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I found it while I was cleaning my storage room. There's that Sticker... right where I left it when I was a kid.
So many memories...
I'll never again feel the same wonderful thrill of gaming that I did when I was a kid.
The first time I beat Final Fantasy II (IV, that is) I was SO excited during the final battle that you could see each individual blood vessel in my arm, it looked like a pink marble floor. The sheer elation I felt every Saturday when I'd go down to the store and rent a game. The hours upon hours I spend honing my skills with those controllers. I defeated Andross weeks before any of my friends even made it to the last level.
Games were new and exciting back then. LIFE was new and exciting back then, when we didn't even consider the disappointments that we now face. None of us will ever feel it again. All that's left now is despondency.
Ukinojoe was right. http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=5pa6SGYWADU
Sighhh....
....
Wait, why did only the top half of the casing turn yellow?
So many memories...
I'll never again feel the same wonderful thrill of gaming that I did when I was a kid.
The first time I beat Final Fantasy II (IV, that is) I was SO excited during the final battle that you could see each individual blood vessel in my arm, it looked like a pink marble floor. The sheer elation I felt every Saturday when I'd go down to the store and rent a game. The hours upon hours I spend honing my skills with those controllers. I defeated Andross weeks before any of my friends even made it to the last level.
Games were new and exciting back then. LIFE was new and exciting back then, when we didn't even consider the disappointments that we now face. None of us will ever feel it again. All that's left now is despondency.
Ukinojoe was right. http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=5pa6SGYWADU
Sighhh....
....
Wait, why did only the top half of the casing turn yellow?
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mines alittle dusty, but isnt yellow :/ https://www.furaffinity.net/view/10413033/
Maybe in the past? I've been on there for 2 years now and mine is pretty blatantly furry. Not to mention I follow a ton of furry artists and people on there.
But if you just want a couple of random gaming nostalgia Tumblrs to read, Tinycartridge and VGJunk are always good. :)
But if you just want a couple of random gaming nostalgia Tumblrs to read, Tinycartridge and VGJunk are always good. :)
this will get them old colors back ^^ http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com/?.....6e59527cb09cad
Your SNES looks weird... Check out the european SNES masterrace! :D http://jscustom.theoldcomputer.com/.....a_SNES_PAL.jpg
A buddy of mine and I (a decade and a half later) still get together and play through all of them. When I say play, I mean suffer XP.
And Though we've grown out of chips and candy on the side and getting pissed at eachother to beer and wings and laughing at stupid shit, the experience of holding that old gray and black rectangular NES controller next to your best bud has never changed.
Thank you, Nintendo. You dun good.
And Though we've grown out of chips and candy on the side and getting pissed at eachother to beer and wings and laughing at stupid shit, the experience of holding that old gray and black rectangular NES controller next to your best bud has never changed.
Thank you, Nintendo. You dun good.
Can't really do that with modern games, sadly. Single player games are almost exclusively for one player to enjoy where multiplayer games are played with strangers and competition is unenjoyably fierce. Like you mentioned, it's good to find old odd-ball games with friends and pick at its flaws over a pint or pizza =D
You know, it's funny but I never knew back then that any Mega Man game was suposed to be hard. I beat 3 though 6 on a couple of day rental back then and the first two I don't recall how long it took since I owned them and didn't have to worry about time. Side scrollers are by faves even to this day, though I hardly have the time to realy get down into any game any more and as of late it's more the simple but fun stuff that tends to eat my time now.
Your rant reminded me of how I felt about getting a new game when I was little.
The Sega Genesis's heyday had long ended by the time I was old enough to play it, so getting brand-new games from the store wasn't an option.
My first Genesis was something Dad had bought my mom to pass the time while she was still new to the neighborhood before I was born.
It was always really neat when they'd find a game in the attic for me to try out. What kind of game was I about to play? Would it be any good?
My dad was a Disney fan at the time, so a lot of the games were the Virgin Interactive Disney games, some were mainstays like Sonic 2, while others were based on movies Mom liked.
Then we discovered used-game stores and flea markets. Again, because the games usually lacked boxes, I had nothing but the cartridge label and what little the seller could tell me about the game to help me make a decision.
