[Official] EHW Retro - The EHW Retrogaming club

[neurotix]

1 hour ago, pioneerisloud said:

Sweet.

I"m actually super stoked to be able to play on them soon, should have the old ones done around new years.

 

Once I get things rolling, I might have to bug people for title names to look out for.  I do have my old Win98 gaming collection luckily, but I know there's a ton of old games I missed out on being a child and all back then.

 

Try the DOS game Tyrian if you have not. Its my favorite DOS game. It was made by Epic games, and it's a vertical scrolling shoot em up with a ton of hidden stages, at least 100 weapons, and a lot of hidden minigames and modes. As much as I like stuff like Soldier Blade, Final Soldier on PC Engine (also vertical shmups) and Raiden series in the arcades, Tyrian is actually my favorite shoot em up ever. Its an awesome game and you use the mouse to control the ship.

 

1 hour ago, Sir Beregond said:

I still have a PS2. My favorites on there were the Jak and Dexter series, and the PS2 era James Bond games.

 

The PS2 was amazing, a ton of good jrpgs on it like Rogue Galaxy and Shining Force Exa (almost like Diablo).. since that's my forte. It sold like 100m systems and is the second highest selling console of all time next to the Wii, last I checked. It had great 2nd party exclusives like God of War.

 

Personally my PS2 is a silver slimline and its permanently attached to my CRT via S-Video. It is softmodded. I love the PS2. Theres a lot of Japanese as well as American releases of old Capcom and SNK 2D fighters which I play with my wife. Street Fighter III 3rd Strike and SSF2T. We used to go to tournaments for those games.

 

Here is a pic of my custom arcade stick for PS2 fighting games, about the only genre I'm skilled in. I did the art myself in GIMP but it was built by someone else and cost $250. The box is curly maple stained Cherry Red with 5 coats of clearcoat. Just the box took over a month to make. Stick is a Seimitsu LS-32-01 with red bubbletop and buttons are standard Sanwa 30mm screw in.

Edited November 22, 2022 by neurotix

[neurotix]

My custom Macintosh SE with front mounted Floppyemu (a device that lets you load disk images off an SD card). Cost me $75 which is a steal for a working Macintosh like this. I cleaned the inside (it was filthy and full of dust) and removed the dead 20MB SCSI hard drive. I also removed the (dangerous) capacitor looking PRAM battery and soldered in a CR2032. I upgraded the RAM from 4x 256KB 150ns SIMMs to 4x NEC 1MB 80ns SIMMs.

 

The cable for the floppyemu goes through the drive bay where the HD used to be, and I dremeled off part of the expansion port cover so the floppyemu cable can attach to the floppy port. This is much better than having the cable go around the outside to the back.

[pio]

Okay that Mac is pretty cool man!  My first ever computer was a Mac Apple II, followed by a Centris 660AV, so same generation ish as that one.  Awesome mod!

[neurotix]

Japanese PC Engine Core Grafx along with matching controller and Hucard, the credit card sized card that games came on. The system has been completely recapped with Nichicon audio grade capacitors. This is the smallest console ever made at about 5.5x5.5". It is the Japanese version of the TurboGrafx 16. (it competed with the Genesis and SNES).

 

It is a fun little system to have. However, about 90% of its library is shoot em up games, and some tough ones at that. I can't say I've ever cleared any of the games I have for it

 

It cost about $110 when I got it with a controller but no hookups and included like 8 games with the CD size cases. I'm sure they are probably more now.

Edited November 28, 2022 by neurotix

[neurotix]

Let's try to keep this club going and add more people. So here's a question: what is your favorite console and game ever?

 

For me it's the SNES and my favorite game for it is Final Fantasy II (the American release of FFIV).

[Sir Beregond]

I was not really exposed to gaming much prior to the PS2 era growing up. PS2 probably remains my favorite console and my favorite games were Champions of Norrath and Ace Combat 04.

 

Champions of Norrath makes the list because it showed up after I stopped playing EverQuest on PC.

[J7SC_Orion]

...from way, way back - ran across this when looking through the storage room. Probably belonged to one of my siblings and I 'borrowed it' long-term 

 

  

 

...my current definition of retro-gaming --my setup from back in ~ February 2014. Those 780 Ti Classified cards could get close to 1700 MHz w/EVBot boost and chilled water. I still have them...these days, they're out on pasture, doing the odd retro-gaming session.

