Hot Coldman
Banned
But do you own the PS3 version? Huh?!
(it was a gift so I can't get rid of it really)
(it was a gift so I can't get rid of it really)
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I own the PAL Platinum Hits version of FFXIII for PS3 despite being American. Amazon is weird sometimes.
Nocturnowl
Member
That actually sounds about right considering the time you finally hit the hay.
Oh my, I wonder how much of that is backlogged?! And here I was looking at my accumulating pile of like 6 unorganised games like "hmm, a bit messy".
It would be ideal for the distant dream that is the VGM community thread, ONE DAY!
Seven Force
Banned
Wow. Makes my gaming shelf (which is admittedly small at the moment) look piddly.
Got almost everything moved into the other room, Now all I have left really are my computer desk and the arcade cabinet.
Arcade cabinets are fucking heavy and I am not looking forward to this.
EDIT: Actually, I'm not sure the cab will fit in there. Oh well, more of an excuse to buy even more cabinets and turn this room into a badass arcade!
Arcade cabinets are fucking heavy and I am not looking forward to this.
EDIT: Actually, I'm not sure the cab will fit in there. Oh well, more of an excuse to buy even more cabinets and turn this room into a badass arcade!
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Umm... haven't cracked into the HD collections, though I did rent the original versions on PS2. They're gifts. Since I've played the original versions before, I don't really see a need to get to them immediately.
Some of them I've just pulled out of Bargain Bins on Boxing Day for like $5 or people just gave me stuff they didn't want (ex: de Blob 2, Toy Story, that Lego HP game, Dante's Inferno-- no one wanted Dante's Inferno, etc). I've yet to crack into Alice, that Agarest War game, Dragon's Dogma (well, no, I did crack into Dragon's Dogma), the Uncharted games... and I think that might be it, staring at that? Edit: Oh, derp, the PAL version of Tales of Graces f is in there, isn't it?
My actual backlog that I'm currently going through is on my desk at the moment, which is clean and organized.
I recently got Rockman DASH 1&2, 428, Etrian Odyssey IV, ASRT Vita, Zero no Kiseki Evolution, and Tales of Innocence R, so I'll probably take those out sooner rather than later. I should probably go back to Silent Hill: Book of Memories one day to actually get to the end.
The PSP games are done. I used to take my PSP with me everywhere so I ended up getting those games done little by little. The majority of the DS games are done as well. If it's a portable game, I'll most likely get it done as much as I can. But gosh darn that's a lot of imports.
Arcade cabinet?! :O
oh myyyyy gooooosssshhhhh.
I don't even bother keeping up with a backlog anymore. I've got a good sense of what I have and haven't played, and usually I'll at most maybe make a small list of games to go through every few months.
It's a dedicated Mortal Kombat II. Stuff like this doesn't pop up very often around here, and I had to drive to the next town to get it. Paid $280 though, so I got a pretty nice deal I think.
Pic of it in the old room if you wanna see it
It's a dedicated Mortal Kombat II. Stuff like this doesn't pop up very often around here, and I had to drive to the next town to get it. Paid $280 though, so I got a pretty nice deal I think.
Pic of it in the old room if you wanna see it
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Never got past Kintaro in that game
Damn you, Midway AI designers
Damn you, Midway AI designers
Seven Force
Banned
I could have had a Turtles in Time cabinet for free, but I had to pass because there was no way it would have fit into where I lived at the time. If only I had gotten that offer a year later...
Man, I would've jumped on that. The two cabinets I'm still holding out for are a Neo Geo MVS of some sort (preferably 4-slot I guess) and a 4 player Simpsons/TMNT.
People so rarely list that sort of stuff around here though, like I said, and when they do they usually want way too much. You aren't going to get $900 for your crappy converted Tekken 2 cabinet, people.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
You do realize that my room is currently in disarray because I was looking for a game that I apparently didn't have, yes?
My room's usually clean otherwise. It has to be. Feminine touch and all that.
That is so awesome. I'm impressed.
I haven't seen one of those in the while in years. I think it's great that you seem to be keeping it in decent condition (at least it looks that way). That's what I do from time to time (even up to replacing parts if need-be), just to see if I can preserve stuff for the future.
I'd jump on this so fast...
Actually, I would've jumped on an old TMNT cabinet, having spent so many hours at arcades when I was little just playing those games alone.
I miss arcades.
First thing I did when I got it was replace all the micro-switches in the buttons, replace one of the joysticks, and give the glass covering the monitor and marquee a good cleaning.
It still needs some cosmetic fixes, though. Some of the t-molding is really chewed up. There's some scratches on the side-art, but there isn't a lot you can do about that so I'm not worrying about it. Biggest thing it still needs is probably fixing the coin door. The lock is broken on it and there's no coin mech to accept any coins. It's set for free play so it's not really a big deal, but still...
