Arcade Games & Random Gaming Nostalgia

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

DavPaz wrote:

Doom door opening noise

Its mentioned in the story I linked to - done by the same guy and someone else had tracked them down a few years ago because of it :-)

Grim... · **Posted:** Wed Nov 04, 2020 19:50

Aha! I totally called the

ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!

car boot gas strut

part of the sound

romanista · **Posted:** Tue Nov 10, 2020 19:21

haha, nintendo quality control https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/ ... uage_error

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13386

zaphod79 wrote:

Tracking down an old obscure sound file from Resident Evil (and other places)

I really enjoyed watching that - thanks for the link zaphod.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

Interesting stuff - the Atomiswave was an arcade system released by SNK / Sammy / Sega and it runs using Dreamcast hardware and some people are 'converting' (i.e. fixing) the games so they play natively on Dreamcast hardware

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14416

Alien Breed 3D mod for Doom

devilman · **Posted:** Mon Nov 30, 2020 18:20

Radiooooo is a nice little site where you can listen to music from various decades from various countries. However, if you click 'Islands Mode' in the top-left, there's an '8-Bit Island' (although it's just any videogame stuff really as Xenon 2 just popped up for the Amiga) playlist too.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Mon Nov 30, 2020 19:53

"8-bit" should be a world heritage phrase and its use strictly controlled.

romanista · **Posted:** Fri Dec 11, 2020 10:34

liking the look of the capcom arcade stadium https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/ ... _next_year

(even though i was ultimately dissapointed my icrosofts take on this on the xbox 360)

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

A friend had one of these handhelds when i was at school and it seemed so much more complex than the ones i had - but someone used the shell to put a real emulated version of Defender inside one

https://twitter.com/MikeJMika/status/13 ... 6368768000

Neil Henry from OMN modded an Entex Defender to play the actual arcade game... thus making my dream to hack an Entex Defender into the actual arcade game slightly less interesting. Neil is amazing. pic.twitter.com/UxwaZ0i8mE
— Mike Mika (@MikeJMika) December 22, 2020

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

https://twitter.com/CodeMystics/status/ ... 8587771905

We have 8-bit history to share: after Larry DeMar & Eugene Jarvis created Defender, they, as "Vid Kidz", started on a 2D top-down follow-up: Conquest. It only got as far as a VERY early prototype, but we've reconstructed the ROMs & now you can try it out: https://t.co/9uYukmIqUN
— Code Mystics Inc. (@CodeMystics) December 31, 2020

Some background on what was known about the prototype

https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2020/10/conquest/

devilman · **Posted:** Tue Jan 12, 2021 19:00

For those with Amazon Prime, they've added Special When Lit today.

Quote:

Special When Lit rediscovers the lure of a lost pop icon - pinball. This award winning documentary joins the fans, collectors, designers and champion players from across the globe who share the story of a phenomenon that once swept the world.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

devilman wrote:

For those with Amazon Prime, they've added Special When Lit today.

Quote:

Special When Lit rediscovers the lure of a lost pop icon - pinball. This award winning documentary joins the fans, collectors, designers and champion players from across the globe who share the story of a phenomenon that once swept the world.

I remember watching that a few years ago and enjoying it - there are about 2 or 3 documentaries that cover the 'end' of the Pinball era

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

https://twitter.com/KyleOrl/status/1347622817500696577

In honor of Alex Trebek's final Jeopardy! broadcast tonight, I played 30+ years of Jeopardy video games, tracking the franchise from the Apple II to the PS4.

Amid the chaos in the US government, let me distract you briefly with some fun facts. (THREAD)https://t.co/yHrH5QIfq0
— Kyle Orland (@KyleOrl) January 8, 2021

romanista · **Posted:** Wed Feb 03, 2021 14:50

I bought a new tv, which has android.. which is actually working quite nice for some catch up services, but also for Retroarch.. especially as it supports my 8bitdo SF30 controller as well, (which I recently found again after clearing out my summer holiday bag from 2019)..

But more to the point, I discovered Retroatch now supports retroachievements as well, which is sort of nice... I just got an achievement for beating the first world of Super Mario Land e.g. so befriend me! https://retroachievements.org/user/Romanista

romanista · **Posted:** Thu Feb 18, 2021 14:32

Today the release of capcom stadium arcade, wonder how they will do this
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/ ... ndo_switch

And I've got now retroarch on my android tv.. plugged in a usb stick and wow i've got everything close by ... what a wonder...