 

Edited December 28, 2022 by J7SC_Orion

[UltraMega]

I got the razor Kishi V2 phone controller for Christmas from my gf. Just got it setup and working fully with DuckStation (ps1 emulator). Got Ape Escape installed, works perfectly. Pretty neat controller, feels like a switch but with a better screen. Love that it works with my phones aspect ratio. Not sure why the screenshot is a bit off to one side. 

 

 

Edited December 28, 2022 by UltraMega

[Avacado]

13 hours ago, J7SC_Orion said:

...from way, way back - ran across this when looking through the storage room. Probably belonged to one of my siblings and I 'borrowed it' long-term 

 

  

 

...my current definition of retro-gaming --my setup from back in ~ February 2014. Those 780 Ti Classified cards could get close to 1700 MHz w/EVBot boost and chilled water. I still have them...these days, they're out on pasture, doing the odd retro-gaming session.

 

You have no reason to need two EVbots, What do you want for the second one?

Edited December 28, 2022 by Avacado

[Sir Beregond]

OK so I just remembered something else retro console wise. So I also had a Dreamcast as a kid and I tried my hardest to find it when my Mom sold her house a few years ago, but to no avail. Sad I could not re-find that. There were a few games I remember loving to play on it but to this day I have no idea what the games were called. One was like a fantasy RPG (turn based style combat), another was like an arcade style fighter jet game, and I am sure there were some more I am forgetting.

 

Outside of that, I remember my sister had an N64 for a while, so I'd play Mario 64 and Mario Kart when I went to her house. I also had a friend who had an original NES and I loved playing Mario and Duck Hunt when I went to her house.

Edited December 28, 2022 by Sir Beregond

[J7SC_Orion]

5 hours ago, Avacado said:

You have no reason to need two EVbots, What do you want for the second one?

 

...I got 8x GPUs over different gens that have EVBot capability, sooooo............; besides, you have other and cheaper options, per below 

 

[Avacado]

6 minutes ago, J7SC_Orion said:

 

...I got 8x GPUs over different gens that have EVBot capability, sooooo............; besides, you have other and cheaper options, per below 

 

That's the point, I have that many EVGA gens too! Come on, tis the season. How much? I'd even be willing to make it communal and ship it to other members. 

[Fluxmaven]

I still have my Sega Genesis, one of my modded PSP's, Xbox 360, And my liquid cooled PS4.

 

In the past I Also had an NES, Gameboy Advanced, PS2, and PS3. 

 

I always wanted a PC more than consoles, but all my friends had consoles so I didn't seriously start getting into PCs until high school when I started working and could afford to start building them. 

[J7SC_Orion]

...I always  loved MDK, then MDK2.

 

In fact, MDK2 is active on one of my older machines even now....just played a round w/2x GTX 980 Classies 

 

 

 

[neurotix]

On 28/12/2022 at 10:46, Sir Beregond said:

OK so I just remembered something else retro console wise. So I also had a Dreamcast as a kid and I tried my hardest to find it when my Mom sold her house a few years ago, but to no avail. Sad I could not re-find that. There were a few games I remember loving to play on it but to this day I have no idea what the games were called. One was like a fantasy RPG (turn based style combat), another was like an arcade style fighter jet game, and I am sure there were some more I am forgetting.

 

Outside of that, I remember my sister had an N64 for a while, so I'd play Mario 64 and Mario Kart when I went to her house. I also had a friend who had an original NES and I loved playing Mario and Duck Hunt when I went to her house.

 

Dreamcast games.. if it was a turn based combat rpg, was it Skies of Arcadia (were you Vyse, the air pirate and it all took place in the sky with airships?) It could also be Grandia II or possibly Evolution 1 or 2. Arcade style fighter jet game could have been Aerowings 2 or Airforce Delta (made by Konami, so sad what ended up happening to them in the last few years).