I'm handy with a soldiering iron, even if this thing were broken in some major way I would've still nabbed it.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
I used to work in an arcade for a few months. The best thing about it was opening up/turning on all the machines at the start of the day, with the Tekken 2 cabinets greeting me.
"GOOD MORNING!"
"GOOD MORNING!"
Seven Force
Banned
It's really a shame they're pretty much dead. There's a whole bunch of experiences there that can never really be replicated, and are going to end up lost to time.
Hot Coldman
Banned
OK that's really neat.
(You worked in the arcades when Tekken 2 was out? Are you SonicGAF's oldest member or something)
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Wow, that's really awesome, JC. I'm envious.
Aha, I don't really think it's important to fix the coin door, but I can see why you want to make it absolutely perfect as if it were in pristine working order.
Though I think they're still kinda big in Asia?
How much did it cost to make your replacements? In any case, it's really handy to be good with an iron. I can't even do that. If I have a cart that needs a battery replacement, I usually fix it up with duct tape when what I should really be doing is soldering it down. Parts replacements that don't require soldering, though, I can do.
Aha, I don't really think it's important to fix the coin door, but I can see why you want to make it absolutely perfect as if it were in pristine working order.
Online gaming.man... why are arcades so dead
Though I think they're still kinda big in Asia?
ViewtifulJC
Banned
I stopped in that arcade a couple months ago, to play a game of Time Crisis 2 like I always do. That mothafucka wasn't even there. Aint nobody told me or nothing, the manager knows I love that game. I walked around the entire place looking for it, nothing. I actually spit on the ground where it was replaced with a busted Silent Scope machine(the aiming was shot to hell, probably years of misuse), and walked out. I don't think I'm ever going back.
I'm usually not one for melodrama, but fuck it. That machine was there for 10 years, it was like one of the few things I could depend on, like the sun coming in the morning, or Undertaker going over at Wrestlemania. It just reminded me that eventually all these damn arcade cabinets are gonna be gone, and a lot of them you'll never be able to replicate with MAME, and they're just be lost to the ages.
I think about that shit a lot nowadays, about the future of older games and their preservation. Like, if I wanted to play Super Street Fighter 4 AE v.2012 today, I'd have to buy AE, then download the 2012 patch. So what happens in 10 years when I can't download that patch anymore? Is that game gonna be forever out of date, with Yun's godlike mix-ups and Ryu's crappy cr.mk hurtbox?
I think about all the great times I had on Halo 2 back in '05-'07, pretty much every day, hundreds of hundreds of hours. But the XBL servers are down. I can never replicate that experience, not even if I could somehow manage to get my friends to come back to that game. It's impossible! That's a huge, huge part of that game that newcomers to the series are gonna have to live through vicariously through YouTube sessions and older gamers reminiscing about the good ol' days.
Video games are just so ephemeral, in the moment. Whatever your favorite game is, it's already out-of-date, and the chances of it being relegated to the dustbin(unless it's some beloved classic) grows larger every day. Like you can tell people how awesome Suikoden II is(and it IS awesome, thank God I bought it), but they're still waiting on the PSN release, because the game is rare as hell and fetches a high price.
I'm usually not one for melodrama, but fuck it. That machine was there for 10 years, it was like one of the few things I could depend on, like the sun coming in the morning, or Undertaker going over at Wrestlemania. It just reminded me that eventually all these damn arcade cabinets are gonna be gone, and a lot of them you'll never be able to replicate with MAME, and they're just be lost to the ages.
I think about that shit a lot nowadays, about the future of older games and their preservation. Like, if I wanted to play Super Street Fighter 4 AE v.2012 today, I'd have to buy AE, then download the 2012 patch. So what happens in 10 years when I can't download that patch anymore? Is that game gonna be forever out of date, with Yun's godlike mix-ups and Ryu's crappy cr.mk hurtbox?
I think about all the great times I had on Halo 2 back in '05-'07, pretty much every day, hundreds of hundreds of hours. But the XBL servers are down. I can never replicate that experience, not even if I could somehow manage to get my friends to come back to that game. It's impossible! That's a huge, huge part of that game that newcomers to the series are gonna have to live through vicariously through YouTube sessions and older gamers reminiscing about the good ol' days.
Video games are just so ephemeral, in the moment. Whatever your favorite game is, it's already out-of-date, and the chances of it being relegated to the dustbin(unless it's some beloved classic) grows larger every day. Like you can tell people how awesome Suikoden II is(and it IS awesome, thank God I bought it), but they're still waiting on the PSN release, because the game is rare as hell and fetches a high price.
tiggerkiddo
Member
I remember a Sega City Arcade in Park Meadows Mall here in Denver...didn't even realize what it actually was but I remember Soul Calibur just came out and boy did it look good.
In speaking of... MAME's netplay is pretty dang cool.
Hot Coldman
Banned
We as a people have already found a workaround to that.
