Maybe I'm Just Too Oldschool

[tina]

I still get the most out Pacman and Galaga. Namco museam III, 'scuse me while I kiss the sky, but am I in heaven?

[madd74]

hehehe... old school... coming from you I get humor from that

*I* still get fun from pong, so don't even go there with old school hehe

[mt]

video games???? i play with a plank of wood with a rusty nail in it, now thats old school

[madd74]

there was no video to that, however, thus, it would have only been a game, with no video

[Stingray]

Centipede, Zaxxon, and Turbo still remain my favorites... oh, wait, then there's Missile Command, Asteroids, Mouse Trap, Dig Dug, Galaga, Xevious... crap, I love 'em all!

And who of course could forget the legendary Gauntlet, right Madd?? "Warrior shot the potion! I've not seen such bravery!"

-Stingray

[madd74]

-lol- Ah yes, Gauntlet, the reason Game Genie was created, just to find out that did you absolutely no good at all. If you lived with or next to me, I would have bought it on 360...

[cmplxty7]

do you have an atari here, Madd? My dad still has his that I am sure I can have someday. I am sure he is not ready to part with it yet, even though it hasn't been played in a very long time.

[madd74]

I have atari emulator!!

[cmplxty7]

not the same

[Mair]

what's an atari emulator? Dave was going to buy me a joystick at best buy yesterday but I didn't want to spend $40 on it. But I MISS my atari. Maybe I should buy one on ebay

[madd74]

An emulator is a program that can play the ROMs of games. A ROM is a file that stores information of the game. It is the program. When you go out and by a NES cartridge, you are buying a large plastic device that holds a ROM inside. That ROM can be pulled out and stored on a computer, since it is just a program, and then an emulator can play it the same way your NES, Atari, SNES, or whatever would otherwise do.

[Mair]

Oh I see.

[Stingray]

not the same

Maybe not quite the same, but much easier than dealing with blowing dust off cartridges and connectors, sticky/non working joysticks, and outdated power supplies that threaten to explode without warning!

[Mair]

That's actually what makes it all so fun!!!

[madd74]

Eh, I really did not enjoying the cords and garbage like that. I also love save slates!