Who's an old school gamer?

[Bu11dogg2]

And by old school I don't mean PS2 ;)

I'm talking Pong, Atari 2600, Nintendo, Sega Genesis.


^ I owned all of those :)



I remember the connecters that you had to screw in where the antenna connects :lol:

http://www.nwcomputers.com/atari2600.jpg

[Myk_e21]

I still have all my old systems and games too i almost though about hooking them up the other day

[kburnell]

What I've owned-currently own...

1. NES
2. SNES
3. N64
4. PS1
5. PS2
6. PS3
7. Wii

I love the old game systems. Wish I had them still :(

[The Internet]

I have the NES out. You still need to blow into the "cartridge" to get the games to work :rofl:

[Bu11dogg2]

I still have all my old systems and games too i almost though about hooking them up the other day


I remember playing the original "PaperBoy" with you :lol:

[katie.ims]

I have a sega genesis and N64, and the black and white huge fat game boy lol. I should really get them and play them

[SRTie4k]

I'm an old-school PC gamer. I remember buying old games on 5.25" floppies and playing them on my dad's Packard Bell 286, like Duke Nukem (not the 3D version, there was a 2D version before the Build engine game).

[Bu11dogg2]

I'm an old-school PC gamer. I remember buying old games on 5.25" floppies and playing them on my dad's Packard Bell 286, like Duke Nukem (not the 3D version, there was a 2D version before the Build engine game).


Oregan Trail on Apple 2GO :rofl:

[SRTie4k]

Oregan Trail on Apple 2GO :rofl:

You have died of dysentery :lol:

[im_so_blue]

your talking my language randy...

<--- knows alot about old skool video games

btw if you guys are looking for old systems to play on and don't feel like ebay'in it... Theres a pretty cool game store on i think its Church st in Salem MA that specializes in rare and old video games and systems

[Bu11dogg2]

You have died of dysentery :lol:


The river was too deep for you to ford. You lose 3 Ox, a rifle, all your bullets, all of your food, all of your children, your wife and your will to live.

[im_so_blue]

Amazon Trail was even better imo :hide:

[im_so_blue]

btw i own a Game boy original, a nes, games for such.

I've played Atari 2600
Sega Game Gear
Sega Gensis and Sega CD for it!
Super Nintendo
Sega Master System


also when i was a kid i had a whole collection of these things

http://gadgets.boingboing.net/tiger_hang_on_1.jpg
(just not that exact one)
since my family didn't have much money growing up.

[kburnell]

also when i was a kid i had a whole collection of these things

http://gadgets.boingboing.net/tiger_hang_on_1.jpg
(just not that exact one)
since my family didn't have much money growing up.

I had some of these as well :up:

[SRTie4k]

I also enjoyed my Commodore 64.

[im_so_blue]

i always thought this console was strange and unique.. This is one of the few i've yet to see in person

http://www.maniacworld.com/game_console_history/ColecoTelstarArcade.jpg

its a Coleco "Telestar"
It had the most unique style'd cartridges ever. as seen in this photo from its box

http://www.maniacworld.com/game_console_history/ColecoTelstarArcadeBox.jpg
yes they were triangular. It only had though "Tennis" (their version of pong)
quick draw.. (light guns were a new thing at the time)
and road race.
you'd use a different side of the console to play the certain game.. Like the road race you'd use the steering wheel... Quick Draw you'd use the light gun. and the tennis game you'd use the 2 dials.

[RCKSTR]

I still use my sega master system from time to time :lol:

Then the regular sega with sonic and all that fun stuff, then the sega 32X that hooks up to it...

[Street Burner]

AS FAR AS OLD SCHOOL GAMING I STILL PLAY DOOM, DOOM 2, AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK GOOD STRESS REDUCER. CHAINSAW A BUNCH OF MOFO MONSTERS IS GREAT.

[im_so_blue]

I still use my sega master system from time to time :lol:

Then the regular sega with sonic and all that fun stuff, then the sega 32X that hooks up to it...

thats kinda a rare feature ya got justin

if anyone that don't know the 32x was a feature people thought was gonna be able to keep up with the Jaguar and the Neo Geo

was a simple setup

What it consisted of was making a cartridge adapter that went into the genesis and then took in the "32x" cartridges which proved better graphics and some 3d gaming which was still brand new of idea at the time... Sadly it didn't make the cut.. Just like the Sega CD it failed marketing wise and vanished into thin air like it never happened

http://www.videogamecritic.net/images/systems/32x.jpg
http://img.youtube.com/vi/4kBsIu0ZRt8/0.jpg

[Bu11dogg2]

I remember Sega CD :)

I loved NHL Hockey 93'

[im_so_blue]

So when both the Sega CD and 32x flopped.

Sega had to come up with something to keep up with these game consoles producing cutting edge graphics and game play

So they released the Sega Saturn

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/10/game_consoles/image/slide9.jpg
it was new.. it was sleek. It played CD's. It played games in 3d and 32 bit. It was sega saturn.

Now this console brought forth games like Tomb Raider and Resident Evil 1 to the world of gaming.. With game play and looks that no one seen before. (yes Play station didn't start that trend..... Sega did).
But with Sony releasing their playstation a year later.. it hurt sega majorly as Sony's style and games from top ranking companies just put the pounding on.
What ultimately killed the saturn was when Nintendo's N64 which came out another year later added insult to injury and nuked em

[squeethebee]

What I've owned-currently own...

