The RETRO Gaming Thread!

[Nike Jordan]

Happy 30th anniversary to the Sony PlayStation.

 

[6 Rings G.O.A.T.]

 

[TURBO UNO]

I can remember 8th grade jr. high English class talking with my friends about the upcoming console. We all thought the name PlayStation was a bit odd. I didn’t think it would be better than Genesis or SNES

 

[townbidness]

Happy 30th anniversary to the Sony PlayStation.

Ima make this my car lock sound

 

[Air Champa]

I remember being on the fence about whether to choose a Sega Saturn or Playstation back in the day. That $299 price tag certainly make the choice a lot easier than the $399 for a Saturn.

It took me a good few weeks before I could actually afford a game after I got my PS1, but I had a great time with the demo disk. Jumping Flash, Toshinden, Wipeout and some Extreme sports type of game. I remember watching the full motion video for Tekken 1 and Philosoma and thinking it can't get any better then this

NBA Jam and Mortal Kombat 3 were my first games. Warhawk was my first original Playstation game.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Former PlayStation boss says "You're not going to see another PS1 to PS2 jump in performance," and believes we're nearing "a point where the console becomes irrelevant"

The upgrades are far more incremental these days

www.gamesradar.com

 

[jayt1202]

Does anyone else subscribe to the notion that the Saturn's rollout in the states led to many already downplaying the Dreamcast before it dropped?? I think I only knew of a few folks that parent's bought them a Saturn. The console itself had some good games but it's lack of popularity compared to the Genesis was really telling imo.

Plus them releasing all those damn accessories like the 32x and CD were huge misfires. At some old swap meet I remember seeing that other VR-like add on they had for fighting games.

 

[Air Champa]

Combined with the misfires of the 32x and Sega CD, the fact that the Saturn cost $100 more than a Playstation didn't help.

Everybody was in love with Sony by the time the Dreamcast came out. The Playstation 2 looming on the horizon doomed Sega. I'm sure anyone who is old enough remembers the PS2's launch was pretty rough. You could have made a case that, early on, the Dreamcast was the better choice out of the two.

It didn't matter though. Everyone knew the games were coming for the PS2 and that they would get better. As soon as that started to happen, it was all over for the competition.

 

[Nike Jordan]

The first televised video game awards show, Cybermania '94, was thirty years ago.



Geoff Keighley of The Game Awards was also involved with this one as well.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

 

[Bend_The_Knee]

Any Neo Geo owners here?

Going to wait until after Christmas to pickup the Neo Geo X.

 

[robpzee612]

I haven't played Goldeneye in ages but the music is so memorable.

 

[spiderjericho]

I remember being on the fence about whether to choose a Sega Saturn or Playstation back in the day. That $299 price tag certainly make the choice a lot easier than the $399 for a Saturn.

It took me a good few weeks before I could actually afford a game after I got my PS1, but I had a great time with the demo disk. Jumping Flash, Toshinden, Wipeout and some Extreme sports type of game. I remember watching the full motion video for Tekken 1 and Philosoma and thinking it can't get any better then this

NBA Jam and Mortal Kombat 3 were my first games. Warhawk was my first original Playstation game.

I was a very young man when they both came out. I ended buying both eventually.

But PS1 was the “easier” choice. I think it was the hype of 3D and how Sega bungled the 32X then just out of nowhere released the Saturn at E3 1995 to beat Sony to the punch.

At launch, I wanna say Tekken, Ridge Racer, Jumping Flash, Battle Arena Toshinden, MK3, NBA Jam TE and Wipe Out were a more solid launch lineup. Also, Sony had them demo units everywhere with the demo disc running some of the above, you couldn’t help but be impressed despite it being a new console player in Sony.

Does anyone else subscribe to the notion that the Saturn's rollout in the states led to many already downplaying the Dreamcast before it dropped?? I think I only knew of a few folks that parent's bought them a Saturn. The console itself had some good games but its lack of popularity compared to the Genesis was really telling imo.

