Sumer

11 hours ago, nrslam said:

C'mon,the Atari 5200 and early 400/800 computers had 4 controller ports, and even the 2600 gave 4-player play with Warlords since you could hook 2 paddles to each of its two ports.  I love the N64, but 4-player was hardly revolutionary.

Warlords is still a great couch party game to this day.  The arcade cocktail is even better.  But yeah, Atari started the 4-player way of gaming, but, as someone said, Nintendo popularized it with the N64, due to the size of the game industry by that point compared to when Atari was pioneering the industry.

I know most of you probably only have ever played MULE on the NES, but if you ever find yourself with an Atari 800 computer, try MULE on that.  Much better than the NES version!

6.

By this time, after home console-ing with Atari 2600, NES, SNES, and Genesis/Sega CD, I moved over to PC gaming fully by 1995 or 1996.  I totally ignored the N64, though my little brother did get one and I played a very little bit with him.  I am not enamored with Mario 64 like many are...2D Marios are just so much more preferable to me, though Odyssey was a fun one.

The controller was also not very good in my opinion.  Sure, it was made with 3D games in mind, but, it really was awkward to play.  

The few times I DID have a really good time with a N64 was in college in the late 90s at a buddy's apartment.  Mario Kart 64 was a blast while drinking...it was a ritual for poor college kids: Get drunk while drinking cheap beer (Natty Light!) and play Mario Kart 64 before hitting the bars and clubs later that night already toasted and not having to pay the steeper bar/club prices.  

We also enjoyed Mario Golf with some brewskis too.

Capcom Arcade Stadium was #1 for me, along with the Ninja Gaiden pack.  Immediately downloaded Arcade Stadium, which is free with 1943.  Its a good package of mostly shooters (and fighting games, with some beat 'em up).  I like the arcade cabinet presentation.  Played 1943 and Ghosts n' Goblins for about an hour last night.  You can get G n' G for free until the 25th of this month, so anyone interested in this should download now!

I am also intrigued by the Project Triangle game.  I downloaded the demo, but will probably wait until this weekend to play it.

Just got my code and completed check out.  My wonderful wife spent a good hour while I was at work refreshing it not knowing what was going on until I told her.  I got home and tried 10 minutes myself.  When I went upstairs to change out of my work clothes, my wife took over.  As I was taking my drawers off, I hear a Ghostbusters-esque, "WE GOT ONE!"

20 minutes ago, Webhead123 said:

Wow! Has it been 30 years already? I still vividly remember the very first time I saw World Warrior at the local arcade. It was a whole new genre of game that I had never even heard of before. Blew. My. Mind.

Yep, 30 years last weekend (the 6th).  I also vividly have those same memories at my local Aladdin's Castle.  First week, no one knew what to make of the game, but we're having fun.  Second week, a small crowd of the "regulars" start getting a hang of the game and get to the four "bosses/masters."  Third week, the Aladdin's operator had to place an auxiliary monitor on top of the machine, as crowds had started coming into the arcade to see what the hell this thing was and there were crowds 10 people deep trying to get a glimpse.  

Frickin' phenomenal memories of the arcade machine.  The main reason I wanted a World Warrior and NOT Turbo or Super (I was considering Champion, but the PCB for World Warrior is so cheap compared to that one) were those memories.  SFII, though not reaching the heights of the Golden Age arcade scene, definitely saved my local scene and brought a "renaissance" to the arcade.

Played SFII: World Warrior cabinet in my basement arcade this weekend.  In honor of 30 years of the game this month!    I have it in a Dynamo cab with reproduction bezel, marquee, and CPO artwork/decals.

On 2/13/2021 at 5:11 PM, Murray said:

You already have been! 

I just want to say, I love your portrait of Tom Servo and Crow T. Robot.  I need that for my "MST Corner" of the office.

I went ahead and spent some platinum points on that key chain.  I had some that were going to expire and thought, "What the hell..."

I got my copy a day late from Amazon, and registered it last night before heading to bed.  When I woke up this morning, it was registered and the mission now shows completed...only took 8 hours for it to reflect with the physical version!

I would do Europe Duos again...like you said, it is definitely a map I would to keep learning.

GG to Fox and ZF on the Euro Duos!

12 hours ago, DoctorEncore said:

Try PMNLH7Y7TF5GMCKJ.

Already been redeemed, it says!  

Oh well, I have plenty of the other missions completed and registered my physical copy of Mario 3D World last night!

22 minutes ago, Dr. Morbis said:

No, people are into the Nintendo version because it's actually challenging; once you get to even a mediocre level of ability in Tetris, you can play the Tengen version forever... and that gets real boring real fast...

I think I am lower than mediocre, then.  

I have never been a good Tetris player, and really just enjoy it once in a great while, but especially when my wife and I play against each other.  She's good...too good...

On 2/12/2021 at 2:44 AM, Sumez said:

I'm not sure anyone likes Tengen Tetris, it's just popular because of its rarity and historical circumstances.

As a Tetris game it's really terrible.  

I do...see my comment above.  If I can get my wife to play a game with me with four kids for us to handle, it gets the nod ahead of the NES version.  I think it is a great version of the game.

On 2/11/2021 at 8:42 PM, Tulpa said:

I got the sense that the poll is primarily for the NES version. Licensed Nintendo.

