit was hilarious. I had an Omni2000 which was a console that had two knobs, one on each side so you could play 2 player pong, breakout, and soccer or some shit.  You had a switch that looked like a 3 position light switch that would change games.After that it was an atari that my parents were more into than I was, but it was so unreliable... at least to a 3 year old, that I would lose interest after it would crash for the hundreth time.  I used to love the game Journy: Quest that had you playing as the lead singer of Journey.  You would run through the "mall" and dodge fans trying to get your autograph and try to get to the spaceship from the cover of their record. Nintendo was amazing as hell.  I mean so amazing that I couldn't believe it was legal to have that much fun.  I was hooked on Zelda, Baseball Stars, All the mario bros, Dragon Warrior, Blaster Master, metroid, etc etc etc.SuperNintendo was the first system that started having "realistic" graphics.  I still remember my first and only win in Street Fighter II against my friend's older brother... I was Chun Li.  After beating him I proceded to take a real life beating, but it was all worth it.  The Mario games on supernintendo were awesome as well.  Donkey Kong Country, Mario Paint... actually, now that I'm thinking about it... that system didn't really have a ton of killer games, but it was awesome for fighters like Street Fighter and Killer Instinct.N64 is getting way too new to be old school, but Goldeneye is what spawned my addiction to first person shooters.Then xbox, and soon xbox 360.

This message was edited by BYOBKenobi on 11-25-06 @ 1:53 AM

TooCute

11-25-2006, 07:26 AM

I had an Atari 800. Favorite game was K-Razy Shootout, wish I could find a
screen shot

<img=http://www.retrogames.co.uk/stock/assets/images/1XL_-
_Krazy_Shoot-Out.jpg">

The Atari 800 was about $1000 and we got it back in 1980 or thereabouts.
It had a cassette player for playing games like sammy the SeaSerpent and
Hockey, but I recall we also had PacMan for it. I also had a Basic cartridge, so
I could copy basic coade into it and make it do really lame shit that wasn't
worth the effort - but come on, I was programming! Easy way to keep a kid
entertained, I guess.

<img src="http://www.vintage-computer.com/images/atari800.jpg">

We got a coleco vision after that, but seriously, that's like total newschool...

outlawfrank

11-25-2006, 07:54 AM

<img src="http://www.hallofvideogames.com/images/atari%202600/kangaroo.gif" border="0" width="256" height="192" /> Kangaroo for the Atari 2600.

docgoblin

11-25-2006, 08:29 AM

JimBeam

11-25-2006, 08:54 AM

I remember being so excited about getting Haunted House for the Atari 2600 because it had a full page ad in the Daily News.That game was the worst.I had Miner 2049er for the ColecoVision ( made sure to get it again when I bought one on eBay last year ) and a sequel ( possibly Miner 2049er II - Bounty Bob's Revenge ) on the Commodore 64. Great games.Lode Runner was a great game for the Commodore 64 as well.Remember Impossible Mission for the 64 ?" Another visitor. Stay a while ....... stay forever !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "Never did figure out that game though.

Gvac

11-25-2006, 04:28 PM

I used to love "Adventure" on Atari.  I think it's the first game I can remember that had "hidden" pieces and levels.  <img src="http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c34/Gvac/mini-adventure.gif" border="0" />

mdr55

11-25-2006, 08:57 PM

How bout those Hand-held video games of Pac-man and Donkey Kong.    I always wanted one. <img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-frown.gif" border="0" alt="Frown" title="Frown" />   and even though I never played it Vetrex. <img src="http://www.atarimagazines.com/cva/v1n1/vectrex2.jpg" border="0" width="189" height="255" />

JimBeam

11-26-2006, 08:35 AM

Yeah they had Frogger, Donkey Kong and PacMan in those hand held games.They might have had Popeye at one point as well.Another cool game for the old 2600 was Raiders Of The Lost Ark.Another game I never completed.

Gvac

11-26-2006, 06:41 PM

I almost forgot my all-time favorite Atari game - Superman.<img src="http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c34/Gvac/AtariSuperman.jpg" border="0" />

Don Stugots

11-26-2006, 06:48 PM

anyone remember elevator action or crazy climber?

aceofspades7

11-27-2006, 06:06 AM

coleco baby!  the super action controllers were great - best baseball game for the time  <img src="http://www.vintagecomputing.com/wp-content/images/retroscan/coleco_sac_1_small_shadow.jpg" border="0" width="325" height="400" />

Marc with a c

11-27-2006, 06:12 AM

mdr55

11-27-2006, 07:36 AM

Gvac wrote: I almost forgot my all-time favorite Atari game - Superman.<img src="http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c34/Gvac/AtariSuperman.jpg" border="0" />  I remember buying that game with my hard earned money when I was a kid. It was around $25. Then the crash happened the next week and all the video games were at blowout prices.Who would have thought that the video game market would rise up again? Fucking A!!!!

