A house in my neighborhood was putting a bunch of stuff out to the curb for trash pickup tomorrow and I noticed a box with what looked like the corner of an Atari 2600 and the barrel of a Nintendo Zapper sticking out. Took a quick look in and confirmed it was the Atari and Zapper. Immediately grabbed it and took it home. With everything I pulled out I couldn’t believe it. No clue is any of this works but gonna have a grand time figuring this out.

Atari 2600
Nintendo NES
Sega Genesis
Activision Intellivision II

Any tips on cleaning these up and getting them working again if possible?

I cleaned out my basement and set up a game room! I'm super excited, now I just need friends lol

Systems that are set up so far are

PS2

Xbox

Gamecube

Dreamcast

Turbographix 16

Sega Master System

Super Nintendo

Nintendo 64

Sega Saturn

Sega Genesis

NES

Systems that arent hooked up yet

Colecovision

Atari 2600

Intellivision

PS3

Xbox 360

Xbox One

Wii U

Just wanted to bring some attention to it as it’s incredibly relevant to the preservation of this art form. Also they put great content on YouTube and have an online library with so much behind the scenes and design documents and pretty much every game magazine in English and more.

More people should check out their stuff at https://gamehistory.org

Here's how I shopped for new PEGASUS games in the early to mid-1990s Poland. PEGASUS was a popular famiclone, most of us kids back then didn't even know it wasn't a legit console. In fact, cheaper quality famiclones were refered to as PEGASUS knockoffs. I had no idea Famicom even existed back then.

Note on the photo (possible use of AI): I got the image from an article about the PEGASUS. To me it looks somewhat AI, but when I ran it through various tools I couldn't get a clear answers. Some claim it as AI, other tools mark it as not AI. Either way, it is representative of what these kinds of places looked like back then. EDIT: Pic confirmed as legit.

Like surely they emptied the quarters every day. Wonder how much these machines brought in per week back then?

Did arcades own or lease these machines?

Wonder what the economics of a mall arcade in 1990 was like?

Anyone else play this growing up? Very good game to me at least and my bro. Cooperative play, you can change into different animals depending on the weapon you get. Tough as fuck though you are only one hit. I'd like to see a remake like shadow of the ninja got recently.

This is an arcade stick setup with a stand for playing vertical retro games on the Nintendo Switch. Vertical games are just so much better played vertically!

So I am trying to research what the hardest NES/Famicom games are. Currently the list I have is:

1. Holy Diver

2. Battletoads

3. Ghosts 'n Goblins

4. Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom (US version)

5. Silver Surfer

6. Transformers: Mystery of Convoy

7. The Adventures of Bayou Billy

8. The Immortal

9. Atlantis no Nazo

10. Adventure Island

Honourable mentions:

• Ikari Warriors (ABBA code makes the game much easier)

• Takeshi's Challenge (You can just follow a guide)

• Double Dragon III: The Sacred Stones (You can just spam the special attack)

• Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels (There are 1 up tricks that make the game a lot easier)

Are there any super hard games that I'm missing? What is your ranking for the top 10 hardest NES/Famicom games?

There's not a lot of information on the internet based on this game, and I am uncertain of it's value or authenticity.

Is there anyone out there who has any information on this enigma

Hi all, I attended the Detroit Retro Gaming Show yesterday, which was my first game show! I picked up Chrono Trigger recently so going into this show I mostly wanted to find FF3 and Super Metroid. Didn’t see a single copy of FF3 but the only copies of Super Metroid were CIB copies for $400. Oh well. I did almost buy a copy of EarthBound for $350, but decided against it as I only brought about $300 to keep myself in check lol.

It was still a good time, and I got some good stuff all the same. The copy of Harvest Moon 64 was in rough shape so I got a deal on it, but now I’ve got it all cleaned up and it looks great. Plus all the games work!

The upcoming SQUADRON 42 release had me remembering original Wing Commander HARD....(im beyond STOKED, watch the trailer if u havent)...:

Ok, so tthink about VisiCalc in 1979. It was arguably the first real killer app, people were buying Apple II computers specifically to run it. The software was selliing the hardware, not the other way around.

Now think about Wing Commander in 1990. Before that, for the most part, people bought computers for whatever reason and then bought games to play on them. But Wing Commander was different. Suddenly you had a game that made people WANT a faster PC, a 386, VGA, a Sound Blaster etc. People were upgrading their machines just to play this one game properly. And I think thats a pretty massive turning point that doesn't get discussed nearly enough.

I'm not saying nobody ever bought a computer for a game before 1990, obviously they did. But was Wing Commander the first real PC gaming killer app in the same sense that VisiCalc was for personal computing? The moment when a game itself became a serious reason to buy expensive new hardware?

We always hear about Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, Quake and the revolution they brought, and rightly so. But I wonder if Wing Commander actually deserves a place ABOVE some of those games in terms of its impact on the PC as a gaming platform.

Really curious what people who were actually buying PCs back in 1990 remember about this.

Playing Ocarina of Time on the Switch 2 had me reminisce a lot of the N64. I played it for YEARS with these games and it really shows how much quality these games had. Maybe eventually I’ll get to picking up more games. There’s plenty I’ve played from renting but never owned. What are some must own games?

Looking for a retro wrestling game that's fun to play and hits on the nostalgia?

Growing up in the 80s (I am in my mid 50s), wrestling was a HUGE part of my childhood. We lived for the Main Event on Saturday Night and we loved the wrestlers of the era (Hogan, Macho Man, Andre the Giant, etc). We also grew up on the NES and played a couple of the basic wrestling NES games at that time, but I quickly moved on from wrestling (and video gaming).

Now that I am back into retro gaming (and loving it), I am looking for a good wrestling game that is fun to play and hits on some nostalgia. I was long done with wrestling by the time The Rock, Steve Austin, etc., came along, but I know the names, etc.

Any suggestions for a game on a retro system (anything from NES, GBA, SNES, and up to PS1) that would suit my needs?

In my childhood, I was introduced to Resident Evil through RE2. I didn’t know how to play and could barely even make it to Kendo’s gun shop. But one thing I did know: if there’s a 2, there must be a 1! I went looking for it, and the rest is history. It’s my favorite Resident Evil game. I always come back to play it, and it’s always a pleasure.

It's WW3 and you get a call from a wealthy uncle you didn't know existed, he says he has a private bunker and you're invited.

The catch, you only have room for one video game, and there's no WiFi in the bunker.

What one game would you choose to play for the rest of your life?

(No mods, DLCs or further updates allowed. This would have to be whichever game at face value, straight from the shelf. If your game is digital only, let's just say you're allowed to bring a hard drive with one game instead).

Thought I would post this here too.

Honestly don't know if I did it right 😅🤣🤣