Do you remember when as a kid you saw something groundbreaking in a game that made you really amazed, and which today is a norm (or still isn't) in games? Share your experiences and titles here.

>Duke Nukem 3D
interactions with your environment, e.g. playing snooker, singing karaoke and of course "shake it baby" - truly a predecessor to San Andreas mini games variety
>Red Faction
being able to destory walls - as a kid I was sure it would be a norm in the next years of gaming. window glass that broke like in real life - that was something that really brought some semi-realism into a game
>Max Payne
the grand bullet time. I remember exactly how amazing it was, it's really difficult to explain. a simple thing that was copied from Matrix, which gave a lot of joy and satisfaction

Aside from getting an original PC Engine console and CD attachment (very rare and expensive), is this the best version of the console for CD games?

cave story thread anyone

What could I use to debug NES, SNES and Mega Drive (Genesis) games? I'd like to try my hand at creating my own cheats, and so I need something that would allow me to dump RAM, set breakpoints and tweak program code in assembly, stuff like that. Preferably in an emulator environment.

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>Setting up a Static IP
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>Port Forwarding
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>Mednafen
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>RetroArch
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>CSMAME
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Do you ever get a difficult point between buying new games and playing the ones you have? I have been really good about not adding more games to my backlog in the last 6 months or so, but just recently I've been buying more games in a flurry of acquisitions. I suppose it's fine since I've cleared more games than that off my list in the time since I stopped buying games, but I feel almost like I'm just digging myself deeper and spreading myself thin. It doesn't help that I really should be focusing more on my studies and on finishing my own game design work.

Pic not mine, but humorously from a page called 'curse of the video game backlog'.

Flea market and garage sale pick ups.
Lets see what you all picked up this weekend.

Second friday of garage sale season.
Hit paydirt earlier than usual this year.

Here is my first haul today, the NES haul.
$20 for these games.

With the 8th generation of consoles here along with the ever-growing capabilities of computers and phones, development costs are skyrocketing (no thanks to marketing costs.) In ye olden days of the '80s and '90s development could cost less than $500,000 even for an RPG. While retro-style games are popular with indie developers, one could theoretically make games for the Genesis or NES, change the button icons, and put them on PSN or Xbox Live. Sure, it'd be a pain to train developers in assembly, but think about it: next-to-nothing porting costs, fully authentic retro feel, and low development costs. I don't think anybody cares about making games for old systems (they've been dead for over a decade.)

>saw rule of rose CIB two days ago at The Xchange Chicago for 85 american dollars

>almost buy it but remember the game was pretty mediocre actually just really want it for rarity
>girlfriend see that I want it and even offers to buy it for me as a birthday present
>still decline because i really didnt want it that bad

She went back to buy it for me anyway and it was sold. I really dont feel bad for missing it, but I hope whoever picked it up was a collector and not some reseller scum. The asking price for this title is fucking ludicrous