[Classic Arcade Video Games 1979-1984 Quiz]

I got 19/52 right. Not bad.

[Awesome mechanical PONG!]

I've been wondering what a mechanical pong machine would have looked like.

Also this reminds me of those 1980's Blip handheld games.

[Label Variations]

I'll keep a label variant if it's in a game lot. But other than that, one working copy is good enough for me.

[Show me your Genesis!]

 

Model 1 "High definition graphics" variant with a 3 button controller and Vectorman 2 in the cartridge slot.

[Something I just noticed on Breakout cartridge]

The strange thing is, my printing error breakout cartridge doesn't say what controller to use.

[Your top 10 favorite arcade marquees]

Here are my favorites.

 

1. Tempest

 

2. Millipede

 

3. Breakout

 

 

4. Asteroids

 

5. Defender

 

6. Astron Belt

 

7. Space Invaders

 

8. Spy Hunter

 

9. Centipede

 

10. Space Duel

 

...And as a bonus, here is, in my opinion, the strangest arcade marquee!

[Dreamcast disc problem]

Hi. A while ago I bought a copy of Toy Commander for the dreamcast. When I tried to play it, it would freeze at the end of the No Cliche FMV. While attempting to play it a second time, I figured out that skiping the FMV would keep the game from freezing at that point. So I played the training mission, and nothing went wrong. Then I tried to play the first mission, only for the game to display a black screen with a blue box in the middle of it and some text on it when it tried to load it. I can't exit out of the screen, the only thing I could do at this point was move a cursor around with the d-pad and analog stick. I tried resurfacing the disc and it still did the same things. I don't know what's wrong.

 

Note: I would post pictures, but for some reason the images would look flipped on the preview screen.

 

[Commodore 64 no picture]

Hi, I decided to play some games on my commodore 64 only for the computer to not output any kind of picture, not even a black screen, but the power LED turns on. I tried both composite and RF and neither had any picture.

[What 2600 games are you playing right now?]

Been playing Starmaster and Dodge 'Em with my Wico bat joystick that I bought yesterday.

[What games did you not know were arcade games?]

When I first heard of Vanguard, I thought it was an original game by atari. It wasn't until a while after that I figured out it was an arcade game by SNK.

[Your Favorite Arcade Games]

My favorites are (In not particular order):

Pac-Man

Zoo Keeper

Centipede

Food Fight

Marble Madness

Joust

Robotron 2084

Blaster

Mad Planets

Asteroids

Battle Zone

Space Invaders

Galaga

Sprint 2

Gyruss

Time Pilot

Space Duel

Gorf

Phoenix

Tempest

Paper Boy

[Where Did You Get Your First Atari 2600 and What Type Was it?]

Mine was a 2600 jr. that I bought off ebay in 2012. It came with the system itself (of course), the power supply, an RF cable along with a female rca to male coaxial converter, 4 games, and a 3rd party joystick. It was one of the game systems that got me into retro games along with the NES.

[VCS Joysticks on Genesis]

I remember trying to play Sonic the Hedgehog with an atari joystick and it worked. Though the only reason why I tried that was because the genesis controller that came with my genesis had dirty contacts.

[Who here likes the old Electro-Mechanical (EM) type games?]

I've only played one EM game. (A Williams Blue Chip pinball machine.)

But I do like researching about these machines. It's fascinating to know how these companies managed to pull off these special effects before video arcade games came around.

[Your Top C64 Games]

These are some of my favorite C64 games.

 

Speed Buggy (aka Buggy Boy)

Shinobi

Wizard of Wor (The later version not the Max version)

Gridrunner

Kikstart

Spy Vs. Spy

Jumpman

[What 2600 games are you playing right now?]

Been playing Midnight Magic lately. Definitely a great pinball game for the Atari VCS.

[Do You Collect Games to PLAY or PUT on the SHELF?]

I collect games to play them, but if I get a duplicate of a game I already have that is different variant, then I'll keep it.

[Starpath supercharger games on vinyl.]

Now I want to see supercharger games on 4-track, reel to reel, and maybe even cylinder records!

[Commodore 64 won't boot up correctly]

Out of curiosity, did you purchase one from the link above or was it another 3rd party PS available somewhere else?

It was a third party PS from somewhere else.

[Commodore 64 won't boot up correctly]

My new third-party PSU got delivered today, I tested it out and it works! Now I can finally play the games I bought for it. Thanks for the help!

[Favorite Atari 2600 commercial ever?]

"Mario where are you?"

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o0sIrhC83c

[Commodore 64 won't boot up correctly]

Hi, yesterday I turned on my c64, only to have it display a black screen with a dim power LED, which then turns to a white screen. It does correctly boot up, but that rarely happens. Any help would be nice.

[Games that should have used paddle controllers]

I think commando raid should have used the paddle controllers. I find it pretty hard to aim with the joystick in that game, so that extra precision would help.

[C64 breadbox outputs in black and white.]

Update I figured out how to hook up a c64 to a tv using a monitor cable. You plug the yellow and red cables into a y adapter, This way, both the chroma and luma signals are combined into one signal and plug, you plug the male end of the y adapter into the video port, and you plug the white cable into the white audio port. Now I have a good, color picture with no white noise.

Anyway, thanks for the help.

[C64 breadbox outputs in black and white.]

I've tried changing the channels in hopes of fine-tuning it, but nothing happened. Also, the RF signal went black and white again.