Random Video Game Crap

GasBandit

GasBandit

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And now it's time for another "Good indie developer, bad indie developer."



The punch line: Fez later became available on steam.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

Geek coin flipping.
You could just roll 1d4, but then I guess you wouldn't be able to scream COME ON PIZZA SMASH THAT TACO at the television.

--Patrick
 
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Zappit

Zappit

Staff member
Had a tremendous amount of horrible times at home lately. If someone gets to Gamestop anytime soon, could you grab me a couple of those Shiny Gengar codes? I haven't been able to get out.
 
Frank

Frank

Man, it's days where I remember the glory days of arcades and RAD stuff like the arcade only Golden Axe: Revenge of Death Adder that I want Sega to do up an arcade compilation for modern consoles (and PC of course). Enough with the Genesis comps. We get it. You made a console once a long time ago. Arcade nostalgia is not fed enough.



SO RAD.
 
Frank

Frank

AshburnerX said:
Sega does all kinds of Arcade compilations. They just tend to be for stuff like Virtua Cop and House of the Dead.
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Most of those were released nigh arcade perfect onto consoles. I mean the stuff from before consoles were capable of the arcade experience.
 
CynicismKills

CynicismKills

I miss stopping by the bowling alley's arcade after school, and dropping a few bucks on whatever Street Fighter/Metal Slug/SNK machines were there.

And Virtual On! because that game was fucking fantastic.
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

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CynicismKills said:
I miss stopping by the bowling alley's arcade after school, and dropping a few bucks on whatever Street Fighter/Metal Slug/SNK machines were there.

And Virtual On! because that game was fucking fantastic.
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I used to walk to the corner convenience store, buy some soda, and spend a few bucks playing Samurai Shodown 2. I was a monster on Jubei.

Also, I looked forward to my monthly trip to the local arcade where I was guaranteed to spend 20 bucks. The games I played would be too numerous to name. I'd been a lover of arcade gaming ever since my dad first propped me up on a stool in front of a centipede machine.
 
Celt Z

Celt Z

A few years ago, 8 or 9 I think, the arcade at the mall near my family was selling all their games. They had this for sale, and Mr. Z and I were so tempted to buy it:

But at the time, not only were we living in an apartment, but we'd have to find a way to transport it from central Pennsylvania to Queens, so we had to let it go. I really wish we had been able to get it. :(
 
CynicismKills

CynicismKills

GasBandit said:
I used to walk to the corner convenience store, buy some soda, and spend a few bucks playing Samurai Shodown 2. I was a monster on Jubei.

Also, I looked forward to my monthly trip to the local arcade where I was guaranteed to spend 20 bucks. The games I played would be too numerous to name. I'd been a lover of arcade gaming ever since my dad first propped me up on a stool in front of a centipede machine.
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Yeah, sometimes when school was on break, my dad would take my brother and I with him to work. There was this arcade called Nickel City near Miramar where he worked and he'd drop us there with about 20 bucks each. Even brand new games were like, 20 cents to play, and they had a whole row of free games, some of which were pretty great.

I put most of my time into Street Fighter Alpha 2 and the D&D games, which I was so happy to see released as that collection a few months back.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

I feel your pain. There was about a 6 month period in my life where I was deliberately trying to save up enough money to buy an Addams' Family table.

--Patrick
 
Frank

Frank

PatrThom said:
I feel your pain. There was about a 6 month period in my life where I was deliberately trying to save up enough money to buy an Addams' Family table.

--Patrick
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No biggie, it's only considered one of the best pinball tables of all time. You can still do it! They only run, oh, 6000 dollars or so.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

Frank said:
No biggie, it's only considered one of the best pinball tables of all time. You can still do it! They only run, oh, 6000 dollars or so.
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This was back when they were still being manufactured, so I could've bought a brand new one for about $2500 (not including shipping). It's one of only a handful of tables that have enough going on that I felt I wouldn't get bored of it.

--Patrick
 
figmentPez

figmentPez

Staff member
ThinkGeek now has Legend of Zelda themed Monopoly board game...

Never mind that the 1 rupee bill isn't green, and the 5 rupee bill isn't blue, and the 20 rupee bill isn't red... And they don't have the standard monopoly colors for the money, either.

Never mind that none of the tokens is the Master Sword in it's pedestal. Bow, Hookshot, Boomerang, Slingshot, Triforce and Hylian Shield... seriously, the slingshot is what you choose as being more iconic than the Master Sword? No Bombs, either. Even the Iron Boots would have been a better choice than the slingshot, because of the tie-in with Monopoly, which is kind of famous for having a boot (and an iron) as one of it's tokens!

No, what really gets me is that everything has a version of Monopoly, and it's not that good of a game. Why not make themed versions of other games? A Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks themed Ticket to Ride seems like it would be so much better than Monopoly.

Here are some ideas for other themed classic board games:
- Candy Land could become -> Animal Crossing, or Pokemon
- MouseTrap ->Minecraft
- Fireball Island -> Zelda

- Risk -> Halo
- Mille Bornes -> Mario Kart
- The aMAZEing Labyrinth -> Zelda, Minecraft, etc.

There, I feel better now.
 
Frank

Frank

PatrThom said:
This was back when they were still being manufactured, so I could've bought a brand new one for about $2500 (not including shipping). It's one of only a handful of tables that have enough going on that I felt I wouldn't get bored of it.

--Patrick
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Yeah, my favorite and one I genuinely looked into getting is the early 90's Simpsons pinball. I loved it. It was in my local comic store when I was in junior high and I put a shitload of quarters into it.



It's not the best table ever but it's got that old Simpsons charm.
 
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