I remember being told that Dynamite Headdy was like a party game. Of course, it was nothing like one, but it became an instant favorite anyways.
The main difference between then and now for me would be not that I'm more frequently disappointed, but that I'm less often in the dark about what a game's gonna be like thanks to the internet.
The Sega Genesis's heyday had long ended by the time I was old enough to play it, so getting brand-new games from the store wasn't an option.
My first Genesis was something Dad had bought my mom to pass the time while she was still new to the neighborhood before I was born.
It was always really neat when they'd find a game in the attic for me to try out. What kind of game was I about to play? Would it be any good?
My dad was a Disney fan at the time, so a lot of the games were the Virgin Interactive Disney games, some were mainstays like Sonic 2, while others were based on movies Mom liked.
Then we discovered used-game stores and flea markets. Again, because the games usually lacked boxes, I had nothing but the cartridge label and what little the seller could tell me about the game to help me make a decision.
I remember being told that Dynamite Headdy was like a party game. Of course, it was nothing like one, but it became an instant favorite anyways.
The main difference between then and now for me would be not that I'm more frequently disappointed, but that I'm less often in the dark about what a game's gonna be like thanks to the internet.
I have to fave this. What you say is so true. Me and my brother still have are SNES and it works. We have games like Super Metroid still and Final Fantasy ll & lll (yes I know 4 and 6), as well as Chrono Trigger. I miss those days to Beau. I remember first playing GoldenEye on N64. I felt untouchable when I could beat it on harder settings and being able to do that in a speedy time to unlock cheat mode options. Now all we get for the most part is BS achievements and points (Woopty fucking dooo).
~laughs~ I love that video as well. Been awhile since I first saw it.
Side note: That's why I love Dark Souls, I know if I'm patient it will reward me with nice stuff. That is a good hard as hell game. But not enough games like it. Most games now of days hold your fucking hand. ~growls~
~laughs~ I love that video as well. Been awhile since I first saw it.
Side note: That's why I love Dark Souls, I know if I'm patient it will reward me with nice stuff. That is a good hard as hell game. But not enough games like it. Most games now of days hold your fucking hand. ~growls~
Neat, SNES :)
My mom sold ours a few years ago, roughly 5 I think, and at the time I was rather upset as it was my very first gaming console.
Now, a few months ago, I was at a flea market in savannah, and I was looking for a snes. Well, I found one in good condition for about $60 and bought it. The plastics haven't yellowed, it plays games fine, and it seems to have no damage, despite being out in the humidity of Georgia for who knows how long.
Here's the crazy part, there's a heavy coin inside it. I don't know what coin, but I'm certain it's a nickle. So guess what? I found my old SNES at a flea market. When I was about 5 or 6 I looked at the eject flap and decided, "Piggy bank," but never could get the nickle I put into it out. So I'm 90% certain that this is definitely my SNES.
My mom sold ours a few years ago, roughly 5 I think, and at the time I was rather upset as it was my very first gaming console.
Now, a few months ago, I was at a flea market in savannah, and I was looking for a snes. Well, I found one in good condition for about $60 and bought it. The plastics haven't yellowed, it plays games fine, and it seems to have no damage, despite being out in the humidity of Georgia for who knows how long.
Here's the crazy part, there's a heavy coin inside it. I don't know what coin, but I'm certain it's a nickle. So guess what? I found my old SNES at a flea market. When I was about 5 or 6 I looked at the eject flap and decided, "Piggy bank," but never could get the nickle I put into it out. So I'm 90% certain that this is definitely my SNES.
I still have mine! The controllers are still to this day the best design ever for console games. Wore out the shoulder buttons playing Street Fighter obsessively, but fixed them myself by Macguyvering a fix with paperclips, made them good as new.
There's never been another console like the SNES since.
There's never been another console like the SNES since.
8-bit and 16-bit eras of gaming were the best.
Gameplay and genres were being fleshed out so everything was new at the time.
By the start of the 32/64-bit era about the only thing new that was added was a z-axis to everything (well and CD quality music). Not quite as original or compelling as what came before, IMO.