1. NES
2. SNES
3. N64
4. PS1
5. PS2
6. Xbox
7. Xbox360
8. Wii
9. Sega (and the 32x adapter!)
10.Sega Saturn
11.Sega Dreamcast (w/battery powered memory cards!!!)
12.Nintendo Gamecube (smash bros. FTMFW!)




Edited for me. I likey my games:lol:

ed

[squeethebee]

I actually just beat New Super Mario Bros. Wii last nite (this morning? like 12 hours ago). Any of you guys with a wii, if you like old school should definitely pick it up!

ed

[batorr]

Oregan Trail on Apple 2GO :rofl:
I loved that game back in the 6th grade. 15 minutes to start up and a lot of DOS typing to get to it but it was worth it back then.

[batorr]

Lets see what i have here,
2 NES, 1 power glove, 1 nintendo gun, 5 games
1SNES, super scoop six, 13 games, 11 in their orginal boxes
2 first gen game boys, 8 games, 2 gameboy advance, 1 ds, 1 dsl, and 1 dsi. As for game counts, they're all over the place so there's no telling
Gamegear with 4 games
Peices of a virtual boy
Nintendo 64
nintendo wii
XBOX, XBOX 360

[batorr]

So when both the Sega CD and 32x flopped.

Sega had to come up with something to keep up with these game consoles producing cutting edge graphics and game play

So they released the Sega Saturn

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/10/game_consoles/image/slide9.jpg
it was new.. it was sleek. It played CD's. It played games in 3d and 32 bit. It was sega saturn.

Now this console brought forth games like Tomb Raider and Resident Evil 1 to the world of gaming.. With game play and looks that no one seen before. (yes Play station didn't start that trend..... Sega did).
But with Sony releasing their playstation a year later.. it hurt sega majorly as Sony's style and games from top ranking companies just put the pounding on.
What ultimately killed the saturn was when Nintendo's N64 which came out another year later added insult to injury and nuked em

That and the saga saturn went forr $500 a unit while the other systems went for under $200 and had 3 times the game selection

[RCKSTR]

sega was the **** back then... now they got... nothing :unamused:

[im_so_blue]

Now question..

Who actually pony'd up money for the worst consoles.

which ones am i talking about?

oh how about this

http://bluelinepro.com/storecomics2/images/VGD00767.jpg

Some of you might scratch your head and go "what the **** is this" well this was the Nintendo "Virtual Boy" and before N64 came out this was Nintendo's stab at 3d gaming and trying to create a immersive gaming experience by having game play shown through a pair of goggles.
It sounded great for a idea and even came out with a few decent games on its release.
The only problem it really had was that you were constantly looking at this
http://timecapsl.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/mario-tennis-virtual-boy_219150510_std.jpg
So to give you the full effect. turn off the lights
open up MS Paint if you have windows machine
fill in the canvas with a bright burning red with the bucket tool... and then stare at that for a minute or 2 maybe a few inches from your screen. and then turn the lights back on and you'll have the effect the virtual boy gave its users.

Another Worst console. Was a console that promised so much. But didn't deliever anything
The Tiger "Game.com" hand held.
http://rubbercat.net/archive/technewsrumorinsider/gamecom1.jpg

Now rewind for a second back to late 1997.
The internet was still kinda new to the public.
Gaming was jumping leaps and bounds thanks to the Playstation and N64

Tiger thought they had a winning product with a device they released called the "Game.com"

now this was suppose to kick nintendos game boy's ass in every way imaginable.
It was designed to be more of a PDA style portable gaming console. It had a touch screen with stylus. It could do apps like built in solitare game and calculator and phone book keeping. ect ect ect.

Its big selling point was that it was suppose to be able to support internet use.

Yes this was made to be able to use the internet. Meaning the internet could be used for a wider group of people.

It had the licenses of sonic, duke nukem, resident evil. and more
http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/1/14906/765817-tigshot2_screen_large.jpg

it had the winning combination and at $69.99 it was the cheapest in the industry. The problem? It was poorly marketed. Not enough enthusiam. The older crowd didn't get it and didn't want it.
The internet while existant was a failure as it was only text based. Poor. And hard to setup. And also right around this time Gameboy was set to release their Gameboy Color which would render the black and white screen of this console obsolete.

Very interesting piece of history. The same happen years later with a similar device
http://people.virginia.edu/~jmc4as/mlearn/images/ngage.gif
some companies never learn from the past i guess :lol:

[RCKSTR]

Now question..

