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Teknoman

Member
Ok so here is the RetroGAF media list (basically GAF that upload things / have a website / podcast / etc.

This is just a starter list of people i've seen recently post things (myself included) and I know i'm forgetting people / just cant find the info at the moment. So if anyone can make the list alot more through / better organized, please do so.

Youtube:

Gunstarheroes

CJ Iwakura

Dusk Golem

Teknoman

Stewy

Huggers

Discoalucard

CoachKevin

StevieWhite

Timu

Jonneh3003


Podcasts:

Mzo's Wonderdudes in Gamesoft World

CoachKevin's Back in my Play



Websites:

D.Lo's Nintendosegajapan

A Black Falcon's blackfalcongames

SirUltimos' controllercrusade

Craig Majaski's NintendoTimes Warp Zone
 
IrishNinja

IrishNinja

Member
^tossing that into OP, good work Tekno!

also apparently there was a garage sale with a bunch of retro stuff here in Miami on halloween night...what the fuck man, why would you do that
 
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Teknoman

Member
Its nowhere near complete i'm sure (I know Black Falcon has a site, but I cant find it), but if anyone else does stuff, please let us know.
 
IrishNinja

IrishNinja

Member
do we have an arcade board thread? wanted to share a local gaffer's recent & awesome pickup

cj_iwakura said:
Quite possibly the coolest get of all time, $300 got me this:

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Still surreal. Might make a thread for advice on how to make the most of it.
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IrishNinja

IrishNinja

Member
right? like i always pictured just grabbing mrs pac-man from a local bar or something when ive the space, but cj shot for the stars with that classic
 
IrishNinja

IrishNinja

Member
man, that multi-screen one can't be cheap/easy to find, but it's awesome! local arcade out here has it, i gotta run through it start to finish with friends everytime we're around

WELCOME TO DIE
 
IrishNinja

IrishNinja

Member
that's a good one
id like to get drunk at someone's house and play the authentic Beer Tapper i played at arcade odyssey, that was dope
 
entremet

entremet

Member
AVP 4 player for me.

Or a NeoGeo MVS 4 slot (Loved those things) with Puzzle Bobble, Metal Slug, SamSho 2, and WindJammers
 
DCharlie

DCharlie

And even i am moderately surprised
AVP 4 player for me.
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isn't it three player max?

I mean, i sold mine an age back and it's a great game but it was 3 players... right?

I feel senile that i can't remember for sure lol
 
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Teknoman

Member
Never had the chance to play any Capcom beat em up in the arcade except Final Fight 1. Always saw X-men and The Simpsons though.
 
IrishNinja

IrishNinja

Member
oh man, those Capcom ones were class - didn't play much of Knights/Cadillacs & dinos but i played the shit out of Punisher. genesis port is great (nuts to 16 bit), but i miss that one cutscene where Fury & Frank are chatting up as they swim through a sewer or something to get to Fisk's hideout, right? Punisher says "you nervous, Nick?" and Fury just says something like "nah, just angry i can't smoke down here". haha, so awesome.
 
D.Lo

D.Lo

Member
That list is... weird.

What are the sources? Is it US-only? How does revenue make sense or get counted anyway? Game companies don't make the revenue from quarters, they make it from cabinet sales. And even weirder, Donkey Kong only has one year of sales?

Order should be based on cabinet sales numbers, only way it can make sense.
 
T

Timu

Member
Teknoman said:
Ok so here is the RetroGAF media list (basically GAF that upload things / have a website / podcast / etc.

This is just a starter list of people i've seen recently post things (myself included) and I know i'm forgetting people / just cant find the info at the moment. So if anyone can make the list alot more through / better organized, please do so.

Youtube:

Gunstarheroes

CJ Iwakura

Dusk Golem

Teknoman

Stewy

Huggers

Discoalucard

CoachKevin

Timu


Podcasts:

Mzo's Wonderdudes in Gamesoft World

CoachKevin's Back in my Play



Websites:

D.Lo's Nintendosegajapan
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Thanks for having my name on here, I'll have tons more retro games next year and beyond as I play on more retro systems.
 
Huggers

Huggers

Member
I'd like to get a 4 player turtles cab, a Street Fighter 2 Championship Edition and Mortal Kombat. Tricky to find them these days in the uk
 
IrishNinja

IrishNinja

Member
SevenDevils said:
No, but we should. A lot of Gaffers have Arcade/Mame cabinets. Could be a good time, I love talking Arcades.
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man, i'd do it but i so little about the scene it's tragic, i'd just end up having a rewritten OP like 645 did for the the RGB thread, haha. who'd be good for this? we'd need sections for arcade boards, MAME boxes, cabinets, superguns/JAMMA stuff etc
 
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blast processed

Member
IrishNinja said:
man, i'd do it but i so little about the scene it's tragic, i'd just end up having a rewritten OP like 645 did for the the RGB thread, haha. who'd be good for this? we'd need sections for arcade boards, MAME boxes, cabinets, superguns/JAMMA stuff etc
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See it's hard finding stuff like this. http://neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=972833&highlight=arcade+cabinet

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having it it contained under one thread would be the bees knees. I would make one, but I'm just a fan of the games, not a crazy enthusiast.
 
