Just (re)-bought an N64....
Just (re)-bought an N64....
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LukeBird

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17,170 posts

237 months

Sunday 6th January 2008
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Boy oh boy is it fun!!!
Played about 4 hours of King of the Hill Perfect Dark with my housemate yesterday.
That and the Wii (plus my gaming PC when she lives again smile) are all the gaming I need.
So much more fun than shoot 'em up's on any console!
Anyhoo going through Goldeneye on Secret Agent now, so must dash hehe

Retro gaming, the way to go.... biglaugh

Norbury90

6,919 posts

234 months

Sunday 6th January 2008
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hehe

I dug out my old N64 a couple of months ago and have been playing on Mario Kart and F-Zero X an unhealthy amount ever since. The games might be about 10 years old, but they are still fantastic biggrin

riwiho

3,801 posts

243 months

Sunday 6th January 2008
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My N64 is dig out on a regular basis. Golden Eye is such a good game and all these years on I still do not get bored of it. The multi player (on condition you have peers of equal ability) is a huge amount of fun, after all these years I find it harder and harder to find people who have a decent level of skill on this game.

I suppose I should get off the N64 and work harder on the 360 as I am shocking on COD4 compared to most of you lot

Wadeski

8,984 posts

241 months

Sunday 6th January 2008
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mb i should go have one more game on the Neo Geo before bed...

ginettag27

7,061 posts

297 months

Monday 7th January 2008
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Sorry for hi-jacking, but which Neo Geo have you got? I've been looking at these for a bit and would appreciate any info.. Esp. if it's on the AES systems.. There seems to be a lot of info. around and stuff posted about serial numbers, etc...

mtia


I've still got my N64 - haven't dug it out in some time, but it's silica gel packed away, so should be safe smile Although as I've now got a Wii have forked out a few quid for some VC games smile


Edited by ginettag27 on Monday 7th January 10:06

MK4 Slowride

10,028 posts

236 months

Monday 7th January 2008
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riwiho said:
My N64 is dig out on a regular basis. Golden Eye is such a good game and all these years on I still do not get bored of it. The multi player (on condition you have peers of equal ability) is a huge amount of fun, after all these years I find it harder and harder to find people who have a decent level of skill on this game.

I suppose I should get off the N64 and work harder on the 360 as I am shocking on COD4 compared to most of you lot
Goldeneye or Parfect Dark & I'm NO1, I've not encountered anyone who can consistently beat me. There's an emulated version on the PC on-line of it which is very good for retro gaming. My 64 is gathering dust since the purchase of my 360.

dan1981

18,057 posts

227 months

Monday 7th January 2008
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goldeneye was brilliant - i imagine my skills have deteriated a little over the years but i did manage to finsih the facility level in under about 2 min 40 sec to get the special unlockable thing on that level. God it was hard.

make sure you also get hold of blast corps - that was brilliant too.

paulrandall

377 posts

237 months

Monday 7th January 2008
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You can still relive the N64 days with an emulator like Project64

I have played Goldeneye / Mario Kart on it with an PS2 controller plugged into the USB before. Brought back a lot of memories

ginettag27

7,061 posts

297 months

Monday 7th January 2008
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I had Mario Kart... smile Hadn't ever played Golden Eye.. Whilst sharing a flat in Brussels a few years ago someone brought Golden Eye over... After soundly thrashing allcomers on Mario Kart then played Golden Eye and thrashed them on that as well!!! Even when they all ganged up on me!!! tee hee!! It was one of those comedy moments. Still enjoy Time Splitters as well smile

LukeBird

Original Poster:

17,170 posts

237 months

Monday 7th January 2008
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Perfect Dark is just great biggrin
Haven't played any of the other games I bought with it yet...
Glad I bought when again though, this one shall be staying smile

hodgy587

676 posts

242 months

Monday 7th January 2008
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What a great console the N64 was. Although I still play some of the games on the Project 64 emulator its one of the few games machines I wish I still had in the flesh along with my snes.

Hmm I'm tempted to fire up Zelda later although that could be a tad dangerous as the hours seem to disappear when I do.

riwiho

3,801 posts

243 months

Monday 7th January 2008
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MK4 Slowride said:
riwiho said:
My N64 is dig out on a regular basis. Golden Eye is such a good game and all these years on I still do not get bored of it. The multi player (on condition you have peers of equal ability) is a huge amount of fun, after all these years I find it harder and harder to find people who have a decent level of skill on this game.