Nope, Tengen version got my score of 8.    Just because it one of the few games I can get my wife to play with me recently.  Two-player Tengen is my favorite at the moment, but I am also not a big Tetris guy, so that is why I gave it an 8...I can do puzzle games once in awhile, but my wife loves them.

Nintendo version would be a 7 to me...just under Tengen due to no 2-player simultaneous.

4.  I have one that I got for my children years ago. They have fun with it, but the titles are pretty mediocre after a bit.  They haven't played it in about a year, but my wife just told me this week ,actually, that we should hook it back up for our younger kids (I have 4 of them...oi).  

Of note, at least on my Pico, the cartridges are VERY FINICKY to get to work correctly.  It may just be my unit, but we have to constantly to insert and re-insert the cartridge story books to get them to make contact with the pin connector.  The Mickey Mouse cart is extremely finicky when it comes to this and we can only get it to play about 25% of the time.

It is the 2020s

And it is time for

KLAX

On 1/31/2021 at 4:12 PM, twiztor said:

is Princess Peach the Sephiroth of the Mario series? she appears almost everywhere Mario does.

You might as well go for Bowser too...except for Mario 2 (US version).  Speaking of which, I want more Wart.  We need a another showdown with Wart in the Mario-verse!

4 (or 2 here in the US).  Loved it quite a bit...old school JRPG in the vein of Ultima.  I love the characters too (Palom and Porom for life!).  Spoony Bard.  Kain's jump.  Golbez who, to me at the time, had a strong resemblance to Darth Vader...

Man, loved that game.

Probably won't fit your needs, but KLOV is the "goto" community for arcade collecting, repairing, and restoration.  However, the KLOV forums is more about grabbing the original games and cabs and restoring them to pristine condition, or to discuss repairs.  Still, there is SOME MAME talk on KLOV, albeit in the minority of the site.  

Either way, eventually, you may run into a situation where you need to repair something on your MAME set-up, and KLOV is a repository of knowledge when it comes to repairing arcades. Scans of arcade flyers, arcade board documentation, and other tidbits you can go on a deep dive on.  Also, some people in the KLOV community produce some excellent reproduction cab art as well for sale.   I go by the same username over there (and same avatar), so definitely consider stopping by!  

9 for me.  One of the best...right after the NES and Sega Genesis.

I am also including the MVS arcade cab into this rating, and not just the AES console. I have a BIOS-modded AES now with about 10 games, but most of my memories were, of course, of the arcade cabinet.  Seeing the thing for the first time at Aladdin's Castle with four different games was a sight to behold.  I had seen and played a Playchoice 10, but everyone knew those were NES games and mostly used to preview new games to purchase for home use (in my case) or for the unfortunate kids who never got a NES (my good, best friend...his parents refused to get him one).  Lots of tokens/quarters got placed in the MVS cab to play Crossed Swords and King of the Monsters...my brother and I were hypnotized by that cabinet.

And my one super rich friend whose dad was a heart surgeon and would buy him anything...and that anything was an AES.  He had an AES as early as 1993 or so.  He suckered his dad into new games all the time through pool/billiard games. He would bet his dad he could beat him in pool and if he won, his dad would have to buy him an AES game to go along with his system.  Keep in mind, the AES carts at that point were (and are still are...it seems) $200 a pop.  After losing to his son three times and shelling out $600 for three new AES games, the dad wised up.

I was lucky that my good friend had an AES, as I got to go to his house quite a bit to play it.  Art of Fighting, though kinda crappy now, blew me away when I first played it in a LIVING ROOM setting.  My little brother begged my mom to force me to take him with me whenever I went to my friend's house.  My mom sort of asked me if I could ask my friend.  Of course, I never did ask my friend, and just came back and said, "Nope, he said he could only have me over."  I know...I was not a good brother back then.

Now, like I said, I have an AES now, but it never gets played.  I have a MVS cab in the basement 'cade and that gets the full attention.  It also helps that MVS carts are, by and large, MUCH cheaper than AES carts.  

I know I haven't really talked about the games, but just my fond memories regarding Neo Geo from that time period when it was current and new.  I guess it is not a 10 because my memories and attachments to the NES are just a wee bit stronger...and the price of the hardware and carts(I know...unfair).

One of the best...definitely on the All-Star Team of video game consoles.

18 hours ago, Mega Tank said:

@Mega Tank

@B.A.

@ZeldaFan042

@Jeevan

@0xDEAFC0DE

@Sumer

 

Invites sent for game 2! I accidentally made the game for 7 players, so we can use one more or once we all join we can just request an adjustment of players like we did one other time. 

Also looking for game 1, 3, 4 and 5! Sign up while you can! 

Hey Mega, I was only interested in Game 3.  I will pass on Game 2!  Thanks for the invite, though.

14 hours ago, Jeevan said:

same, so, ya, saturn and all

I actually have a Saturn stashed away...but just have too many other games to get to and don't have that strong of a desire to play this one.  You never know, though...

Never played it.  And, unfortunately, probably never will.

2 minutes ago, Jeevan said:

Well, @Sumer there are trivia games in the pack.  So it is similar, and there is ydkj in the pack as well i think.

Yep, i just checked, its there.  It is only 4 players tho.  But there are other trivia games in there.  Murder Mystery trivia was one we played.

Just doing some quick Google-fu and it appears to be apart of the wider YDKJ franchise.  Glad to see Jellyvision Games (or, I guess Jackbox Games now) is still going strong all these years later.