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Post by snackplissken on Oct 24, 2023 12:35:00 GMT
Never really got into Carmageddon. I remember a friend had it, and he'd be all excited about playing something he shouldn't.. same for Postal and Hexen. I haven't spoken to him in years. I bet he's in prison.
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Post by Psiloc on Oct 24, 2023 13:02:44 GMT
Ha, well there was an element of that. I don't know if it was just me, but at the time it came out the proto-open world nature of Carmaggeddon absolutely blew my mind. I remember just driving around, doing jumps and exploring. This was at a time when "you're not stuck to the ground", "you could even go backwards if you wanted to" were genuine selling points for driving games so it was quite the leap
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Post by rhaegyr on Oct 24, 2023 13:03:44 GMT
I miss car combat games - had a ton of fun back in the day with Twisted Metal and Vigilante 8.
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Post by Fake_Blood on Oct 24, 2023 13:21:26 GMT
Carmageddon ran like shit on my P100. There was some novelty to running over pedestrians back then, GTA did it too.
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Post by snackplissken on Oct 24, 2023 14:00:46 GMT
Yeah running over pedestrians is always enjoyable. I always wanted to figure how what racing game I played on my brothers Amiga, where you could run over the pit crew.
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Post by Lizard on Oct 24, 2023 18:12:36 GMT
Carmageddon was awesome. The gore was fun, but I kept coming back for the fantastic track/world design and, most of all, the physics. Smashing the shit out of other cars and watching them deform was so good. I always expected that crash damage and deformation would be standard in racing games today, more fool me...
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Post by Lizard on Oct 24, 2023 18:13:52 GMT
I miss car combat games - had a ton of fun back in the day with Twisted Metal and Vigilante 8. I saw a promo for a TV series of Twisted Metal and thought 'rather have a game'. |
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Post by technoish on Oct 24, 2023 19:57:03 GMT
Demolition Derby was my fave. Loved the soundtrack! Was one of those where the music was playable like a CD.
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Post by Lizard on Oct 24, 2023 20:05:50 GMT
DD2 was even better. Great track design for that type of game. I still think Black Sail Valley is one of the coolest tracks in a game.
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Post by Aunt Alison on Oct 24, 2023 23:12:32 GMT
Demolition Derby was so much fun. especially driving head long into the centre and going flying up into the air
Wreckfest is OK but it doesn't have any of the personality that DD had. The silly characters and commentary really added to it
Carmageddon, Quarantine, Interstate 76 - there were quite a few for a while. Just one of those genres that seems to have fallen out of fashion for some reason
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Post by snackplissken on Oct 27, 2023 8:24:28 GMT
Finally got round to hacking the Vita, which was an easy process. As much as I've enjoyed playing PSP titles.. on my PSP, I didn't want to amass a huge collection of UMDs for titles, that I may play once, or twice.
I did get one last physical title for the PSP, and that was Outrun 2006. What a game!
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Post by timmywimmywoo on Oct 27, 2023 18:57:03 GMT
Carmageddon was awesome. The gore was fun, but I kept coming back for the fantastic track/world design and, most of all, the physics. Smashing the shit out of other cars and watching them deform was so good. I always expected that crash damage and deformation would be standard in racing games today, more fool me... I loved Carmageddon 2. I bought it at Xmas in 1998 at the same time as my parents let 13-year-old me buy my own PC using my savings. P2 350 with a Riva TNT. Anyway, the deformation in Carma 2 was amazing – it was incredibly satisfying splitting an opponent in half by ramming them into the corner of a wall or a lamp post. I genuinely don't think a game's come close to that satisfying 'clink' when the car doesn't smash but splits nearly in half. |
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Post by chug666 on Oct 27, 2023 19:54:53 GMT
I miss car combat games - had a ton of fun back in the day with Twisted Metal and Vigilante 8. Vigilante 8 was ace. Someone needs to remaster that pronto, it would be perfect on switch 👌 |
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Post by timmywimmywoo on Oct 27, 2023 19:56:22 GMT
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Post by chug666 on Oct 27, 2023 20:02:07 GMT
Just wouldn't be the same without the down down up mortar shot- hard wired muscle memory!