JimBeam

11-28-2006, 05:04 PM

The Super Action Controller Baseball was awesome because you could do fielding practice.I liked that.I also remember that when playing the Rocky boxing game my hand hurt like a bitch,

FUNKMAN

11-28-2006, 05:13 PM

fohat

11-28-2006, 06:27 PM

<img src="http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l246/fohat/zaxxon.png" border="0" />Zaxxon, on the TRS-80 CoCo

GlassJoe

11-28-2006, 07:26 PM

I can't think of old school games without thinking of the original Star Wars arcade game. I can't remember how many times I blew up the death star.

LOAF

11-28-2006, 07:30 PM

What was I thinking reading through this thread? Now I want to play some oldschool video games!!<img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/thumbup.gif" border="0" width="38" height="20" />

BYOBKenobi

11-28-2006, 09:32 PM

it isn't too hard to find all these old games either zipped up with an emulator or in flash form. If it wasn't 1:30am I'd go on a hunt for you (:

kevcala

11-29-2006, 08:25 AM

JimBeam wrote: I had Miner 2049er for the ColecoVision  Man that was a great game.  I think I had it on C64.  Maybe it was the sequel, but the name definately struck me. One of my favorite games was Nueromancer on the C64.  As well as Gunslinger and Wishbringer.

kevcala

11-29-2006, 08:28 AM

Marc with a c wrote: <img src="http://www.mygadgetbag.com/Portals/0/storyimages3/oregon%20trail.jpg" border="0" width="600" height="400" /> <img src="http://www.bustedtees.com/bt/images/BT-dysentery-featured-842.jpg" border="0" width="290" height="390" />

tenaciousc

11-29-2006, 08:45 AM

Oh the days of sneaking into my older brother's room while he was at school to play his Commodore 64. I miss the lack of responsibility almost as much as I miss Wizard and Jumpman. <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3d/Wizard%28game%29.gif" border="0" width="320" height="200" align="bottom" />

AKA

11-29-2006, 09:23 AM

Last month I got some ridiculously rare video of kids playing Atari Combat on local D.C. television - they are on the most basic level, and the 1970s kids are such noobs, like the concept of home video games, that neither kid can hit the other one for at least the first minute, even without barriers and even with them right next to each other. <img src="http://www.tdubel.com/emulaattorit/kuvat/atari2600/pelit/combat.png" border="0" width="320" height="206" />(Image from game, but not a screen shot from this particular video)It is seriously some funny video, that I have been forbidden in sharing with anyone, and have been told it will be my head if it shows up on YouTube. Hopefully it will be available sometime, because for video game fans, it really is funny shit.

lleeder

11-29-2006, 03:15 PM

What about the Arcade game Gauntlet. The sounds your character would make when he got hit or ate sounded like he was jacking it.

MHasegawa

11-29-2006, 05:22 PM

eat your food, dont shoot it! gauntlet kicked ass

Fezticle98

11-29-2006, 05:26 PM

lleeder wrote: What about the Arcade game Gauntlet. The sounds your character would make when he got hit or ate sounded like he was jacking it. Good, tough game. Great music. The sound they made after eating or picking up gold sounded like a relieved "ahhhhhhhhh" after a nice piss. I have Gauntlet on NES. Don't they say something to the effect of "Valkryie needs food, badly"?Anyone remember Wizards & Warriors for NES? Another game with good tunes.

Judge Smails

11-29-2006, 05:31 PM

fezticle98 wrote: lleeder wrote: What about the Arcade game Gauntlet. The sounds your character would make when he got hit or ate sounded like he was jacking it. Good, tough game. Great music. The sound they made after eating or picking up gold sounded like a relieved "ahhhhhhhhh" after a nice piss. I have Gauntlet on NES. Don't they say something to the effect of "Valkryie needs food, badly"?<a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=wNI47hqM2X8">Here's some guy doing the whole game in 20 minutes.</a>

johnniewalker

11-30-2006, 05:42 PM

kevcala wrote: Marc with a c wrote: <img src="http://www.mygadgetbag.com/Portals/0/storyimages3/oregon%20trail.jpg" border="0" width="600" height="400" /> <img src="http://www.bustedtees.com/bt/images/BT-dysentery-featured-842.jpg" border="0" width="290" height="390" /> I downloaded that game last night.   I made it but everyone in my family bit it.   Stupid snake bites.

JimBeam

12-01-2006, 01:46 PM

That game Wizard reminds me of another game called Spellunker.Jumpman and Lode Runner were both good games.

