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#1 Kalimaster

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Posted 30 June 2016 - 01:15 PM

Q-Bert is one of those old Arcade games that you hardly ever see anymore, other than a really rare one sitting off in the corner of some pizza parlor. The main character (Q-Bert) was kinda cute, and you had to be on your toes and fast at hitting the buttons. Sadly, this game just is not around anymore. While it was not a fancy game, it was still fun to play.

#2 Burke IV

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Posted 01 July 2016 - 02:33 AM

M.a.m.e probably plays Qbert and a huge amount of other stuff. Roms are out there if you look for them.




#3 Lily from animove

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Posted 01 July 2016 - 04:56 AM

anyone remebering this

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Or psychohopper?

who invented these "characters" or setups? must be some very stoned devs.

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Posted 01 July 2016 - 02:13 PM

View PostLily from animove, on 01 July 2016 - 04:56 AM, said:

anyone remebering this

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Or psychohopper?

who invented these "characters" or setups? must be some very stoned devs.


I play that devilish game on my Atari ST. It is beyond evil.



#5 Mister Blastman

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Posted 02 July 2016 - 06:56 AM

View PostMarack Drock the Unicorn Wizard, on 01 July 2016 - 07:37 PM, said:

Got all you beat, and I am probably the youngest person here too.




I played that all the time back in the early 80s. Posted Image That along with Crystal Castles, Joust, Reactor, Pac Man, Asteroids and Enduro Racer (and a bunch others such as Star Raiders and Starmaster). You need a good emulator like I have to simulate a proper crappy old CRT if you don't have one:


Edited by Mister Blastman, 02 July 2016 - 06:57 AM.


#6 Mister Blastman

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Posted 02 July 2016 - 07:42 AM

View PostMarack Drock the Unicorn Wizard, on 02 July 2016 - 07:10 AM, said:

I have old crappy CRT's. I even have an original Commodore monitor for the VIC-20 (which I also have). Old computers and gaming consoles are my life.Currently getting my hands on a Magnovox Odyssey.


Hot damn. I've got a Tandy RGB monitor from the 80s (amazing screen for my 8088/80286) and a couple DOS era CRTs (one early 90s, other late 90s), plus old consoles and games. My favorite items are my two Roland synthesizers I hook up for DOS games, the MT-32 and SC-55.

That Commodore monitor is gold.

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Posted 03 July 2016 - 06:08 PM

I remember playing Q-bert off of an old Floppy disk...

#8 SnagaDance

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Posted 04 July 2016 - 01:49 AM

View PostMister Blastman, on 02 July 2016 - 06:56 AM, said:





Oh god, Battlezone! The only game I probably put more time in on the 2600 was River Raid. Posted Image

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Posted 04 July 2016 - 03:54 AM

I had the arcade version of Battlezone on an older now defunct computer. The tanks and everything were only composed of green lines. Talk about retro.

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Posted 04 July 2016 - 04:57 AM

View PostMister Blastman, on 02 July 2016 - 07:42 AM, said:


Hot damn. I've got a Tandy RGB monitor from the 80s (amazing screen for my 8088/80286) and a couple DOS era CRTs (one early 90s, other late 90s), plus old consoles and games. My favorite items are my two Roland synthesizers I hook up for DOS games, the MT-32 and SC-55.

That Commodore monitor is gold.



I cant remember the details but there is some sort of refresh rate issue with the NES (possibly others) that means it only really syncs up with a CRT. The lag of a modern display means certain tricks are not possible.


Edit: lol battlezone. I didnt think the atari had graphics as advanced as that. I only ever saw games like defender and pitfall.


http://www.old-compu...ews/default.asp

Edited by Burke IV, 04 July 2016 - 05:06 AM.


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Posted 05 July 2016 - 01:27 PM

I had those mini arcade box, one with Pac Man and one with QBert. I could never stand QBert, i tried but it drove me nuts each and every time. i dont think i ever cleared level 2.

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Posted 06 July 2016 - 12:10 AM

Cool hobby. I wouldn't have the space to store all those systems, let alone play on them, but I always appreciate someone giving these old systems some love. Posted Image

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Posted 06 July 2016 - 07:40 PM

View PostMarack Drock the Unicorn Wizard, on 05 July 2016 - 03:51 PM, said:

I have an IBM 5150, Amiga 800xl, Commodore 64, Commodore +4, Commodore VIC20, Tandy 1000, IBM PC-XT 5160, Compaq Armadas (I have every model), Sinclair Spectrum, Commodore PET, Atari 500, two compaq desktops running Win95, a Dell running 98, etc.

I have for consoles (as of today): Magnavox Odyssey, Atari 2600 Vader, NES, SNES, Sega Genesis (both models), Sega CD, Sega Saturn, every iteration of the Gameboy, Atari Jaguar, Atari 2800, Coleco Vision, Playstation One, Playstation, Playstation 2, Xbox original, Nintendo 64, Wii, Wii-U, 3-DS, N-DS, and a few more I probably can't remember.

I collect these and restore them as a hobby.

Edit- Sega Dreamcast


That's one hell of a collection! :)

I've got a Tandy 1000 TX, 1000 RL, a P200 (with AWE 32, midi and Voodoo 2--hook my rolands up to this), a P3 850, countless motherboards, Atari 2600, SNES, Sega Master System, Neo Geo, and a few other consoles. But my prizes are the CRT monitors. Those are harder and harder to find and old games don't look right on LCD.





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