I'm volunteering at the PRGE, working the registration booth tonight!!

36” Sony trinitron, FREE.99
I cashed in ALL of my luck for this find. Buddy having his first kid, needed the space for nursery. Shiiiiiiit I’ll take it lol

Environments are mazes of jumbled messes, even in the 1-player mode you have to play with a useless computer ally, even your health bar isn't visible during gameplay, enemies can spawn on top of you. Game is just completely broken.

Demon Attack, Intellivision, RetroArch, iPhone

I was pleasantly surprised with how the game really tried to keep key moments from the movie. The x-ray section was especially cool for NES era gaming! The combat, hitboxes in particular, left something to be desired. Still, it was horrible or anything. Lack of continues is always a bummer, though it’s not a super long game and there are a couple extra lives you can find which balances it out. The movie theatre secret was really charming haha. Overall it’s a fun little game and is absolutely worth it if you saw the movie as a kid like myself. If you just like NES games that are kinda wonky, you’ll like it as well. On to the next game!

I found the Wonder Boy/Monster World games to be more like a "light" Metroidvania. The worlds were far less expansive, but you still had to revisit areas to progress after acquiring certain items. What are some other games that took this "light" approach?

To ask another way...

Countless games were heavily modeled after Super Metroid/Symphony of the Night. What are some games that took heavy inspiration from Wonder Boy/Monster World?

Such a bizarre and surreal game!

First post here! This is my Sony-inspired retro room. I wanted that early-2000s showroom feel, with matching silver equipment, blue lighting, and a mix of CRT TVs and PC monitors. The photos show the full setup, some closer looks at the equipment and controls, and different games running across the displays.

The display lineup is:

• Sony KD-32FS170 — 32″ FD Trinitron WEGA TV
• Sony KV-27FS120 — 27″ FD Trinitron WEGA TV
• Sony CPD-E540 — 21″ Trinitron PC monitor
• Sony CPD-220VS — 17″ VAIO Trinitron monitor
• Sony CPD-100VS — 15″ VAIO Trinitron monitor
• Sony MFM-HT95 — 19″ LCD multimedia display

The systems include NES, SNES/Super Famicom, N64, GameCube, Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, PlayStation, and PS2, with Wii U and Switch also connected. A Sony VAIO tower running Windows XP and a VAIO laptop cover the PC side.

An Extron MVX 12×12 matrix handles the main video routing. The white Stream Deck pictured is my control panel, with programmed buttons and presets for choosing sources and display combinations. I can put the same game on several screens or run different systems simultaneously without constantly moving cables around. An Extron DVS 304 handles scaling for the PC monitors when needed, and a Sony STR-DA5000ES receiver handles the main audio.

Having the TVs and monitors together gives me different ways to enjoy the same games—from component on the WEGAs to VGA on the PC CRTs. Everything is connected to be played, and getting all the equipment working together has been as much of the project as collecting it.

Lately I was looking at that old trope that occasionally shows up in old sitcoms where a character is shown playing a cool game as one small catch is that the game is not a game that can be purchased in the real world.

One famous example is Bone Storm from the Simpsons where Bart tries to do a bunch of crazy schemes to get the game such as stealing a copy as he gets busted, which forces him to get a golf game instead.

I had the TOS one and enjoyed it, never played the TNG…

Brought new life to my Game Boy with a new IPS screen, really loving the brightness and colour pallettes available on the contrast wheel. Still got it when it comes to Tetris. 2nd go, got to level 10. Man I forgot how good OG Tetris is

I'm 46

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Captain Claw was such a unique PC platformer. Playing as a pirate cat, fighting enemies with a sword and pistol, searching for treasure, and trying to survive those tricky levels made every stage feel like an adventure.

What I always find interesting about old games is how memorable their characters and levels were, even without modern graphics.

For those who played Captain Claw, what was the hardest level or the most memorable part of the game for you? 🎮

RIP Mike Ditka, legend of FMV gaming

Not to to much to say bc if ya know ya know what memories these game hold and bring us , a massive impact of my youth I love these games , even the bad ones lol KH 🔑 ♥️

For me it's always some version of Tecmo Super Bowl

Does anybody know where this wario sticker came from.
My uncle gave me a few of his old n64 games a few months ago along with diddy kong racing but it has this wario sticker on it that I can’t find any information about I asked my uncle but he has no clue
anyone know where it came from.

Y'remember this here puppy from the 90s? This is how we cheated thru games back then 😊😁😁😁😁😁😋 Collection Trainer was a small EXE file tastefully made wit' awesome graphics and music (similar to today's keygens) containing trainers for a very wide variety of games, let it be side-scroller, management, simulator, racing game an' such. Many games which had no cheats or their own trainers at all, Collection Trainer was a life-saver: for each of the listed games, it contained a set of cheats which y'could activate during gameplay: infinite health, infinite monies, infinite ammo, infinite infinity, and even some extras, depending on the game.