I suppose I should get off the N64 and work harder on the 360 as I am shocking on COD4 compared to most of you lot
Goldeneye or Parfect Dark & I'm NO1, I've not encountered anyone who can consistently beat me. There's an emulated version on the PC on-line of it which is very good for retro gaming. My 64 is gathering dust since the purchase of my 360.
Goldeneye. I believe I am king of the known world at this game.

LukeBird

Original Poster:

17,170 posts

237 months

Monday 7th January 2008
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riwiho said:
Goldeneye. I believe I am king of the known world at this game.
Oh well snap, wink Except I'm king of the known & unknown world..... tongue out
Perfect Dark multi is far more fun though.... at least with just two playing & 4 bots shoot

_ian_

1,940 posts

274 months

Monday 7th January 2008
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hodgy587 said:
What a great console the N64 was. Although I still play some of the games on the Project 64 emulator its one of the few games machines I wish I still had in the flesh along with my snes.

Hmm I'm tempted to fire up Zelda later although that could be a tad dangerous as the hours seem to disappear when I do.
I spent whole evenings on that game. Just got so into it i couldn't wait to get home and play it! Such a brilliant game.

Still got my N64, fav games are Goldeneye, Zelda, Mario64.

Still playing on my SNES too. NBA Jam is still such brilliant game play. So simple yet so much fun.
Enjoying Earthworm Jim again at the moment!

Wadeski

8,984 posts

241 months

Monday 7th January 2008
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ginettag27 said:
Sorry for hi-jacking, but which Neo Geo have you got? I've been looking at these for a bit and would appreciate any info.. Esp. if it's on the AES systems.. There seems to be a lot of info. around and stuff posted about serial numbers, etc...

mtia


I've still got my N64 - haven't dug it out in some time, but it's silica gel packed away, so should be safe smile Although as I've now got a Wii have forked out a few quid for some VC games smile


Edited by ginettag27 on Monday 7th January 10:06
AES with a "phantom" MVS convertor.

AES (home console) games are £30-800 a pop, MVS carts (ex-arcade) are a fraction at £20-60 each.

yes, really, some games are £800 for the home console. its crazy.

Negative Creep

26,014 posts

255 months

Monday 7th January 2008
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Whilst i know I'm taking my life into my own hands, I never rated Goldeneye that much. It had good aspects, but overall I found it incredibly frustrating to play. The fact you'd stop firing when hit and couldn't fire through dying enemies, whereas they could fire through eachother nearly caused some serious pad/screen interaction. Overall it had some good games, but not as many as the Playstation, and the chip that blurred out the edges to reduce pixalation (anit anilising?) just made it look as if you TV was faulty

nick heppinstall

9,053 posts

308 months

Tuesday 8th January 2008
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I still use the N64. I'm lucky enough to have 2. One as a playing machine and the other one has never been used. Brand spanking new in the box !!

Steve Evil

10,815 posts

257 months

Tuesday 8th January 2008
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I'm one of those people who thinks that past games should be left there. Anytime I fire up an old classic it just makes me realise how far things have moved on and leaves a bitter taste in my mouth, as yet another game I still love in my head is transformed into something I tire of within minutes.

dan1981

18,057 posts

227 months

Tuesday 8th January 2008
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nick heppinstall said:
I still use the N64. I'm lucky enough to have 2. One as a playing machine and the other one has never been used. Brand spanking new in the box !!
and no doubt worth about a fiver!

MK4 Slowride

10,028 posts

236 months

Tuesday 8th January 2008
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LukeBird said:
riwiho said:
Goldeneye. I believe I am king of the known world at this game.
Oh well snap, wink Except I'm king of the known & unknown world..... tongue out
Perfect Dark multi is far more fun though.... at least with just two playing & 4 bots shoot
I'll speak to my firend who's got the emulator thingy to play this on-line on the PC. I'll post up the link and perhaps a game between us +1 more to make it four. We'll see who can have the Bond king title. You can see the other three people's screens like you can when all four are on one 64 box.