 

I had an N64 and played and finished Mario 64 but could never get all 120 stars. Mario Kart 64 is still pretty popular even to this day but I always thought the AI in it was cheap. My first console was a NES with SMB/Duck Hunt and I have around 45 games for it. I'll attach a picture. I am a master of the clay pigeon shooting in Duck Hunt, I can make it to lvl 36 and after level 30 if you miss a single pigeon it's game over. Part of the reason I insist on keeping a CRT is for lightgun games (they only work with a CRT), recently I got another Sega Stunner gun for my Sega Saturn and repaired it and calibrated it so my wife and I played Virtua Cop 1&2, House of the Dead and Area 51 (these were all arcade ports)... Really fun.

 

Ultramega, glad you found a nice Bluetooth controller set and got psx emulation working. I owned a PSX and at one point the PSone which was a smaller low cost version of the PSX, really the first "slim" console I think. I had Capcom fighters for it as well as the 3 Final Fantasies for it, Chrono Cross, and Xenogears (my 2nd favorite game of all time). The PlayStation is definitely a contender for my top 5 consoles of all time.

 

JTSC, I wouldn't exactly consider a rig with 780tis retro but whatever floats your boat man. Seems like they were just out. Back then I had 2x R9 290 Tri-X. Nice setup though. (I have no clue what an evbot even is ) MDK is definitely a cool game, I missed out on it but have seen Lazy Game Reviews videos of them both. I should probably get the first one and give it a try, if I'm not mistaken it was ported to Dreamcast or possibly Playstation. Probably better on pc

 

Fluxmaven, I will add you to the club if you want. I love the Sega Genesis and I have multiple modded PSPs as well, they are great for emulation and emulate nearly every handheld that came before it so it kinda makes my GBA, GB Color and Game Gear pointless lol. Better screen and battery life, save states, etc. On psp. The latest gpsp kai increases compatibility and speed for GBA games and the psp sort of competed with the GBA as well as the DS... Its awesome that you can play the GBA Pokemon games on a psp.

 

I think that covers everyone, whew. Lol

Edited December 31, 2022 by neurotix

[neurotix]

@Fluxmavenadded you to the club.

 

@Sir Beregond did anything I mentioned for Dreamcast ring a bell, or has it been too long? I'm a huge Dreamcast fan and own 2 of them and even some boxed VMUs (the memory card for it you could play simple games on).

[Sir Beregond]

4 hours ago, neurotix said:

@Fluxmavenadded you to the club.

 

@Sir Beregond did anything I mentioned for Dreamcast ring a bell, or has it been too long? I'm a huge Dreamcast fan and own 2 of them and even some boxed VMUs (the memory card for it you could play simple games on).

Oh hey, I meant to reply to this but got sidetracked and forgot.

 

Airforce Delta was the fighter jet game. Sadly nothing ringing a bell on the RPG front.

 

Yeah I had a controller with one of those VMU's too. Two controllers actually. One was grey (default I think) and the other blue.

[pio]

Okay, maybe THIS might be the area I need to ask in.......

 

Does anybody happen to remember CREATING your very own FPS levels with something along the lines of MS Paint?  I remember doing that in school, and I WANT to say the players played as like a robot or something?  If I remember it correctly, if you'd draw a square, you'd end up with a cube in your map, and it was something like the thickness of the lines, or the size of it or something is what effected the height?  But we were doing level designs for this game, and then we could all play said game together over LAN, with our own levels we created (pretty sure there was LAN, I might be remembering that part wrong).  This was waaaaaay back in like Windows 98 or Mac like OS 7 ish?  era days.  Been looking for that game for ages, but I can't remember what it was! -_-  Was done at my local school system though, pretty sure it was middle school for me.

[neurotix]

12 hours ago, pioneerisloud said:

Okay, maybe THIS might be the area I need to ask in.......

 

Does anybody happen to remember CREATING your very own FPS levels with something along the lines of MS Paint?  I remember doing that in school, and I WANT to say the players played as like a robot or something?  If I remember it correctly, if you'd draw a square, you'd end up with a cube in your map, and it was something like the thickness of the lines, or the size of it or something is what effected the height?  But we were doing level designs for this game, and then we could all play said game together over LAN, with our own levels we created (pretty sure there was LAN, I might be remembering that part wrong).  This was waaaaaay back in like Windows 98 or Mac like OS 7 ish?  era days.  Been looking for that game for ages, but I can't remember what it was! -_-  Was done at my local school system though, pretty sure it was middle school for me.

