My name is Richard, I recently discovered this site and immediately had to join as I love retro gaming.
My favorite retro console is the NES. But I also love SNES, PS1/X etc.
I am 24 years old if anyone is curious lol
My name is Richard, I recently discovered this site and immediately had to join as I love retro gaming.
My favorite retro console is the NES. But I also love SNES, PS1/X etc.
I am 24 years old if anyone is curious lol
My name is Chris Burek, and I'm a journalist from Plattsburgh, NY. I'm currently working on a magazine article about retro games and want to hear from gamers like you! What special memory in your life do you associate with retro consoles like NES and Super Nintendo? What makes retro gaming more appealing than modern gaming like the Xbox or PlayStation? What is the schism between these two generations like? When replying please include your first and last name as well as where you're from. Thank you!
My presentation: http://www.digitpress.com/forum/show...=1#post1960528
I'm Anthony. I'm from Florida.
I have a 360 and my favorite games are MGS4 and 3, DMC1, 3 and 4, Contra Hard Corps and Sonic 2.
I found this site after I finally decided to search for a retro game site to kill time at and this is the first site and clicked in my search.
I'm also a MMA and comic book fan. Although I'm waaayyyy behind in like season 3, Burn Notice is my favorite show. John Carpenter's The Thing is my favorite movie. I also read the manga Samurai Executioner and Rurouni Kenshin.
Hi everyone,
I'm Merlijn, I'm 24 years old and I live in Belgium where I work as a firemen. My hobbies are paintball and car track days and since a couple of weeks retro gaming.
I recently started collecting retro games after getting Pokémon for my old gameboy, I really like the old games where gameplay was more important then graphics.
Apart from that gameboy with 4 games I never owned any game consoles when I was young, simply because my parents didn't want to buy it, wich is not a bad thing because I played outside more,but now that I want to start a collection I really have to start from scratch.
I stumbled accros this forum while doing some google searchs and after reading through quite some posts I descided to register since this seems quite a lively forum.
I'm hoping to get a nice collection together with a mix of old and new games/consoles. I'm mostly into Nintendo though so I've already bought a N64 Pikachu edition wich I found for a very nice price and 2 Game & Watch consoles: Greenhouse and Donkey Kong wich I only paid €30 (around 40$) for the pair. I should be getting a NES or SNES pretty soon (the guy doesn't know/remember wich of the 2 he has). I'm also planning on going to some flea markets in the next weeks.
Hi there,
my name is luftek
i am 23
from Slovenia, Europe
I play and own 3 Gameboy's:
2x backlit DMG
1x DMG waiting to be modded
I currently want to produce a power adapter for DMG:
http://luftech.blogspot.com/2013/04/...r-adapter.html
Hi there! I'm new in this forum!
I'm 26, I'm from Italy and I LOVE retrogames!
I hope I'll feel fine in this community.
Hey there,
I have been gaming on the PC since 1984, even though I'm only 32 years old. Recently I have
rediscovered my love for the old gems, and want to read up on them again. A fine fine hobby
this is.
Cheers!
hey,
my name is justin redmond
i collect mainly for the Genesis, Sega CD, and other Sega Consoles.
i'm trying to get complete sets for the Genesis, CD, 32X, and also
probably the N64 since I've got a decent # of complete games for
that system.
i also make repros for the Genesis, i sort of got into that after seeing
a user on Sega-16 had made a complete one on Ebay.
one last thing,
Castlevania Bloodlines >>>> Super Castlevania IV
Contra: Hard Corps >>>>> Contra 3 Alien Wars
I'm not a forum goer just can't hit the chat rooms on android hi I'm eric 28 love the gamming scene modders rule no i am not one but frets on fire kicks with my gen simons guitar and my 7 dollor momo force feedback kick on gtr2. no i don't really care for much gaming but pc my heart always will be on the game gear that's why i emulate hit me up i love to talk games mostly the adnormal like shadow man.
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Tell us any or all of the following:
- Who you are
- Where you live
- How you found the forums
- What your favorite games are
- What systems you collect for
- What you do in "real life"
- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
Hi there everyone!