I'm not going say what that workaround is, and I'm definitely not saying you should use it, but there is a workaround.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Thank you based ePSXe
*looks at Time Crisis 2 PS2 version*
Don't worry baby, I still love you
*looks at Time Crisis 2 PS2 version*
Don't worry baby, I still love you
The switches were just some generic cherry microswitches I found on ebay. Pack of 10 for around $8 or so. The replacement stick was a Happ Competition, that was around $10. I should probably replace the other stick at some point as they aren't quite identical right now, but they're both functional, so eh.
Soldering really isn't very hard to learn, just takes a little bit of practice. It's an insanely handy skill to have.
Anyone here in the New Hampshire area who misses arcades should definitely check out Funspot. It's in Laconia, and aside from being all around huge, houses the American Classic Arcade Museum. They have tons and tons of classic arcades available for play. I'd love to vist there myself, but you know, being in Texas and all. Just look at that list!
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Shit, JC, that brings a tear to my eye. I may not be that old, but man, I get where you're coming from. I don't really think of it often, but when I do, I do think about all those patches that people might not be able to preserve so they'll have to play broken games or games with poorer balancing. It's just really too bad.
As for MP servers, I don't know if it's possible for people to set up makeshift servers for themselves. Not with these networks anyway. It seems like something that would require homebrew or something.
But it's just like how you can't go out and tell people, oh look how games evolved from lights on a screen to shitty CD-ROM games to modern shootbangs. Some of these games don't work anymore, or it's hard to find hardware for it. From a historical perspective, it's really sad that a lot of these things can't be experienced in their prime (ex: even the Dreamcast). And it's really disappointing. You can tell someone, "Oh hey, go into the video game documentaries thread and learn about X", but you can't truly have them fully learn about it because they don't necessarily have the experience for it.
And I can relate to that Suikoden II comment all too well. :/
It certainly is, but as JC pointed out, MAME will never replicate the original feel of an arcade.
I'm very thankful for MAME, though.
Ahhh, I thought it would've been pricier. Some people sometimes go out of their way for the most expensive things, but you don't seem too picky so it's good to be frugal. I think you just want it in working order than anything else (like not completely restoring it back to its original condition as much as possible).Quackula said:
As for soldering, I'm pretty sure I'm clumsy enough to make a huge mistake, so I don't think so. Not yet anyway.
To be fair, I know a lot of girls who don't really clean their rooms too. So don't feel too bad!Emitan said:
I'm one of those people who just stares at something that's out of place and will get up just to shift it back into place. Stuff like that bugs the crap outta me, lol. Man, I'm going to clean up those games when I get home. It was really bugging me earlier but I couldn't do anything about it.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
I'm really not that old for the record, I'm 22, lol. We just had some old-ass Tekken cabinets for the longest time.
Of all the various entertainment mediums I love, video games are the nearest and dearest to me, but they also seem to be ones that can so easily be erased or impossible to experience again in the future.
Of all the various entertainment mediums I love, video games are the nearest and dearest to me, but they also seem to be ones that can so easily be erased or impossible to experience again in the future.
Nocturnowl
Member
This thread is running by "Tales of" logic, we're both old men now JC.
Hot Coldman
Banned
ViewtifulJC
Banned
I told my mom I would work on my procrastination, but I just haven't got around to it yet
PhantomOfTheKnight
Member
I totally forgot how funny Unskippable is; I should watch these more often.
Professor Beef
Banned
Shit, what does that make me? I'm 28. D:
Shadow Hog
Member
Presumably, decrepit.
tiggerkiddo
Member
26 over here...soon to be 27 in another month, ughz.
Hot Coldman
Banned
This explains a lot. Grandpa.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
Holy FUCK you're old, Beef
Hey, how was life in THE 80S
did you shake hands with Reagan
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Ehhhh? I'm not looking forward to turning 25 next month, then.
Would you like me to polish your wheelchair and/or walker?
Professor Beef
Banned
I can't even think of any old characters in the Tales series that aren't villains.
Shit...this DOES explain a lot.
Yeah. We even got to play MvC1 and The Simpsons arcade game together. AND the original Time Crisis. I beat Reagan's high score, too. Beat that, son.
Hot Coldman
Banned
I fully expected to be one of the youngest members here; I don't turn 20 until this October
Wait, what the fuck?I joined NeoGAF when I was 16?? I've been here for over 3 years?!
Yay, I'm not the youngest. 20 here.
Dark Schala
Eloquent Princess
Nocturnowl
Member
We can drain your Psyche Gauge by calling you Old Beef.
Alternatively your the ageing, blading, balding, money needing Flair of this thread.
Shadow Hog
Member
Y'know, older people tend to be a bit slower, right? So does this mean Professor Beef is turning into slowbeef? Let's just hope he doesn't come down with Diabetus.
Well, at least we'll turn 25 next month... together.
This comes across a lot creepier than I'd like it to
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