FormallyMegadrive
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Golden Axe was Megadrive, Alex Kidd originated on Master System, but they released an Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle which I'm most familiar with.
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Golden Axe was Megadrive, Alex Kidd originated on Master System, but they released an Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle which I'm most familiar with.
There are shitloads of Americans playing (hundreds), but no Aussies though. There are empty Aussie servers, but they exist.
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roosters93
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Well that and they left the folder open for me to alt tab into which displayed the file and the name of the capper as well as a utorrent file
endlessflood
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For me it was (in rough order):
I had friends with the NES, SNES, C64, and Amiga so got to play plenty of those as well.
- Atari 2600
- Apple ][e
- Sega Master System
- Sega Mega Drive
- Mac
- PC
- Sony Playstation 2
- Sony Playstation 3
I had friends with the NES, SNES, C64, and Amiga so got to play plenty of those as well.
I laugh every time.
FormallyMegadrive
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are you drowning in them
roosters93
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Oh lol. For some reason I was thinking of TVs instead of monitors.
We're not out of the woods yet Salazar: http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia-v-india-2011/content/current/story/551525.html
Graphics yes.
Gameplay wise no.
Also SNES did have some gems but not really as many as the 64. Bubsy also is good dispite what you guys say (the 2D ones not the 3D one).
THIS THIS THIS FUCKING THIS. As Clive correctly pointed out, Australian gamers of the era knew that the Master System / MegaDrive were the consoles of choice and only smelly losers owned a NES. The freaking Atari 2600 was more respectable than the NES here. It really was the red headed step child of gaming systems.
But God forbid you tell anyone in America that.
I really think we in Australia had a unique viewpoint of the gaming world, given half our media came from England and half from the US - we got to see two completely independent gaming ecosystems grow during the 80s and slowly merge during the '90s.
But yeah, retro gaming in America JUST means the NES, and I think that's really sad.
I would probably have 500 times my current traffic if I devoted Blow The Cartridge to NES games, but I don't. Nothing but comics about obscure C64 / Amiga / Master System games!
Do you know there were two comic characters, both called Dennis The Menace, created IN THE SAME WEEK back in the 50s, completely independently of each other, one in the UK and one in the US? That's pretty cool.
Also, yes, Golden Axe did make it to the Master System, and it was only one player, but it was still neat. Plus there was that Master System-exclusive spin off game.
FallbackPants
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Wait, wait, wait it's Alex Kidd? Not Alex THE Kidd? Mind fucking blown. And I'm definitely remembering Miracle World. The one preloaded on the machine. It was rad.
I was thinking about doing a list like that, but
a) I have upgraded way too many times
b) I would probably get depressed at all of the money I have spent on my PC
There's no contest. N64 had a much smaller library, thanks to a lot of third party development going to PS1 I guess. It had a handful of standouts and that's it.
I liked the first one.
This post has so much win in it, it's not funny. They tend to think of the Master System as the system that was kinda big in Brazil or something. I remember hiring an MS2 from Dollar Video on Vines Rd (look it up, if you go back in time about 25 years) in my neighbourhood with (I think?) either Outrun or Action Fighter.
But your point about getting UK and US perspectives... spot on. I have a feeling that the UK ideals penetrated more though, as the MS and MD always seemed to be bigger (or at least, pushed harder) than Nintendo. Shit, I can remember both Sega World (I still have the card and map!) and a local Sega store in Geelong (that had a prerelease copy of Virtua Racing for the MD on a PCB the size of an ATX motherboard gaffa-taped into the console) but couldn't name a single Ninty-only store.
You're one of THOSE people? Ugh. I knew there was something about you that just didn't feel right.
I thought this for the longest time too. I only ever played other peoples master systems, so I never go to see the box art. I think it's because the theme song sounds like it's singing "alex the kidd, alex the kidd!"
You've just moved down the ladder too, bub
i don't want to be a cocktease and i can't go into details
this is more in general discussion
have you ever been thrown such a curve ball at work that it makes you reconsider what you are doing there, and you just stare at the wall all day going 'fuck'
yeah happened to me today
in fact i was in the car driving when i got the email and before you start calling me death jr, my car reads my email to me if i am on the road with owrk
So yeah in general anyone ever had that, and how did you deal?
this is more in general discussion
have you ever been thrown such a curve ball at work that it makes you reconsider what you are doing there, and you just stare at the wall all day going 'fuck'
yeah happened to me today
in fact i was in the car driving when i got the email and before you start calling me death jr, my car reads my email to me if i am on the road with owrk
So yeah in general anyone ever had that, and how did you deal?
I think I can relate, but might need more detail to hand out dealing strategies.
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Also, checking your email while driving is bad, mmkay?
I guess it depends really what it is, I can't even tell if it has their potential to be good or bad based off your post.
I'll help Choc.
Imagine you worked for a company that sold "hardware", and they also made "software" for that "hardware". Now imagine that the company just said they were going to stop making "hardware" and start making "software" for other companies "hardware". What would you do?
Imagine you worked for a company that sold "hardware", and they also made "software" for that "hardware". Now imagine that the company just said they were going to stop making "hardware" and start making "software" for other companies "hardware". What would you do?
blackberry linked to bluetooth car system can read emails through car speaker
ok
in summary due to a restructure it feels like i've been demoted 10 fold and my job just became a 100000x harder due to a thousand times more levels of red tape.
fred that scenario wouldn't phase me to much
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in summary due to a restructure it feels like i've been demoted 10 fold and my job just became a 100000x harder due to a thousand times more levels of red tape.
fred that scenario wouldn't phase me to much
FallbackPants
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I didn't get Diddy's Kong Quest until recently
I'm just going to use this as a reason too.
Your car has to sign off on all your work now?
codswallop
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BanShunsaku
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One of those American robot cars.
Sorry, I can't help making fun. Personally I'd update the resume and start putting the feelers out. Maybe you'll get an offer that you can use as leverage if you want to stay, but if the restructure is going to make you unhappy, forget leverage and just go.
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