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Creative Arts and Media => TV and Video => Video and Traditional Games => Topic started by: PotatoFur on September 20, 2024, 12:01:42 AM
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Just to be clear, I'm not referring to the arcade games on this site. I'm referring to retro arcade games like Pac-Man or 1943.
Mine's probably Burgertime because I like burgers and the animations for the burger parts look pretty cool ^_^ Plus it's actually kinda hard and I like a good challenge every once and awhile. The game play is pretty fun and unique as well!
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Heavy emphasis on that (s) --
Flicky comes to mind initially. . . I absolutely adore Flicky! Hitting those mean old nasty cats with flower pots and the likes - what fun! XP
GoldenAxe is also high up there - I've gotten really quite good at that one; I really like the multiplayer ones, as I always visit the arcade with my partner, and usually some of our friends. So really, it's a great time!
I finally had the chance the other month to play the Deluxe cabinet of OutRun - what a fantastic time! Those hydraulics - WOW! I already adore OutRun - but moving with the cabinet, what an absolute rush! ^_^
Crazy Taxi is faaarrrrr too recent to count as 'retro' ... But deserves a mention, because of how much fun it is to play that cabbie!
I love, love, love arcade games. It's been a passion for a very long time; it used to be impossible to find places in the U.K to really sink your teeth into these things.. So for the past 15 years, I've been popping into every arcade I see, and putting the worthwhile ones on this list; https://puppyland.neocities.org/vgarcade (https://puppyland.neocities.org/vgarcade)
I just adore them!
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Flicky looks like a cute game. ^_^ I'll have to try it some time!
I remember playing GoldenAxe on the Wii when I was younger! That game was fun :)
I don't think I've tried any of those driving games before, but they look pretty fun in all honesty! Haven't seen any near where I live though. Crazy Taxi especially looks fun, so at the very least I'll have to play the computer version of it.
Similar situation for me in all honesty. I really like arcade games, but where I live, It's easy to find fast food places that have a few analog arcade games inside, but actual dedicated retro arcade places are few and far between. :(
At the very least I have emulators to play arcade games on, but it's just not the same, you know?
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Well, never say die! I had no clue there were all of these wonderful arcades around me, 15 years ago; Google was useless, and I was really not sure where to go from there... Until a Videogame Art curriculum I was on in College took us to a local Free-to-Play arcade, thus listed on my site as 'TimeWarp' -- I was mindblown! To think that such a great place could exist so close to my home, and right under my nose, too!
After that, I followed my nose wherever it took me - I asked people in the area at events and places like boardgame cafés and geek meet-ups to see if anybody had any suggestions - I ducked into buildings which had the telltale signs (pac man, usually!) - I've been to a lot of duds, WAY many bowling alleys with a single airhockey table and a Mario Kart console for £2 a pop, or places which nigh entirely had gambling machines - yet, every so often, there would be a gem of a place!
Keep looking! You'll find places where you never dreamed you might find them! <3
Next time I go to our favourite, I'll make a list of must-play retro consoles <3
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I'll certainly keep looking! It's nice to know that someone's actually had luck finding retro arcades in their area, it's honestly really inspiring. ^_^
That's a good idea! If you do end up making it I'll probably have to take a look. Could be useful for finding retro arcade places if I can find locations online that have those consoles in them. :)
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Yes~ oh! And there's a chain of Arcade Bars in the U.K called NQ64; I'm checking one of thier locations out soon - can't wait to put it on my page, and to see their selection! The London location has the SEGA Maimai, which is -not- a retro one, it's very brand-new -- but oh, it is GREAT! XD
I've got a few more in the books to visit, at that.. Arcade Club has three locations, and I've only visited one! <3 And NQ64 has TWELVE, and I've been to NONE! o.O Kicking myself for not popping into the Edinburgh one last time I was there. Oh, well, I'll have to make another trip up 0:)
So I've somehow gone from 'Aaargh, I don't know any arcades other than the bowling alley!' to 15 years later; 'crud, I've got 15 arcades to try out....' -laugh- funny how these things happen!