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

I remember playing one of these in an arcade at Fleetwood pier probably early 80's

Dimrill · **Posted:** Thu Mar 25, 2021 19:20

Lovely Read Only Memory are Kickstarting their latest book, An Oral History of Gamesmaster wrut by Dominuinmkuknk Diamond himself

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/da ... al-history

Kern · **Posted:** Thu Mar 25, 2021 19:26

Stretch goal: Crucifixion.

TheVision · **Posted:** Thu Mar 25, 2021 21:45

I think I want that

romanista · **Posted:** Tue Mar 30, 2021 8:39

this looks fun: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021 ... e-paradise

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

The very earliest Easter Eggs in games :

Interesting back story on how the video and emulation here was created

https://twitter.com/katewillaert/status ... 0847569920

For those who missed it, I launched a video over the weekend. Itâ€™s about the Easter Eggs that predate Atari Adventure, but itâ€™s also about an extremely important but largely forgotten game called Moonlander.

Getting footage was tough. Todayâ€™s thread will be about how I did it. https://t.co/fsA0Yqefi2
— "Critical Kate" WillÃ¦rt ðŸ¤˜ðŸ» (@katewillaert) April 5, 2021

romanista · **Posted:** Wed Apr 07, 2021 7:24

ah that's truly a nice video to start the day, thanx

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

One of the first anti-piracy methods and the first 'crack'

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

Probably a little old for anyone here but

https://twitter.com/ArcadeDreamsDoc/sta ... 3767021572

Depending on where you live, you may think of the arcade as a place with a single type of game.

In the UK, however, you often had slot machines alongside video games next to a pool table with redemption games too!

Photos by George Wilson https://t.co/FMLsyEo09R pic.twitter.com/kbbHwSptw0
— Arcade Dreams (@ArcadeDreamsDoc) July 5, 2021

The link from there takes you to https://www.seasphotography.org.uk/georgewilson with a lot more pictures

Dr Zoidberg · **Joined:** 15th Oct, 2010 **Posts:** 5398

I definitely remember seaside arcades looking just like that.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38656

There are still a few hanging on. Many more coin drop machines and claw rip offs now though. And quick fire games for winning tokens

MaliA · **Posted:** Fri Jul 09, 2021 9:50

The one in New Brighton (the best Brighton, for those playing along at home) is closing very soon after however many millions of years due to falling attendances. Getting a big new hotel instead, I think.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38656

Hmm, I wonder why attendances have fallen at a place that requires you to touch stuff

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13386

zaphod79 wrote:

Probably a little old for anyone here but

I very much remember arcades like that.

Children standing on chairs to gamble on fruit machines. The good old days eh?

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26079

When I was small my favourite part of the arcades were always the horse racers. I’d always place my bets on the pink horse. I think they went up in value in the same order as the balls in snooker.

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26079

Also… here’s me on my favourite racing snail ride at my favourite arcade, when these things were 5p a go.

devilman · **Posted:** Sat Jul 10, 2021 0:40

Mimi wrote:

When I was small my favourite part of the arcades were always the horse racers. I’d always place my bets on the pink horse. I think they went up in value in the same order as the balls in snooker.

I rather liked them too. Here is a variation of one of them

Mimi · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 26079

Haha! That’s them. I think the versions near where I lived had eight horses is the only difference, and it may be my imagination but I’m pretty sure they raced slower than that.

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13386

I wonder what the percentage payout on those things was, I bet it was something really stingy.

Malc · **Posted:** Sat Jul 10, 2021 23:47

I seem to remember betting on Gaylord, it winning a surprising amount.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Sun Jul 11, 2021 10:57

Pretty sure there’s one of those still running in the ferry arcade near me. Pink and white (I think) have the highest odds but rarely win obv

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

https://twitter.com/GameHistoryOrg/stat ... 1336308741

What a spectacularly detailed article about the making of Snoopy Tennis on the Game Boy Color (of all games!): https://t.co/HbwlynkGQ9
— Video Game History Foundation (@GameHistoryOrg) July 22, 2021

https://superjumpmagazine.com/the-untol ... c177317e15

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

Two linked stories about the first easter eggs in computer systems

Kate Willaert : https://www.acriticalhit.com/make-love- ... aster-egg/

Ed Fries : https://edfries.wordpress.com/2021/05/2 ... aster-egg/

Hearthly · **Joined:** 11th May, 2008 **Posts:** 13386

I made a video about Chase HQ

romanista · **Posted:** Thu Aug 26, 2021 8:56

lemming doc coming
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/08/ ... niversary/