Who actually pony'd up money for the worst consoles.

which ones am i talking about?

oh how about this

http://bluelinepro.com/storecomics2/images/VGD00767.jpg

Some of you might scratch your head and go "what the **** is this" well this was the Nintendo "Virtual Boy" and before N64 came out this was Nintendo's stab at 3d gaming and trying to create a immersive gaming experience by having game play shown through a pair of goggles.
It sounded great for a idea and even came out with a few decent games on its release.
The only problem it really had was that you were constantly looking at this
http://timecapsl.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/mario-tennis-virtual-boy_219150510_std.jpg
So to give you the full effect. turn off the lights
open up MS Paint if you have windows machine
fill in the canvas with a bright burning red with the bucket tool... and then stare at that for a minute or 2 maybe a few inches from your screen. and then turn the lights back on and you'll have the effect the virtual boy gave its users.
:lol:


I used to allways beg my mom to bring me to toyworks in keene just so I could play this system :rofl: I thought it was the most hightech thing out there :palm:

[im_so_blue]

well in a way it was suppose to be the next big thing in the gaming world.

it was made by the same guy who made the gameboy and game boy pocket for nintendo

http://www.millstone.demon.co.uk/download/ppanic/gb5.jpg

http://8bitcollective.com/items/images/02-09-08_1750.jpg

and not only that but thats what made us kids.... kids justin :up: even though to the adults it was stupid.... To us now adults who were kids back in those days (1995) so that would have made you what 10? and i was 11 we thought it was cool and new the gotta have product.

although i bet thinking back apon i bet it was funny for you being 10 y/o justin trying to convince your mom to take ya to the local dealer to play this thing.
(i use to do the same)

[RCKSTR]

wow for some reason I forgot all about my gameboy :hide: that thing went everywhere with me :lol:

[im_so_blue]

Also another piece of gaming history for you gamers that been in the hobby for a long time like i have.

Did you know the Sony/Nintendo console wars started because of a **** up decision by nintendo?

Yep.

Rewind back to 1994.

Sega a few years back released the Sega CD a console that could merge with its Genesis console system and create a 32 bit graphic gaming system that could also play cd's.

Nintendo wanted to fight back with their own version of this idea and prove their dominance in the gaming world. So they hired electronic mecha "Sony" to come up with a attachment for their Super Nintendo that did the same thing as the Sega CD but better.

Sony came up with a attachment
http://www.nintendoweb.nl/images/snes_cd-rom.jpg

What happen next started the now decade and a half console (and still going) war between 2 companies.

They were ready and set to start marketing it at conventions and everything so they could start building a fan base and releasing it to the public.

Nintendo changed their mind and said they were gonna stay with cartridges. And work on a new console platform. Which ended up being the N64
http://oldclassicvideogames.com/images/Nintendo_64.jpg

Sony after being frustrated by Nintendo's Decision and coming up with a actual working product and then getting tossed in the dumpster.
They took their product made it into a stand alone console and called the "Playstation"

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-qF6CbJo2vY/ScuUb-Y85uI/AAAAAAAAFYQ/JBnTShEPSQE/s400/sony+playstation.jpg

and the rest is history

[squeethebee]

I miss my Game Gear. Thing was basically useless without an a/c adapter though, it would drain 6aa batteries in like 1.5 hours, haha.

ed

[im_so_blue]

Gameboy's pretty much did the same :lol:

the worst of the bunch was the Atari Lynx
http://jokereinders.nl/media/images/atari.jpg

it was ahead of its time in every which way.. But its odd design (the extra buttons was for the fact you could go from right handed gaming to flipping it over and playing left handed and the screen would flip with it!), clunky size, small screen, and ify battery life held it back

[RCKSTR]

Also another piece of gaming history for you gamers that been in the hobby for a long time like i have.

Did you know the Sony/Nintendo console wars started because of a **** up decision by nintendo?

Yep.

Rewind back to 1994.

Sega a few years back released the Sega CD a console that could merge with its Genesis console system and create a 32 bit graphic gaming system that could also play cd's.

Nintendo wanted to fight back with their own version of this idea and prove their dominance in the gaming world. So they hired electronic mecha "Sony" to come up with a attachment for their Super Nintendo that did the same thing as the Sega CD but better.

Sony came up with a attachment
http://www.nintendoweb.nl/images/snes_cd-rom.jpg

What happen next started the now decade and a half console (and still going) war between 2 companies.

They were ready and set to start marketing it at conventions and everything so they could start building a fan base and releasing it to the public.

Nintendo changed their mind and said they were gonna stay with cartridges. And work on a new console platform. Which ended up being the N64
http://oldclassicvideogames.com/images/Nintendo_64.jpg

Sony after being frustrated by Nintendo's Decision and coming up with a actual working product and then getting tossed in the dumpster.
They took their product made it into a stand alone console and called the "Playstation"

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-qF6CbJo2vY/ScuUb-Y85uI/AAAAAAAAFYQ/JBnTShEPSQE/s400/sony+playstation.jpg

and the rest is history


good history to know :up:

[abnormal]

Oh man am I OLD, I can play here y'all!!!
Pics to come.....:lol:

[im_so_blue]

wow for some reason I forgot all about my gameboy :hide: that thing went everywhere with me :lol:

i wish i had one as a lil kid but i didn't get one till about 98 when the game boy color came out
:unamused:

the gameboy classic you seen a pic i've put up of all my video game stuff. is actually a gameboy my grandmother found when doing her house cleaning job. Found it in a clients trash. It actually worked perfectly fine. Screen a lil scratched up but worked perfectly fine.

http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u203/KiloAKADaCEO/Misc/GameBoyColor--article_image.jpg
this is the exact same game boy color i have.
I got for it Deer Hunter duke nukem and if i remember right one other game but i forgot. For the classic i got Bill Elliots Nascar Racing and the world famous Tetris which became famous because of the gameboy
http://reinodekoguryo.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/tetris-gameboy.jpg

[Evil Jeff]

http://www.productwiki.com/upload/images/blow_me_nes_t_shirt_logo-400-400.jpg

I started with a Colecovision before moving on to the NES. Other than the Coleco, I still have every console I've owned since.