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Post by Blue_Mike on Oct 30, 2023 19:10:40 GMT
2007 era 3D animated Carl. *shudder*
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Post by lukasz on Oct 31, 2023 3:26:15 GMT
Finally acquired a vintage Gateway 2000 15" Vivitron to complete my Pentium 75 machine... everything here is authentic to a mid-90s Gateway 2000, even the Altec Lansing speakers, and is pretty much what I had back in 95 apart from mine had a 486 DX2-66 inside, not a P75! There is something completely magical about gaming on a CRT, you just can not beat it 
It's beautiful! Carma 2 was amazing. I remember the city map was very big. Scared to actually check cause I presume it's really small by modern comparisons. But back then. So big! |
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Post by rajin on Nov 8, 2023 9:18:43 GMT
Finally got round to hacking the Vita, which was an easy process. As much as I've enjoyed playing PSP titles.. on my PSP, I didn't want to amass a huge collection of UMDs for titles, that I may play once, or twice. I did get one last physical title for the PSP, and that was Outrun 2006. What a game! I have gone back and forth on collecting and selling my PSP games. Recently bought phantasy Star 2/ Wild Arms XF and Brave Traveler News story. I actually think UMD's have gone down in price with some exceptions. I still have no intention of increasing my PSP libary back to 40-50 games and intend to keep it at 25. I actually would like a hacked PSP, maybe if I got one I will sell off another 5-10 games. |
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Post by snackplissken on Nov 8, 2023 10:23:11 GMT
Finally got round to hacking the Vita, which was an easy process. As much as I've enjoyed playing PSP titles.. on my PSP, I didn't want to amass a huge collection of UMDs for titles, that I may play once, or twice. I did get one last physical title for the PSP, and that was Outrun 2006. What a game! I have gone back and forth on collecting and selling my PSP games. Recently bought phantasy Star 2/ Wild Arms XF and Brave Traveler News story. I actually think UMD's have gone down in price with some exceptions. I still have no intention of increasing my PSP libary back to 40-50 games and intend to keep it at 25. I actually would like a hacked PSP, maybe if I got one I will sell off another 5-10 games. Yeah they are really cheap. My main issue with the PSP is finding a decent battery. I've been through a fair few, and they either don't hold charge, or expand. I think the Vita is probably the best option for hacked PSP games. |
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Post by malek86 on Nov 9, 2023 21:38:57 GMT
I just realized there's no version of Frogger whatsoever on Steam. That's kind of a bummer.
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Post by Lizard on Nov 9, 2023 21:41:36 GMT
You'll have to go down the arcade.
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Post by rajin on Nov 11, 2023 1:30:34 GMT
I have gone back and forth on collecting and selling my PSP games. Recently bought phantasy Star 2/ Wild Arms XF and Brave Traveler News story. I actually think UMD's have gone down in price with some exceptions. I still have no intention of increasing my PSP libary back to 40-50 games and intend to keep it at 25. I actually would like a hacked PSP, maybe if I got one I will sell off another 5-10 games. Yeah they are really cheap. My main issue with the PSP is finding a decent battery. I've been through a fair few, and they either don't hold charge, or expand. I think the Vita is probably the best option for hacked PSP games. I think replacement batteries from third parties can be really crappy. I mean I still use my original battery but it only seems to last 3 to 4 hours these days. My GBA is on its 4th replacement so I know the feeling where it seems you cant get one to last. |
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Post by Psiloc on Nov 15, 2023 19:42:01 GMT
Retrotink 4K early December, $750
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Post by jp on Nov 15, 2023 19:54:41 GMT
Anyone have an Analouge Pocket? Worth the price?
Tempted to get one and a dock to play on the TV but seems expensive all together.
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Post by addyb on Nov 16, 2023 7:49:33 GMT
Anyone have an Analouge Pocket? Worth the price? Tempted to get one and a dock to play on the TV but seems expensive all together. I have one, don't have the dock though. It's a nice bit of kit and the various filters for the screen are great. Actually in two minds whether to sell mine as I have an Odin 2 arriving in the next couple of months. |
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Post by rajin on Nov 16, 2023 15:01:42 GMT
Retrotink 4K early December, $750 Missed this batch, getting a 5x first now that it can toggle on hdr. 120hz BFI on the 4k looks amazing for 2d platformers though. I think I will wait 2 years to get the 4k now since I cannot be bothered to wait and miss out again. |
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Post by quadfather on Nov 16, 2023 15:10:28 GMT
Decided to bring a bit of retro into the living room to play some old snes games. Can't find the proper av leads or power leads for my hardware snes's, so thought it'd be easier to just hack the mini snes. Got some controller extension leads and I'm happy to say me and a mate had a right laugh the other night attempting chaos engine (or rather the soldiers of fortune us rom as the mini snes runs at 60hz anyway), after a few pints. There were a lot of deaths. It feels cozier in the living room as opposed to a massive telly in a film room type of thing. photos.app.goo.gl/a6Pqc95sJrGZ5Vio6 |
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Post by uiruki on Nov 16, 2023 15:11:22 GMT
I don’t think that first batch has been made available yet, it’s just showing out of stock for now.
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Post by quadfather on Nov 16, 2023 15:17:00 GMT
Finally acquired a vintage Gateway 2000 15" Vivitron to complete my Pentium 75 machine... everything here is authentic to a mid-90s Gateway 2000, even the Altec Lansing speakers, and is pretty much what I had back in 95 apart from mine had a 486 DX2-66 inside, not a P75! There is something completely magical about gaming on a CRT, you just can not beat it
That is soo nice. It immediately made me smile. |
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Post by X201 on Nov 17, 2023 14:43:31 GMT
My Atari 2600+ has arrived.
It’s a lovely little thing
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