IrishNinja

IrishNinja

Member
^fuckin gorgeous

yeah there's a few loose threads about JAMMA/etc stuff about, id definitely have links to them in the OP as well, but we'd need basic write-ups on boards, superguns/how to play them, cabinets (us/candy), etc
 
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Khaz

Member
It always bugs me to see Nintendo themed cabinets. The presence of Nintendo in the Arcade was anecdotal at best, but because people love the home console brand they must plaster it everywhere.
 
IrishNinja

IrishNinja

Member
right? like..i remember Sears/etc type ads in the day for home cabinets that'd demo with SMB1, but it's a weird choice. genesis was way more the arcadey port machine, but even that'd be strange. i do love the paddle in the middle for Crystal Castle or whatever it was though, haha
 
D.Lo

D.Lo

Member
SevenDevils said:
See it's hard finding stuff like this. http://neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=972833&highlight=arcade+cabinet

having it it contained under one thread would be the bees knees. I would make one, but I'm just a fan of the games, not a crazy enthusiast.
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Hey whatever makes people happy, but incorrect aspect ratios and SD on a nasty LCD screen kind of defeat the purpose of 'being authentic' to me.

Actual arcade board enthusiasts and mame makers are vastly different scenes too, the former would spit on the latter from my experience!

Khaz said:
It always bugs me to see Nintendo themed cabinets. The presence of Nintendo in the Arcade was anecdotal at best, but because people love the home console brand they must plaster it everywhere.
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Agreed with that too.
 
DCharlie

DCharlie

And even i am moderately surprised
IrishNinja said:
man, i'd do it but i so little about the scene it's tragic, i'd just end up having a rewritten OP like 645 did for the the RGB thread, haha. who'd be good for this? we'd need sections for arcade boards, MAME boxes, cabinets, superguns/JAMMA stuff etc
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I'm not bad with my Arcade-Fu, but .... you know... work and shit. But happy to try putting something together
 
IrishNinja

IrishNinja

Member
DCharlie said:
I'm not bad with my Arcade-Fu, but .... you know... work and shit. But happy to try putting something together
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sounds good by me man! go for it, ill help where i can!

also: anyone else salivating lately at john tv's twitter stuff, goddamn he's put up some great pieces
 
entremet

entremet

Member
Do you guys follow John Riccardi (JohnTV here and of 8-4) on Twitter.

Looks like he's back in the states for a bit and is going through his lifetime gaming collection, posting pics and putting them on his Twitter account.

Dude has tons of stuff!

Plus, he's got a lot of stuff from his journalism days. Pretty cool to see. And practically all of is CIB and pristine.

At least he doesn't have to worry about retirement lol.

He's @johntv on Twitter if you're curious.
 
M

Morfeo

The Chuck Norris of Peace
I follow him and yeah, have been enjoying his tweets the last few days a ton. So much cool stuff!
 
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Shadow Hog

Member
So just to confirm: when opening a cartridge up with a game bit and scrubbing the entire length of the contacts with rubbing alcohol isn't sufficient to revive a game cartridge, that's the point where we resort to pencil erasers and Brasso, right? In that order?

Because dangit I'd really like it if my copies of Little Mermaid on the Genesis and Tonic Trouble on the N64 would work already.
 
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SirUltimos

Member
Teknoman said:
Its nowhere near complete i'm sure (I know Black Falcon has a site, but I cant find it), but if anyone else does stuff, please let us know.
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I do a lot of retro stuff at controllercrusade.com, but there's also a big modern focus so I'm not sure if it counts.
 
M

Mzo

Member
Shadow Hog said:
So just to confirm: when opening a cartridge up with a game bit and scrubbing the entire length of the contacts with rubbing alcohol isn't sufficient to revive a game cartridge, that's the point where we resort to pencil erasers and Brasso, right? In that order?

Because dangit I'd really like it if my copies of Little Mermaid on the Genesis and Tonic Trouble on the N64 would work already.
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An eraser is my first choice, but yeah. If it doesn't work anyway might as well try a tiny dab of Brasso and some gentle polishing.
 
DCharlie

DCharlie

And even i am moderately surprised
IrishNinja said:
sounds good by me man! go for it, ill help where i can!

also: anyone else salivating lately at john tv's twitter stuff, goddamn he's put up some great pieces
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what do we do ? I guess it's a "so you've decided to get into arcading at home?"

then a run down of all the options , the pros and cons, displays and outputs, what you need to get started, the pitfalls, how much the underside of a pcb cuts your hands etc ?

I'll try and knock something up but if there's anything else to touch on, let me know
 
IrishNinja

IrishNinja

Member
that pretty much sounds like the gist of it, yeah! we can always add any more details as we go, but that sounds like a solid primer.
 
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