Random Gaming Thoughts

[Erik_Twice]

So, I connected my professional monitor for the first time and...damn, even though I've only tried my NES through A/V so far I'm actually pretty impressed by the difference. It's significantly less "fuzzy" than I remember it to be and the blacks are much better.

Sadly, all I have for now is A/V. All my cables either output AV or, in the Mega Drive's case, RF. I need to spend quite a bit of cash on a SCART Switch and cables

[Forlorn Drifter]

Blegh, I'm trying to get the last 3 multiplayer trophies on Red Dead Redemption in what little free time I have, and it is an absolute nightmare with how hacked up the servers are nowadays. I just wanted to be set up to where I can plat RDR, seeing as it is one of my favorite games ever, and having that would just be a sweet moment for me.

EDIT:...and, miraculous pull off of those last three trophies for multiplayer. Finish up this and Max Payne 3, then on to Dragon's Dogma!

[Fragems]

This is the first time I've been tempted to preorder a book .

Art of Atari

More info:
http://www.polygon.com/2014/3/26/548219 ... golden-age

[BoneSnapDeez]

That looks boss as hell.

[marlowe221]

That looks boss as hell.

I need that book.

[Erik_Twice]

I never thought scanlines and other minor details like that would be very important but after staring at my screen for like 15 minutes I must say I can't imagine ever going back.

And this is all through A/V, I think I'm going to be amazed when I get my Wii composite cables tomorrow and I can start playing games in 240p RGB.

[Snatch1414]

This is the first time I've been tempted to preorder a book .

Art of Atari

More info:
http://www.polygon.com/2014/3/26/548219 ... golden-age

Thanks for mentioning this. I got on the mailing list. I really like art books but they're usually of the super hero variety. This is a great idea.

[BoneSnapDeez]

Atari art was always the best.

Remember how the Intellivision and ColecoVision used covers that were literally photos of arcade cabs for the arcade ports? lol

[ExedExes]

Atari art was always the best.

Remember how the Intellivision and ColecoVision used covers that were literally photos of arcade cabs for the arcade ports? lol

That was just Coleco's marketing at the time. Their small tabletop arcade games and even their Colecovision arcade ports always had "The Official" label somewhere on them. As if the ports they made for the 2600 and Intellivision were "un-official?"

[KalessinDB]

Atari art was always the best.

Remember how the Intellivision and ColecoVision used covers that were literally photos of arcade cabs for the arcade ports? lol

That was just Coleco's marketing at the time. Their small tabletop arcade games and even their Colecovision arcade ports always had "The Official" label somewhere on them. As if the ports they made for the 2600 and Intellivision were "un-official?"

Coleco's selling point was that their arcade ports were just better. And they absolutely were. But they still lost the war (obviously)