Retro Gaming - The Bear and Badger

Escape

retroking1981 wrote:

Yeah I can't be arsed unfortunately, I think I'll just bin them. Thanks anyway.

Yeah, even if you can be arsed, those are probably the most sought-after parts on the retro scene, because their failure rate's so high these days. Commodore bricks are becoming rare.

retroking1981

Escape wrote:

retroking1981 wrote:

Yeah I can't be arsed unfortunately, I think I'll just bin them. Thanks anyway.

Yeah, even if you can be arsed, those are probably the most sought-after parts on the retro scene, because their failure rate's so high these days. Commodore bricks are becoming rare.

Chilloutgames take them faulty for 21p, I might wait until I sell them more stuff again and bundle them in.

Hopefully they repair them and keep them alive.

Escape

You'd think that that was a cottage industry by now, but lots of retro collectors are also electronics hobbyists. It was maybe around the 32-bit era when people lost interest, save fitting modchips to PS1s.

Blue Swirl

davyK wrote:

Blue Swirl wrote:

I thought Tetris64 got a PAL release...?

PAL got New Tetris which is a different game. Tetris 64 is by Seta and was definitely under the radar as it was an early JP only release. I actually think it's the better game. Has 4 player support and a pile of modes and options.

Oh, I see. Neat.

stellavista

Have you lot seen this yet, might be of interest:

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/08/celebrate_the_30th_anniversary_of_street_fighter_with_this_pricey_snes_cart

davyK

retroking1981 wrote:

Whats your N64 collection looking like mate? You got mainly PAL or plenty of NTSC-J ready to go? I take it you plan to go fully Japanese going forward?

Listed my imports earlier.. but on PAL (all CIB) I have:-

Bust-a-Move 2
Doom64
F-Zero X
Mystical Ninja 2
Killer Instinct Gold
Mario Tennis
Mischief Makers
Mortal Kombat 4
New Tetris
Pilotwings 64
Pokemon Puzzle League
Robotron 64
South Park : Chef's Luv Shack
Mario 64
Tetrisphere
Wetrix
Yoshi's Story

My PAL N64 collection got a bit of clobber when I had my big clearout 18 months ago. It's half the size it was. I don't really regret it though - I think I have a nice tight balanced collection I will actually play.

Of them all, Mystical Ninja 2 in PAL is probably the most valuable - and if it didn't get a US release then I would hold onto it and enjoy the humour in the text. The rest I'll probably move to NTSC - JP or US depending on amount of text and cost.

The South Park game is a guilty pleasure - but the N64 version is king because of zero loading. It's actually a fun if short lived multi-player game.

mistercrayon

stellavista wrote:

Have you lot seen this yet, might be of interest:

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/08/celebrate_the_30th_anniversary_of_street_fighter_with_this_pricey_snes_cart

The disclaimer on that is fabulous

"If this sets your snes on fire, don't come to us"

Escape

World Warrior?!

davyK

That SNES cart looks the business. Love the disclaimer.

Blue Swirl

I'm guessing they set their test SNES on fire and the lawyers got nervous.

Escape

Unexplained fires are a matter for the carts.

regmcfly

I appreciate that scape

davyK

RGB SCART N64 arrived today.

Using my official PAL GC cable with it on my CRT and this makes a hell of a difference - even to those games I thought looked ok on LCD.

Excitebike looks a lot better as does F-Zero X.

It cleans up the early games like Waverace and MK quite a bit too. Waverace looks pretty good now. MK is always going to be hampered with the scaling sprites on the racers so this is probably as good as it gets. Excellent stuff.

davyK

Just trialled the rest of my imports...Wetrix, Yoshi's Story and S&P look simply gorgeous. At least as good as VC games on Wii with component. The combo of RGB SCART and a decent CRT really makes the most of this console.

hunk

RGB scart was the best output you could get in the pre HDMI era.
Did wonders for 16 bit consoles as well. NTSC full screen 60Hz in crystal clear rgb.
Beat svhs by a mile.

The yanks missed out on that one back in the days despite their hw supporting it.

davyK

I'm actually stunned the N64 can look this good. I like the console but always wrote it off re getting a crisp image. I got it from an eBay seller called keepitretro.

Wonderful job.

I will definitely be trading my PAL games for NTSC versions when I can get a good deal.

davyK

Here's a video of me playing Wetrix on the RGB SCART N64.

Recorded ghetto style and of course this doesn't do it justice - it looks better than this in reality but it will give you an idea. I think the image is a tad darker with the mod. I'll need to compare with my PAL console to see the difference. No big deal as I can always adjust the brightness. You will hear the fan on my PC going sometimes - who knows what Windows 10 decides to do at random on my aging PC!

mk64

its a cracking game

Moot_Geeza

Can I have some suggestions for very, very easy co-op titles up to and including the 16-bit era please. Arcade suggestions welcome too. Got a second pad for my Raspberry Pi (MD 6-button imitation @yossarian, it's a bit ehhh but fine I suppose), and my daughter is picking her skills up nicely. We're up to Hilltop Zone on Sonic 2 with me helping out as Tails.

Eric

Obviously Gunstar Heroes!
Edit:
Sunset riders
Golden Axe
Streets of Rage
Rampage

Probably only Rampage is easily playable by a child mind.

retroking1981

Chip N Dale on NES.

retroking1981

Are any of the older Kirby games co-op? Epic Yarn would have been ideal.

Moot_Geeza

I've managed to lose access to the two games she'd enjoy the most (3D World she'd love, and I'm sure Epic Yarn would be a hit). Not sure if any older entries are co-op.

Golden Axe, Chip 'n Dale, SOR and Rampage could be doable. Gunstar and Sunset would be a bit much with the directional shooting, she only hit 3 a few weeks ago

She bossed half of Rime too (with me solving puzzles) and almost all of Journey, so she's also getting a modern education.

retroking1981

See how she is at Super Spike V'Ball ;-)

Moot_Geeza

Haha, will definitely check.

retroking1981

Any beat em up is a good shout tbh, the Turtles games on 8/16Bit?

Simpsons arcade on your Raspberry Pi?

How about racers? Worth seeing if she clicks with Micro Machines, RC Pro AM etc.

davyK

Kirby Super Star for SNES. It's a mini-compilation of sorts and a lot of the games in it have 2 player co-op. Being Kirby it will be easy enough.

DKC 1 has a co-op/team mode that lets you "tag team" while in a level.

SMB3 is actually not a bad shout in 2 player mode as you take turns and clear levels on the same world map. World 1 wouldn't be too much of a stretch - though the airship level might be a bit tough - you never know though.

2 player Balloon Fight on NES is a bit of a laugh too. It's essentially Joust but far more accessible and fun - and it has that co-op feel until you get to the bonus levels and then its balloon collecting has greed setting in.

retroking1981

Might also be worth going back to basics, Pac-Man, Space Invaders etc.

edit: thinking about it they might be basic but they're quite hard tbf.

Moot_Geeza

I've seen adults muddled with the left and right Micro Machines, I don't think she's ready for that yet. 2D Mario games are too hard for her too atm, although she's not too bad at SMB2. I'll try her on Donkey Kong Country, reckon that'll be good for a few stages.

davyK

Some people just don't get the steering in Micro Machines. It's like people who have to have up/down reversed when controlling sights with a stick.

First batch of levels in DKC would be manageable I reckon esp. if you can take over at a tricky section using the tag move.

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