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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 64 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Luckily those things aren’t dead, you can still play them!

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 49 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Those companies do everything they can to make it as hard as legally possible.

[–] thejml@lemm.ee 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There’s a pretty thriving retro scene… you can buy any of the consoles listed here fairly easily.

[–] ogeist@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

You can even get better and new alternative retro consoles. As in consoles with HDMI out and upscalers that will run old games.

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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

Konami and Nintendo? Yeah I agree they’re too litigious. Still, it’s trivially easy to emulate though.

[–] synae 8 points 3 months ago

you can still play them!

Off I go doing a crime again

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

But... anime-girl buried them, so they're kinda hard to access.

[–] zirconium886@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Why did Lain bury all the Atari 2600 games, tho?

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 months ago

They stole all of her Reese's Pieces.

[–] something_random_tho@lemmy.world 29 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

I can hear that Ocarina of Time screenshot.

[–] dirtySourdough@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago

OWOOOOOOooo

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[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

You got classic video games buried in dirt and forgot about Atari? There are more copies of ET in the ground than anything else. Lol

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Are there still? Did they leave most of em? I thought a bunch got sold off to patrons of that dig attempt.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 months ago

We still talk about how many of your cartridges got buried in a landfill.

[–] mariusafa 16 points 3 months ago

Yeah nintendo still sues communities trying to port oot to a more modern engine xD.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 14 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Shit, I still have a working Genesis.

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Me too. I like to play Xmen 2: Clone Wars and Bubsy on it. I've been thinking of getting an 8bitdo for it so I can play it wireless with my PS4 controllers.

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[–] CPMSP@midwest.social 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] mkhopper@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

LOAD"*",8,1

Monty on the run, can you hear the screenshot?

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago

My blood pressure goes up just looking at the Space Taxi loading screen. Space Taxi is why I don't have any patience left to try Dark Souls.

[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Old video game nostalgia can be easily cured by trying to actually play them today. A lot of them have aged...poorly.

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[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

Many people still play OoT, especially with mods.

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm playing through Jade Cocoon right now. These games aren't dead.

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[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

”RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE!”

—Altered Beast (Sega Genesis)

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

You didn't need the attribution line. With just your quote we all heard it in our heads.

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

AH AH AH AH!

[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

I don't know what you're talking about, I play three of these systems regularly.

[–] purrtastic@lemmy.nz 7 points 3 months ago

Amiga I still love you

[–] heavy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Love MGS1, but Yell Dead Cell is one of the best boss themes of all time.

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago

I'll let you go out in style.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Is that Lain?

[–] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This picture is way too sinister, unrelated to this being a meme

Every time i see it i have tears coming

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[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago

Mega Drive is still getting good mileage here. Recently played MSG on a ps emulator. I have the discs and a PSX but played it on my odroid go ultra. Got stuck figuring out how to change the discs virtually so that's how far I got in the game.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Last year I bought an original 8 bit Nintendo system with Super Mario and Tetris ... two games I grew up playing for hours and hours. I hadn't played them in years and I thought I should buy one just to have on hand because they'll probably disappear and become unavailable in the next decade or two (assuming I'll live that long ... lol)

I bring it out once in a while just to play it and get frustrated as I try to remember where, when and how to run and jump through level 8

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (8 children)

My OG NES is quite possibly my most played out of all my retro consoles. It's currently loaded with Duck Tales, for meme purposes.

Mine also has an emerald green power light (because I can), the lockout chip is clipped, and I modified the cartridge connector so you don't have to press the carts down to play them anymore (because that blows people's minds).

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[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

I got a Miyoo Mini very recently and have been playing a lot of games since. I can't put the thing down for long at all!

[–] _sideffect@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

"You're all together on one piece of plastic smaller than a thumb!"

[–] Spider89@lemm.ee 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)
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[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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