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Re: Nintendo 64
Posted by xconspirisist on Sun Jun 6th at 12:20am 2004


Did anyone own this console ? I picked up 3 *new* games for this today for ?15. wetrix, mario cart ( ), and f-zero-x.

Classic games.. does anyone have any old consoles they still play on ?




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Re: Nintendo 64
Posted by scary_jeff on Sun Jun 6th at 12:35am 2004


I've got a playstation (counts as old now, right?), a megadrive (genesis), and a master system 2. The master system 2 doesn't have a card slot, but I got an adapter to play master system games on the megadrive.. it looks like this when plugged in:



Classic.

I don't play on the consoles though - I normally turn to emulators for my retro gaming fix. This works out better than you might expect, as I got a playstation pad > USB converter that works well with emulators, and graphics for playstation games are better on the emulators than they are on the playstation.

N64 emulators seem to be pretty lame though. I was considering getting an N64 just for f-zero because it is so dam cool, but then I realised I wouldn't actually use it.




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Re: Nintendo 64
Posted by Gorbachev on Sun Jun 6th at 1:13am 2004


I have:

NES
SNES
Nintendo 64
Dreamcast
Playstation 2
Gamecube

I still play all of them. I'm soon to be an owner of the NES themed Gameboy SP (put off buying a gameboy since they came out, my luck that the nostalgia version comes out when I've got money )

[addsig]




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Re: Nintendo 64
Posted by fishy on Sun Jun 6th at 1:49am 2004


i've got an old megadrive that sometimes get dug out for a few rounds of golf.

hmmm, /me ponders a futuristic golf style map with hl2's gravity gun.





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Re: Nintendo 64
Posted by 7dk2h4md720ih on Sun Jun 6th at 3:28am 2004


I went through an emulation phase where I got a load of games I used to play as a young lad. Sonic, street fighter, road rash and the like. I still remember getting my first sega on my birthday and thinking it was the best thing ever.




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Re: Nintendo 64
Posted by Hornpipe2 on Sun Jun 6th at 3:36am 2004


F-Zero X is one of my all-time favorites. You should see the Gamecube version. [addsig]



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Re: Nintendo 64
Posted by JFry on Sun Jun 6th at 4:01am 2004


I was a big fan of the original F-Zero for Super Nintendo. Nothing like racing thru fire field with your last car and its about to explode...



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Re: Nintendo 64
Posted by Tracer Bullet on Sun Jun 6th at 4:16am 2004


I've been a PC guy the whole way along.. *searches in basement for the 386* I've never owned a console of any sort. [addsig]



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Re: Nintendo 64
Posted by wil5on on Sun Jun 6th at 6:52am 2004


N64... ahh those were the days. I'd have friends over and play Goldeneye.

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Re: Nintendo 64
Posted by $loth on Sun Jun 6th at 6:57am 2004


Ahhhhhh the master system, those were the days, and SJ, the master system 2 i have does have a card slot and alex the kid built in I used to have a n64 and a playstation, golden eye!!!! A bunch of my frineds would come round and bring there pads to play a bit o' golden eye. [addsig]



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Re: Nintendo 64
Posted by xconspirisist on Sun Jun 6th at 9:53am 2004


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N64... ahh those were the days. I'd have friends over and play Goldeneye.

Damn that was so cool, I did exactly the same. You completly dont get the atmosphere of 4 zitty teenagers huddeling around a small tv, squiting at their part of the split screen, and giving each other dead arms, when you blew them to shreds with proximity mines

Zelda 64 - oot. That stands today to be the best game I have ever playied.





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Re: Nintendo 64
Posted by Kage_Prototype on Sun Jun 6th at 11:27am 2004


The Master System was so cool. I loved playing Jurassic Park on that thing. [addsig]



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Re: Nintendo 64
Posted by scary_jeff on Sun Jun 6th at 11:33am 2004


The master system pad... who designed that thing!? Who wanted a pad with corners?



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Re: Nintendo 64
Posted by Orpheus on Sun Jun 6th at 11:47am 2004


with the advent of the console, also came the ailment known as "Nintendo Thumb".. an experience i care to never experience again..

console games do not appeal to me, but i have many here ATM that my kids play.

1)nintendo
2)Super NES
3)genesis
4)Sega genesis
5)game cube
6)Dreamcaste

i am unsure even of the names, but those seem to ring bells.

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Re: Nintendo 64
Posted by Hornpipe2 on Sun Jun 6th at 2:47pm 2004


Your kids still play the Nintendo? I hope to show my kids the classics some day but I don't know if I could get them to sit still long enough for FF3... [addsig]



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Re: Nintendo 64
Posted by 7dk2h4md720ih on Sun Jun 6th at 2:51pm 2004


I don't think they'd appreciate them to be honest Horn, sad as it is. We're geting old.




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Re: Nintendo 64
Posted by ReNo on Sun Jun 6th at 3:15pm 2004


Its not mine, but there is an N64 in my flat, and other for old school consoles we have a playstation (since the N64 seems to count), 2 Megadrives (my flatmate is "upgrading" one over summer), and once another flatmate brings them up, a SNES and a NES. None of those consoles get much play though, when we first got them up it was cool for some nostalgia, but I feel newer games and consoles have the edge.
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Re: Nintendo 64
Posted by xconspirisist on Sun Jun 6th at 3:43pm 2004


How old are you guys then ? *aherm*. I'll still be playing games as I get older. I proberbly play old games more than new games now I come to think of it. Opposing Force has some fantastic playability.. and as for red alert... jeeze. Did anyone ever play that ? The amount of units you could build was only limited by you're processor, and the amount of time you had. A lot of games, especailly c+c generals, miss out that factor. More games are being made for money, where a lot started off as being made for fun.

/ 2 cents.





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Re: Nintendo 64
Posted by Orpheus on Sun Jun 6th at 3:47pm 2004


? posted by xconspirisist

How old are you guys then ?

some of us remember dirt as a new thing

[addsig]




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Re: Nintendo 64
Posted by ReNo on Sun Jun 6th at 3:49pm 2004


I'm 19, turning 20 next month. I've been gaming since the Commodore 64, through an Amiga 500+, to a playstation and other more recent consoles. To me, playing some games of Burnout 2, or a few team battles with a mate on Soul Calibur 2, is far more enjoyable than a bout of Road Rash. I probably enjoyed Road Rash more when it was newly out, but playing it now it really pales in comparison to modern equivelants (NOT modern Road Rash games however ).
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