Team_Ramrod

12-02-2006, 12:22 AM

I always look back to games such as Mouse Trap for the Colecovision as a classic. Even the Super Mario Bros. series are games that I have fond memories of... Then I go to a pawn shop and buy the system along with a few games and realize that we are so much better off never looking back. If you want to think about the games you played then so be it but please don't go back and play, you'll be ruined for life and every memory you have will never be interpreted with the same pleasure as you currently have.

ChimneyFish

12-02-2006, 08:24 AM

Haven't used it yet, but go to virtualnes.com. Over 370 games.    Oops. I did miss the "r", JB.I'm going to try it now.

This message was edited by ChimneyFish on 12-2-06 @ 3:28 PM

JimBeam

12-02-2006, 11:24 AM

Think you missed the " r "Should be virtualnes.comI went to it but couldnt get it to work on by work computerI think it's a Java issue.I'll try it at home because it looks like its got every game ever made

ChimneyFish

12-02-2006, 11:44 AM

It worked for me.I played a little "Fist of the North Star". An old school game I never knew existed.Sadly, without the NES controller, it's just not as fun.

Marc with a c

12-02-2006, 12:02 PM

i'm going to barcade in williamsburg tonight, the mecca of old school video games.get jealous.

aceofspades7

12-04-2006, 11:10 AM

to any coleco people - remember there was a game shown on the coleco console box called tunnels and trolls?  my bro and i were so excited to play that and it never was released...

JimBeam

12-04-2006, 11:31 AM

I thought I remembered playing T&T but after looking on a few boards it appears as though the game was never completed ( or even started other than a screenshot for the box/catalog ).I may also be thinking of a game for the Commodore 64 named Trolls & Tribulations ( which rocked ).

Fezticle98

12-04-2006, 02:00 PM

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/4940/dos5gorkx0.gif

PunkMojo

12-07-2006, 10:18 PM

I once stayed up 48 hours playing Megamania...this was even before I began my heavy Meth use...

Coach

12-08-2006, 12:39 AM

I am going nuts looking for Neo Geo home systems/Games I loved the games...but no systems for the home except for cabinets!

ChimneyFish

12-08-2006, 11:15 AM

It looks like they have a system on neostore.com, and it looks like GameTap has Neo-Geo games.

Judge Smails

01-05-2007, 08:40 PM

<a href="http://knuttz.net/hosted_pages/Console-Evolution-20070103">Evolution of home systems</a>

DonInNC

01-05-2007, 08:47 PM

<img src="http://www.thealmightyguru.com/TheGuru/Projects/Images/MegaMania-Cartridge.jpg" border="0" width="400" height="485" /> Sorry Mikeyboy, I missed your post the first time through. 

This message was edited by DonInNC on 1-6-07 @ 12:55 AM

shittyhambrgers

01-05-2007, 08:50 PM

cougarjake13

01-06-2007, 02:56 PM

Judge Smails wrote: <a href="http://knuttz.net/hosted_pages/Console-Evolution-20070103">Evolution of home systems</a> i cant beleive how many there werei had no idea some of those early ones existedi always thought coleico and intellivision were the firsts

cougarjake13

01-06-2007, 02:57 PM

other than ebay is there anywhere one could go to get old systems like  the original nintendo, or genesis ???

CofyCrakCocaine

01-08-2007, 06:05 AM

I remember staring at my older brother playing Coleco Vision. I think he was always playing some Smurfts game, Venture, and River Raid. I was never allowed to play Coleco (they said I was too young- I guess those two pixel games were too violent or something). This means to a six year old that it's now my mission to play video games big-time. When Christmas rolled along my parents got my brother an NES, and that was the end of the game embargo on me.

CofyCrakCocaine

01-08-2007, 06:10 AM

cougarjake13 wrote: other than ebay is there anywhere one could go to get old systems like the original nintendo, or genesis ??? I'm afraid not. I naively thought Gamestop would keep selling old NES and SNES systems, so I never thought to buy an extra couple systems for a couple twenties until it was too late. The thing that sucks the most is that I do still have an old SNES but it won't work because I have digital cable and that somehow prevents the SNES games from appearing on my TV screen.

PigShitIrish

01-08-2007, 08:20 AM

Anybody remember the name of the game, which was basically text only, where you travel to different countries and buy and sell goods?

PigShitIrish

01-08-2007, 08:22 AM

double post

This message was edited by PigShitIrish on 1-8-07 @ 12:38 PM

weekapaugjz

01-08-2007, 12:18 PM

http://i17.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/81/b9/176a_1.JPGthis was my favorite old school atari 2600 game.  all set to the soundtrack of hall of the mountain king, which would speed up as time would run out.  all i have to say is intense.  river raid comes in a close second.