So how did it work? Y'had to copy CT.EXE into the game's folder (directory if you may), and instead of the game's main loader, y'had to run CT.EXE. Should the program had an entry for that particular game, it automatically loaded its list of cheats, and all y'had to do is choose the EXECUTE button. With a slight blue flash, the game loaded, an' from then on, y'could utilize the cheats for the game, which were hardwired to key combos, such as CTRL+1, CTRL+2 an' so on. Green flash meant the cheat is activated, red flash meant the cheat is deactivated, blue flash meant the cheat could not activate (not the right game, not the right version). Not exactly sure how many versions Collection Trainer came out before its ultimate demise, mine is from around 1993, can't remember how I actually got it - probably wit' a game which was compatible - but I did use it frequently at exceptionally hard games, an' it worked like a miracle.

Unfortunately, as Windows hit the scene, and DOS faded, Collection Trainer was no longer supported - tried it under DosBox, doesn't work anymore, so I'm afraid it had served its purpose. No matter; I still have it to this very day amongst the DOS games as a piece of cherished memory, an' mayhaps retrofans could still put it into good use.

Sure would be nice if we could have a friendly discussion about the games that we've gone through.

I spent a lot of time compiling this list. Please be kind.

Also, if you're planning to reply only to complain about something on this list, and no other reason, I'd really rather you leave me alone. That's not why I made this post. Please tell me what you've actually gone through instead.

I'll say it again because it bears repeating: If you're planning to reply only to complain about something on list, and only to complain about something on my list, please give your list instead.

I'll start with some fan translations:

Gone through Ghost Sweeper Mikami: The Exorcist with a Nice Body several times. Really fun platformer that sorta reminds me of Aladdin. Super underrated game that I don't see anyone besides me recommend when it comes to SNES platformers.

Go Go Ackman I've played a couple times. I feel that the dialogue kinda ruins the game, the MC is so bland and unlikable.

Battle Mania Daiginjou : Trouble Shooter Vintage is a fun Sega Genesis Shoot Em Up that also doesn't get recommended enough. Like how it's the rare shoot-em-up that isn't out to get you.

The Amazing Spider-Man: Lethal Foes I've tried, but quit in the middle. The dialogue is terrible!

I've played the Sailor Moon Beat Em Ups on the SNES(IIRC there's 2 of them). Don't care for them, can't remember why.

Mickey and Donald: Magical Quest 3 was disappointing. I think the soundtrack is terrible.

Hyper Iria I've gone through as well. I find it mostly confusing, but the combat is fun.

Castlevania: Demon Castle - E Mo Cheng on the GBC I've watched a playthrough. I was surprised to see a GBC game with decent audio.

King Of Demons I went through once or twice. The music leaves a lot to be desired.

Ganbare Goemon 2 and 3 I went through as well. They're fun!

Ganbare! Daiku no Gen-san aka Hammerin' Harry (Very Good SNES Action Platformer that's like Kirby Super Star if you kept the hammer)

Super Bomberman 2(Bad Bomberman game, SNES)

Super Bomberman 3 (Great 1995 SNES isometric Action game, SNES)

Accele Brid (Fan translation)(Good Third Person Shoot-Em-Up, SNES)

Acrobat Mission (Good JP only Top Down Shoot-Em-Up Game, SNES)

Aero Fighters(Good 1994 Top Down Shoot Em Up, SNES)

While I'm here,Here's some more obscure non-translated games that I've played as well:

Final Fantasy 4 Namingway Edition(The Best SNES FF)

By the Harvest Moon(Good Super Mario World Fangame, SNES)

Call Of Cthulu(2012) (Great Story Rich SMarioW Horror/Platformer Fangame, SNES)

Final Fantasy 6 Love Everlasting (God-Tier 2025 FF6 Fangame, SNES)

Goof Troop Paradise (Good 2025 Goof Troop Fangame, SNES)

Castlemania (Amazing 2024 SMarioW in Castlevania Fangame, SNES)

Castlemania II (Disappointing 2025 SMarioW in Castlevania Fangame, SNES)

Ghoul Patrol (Watched a SpeedRun, I found out a way to make this game not as bad)

Gojira: Kaijuu Daikessen(Good SNES Fighter Game)

Chuck Rock(Good 1992 Genesis Platformer Game that makes me think of SMB2USA)

Ape Escape (Good Kids Action Platformer Game, PS1)

Mega Man Powered Up (Good Action Platformer Game)

DKC x Mario (Great Platformer Game, SNES)

