Comments for The Vintage Gamers

Comment on College Slam by Jason

Jason — Thu, 16 May 2013 01:01:02 +0000

Nice!!!!! I remember this game from 6th grade! Go Jayhawks! You could edit the roster names. We had Paul Pierce Jaque Vaughn. Jarod Haase. Raef Lafrentz. Scott Pollard. The greatest team th
at didn’t win it all.

Comment on Famiclone: Power Joy Voyager by Samuel Floyd

Samuel Floyd — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:36:12 +0000

Very little, they’re a novelty and nothing more. I got mine super cheap, but if I found another I wouldn’t pay more than $5 for one. And $5 may be stretching it.

Comment on Famiclone: Power Joy Voyager by Paul

Paul — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:34:06 +0000

I found one of these at a yard sale. It looks brand new. Has the contollers, game cartridge and power cord even the instruction papers. What is the value of theses. I tryed Ebay but found nothing.

Comment on N64 Controller Alternatives by Dustin

Dustin — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 14:29:40 +0000

Bwahah! In case? It’s almost a sure thing, unfortunately. But finding joystick replacements is easier than finding a whole new controller.

Comment on N64 Controller Alternatives by Samuel Floyd

Samuel Floyd — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 05:14:37 +0000

I hope this helped give you a little insight into some alternatives. I’m sure there are more out there, but I don’t currently own them to be able to really judge them. Hopefully soon I will be doing a simple N64 joystick swap tutorial, in case that problem ever arises.

Comment on N64 Controller Alternatives by Dustin

Dustin — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 05:11:25 +0000

This comes with some great timing! I recently found an N64 (sans controller) at Goodwill for 10 bucks. However, it seems like, at least in my area, people seem a lot less willing to part with their controllers. Games are easy to find (and surprisingly cheap) but even craigslist ads for N64 controllers are quickly snapped up. Usually I just get a response of “well, I just have games and the system, no controllers, though”.
It seems as though, recently, these controllers have become a hot commodity, or just more scarce. I go to retro game stores and they are often 30 bucks or more. Considering I bought the system for 10 and Goldeneye for 8, and looking forward to some 4 player action, it kind of hurts to imagine spending 100 bucks more to do so. Online prices are usually better, but only for the 3rd party controllers with bad reviews (and they get ya on the shipping).
I found a refurbished 1st edition Super Gamepad 64 on eBay for 6 bucks, we’ll see if I can land that. It still amazes me, though, that my biggest barrier to playing this N64 is finding something as simple as a working controller.

Comment on NES vs Sega Master System: My Personal Opinion by Samuel Floyd

Samuel Floyd — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 05:02:10 +0000

The NES was released in North America as of October 1985, as where the Sega Master System was released June 1986. “approximately 9 months before Sega’s Master System” And I don’t see what the Famicom and Mark III have to do with this article, I’m strictly speaking of American releases, not their Japanese counterparts.

Comment on NES vs Sega Master System: My Personal Opinion by owls

owls — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 04:56:46 +0000

I don’t think it’s strictly accurate to say the Master System came out 9 months after the NES. The Famicom had been on the market for over 2 years before the Mark III hit stores in Japan.

Comment on Street Rod by Samuel Floyd

Samuel Floyd — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 04:31:16 +0000

I had plans on doing a review on Gearhead Garage a few years ago, but I couldn’t get the screenshots. As soon as I manage to figure out how, that will be reviewed too. I can’t think of any games with that “depth” to them right now.

Comment on Street Rod by Joshua Witt

Joshua Witt — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 04:01:55 +0000

I Absolutely LOVE this game, it was so cool to see someone else mention it. My brothers and I used to spend hours playing Street Rod (and I think Street Rod 2). I was never much into racing games but the fact that you could race for pinks and upgrade your cars mad this game tons of fun. Gearhead Garage was another great one but you could only fix cars, not race them. Do you know of any other games like these?