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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 65 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 50 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] thejml@lemm.ee 17 points 11 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 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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 15 points 11 months ago

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

[–] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 11 months ago

you can still play them!

Off I go doing a crime again

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] zirconium886@lemmy.zip 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's lain you heathen

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 5 points 11 months ago

They stole all of her Reese's Pieces.

[–] something_random_tho@lemmy.world 30 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I can hear that Ocarina of Time screenshot.

[–] dirtySourdough@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

🎹🎶

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 months ago

OWOOOOOOooo

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[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 27 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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 7 points 11 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 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 15 points 11 months ago

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

[–] mariusafa@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 11 months ago

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

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 15 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Shit, I still have a working Genesis.

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 4 points 11 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.

[–] Nilz@sopuli.xyz 4 points 11 months ago

The 8bitdo wireless Genesis controller is pretty good and faithful to the original.

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[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think I have three of the damn things.

They just keep popping up like mushrooms. Same thing with Gamecubes.

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[–] CPMSP@midwest.social 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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[–] mkhopper@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

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Monty on the run, can you hear the screenshot?

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[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 13 points 11 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.

[–] InputZero@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

I've actually found the cure to my old video game nostalgia is watching old lets-plays. Usually I can skip a whole bunch of the creators video and get that nostalgia bug outta my system in a few hours without spending any money.

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[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

Many people still play OoT, especially with mods.

[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] noxypaws@pawb.social 4 points 11 months ago

That game was so cool! So many wild combinations of monsters to make, such a neat setting

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

”RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE!”

—Altered Beast (Sega Genesis)

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

POWER UP!

[–] DogPeePoo@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

AH AH AH AH!

[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

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

[–] purrtastic@lemmy.nz 8 points 11 months ago

Amiga I still love you

[–] heavy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

I'll let you go out in style.

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 7 points 11 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.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is that Lain?

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[–] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 7 points 11 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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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 6 points 11 months ago (9 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

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[–] paw@feddit.org 6 points 11 months ago

!

[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 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 11 months ago

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

[–] Spider89@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Does PS3 count?

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