My name is Jules but I'm more known as Retr0J.
I'm a UK gamer living in the sunny (hardly) South West
I found the forums through a recommendation from a friend who said that this was the best place to find people who live and breathe gaming and was a great way to make contacts.
Favorite games is a very tough one for me as I enjoy such a wide range! I'd say for Retro it'd be Final Fantasy 6 and for current I would have to say....er...Bioshock 1
I collect games for the PS1 as this was the first console I actually went out an bought with my own money so it holds that extra special appeal. Still got my original console some 15 years on!
In real life I'm a modern foreign language specialist who works with schools in an attempt to raise language awareness and promote learning and teaching of foreign languages in schools.
Really looking forward to seeing what's inside the forums!
Hi all,
Grouchy old fart here, 42. I've been playing video games since 1982 and collecting them since the 1990's. I've always been about ten years behind the times, I've never owned an Xbox, I'm just now contemplating buying a Playstation 2, and I've made a point of accumulating games that I have no hope or interest in playing, regardless of platform. If there's anything I'd like to specialize in, I suppose it would eventually be early 80's computer games, once I ever winnow my holdings down to a manageable level. I guess I'm a video-game hoarder, but I consider it a pretty harmless and kind of happy sort of mania to have. Nice to once again be in the presence of fellow collectors.
Until later, ^G
Hey everyone!
I am a relatively short 24 (nearly 25) year old human currently living in the south-west of England. I've been gaming since some time in the early 90s, can't pin-point when but it was before 1993!
I came across these forums while bingeing on old games and thought I'd like to get involved and inflict myself on you guys =)
I'm going to be as generic as an RPG and say I don't really have a favourite. I have a load of games that I really enjoy playing, mainly being Cannon Fodder, Conkers Bad Fur Day, Crash Bandictoot, Crash Team Racing, Bonanza Bros., Wonder Boy 3, Ico and Team Buddies!!!
I hate the world 'collect' in terms of games, makes me think of some guy whose just hoarding a vast game library to look at rather than play with! I buy games for any machine I still own, these being the Amiga 600, Sega Master System 2, Nintendo 64, Gameboy, PS2 (surrogate PS1 and then there's the current generation which don't really get a look-in.
In life I attempt to make my own games, inspired by a lifetime thus far of gaming.
I think collecting for the sake of owning a game and not playing it is perverse, a game exists to be played! That game sitting on your shelf could be bringing joy or nostalgia to someone with a genuine desire to play it rather than mucking around with a ROM. Collectors put the prices of old games up unnecessarily.
Rant over, alienation complete.
Hi everyone. My name is Daniel Jackson, I'm 27 years old and live in Rockford, Illinois. I've found the forum quite a few times over the years when I've Google'd something and it linked here. Finally decided to make an account so I can participate in discussion with everyone here. My favorite games are RPGs. From the NES days to the early PS3/360 timeframe that's pretty much all I ever played aside from the popular games within other genres, like the Mario titles, Zelda games, and such. I collect games for pretty much everything. I have an NES, SNES, Genesis, 32X, Sega CD, Nintendo 64, Sega Saturn, Sega Dreamcast, PS2, X-Box, Gamecube, PS3, 360, Wii, WiiU, Nintendo DS, 3DS, PSP, Vita, GameGear and the Master System attachment for the GameGear. I really want to get a Turbografx system in the future. I've been collecting Game Informer magazines and have most of the issues (almost everything after issue 94, missing a lot prior to that), other than that it's mostly games themselves I collect.
Hey all,
New to the forums, but have known frankie for quite a while.
Pretty knowledgeable about all systems, and been getting into arcade repair for the last few years.
Hey guys, I'm Gabriel, i live in Texas for now (happily mind you). Doing some research on retro sites I found the forum, so you can say i found the forum in accident lol.
My favorite retro games are: Galaga (1.2 milliion score ), Legend of Zelda (A link to the past), Metroid(nes), Donkey Kong Country, Castlevania 1,2,3, Yoshi's Island (my wife and I will always and forever play this game), Super Mario World, Killer Instinct, Pokemon Fire Red, Doom II, Fire Emblem, Final Fantasy 4... the list here goes on and on.
