/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.9191384]

How about something different? Shit nobody asked for.

[Anonymous No.9191403]

Is that a controller holder? What if I'm using a rumble pak?

[Anonymous No.9191430]

Anybody get this essential accessory for the PS2?

[Anonymous No.9191432]

>>9191403
Good question. All I can think of is that the designer likes to make works of art from his or her video game consoles.

[Anonymous No.9191471]

>>9191430
It at least looks cool.

[Anonymous No.9191475]

>>9191471
Would look better if it were some hideous and roughly textured 3d printed weed like growth.

[Anonymous No.9191479]

>>9191430
Time had changed.

[Anonymous No.9191482]

>>9191471
Yeah but if you have a phat model PS2 that has the front vents positioned closer to the base of the console, they'll be blocked by the stand. So it's detrimental to use on anything other than the launch model.

[Anonymous No.9191493]

>>9191479
That is pretty fly, for a game console.

[Anonymous No.9192164]

>>9191432
>art
That is more of a tumor.

[Anonymous No.9192181]

>>9191384
Uh, what am I looking at here?

[Anonymous No.9192183]

>>9192181
Controller...perch? I'll try to find the page again if you would like to know more.

[Anonymous No.9192196]

>>9192183

Well I looked it up again anyway.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1178921768/nintendo-64-four-controllers-storage-and?

Like, the first comment is talking about joycons, so I don't know if this is an error or what.

[Anonymous No.9192225]

>>9192196
>£31.81
I need to get a 3D printer and start selling useless shit on etsy.

[Anonymous No.9192463]

>>9192225
You should get one anyways. They’re great and you can print all the shit that would be embarrassing to otherwise but.

[Anonymous No.9192478]

>>9192463
Its more embarrassing to make the faggy shit yourself bro. No one can see what you bought.

[Anonymous No.9192489]

Not sure if it quite counts, but maybe dumbest accessory related thing I can think of is how Sony had to made a second model of multitap for the PS2 slim just because the memory card port is like 2mm more shallow than it was on the fat so the original model of multitap doesn't fit in it.

Like in terms of functionality the only difference between both models of multitaps is literally just the length on the memory card connector.

[Anonymous No.9192647]

>>9192489
I like it anyway because they made the revision resemble the slim.

[Anonymous No.9192685]

I thought it was a fever dream.

[Anonymous No.9192695]

>>9192489
Whoa, I've never seen that second model of multitap before.

[Anonymous No.9192704]

The very useful ability to turn the Playstation logo so it's always face-up no matter which way your console is standing.

[Anonymous No.9192770]

>>9192647
Yep, more cost effective also perhaps. Just as all 'slim' hardware variants are.

[Anonymous No.9192773]

>>9192704
This was actually the shit back in the day. True, nobody asked for it so I'll commend this post. Also: blue PS2 CDs. As if black wasn't badass enough...

[Anonymous No.9192794]

>>9191482
I read this in the voice of that know-it-all kid from Polar Express. That's basically who you are irl.

[Anonymous No.9192804]

>>9192704
That shit is bussin, no cap, I'll fight you.

[Anonymous No.9192806]

>>9191430
>>9191482
>>9192794

Which is why ya should have went vertical widdit dawg

[Anonymous No.9192809]

>>9192804
Again, pretty sure 'no cap' is a negative declaration. I am slowly deciphering their language.

[Anonymous No.9192812]

>>9192806
Ok monkey

[Anonymous No.9192824]

>>9192804
Dead ass, wet ass, dumbass, faggot ass zoomer

[Anonymous No.9192839]

>>9192809
No cap means authentically. It refers to gold dental caps, or the absence thereof, which would imply that you have actually had your teeth removed and replaced with gold teeth.
t. Millennial who has deciphered the zoomer codex

[Anonymous No.9192913]

>>9192839
Ok millenial.

[Anonymous No.9192965]

>>9192773
>blue PS2 CDs.
Those cunts never worked on my console. Always had to ask the cashier at Blockbuster what color the disc was before renting.

[Anonymous No.9192979]

>>9192965
Apparently that was a lens issue. Should have worked on fully functional hardware. Wait are you one of those guys who sat your consoles on the carpet?

[Anonymous No.9193008]

>>9192806
Those are useless too though, it will never tip over when vertically unless there's an earthquake.

[Anonymous No.9193025]

>>9192979
>Wait are you one of those guys who sat your consoles on the carpet?
Nope

[Anonymous No.9193037]

>>9193025
Ok. Smoker perhaps? Early PS2 models were apparently prone to CD read errors. Maybe it actually had something to do with the color. I'm not an engineer so who knows.

[Anonymous No.9193039]

>>9193008
>unless there's an earthquake.

