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ReD_eYe
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Posted: 4th Jun 2003 21:38
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firstly sorry if this is in the wrong place but i couldn't find anywhere beter.

I think alot of people are entering the retro remakes comp at http://www.remakes.org and as i started programming too late to enter the dark basic only retro comp(i had only just bought db when the comp had nearly finished)i would like to enter too. but i have a problem being only 14 i wasn't even alive when the 'retro' games were around so i have no memories of any games i enjoyed that aren't famous eg pacman,space invaders etc. so i was wondering if someone could give me an idea? it sounds lame but if someone could briefly outline a retro game that isn't very well known i would very much like to make it. i've been searching on google for retro game listings+descriptions and can't find anything.
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freak
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Posted: 4th Jun 2003 22:21
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you could try emulated games of old consoles

an emulator is a program which makes it possible to run those old games who were grabbed from those cartridges

such a game is called a ROM

you can search google on 'ROMS' or 'emulation'...

there are emulators and roms for various systems like ps, game boy, nintendo 8-bit, super nintendo, sega game gear, sega genesis, ...

I just did a quick search and here you have a site where you can download some emulators, maybe there are roms on that site to but I'm not sure...
http://www.familydomain.com/gametown/

I'm making a remake of the original sega version of the game 'out run'

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MiRRoRMaN
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Easy, go to a market, buy a Commodore 64 with lots of games and ENJOY.

Im glad im not in your shoes, I would have hated to have missed those days.... *sigh*

www.mirrorman.cjb.net, the classic Commodore 64 and Amiga site.
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ReD_eYe
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thanks guys, i looking at that emulation site now freak, but there are so many and i dunno which console to get an emulator for. if anyone else has any suggestions??/

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freak
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you can just download a commodore and those games
in fact you have to delete those downloaded roms after 24 hrs or they are illegal
but I just keep them, anyway those games arent sold anymore (not as a new product) so companies like sega wont miss that money

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ReD_eYe
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can u recommend any good rom sites??? i'm on freeroms.com at the moment but none of the downloads seem to work

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I'm just searching the net right now

you could try searching kazaa or another p2p program, you might find for example a zip file with 500 nintendo roms

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ReD_eYe
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i'll try kazza now, rom sites are sooooo annoying too many popups

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yeh when you want to find your roms on sites you'll have to search a long time to find some good sites

I had some in my favorites but I've lost them

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ReD_eYe
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Posted: 4th Jun 2003 23:17
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got some off kazza, although one was a virus grrr but norton antivirus picked up on it. the ones i've got are all pretty popular and i quite like some obscure ones to do so i'll keep looking, thanks

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okay tell me which games you might want to make, I'm just curious

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MiRRoRMaN
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Dude, an emulator isnt even close to the real thing. A real Commodore 64 is having true power. Or an Amiga.

www.mirrorman.cjb.net, the classic Commodore 64 and Amiga site.
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indeed when you have a real commodore it might have something magical, but with a good emulator you wont see any difference (except that its not on a television screen and that you don't have the real controllers)

but anyway if you just fastly want to make a retro game... redeye might learn to like those games by testing emulated versions and afterwards buy a real commodore or nintendo or sega system

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Synneth Relmn
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if you're 14 like me you've still been around for the NES games, right? do one of those. i remade one called Mario Bros. and stick with one all the way; you don't want to change your mind when you've already got engine of another game started. i stayed with mine long wnough, and i even got internet play into it!

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do a remake of "Harvest Moon" .......such a great snes game
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ReD_eYe
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i've played harvest moon of the gb its so cool, i'd forgotten about that i was around for nes games but never owned an n64, but isn't that abit too recent??? i got the impression the games were supposed to from before 1990? i'm seriously thinking of doing harvest moon and it hasn't been done yet on the site.
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ReD_eYe
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not sure i'll be able to do a good remake of it though maybe for thenext retro comp but not this one

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Damokles
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Well, you can also try to do a realistic Commodore 64 game, pretty realistic : The loading should last at least an hour (that was for those who used cassettes)
Beside during this loading, the screen should change color sometimes, all 3 or 5 seconds. Two additionnal supplies to get it like the original game, should be the fact, that it breaks down if you touch keys, and that sometimes it breaks down, if you don't touch anything.

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lol, might be kinda hard to program

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