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  1. Any retro gaming enthusiasts on the forum? Nintendo, Atari, Famicom, C64? :)

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    2. matroska

      matroska

      Got a Gameboy Play-it-loud (transparent) version on 12-1-1998 it was one of the last revisions of the gameboy. I loved it so much i think i still have the bill/warranty  somewhere(I still remember the shop name was LaOx and the city was Akihabara)  -sadly the thing packed up about 7 years later :(:( i also had one of em mandatory Chinese NES Knockoffs with contra, mario etc... used to trade cartridges and lost many of them and some were confiscated at school. There used to be a tuk-tuk driver near our home who used to be an avid gamer and Once the second set of game-pads went bust and I was hooked onto PC gaming gave it away to him no idea what happened afterwards cos i got to know he was in jail :D 

      I've been emulating everything from Gameboy ,NES,N64 to PS2 during the last few years.... thanks for reminding me of this i think it's time to download some roms and emulators :D 

    3. asrock

      asrock

      I also had a Chinese knock-off of the Atari 2600 I think (or at least the housing was the same), that my mom bought for me because I had completed all the games for the Game Boy and we couldn't find any new game cartridges in Kandy. I think I played it for 6 months or so and ripped it open when the joy stick cracked :D I remember that the middle part where you pop in the cartridge was not even wired. All the games were embedded, had like 100 shitty games.  @matroska I also emulated a game or two but I soon lost interest because you can't get the actual feeling of playing on an hand held or console.

    4. Davy

      Davy

      Nice! 

      The earliest memories I have of my childhood is of me playing Grand Prix on an Atari 2600 that belonged to my father. I may have been 4 or 5. Back then, there were no other games or consoles to compare it against, so it was the best thing that ever happened to me. :D I remember spending hours on that console and my father even got a second joystick so that I can play with him. 

      Then when I was about 7 or 8, I got a Chinese knock-off NES with all of the games I cherish to this day (I believe it's the same on that @matroska had, because mine had Mario, Contra, Gradius, Battle City (Tank 1990), Road Fighter, F1 Race, Galaga and many more in built games. The good thing about the console was that it had a functional NES cartridge slot. I was gifted many genuine Nintendo cartridges and I still have them.

      As for the consoles, we moved house in 2009 or so and my mother has thought the consoles are worthless and has "donated" them to some kid in the old neighbourhood. I discovered only a couple of years ago that they are gone. :( Those classic consoles are worth a lot these days and complete sets go for over Rs. 50,000 now.

      I too have been emulating my favourite games for a while now. However, there are Bluetooth wireless controllers now and I got a pair a few weeks ago. I must say that they've been the best thing I've purchased in a while. I can now run the game on a tablet or phone and cast it on the TV and it's just like the good old days again! :) The 8bitdo ones are the best IMO (the controls feel and behave like the real deal. And no input lag although it's wireless), but there are many cheap Chinese ones out there too. 

      I'm also thinking of getting the classic editions that Nintendo have been releasing, just for authenticity's sake. There's a NES, SNES, Atari and even a C64 mini edition that were released by the actual companies a few years ago. 

      NES Classic:

      https://www.nintendo.com/nes-classic/

       

      SNES Classic (this is the UK/Australia version):

      https://www.nintendo.com.au/snes-classic/

       

      Google "Atari Flashback" for the Atari 2600 and "C64 mini" for the Commodore 64 mini. 

       

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