Wallower

01-08-2007, 01:27 PM

Here are a couple of oldies I used to play: <img src="http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/8329/cpitvo3.gif" border="0" alt="chuck" title="chuck" width="245" height="153" />Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight SimulatorandThe Dungeons of Moria (not an in game shot)<img src="http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/1155/dndthumb2sh7.jpg" border="0" alt="moria" title="moria" width="292" height="224" />  . . . . . . . . . . . < .  . . . @ . . .B. . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . .

pocolocolibra

01-08-2007, 01:35 PM

WOW a 5200? i only had  a lowly 2600. 

Bestinshow

01-08-2007, 10:26 PM

colecovision kicked ass. I had a paperroute when it came out and the day it was released i remember playing donkey kong so long I couldnt collect to pay my bill. It was the first system that was almost arcade perfect. donkeykong jr, zaxxon, venture,tarzan, popeye, qbert et al all kicked ass. anyone have the roller controler with slither? They had a steering wheel too with a gas pedal if I remember correctly. The superaction controller also had a great boxing game called rocky. The adam computer was a shitty computer but it also played colecovision games and the data packs had expanded versions of donkey kong, donkey kong junior and buck rodgers.vectrex was a nice vector based system. im fortunate to still have two of them. few people realize it had a 3d imager that hooked up to a controller port. It played a 3d version of minestorm a nd a rollrcoaster game. vectrex also had the first game that talked without the use of an adapter. It was called spike. it was kind of a donkey kong ripoff but the mainthing was the novelty of voice of the few phases it spoke(Eke help spike...Oh no molly)Elevator action was a kickass game in the arcade and on gameboy and an updated version was made in japan for saturn. (I was fortunate enough to have a japanese saturn) Dont knwo why it wasnt brought here because it was great.

riverofpiss

01-09-2007, 01:46 PM

The first gaming system I had was the orig. NES but I remember being addicted to a computer game called Oregon Trail years before.  It involved getting your family from Alabama or something to Oregon.  Anybody played it?

riverofpiss

01-09-2007, 09:56 PM

Marc with a c wrote: <img src="http://www.mygadgetbag.com/Portals/0/storyimages3/oregon%20trail.jpg" border="0" width="600" height="400" /> Nice, this game was awesome.  Where did you download from?

patsopinion

01-10-2007, 12:02 AM

game boy, sega gennisis, 32x(which was an add on to the gen and it could play games at ps1 resolution, only 3 games were made for it and i owned them all), N64, dreamcast, xboxSega, dispite my die hard allegiance, has fucked me to many times, I had a hard time playing nba 2k7 this year because of their complete lack of allegiance or ability to sell their stuff. edit was addition of n64, i forgot my favorite system? 

This message was edited by patsopinion on 1-10-07 @ 4:09 AM

ThePointer

01-10-2007, 09:46 AM

Here is that oddessey gameÿ http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j288/thepointer/consoles_025.jpg

This message was edited by ThePointer on 1-10-07 @ 1:49 PM

blakjeezis

01-10-2007, 10:12 AM

<img src="http://www.old-computers.com/MUSEUM/photos/sinclair_spectrum_1.jpg" border="0" width="350" height="255" />I don't know about over here, but in England Clive Sinclair and his ZX-81 and its follow up, the ZX-Spectrum, were in prime competition with the Commodre 64 and 128. We had a Spectrum and that shit fucking rocked ass. Jet-Pac, The fantastic Manic Miner and the superb sequel Jet-Set Willy, Ghostbusters, Atic Atac, Urban Upstart, and Skool Daze: these were the games I cut my teeth on. 

This message was edited by blakjeezis on 1-10-07 @ 2:13 PM

aceofspades7

01-11-2007, 07:15 AM

did anyone play decathalon?  that was a great game for it's time...<img src="http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/original/1085771040-00.jpg" border="0" width="562" height="386" />

aceofspades7

01-11-2007, 07:35 AM

i was addicted to castle wolfenstein when i was a kid...<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/73/CastleWolfensteinPickChest.png" border="0" width="281" height="193" />

yomudder21

01-11-2007, 07:54 AM

Greatest game ever: RASTAN --<img src="http://www.taitolegends.com/screens/rastan/screen2.jpg" border="0" />

ralphbxny

01-11-2007, 12:51 PM

jeffdwright2001 wrote: My buddy and I always ordered Dominos and spent a few hours playing JOUST<img src="http://www.ataritimes.com/arcade/images/joust.gif" border="0" width="292" height="240" />I loved joust...fav 2600 game ! my progression was 2600, sega saturn, ps1, xbox

Chigworthy

01-12-2007, 05:57 PM

Arch Stanton

01-12-2007, 05:58 PM

Just picked the Sonic Genises games for playstation2

ChimneyFish

01-15-2007, 08:50 AM

yomudder21 wrote: Greatest game ever: RASTAN --<img src="http://www.taitolegends.com/screens/rastan/screen2.jpg" border="0" width="640" height="480" />Wow.I totally forgot about this one.One the best arcade games ever.