http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Mon, 14 Jun 2004 16:28:18 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/06/13/213752.php#comment-69087 Well, the Geo is pretty much dead. The Geo CD had much cheaper games and system was roughly the same price. Of course, the loading times sucked. The problem with the Geo are the carts. Later ones were almost a gig in size. That's not cheap. 69087@blogcritics.org Mon, 14 Jun 2004 16:28:18 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/06/13/213752.php#comment-69039 also, the Metal Slug series add about as many original concepts to the platform mix, without actually doing anything other than platform action, as possible. if you think there's no life left in 2D platformers, try the Metal Slug games. What i don't get is, surely in this day and age, it'd be possible for them to come up with a slightly more affordable version of the Neo-Geo (as in, affordable new - i know at least on ebay you can pick up the hardware and games for affordable, if still a little pricey at times, prices) 69039@blogcritics.org Mon, 14 Jun 2004 14:10:54 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/06/13/213752.php#comment-69032 Since you mentioned Neo-Geo, I'll state, for the record, that the "Metal Slug" series has got to be the pinnacle of side-scrolling, mindless, sprite-based action. The background animations alone in that game make it a winner. Add explosions and waves of enemies, and you've got a classic. 69032@blogcritics.org Mon, 14 Jun 2004 13:26:22 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/06/13/213752.php#comment-69008 i have an atari jaguar i got from...i forget which game store it was. Possibly Game, actually. Anyway, waay back about 3 years shortly after i'd started uni, i was in town and they had a stack of atari jaguars, boxed, unopened, i think they'd been unearthed and game were selling them as a joint venture with Telegames (who are THE most overpriced retro gaming store i've ever had the misfortune of reading the price list of) for 9.99 a pop, so i couldnt resist. Also got an extra pad. Brutal Sports Football is ace for two-player action, and there are one or two other games i intend to get. I'll also be getting at least one of the Neo-Geo models when i have my own place (my parents are already pissed off with all the stuff i have "taking up too much room" so i doubt they'd appreciate having an arcade cabinet, or even the home version). I have a neo-geo pocket colour i bought when they first came out, now i have loads of games for it that i bought cheap over ebay. For all its faults, ebay is a great place to get old consoles. 69008@blogcritics.org Mon, 14 Jun 2004 10:54:50 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/06/13/213752.php#comment-69006 Wow, a functioning 2600. There might, theoretically, still be one of those in my parents' closet, but that's iffy. Nowadays, they have those little joystick+a/v cable devices to get your old school groove on. Still, I miss those chunky cartridges and wierd spring-loaded switches. I must readily agree about the whole mention of the fragility of CD-based media. Practically obselesence by design. 'Course, back in the day, CDs came in caddies... ;-) 69006@blogcritics.org Mon, 14 Jun 2004 10:28:31 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/06/13/213752.php#comment-68955 I still have a functioning Atari 2600. And an NES. And a Sega Genesis. And a Super NES. And a PSO. And a computer with 5 1/4 inch floppy drives. I just can't bear to throw any of them away. I mean, they still work! 68955@blogcritics.org Mon, 14 Jun 2004 01:29:09 EDT