That system has always been on top of my forbidden-dreams list... I love Final Fight, and having the X-68000 version in my collection/being able to play it on the original hardware, would probably complete my retrogamer's life.
That system has always been on top of my forbidden-dreams list... I love Final Fight, and having the X-68000 version in my collection/being able to play it on the original hardware, would probably complete my retrogamer's life.
That said - and aside from the prices both the computer and the better games go for - there's one major concern, I'd probably never manage to deal with... Floppy discs. Considering it all comes from Japan, and from an era when you couldn't really preserve this kind of stuff from humidity as much as nowadays, it all makes me wonder how long you can realistically expect especially those media to survive.
Would it be too mean to keep a Hall of Shame for these kind of threads/posts?
I love Final Fight, and having the X-68000 version in my collection/being able to play it on the original hardware, would probably complete my retrogamer's life.
That said - and aside from the prices both the computer and the better games go for - there's one major concern, I'd probably never manage to deal with... Floppy discs. Considering it all comes from Japan, and from an era when you couldn't really preserve this kind of stuff from humidity as much as nowadays, it all makes me wonder how long you can realistically expect especially those media to survive.
It can be since it's the Swiss Army knife of arcade emulation.
I thought about it, but unfortunately I can't fit such a beast into my gameroom. Mind you, if I'll ever be able to expand it, FF and Model 2 Dead or Alive will be there.
This.
No, it just depends on the game. I used it and while some games had problems, I did find most worked perfectly well with it.
Sounds like a great concept. I'll be watching for sure, I always love finding out about new import games to try out
haha yep.
Bonk / Air Zonk would look awesome in HD. Konami hopefully will come back to video games someday.
It's just... it really bothers me talking about almost anything but especially retro stuff on NormalGAF. Can you imagine a huge mass of people came in here and posted in response to ponpo's post something like "WTF why would you buy old PCs? Waste of money. Can't even play Call of Duty 1 on those pieces of junk" or "Who in their right mind would spend $100+ on a garbage 1980s PC in a language you don't understand, especially when you can get emulators for free?" Not just one person, like a whole bunch, and (not to complain about moderation but) nothing ever gets done about it. And maybe I'm imagining things but it seems like it's way worse in retro threads than anything else.
It seems to be getting worse over time too. It used to be that I enjoyed reading LTTP retro threads or weird hardware threads. But lately they're overrun by idiots or shitposting or maymays or worse.
Can you imagine if I went into every FPS thread and said "why would you waste your money on this junk?" or "WTF is a Halo?" I'd be perma'd by the 2nd time I did it. Can you imagine if I went into every VR thread and said "this doesn't look very fun." I'd get dogpiled and again perma'd. But it doesn't seem to happen for retro stuff. It's really disheartening. I'd like for a space outside of just these handful of retro threads to talk about this, but increasingly it's clear that it's not going to be on GAF.
And I'm all for having a variety of opinions and discussions but a lot of people here could do well to just stop posting so much. You don't need to chime in on every little thing. Post when you have something good to say. Recognize that some topics just aren't for you.
It'd be nice to see post quality go up but I just don't see it ever happening.
I don't believe every game series needs to continue forever. The Bonk games are fine as they are. Maybe they just didn't have a great idea for a 3D Bonk and decided to do something different. Maybe they don't have a market for releasing a new 2D Bonk anymore... that's fine too. It's not like there's a shortage of good Bonk games to play from yesteryear. There are certainly series like Mario that pull off releasing great new games indefinitely but for the most part I'd rather just enjoy a finished series than watch it become something awful and busted like, uh, Sonic.
It's just... it really bothers me talking about almost anything but especially retro stuff on NormalGAF. Can you imagine a huge mass of people came in here and posted in response to ponpo's post something like "WTF why would you buy old PCs? Waste of money. Can't even play Call of Duty 1 on those pieces of junk" or "Who in their right mind would spend $100+ on a garbage 1980s PC in a language you don't understand, especially when you can get emulators for free?" Not just one person, like a whole bunch, and (not to complain about moderation but) nothing ever gets done about it. And maybe I'm imagining things but it seems like it's way worse in retro threads than anything else.
It seems to be getting worse over time too. It used to be that I enjoyed reading LTTP retro threads or weird hardware threads. But lately they're overrun by idiots or shitposting or maymays or worse.
Can you imagine if I went into every FPS thread and said "why would you waste your money on this junk?" or "WTF is a Halo?" I'd be perma'd by the 2nd time I did it. Can you imagine if I went into every VR thread and said "this doesn't look very fun." I'd get dogpiled and again perma'd. But it doesn't seem to happen for retro stuff. It's really disheartening. I'd like for a space outside of just these handful of retro threads to talk about this, but increasingly it's clear that it's not going to be on GAF.
And I'm all for having a variety of opinions and discussions but a lot of people here could do well to just stop posting so much. You don't need to chime in on every little thing. Post when you have something good to say. Recognize that some topics just aren't for you.
It'd be nice to see post quality go up but I just don't see it ever happening.
I remember the NT thread, I was not a huge fan of the console design/price/etc myself but was constantly defending it against 'lol why when I can emulate for free' and 'WTF I can get an NES for half that price'.
Ok, with the help of some fine fellows from Digitpress I think I'm getting closer to understanding just what the issue is with my Supergrafx - Shinobi and Street Fighter 2 also don't work on the Supergrafx, the two are two of the larger Hu Card games from what I understand, and them not working could well be a problem with the Hu Card slot pins. Not really sure what to do next, but with any luck its something I might be able to fix.
On the brighter side, Wonder 3 (Saturn) and Captain Commando (Playstation) have arrived, just waiting for a couple of other games to reach me and I'll be done with Capcom retro collecting until I save a bit more money!
Also, a nice bonus was waiting for me - my dad picked up Spider-man for the Atari 2600. I'm a huge Spidey fan and have indirectly been collecting his games over the years (still wish I'd have gotten Web of Fire before prices went way up...) but I'd never gotten his very first game, so it was an awesome surprise
post some gameplay photos in the Retro AV thread.
I'll admit I didn't know who Bonk was before the thread because I don't know much about the system it was on in general. It wasn't a major system in the UK. I did learn it got a port to the Amiga as B.C Kid which is more surprising to me that I never heard of(though screenshots did look familiar). It's fine to not know about something, it's not okay to shit on something just because of that.
Went back and got the Trintron.
Model KV-32FS12, it must be one of the later 4:3 480i models. The back says it's from 2000.
Glad you're at least getting clues on what caused the issue. Hopefully, it's something easy to fix as well.
And holy shit at your pick-ups! Especially if you went for complete sets, they must have been pretty pricey. Awesome stuff, though, I'm not sure I love the game enough to spend that kind of money on it, but boy I wish I had PS1 Captain Commando in my collection too.
I've really reinvigorated my interest with retro over the last year or so, going after solely Capcom games and doing a in depth playthrough with each game as I go has certainly helped - as its no longer a case that I just buy stuff and they sit on shelves, as I'm actively doing playthroughs of each game as I buy them. Thankfully I'm not going as in depth with my collection as I did with Mega Man - as I got all region versions of that series, I'm just getting 1 version per port for the wider Capcom series (that would be insanely pricey!)It is slow. But that's actually the appeal as I've learned this time around. It's a fun game to chill out to in between other more engaging experiences.