[im_so_blue]

i remember getting head rush's from blowing on the cartridges like crazy to get them to work

Specially when i needed my kick ass fix from "Mike Tysons Punch Out"
http://kewlrats.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/punchout_3.jpg

[im_so_blue]

going to pc gaming

you know what classic pc game probably ate the most life out of everyone?

http://www.lauppert.ws/screen1/simcity_classic.png
and this
http://www.gamegoldies.org/old_game_files/2007/07/sim_city_2000_640x480.png

[drdabbles]

Texas Instruments TI-99 computer http://oldcomputers.net/ti994a.html
I wrote my first program on this- a truck game.

Atari 2600 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_2600
Pac-Man
Pit Fall
Missile Command
E.T.
Space Invaders
Advantures of Tron (one of my first fav. movies)

Comodore 64 http://oldcomputers.net/c64.html
I don't remember. :lol:

Apple IIc http://oldcomputers.net/appleiic.html
Lemonade Stand (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemonade_Stand)

DOS / Windows
Captain Comic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Comic)
Flight Simulator
A10 Tank Killer

[itsmy04wrx]

I had the NES, and still have the Sega Genesis and NG4 along with my Xbox 360 but that's not old school :lol:

[im_so_blue]

now heres a true classic gaming question for you gamers

http://i.zdnet.com/blogs/nes-console.jpg

or

http://mysitenotyours.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/sega-master-system.png

and....

http://www.rolentapress.com/rolenta/collection/nintendo/snes.jpg

or

http://i.testfreaks.co.uk/images/products/600x400/20/sega-genesis.498196.jpg

and last but not least

http://www.gearfuse.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/gameboy.jpg

or

http://gizmondohomeworld.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/Game-GearW-P-73753-13.341154052_std.jpg

[RCKSTR]

http://mysitenotyours.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/sega-master-system.png

http://i.testfreaks.co.uk/images/products/600x400/20/sega-genesis.498196.jpg



well I've still got both :lol: and with the mastersystem I've even got the gun for the shoot'n games :cool:

[im_so_blue]

my little brother had both.

what games you got with it justin?

my fav game was

http://worldofstuart.excellentcontent.com/harrier.jpg

http://www.arcade-history.com/images/game/2535_1.png

[drdabbles]

now heres a true classic gaming question for you gamers

http://i.zdnet.com/blogs/nes-console.jpg

or

http://mysitenotyours.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/sega-master-system.png

and....

http://www.rolentapress.com/rolenta/collection/nintendo/snes.jpg

or

http://i.testfreaks.co.uk/images/products/600x400/20/sega-genesis.498196.jpg

and last but not least

http://www.gearfuse.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/gameboy.jpg

or

http://gizmondohomeworld.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/Game-GearW-P-73753-13.341154052_std.jpg

Are you looking for them in order of release date? Because I remember each one. :lol: Also, I feel like "classic" gaming started before NES. If it was released on a full stand-up arcade machine first, it's probably a classic. :D

[98Wagoon]

I was playing Mike Tysons Punch Out the other morning after work. glad I still have "Mike Tysons" instead of just the "punch out".. psshh.. change the name and change mike tyson at the end just for a silly little rape charge/prison time.... :lol:

Ive got the NES set up next to the xbox360. Ive got a sega genesis/segacd dual console AND and almost new 32x. but my power cord broke so I cant play s***... drives me damn crazy.. :lol:

[batorr]

Just found my game genie and code book for my snes. I remember these being a god send for everyone when they first came out but the nes versions was so tight that it damaged the thing you inserted the cartrage in. On top of that the only way you could play any game from then on was by using the game genie.

[98Wagoon]

Just found my game genie and code book for my snes. I remember these being a god send for everyone when they first came out but the nes versions was so tight that it damaged the thing you inserted the cartrage in. On top of that the only way you could play any game from then on was by using the game genie.



bwahahaha I have a game genie for my NES. it saved my assssssscot I dont know how many times in games. and by saved me, I mean it brought gameplay to a level that.. well.. seemed unbelieveable at the time.. definitely was a tight fit for a lot of games, though.. but if you had to gold edition cartidge for zelda you could hook them together for a SUPAR GOLD GAEM! :lol:

[Bu11dogg2]

Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start.

[The Internet]

I still got this bad boy kickin' around somewhere:

http://www.nikbull.co.uk/Angeldust/Intellivision_files/Colecovision.jpg

[legacygt]

Are you looking for them in order of release date? Because I remember each one. :lol: Also, I feel like "classic" gaming started before NES. If it was released on a full stand-up arcade machine first, it's probably a classic. :D


Game Gear is awsome, I never got around to buying one, if I saw one i would deffinately pick one up. I still have my nintendo, sega, sega cd.

[legacygt]

If my memory serves me correct you can download emulators to play nintendo games on your PC. Samething with GameCube i believe.

[The Internet]

OOOOOH!
I also have this in my attic (still in the box :lol: )
Fairchild Channel F. Anyone ever seen one of these?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Channelf.png

[Bu11dogg2]

OOOOOH!
I also have this in my attic (still in the box :lol: )
Fairchild Channel F. Anyone ever seen one of these?



my dad had that!

