r/retrogaming

My family member bought a house recently and it was full of stuff. The owners were hoarders. The previous owners passed away, and their family members took what belongings they wanted and sold the house filled with garbage and other junk. While helping my family throw everything out, I stumbled across a box that was in a pile of stuff being thrown into a dumpster. All I could see was the SNES and zapper sticking out of the top and nearly had a heart attack. I quickly salvaged everything I could find....! can't believe it. All this stuff was about to be thrown away!
At the bottom of the box was a sealed copy of Mario Bros 3! I'm going to attempt to get the SNES and gameboy working, I ran out of time today. Tomorrow I go back and see if I can find anymore stuff... Not pictured is wires, hook up cables and other stuff. I'm so glad I was able to save all this stuff, and figured you guys would appreciate it seeing it

Honestly I did find the game really fun to learn and beat (except world 7 and 8), I do have a big background with 2D sonic games though so i think it might've helped. Overall then the game was really enjoyable! I really like how Mario controls in this game, he does feel kind of slippery sometimes, otherwise the gameplay is very tight and the platforming is nice. I did struggle though the last two worlds where they crank up the difficulty a lot. If you're a hammer bros and you're reading this, fuck you.

I did use the warp zones in my first run though, dont judge me. So now I'm replaying the game multiple times whilw trying to actually finish it without cheating. After that I'm probably gonna play Super Mario Bros 2, follow up with Mario 3, Mario world, etc. In resume, really fun game, would play again, the music is catchy, i hate turtles too now.

I’ve held onto a lot of my old games and toys (that weren’t eventually lost to Hurricane Sandy), but lately there’s a lot of collectible stuff that I don’t or can’t play that I’ve become okay with letting go. Part of me wants to keep them forever just to look at them. I’ve had Knuckles Chaotix for thirty years. This might be one of the most cherished, because I’ll never ever sell FF3 for SNES. What thing was difficult for you to finally let go?

DK ONE OF MY FAVORITES FIGURES couple of figures straight from Japan….

Anyone know what this is game wont boot anymore , does the game have a dead battery or something ?

I don't know if it's just the echo/reverb effect these songs have, but music from older sound chips, in particular, creates this dreamlike feeling I can't explain; I don't know if it's just nostalgia or if it's really the square waves. I like to think about what these songs would sound like in arranged versions, but I can't think of an instrument that could replace these sounds. Can someone explain why this type of wave creates this feeling?

Prologue - The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX OST

Zelda Link's Awakening Music - House

Bridge Zone - Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit) [OST]

Land of Illusion (Master System PSG) - BGM 02: Title Jingle

Golvellius: Valley of Doom - Overworld 1

Best Sega Genesis Music - Star Cruiser (Main Theme) (This last one also has FM sound, but the square waves are still there)

The device, which does bare-metal emulation of the ZX Spectrum 8 bit home micro, has been updated with new firmware.

A major change is the ZX Touch FX system which can apply multiple effects to the screen in real time, completely changing the way a game looks, without any ROM mods.

It works by detecting markers on the screen which can be used to identify on which scene, level, menu or screen the player is. Up to 10 effects can then be applied, which are rendered within a single screen frame.

Effects can be color changes, adding strokes / outlines, adding background images, adding shaders and selectively changing transparency.

Up to 50 markers can be placed per game and can be stored in a single file that can include the game ROM.

GIF image generated by me.

Source: https://zx-touch.com/zx-touch-fx-system/ )

I have been trying to get my Famicom to run on my Toshiba 14AF43 CRT. I attempted to tune the RF potentiometer within the Famicom to Channel 6, (connected to TV via the original RF switchbox). I was able to get a fuzzy black-and-white signal of Mario 3 (playable but no audio). The following morning the signal was no longer there, and I have been unable to repeat the results.

I followed up by attempting to tune the Famicom to 95/96 via VCR. Also, I swapped the RF switchbox for an RCA cable direct from Famicom to TV via RCA/coaxial adapter. No luck, no matter the signal chain, or whether it’s Channel 6/95/96.

What would cause the unit to output a weak black-and-white fuzzy signal of the game one day, and have zero hints of the game signal on another?

What could be the solution?

Santa didn't wrap gifts in our house and my mom always took pictures... this was the the year that changed my gaming life. Anyone else have pictures from holidays?

What atmospheric DnB is my list missing?

New artists are welcome to showcase their music too!

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/58Ld5wzxdttRsxBvvF6BIx