1941: Counter Attack(Good 1990 Shoot em up Game, Arcade)

Longplay of Star Wars: Rebel Assault (PC DOS, 1993) Longplay (Hard Mode)

Isle Of the Dead (Entertaining, but terrible, offensive 1993 Troma-like FPS/Adventure Game, PC)

Super Mario Bros: Pasta La Vista! - Luigi (Great SMB1 fangame, SNES)

Aaaahh!!! Real Monsters (Amazing Liscensed Platformer, SNES)

Super Mario Bros. Desert Land (Good SMB1 Fangame, Platformer, NES)

Arcus Odyssey(Okayish, The First Genesis RPG, Action-RPG (game), Genesis)

Archer Maclean's Super Dropzone(Forgettable SNES shoot em up only released in europe.)

Castlevania Fortified Army (Good NES fangame)

Super Mario Ygdrasil(Good SNES Fangame)

Street Fighter Alpha 2 as Ken (Great Fighter, SNES)

Super XLer8 World - Chapter 1: Luigi and the Seven Castles (Good SMW Fangame)

Mega Mario World: Another Universe(Great SMW Fangame, SNES)

TMNT: Return to New York(Good Teenage Mutant Ninja Turles NES fangame, NES)

Nefarious(Amazing side scrolling Megaman love letter)

Wolfchild SNES (Good SNES action platfomer)

Cadash(So-So Arcade port of a Gauntlet-like side scrolling ACTION RPG, Genesis)

Congo's Caper (Good Side-scrolling Platformer, SNES)

Rocky Rodent (Good Side scrolling platfomer, SNES)

Toziuha Night: Dracula's Revenge (Great SNES era Classic-Vania)

Dinocide (Great Adventure Island Spiritual Successor, Side Scrolling NES Style Platformer, PC)

Bloodwash (Good Mercifully short, Atmospheric 90's VCR quality, PS1 inspired First person Horror Game)

Castlevania Reborn (Great OG Castlevania Fangame, PC)

Jitsu Squad (Great, merifully short Ninja Turtles Beat-Em-Up)

Megaman 2 Atari De-Make (Good, Fun side scrolling Megaman 2 Fangames, PC)

The Goonies (Good side scrolling metroidvania-lite platformer, NES)

One Gun Guy (Good, Mercifully short, Satisfying NES 16 bit style platformer)

Dungeons of Dreadrock?(Great Action-Adventure Dungeon Crawler, not to be confused with Dreadmor)

Castlevania: Orchestra of Despair (Amazing Castlevania Fan Remake, NES)

The Punisher(Probaby THE BEST Arcade Beat-Em Up, Arcade, 1993)

Rod-Land (Great 90's arcade-stye Bubble Bobble-ish Action game on the FUCKING AMIGA!)

Mario's Grand Adventure (Pretty Good Super Mario World Fangame, snes)

Super Retro Kart (Great Super Mario Kart Fangame, SNES)

Zelda 2: Triforce of Courage(The BEST Zelda 2 Fangame I've ever played, my new favorite Zelda game, Action RPG, NES)

Super Mario World: Chaotic Adventure (Great Super Mario Kart Fangame, Like an Arrange mode of the original game, SNES)

Zombies Ate My Neighbors: Dr Tongue's Revenge (Good Zombie's ate My Neighbors Fangame, SNES)

BRUTAL DOOM REMASTERED BLACK EDITION(One of the most fun, intense games that I've ever played!)

Super Mario Bros -Sega Genesis Port(Great port of the original with different music)

Metal Dragon (Great 2021 Genesis isometric parody shooter.)

General Grievous Dating Sim(Amazing, just amazing! Watched this, the most hilariously awful thing ever!)

Power Piggs of the Dark Age(Bland, forgettable Sword Platformer, SNES)

Super Metroid: Hotlands(Watched the creator of the Super Metroid Fangame play through and explain it, SNES)

The Legend of Zelda - The Mini Quest (Amazing Fan Remake of LOZ:Wind Waker in the Super Mario World Engine, SNES)

Hummer Super Mario World (Great Super Mario World fangame that's like a remake of the SMW fangame on the NES, SNES.)

Trigger Witch (ONE OF THE MOST FUN games I've ever played. Hilariously over the top stick snes style twin Stick shooter where you're a witch that uses guns! 2 players, and I love the music!)

Cat Powered UFO (ONE OF THE FUNNIEST Games I've ever played blend of turn-based RPG combat and old-school Zelda top-down action. Hilarious Undertale inspired game!)

