Yeah, back in 2012 or so my GBA SP (from 2004 I think, it was one of the models with a true backlight) dropped off my bed (which was maybe a foot off the bed) and broke in two. I eventually repaired it with a Chinese case and continued to use it even after its two-tone makeover. Recently, though, a corner of the system chipped off and exposed a circuit board underneath (and that was the original components, not the Chinese one).
Two decades? Bro, two decades ago you could've gotten yourself a new GBA SP.
I did, I replaced it with that NES edition one.
front loader NES disagrees, that broke on its own
The hinges were always hit and miss. My SP haven't them broken yet but they are really loose that a mild vibration can move the screen no problem.
Who? That faggot cuck bitch, fucking NoA man...
I couldnt get the tweet but heres an article covering it https://medium.com/@volkcolopatrion...emselves-open-letter-to-nintendo-eb4ff03e4155
Man, Oyster Harbor was bullshit when the game was new, and it is still bullshit today. Nothing else even comes close to that stage's insane difficulty. I think Mars was the second hardest one, and even that doesn't hold a candle to fucking gay ass Oyster Harbor.
I personally do, it's one of my favourite games of all time. I'd love a modern take. But, as you said in your post. A finger on the monkey paw curls and we get trannies everywhere.
Open up an Atari 'heavy sixer' sometime - quarter inch cast aluminum RF shield.
I think a new Blast Corps-ish game would be perfect if it was in the 15-20 dollar range, it can never be a AAA game. The hectic nature of clearing the path in Blast Corps is so simple and very similar to the "oh shit" feeling of oversleeping and being late. That's not AAA-money, that requires cutscenes and story which is 100% incompatible with the 2-4 minute scenarios of "fucking hell we don't have much time so get into the General Lee then drive to the dumper to powerslide through the grain silos, then move the train so the giant robot can..."
then kick that poser out of here and let's all look in awe at the REAL original, the Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device
All the marios and all the zeldas. I want to say all first party Nintendo stuff but Pikmins there, advance wars there so idk.
I think we live in the age of schizophrenic media, video games suffer from the fact that everythings too concrete, handholdy and genrefied so I guess some genres have to die out. That includes stuff like [Vehicular combat games like Blast corps, Desert Strike, Recoil],[Exploration with small map like old zelda or snes jrpgs],[Run n Gun],[RTS] etc etc. Im going through my retro library rn, Mario 64 and RE2 currently Links Awakening, Actraiser 2 and Demons Crest earlier, it strikes me how vague they are about the objectives collectibles progress in general. Its refreshing to discover how the game stuff works through experimentation but also sometimes tedious cause of the amount of hidden collectibles and no autosaves. Ive looked at a guide more than once for each game but usually the guide part would be substituted by schoolyard talk and game mags back in the day. Still I would say theyre better games than what comes out today, just very mid and boring shite all of which play the same and are indistinguishable. They made me feel like a child again at least for a little while.
Smash bros is still there. It feels like what they DCMAed was completely fucking random and only related to zelda and marios.
It’s weird too. Super Mario World on the SNES (standalone and All-Stars) and GBA are gone, but Super Mario World on the SNES Mini, Virtual Console, and Switch Online (they use a different rom from SNES Mario World) are still up.