I could never figure out how it worked :(

[im_so_blue]

OOOOOH!
I also have this in my attic (still in the box :lol: )
Fairchild Channel F. Anyone ever seen one of these?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Channelf.png
hang on to that thing with the box!

If in decent shape. To Gaming collectors (yes theres a big market for classic game collecting now) they are worth atleast a couple hundred bucks

[im_so_blue]

Are you looking for them in order of release date? Because I remember each one. :lol: Also, I feel like "classic" gaming started before NES. If it was released on a full stand-up arcade machine first, it's probably a classic. :D


Well it did.

Home gaming goes as far back as 1972 with the Magnavox Odyssey
http://sonyps4.ru/images/console-history/4_magnavox_odyssey.jpg

and with the invention of the "Home Pong" in 1974
http://ajgame.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/home_pong_thumbnail.jpg

[The Internet]

my dad had that!

:( I'm old

[AExiOn]

I owned a NES waaay back in the day. I had duck hunt and that track game with the mat you would lay down on the floor. I eventually sold that for money for a SNES that I still own but have no idea where and of the cables are for it :/

I mostly gamed back on the computer when I was younger

8088 2 tone sesame street games bought at stop n shop FTW!!
Then came the 386 days where flight simulators where really popular.
Then the good old days of Quake 2 on a P1 200mhz, gaming online with dialup!

[legacygt]

I owned a NES waaay back in the day. I had duck hunt and that track game with the mat you would lay down on the floor. I eventually sold that for money for a SNES that I still own but have no idea where and of the cables are for it :/

I mostly gamed back on the computer when I was younger

8088 2 tone sesame street games bought at stop n shop FTW!!
Then came the 386 days where flight simulators where really popular.
Then the good old days of Quake 2 on a P1 200mhz, gaming online with dialup!
yes quake 2 and doom and decent!!! and of course tanx

[AExiOn]

yes quake 2 and doom and decent!!! and of course tanx

oh man I forgot about decent!

I played that and Terminal Velocity when I got bored of microprose flight sims
Any one remember any of the mods for quake or quake2?
The origonal Team Fortress and the Q2 mod nock off Weapons Factory?

[im_so_blue]

i remember the mod that changed all your weapons into alternative weapons

like there would be 3 forms of grenade launcher.. one of them would be a shell that splits into like 6 napalm shells :lol:

also you had map editors up ass and charecter editors..

I remember playing the game and a random guy would pop on looking like darth vader... one would hop on looking like homer simpson..... and ect ect ect

[im_so_blue]

i would play doom (which i took off a website) and doom 2 (same)
quake 2
sim city 2000
sim tower
and all kinds of games

[AExiOn]

yes I kinda remember that mod, its been so long I forgot most of the mods I played. Most of my fav mods from Q2 was weapons factory, Cry Havoc, Action Q2 and mother ****ing GLOOM!!!!!!!

Modding for that game was soo easy because it wasn't that advance of a game. Games now are too advance for the average joe to throw something together.
I also blame Counter Strike for killing the HL Mod community :rofl:

[HamSocks]

Still have my Genesis and I play it from time to time. Have a Game Gear as well. I also still have the Zapper gun. I want to build a MAME32 (http://www.youtube.com/watch#playnext=1&playnext_from=TL&videos=gagGZzBS5qY&v=mvgFYoz2qpc) cabinet and wire the Zapper up for all the light gun arcade games.

[im_so_blue]

they aren't that hard to build and only cost like 500-600 bucks to build

[HamSocks]

Yeah I think I'm going to tackle it this summer. I've already got a computer I never use.

[Bu11dogg2]

I used to be BIG into the GTA series

I still haven't played the last installment of GTA :(

[CTATV]

I miss direct dialing my buddy via modem to play skirmishes in C&C Red Alert...

[im_so_blue]

ahhh the GTA games


lets go through history shall we

GTA 1 for the PS1
http://www.guiadopc.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/gta1.png

GTA 2 for the PS1
http://www.h4x3d.com/content/gta2.jpg

GTA 3 for the PS2 and Later Xbox and PC
http://resumeplay.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/pc-1.jpg

GTA Vice City for the PS2 and later PC and XBOX
http://www.john-mac.com/gta-vc/images/vehicle_pcj600_2.jpg

GTA San Andrea's for the PS2 PC and Xbox
http://media.gtanet.com/images/1724.jpg

GTA Liberty City Stories for PSP and PS2
http://www.dignews.com/legacy/screenshots/gta_liberty_24.jpg

GTA Vice City Stories for PSP and PS2
http://pspmedia.ign.com/psp/image/article/742/742681/grand-theft-auto-vice-city-stories-20061030062020915-000.jpg

and then finally
GTA 4 for PS3 Xbox 360 and PC
http://www.pcgameshardware.com/screenshots/medium/2008/12/GTA4_Mouseover_Max.jpg

along side its expansions

The Lost and Damned
http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/gta-dlc-05.jpg

and
Ballad of Gay Tony
http://xbox360media.gamespy.com/xbox360/image/article/103/1034493/grand-theft-auto-iv-the-ballad-of-gay-tony-20091013032922436_640w.jpg

[AExiOn]

I loved the first GTA

We cant forget about postal though!
http://i.neoseeker.com/p/Games/PC/Action/Shooter/postal_classic_and_uncut_profilelarge.jpg

[im_so_blue]

I loved the first GTA

We cant forget about postal though!
http://i.neoseeker.com/p/Games/PC/Action/Shooter/postal_classic_and_uncut_profilelarge.jpg

or its sequal POSTAL 2
http://www.techspot.com/gallery/data/502/medium/Postal_2m.JPG

[AExiOn]

I <3 peeing on people!!! and on gary coleman

http://xbe.xanga.com/b61f542253032249973001/b198359346.jpg

[im_so_blue]

oh btw...

those of you with old skool game systems but don't want them any more and aren't really in a big hurry to get rid of them..

