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betarhoalphadelta · « **Reply #98 on:** April 16, 2025, 01:11:54 PM »

Quote from: MikeDeTiger on April 16, 2025, 12:33:48 PM

Some years later Nintendo came out and I busied my time with an Italian plumber who kept losing his gf to a fire-breathing dragon.

A couple of years ago, Nintendo released their NES Classic Edition.

It was a very limited run, and although cheap, VERY hard to find/order. We managed to get one, though.

Great fun these days for us...

utee94 · « **Reply #99 on:** April 16, 2025, 01:18:56 PM »

More than a couple of years ago, my brother really wanted whatever the latest Xbox or PS console was, but his wife was really against it. I guess she thought he'd waste too much time, even though he was by far the primary breadwinner and was always busy trying to keep the homestead and cars maintained and presentable. They subsequently got divorced and about his first purchase after the split, was the latest Xbox. And he still managed to hold down his job and maintain the household and car.

Anyway, back then, I bought him one of these for Christmas, and we actually played it a decent amount when hanging out. Our kids loved it, too.

MikeDeTiger · « **Reply #100 on:** April 16, 2025, 01:39:49 PM »

Quote from: betarhoalphadelta on April 16, 2025, 01:11:54 PM

A couple of years ago, Nintendo released their NES Classic Edition.

It was a very limited run, and although cheap, VERY hard to find/order. We managed to get one, though.

Great fun these days for us...

People online (who are always right) indicate that Nintendo is extremely litigious and will go hard after anyone or anything to do with emulators, which pisses off the old-school NES fans because Nintendo also refuses to issue their old platforms as demand dictates.

I think my NES "most frequent" award had to be Mike Tyson's Punchout and Contra. Never could beat Mike himself. Contra, on the other hand, I was quite good at and could get through sometimes even without the famous Konomi cheat code for extra lives. I really liked the Super Mario trilogy for the old NES as well. Even though SM2 was kinda weird and the princess had such insane athletic ability that I lost sympathy for her getting captured in the other games.

MikeDeTiger · « **Reply #101 on:** April 16, 2025, 01:41:37 PM »

I was also fascinated by the weird "minus world" in the original Super Mario. To this day, I'd like an explanation for that.

An old elementary school friend I used to borrow games from and was a major game-nerd now works for Nintendo America as a game designer/software developer. He doesn't know what it was about either.

MikeDeTiger · « **Reply #102 on:** April 16, 2025, 01:46:31 PM »

Quote from: MikeDeTiger on April 16, 2025, 01:39:49 PM

....the famous Konomi cheat code....

up up down down left right left right B A B A Start

since this is the nerd thread

betarhoalphadelta · « **Reply #103 on:** April 16, 2025, 01:51:11 PM »

And the funniest thing about Nintendo right now is that the company president's name is...

Doug Bowser

Gigem · « **Reply #104 on:** April 16, 2025, 01:53:05 PM »

Quote from: MikeDeTiger on April 16, 2025, 01:39:49 PM

People online (who are always right) indicate that Nintendo is extremely litigious and will go hard after anyone or anything to do with emulators, which pisses off the old-school NES fans because Nintendo also refuses to issue their old platforms as demand dictates.

I think my NES "most frequent" award had to be Mike Tyson's Punchout and Contra. Never could beat Mike himself. Contra, on the other hand, I was quite good at and could get through sometimes even without the famous Konomi cheat code for extra lives. I really liked the Super Mario trilogy for the old NES as well. Even though SM2 was kinda weird and the princess had such insane athletic ability that I lost sympathy for her getting captured in the other games.

Gigem · « **Reply #105 on:** April 16, 2025, 02:00:04 PM »

This thread brings back a lot of nostalgia for me. I came of age right during the video game revolution, had an Atari 2600 in elementary school, NES by about 6th/7th grade. Commodore 64 in elementary school. I am especially fond of the NES, which really changed how home video games were perceived. Before NES, the games were just basically all about high scores and such. There wasn't really much to do, other than shoot/drive/high score. Take one of the best A2600 games, Pitfall!, you just ran one way or the other, got treasure, and kept going. It had a 20 minute timer. No real music, just a few SFX. I can still remember the very first time I played the OG Super Mario on NES. It had all the little hidden things, so many places to explore, so many levels. We literally played it for days, weeks, and months. Zelda was similar.

A lot of people thought Atari messed up because their consoles sucked, but when I looked back I realize that it was really the games that sucked. They never got past the "Arcade" model.

We also had a Sega Genesis, which was excellent as well.

utee94 · « **Reply #106 on:** April 16, 2025, 02:20:17 PM »

We had the Atari 2600, and my Atari 400 computer could also be used as a gaming console, it had ROM cartridges as well. But by the time the NES was getting popular I was moving past my gaming console phase and into girls and cars. A college roommate had a Sega Genesis that I only ever played Mortal Kombat on, but even that was pretty sparing. For a brief time in 1993 or 94 I was playing some Doom on my x86 PC system but that was also pretty short-lived.

In short, I'm not much of a gamer, and never had been.

Except for standup Galaga at the arcade. I was a wizard at that.

MikeDeTiger · « **Reply #107 on:** April 16, 2025, 03:14:06 PM »

Quote from: utee94 on April 16, 2025, 02:20:17 PM

Except for standup Galaga at the arcade. I was a wizard at that.

Local Pizza Hut had Galaga and Pole Position. I spent a lot of time begging my mom for quarters, not nearly enough were forthcoming for my liking.

betarhoalphadelta · « **Reply #108 on:** April 16, 2025, 03:17:32 PM »

Quote from: MikeDeTiger on April 16, 2025, 03:14:06 PM

Local Pizza Hut had Galaga and Pole Position. I spent a lot of time begging my mom for quarters, not nearly enough were forthcoming for my liking.

Difference in eras, I'm guessing.

Now when we go to Pizza Port Brewing Co with the kids, I'm happy to give them however many quarters they want so my wife and I can drink our beer in peace

utee94 · « **Reply #109 on:** April 16, 2025, 03:21:00 PM »

When our kids were little, my friend Bald Greg and I would take them to Pinthouse Pizza (brewpub in Austin) and send them over to the little video game section. They had a Ms. Pacman, a Joust, and a Rampage standup video game. We'd tell them the game had already started and they'd think they were playing it, while the demo screen was running. Saved us a bunch of quarters!

MikeDeTiger · « **Reply #110 on:** April 16, 2025, 03:21:14 PM »

I quite liked the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game for NES. It was the only one that ever really made a meaningful distinction between the turtles and their weapons of choice. You could sub out turtles to get through different situations and accomplish different tasks because of the differences. The only "drawback" was the nature of the levels mostly rendered Michaelangelo and Raphael worthless, because their weapons were so short-range, though faster. Usually, you needed Donatello's bo for longer range stuff (but it was slow, that was the tradeoff), or Leonardo's swords which were a good all-around weapon, reasonably fast and with a bit of distance. The levels were interesting, you could go different places, backwards, through doors and into rooms, etc. Sometimes more cerebral than games I was used to, and the graphics were interesting.

The second one they put out seemed to have been more popular, and it was fun in a more mindless, full-on shoot-em-up kind of way, and it introduced the jump kick, which wasn't present in the first game. But all the turtles were basically the same, and the levels were nothing but side-scrolling walk-throughs.

MikeDeTiger · « **Reply #111 on:** April 16, 2025, 03:25:37 PM »

Also, Legend of Zelda II

I loved that game. Somehow I never played the first Zelda release.

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