Which is probably why it was mandatory for all PS2s sold in Japan. Tee hee.

[Anonymous No.9193137]

>>9191430
I just bought a second hand PS2 that came with this. Looks kinda neat. Blue was a popular color in the early 2000s because the whole blue LED thing was brand new back then. Before that, you only had red, green and yellow LEDs. That is also why a lot of products from that time came with random blue LEDs. I think that is partially where they got the idea of using blue accents for the PS2.

[Anonymous No.9193153]

>>9193037
>I'm not an engineer
We can tell

[Anonymous No.9193163]

>>9193153
Here is your cookie.

[Anonymous No.9193635]

>>9191384
>Shit nobody asked for.
But I've been asking for a dildo for 4 gals with horizontal slits for ages

>>9192463
>get device that allows you to easily and cheaply produce an infinite range of innovative and useful devices
>just use it to print cringe designed by tards
Many such cases

[Anonymous No.9193850]

>>9193635
Not /vr/, but I say build one dawg.

[Anonymous No.9193860]

>>9192685
not retro.
also it was mostly used for left handed players in stuff like kid icarus, only a few games used it as an actual second stick

[Anonymous No.9193870]

>>9193037
>Maybe it actually had something to do with the color
The color has no effect on functionality. You can test this yourself with silver bottom PS2 CDs.
Sony stopped using colored discs sometime in 2007. That's why late-era european shovelware and reprints have silver CDs. Also the Squenix re-releases of their PS1 catalogue that they sold on the Square online store up until early 2010's had silver CDs eventually too.
It's weird how this isn't more common information when there's people out there who are self-proclaimed experts on N64 box seal patterns. Then again even there noone talks about ROM chip manufacturer variance...

[Anonymous No.9194010]

>Ok monkey

[Anonymous No.9194234]

>>9192704
You don't mess with the orientation of a man's PS2 logo.

[Anonymous No.9194283]

>>9193860
iirc, the N3DS's right nub was backwards compatible with the circle pad pro but not the other way around.

[Anonymous No.9194569]

[Anonymous No.9194616]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=780bIG6TXFk

[Anonymous No.9194692]

>>9191384
Wouldn't this cause stress on the system from the "cartridge" being pulled by the weight of controllers in different directions?

[Anonymous No.9194706]

>>9192685
>3DS is retro for this underage fag
Get out. I don't even consider GBA retro or whatever this board advocates as retro these days.

[Anonymous No.9194708]

>>9194692
It might be a problem if it goes all the way into the cartridge port. But if it's just sitting inside of the hole then it's only "stressing" the outer case.

[Anonymous No.9195048]

>>9194569
every game that enabled a high res mode with this ended up butchering the frame rate in the process

[Anonymous No.9195137]

>>9193137
Quality post right there. I recall also Kutaragi mentioning that he thought of that shade of blue and space, somehow. Maybe darkening sky or some suchlike?

[Anonymous No.9195139]

>>9192794
Well I am pretty much the smartest person I know.

[Anonymous No.9195143]

>>9193870
Another quality post with good info. As a non-engineer, I'm to understand that a blue surface has no effect at all on a blue laser? What about red? Are there any non-colored lasers?

[Anonymous No.9195148]

>>9192685
>>9193860
>>9194283

I forgot it was made for Kid Icarus Uprising or whatever it was called. I missed out on it because I didn't ever own a 3DS. Didn't a Resident Evil game on the machine use it too?

[Anonymous No.9195154]

>>9194706
Fun fact: 'classic' cars for comparison used to be defined as 20 years old or more. That may have changed, so it sounds applicable in our realm of work and play as well. Hell, computer tech moves way faster than auto tech so maybe it's less than 20 years even. More? Who knows. It's up to you to decide of course.

[Anonymous No.9195441]

>>9195154
>Fun fact: one kid on the internet used this definition once

[Anonymous No.9195492]

>>9195441
Damn, you got me. A 'classic' car is apparently 25 years aged according to google. Thanks for clarification.

[Anonymous No.9197587]

>>9191430
the fact that this is an official product is kinda hilarious. like why?

>>9192478
in the case of tabletop games it's more embarrassing to spend hundreds of dollars on overpriced minis & game pieces than to just make proxies yourself.

[Anonymous No.9198059]

>>9195492
"retro" is different from "classic", this is the retro games board, not the classic games board, nor is it the vintage games board nor the old games board.
Retro can mean something that just looks old or mimicking an older style, making any newly released game that has sprite based graphics a retro game.

A more apt name for this board would be classic, not retro. And there should be a definite cut-off, not a sliding scale that lets a generation in every couple of years.