Do some research.. You might be sitting on a gold mine that you didn't know about

There is a huge collectors market in old skool gaming now

Example

Kid has a sega genesis first gen model (they made various generations which you can figure out by lookin at the top of the console). Then has a Sega Cd. and then a 32x.
http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/3909/303288-segacd32x_super.jpg

keeps it in great condition never beat on it. or scratched it or threw the controller against the floor or wall or through a tv :lol:
has the boxes still with it in decent shape. Instructions still.

they generally go for about i think 200 bucks for the lot without games

now heres where it gets interesting.
Kid moves out right goes to college starts a family and just forgets about it

Mom finds it in attic and doesn't really realize what she has.

Has a yard sale. sells for about 10 bucks console, accessories, games and all.

Games also have their own unique value too depending on how rare, condition and if a special edition or not.

For example a hot item right now is

FF7 for the PS1
for the original release of this game which has the black label on it
http://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/large/1089860856-00.jpg
the average going price is about 100 dollars because its very rare and final fantasy is a big name in the gaming world.

the rerelease which is the greatest hits version (green label)
http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/bigboxshots/1/197341_88285_front.jpg
goes for about 70 dollars. While still kinda rare its not as rare as the black label version.

[AExiOn]

goes for about 70 dollars. While still kinda rare its not as rare as the black label version.

thats kinda funny in its self that some one would pay that much for FF7 when PS3 offers it for 9.99 in their store lol

I liked FF3(USDM) better :rofl:

[im_so_blue]

thats kinda funny in its self that some one would pay that much for FF7 when PS3 offers it for 9.99 in their store lol

I liked FF3(USDM) better :rofl:

well its not just the game that brings up the price but also the disc and condition of it itself.

Its kinda like a shelby cobra vs a kit car built to exact specs..

You can have the exact same fun out of the kit car as the real deal but the real deal is so rare and beloved that it brings the price up :spin:

kinda like this deal i found if your interested in buying and selling again for profit
http://nh.craigslist.org/vgm/1609480030.html

40 dollars for FF7 and 8. All the discs are there and the books are there and 1 case looks in good condition.. Might be a crack on the FF7 case. if so you can just buy another 3 disc ps1 game at a yard sale or something for dirt cheap that has no signifigant value... replace with all the goods from the FF7 case (if you know how to do that that is) and vola... like nothing ever happen to it.

probably could make atleast 60 dollars in profit off that

http://nh.craigslist.org/vgm/1609336429.html
this could be a money maker too if it decent shape

game gear itself would be worth atleast 30-40 bucks if not more.
the games probably another 20 bucks. So 30-40 dollars atleast in profit.

http://nh.craigslist.org/vgm/1605454119.html
first gen sega genesis that works and looks decent
comes with most of the sonic games that came out for it and a few other games with their cases still
Could be worth close to 80-100 dollars for the package. So 30-50 dollars in profit atleast

http://nh.craigslist.org/vgm/1602305495.html

heres one that could be anybodies game on if you'll gain money or not

its a rare NES 2
they made these after the original NES and instead of going into the machine from the front. It loaded on the top like the SNES did.. It was also smaller then the NES original. Also in this pack you get 3 kinda rare controllers.
some kinda rare games like the Tengen games (pacman and pacmania).
But looking at it i think he knows what hes got and was collecting the stuff more so then had it in his attic and just happen to pull it out for another round of fun.
So once again very interesting. I've only seen like 1 of these in person (at the game store in salem MA).
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/NES2.jpg

also tengen games if your wonderin what those are and why they are kinda rare

Tengen was a game developer/distributor from Russia in the 80s. They made their games on a NES Platform without using the traditional looking NES cartridges
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Ch4OhR3ESEk/SthC9wCMGdI/AAAAAAAAAIY/UUvwCpvTdNs/s400/tengen_tetris_supergameland.jpg
as seen here is their most famous cartridge (and probably the most valueable if found still in box sealed still from factory)
vs its traditional NES Cartrdige counter part
http://ui13.gamespot.com/2028/tetris_2.jpg

Tengen wanted to be different then NES while using their own product against them so to speak. So they bought rights to high end games at the time. and even released a few of their own concoctions. Once again most famous being Tetris (yes they invented Tetris).
They got into a lawsuit in the 80s with Nintendo about this whole scheme and lost and went out of business. They really didn't sell many cartridges when compared to their traditional NES counter parts. So the actual Tengen cartridges are now rare

[Bigzach88]

i still play snes and occasionally pick up games on ebay taht i miss playing. i am always looking to snag a good deal on a N64 on craigslist and well now i have a ps3

[Bigzach88]

btw why has no one mentioned DOOM for pc probably spent most of my elementary years playing that

[AExiOn]

I remember the smaller nes ver. a buddy had it back in the day. I really wish I never got rid of my nes, though snes at that time was something to have. Never knew the story about tengen, though I do remember seeing that type at the local video rental store back in the day.


