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[pugsandsuds]

Edit: wait...



I have never scene this movie and it’s the only movie I know of featuring the power glove other than

Seriously??? It’s ******* amazing. I *might* even be able to scrounge up a power glove next week while I’m back in Phoenix. Or at least 100 lbs of old Nintendo Power magazines

 

[arren]

I grew up with SNES & Genesis, etc, but the nostalgia for this makes as much sense to me as a love to see a comeback for pagers, payphones, and cassette tapes. Once you go PS4 level of graphics, how can you go back? Maybe I’m too much of a graphics snob, but I want Ready Player One kind of gaming, not OG Donkey Kong.

I can understand this sentiment for 8 bit games (they largely haven't aged well) but for the 16-bit stuff? That's classic gaming at its golden age. The sprite-based graphics hold up incredibly well - arguably better than the generations that came before and after it. People are still making sprite-based games and trying to make them look as good as they did back then. To this day I still haven't played a game as good as Link to the Past, Chrono Trigger, or Super Mario World.

I also grew up with snes (**** genesis, other than nba jam and sonic) but never was a huge gamer after high school, and even then, it was mostly madden and NHL. This is way easier than setting up an actual snes that lives in my garage, the controllers are pretty ****** despite buying new ones every three years and the console has a pretty bad freezing problem. All I want is earthbound, Mario rpg, and secret of mana. FF 3 is a nice touch (would’ve also loved 2) but even that was more than necessary. This is $80 well spent in my book, but I also don’t get much of a hard on for graphics.

I have one too, and it's surprisingly easy to mod the thing. I plugged it into my laptop and within five minutes I had Chrono Trigger, Turtles in Time, and other missing classics on the machine. If you want more deets, lmk.


I'm also through my first Earthbound run, and I think I'm enjoying it way more than I did back as a teenager. Guess I'm more appreciative of the gameplay and narrative now.

 

[drbenzo1]

I can understand this sentiment for 8 bit games (they largely haven't aged well) but for the 16-bit stuff? That's classic gaming at its golden age. The sprite-based graphics hold up incredibly well - arguably better than the generations that came before and after it. People are still making sprite-based games and trying to make them look as good as they did back then. To this day I still haven't played a game as good as Link to the Past, Chrono Trigger, or Super Mario World.


I have one too, and it's surprisingly easy to mod the thing. I plugged it into my laptop and within five minutes I had Chrono Trigger, Turtles in Time, and other missing classics on the machine. If you want more deets, lmk.


I'm also through my first Earthbound run, and I think I'm enjoying it way more than I did back as a teenager. Guess I'm more appreciative of the gameplay and narrative now.

Turtles in Time was an arcade game!!!!

Edit: and amazing!

 

[BigFrank]

Wtf....I thought I was in the wrong forum. You guys run out of beer?

 

[drbenzo1]

Wtf....I thought I was in the wrong forum. You guys run out of beer?

No just smithj2154

 

[Steve2]

Steve visited San Diego once too, he can either help or supply live oak

Steve @please

Obisteebkenobi, you’re our only hope.

Holy **** resident is canning? ISO.

FT: all the live oak.

 

[SerenityNow]

I have never scene this movie and it’s the only movie I know of featuring the power glove other than

Oh I know of another power glove scene


“Now I’m playing with power!”

 

[arren]

Turtles in Time was an arcade game!!!!

Edit: and amazing!

And also one of the best games on the SNES. My earliest gaming memories involve going over to my cousin's house and beating it with him.

 

[jwacky]

Fun couple of pages to read through. Always consider NES and SNES Classics but my original systems still work pretty damn good, not to mention having many of them via Virtual Console. Just dont move the consoles much when playing or they freeze, lol. They're fun to play with my son because they're simple enough for him to grasp. Also fire up the N64 on occasion for some Goldeneye 007.

 

[sdreaper]

LOL! You should have been here a few years ago when I let Andys buddies lose on the classics!

• “Where’s the save?”
• “Where’s the multiplayer?”
• “What’s the point of the game?”
• “What’s happening?”

We let them lose on Atari 2600 and NES. Watching them play T&C was amazing


#talk8bitorlessvideogames

Marble Madness....that will drive any sane person batty and any new gamer to quitting ever playing games again.

 

[jwacky]

Marble Madness....that will drive any sane person batty and any new gamer to quitting ever playing games again.

It is amazing the pure garbage we played as kids, and loved it. Times were different when you got one or two games a year and had to make do. Can't even county how many times I've fired something up and wonders, 'how the hell did I ever like this?'

#RBIBaseballIsLife

 

[sdreaper]

It is amazing the pure garbage we played as kids, and loved it. Times were different when you got one or two games a year and had to make do. Can't even county how many times I've fired something up and wonders, 'how the hell did I ever like this?'

#RBIBaseballIsLife

Zelda, the golden cartridge, and then a year or so later I got the second one. So much time was spent on just those 2 games. Was not allowed to play DuckHunt around the mother since she didn't approve of guns. Eventually, I think when my father setup a little tournament one weekend, she caved and let it happen.

Ahhhh memories.....

 

[arren]

It is amazing the pure garbage we played as kids, and loved it. Times were different when you got one or two games a year and had to make do. Can't even county how many times I've fired something up and wonders, 'how the hell did I ever like this?'

