Jan 19, 2021
RetroLogic - Episode 17
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New Branding, Everything is Retrologic
(what did you buy? And what did you play?)
John Bought - Turok 2 N64, Zelda 2 GBA, Pro Wrestling NES,
Tennis NES, and Slalom NES
John Played - More Celeste and Retrologic Arcade 1 up
Dan Bought - TMNT Figures, an NES controller, Diddy Kong Smash
Amiibo
(The price is RETRO)
(Crossplay)
Excitebike
Super Metroid
(This day in gaming history)
10 Years Ago (January 18, 2011) DS Plants vs. Zombies
(Break)
(Community Content)
(Question of the week)
SpiderShan
I’d love to have or hear a conversation here or on the show about
the best ways to play retro games in modern times. Obviously I’d
love to use original hardware but that gets more and more difficult
over time as it wears out and becomes harder to find.
Adr0ck
I wish I could say NSO, but the selection is so small
So I think technically speaking it's the best method of playing for
convenience purposes, but the library is just not there yet
Andross
I think original hardware is the way to go. But yeah, as that
becomes more difficult to do my preference is to have a port of it
on my latest system.
My dream is that they release a "classic" mini version of each
console. But one that has the ability to play old cartridges as
well as has a virtual console of some sort so you can buy digitally
as well.
Third Strongest Mole (Sam)
Personally I don't see the need for classic systems. I'd rather
have everything play on one set of hardware. NSO seems like the
best way to me but Nintendo seems complacent about their
selection
And this might be a hot take but I think all the individualized re
releases are more of a curse than blessing. I think the reason so
few games come to NSO is because rights holders would rather sit on
their IP until they have a chance to re-sell old games.
Not sure what the future of games currently on NSO could be but I
assume anything that goes on there stays until they discontinue the
service, which would likely be at least 5 years after the switch
becomes obsolete. That's quite a time to commit your game to being
on a service.
JasonLee
I do think NSO is the best option, if they’d only put more games on
it, on a more frequent basis. I still have dreams of playing N64
games on it with the optional N64 controller sold by Nintendo.
SpiderShan
The problem I find with the NSO or even other modern solutions is
that most licensed games will not return. Think of all the good
remaining games people want on the NES Online. Most are licensed
(Duck Tales, TMNT, Back to the Future...okay not that one but you
get the point) and will almost certainly never get a chance to get
put there. Same with the SNES games. That means I need to play
using the original carts and hardware.
ChrisHL94
I guess I will be the bad guy and bring up the dirty word
emulation.
(Throwback Thursday)
Eric Plunk
Growing up I loved the old black and white Popeye cartoons as well
as the Robin Williams movie (my dad copied a rental VHS of Popeye
so I watched it often). My affinity for the character combined with
the fun arcade gameplay made Popeye on NES one of my most rented
games. I even recently won $25 in store credit at the local game
shop for getting the high score in it!
(Retro Rewind)
- Community focused book club style monthly event
- February Game: Sonic the Hedgehog
- GIVEAWAY: Sega Ages Sonic the Hedgehog on Nintendo Switch -
@retrologicgames on Twitter
- Availability:
Switch, PS4, Xbox - Genesis Collection, Sega Ages
iOS and Google Play- free
3DS - Sonic the Hedgehog 3D
NOT AVAILABLE ON WII U!?!?
Wii virtual console is dead.
PS3, Xbox 360 - Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection
Gamecube, Xbox, PS2, PC - Sonic Mega Collection
Sega Genesis
(Outro)
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