Zach I remember doom, I played allot of it! yay for chain saws!

any nes fans ever watch the angry video game nerd before?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eegQI9WM6mk nsfw

[im_so_blue]

heres another good display of what i am talking about in old skool game collecting and its value

read this article
http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/rare-nintendo-game-is-40-000-windfall/1391148

[CTATV]

btw why has no one mentioned DOOM for pc probably spent most of my elementary years playing that


I was a wolfenstein fan myself, jumped straight from there to Duke Nukem 3D

http://smokingapples.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/wolfenstein-screenshot.jpg

http://www.pcpowerplay.com.au/games/images/classic_pcpp/reviews/duke3d/duke1.jpg

[im_so_blue]

only because you heard about how pixelated women were flashing ya when ever ya gave em money :lol:

"Shake it Baby!"

Duke Nukem 3d.. Best game for 1 liners EVER

"I'm a Equal Opertunity Ass Kicker!"

"Holy ****!"

"Your a Inspiration for Birth Control"

"Yippie Ki-yay Mother ****er" :lol:

"I'll Rip your head off and **** down your neck!" :rofl:

"hmmm Don't have time to play with myself"

"its time to kick ass and chew bubblegum..... and i am all out of gum"

"your face. your ass.... Whats the difference?"

http://www.radnerd.com/wp-content/uploads/11.jpg

[CTATV]

:lol:

[AExiOn]

I <3 Red squared nipples

[im_so_blue]

who remembers my all time favorite classic for the SNES and Genesis?

http://www.biocrawler.com/w/images/7/75/Zombies_Ate_My_Neighbors_box.jpg

picked on horror icons in a very tongue in cheek kinda fashion!

Zombies
(just about any zombie film you can think of but i bet mostly inspired from. Romero's Dead Series)
Killer dolls (Childs Play)
Guys with hockey masks who chase you with chainsaws (Friday the 13th crossed with Chainsaw Massacre)
Giant Worms (Tremors)
Giant Baby (some would say "Honey I Grew up the baby" but actually. its a knockoff of "ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN!")
Giant Ants (THEM!)
Blobs (THE BLOB)
Killer Plant. (actually i have no idea where they got this idea from but i have a feeling it might be a slight take off of the story in "Creepshow" where a guy finds a meteor and it breaks in half and spewing a goo that creates a Weed like plant that grows and spreads like a wild fire with no way to stop it)
Werewolfs (pick a movie)
Dracula (once again)
Frankenstein (once again)
Mummy (once agan)
Swamp creature (Creature from the Black Lagoon)
Spiders (Arachnophobia)
and more!

http://girlsofwar.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/zombies_ate_my_neighbors_gen_screenshot2.jpg
http://www.rvgfanatic.com/mediac/400_0/media/DIR_687915/ZAMNExit.JPG
http://www.gamelemon.com/media/articles/undergames/Zombies%20Ate%20My%20Neighbors%202.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut9oWWI0mWM

[Crushem]

Awesome Game, I still play this however it is the SNES version that I have.

And don't forget the bonus day of the tentacle level! Gotta love the Classic Lucas arts adventure games.


who remembers my all time favorite classic for the SNES and Genesis?

http://www.biocrawler.com/w/images/7/75/Zombies_Ate_My_Neighbors_box.jpg

[OMG.EVO]

I had 2 copies of the original Final Fantasy on the NES so I could have 2 save games :( :( /dork

[im_so_blue]

I had 2 copies of the original Final Fantasy on the NES so I could have 2 save games :( :( /dork

if you had the boxes and manuals and they were in working great shape you should have kept them! worth money now!

[The Internet]

I just heard that there is a relatively easy hack for the wii so yo can play the atari games.

[Crushem]

I just heard that there is a relatively easy hack for the wii so yo can play the atari games.

A lot more then Atari games my friend, If you would like any info PM me. Have done software and hardware hacks to over 20 to 25 wiis.

Another great game was Jaws on the NES

[OMG.EVO]

if you had the boxes and manuals and they were in working great shape you should have kept them! worth money now!

You serious?

I do in fact, along with all the NES stuff. It's un-hacked too. It's just sitting in a box in my dad's attic...

[Crushem]

^

http://cgi.ebay.com/Final-Fantasy-Nintendo-NES-1990_W0QQitemZ110514310200QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVideo _Games_Games?hash=item19bb2a8c38

[Seraphinwolf]

Not quite as OS but an FYI FF7 copies usually run upwards of $150... Though if you have a PS3 you can download it for free off the network but still... That franchise is just good stuff. I like the Tactics games when I'm bored.

[OMG.EVO]

^

http://cgi.ebay.com/Final-Fantasy-Nintendo-NES-1990_W0QQitemZ110514310200QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVideo _Games_Games?hash=item19bb2a8c38

Sweet!!