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

Speedrunning the Zelda demo within Smash Bros

https://kotaku.com/13-years-later-fan-g ... 1847556212

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

The untold story of the early Atari 'adult' games :

https://twitter.com/Kotaku/status/1434864145879511040

Porno Hustlers Of The Atari Age
The newly unearthed history behind one of the most offensive video games ever made: https://t.co/tQD3Y3zSNm pic.twitter.com/yNtiD4xpJl
— Kotaku (@Kotaku) September 6, 2021

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

https://twitter.com/katewillaert/status ... 7851307010

My latest video is my first to clock in at 20 minutes! Also my first to be NSFW, so you'll need to be logged into a Youtube account to view (sorry!).https://t.co/huQKpP09et pic.twitter.com/fHDeCrOcM2
— "Critical Kate" WillÃ¦rt ðŸ¤˜ðŸ» (@katewillaert) September 6, 2021

Findus Fop · **Joined:** 14th May, 2009 **Posts:** 4355

zaphod79 wrote:

https://twitter.com/katewillaert/status/1434874367851307010

And big, 30ft smurfs.

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

Really interesting thread / story - you'll probably need to click through to read - in 9 parts and today was part 4 (which is still going on as I type)

https://twitter.com/shahidkamal/status/ ... 2892018693

1982: I wrote Alien Attack, my first game, on an Atari 400, in BASIC. It had a custom character set for the alien (one at a time) and your spaceship. I advertised it in the Popular Computing Weekly classifieds for Â£5, for a week. Not much of a campaign. I sold zero copies.
— Shahid Kamal Ahmad (@shahidkamal) September 11, 2021

zaphod79 · **Joined:** 16th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14518

You should totally be reading the whole thing but these are from today's installment :

https://twitter.com/shahidkamal/status/ ... 3112864771

"This is Jet Set Willy on the Commodore 64. Chris did Manic Miner too. He's been on this for six months, but it's not coming along as fast as we'd like. We've paid him ten thousandâ€
— Shahid Kamal Ahmad (@shahidkamal) September 15, 2021

https://twitter.com/shahidkamal/status/ ... 9707457547

I'm wondering why the hell he's telling me this and while I'm preoccupied, he's walking us back to the back office and we all flop into chairs.

"Here's the thing Shaaarheed" he says, his Scouse accent is so musical that I easily forgive him for mangling my name.
— Shahid Kamal Ahmad (@shahidkamal) September 15, 2021

https://twitter.com/shahidkamal/status/ ... 0445418505

"We need the C64 version out soon. Can you do it?"
— Shahid Kamal Ahmad (@shahidkamal) September 15, 2021

https://twitter.com/shahidkamal/status/ ... 1907872769

WHAT.

THE.

FUCKING.

ACTUAL.

FUCK.
— Shahid Kamal Ahmad (@shahidkamal) September 15, 2021

https://twitter.com/shahidkamal/status/ ... 9179498513

Jet Set Willy is colossal. It's the biggest computer game in the short history of British video games. It's broken records. And it's a masterpiece. Way beyond me.
— Shahid Kamal Ahmad (@shahidkamal) September 15, 2021

https://twitter.com/shahidkamal/status/ ... 2451423235

"Yeah, no problem"

(In my mind's ear I hear Jim Rohn's voice... "Don't let your mouth overload your back". I've made it my life's work to go against his advice.)

"We need it in four weeks."

"Sure, I can do that!"
— Shahid Kamal Ahmad (@shahidkamal) September 15, 2021

https://twitter.com/shahidkamal/status/ ... 7250099207

"We'll give you Â£3,000 if you can do it, and an extra Â£1000 bonus if you can do it in three weeks."

"Oh yeah, I'll do it in three weeks, no problem. Maybe even less.â€
— Shahid Kamal Ahmad (@shahidkamal) September 15, 2021

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Sep 16, 2021 12:14

It's a fantastic thread. Shame it's on Twitter and making my eyes bleed, but I'm still looking forward to today's installment.

GazChap · **Posted:** Thu Sep 16, 2021 12:40

Grim... · **Posted:** Thu Sep 16, 2021 15:33

Today's instalment is in!

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