/vr/ - Retro Games

>>10247818
My Google-fu is strong:
https://www.pong-story.com/odyemu.htm

>>10247818
>Magnavox Odyssey
I don't actually expect the emulator to be very accurate. I own an old Pong system (Bentley Compuvision). and it is very analog feeling in nature. It's slippery and shakes involuntarily with your hand. The Odyssey has more games, but it would feel very similar.

>>10247818
before I was born my druggie brother traded the family atari system for a huskie without permission :|

>>10247902
You should have named the dog "Atari", so he never forgot.

>>10247879
moreover, as I recall the shooting and casino games came with a crap ton of extras, so you'd struggle to replicate the clay shooting game, and the casino would need standins for the chips and such.

>>10247965
Some "games" you could buy extra were literally just a box of extra game pieces and overlay with instructions that utilized the other "programs" to play.

can we talk about arcade too? Tired of trying to keep threads alive about good golden age games without stupid /v/tards killing it with their eternal trash posting.

trying to decide the best trackball game. I think major havoc is the obvious winner so far. Really a brilliant game.

>>10247941
yeah. his name was belvedere and he was too much so they gave him away after a year. all that's left of the system is a copy of night driver that I found in a box in the garage. is it a good game? I haven't been able to test yet.

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>>10247982
it's short but sweet, definitely a winner to me. Ultimately however, Enduro is arguably the magnum opus of Atari behind view racers. The spiritual sequel on c64, the great American road race, is also very good.

>>10247979
When I think of trackball, I immediately think of Missile Command.

>>10247979
have you been in a /vr/ arcade thread?
best not

>>10248028
I assume it just fills up with shmup autists and so that's why I'd prefer here and to keep it to golden age games.

>>10248024
that's a very good one, just not my personal favorite. the high speeds feel like they become an exercise in doing a quick spray of missiles and its not that enjoyable for me.

>>10247818 (me)
shit I forgot to link the previous thread: >>10229574

>>10247818
>>10247869
i have the original system
i added a "normal" RF output cord
i also produce controller adapters for the ody2 on my eshop


you cant "play" the original odyssey system without a second player
the controllers are neat in real life
its like a "video board game"
haunted house makes a good drinking game

>>10247818
Came across one of these on ebay recently, design is interesting. Allied Leisure's attempt to branch out of the arcade I guess. of course the light gun it comes with is just a straight up plastic colt 1911

>>10248080
>you cant "play" the original odyssey system without a second player
Imagine bandwagoning as hard as you have and not actually playing the games. There's at least one game that single player, and a few where the second player is basically irrelevant.

>>10247818
I had one of the originals of these. I had no way of knowing it would be a collectable back then but I wish I had kept it

>>10248854
anon please enlighten me on my antique electronics kek
its a pong system and v fun but to fully enjoy the system you need another human who shares your interests
the girls always chose different systems usually sega

>>10249020
>>10248854
i dont have the lightgun btw

>>10249023
Interesting that Nintendo actually manufactured that for magnavox using the plastic shell from one of their earlier toys.

>>10249020
>you cant "play" the original odyssey system without a second player
>Ackchyually means
>to fully enjoy the system you need another human who shares your interests
But of course it does, sweaty

>>10249201
Didn't Nintendo also sell the Odyssey in Japan? I think I remember seeing something that claimed that.

>>10247818
These table top coleco LCD games are really impressive, you've gotta try them if you get the chance. They really took that LCD game concept to the absolute limit.

>>10247979
Major Havoc used a spinner because it was a game that utilized the controls and Cabinet of the Tempest game.

I should know this is my friend has one of these games and loved it when it was out in the arcades. And I have the Legacy Atari cabinet by Arcade one up that has it

>>10248035
The strategy is called building a wall you use one of the other missile bases to do it and leave a couple left over to hit a satellite with. And you save the middle base for Strays and the smart bombs

>>10249601
Yeah, Nintendo had exclusive rights to sell it in Japan. Then later signed another agreement with them and got the rights to make their own clone pong console, which ended up being that famous bright orange one.
>>10249608
Not LCD, but VFD Vacuum fluorescent display. they do look great

>>10247818
These little mini-cabinets were so fucking astounding back in the 80's. Arcade technology was still so new the fact that they could faithfully miniaturize it was impressive. Makes the pure ass that was the 2600 Pac-man port even more embarrassing in retrospect

I also remember them being stupid expensive but all vidya was back then. If you adjust for inflation we were paying just as much or more for this shit as ps5 games cost now which seems absurd for such simplistic games but at the time it felt like owning a piece of NASA tech or something. I miss the days when I could be genuinely blown away by technological advancement

The Astrocade was so superior to the 2600 that it is not even funny

>>10250194
>the fact that they could faithfully miniaturize it was impressive.
lol no
>I also remember
You don't remember any of that. You didn't even watch a youtube to prepare for your larp. You have brought shame on yourself and your entire family of larping NPCs.

>>10248080
maybe it's the drinking game line, but from the thumbnail I thought this was some weird alien design for a home bar and taps.

>>10250297
Believe what you want fagot but I was born in '78 and I was there when these things came out. Saw them in the Sears catalogue but my parents thought it was too much to spend on something that only played one game. My cousin had one though and we thought it was awesome

>>10250654
I don't need to belive anything kiddo. I was born a decade before you larp as being. I saw them IRL, used them, had them. I still have several today. You're 100% full of shit NPC.

>>10251140
So what part of what I said was actually wrong? They were apparently cool enough for you to acquire and keep multiple ones (allegedly) and they weren't like Outrageously expensive but they weren't cheap either.

I don't need to believe anything you say, either. usually the people who start screeching about anything unprompted are guilty of that thing themselves. This thing is reddit? You just came from reddit. Hate fags? Probably because of those gay thoughts of yours. See everyone as a liar for no reason? Because you're full of shit yourself.

>>10250654
>>10251212
Both of you need to go back.

>>10249392
how did you know I'm sweaty?
Low-key freaking out right now

Have you played Atari today Anon?

>>10252267
...no