My favorite modern games are: Call of Duty (series)... and that's about it, play much more retro than current.
My favorite game style is the independent community that has built up in the last years. Very interesting and has given me some of my favorite games, to mention some: CaveStory, Super Meat Boy, Minecraft, Terraria... the list can go on and on
One of the games I'm looking forward to is chasm http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/discordgames/chasm --> If you have the time/money, and like the game donate to their kickstarter
As of now I am not a collector I just enjoy playing the games I still have from when I was a child. However, i missed out on a lot of games as a child, so i'm trying to catch up now.
For a living right now, I'm the producer for a small independent company I started not too long ago here in TX: Prototype Studios. We are currently in preliminary development of our first release Space Adventure (a retro side scrolling shooter that carries various rpg elements). If you'd like to know more of the game, and it's various developments, you can follow us on Facebook (facebook.com/prototypestudios18) or check out the post I started on the developments of the game here at: http://www.digitpress.com/forum/newr...eply&p=1964485
Tell us any or all of the following:
- Who you are
- Where you live
- How you found the forums
- What your favorite games are
- What systems you collect for
- What you do in "real life"
- Any other interesting facts, like how you began collecting, etc.
Hey everyone, I'm David. I'm currently living in Arkansas. I found the forums through Google searches that lead me to the "Room of Doom Galleries" on the front page. I've actually been lurking around here for a while, but decided to finally join. Some of my favorite game franchises are Halo, Dead Space, F.E.A.R., BioShock, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Gears of War, etc. I love first person and third person shooters the most, but I play other genres as well. These days I do most of my gaming on the PC, but I also do my fair share of XBOX gaming. Halo is my all time favorite series. I love the story. I collect anything and everything Halo. I've played all the games, read most of the books and comics, and I still can't get enough! Aside from that, I collect just about everything from NES to today, but nothing prior to the NES. I actually got started collecting around 2000, but about four years ago I sold everything (except my Halo stuff ) and called it quits. Recently I decided to get back into the game so I'm starting from nearly scratch. In real life I work as a Server Admin. It's not exciting, but it pays the bills. Aside from gaming and collecting, I'm very big into Mountain Biking. It's my main source of exercise as well as a very fun hobby.
Hi everyone,
-My name is Sonny, I live in Sherbrooke (in Quebec, Canada)
-I found the forums a few years ago while looking for rarity lists (and then found out about DP's collector's guides)
-My favorites games are shmups and various other arcade style games. Some of my favorite titles include: Ibara, R-Type III, Metal Slug, Street Fighter III 3S, Guilty Gear series, Castlevania SotN, Ogre Battle MotBQ...)
-I do not collect for any particular system but I collect (use to...) shmups and arcade style games for various systems.
-I'm a Phys Ed. Teacher that also likes modding video game systems and restoring antiques.
-I began collecting by grabbing various games in yard sales while looking for antiques with my dad (that was about 20 years ago).
-I'm actually selling most of my collection to make room and stack money for twin babies that are due in a few months.
-I have been a member of the CCJVQ and CGCC communities since 2004.
Cheers!
Hey everyone, I'm Carter. I work in IT. I just had a child a few weeks ago. Well, not personally but my wife did. She carried him, cooked him up and spat him out. I live in Australia where the retro scene is about as lively as a graveyard. I collect for the Saturn, Dreamcast and PSP but my focus is on Saturn since I only have 50 odd games left to buy. I grew up with the Master System, SNES, N64 in the late 80s and 90s. I only started collecting for PSP because I was finding cheap games and I have roughly 50 games. I have roughly 50 Dreamcast games and I have roughly 250 Sega Saturn games. I have various other Gamecube games (10-15 maybe?), Sega Master games, (again, maybe 10-15?) and PS2 games (again, maybe 10-15?) that I can think of. Some of the games I have for other consoles were games I either picked up as a bargain or were something I was seeking specifically like Ikaruga for the Gamecube. I don't have a favourite game but I do play a lot.