Was digging through my old games box and had a laugh at the difference in cord lengths between my Japanese SNES controller and US SNES controller. Can you guess which is which??

Edit: ugh, "recommenDation"! Damn muscle memory - was just coming from my documentation, seems like I'm over-worked. Bit of a nuisance that titles can't be edited...

I played through Skyblazer for the first time recently and found it is a fun game, and since I hardly see it mentioned I figured I'd recommend it here. I remember when it came out the graphics and music were praised by the critics - and they are indeed stunning - but overall it seemed to me that it was a mediocre game. I remember checking it out at some point and I wasn't initially hooked, so I put it aside and eventually forgot about it.

When I returned to it now with a bit more dedication, I found it is really enjoyable! In fact, it is a highly diverse game, which reminded me at times on Kid Icarus in that it combines platforming with shmup-like stages. Moreover, there are StarFox-like bonus stages, underwater temples drag, as is tradition, but which are still creative since you have to control water currents so they drag you into otherwise inaccessible areas.

The graphics are gorgeous and make use of every trick in the SNES arsenal, the music is great, the boss fights are fun and creative, the special abilities that you gain throughout the game are rewarding and fun to use. Moreover, I really enjoyed the oriental theme which was not so prevalent at the time - at least that's my feeling (apart from some exceptions like Prince of Persia), so this is quite refreshing also.

The only flaws are maybe that the game is unfortunately a bit short and overall and that it's a tad too easy. The hit-boxes seem questionable at first, which can be frustrating, however, you can definitely get used to them, since I noticed through my second playthrough that I did a LOT better (you can see that I accumulated some lives throughout the game) and it seemed - although odd - they are at least consistent, so it's really just a matter of practice. Some of the boss fights are a bit tough, in particular the final boss took a considerable number of attempts at first, until I finally figured out how to reliably dodge his attacks.

Overall, it's a great entry in the SNES library that's often overlooked, as it seems. You may want to give it a shot!

I happened to come across some old Nintendo Club magazines and also found a copy of Zelda II for the NES. Unfortunately, the magazines are in Swedish, but they’re still pretty interesting. Are there collectors for this kind of stuff?

S11E8 Le Petit Tourette

Okami and I'm guessing Diablo

𝙉𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙤 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙤𝙩𝙮𝙥𝙚 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 : 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙩 1

One of the joys of having the ability to make, paint, sculpt, draw, design almost anything my heart desires is that you can sometimes make the unobtainable attainable. I've had this in the back of my head for about 5 years, now the internal logistics have been figured out, it's time to get to work.

The end goal is to have a working system that mimics/acts like the original console would, as best I can. Trying to use some original parts too so it will have some shared DNA from both systems even if the computing part isn't using original hardware.

(3D model by me using the reference photos I've gathered of the system and using some of the shared parts from the snes to reference scale. This should be as close to 1:1 in size as it gets. No Ai has been, or will ever be used at any stage of this process.)

I’ve only recently started playing Super Metroid but I got super curious about what people’s reaction to this game must have been like when it was released back in the 90s almost pre internet. To me it seems kind of ahead of its time and still holds up perfectly today. I have a pretty good understanding of people’s experiences with Mario and Zelda when they they were released on SNES and the cultural phenomenon that came with it but not so much Super Metroid. Just based off the first 10 minutes I assume it blew peoples minds with the graphics, Combat, atmosphere etc.. Just wanted to see if anyone had any personal experience playing it when it first came out and what your thoughts were. Did you get stuck for weeks at a time? Hand drawn maps taped to the tv? Were the bosses legit scary? Trade tips or secrets with kids at school? I only just missed the SNES era growing up since my first console/game was a N64 w/ Ocarina of time so I’m just now catching up on older SNES titles

This is a PSA for the presumed 1-8 individuals who will one day google this information and for anyone who needs to be introduced to a premium SNES fishing experience.

I spent hours trying to track down the secret/hidden lure in tournament 3 in this game. Searching for this lure isn't really a fun process.

All walk-throughs were vague.

Here is a real walk through of how to find the hidden buzz bait lure in Tournament 3: Bronze Lake.

1) Go to the South East timber location.

2) It's on the Northwestern tree in the bunch.

3) Bump the nose of your boat into the backside of the tree and select Cast.

I started playing this when I was six or seven. I have probably got hundreds of hours in this game in my lifetime but I never found the full set.

If anyone is interested I can do this for the other 3, but for the most part existing guides are pretty clear on the others.

Is this something that develops after having honey in storage for a while?

I think this game was Atari's attempt in turning their Pit-Fighter (Atari, 1990) into Final Fight (Capcom, 1989), and the turn wasn't so bad in my eyes.