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The SEGA Maimai looks cute! I'll have to see if I can find one in some of the newer arcades around here. ^_^
Yup, so don't beat yourself up over it, okay? :)
I know right? Having too much of something usually isn't a good thing, but this admitting doesn't seem like a bad problem to have lol. :P
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It's so exciting to think there are so many to explore! I've now even got a Konami E-Amusement pass, which you can use on all kinds of games to save your score - I love Jubeat the most, but it's also great for Pop'N Music, DDR, Dancing Stage, and one I can never remember the name of that is something like 'Star Festival' with a responsive light-up dancefoor...... Oh, the card skips the tutorials, and gives you a clear progress; it's awesome to finally have tracked one down!
So basically, I feel like a real arcade afficionado now B)
Say, a lot of events and conventions usually have a selection of arcade games - would be worth asking around one of those! MAGfest, which is next year in the U.S.A, has a great arcade, I'm told!
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All those rythem arcade games seem super fun! Plus, I've never actually seen an arcade game that let's people save their progress before. I'll have to take a look around next time I get an excuse to go to an arcade or possibly even make myself go outside for once (anxiety's fun lol). XP
Maybe one day, I'll be able to call myself an arcade devotee too...
That's a good idea, but I've never really been to any festivals/conventions before and transport might be problematic since I live across the boarder. Events like that might be a bit too far outside my comfort zone, at least for now. :S
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I believe in you~ I get nervous going outside on my own; but then I think about how much fun I'll have! "Do it scared; do it bored; do it stupid; but for the love of god, make sure you do it!" -- a good mantra that's been helping me not feel so scared of the outside world 0:)
It's terrifying the first time; it's scary the second! Then soon enough, it'll be as simple as tieing your shoes.
That's alright; they're usually annually, so there's always time :3
The arcade will wait for you to be ready - and it has a wealth of cabinets to explore!
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I believe in you~ I get nervous going outside on my own; but then I think about how much fun I'll have! "Do it scared; do it bored; do it stupid; but for the love of god, make sure you do it!"
Thanks for the encouragement and advice! It really means a lot. ^_^ Perhaps I should find some friends who can hold me accountable on following through with that. X3
That's alright; they're usually annually, so there's always time :3
That's good to know. :)
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I believe in you~ I get nervous going outside on my own; but then I think about how much fun I'll have! "Do it scared; do it bored; do it stupid; but for the love of god, make sure you do it!" -- a good mantra that's been helping me not feel so scared of the outside world 0:)
It's terrifying the first time; it's scary the second! Then soon enough, it'll be as simple as tieing your shoes.
;w; Oh gosh I love those words of encouragement! I sometimes have those fears too; more often than I used to, but man :3 I should get on that and just go out more.
As for Arcade Games: I think I was a dumb impressionable kid and always went for those with the flashy way of playing them xD like racing games. Daytona USA comes to mind, but I'm a bit worried that it's not considered retro enough! (I respect you, purists!)
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DAAAYTONAAAA!!!! Daytona is great. I don't think there's a single racing cabinet that I don't enjoy~ though I certainly have my favourites :P
Getting up and going out is the hardest part - I get out a lot these days, but I keep having to remind mysef that I -like- going and meeting my friends XP
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Daytona USA looks fun, though I've never tried it myself.
Maybe it's because I live in Canada?
Same lol. It's one thing to play a game on a computer and a whole other to actually go outside for a bit to go to an arcade. X3 And possibly even socialize as well. D:
Daytona USA comes to mind, but I'm a bit worried that it's not considered retro enough! (I respect you, purists!)
Haha, don't worry. I'm a Gen Z and Daytona came out in 1994, so it mine as well be retro in my book. ^_^
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In that case.. I can probably list a whole lot more arcade games! XD XD XD
Oh, there was that fully cel-animated one from the 80's, Dragon's Lair.. Which I have actually played the cabbie of.
