/vr/ - Retro Games

also, atari thread if you want

Why does no one talk about how amazing river raid is?

-One of the earliest scrolling games
-One of the best games on atari period
-Developed by a woman before it was a talking point

>>2353724
dropped

>>2353716
Total mindfuck. I bought a Tele-Games recently too and mine also came without a power adaptor.
We should be bros.

>>2353739
was it somewhere near the east coast?

>>2353740
Nah. I live on the east coast, but I bought if from someone in Washington state.

>>2353743
i got it from a vintage store in west virginia, it was the only video game related thing there

>>2353746
Nice. I live in Florida and the retro scene here is pretty ass, so I get all my jank online.
The Tele-Games was a good deal considering it was ebay, around $30 plus shipping and it came with four controllers, two paddles, and some games.

>>2353749
retro scene here is ass too, except for a new vidya store that just opened up and it has both old and new games. there was even a smash 4 tournament there yesterday, but i lost in round two
i got mine for $50, it came with the system, 4 controllers, 3 games, some manuals and a catalog, and an adapter of sorts

>>2353724
>-Developed by a woman

When was this ever by a high point of a game? 1950?

>>2353716
Buy one on eBay, and buy Spider Fighter, and never leave the couch again.

>>2353758
that doesn't tell me which one to buy

>>2353716
>>2353739
I have quite literally around 20 of these power adapters for atari systems. If you cover the cost of shipping, i'll send you guys free ones, for muh /vr/ bros.

Email in name field

>>2353793
What a champ! I don't need one but still want to thank this guy.

>>2353793
Thanks, I'm >>2353739. I've actually gotten one and I'm just waiting for it to ship. That's still the coolest thing I've ever seen anyone do on 4chan tho.

>>2353793
What a champ! I don't need one but still want to thank this guy.

80s Activision is the Pixar of videogames.

>>2353793
sure mang

>>2353816
what do you even mean by that?

>>2353724
Its a shame that I had to check to make sure it wasn't a tranny unlike so many other 'pioneering' 'female' game devs.

>>2353716
>L6: Why not just emulate?
Nearly any 9v ps with the right plug will do so any multi adapter or make one from spare parts.

>>2354215
i can't do that kind of thing, i'm not that inclined
besides, i had games for it already, and i didn't know it was without a power cord until i opened it today

Check eBay. Quick look it appears you can buy a 3rd party replacement for under $10 shipped. I can't imagine one is particularly better than any other

>>2354225
Quick check on Amazon, and it looks like an actual Atari one doesn't cost much more.

>>2354225
>>2354226
i will do this if the e-mail anon doesn't deliver

>>2354217
You can't emulate or can't buy a multi adapter? Either is very easy.

I guess this is an Atari thread now. I have an Atari 800XL with floppy drive and a few floppies lying around. Never had any luck getting it to boot anything other than the command line though. Don't have any carts either. Anyone know more about this than I do?

>>2353856

They kept making classic after classic while their older and larger rival (Disney/Atari) floundered.

>>2354439
Uh, sorry to break this to you, but all of Pixar's classics were made under the Disney banner.

Activision really was God tier back in the day though.

>>2354779
holy shit

>>2353716
Mine didn't have a power adapter either, but I had a local retro store that had one. My guess is that online shopping will be your best bet.

>>2354468
Lets make this an activision thread
They really are impressive and those games are still a load of fun today

>>2353793
pls respond

why do headphones and old ac adapters have similar ends?

>>2356101
That's a good question. Why did AC adapters use mini phono plugs? Availability, perhaps?

>>2356109
Wires are wires for the most part in short distance electronics, barring any high current applications or high density high frequency wiring that might need specific protection against parasitic capacitance and shit.

Using whatever is convenient and cheap would be useful for people basically throwing shit together with off the shelf prefabbed equipment. Though they might have switched from phono tip style to barrel connectors so they wouldn't get shorted out as easily. It'd be incredibly easy to short the tip putting it against a piece of metal but far more difficult to short the barrel connector as well as so people don't confuse them and plug them into a phono jack. Never underestimate the stupidity of people.
So, aside from aesthetic and usage, there'd really be no electronic benefit to using one over the other.

>>2356192
that's actually pretty neat

>>2356109
>>2356101
maybe they stopped so stupid kids wouldn't put ac adapters into their music players

>>2357095
or just stupid people in general

>>2353793
he hasn't delivered

>>2358913
He has delivered by proxy since by falling for this obvious troll you have delivered us lulz.