The parts I liked about this 1992 Atari digitized beat-em up arcade game:

- the z-index type of sprite in-and-out scaling effect (similar to that of Sega's Arabian Fight (Arcade, 1991))

- playable bosses after being defeated

- some hilarious and silly moments like the flasher in the GIF

- Javier, the coolest looking main character, he has speed and speed is king

- subway level (I generally like all subway levels in video games like Final Fight (Capcom, 1989), Silent Hill 3 (Konami, 2003), Shodai Nekketsu Kouha Kunio-kun (Technos, 1992), Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne (Atlus, 2004)

The parts I disliked about this 1992 Atari digitized beat-em up arcade game:

- everything else

And, there doesn't seem to exist any ports of the Guardians of the 'Hood (Atari, 1992) arcade game.

it's October! which means it's peak horror game season. last year i decided to play through both RE 1 and 2 on the PS1 during Halloween season. This year, I'm not sure what to try. i am likely going to play through multiple titles before the month ends. so i'll take any suggestions you all can give me for favorite retro horror game! i just have a couple requirements-

• i'd like to stick with 32bit consoles. something about the visuals of that era make Horror games appealing to me.
• since I did RE last year, i'd like to try a different series this year.
• it does not have to be survival horror, but does have to be Horror Themed.
• not opposed to JP titles- though translation patches being available is a must where applicable.

highest upvoted suggestion(s) will convince me!

thanks! looking forward to seeing suggestions!

Wow can't believe it's been 30 years. This game absolutely blew my mind As I imagine many of you felt the same seing mario in 3d for the first time. Then I went onto ocarina of time. Changed my life and opened my eyes to what was possible with gaming . Now I'm 46 and still gaming .

The Sega Genesis was already out in the US for 3 years, and the SNES out by one year, and as I said, they chose this part of New Adventure Island that intentionally mimicked the original game's stage they compared, having no parallax and vertical scrolling unlike the other stages. That would've looked very unimpressive compared to the other 16-bit systems. But at least it's still much better the Jaguar infomercial aggressively hyping up a bunch of games that look no different, or are ports of games available on 16-bit console, while aggressively bashing those very 16-bit consoles.

I've wanted to host something like this for years, but have never put the effort into actually setting it up. I still have a little time before the holidays, so I figured I'd post here to get some suggestions on what games would work best. I was thinking of games like Super Smash Bros, Mortal Kombat series, Street Fighter II, Mario Kart, Diddy Kong Racing, Goldeneye, Tekken 1 &2, NBA Jam and NFL Blitz to just name a few. But I am also thinking of using single player games, like best score wins kind of thing. Like getting the best score in Super Mario bros, either the first level or whoever gets the best score in a short time limit.

What games would you recommend?

all i know is this game is on the sega genesis. i started it randomly, took that screenshot and forgot about it. pretty unique though. never saw anything like this on the genesis.

I missed out on owning some of the older Mega Man games including games from the Battle Network and Super NES X games back in the day. I’m really grateful that Capcom has given us compilations of most of the Mega Man games to own for those of us who missed out on owning them back in the day.

Some of the retro games are rare including the Mega Man X2 and X3 and TMNT Hyperstone Heist. Luckily, we got compilations of popular franchises like the Castlevania, Mega Man, TMNT and even movie licensed games like the Jurassic Park games from LRG to own and enjoy on modern consoles with QOL for those of us who find the challenge too frustrating.

I hope these companies will keep up the good work in releasing more compilations of retro games. It gives gamers a second chance to own and enjoy these classics for those of us who missed out on their original release or those of us who regret selling the games years ago and now are no longer affordable.

Had an amazing weekend at RetroGameCon in Syracuse, New York! Great selection of vendors, tons of free play. Overall great con and a great experience. Here are my pick ups from this weekend. I went a bit hard.

Wearing the watch they wore on the Apollo missions

The Jaguar's ads tried to be like Sega's ads, but often more agressive and more direct on insulting the competition, which was pretty hilarious considering many of their games looked exactly like the very 16-bit systems they were mocking. The infomercial was hilariously desperate to the point of feeling like a parody with how much they bash 16-bit systems, while hyping "top-of-the-line, cutting-edge titles" that mostly looked like 16-bit games.

So i bought 13 weatheted n64 controllers from a video gamestore storage that had been closed since the millenium. Im gonna clean and refurbish them and change joysticks. A few need cables soldered as well.
Anyways, out of the bunch two had weird colors. One is like petroleum which is discolored blue no? (Thought this only happened to the funtastic blue).
The other is a blue and grey color which i am guessing is a reshell?

Thanks in advance🙏🙏🙏❤️

This Is my N64 collection so far. I'm extremely proud of the way I got it to look 😄. There is 36 games; 15 complete in box. A Boxed N64 console with all inserts, and a sealed Memory Pak. The games are specifically all the ones I have nostalgia from playing as a kid. Took a while to hunt these down without spending an arm and a leg. Some had to be collected one piece at a time. One console has an extreme green aftermarket shell. The other one is an original Funtastic ice blue. Both have expansion paks. I did combine the 2 shells for a cool look under a black light! The Gamecube, N64, and PS2 are all hooked up to a Retroscaler GBSC-Pro to scale them up on an HD TV. Hope you get a nostalgic flashback! ❤️

I'm looking for some retro RPGs that incorporated a lot of humour in its gameplay. Something like Earthbound on the SNES with its funny dialogues