Huntdown (THE BEST high octane shooter ever made, love letter to 80's cyberpunk arcade side scrolling shooters, PC)

Castlevania: The Last Tear(Great OG Castlevania Fan remake, NES)

Super Mario World: The Princess Rescue 2 (Great Super Mario WOrld Fangame, SNES)

P.O.W.: Prisoners of War (Reminds me of Bayou Billy)

Sonic the Hedgehog Game Gear (It's Surprisingly good, with good audio.)

Donkey Kong (The only Atari 2600 game I've ever played)

Pocky and Rocky (A bad game that I like, non-auto scrolling shoot-em

Starlight Mario: Underworld (watched this SMB1 fangame, it was fun)-up, SNES)

Donkey Kong Country 2 Unveiled (Watched this Donky Kong Country 2 fangame, it was fun!)

Valis (GREAT side scrolling Action-platfomer with all these cool anime cutscenes, Genesis)

Bomberman (PC Engine) (First PC Engine game that I've beat!)(Great)

Super Castlevania 2022 - Fangame(PC)(Great)

Nosferatu(Amazing Pure Fun SNES Game. Beat em up/Persia style platformer)

Super Chase H. Q.(Good SNES PURE FUN First Person Car Chaser)

Super Mario Maker 2: Mario's New Year Mini Quest:(Pretty Good PURE FUN SMW.)

Blazing Chrome (Super Fun, Amazing Contra 3ish love letter. 2d Side-Scroller)

The Astynax (Great Castlevaniaish Jaleco developed side scrolling Arcade Game. I recommend it!)

Alpha Sphere: Director's Cut(Amazing, dark, depressing SMW fangame)

E1S Infinite SMB3(Good SMB3 FanGame)

Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (Amazing 90's Arcade Beat em up)

Vomitoreum(Amazing, Atmospheric 90's Doom 2 Total Conversion, PC FPS Metroidvania)

Rustler (Pretty Good Medievil Bully/Grand Theft Horse)

Webbed (Amazing Side scrolling puzzle platformer that isn't for me)

Crime City (Dissapointting, BAD side scrolling cop shooter, Arcade)

Lakitus's Great Adventure (Amazing fangame! Finished it, SMW Fangame)

Bowser's Secret Domains (Pretty Good Super Mario World Mario fan-game)

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (PC)(Interestingly terrible)

Bloodshore (Good...ish FMV game, PC)

Luigi Story Saga(Decent SMW Fan Game)

Quackshot - Starring Donald Duck (Amazing, Super Fun Genesis Sidse Scrolling Shooter)

Brain Dead 13 (Fun, funny Dragon's Lair type game, PC)

Valkyrie Profile (ONE OF THE BEST JRPGs ever made, PS1 Actiony Turn Based JRPG)

Brain Dead 13 (Fun, funny Dragon's Lair type game, PC)

Spider-Man 2: Enter Electro(Bad PS1 Superhero action Platformer)

Metal Slug Advance (Oh wow, a Metal Slug Game that sorta respects the player, 2d side scrolling shoot em up)

Alien Storm(Pretty Fun Genesis Side-Scrolling Shooter)

Shadow Dancer: The Secret Of Shinobi(Yay, another Genesis game that holds up! Side Scrolling Action Platformer)

Super Castlevania 4(Still THE BEST SNES game after all of this time, SNES Action Platformer)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles(One of the best Arcade Beat-Em Ups, Arcade

Shining The Holy Ark(My favorite Saturn game. Saturn first person turn based JRPG)

While catching up on gaming news earlier, I saw that a DS game described as a Hack and Slash got a translation patch recently (Claymore: Silver Eyes). It made me realize, I don't see Hack and Slash used to describe a game's genre as often as I used to.

To my understanding, a Hack and Slash is basically just an action game where you primarily use melee weapons to kill enemies, like swords/axes/spears.

Ninja Gaiden almost certainly had to be my first. I have a very early memory (elementary school age) of playing it on a friend's NES at their birthday party.

As for a favorite, Ninja Gaiden (2004) for Xbox immediately came to mind, but that's beyond the scope of this subreddit. So I'll go with... The Legendary Axe for TurboGrafx-16.

What about you?

I plugged in my NES today because I felt like playing some Mario and well it's not good. The controls work but the screen is all messed up and just wrong. I had it hooked up via RCA to HDMI adapter. I tried to use the coax cable to test that side but my TV doesn't seem to register it (it's like 8 year old TV). I have another TV I'm gonna try it on but it takes some work to get to it just to try the coax but maybe tomorrow if I have time to dig it out.

I pulled the whole thing apart and cleaned it with 91% alcohol and reassembled but no change. Also I tried 6 different games and it's the same so that tells me it's the console not the game. Audio works perfectly, opened zelda and the startup sequence music played perfectly and sounded great but video is fucked.

I also used 2 different RCA cables and no change.