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Post by shaxper on Sept 30, 2014 15:28:44 GMT -5
How about this -- you can play with my toy collection if I can play with yours?  You can come over and play with mine anytime. It's been 21 years since I had a play buddy |
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JLU51306
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Post by JLU51306 on Sept 30, 2014 17:41:42 GMT -5
Wow, you still have a Sega? Mine crapped out years ago! I still have my NES, SNES, Genesis, and N64 though my Gamecube and PS1 have died. I've replaced my Gamecube since, but still haven't gotten another PS1. Truth be told I went through more XBox 360 than any other system. And my boys both learned gaming mostly from my N64 and Gamecube. I got a XBox way later than it came out. A coworker gave me one, when the 360 came out and that's how my boys got hooked on Halo. Then there's three Wii's in house. Two are mostly for Netflix and/or other viewing applications. My boys got a PS3 last Christmas, and I have not played it once yet. Then there's the 360 number four. It's actually the Slim and has held up better the last three years (I think) than any of the other previous models did. And my children and the neighborhood kids still can't seem to find enough to entertain themselves. Or they fight over who is gonna play what. Ugh. Oh since this was initially about the Genesis, Fire Shark with a joystick instead of a controller is my favorite game on that. Thought Strider is good, just really difficult. I went from the Genesis to the PS1, PS2, Gamecube, 360 (which died), Wii, and then PS3 (which I thoroughly enjoyed, and is still running 6 years later.) Genesis for me was nothing but Sonic 2, Paperboy, and Golden Axe, lol. I did get the chance to play Strider as a HD remake on the PS4, and really enjoyed it too. |
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Post by shaxper on Sept 30, 2014 18:40:32 GMT -5
I still have my NES, SNES, Genesis, and N64 though my Gamecube and PS1 have died. I've replaced my Gamecube since, but still haven't gotten another PS1. Truth be told I went through more XBox 360 than any other system. And my boys both learned gaming mostly from my N64 and Gamecube. I got a XBox way later than it came out. A coworker gave me one, when the 360 came out and that's how my boys got hooked on Halo. Then there's three Wii's in house. Two are mostly for Netflix and/or other viewing applications. My boys got a PS3 last Christmas, and I have not played it once yet. Then there's the 360 number four. It's actually the Slim and has held up better the last three years (I think) than any of the other previous models did. And my children and the neighborhood kids still can't seem to find enough to entertain themselves. Or they fight over who is gonna play what. Ugh. Oh since this was initially about the Genesis, Fire Shark with a joystick instead of a controller is my favorite game on that. Thought Strider is good, just really difficult. I went from the Genesis to the PS1, PS2, Gamecube, 360 (which died), Wii, and then PS3 (which I thoroughly enjoyed, and is still running 6 years later.) Genesis for me was nothing but Sonic 2, Paperboy, and Golden Axe, lol. I did get the chance to play Strider as a HD remake on the PS4, and really enjoyed it too. As I would never encourage anything illegal on this forum, I just want to say that people who love vintage gaming should absolute not buy a used Wii, purchase four wireless remotes, and then look up how to homebrew the system to store and play literally every vintage game ever published in every country of the world for virtually every video game system prior to PS1. Don't do it, folks. It isn't awesome. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2014 20:17:50 GMT -5
My PS3 had to be repaired recently. It's about 6 years old and the repair was only $50, but the guy at the shop said every time it's repaired you can expect it's life to be a bit shorter. It's a problem with the thermal paste they used, after a while it dries out, then your processor heats up, then the solder comes loose.
I bought a NES a few years back. The guy must have thought he was pulling a fast one. I went to his house to look at it and it was working fine on his TV (already up and running when I arrived). I paid $20 for the NES and probably 40 games. Brought it home and hooked it up and got a blinking red light. Through some searching online I saw it was a common problem with old Nintendo's and was a simple fix with a new 72 pin connector. I think I paid $5 for mine, installed it, and it worked like brand new. No blowing on any cartridges. Ended up selling it for $100 a year or two later.