My original SNES hasn't discolored, but it does have some cracks on one corner of the console.
Gameplay and genres were being fleshed out so everything was new at the time.
By the start of the 32/64-bit era about the only thing new that was added was a z-axis to everything (well and CD quality music). Not quite as original or compelling as what came before, IMO.
My original SNES hasn't discolored, but it does have some cracks on one corner of the console.
Fix up a batch of retrobright and clean that baby up. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrobright
I recently (within the past 6 months) bought a used SNES and a few games I was stupid right out of highschool and sold my snes and all my games. I really wish now that I held onto them. I still kick myself over letting Eartbound go :(
later on I did the same with my N64. Lol just rebought that one as well. I will never let another console go.
later on I did the same with my N64. Lol just rebought that one as well. I will never let another console go.
I never considered my mother a gamer. She was a house cleaner, a car fixer, a rip the kitchen apart and redo it before going out for coffee with the girls kind of person.
But on the weekends when I had no school, she would bring me into her room and we would sit there with her tiny tv set and play Super Mario Brothers. She would be player one, myself as player two as we bounced off each other in a vain attempt to see who could outlive the other. It was one of the few things we bonded on.
Thinking back on it now, I remember years before the internet was ever invented I would be reading her walkthroughs for Desert Strike missions that she had written herself, or helping her navigate Adams Family Values with maps that were hand drawn on scrapbook card stock in finely sharpened HB pencil. I look back on those days and I realize: Yep. My mom was a gamer at heart, and she turned me into one as well. To this day I cannot resist Luigi's Mansion, or jotting my own walkthroughs for Vandal Hearts or rallying my friends for a cutthroat game of Mario Kart.
...
I just made myself cry.
I think I need to call my mom now :)
But on the weekends when I had no school, she would bring me into her room and we would sit there with her tiny tv set and play Super Mario Brothers. She would be player one, myself as player two as we bounced off each other in a vain attempt to see who could outlive the other. It was one of the few things we bonded on.
Thinking back on it now, I remember years before the internet was ever invented I would be reading her walkthroughs for Desert Strike missions that she had written herself, or helping her navigate Adams Family Values with maps that were hand drawn on scrapbook card stock in finely sharpened HB pencil. I look back on those days and I realize: Yep. My mom was a gamer at heart, and she turned me into one as well. To this day I cannot resist Luigi's Mansion, or jotting my own walkthroughs for Vandal Hearts or rallying my friends for a cutthroat game of Mario Kart.
...
I just made myself cry.
I think I need to call my mom now :)
It is indeed.
As far as I heard, the Super Famicom was designed to be pleasant, with soft curves, and bright colors for the buttons, to stand out as a game system.
A bit of history :
The NES (USA and Europe, Japan had the very different looking Famicom) had been designed to look serious and to fit near a VCR, as in, NOT look like a video game system. Remember that the video game krack of 1983 happened only 2 years before in the USA. For economy reasons, Euro NES was derived from the US one (the main reason being that games will not need to be translated again, and that the US censorship would fit the Euro censorship mostly).
But seeing that the european market was reacting differently to the games (Europe had not been affected by the krack that much, and was actually interested in Japanese-styled games) they decided to save money by keeping the same design as the Super Famicom for the Super Nintendo.
On the other hand, they gave the US one a different look. It's more square, so it looks more massive and "agressive". The carts have an "end label" as many US gamers would throw the box away, while on the other hand, almost all Japanese gamers and most European ones would keep them.
Also, the childish tone is also removed from the game pad, with purple buttons instead of the usual Red blue yellow green.
http://recycle4acause.files.wordpre.....10/06/snes.jpg
(and interesting feature is that unlike the Jap/euro version, the upper buttons are recessed.)
As far as I heard, the Super Famicom was designed to be pleasant, with soft curves, and bright colors for the buttons, to stand out as a game system.
A bit of history :
The NES (USA and Europe, Japan had the very different looking Famicom) had been designed to look serious and to fit near a VCR, as in, NOT look like a video game system. Remember that the video game krack of 1983 happened only 2 years before in the USA. For economy reasons, Euro NES was derived from the US one (the main reason being that games will not need to be translated again, and that the US censorship would fit the Euro censorship mostly).