 

Sadly, I'm not very well versed in retro pc gaming. I know and played Sim City/SC2000, Doom (all of the DOS ones), Duke3D, original Wolfenstein and the Epic games like Jazz Jackrabbit, One Must Fall, Tyrian, etc. I'm guessing it wasn't the original Doom. Could it have been Marathon or it's sequel? Made by Bungie and Macintosh only I think.

 

Otherwise go watch LGR videos on YouTube til you find it or ask in the comments.

 

I mostly played all the FF games over and over back then, Street Fighter series, some shmups like Gradius III, beat em ups at friends houses like Streets of Rage and Final Fight, and for the 3D era I was playing everything Square released on my PlayStation, and Mario 64 and Wave Race on my 64. In the early 2000s I played pc games on a Pentium 4 1.8Ghz with a GeForce MX4000 (potato rig). I played Ragnarok Online(where I met my wife) Lineage 2 and WoW so I missed a lot being addicted to MMOs. Sorry.

[neurotix]

Hey all a question:

 

Any interest in me and possibly my wife and I streaming retro games in the gaming voice channel on Discord like every Friday night or something? We'd be playing old 2D fighting games and beating the crap out of each other in old SF2 etc. But we could also stream co-op console games like Contra, various PC Engine games, and stuff like that.

 

I just wonder/hope that Discord supports 60fps streaming from my rear camera or my CRT will have lines showing on it.

 

Just want to gauge interest before buying a phone tripod and longer charging cable to be able to set it up.

[Avacado]

15 hours ago, neurotix said:

Hey all a question:

 

Any interest in me and possibly my wife and I streaming retro games in the gaming voice channel on Discord like every Friday night or something? We'd be playing old 2D fighting games and beating the crap out of each other in old SF2 etc. But we could also stream co-op console games like Contra, various PC Engine games, and stuff like that.

 

I just wonder/hope that Discord supports 60fps streaming from my rear camera or my CRT will have lines showing on it.

 

Just want to gauge interest before buying a phone tripod and longer charging cable to be able to set it up.

Seems like a cool idea. We briefly touched on this last night about your expectations for participation and discord streaming support. If I am on when you are streaming, i'd watch for a bit. 

[neurotix]

Yeah we'll have to see about this, as I'm aware I'm really the only old games collector on the site. It really is kind of outside the scope of the site, though my retro games club on OCN back in the day had like 40 members and a lot of discussion and many people with a lot of old console games. I think mostly everyone here prefers retro pc gaming, which is not my thing except for the few games I've mentioned previously (we couldn't afford gaming PCs growing up).

 

I'd need to look into logistics of it too and probably get a 4 foot tall tripod stand for the phone, one of those little ones that I mentioned might not work because there's just no table or anything I can use to put it on near my CRT setup. I would also need a charging cable, and then of course is the issue of the stream possibly freezing because video chat on Discord is buggy and sucks. If more people see this and reply as interested, I'll make the investment in what I need. Thanks for your reply though.

[neurotix]

Video of my Macintosh SE and a demo of something very special. Unfortunately, embedding it isn't working for me.

 

 

Edited February 24, 2023 by neurotix

[UltraMega]

On 21/01/2023 at 09:14, neurotix said:

Yeah we'll have to see about this, as I'm aware I'm really the only old games collector on the site. It really is kind of outside the scope of the site, though my retro games club on OCN back in the day had like 40 members and a lot of discussion and many people with a lot of old console games. I think mostly everyone here prefers retro pc gaming, which is not my thing except for the few games I've mentioned previously (we couldn't afford gaming PCs growing up).

 

I'd need to look into logistics of it too and probably get a 4 foot tall tripod stand for the phone, one of those little ones that I mentioned might not work because there's just no table or anything I can use to put it on near my CRT setup. I would also need a charging cable, and then of course is the issue of the stream possibly freezing because video chat on Discord is buggy and sucks. If more people see this and reply as interested, I'll make the investment in what I need. Thanks for your reply though.

Definitely not the only one, mine are just in the form of emulators and roms. 

[neurotix]

14 hours ago, UltraMega said:

Definitely not the only one, mine are just in the form of emulators and roms. 

 

Any interest in what I have up in the marketplace currently under consoles >.>;