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Oct 1, 2014 9:01:09 GMT -5
I went from the Genesis to the PS1, PS2, Gamecube, 360 (which died), Wii, and then PS3 (which I thoroughly enjoyed, and is still running 6 years later.) Genesis for me was nothing but Sonic 2, Paperboy, and Golden Axe, lol. I did get the chance to play Strider as a HD remake on the PS4, and really enjoyed it too. I remember Paperboy from my NES. I never realized they made one for Genesis. My SNES got more use than my Genesis. I didn't get it right when it came out, so I had my SNES longer. But I got it before the next generation of consoles came out. Did you every get to use or have the 32X? I also remember being wowed by that when it came out but have never tried it to this date. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2014 9:14:07 GMT -5
The only toys I had as a kid were rocks & sticks.
I miss my favorites.
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Post by Pharozonk on Oct 1, 2014 9:27:42 GMT -5
The only toys I had as a kid were rocks & sticks. I miss my favorites. Was this your first comic?  |
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Post by DubipR on Oct 1, 2014 10:03:24 GMT -5
A fantastic thread. Like others, there's so too much to mention, but there's 3 that come to mind:
1. Dungeons & Dragons
I had the all the action figures pictured above and the plastic figures. It was a great toy line; great sculpts and lots of accessories.
2. Coleco Head to Head Baseball
My brother and I played the living hell out of this game.
3. Cap Guns
I remember when my mom bought my brother and I cap guns. The neighborhood parents went apesh*t for buying these. But the rest of the parents caved in and all us played guns until the street lights came on to go in and have dinner. Cap Guns turned into Laser Tag where we played after dinner well into the night, shooting eachother.
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Post by JLU51306 on Oct 1, 2014 21:43:03 GMT -5
I went from the Genesis to the PS1, PS2, Gamecube, 360 (which died), Wii, and then PS3 (which I thoroughly enjoyed, and is still running 6 years later.) Genesis for me was nothing but Sonic 2, Paperboy, and Golden Axe, lol. I did get the chance to play Strider as a HD remake on the PS4, and really enjoyed it too. I remember Paperboy from my NES. I never realized they made one for Genesis. My SNES got more use than my Genesis. I didn't get it right when it came out, so I had my SNES longer. But I got it before the next generation of consoles came out. Did you every get to use or have the 32X? I also remember being wowed by that when it came out but have never tried it to this date. I unfortunately just had the standard version. Being my first console, I went to the PS1 next, but really wish I had gotten to experience the N64, my friends always had one and they seemed so fun. Plus, I loved the controller. |
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Post by hondobrode on Oct 1, 2014 23:29:22 GMT -5
We had a Monteverdi video system  and later an Intellivision  BTW, apparently today, this launched for sale as a retro package for $ 49.95. I'm positive that's less than what it was in 1980 for the console alone. The games were a staggering $ 20 each ! We didn't care. That was a weekend's worth of dumping quarters at the arcade and we could play at home forever ! Here's the info on buying the retro www.intellivisionlives.comI later graduated college (no one had these in college) and I got the Sega Master System and thought it was the best ever.  and from there Sega Genesis, Playstations and Xboxes Oh yeah, also got this in 1990. Sega came out with it in response to Nintendo's Game Boy. Since we never had Nintendo, this was my portable gig when I was away from home.  Later, in 1991, Philips had an infomercial for the CD-I (cd interactive). It was $ 700. I won one in a sales contest. It had very few "games" but was highly educational and pre-internet. The graphics were extremely high end for the time and the golf game that came with it was, to this day, the best I've ever played. It was great for my kids, who were all very young, as they could just move the cursor on screen and click a single button for educational stuff. They loved it. One I remember fondly was a tour of the Smithsonian. You could also buy discs of art and classical music and your TV became a montage in the background.  So, upon reflection, I'd say these were my favorite toys, post-Mego  |
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Post by shaxper on Oct 2, 2014 19:18:51 GMT -5
Never heard of the Panasonic CD-I, but I do recall the 3D-O
Never heard of the Monteverdi either.
I really thought I had a better handle on classic game consoles than this.
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