Post things underaged bans would never understand about retro games

>>3637782
A lot of them fucking blow.

Is 28 the age of majority now?

"Why would you want a game to be hard? Games are supposed to be fun!"

>>3637789
I'm 26

>>3637782
Great thread OP ten outta ten.

>>3637790
"Why would you want a game to be fun? Games are supposed to be hard!"

I bought a game that was shipped complete with out need for patches or DLC!

>>3637995
well what do you know, i guess they're not all banned after all!

>>3637782
boot disk

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The sheer terror that sets in when you put your favorite game in and you get this screen.

>>3637782
Isn't that called the catalog?

Nintendo suck!

>>3637995
>>3637790
Hard games are fun.

>>3638212
A hard game can be fun but a game doesn't have to be hard to be fun

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>>3637782

>>3637782
>grey screen

My copy of Bionic Commando does that about half the time I put it in.

At least I've figured out it's sweet spot by now.

I've never had the gray screen happen. It was always green or (rarely) blue.

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>>3637782

>>3638623
Has anyone figured out what each character represents in the game's memory?

>>3638628
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDvHy4RtAek

>>3638212
When a game is fun, i get very hard.

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No wonder kids don't read anymore.

>>3638292
we have 2 Blockbusters within 20 miles o my house. Still rent games too

manuals
having no internet so magazines, store displays and word of mouth was your only compass. I used to get anxiety when buying a new game because we didn't have a lot of money and they were few and far between. I had to get a gem

>>3638292
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_96wWKzkp4s

>>3637782
>Grey Screen.

My famicom with an AV mod does that, I haven't been able to use it for years, why is that?

>>3638995
Where do you live?

>>3639778
Clean the internal pins or the pins inside the game. If that doesn't work replace the pins.

>>3637782
sometimes I'd get flashing colors instead of plain gray.

>>3637782
PSX

>>3639963
I did tried cleaning them with a cottom thing and alcohol, but it didn't worked.

I don't know how to replace the pins ;_;

>>3639035
OH SHIT
I remember those fucking paper tags you had to take up to get the shit.

Oh fuck. I barely remember that shit.

>>3637789
Just turned28. Would be interesting to get a glimpse of the demographics of /vr/. Straw poll ?

>>3639991
yeah, that takes me back

>>3641074
to the past?

>>3639784
In the '90s, apparently

The experience of trading carts with other kids.
Having to save on slot C because slot B belonged to the kid who lent you the game and slot A belonged to some other kid you didn't even know.

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Getting a new game for a cartridge based system and breaking your fingers trying to get these fucking things open.

>>3641197
I always thought those ones were particularly easy to open, unless it was third party garbage reeeeeeee

>>3641197
breaking your fingers? unfunny exaggeration when whining about kids toys needs to stop

>>3639003
This. Magazines were gold for strategy on how to beat a level. Sure you could use a cheat code, but that would be cheating, and felt shit. So a lot of people wanted to finish the game properly before they would use the cheats. Still needed a magazine or a friend who had the magazine for the cheat codes though. I feel blessed to have lived through the 8-bit and 16-bit era. Games are way flashier now but their replay value is shit. I still play games like Mario 3, sonic 2, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter 2, Wonderboy, Skitchin' because they are fucking fun and take me straight back to being a kid.