The UKFF Retro Gaming Thread

[Cod Eye]

I had Super Wrestlemania on the SNES, and loved it at the time(as the only other wresting game I had played was one on the Master System, that wasn't a WWF game). I was jealous as fuck though when my mates man brought him the Royal Rumble game, and it had the finishing moves and shit...

[Merzbow]

I just remembered someone on my street had a copy of some Cutie Suzuki Joshi game on the Megadrive, they had to cut bits of the plastic away so it would fit in the console and it was shit.

[BigJag]

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=220160745546224&id=124103010946978&_rdr

A tour of Leicester's Retro Computer Museum. Fun place to visit. Knowledgeable people.

 

Edited December 10, 2018 by BigJag

[Merzbow]

Nice, I'll have to pop up there.

Has anyone been to the museum in Cambridge? It looks amazing and they often have special nights on where a few Youtubers often turn up if you're into that kinda thing.

[WyattSheepMask]

You could do an elbow drop from the top rope in Super Wrestlemania for the SNES, so I just used to do that with Randy Savage as a sort of make shift finisher. Apart from the 16-Bit version of Sid’s theme, the rest of it was shite.

As Metz mentioned, LJN were notorious for shit games though. Just watch any episode of Angey Video Game nerd, and chances are there will be a rant about LJN 

[David]

On 12/11/2018 at 11:59 AM, WyattSheepMask said:

You could do an elbow drop from the top rope in Super Wrestlemania for the SNES, so I just used to do that with Randy Savage as a sort of make shift finisher. Apart from the 16-Bit version of Sid’s theme, the rest of it was shite.

You could do that elbow drop with Earthquake as well if I recall correctly, which was rather disturbing but strangely fun.

[Merzbow]

The best disturbing top rope move was in The Arcade Game, Yoko could do a Bonzai Drop that would fly across almost the entire screen.

[hallicks]

[patiirc]

This just opened in Preston

Enjoy ❤️

https://www.blogpreston.co.uk/2018/12/craft-ale-and-retro-gaming-worlds-collide-at-new-fox-street-bar/

 

[Jazzy G]

My sister in law is getting me one of those TV plug and play things that does Pacman for Christmas. Needs some AA batteries, but sounds like it'll be fun. I'll probably keep it at my Mum's hooked up to her big telly in the living room for when I don't fancy Dreamcast or Saturn. Heck I'm tempted to take my 360 over to make room for my PS4 at home. Although there is talk of us getting a bigger TV stand. First World problems eh? 

[BigJag]

Check out @iretrogame’s Tweet:

This game looks like a lot of fun. Has anyone had any experience of it. Its very reminiscent of games like Outrun, and Chase HQ.

[Kaz Hayashi]

1990’s adverts featuring Rik Mayall & Nintendo. I remember these well, just another reason to love Rik.

 

[Merzbow]

Then on the other side of the spectrum you had David Lynch directing adverts for Playstation.

 

[Keith Houchen]

Sure I read an interview with Lynch and they mentioned the PS advert.  They asked why it was in black and white and he said it wasn't and how they must have changed it to black and white afterwards.

[Merzbow]

Someone at Sony obviously had a hard-on for Eraserhead, but just imagine having the gall to edit a Lynch piece without his consent?

I found his original version.
Oh wow, I only just twigged about "the arm" near the end. I'm pretty sure 99% of what Lynch does is part of a connected universe or three.

 

Edited December 21, 2018 by Merzbow