[Anonymous No.9198094]

>>9194616
Uhm, Mortal Kombat was not a game for children. WHY IS HE PLAYING A GAME NOT FOR CHILDREN IN OFFICIAL MARKETING SEGA WTTFFFFFF

[Anonymous No.9198173]

>>9195492
>all that cope
Top kek, one kid on the internet

[Anonymous No.9198238]

>>9195148
I think mgs 3 needed it too but I don't have one and haven't played snake eater on 3ds

[Anonymous No.9198323]

>>9194283
N3DS basically has circle pad pro built in, including the four shoulder buttons. Not retro.

[Anonymous No.9198623]

>>9198323
No, what I'm saying is the CPP and the N3DS' extra buttons are actually separate from a coding perspective. So if a later game, or a homebrew game, supports the N3DS buttons it might not work with the CPP.

[Anonymous No.9198673]

>>9198059

Have you ever read this board's stuck post that is there every time you come here? If not, do feel free to do so at your leisure.

>>6775606

>This board is for the discussion of classic, or "retro" games, including consoles, computer games, arcade games (including pinball) and any other forms of video games.

[Anonymous No.9198754]

>>9194706
GBA came out in 2001. For reference thats closer to the year 1980, than we are in 2022 to 2001.

[Anonymous No.9198757]

>>9198623
oh I see, very strange and interesting

[Anonymous No.9199003]

>>9198673
Yeah, so what's your fucking point?
Mine still stands that the name of this board is a misnomer despite what some faggot jannie has stickied, and then revises every 2 years to appease the newest batch of retards who grew up on hardware that isn't all that far removed from what is current.

[Anonymous No.9199057]

>>9199003
You tell 'em, anon. That'll teach 'em.

[Anonymous No.9199174]

>>9199003
...and stop those damn kids skateboarding on the sidewalk!

[Anonymous No.9199757]

>>9199174
Skateboarding is rad, it's them damn crossdressing kids and their tiktoks that is ruining this fine country... I mean board.

[Anonymous No.9199765]

>>9194569
This shit pisses me off. Has there EVER been another game that had to correct a game-breaking bug with a hardware add-on? Not to mention Nintendo's false advertising about it making the system more powerful when its just adding 4MB of RAM.

The worst part is it costs $60 these days and its required to play only like 3 games, but one of those games is Majora's Mask.

[Anonymous No.9199783]

>>9199765
Maybe not "more powerful" but doubling the RAM made the console surely "more capable". It also started the modern trend of choosing between "details" and "speed"

[Anonymous No.9199786]

>>9199783
That's all fine and good but they pretty blatantly lied about how big of an upgrade it was.

Especially since some of the "enhanced" games actually ran worse with the pak since increasing the resolution would destroy the framerate

[Anonymous No.9200314]

>>9199765
yeah, we remember late 99 and early 2000. Nintendo shit on the bed with expansion pak

[Anonymous No.9200343]

>>9199765
I got one for 20 last year.
Perfect dark 4 players is worth it.

[Anonymous No.9200663]

>>9194616
Haha, I remember going over my friends house and we played Eternal Champions with this thing.

[Anonymous No.9200672]

You know what would be sweet? Getting your ass kicked at Street Fighter AND actually feeling it, all while wearing a fuckhueg vest.

[Anonymous No.9200696]

>>9198094
No one cared back then.
Why do you?

[Anonymous No.9200702]

>>9192685
Not retro but this thing was a godsend in both KI and MH

[Anonymous No.9200763]

>>9192773
Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t there a technical distinction for this? Like the blue discs were CDs and the later ones were DVDs?

[Anonymous No.9201079]

>>9200763
I thought one of the colors was dual layer.

[Anonymous No.9201105]

>>9200763
You're correct.

[Anonymous No.9201121]

>>9192794
He must feel even smarter since you're in the thread

[Anonymous No.9201142]

>>9200672
I had this as a kid, worst thing ever, it was just a fucking speaker encased in a plastic backpack

[Anonymous No.9201232]

>>9199765
>>9199786
Retard detected. This was back in the age where 16MB of ram on a a home computer was "more than any consumer needed". Keep in mind that its contemporaries had even less ram initially. The Playstation only had a piddly 2MB of ram. 8MB was impressive back then, kiddo.

[Anonymous No.9201236]

>>9200672

[Anonymous No.9201254]

>>9195143
CDs use Infrared lasers, DVDs use Red lasers. Look up wave length and what ever media you are looking to learn about.

[Anonymous No.9201268]

>>9201232
You are off by a decade, zoom zoom. 16MB ram on a 486dx4 was bad ass. 64MB ram on a Pentium 2 was bad ass.

[Anonymous No.9201270]

>>9192704
God damn I never knew this.