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I hate to say it, but they were kind of right when they said that this thing was way hard, and that it was designed to guzzle your coins - the partner and I keep trying to go back to it on a free-to-play machine, and we can barely get past the first scene! XD
There's got to be some kind of trick I'm missing... It seems an impossible feat! Though it is still wonderful as the marvel of revolution that it was for videogames as a whole. <3
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Wow! From what I'm seeing online, Dragon's Lair does look revolutionary for its time! :o I think I might recognize it as well, it feels vaguely familiar...
There's got to be some kind of trick I'm missing...
You could just look up a guide online.
By the way, I've just realized that the word "arcade" is miss spelled and now I feel dumb... :(
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Oh, it was absolutely ground-breaking; and doesn't it just look fantastic!? It was so wonderful to find an original cabbie in person for that bad boy! It was tucked in the far corner of the top floor, as well - presumably to keep it further from the kids that would wander through and smack up the poor Simpsons cabinet XD XD
I was like -- OH, I KNOW YOU GUYS KNOW THIS IS AWESOME TO HAVE, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S TUCKED IN THE BACK!
It's quite a trek for us, as it's rather far away from where we are - but Arcade Club Bury has a copy of Dragon's Lair, and well, I have to have a go every time we end up in the area! ^_^
You could just look up a guide online.[/s] Just keep on trying! Maybe try taking physical notes on what does and doesn't work. That's actually helped me with some video game before. :)
Unfortunately, it's not that kind of game! Or, moreso... I know exactly what has to be done, but executing that is ... :? My partner and I have been calling it 'the ultimate timing check' every time we've attempted it XD Well... To explain what I mean a little more.. Take a look at this bad boy!
https://www.dragons-lair-project.com/games/related/walkthru/lair/easy.asp (https://www.dragons-lair-project.com/games/related/walkthru/lair/easy.asp)
YUUUP - that walkthrough has specific frames! That's how quickly you have to act! It's one tough customer. But it seems so simple! @.@ ONE DAY! One day, I will beat you, Dragon's Lair!
By the way, I've just realized that the word "arcade" is miss spelled and now I feel dumb... :(
I hadn't even realised! -shock- well, it's no biggie; plus, I think you can edit it if you edit the original post, perhaps? ^_^
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Whoa, that does seem difficult. :o Even at (30?) FPS, that many frame perfects is difficult and straining to attempt. It's definitely peeking my curiosity though, so I'll have to try and find a cabinet of it or at the very least play it on an emulator. Hopefully that guide you listed will help me out. ^_^
@.@ ONE DAY! One day, I will beat you, Dragon's Lair!
That's the spirit! You guys WILL beat it one day whenever you have the time to just grind it a bunch. XD I know from experience with those sorts of games.
I hadn't even realised! -shock- well, it's no biggie; plus, I think you can edit it if you edit the original post, perhaps? ^_^
True, and that's a good idea! Unfortunately, I don't really know how to do that! :P
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I believe there's been a few PC ports of Dragon's Lair! Perhaps I ought to practice with those? It's probably a lot different when you've got your hands on the joystick, though XD a completely different tactile experience! Like when you play a recent port of a NES game, and suddenly you have SO.. MANY... BUTTONS...... Instead of A, B, start, select, and directionals XD XD THE SWITCH HAS, LIKE, AT LEAST 8 EXTRA BUTTONS! Mercy, have mercy!
Humm, maybe if you go to the first post, and select 'modify', you'll get it?
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I believe there's been a few PC ports of Dragon's Lair! Perhaps I ought to practice with those?
If it gives you more time to play, then you should if you ask me! The only thing you have to focus on is the game, while in an arcade you have to deal with all the noise and people in the room. It's better for practicing games in my humble opinion. 0:)
SO.. MANY... BUTTONS...... Instead of A, B, start, select, and directionals XD XD THE SWITCH HAS, LIKE, AT LEAST 8 EXTRA BUTTONS! Mercy, have mercy!
Makes sense. On keyboards though, I haven't actually encountered that issue. But then again, playing on a keyboard has a different feel than with the actual intended controls, so maybe it's not the best way to play retro games (from a control stand point). :)
It's probably a lot different when you've got your hands on the joystick, though XD
That's a good point actually. Physical arcade buttons do not press or retract as fast as mouse or mechanical keyboard buttons do, so fast inputs are much harder or even impossible to preform in some cases. :o
Humm, maybe if you go to the first post, and select 'modify', you'll get it?
That worked! Thanks. ^_^
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If it gives you more time to play, then you should if you ask me! The only thing you have to focus on is the game, while in an arcade you have to deal with all the noise and people in the room. It's better for practicing games in my humble opinion. 0:)
True! But then my mind asks - "why not just go to the Arcade and practice with the cabbie itself?" -- and then I get locked in a tussle between "The point of playing the game isn't to win, it's to play the game!" and "But if you can't progress without doing the easier method, how will you learn the rest of it!?" -- I accidentally gave my partner a complex about using QoL measures in newer ports of older games, because I didn't personally like using them - and they go "well, now I feel like I need to match your power!" -- I joke about it being a complex, we're joyfully co-operatively competitive when it comes to this kind of thing :nerd: "You push me, I'll push you! We'll both get better!" XP
Makes sense. On keyboards though, I haven't actually encountered that issue. But then again, playing on a keyboard has a different feel than with the actual intended controls, so maybe it's not the best way to play retro games (from a control stand point). :)
The only problem I have, is that they keep trying to tie extra 'helpful' buttons into more recent ports, that you can't turn off :S 'This one rewinds! This one pauses! This one opens a sub-menu! This one speeds it up!' -- For some reason, I'm having this problem playing the MegaMan Legacy Collection - I keep pausing MegaMan 5 at integral moments... T_T Plz, sir, am trying to dish it to Star Man's bishie face! Though it seems to be a CAPCOM oddity mostly; I had no problems with any of the ports of my other favourites, like the Mother trilogy on the NSO service (or the prior ports on the WiiU and 3DS) ^_^
That's a good point actually. Physical arcade buttons do not press or retract as fast as mouse or mechanical keyboard buttons do, so fast inputs are much harder or even impossible to preform in some cases. :o
Not to mention input lag, refresh rate, messing with Vsync, so on... @.@ Sometimes just setting up MAME is a headache in of itself if you know exactly what you want. You can get a crash-course in the easier version of this by talking to any Smash Bros. Melee fans; it's not got exactly all of the same bells and whistles as emu'ing an arcade game, but you'll learn a lot of the jargon verrry quickly. Oh yeah, we're serious nerdarinos :nerd: :nerd: :nerd:
Of course, a lot of ports will take that in their own hands, but... T_T For better or for worse, sometimes.
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I accidentally gave my partner a complex about using QoL measures in newer ports of older games, because I didn't personally like using them - and they go "well, now I feel like I need to match your power!" -- I joke about it being a complex, we're joyfully co-operatively competitive when it comes to this kind of thing :nerd: "You push me, I'll push you! We'll both get better!" XP
I don't know what a QoL measure is, but the whole "joyfully co-operativley competitive" thing sounds adorable! X3
The only problem I have, is that they keep trying to tie extra 'helpful' buttons into more recent ports, that you can't turn off :S
I understand them adding quality of life features to those older games, but not allowing them to be turned off kinda ruins the point. They're supposed to help you play the game, not hinder you because your hand slips a few centimeters off one of the buttons and onto another. >:(
Not to mention input lag, refresh rate, messing with Vsync, so on... @.@ Sometimes just setting up MAME is a headache in of itself if you know exactly what you want. You can get a crash-course in the easier version of this by talking to any Smash Bros. Melee fans; it's not got exactly all of the same bells and whistles as emu'ing an arcade game, but you'll learn a lot of the jargon verrry quickly. Oh yeah, we're serious nerdarinos :nerd: :nerd: :nerd:
I don't know what half that jargon means, but it sounds really cool... :o :o :o
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QoL = Quality of Life, sorry XP weird acronyms!
I don't know what half that jargon means, but it sounds really cool... :o :o :o
-Chanting- ONE OF US! ONE OF US! ONE OF US! -- It's mostly to do with the speed of displaying your video that the monitor it was geared to run on, VS the speed your current monitor can do it.. A.K.A Refresh rate, the speed in which the screen displays new images. Believe it or not - CRT monitors (which a lot of - but not all - arcade games ran on) typically trounce LCD monitors on refresh rate. So you need to adjust your settings -- that's before getting into PAL and NTSC... Which I admit, all of this, I have a passing knowledge of explaining - I realise now that explaining it is a lot different from doing it :nerd:
Also; speaking of CRT made me remember.. Pop'n Music! One of my favourites! Not 'retro' by any means - but oh, what a fantastic rhythm game with a gorgeous style! I love that game so very much. My E-Amusement pass might be worth it for this game alone~ <3
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that's before getting into PAL and NTSC... Which I admit, all of this, I have a passing knowledge of explaining - I realise now that explaining it is a lot different from doing it :nerd:
Is PAL and NTSC the different versions of games developed for areas with different outlet power standards or something like that? Also, don't worry about it! I couldn't explain a single thing about math, for example, even though I'm in a grade 12 math course lol. XP But yeah, doing and explaining are completely separate skills.
Pop'n Music! One of my favourites! Not 'retro' by any means - but oh, what a fantastic rhythm game with a gorgeous style! I love that game so very much. My E-Amusement pass might be worth it for this game alone~ <3
1998 is close enough to retro from my perspective lol. It looks fun! It seems to have a neat art style from what I'm seeing online. :)
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Is PAL and NTSC the different versions of games developed for areas with different outlet power standards or something like that?
More-or-less! It harks back to analog television; different countries would have different colour standards. PAL (Phase Alternating Line) runs at 25 frames per second and runs on a 50hz current; whereas NTSC (National Television System Committee) runs at 29.97 frames per second, and runs on a 60hz current. You can get adaptors for this kind of thing, but it's an absolute nightmare sometimes (not to mention cables; you try putting a RGB SCART plug in an American Telly! They tend to use composite A/V cables!) -- it's a whole thing in of itself.
1998 is close enough to retro from my perspective lol. It looks fun! It seems to have a neat art style from what I'm seeing online. :)
Wha-- Hey! That means that I'm close enough to retro, too!
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it's an absolute nightmare sometimes (not to mention cables; you try putting a RGB SCART plug in an American Telly! They tend to use composite A/V cables!) -- it's a whole thing in of itself.
What does a SCART and "composite A/V cable" do? :o
Wha-- Hey! That means that I'm close enough to retro, too!
And that's not a bad thing! Just means you're wiser than me. ^_^ Probably...
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What does a SCART and "composite A/V cable" do? :o
Oh! Well, a SCART cable is a 21-pin cable which does both composite and RGB video, stereo audio, and digital signalling - and composite A/V is your RCA/Coaxial, the red/white/yellow - with Yellow being Composite video, and your White/Red being stereo. You can get both SCART to RCA and RCA to SCART, but typically, RCA is used in America, and SCART is used in Europe - the rest of the world I couldn't tell you, because I'm from Europe and I've only bought consoles and other hardware from the USA :? and even then, I'm speaking off of the top of my head - so take it with a pinch of salt!
but most things tend to just use HDMI these days.
And that's not a bad thing! Just means you're wiser than me. ^_^ Probably...
'Probably' is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentance, methinks XD All of the stuff I'm wise about ain't no use no more!
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'Probably' is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentance, methinks XD All of the stuff I'm wise about ain't no use no more!
I don't mean anything bad by it, I promise! :pout: Also, that's not true! That stuff could still be useful if you ever wanted to use older tech. People do that all the time for retro gaming, learning how stuff works, etc! ^_^
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True that~ don't worry, I was only joshing! XD XD
Hmm, the only gripe I have is that half of this was used on consoles as recent as the WiiU! XP Oh, but I'd suppose it's already outdated; every console uses HDMI now, doesn't it?
Ah well - we'll run the arcade off of the cables that I know where to put in which plug!