But seeing that the european market was reacting differently to the games (Europe had not been affected by the krack that much, and was actually interested in Japanese-styled games) they decided to save money by keeping the same design as the Super Famicom for the Super Nintendo.
On the other hand, they gave the US one a different look. It's more square, so it looks more massive and "agressive". The carts have an "end label" as many US gamers would throw the box away, while on the other hand, almost all Japanese gamers and most European ones would keep them.
Also, the childish tone is also removed from the game pad, with purple buttons instead of the usual Red blue yellow green.
http://recycle4acause.files.wordpre.....10/06/snes.jpg
(and interesting feature is that unlike the Jap/euro version, the upper buttons are recessed.)
I still have one, though it's my moms and not mine. The first console I owned was the N64 (red, w/ red controller) and I still have games for it. Castlevania (which was actually the demo. Konami debuted it at the game fair, and the response was so positive that they released it as a game), Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness (which was the actual game Konami was going to release, but they released the demo first), Spider-Man and Spider-Man: Carnage in New York. I lost the Rumble Vest for it, though.
I still remember playing the old NES we had as a kid, with my mom royally kicking my ass at Super Mario Bros. until I got good enough at it to beat it. The shameful thing is, though, that I got so good at modern console games that I'm fucking terrible at the older stuff now. I used to beat Ganon in The Legend of Zelda with my eyes closed, and now I can barely get to him anymore. :/
I still remember playing the old NES we had as a kid, with my mom royally kicking my ass at Super Mario Bros. until I got good enough at it to beat it. The shameful thing is, though, that I got so good at modern console games that I'm fucking terrible at the older stuff now. I used to beat Ganon in The Legend of Zelda with my eyes closed, and now I can barely get to him anymore. :/
My fiance and I are "adults" now, so we are surfing eBay to buy any old consoles that our combined collection doesn't include. Sega Genesis and SNES are the two most recent ones. You'd be surprised how many SNES on eBay are yellowed like yours, even the refurbished ones! I can buy all old games for any system at eStarland. I get a thrill from opening up a newly-bought SNES game, blowing it out, plugging it in, and playing it for the first time, just like when I was a kid. It still gives me goosebumps and the exciting hope that it'll be an amazing game.
I miss the thrill of my friends jumping up and down beside us while we play, yelling directions like "KILL HIM! USE THAT! LOOK OUT!" and everyone makes that "AWWWW!" sound when the player dies. Honestly, I don't know why 2multiplayer games are becoming wi-fi only games, we have the technology to add as many players as we want and have enough Wii-motes to go around if friends bring their own. My favorite 2-player game will always be "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Manhattan Project." I miss having battles with friends in pvp games like Primal Rage or Street Fighter. There should be more 15-player pvp games set up like Super Smash Bros. It would be the most hectic epic battle ever!
I'd love to get out my old Game Genie and beat some of my old games that I couldn't beat when I was a kid. Finally see the some of the end bosses on those hard-to-beat games! Maybe that's what I'll do this weekend. :D *dusts off the NES* Thanks for the nice nostalgic reminder.
Feel better :)
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I miss the thrill of my friends jumping up and down beside us while we play, yelling directions like "KILL HIM! USE THAT! LOOK OUT!" and everyone makes that "AWWWW!" sound when the player dies. Honestly, I don't know why 2multiplayer games are becoming wi-fi only games, we have the technology to add as many players as we want and have enough Wii-motes to go around if friends bring their own. My favorite 2-player game will always be "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Manhattan Project." I miss having battles with friends in pvp games like Primal Rage or Street Fighter. There should be more 15-player pvp games set up like Super Smash Bros. It would be the most hectic epic battle ever!
I'd love to get out my old Game Genie and beat some of my old games that I couldn't beat when I was a kid. Finally see the some of the end bosses on those hard-to-beat games! Maybe that's what I'll do this weekend. :D *dusts off the NES* Thanks for the nice nostalgic reminder.
Feel better :)
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