[Anonymous No.9201291]

>>9194616
>Assembled in Mexico
AY AY AY AYAAAAAAAYY DIOS MIO EL GENESIS ACTIVATOR MADREADOR VIOLADOR CONTROLADOR DE CUERPO ENTERO AHORA CON LOS ETERNOS CAMPIONES INCLUIDO!

[Anonymous No.9201493]

>>9201268
Shut the fuck up you absolute dickhead

[Anonymous No.9201525]

>>9199765
It enabled 4 player mode in Gauntlet Legends which justified its existence as far as I'm concerned.

[Anonymous No.9201532]

>>9201291
A HUEVO CARNAL

[Anonymous No.9201671]

>>9194692
You can slam your game cartridge in there as hard as you want. Won't do shit.

[Anonymous No.9201690]

[Anonymous No.9201697]

>>9199765
I can play Turok 2 on hi-resolution widescreen mode

[Anonymous No.9201750]

>>9200672
Early immersion extending hardware for such aged now systems...wow. I'd give it a try. I'll imagine that current/modern similikes are intense too...

[Anonymous No.9201759]

>>9201254
Infrared lasers eh? Vey interest. Similar to old CRT remotes, as well as one of the front projectors on modern day smartphones. Different levels of focus, perhaps. What say...IR blasters on other phones as well.

[Anonymous No.9201796]

>>9199765
It was later discovered that this game was always intended to require the expansion pak. It wasn't to fix a bug. Nintendo really wanted them to get the game working without the pak (for poorer consumers), but they couldn't get the memory leak patched for the release so it remained an expansion pak only game.

[Anonymous No.9201852]

>>9191430
I remember reading some quote from a sony designer being asked wtf this stand was for and they just said "it added style and height"

I will say though I do really love the love of a PS2 sitting on that vertical stand. If I was forced to lay my PS2 horizontal I'd think about getting that stupid stand (to add style and height)

[Anonymous No.9202245]

>>9201690
Nice not-quite-AR glasses there. Then again... (¯▿¯)

[Anonymous No.9204112]

>>9199786
I like how this ad doesn't even bother explaining how this shit worked.

[Anonymous No.9204512]

>>9201690
I kind of wish I had a 3D TV laying around, I'd buy one if I found one at a pawn shop or something. There's a not-insignificant number of PS3 games that support 3D and it's kind of annoying seeing so many games with 3D features I never got to try.

[Anonymous No.9205454]

>>9201690
nice retro accessory

[Anonymous No.9206698]

"Videogame acessories" = "Crap you throw away in 2 months"

[Anonymous No.9206715]

>>9201690
These were actually really nice monitors, only downfall of it was the price which is why it did so bad. When they dropped the price it sold like hot cakes but too costly to produce.

[Anonymous No.9206772]

>>9192839
>Know that "no cap" means to be authentic
>Didn't know that it originated from gold teeth
Well I'll be fucked, I just learned something today.
t. 34 year old

[Anonymous No.9207428]

>>9206715
>When they dropped the price it sold like hot cakes.
that's basically playstation stuff after 6th gen in a nutshell.

[Joeschmoe No.9207461]

>>9191384

Ikr... I didn't ask for a gimmicky shit system that was a total downgrade from NES and SNES, and that couldn't even deliver Killer Instinct 1 on it

[Anonymous No.9208067]

>>9206715
Honestly the real downfall of it now is the fact the EEPROMs on them want to kill themselves. At least people sell replacements. Saw some people at one point also finding there's a write enable leg on there, so maybe lifting it could also prevent it from killing itself.

[Anonymous No.9209595]

>>9201232
You have to go back.

[Anonymous No.9209640]

>>9192839
>>9206772
do people actually replace their teeth with gold teeth? i thought it was just a cartoon trope
although people do plastic surgery so ig i shouldn't be too surprised but teeth are a lot more painful to get removed as opposed to body fat

[Anonymous No.9209664]

>>9209640
I have no firm idea or information about any weird modern trends, but the best dental fillings used to be either a silver or gold amalgam (an amalgam is a precious metal dissolved in liquid mercury). To fix a tooth, you'd have the amalgam poured over in a mould, and you'd have a gold or silver filling when the mercury evaporated. It's a very common dental procedure dating back over a hundred of years. Gold fillings were more desirable since gold doesn't tarnish as easily as silver does.
Modern dentistry brought about porcelain fillings, which are "supposed" to look just like normal teeth.

That said, there was a more modern trend of people covering their teeth with caps or grills. Originally these just went on top, but apparently lately there has apparently been a trend of surgically altering one's teeth for closer fitting caps. (Oh boy, where have I heard this sort of unnecessary cosmetic surgical treatment before...)

[Anonymous No.9209806]