#RBIBaseballIsLife

I tried to play StarTropics a few months ago and quit after a while because I got stuck on some arbitrary gameplay ********. How did I like this game so much when I was a kid?

 

[jwacky]

I tried to play StarTropics a few months ago and quit after a while because I got stuck on some arbitrary gameplay ********. How did I like this game so much when I was a kid?

LOL, definitely a "WTF?" game for me as well. Yet somehow I never get tired of playing through Donkey Kong Country or Super Mario World over and over and over again. I can't seem to get in to any of the RPGs any more, though. Don't have as many opportunities to play them, so I tend to forget where I left off. I'd be lying if I said I've never set up Mario Odyssey outside and played while drinking beers and smoking cigars, though...

 

[smithj21541]

Fun couple of pages to read through. Always consider NES and SNES Classics but my original systems still work pretty damn good, not to mention having many of them via Virtual Console. Just dont move the consoles much when playing or they freeze, lol. They're fun to play with my son because they're simple enough for him to grasp. Also fire up the N64 on occasion for some Goldeneye 007.

Marble Madness....that will drive any sane person batty and any new gamer to quitting ever playing games again.

These pretty much sum up what I'm going for with my boy. I never considered myself a gamer but pretty much through high school I had some system in the house. NES classic seems like a great way to introduce him to games with taking over like an iPad.

 

[riko1]

I spent way too many hours playing Lemonade and Wizard on C64 when I was in high school. They weren't all that fun but they were stupidly addictive.

 

[rcubed1]

#RBIBaseballIsLife

I don't know, Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball was awesome. #TalkVideoGames

 

[Phischy1]

In HS we would play Mario Cart for hours. Eventually we put a piece of cardboard horizontally so you couldn't cheat and see where the other players was. Made it much more difficult and we had a no red shells policy. Winner always had the stop screen so they wouldn't have to break their neck looking up at the bottom screen.

 

[Stubs]

In HS we would play Mario Cart for hours. Eventually we put a piece of cardboard horizontally so you couldn't cheat and see where the other players was. Made it much more difficult and we had a no red shells policy. Winner always had the stop screen so they wouldn't have to break their neck looking up at the bottom screen.

*kart.

 

[Stubs]

I grew up with SNES & Genesis, etc, but the nostalgia for this makes as much sense to me as a love to see a comeback for pagers, payphones, and cassette tapes. Once you go PS4 level of graphics, how can you go back? Maybe I’m too much of a graphics snob, but I want Ready Player One kind of gaming, not OG Donkey Kong.

evilc troll account?

WTF?


Worst post ever on this site and that says a ton.

 

[sdreaper]

Mikkeller BA Cocoa Shake is quite delicious. More barrel character than the other BA shakes, not hot...nice chocolate flavors throughout.

Mikkeller Creme Supreme collab with Horus was a shocker too. Imperial cream ale with like lactose, cinnamon, something and something else (forgot, I know..terrible).

Was told to do a 50/50 blend....yeah....a slightly boozy chocolate malt is all I had in my glass. No beer at all, it magically disappeared or something.

 

[jwacky]

Mikkeller BA Cocoa Shake is quite delicious. More barrel character than the other BA shakes, not hot...nice chocolate flavors throughout.

Mikkeller Creme Supreme collab with Horus was a shocker too. Imperial cream ale with like lactose, cinnamon, something and something else (forgot, I know..terrible).

Was told to do a 50/50 blend....yeah....a slightly boozy chocolate malt is all I had in my glass. No beer at all, it magically disappeared or something.

Wrong forum.

 

[SanDiegoJoe2011]

NES - Little League Baseball

N64 - WCW / NWO Revenge

I could probably live the rest of my life playing only those two games, ha.

 

[rcubed1]

On another unrelated note.... milkshake IPA's? When did this become a thing. These beers aren't even IPAs to begin with.

 

[sdreaper]

On another unrelated note.... milkshake IPA's? When did this become a thing. These beers aren't even IPAs to begin with.

Everyone is attempting to copy it only because of the success TiredHands has had.

 

[souredstouts]

Mikkeller BA Cocoa Shake is quite delicious. More barrel character than the other BA shakes, not hot...nice chocolate flavors throughout.

Mikkeller Creme Supreme collab with Horus was a shocker too. Imperial cream ale with like lactose, cinnamon, something and something else (forgot, I know..terrible).

Was told to do a 50/50 blend....yeah....a slightly boozy chocolate malt is all I had in my glass. No beer at all, it magically disappeared or something.

Thank you, it ssounds like I will drive down to try it all tonight. Hopefully bring some back to the house where I can drink and play all the nes/snes games.

 

[DannyFullpint]

Green Cheek Cocohut is the best, most drinkable example of a Milkshake IPA.

 

[drbenzo1]

Green Cheek Cocohut is the best, most drinkable example of a Milkshake IPA.

What’s a milkshake IPA? A hazey?

 

[sdreaper]

What’s a milkshake IPA? A hazey?

freeze an ipa, then slowly let it thaw out and pour it when it looks like a slurpee (just add a billionty pounds of lactose first). There, milkshake ipa

 

[DannyFullpint]

What’s a milkshake IPA? A hazey?

Hazy IPA usually with vanilla and lactose. Omnipollo started this ******** with TiredHands, as mentioned.