What are you playing?
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Been on a 2600 kick lately. Playing River Raid, Battlezone, Pitfall and yes, E.T.. Reliving my childhood Saturday mornings.
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@celly said in What are you playing?:
and yes, E.T
I don't care what anyone says, 'E.T.' is an incredibly sophisticated game for the 2600. If the hit detection had simply been a little more forgiving, I don't think it would have the reputation it does now. Make sure you check out 'H.E.R.O.', if you haven't before. It's another highly sophisticated game, yet with a AAA reputation, that stands shoulder to shoulder with the likes of 'Pitfall II'.
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@mediamogul I agree. When I was a kid and I got ET that xmas, I thought it was a great adventure game! Sure, it was easy to fall into a pit. I never understood why there were so many haters.
I'll check out H.E.R.O. someday. Never ever heard of it (shame on me).
My question is this: can you still find the transmolecular dot in Adventure and then the credits room easter egg?
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@caver01 said in What are you playing?:
My question is this: can you still find the transmolecular dot in Adventure and then the credits room easter egg?
Ha! It's funny, I always make it part of the quest-at-hand, so I never finish a game without having seen that credit first.
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I'm a big fan of almost anything from the 8, 16, and even 32 bit era's. Right now I'm really enjoying the Splatterhouse series.
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@drake999 said in What are you playing?:
Right now I'm really enjoying the Splatterhouse series.
Will you be playing 'Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti' as well? I like to think the events of that game are what Rick dreams about when all the nightmare adventures are over. Damn good series.
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@mediamogul Lol, yes i played that game briefly, it was fun. Yes it could very well be what he dreams of. I think the game was more of a practical joke on Namco's part, but i'm just guessing. Anyway the control was good and the cartoonish graphics were enjoyable.
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I'm super excited about knights of the round on Arcade I think I sunk so many coins in the bad boy!!!
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@mediamogul said in What are you playing?:
@celly said in What are you playing?:
and yes, E.T
I don't care what anyone says, 'E.T.' is an incredibly sophisticated game for the 2600. If the hit detection had simply been a little more forgiving, I don't think it would have the reputation it does now. Make sure you check out 'H.E.R.O.', if you haven't before. It's another highly sophisticated game, yet with a AAA reputation, that stands shoulder to shoulder with the likes of 'Pitfall II'.
There is a homebrew altered version of ET here: http://www.neocomputer.org/projects/et/ . Alters the collision detection. However, I find that if you follow the manual closely the coll.dect. isn't that awful. You just need to remember to walk straight left or right. Not diagonally (Manual, chapter six, tip 5).
Have fun w/ E.T. :-)
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@Meneer-Jansen said in What are you playing?:
There is a homebrew altered version of ET
Wow, that's great. I might have to give that a try. I'm not sure I'd Know how to cope without the terror of possibly falling into those pits. I suppose I'm institutionalized like Brooks from 'Shawshank Redemption'. Wait a minute... His experience seems all too familiar now that I think about it.
"The parole board got me into this halfway house called the Brewer... I have trouble sleeping at night. I have bad dreams, like I'm falling. I wake up scared. Sometimes it takes me a while to remember where I am."
Maybe the halfway house had a 2600.
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@senkun said in What are you playing?:
I just can't stop playing Metal Slug, the whole series in sequence is such a gem to replay.
Haha DUDE! That is exactly what I'm doing now! I have all the Neo Geo roms and going to play ALL the Metal Slug titles.
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@PetroRie said in What are you playing?:
@senkun said in What are you playing?:
I just can't stop playing Metal Slug, the whole series in sequence is such a gem to replay.
Haha DUDE! That is exactly what I'm doing now! I have all the Neo Geo roms and going to play ALL the Metal Slug titles.
Haha it's gonna be way fun. There's this continuity when you start from the first and work all the way to X. And watch out for all the little details, so many I never noticed when I first played them all those years ago, you can tell they really put a lot of love into the series. And somehow it still feels so current, what with the aliens and the zombies and the mideast themes. Probably my all time favorite title. My reflexes are not what they used to be so I cheated and went free play, hope you're doing better!
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@dankcushions thank you for posting the Gokujyo Parodius Arcade link. May I ask which mame emulator you are using and any special settings? Are you using mame4all?
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@gamer85 said in What are you playing?:
@dankcushions thank you for posting the Gokujyo Parodius Arcade link. May I ask which mame emulator you are using and any special settings? Are you using mame4all?
I didn't post that link :)
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@senkun Thank you for posting the Gokujyo Parodius Arcade link. May I ask which mame emulator you are using and any special settings? Are you using mame4all?
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@gamer85 said in What are you playing?:
@senkun Thank you for posting the Gokujyo Parodius Arcade link. May I ask which mame emulator you are using and any special settings? Are you using mame4all?
Hey there. Won't work with mame4all, too old. G. Parodius runs perfectly with lr-mame2003, no special settings needed. Make sure you have the proper .78 romset.
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The Legend of Zelda (NES), Cave Story (PC Freeware), and Hyper Metroid (SNES ROM hack)
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@senkun said in What are you playing?:
@gamer85 said in What are you playing?:
Hey there. Won't work with mame4all, too old. G. Parodius runs perfectly with lr-mame2003, no special settings needed. Make sure you have the proper .78 romset.
Under lr-mame2003 I am unable to get .78 romset version of gokuparo.zip to work. When I launch it, just shows black screen and returns back to Retropie. What is your zip file size? Any ideas?
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@senkun said in What are you playing?:
@PetroRie said in What are you playing?:
@senkun said in What are you playing?:
I just can't stop playing Metal Slug, the whole series in sequence is such a gem to replay.
Haha DUDE! That is exactly what I'm doing now! I have all the Neo Geo roms and going to play ALL the Metal Slug titles.
Haha it's gonna be way fun. There's this continuity when you start from the first and work all the way to X. And watch out for all the little details, so many I never noticed when I first played them all those years ago, you can tell they really put a lot of love into the series. And somehow it still feels so current, what with the aliens and the zombies and the mideast themes. Probably my all time favorite title. My reflexes are not what they used to be so I cheated and went free play, hope you're doing better!
For some reason it really reminds me of Indiana Jones. An another fun fact is I rescued a POW, and when I was done with the stage I got to see his name, it was an Asian name... While all the POW's in the game are all blonde and have a Caucasian appearance haha.
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@gamer85 said in What are you playing?:
@senkun said in What are you playing?:
@gamer85 said in What are you playing?:
Hey there. Won't work with mame4all, too old. G. Parodius runs perfectly with lr-mame2003, no special settings needed. Make sure you have the proper .78 romset.
Under lr-mame2003 I am unable to get .78 romset version of gokuparo.zip to work. When I launch it, just shows black screen and returns back to Retropie. What is your zip file size? Any ideas?
Tried another rom source? Or rebuilt one just to be sure? It's been a long time but I just double checked and played the game again, works perfectly on mine. fwiw my gokuparo.zip is 5,632 KB
I'll check everything again later, got some time to spare and we'll get you sorted.
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