Although, I might just pass on the $100 and keep the games. They're worth more to me than $100 right now

[Seraphinwolf]

I'm an old-school PC gamer. I remember buying old games on 5.25" floppies and playing them on my dad's Packard Bell 286, like Duke Nukem (not the 3D version, there was a 2D version before the Build engine game).
I still have a copy of that somewhere... Then again I have punch cards in the computer mess that is my house between me and my folks.

[Seraphinwolf]

wow for some reason I forgot all about my gameboy :hide: that thing went everywhere with me :lol:
DSi XL Who's getting one?
:hide:
I will be.

[im_so_blue]

Sweet!!

Although, I might just pass on the $100 and keep the games. They're worth more to me than $100 right now

thats only on ebay though

if you went to a actual collectors auction for that stuff you could fetch even more.

[OMG.EVO]

thats only on ebay though

if you went to a actual collectors auction for that stuff you could fetch even more.

Ooooh.... maybe I'll just hang onto it until FFXXIV when it pretty much ends up colliding with the dead or alive franchise and the game consists of nothing more than huge limit breaks involving enormous animated tits.

I mean until FFXXIV when it's the 25th anniversary.. or something... :P

[Pulski]

Not quite as OS but an FYI FF7 copies usually run upwards of $150... Though if you have a PS3 you can download it for free off the network but still... That franchise is just good stuff. I like the Tactics games when I'm bored.

It's not free, but it's only like 10 bucks.

Systems I own:
Atari 2600
NES (Barely works though... need to replace slot)
SNES
N64
Game Boy
Game Boy Advance SP
Dreamcast
PS2
PS3
XBox

My emulator collection is also somewhat ridiculous. :)

[im_so_blue]

Ooooh.... maybe I'll just hang onto it until FFXXIV when it pretty much ends up colliding with the dead or alive franchise and the game consists of nothing more than huge limit breaks involving enormous animated tits.

I mean until FFXXIV when it's the 25th anniversary.. or something... :P

doesn't that already happen with the current FF? :lol:


http://nekoe.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/final-fantasy-xiii-lightning-render.jpg

[im_so_blue]

Also as crushem said before Jaws is a pretty good game for the NES (the xbox or PS2 version)

http://www.coolrom.com/screenshots/nes/Jaws.gif

http://sydlexia.com/imagesandstuff/nes100/jaws.png

other horror classics involve

Nightmare on Elm St (which is a game version of the 3rd movie Dream Warriors)

http://analogmedium.com/blog/2007/10/Nightmare_on_Elm_Street_NES.gif
http://www.usgamingonline.com/NES%20Screenshots/Nightmare_on_elm_street_014.jpg

Friday the 13th (which also considered one of the hardest NES games)

http://www.racketboy.com/retro/friday13-cover.jpg

http://www.vgmuseum.com/end/nes/a/friday-1.gif

and for the Atari 2600 believe it or not there was a Texas Chainsaw Massacre game!

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7HTO3jP-_lk/SlU--WhsDsI/AAAAAAAADkM/IMDGyJ1t4ME/s400/TexasChainsawMassacre.jpg
http://www.videogamecritic.net/images/2600/texas_chainsaw_massacre.png

[SRTie4k]

Regarding Zombies Ate My Neighbors...

If you own a Wii you can download it on Virtual Console.

[jmc23200]

I don't believe I have seen colecovision mentioned in here yet. Pitfall ftw!

[Bu11dogg2]

I just realized that i've never beat a Mario game.

[jmc23200]

I've only beat Super Mario 3. I can't say I've actually sat down and tried beating the other ones though. I never beat the original Zelda. The other day I dusted off my old NES and the Gold Cartridge Zelda, made a new character, and started playing. I was soooo pumpd I beat the first world........ until I realized world 2 was a scrambled world one. All they did was rearrange the dungeons. I turned the game off after that.

[OMG.EVO]

http://www.videogamecritic.net/images/2600/texas_chainsaw_massacre.png


UMMMMM is that guy trying to kill people with his giant blue... manhood???

[Pulski]

I've only beat Super Mario 3. I can't say I've actually sat down and tried beating the other ones though. I never beat the original Zelda. The other day I dusted off my old NES and the Gold Cartridge Zelda, made a new character, and started playing. I was soooo pumpd I beat the first world........ until I realized world 2 was a scrambled world one. All they did was rearrange the dungeons. I turned the game off after that.

The overworld is scrambled, yes. The dungeons are harder and all different though.

[im_so_blue]

UMMMMM is that guy trying to kill people with his giant blue... manhood???

4 bit graphics are the bomb aren't they!!! :lol:

i thought i mentioned colecovision


well in that case here ya go

http://membres.multimania.fr/supu/Emuladores/Colecovision/Colecovision_System.jpg

http://www.atariage.com/2600/screenshots/s_Pitfall_2.png

[im_so_blue]

actually its kinda funny cause there is a game that was XXX rated for the atari.

I don't even know if this would be considered NSFW cause well.... its so pixelated you actually have to use your imagination to make out anything :lol:

but what the hell heres the link

Custers Revenge.

http://www.vgmuseum.com/pics6/Custer'sRevenge1.gif

your a cowboy named custer getting attacked by flying arrows.. and on the otherside of the level is a big breasted Native American chick (cause supposedly all native american chicks have big bewbs)
and the point of the game is to avoid the arrows while making over to the native american chick and then banging her for points. :lol: