Retro Games

[Bulldog Force]

I really love the arcade games of the 90s, the ones that used to sit outside every corner store and hot food/fish and chip take away joint, wish I was more computer savvy and knew how to get them. One day if I get rich enough I'll pay someone to make an arcade machine for me with all the cool games on it.

My favourites were -
Fatal fury (and sequels)
Sunset Riders
King of the monsters 2
Aliens vs Predator
Knights of the round
Final Fight
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Art of fighting
World heroes 2
Samurai Showdown
Mortal Kombat 2
Cadillacs and dinosaurs
Mutation Nation
3 count bout
Warriors of fate

Apart from that, I also really loved mutant league football on the megadrive, and a bunch of msdos games like commander keen, stunts, cosmo's cosmic adventures, etc etc.

But yeah the arcade games have a special place in my heart because I remember never having enough money to play them as much as I wanted, they always left me wanting more.

Oh you don't need to be that tech savvy to do that mate. Just get someone to download MAME for you and those roms, then you can play them on your PC whenever you want. It's pretty easy.

 

[Dogs Of War]

Oh you don't need to be that tech savvy to do that mate. Just get someone to download MAME for you and those roms, then you can play them on your PC whenever you want. It's pretty easy.

Yep. I built my own cabinets before. Really the easiest way is to just buy an x-arcade controller (get the top one with the trackball built in).

http://www.xgaming.com/store/category/arcade-joysticks-and-game-controllers/


And get a old CRT TV (so the pictures looks better than what you get on a LCD screen which makes them too pixelated), and an old PC with S-Video out on the video card. Then your all done. Mame doesn't need anything special for games older than 2000.

Heaps of good frontends available so you can control everything with the joysticks.

http://www.dribin.org/dave/game_launcher/

Thats what I would choose, only because you can then make several lists for different systems ie C64, SNES etc, as well as different lists for the one system (ie 2 Player co-op games, Highscore challenge games etc) and it looks good on a CRT TV.

 

[Tone83]

Oh you don't need to be that tech savvy to do that mate. Just get someone to download MAME for you and those roms, then you can play them on your PC whenever you want. It's pretty easy.

I did actually try it before, about 5 years ago. Tried to download mame and all the roms I wanted. It just wouldn't work, typical of everything else I have ever tried to do with computers, lol. If memory serves I may have even downloaded viruses onto my computer and ruined it.

I don't know, I grew up around computers since I was a baby, my dad was a computer programmer, but for whatever reason I really suck at them.

 

[Bulldog Force]

I did actually try it before, about 5 years ago. Tried to download mame and all the roms I wanted. It just wouldn't work, typical of everything else I have ever tried to do with computers, lol. If memory serves I may have even downloaded viruses onto my computer and ruined it.

I don't know, I grew up around computers since I was a baby, my dad was a computer programmer, but for whatever reason I really suck at them.

It can be a tad fiddly which can be annoying - I believe you need to do a rom audit/refresh (something that I myself have also struggled with) so that's probably why it's best to get a guy who knows how to do it and show you the ropes from there. There are also a few MAME forums around with tech wizards who can answer your Q's online.

 

[Dogs Of War]

I will pm him tomorrow. Too hard to pm on a iPhone. I've been using mame since 2001. Have quite a knowledge on what you can do and what to tinker etc. plus I love mame so much.

 

[Bulldog Force]

I will pm him tomorrow. Too hard to pm on a iPhone. I've been using mame since 2001. Have quite a knowledge on what you can do and what to tinker etc. plus I love mame so much.

Actually mate, I'd love to get a CC copy of that pm if you wouldn't mind. The one real Q I have is that is it possible to remove games listed in MAME that don't have the roms and aren't working. Thanks dude

 

[Dogs Of War]

Actually mate, I'd love to get a CC copy of that pm if you wouldn't mind. The one real Q I have is that is it possible to remove games listed in MAME that don't have the roms and aren't working. Thanks dude

THat part is easy. It's why I use that front end (see previous post). Because I can nominate what games appear in the list, so I don't have 10 galaga's etc (though have multiple copies of the one game is great cause say on my highscore challenge list, I have it set to the hardest difficulty, minimal extra lives etc, while on a general list, I can use another copy at an easy difficulty level).

THe other thing is adding the hi score file, so even older games then save the high score.

 

[InFlames]

Just something that may be of interest.

Came across 'Super Mario World 64' for Sega Megadrive.





Its kind of funny that it has characters from the Wii U Mario brothers game on the cover & also has the intro voice to Mario 64.

Anyway its very glitchy. You basically need to learn all the glitches by dying before you can finish each level.

Anyways not a bad play, and its kinda cool to play Super Mario on a Sega console.

Also heard the same programmer did a version of Donkey Kong, so that's on the radar next.

 

[Bulldog Force]

What the heckles? That must be an indie game for sure. Just amazing - I've never seen such a hack ported to a cartridge console before.

I'm currently downloading all my YT videos as I don't have backup copies of them (as weird as it seems) so hopefully within the next 2 weeks, around Christmas time, I'll have the uploads back in swing.

 

[Bulldog Force]

I will pm him tomorrow. Too hard to pm on a iPhone. I've been using mame since 2001. Have quite a knowledge on what you can do and what to tinker etc. plus I love mame so much.

Hey man... did you get round to the PM?

 

[Bulldog Force]

Due to an unforeseen uploading error, part 2 of one of my videos was not uploaded, the incorrect version was, so this is the correct vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApBEa-woRbg

Also I'll start uploading again around Christmas time. Have a good break everyone!

 

[Bulldog Force]

A few games added between December and now... (multiple part link to vid #1 only, link to other parts should be in right-hand panel):

Psycho Soldier: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j-nO-wtyr8

Athena: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3cWLkD-FDo

Skull Girls (I know I know... hilarious title for a game): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nGemN2UsOY

Air Buster: Trouble Specialty Raid Unit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boJb1ClGS8E

Animaniacs (SNES): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEvqhvbiGRg

Super Fantasy Zone (Mega Drive): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK_9sefzxmU

Ghost House (only level 1): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy3kF-PmZas

Fantasy Zone (arcade): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31vLjmwyyLw

The following 3 were uploaded on Christmas Eve...

Christmas Lemmings:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crm58HQyUlY
Christmas NiGHTS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OoNKmLaRCA
Santa's Xmas Caper: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0QvlBKvQk0

Gran Turismo (only car accident replay): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgLXkRAfNSk

Fantasy Zone 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drhgkDcafzs

Animaniacs (Mega Drive, completely different to SNES): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guaQhmFRpTk

Airwolf: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAPA2Lr6zcY

Golden Axe (C64): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seTH6dcPzUc

Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxfLYA8jXEo

 

[Misanthrope]

Anybody remember an old Mac OS game called Escape Velocity? It spawned a pair of sequels (Override and Nova) that I think made the PC port.

Been itching to get back into it lately. Consumed a lot of my young life.

 

[Bulldog Force]

Certainly sounds familiar... but not the Mac version, the PC port. You should be able to run it on an x86 emulator.

 

[canberra_raiders2k2]

Can you upload some footage of that Super Mario on Mega Drive? Keen to see how it was ported.

Thanks mate.

 

[Bulldog Force]

Here are a couple of vids uploaded in the last few days...

Hereos of the Lance (Dungeons and Dragons) - Sega Master System - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwKPILbL38s - this game has true 8 bit music. Love it.

G.I. Joe - A Real American Hero (Arcade) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6AU8gTPdGg

Rocky - Sega Master System - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2Lick-jCDM

 

[Bulldog Force]

Ok these are my latest playthroughs for Sega Master System:

Alf: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA6lxK85bJk&feature=share&list=UUCPW1FhYKRu-l8GpeuPoqQw&index=4

Time Soldiers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSfjNcQ4tD4&feature=c4-overview&list=UUCPW1FhYKRu-l8GpeuPoqQw

Enduro Racer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNM-S8tE7So&feature=c4-overview&list=UUCPW1FhYKRu-l8GpeuPoqQw

R-Type (My 700th video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJWgWlNfzlI&feature=c4-overview&list=UUCPW1FhYKRu-l8GpeuPoqQw

 

[InFlames]

Wow Alf is definitely a weird game! R-type was awesome. Super R-type was one of my favourite games too.

 

[Bulldog Force]

Yeah I loved R-Type. It was one of the first side-scrolling shooting games I remember. I haven't actually played super R-Type though. Maybe something for me to invest in Alf was definitely a weird game, just threw that one in there for the sake of it lol.

 

[Bulldog Force]

Ok so I'm playing Saints Row 4, right (I know I know, not a Retro game), but then I come across this mission that shook the foundations of unbelievable to a whole new level. I know the SR games are known for having weird things, but this took it to a whole new level. A game called "Saints of Rage" based on "Streets of Rage" turns the game into a 16 bit beat 'em up, complete with exact same voices you'd hear in 16 bit games as well as one of those cheesy "winners don't use drug$" arcade things. Take a look for yourself (now my video footage).

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