Popular Post Xela Posted November 20, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted November 20, 2016 I perfected my joystick waggling on this which has served me well into later life 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 My CV for devices is very small. Spectrum - SNES & Megadrive (Oh yes, I doubled up) - Playstation (briefly, but sold it a short while later as needed the cash) Aside from PC's and laptops, that's it. I am considering dipping my toes into the world of modern consoles... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 This may be a bit of a ramble. I started on the MSX when I was about 7. Got one for Christmas. One of these: The specs was slightly better than the Spectrum ZX but not quite as good as the C64. IIRC the C64 had the better graphics chip than anything else but the MSX had the better CPU and sound chip. I used to write stuff in MS-BASIC and made a few decent (for me) games at the time. Took ages to code sprites in BASIC and I hated arrays (dims) at that time as I couldn't get my head around them. I now realise that the MSX was a standard published by Microsoft that manufacturers could build to and guarantee compatibility between systems, where other platforms were closed. It was the precursor to the IBM PC standard and it was pushed by Microsoft and MS-BASIC was an early version of VB I feel a bit dirty now.. I remember doing the RUN CAS: after rewinding the tape, pressing play, putting the volume as high as it would go without distorting, rewinding again then pressing play with the earphone jack plugged in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Right, you retro gamers. I need help remembering the name of an arcade game I used to play in the early 90's! It was a platform adventure game. Character was a cartoony kid. It wasn't Alex Kidd, but the game was similar. Any immediate ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted November 20, 2016 Author Moderator Share Posted November 20, 2016 Oh Gauntlet ! FFS. Oh @Tegis you've given me a nostalgia overload. I just want to be 15 again. Oh my word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 45 minutes ago, Xela said: Right, you retro gamers. I need help remembering the name of an arcade game I used to play in the early 90's! It was a platform adventure game. Character was a cartoony kid. It wasn't Alex Kidd, but the game was similar. Any immediate ideas? Need a bit more to go on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LakotaDakota Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 1 hour ago, Xela said: Right, you retro gamers. I need help remembering the name of an arcade game I used to play in the early 90's! It was a platform adventure game. Character was a cartoony kid. It wasn't Alex Kidd, but the game was similar. Any immediate ideas? Guessing it was probably Wonder boy but could also have been Wardner Both mid to late 80's but were still around in a few chip shops & video shop arcades in the early 90's 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobler Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Talking of Wonder Boy. This is one of the best games ever made. Probably because it's the first game I played which is now known as a Metroidvania style game where you would have to revisit old areas after unlocking certain skills. I'd genuinely like to see a really well made remake of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 The restaurant in our neighbourhood had two arcade games which games they changed sometimes. The ones I remember the most was Bubble Bobble and Ghost & Goblins. One I remember fondly from Spectrum was the game Sabouteur. It aged badly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Yes! @LakotaDakota It was Wonder Boy! It was the only arcade machine at a hotel in Malta in the early 90's and I spent most of my free time paying it! The noises make me nostalgic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nobler Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Super Adventure Island was a massive Wonder Boy rip off. I dunno how they got away with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Another of my go-to arcade games as a kid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Played this to death as an 11 year old in Majorca. The trick was to be Brazil and shoot from one exact location on the edge of the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunRickyRun Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 How to get the most out of the C64 sound chip courtesy of Ben Dalglish: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straggler Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Match day was the start of a gaming habit that has lasted a life time. the art of going diagonally still serves me pretty well in modern football games to this day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stevo985 Posted November 22, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted November 22, 2016 Here's my retro CV ZX Spectrum ZX Spectrum 128k Commodore 64 Lynx BBC Computer NES I went from NES to N64 and I refuse to acknowledge the N64 as retro. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Spoiled only child by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 c64, original gameboy, snes, n64 A c64 classic... comes with Tanks (made in China) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted November 23, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted November 23, 2016 (edited) 8 hours ago, AVFCDAN said: Spoiled only child by any chance? Nope, not at all. I have two siblings and my family was pretty poor. I just had a Dad who was mad about computers and car boot sales I played most of them years and years after they came out. While everyone else was playing NES I was still rocking the Spectrum 128K and the rest of them. The only one of those machines that was actually "mine" (as in specifically bought for me) was the NES Edited November 23, 2016 by Stevo985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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