Plus them releasing all those damn accessories like the 32x and CD were huge misfires. At some old swap meet I remember seeing that other VR-like add on they had for fighting games.

The Saturn’s roll out in Japan wasn’t any better. Okay quite a bit since the Japanese were geeked for Virtua Fighter and Sega’s arcade pedigree. Problem is the PlayStation had much better looking 3D games. Daytona is a better game than Ridge Racer. But the Saturn port was chugging at double digit choppy frames. While Ridge Racer looked close to the arcade (was it? No. The frames were only 30, less geometry, etc plus the game had no replay value). I think that first year, it was probably close especially with VF2, Sega Rally and Virtua Cop released. But then in America we got Tomb Raider, Crash Bandicoot and a few more titles. Plus Sony America started churning out sports titles (as well as the other developers). America didn’t care for those arcade titles. And it just got worse with FF7, Resident Evil, etc. And Nintendo dropped the N64, which fractured the market more. Sega was ducked.

Dreamcast had to deal with the PS2 juggernaut. Hyper was even greater. Graphics even better. Tekken Tag, etc looked incredible. It was a wrap.

Any Neo Geo owners here?

Going to wait until after Christmas to pickup the Neo Geo X.

I actually bought that when it came out. I recall the emulation wasn’t great. Probably better to emulate or just get the weird arcade stick/AV output.

 

[Air Champa]

I just took a peak at what a Neo Geo and its games cost on eBay.

I think I'm going to have to just do without. It's affordable, but the prices for those cartridges are a killer. I can get most of those games in digital form for about 7 bucks online somewhere. Maybe it ain't the 100 percent authentic experience, but I think I can deal with it.

 

[spiderjericho]

^^^Plus you’d need a CRT or to mod the original hardware.

If you’re a collector, it’s worth it to have the first “24-bit” system that has classics. But if it’s just to play the very old games, emulation is easier.

 

[robpzee612]

Saw these yesterday, kinda wanted to cop

 

[mister saint laurent]

Any Neo Geo owners here?

Going to wait until after Christmas to pickup the Neo Geo X.

I have a Neo Geo AES with Magician Lord and a bunch of fighting games. Never got into the non-fighting games for Neo Geo.

 

[mister saint laurent]

^^^Plus you’d need a CRT or to mod the original hardware.

If you’re a collector, it’s worth it to have the first “24-bit” system that has classics. But if it’s just to play the very old games, emulation is easier.

I've got a 36" trinitron still going strong and the RGB output from the AES looks amazing.

 

[mister saint laurent]

Today's mail:

 

[DCAllAfrican]

This was solid

 

[22stylez]

Today's mail:

How’s the quality and everything on the Evercade bar top system? I thought about getting the street fighter one for my mancave

 

[spiderjericho]

I've got a 36" trinitron still going strong and the RGB output from the AES looks amazing.

I think I bought two AES consoles. Was the RGB a mod? Felt like it was.

And then I had a modded PSone controller modded to the AES controller port. That thing broke quick.

So mad I sold my collection at a loss back when.

 

[mister saint laurent]

How’s the quality and everything on the Evercade bar top system? I thought about getting the street fighter one for my mancave

I paid $229 from Video Games Plus. No shipping, no tax.

The quality is great. People can debate the price point, but it's not far off from what Arcade1Up was charging for countercades and it's a nicer product with the added bonus of being able to add more games via cartridge.

It just arrived today, so I've only played for an hour or so, but I'm very happy with the quality and would recommend.

 

[mister saint laurent]

I think I bought two AES consoles. Was the RGB a mod? Felt like it was.

And then I had a modded PSone controller modded to the AES controller port. That thing broke quick.

So mad I sold my collection at a loss back when.

I have a very early US AES (serial number is 15,215). The RGB was just built-in. No mod.

Now accessing it is another story. I use an HD Retrovision Sega Genesis component cable with a Neo Geo AES adapter that is sold separately. Plugs right into the component input of my TV and accesses the RGB signal from the Neo Geo.

 

[DCAllAfrican]