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[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

This image is a fantasy.

No one had four grey controllers.

Show me some red, green and "translucent" purple.

Also one of the control sticks should be broken.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

On a related note, they can now refurbish your N64 conrollers with mini GameCube joysticks and they're fucking SICK.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Theyre not as good as the original sticks though. Bigger deadzone and a different gate. Cool, but not a very accurate replacement. Steel Sticks is a better, if more exclusive, option.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

That's pretty spot on for my experience. I only had 3: 1 gray, 1 red, and 1 translucent purple off brand.

(edit: the red one was the one with a drifty joystick, but for some reason it was my favorite)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

We were grey, yellow, and offbrand black that had a semi-functional turbo mode and the joystick would reverse if you pushed too hard on it.

A 4th was always supplied by the rare potential 4th player

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

That's not four grey controllers.

That's one grey controller and three grey d-pads.

edit: That word shouldn't have been plural.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

That actually explains how Goro kept kicking my ass.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

I've had twelve controllers and my original translucent purple one from when I bought it new is still the best one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

(i still have my original four grey controllers with rumble packs for the lot)

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Oddjob is banned. No exceptions.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Oddjob actually wasn't that bad once you realized he was at perfect headshot height when you crouched. I wrecked a lot of kids who thought Oddjob was a secret weapon.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago

Based on a study that shows most people remember the world as at its best when they were 12, I would guess OP is 38-40 Y/O.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

WCW vs. NWO World Tour was my jam

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I had one friend that had that game, I had WCW vs NWO Revenge, and then later on the pinnacle of wrestling games, WWF No Mercy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I would like to introduce both of you to the wonders of Virtual Pro Wrestling and VPW2, Japan-only games using the same engine. VPW2 tops No Mercy IMO, if for nothing else than by the sheer breadth of the roster. It's just a shame that out of the box so many wrestlers needed so much tweaking to get around the lack of licensing. But the fact that it was possible to "fix" everyone was fantastic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I will have to check that out. Since it's Japanese, do I need to look for an English patch or does the normal rom have English text?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

If you're familiar with the English versions, navigating the menus in Japanese isn't bad. The whole roster can be edited, and part of that is being able to change the names to romaji/English. I believe there's a patch available to take care of most if not all of that. Let me see if I saved the post where someone else told me about it.

Back in the day I did all of those edits by hand on the physical cart. I still have the cart... one day I'll boot it up again in the hope that the battery hasn't died.

Edit: I think this is it

https://hack64.net/Thread-Virtual-Pro-Wrestling-2-freem-Edition

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Awesome. I appreciate that. I'll pray to the battery gods that your cart still has all your save data on it. Most of my carts are still good. A couple Gameboy carts no longer hold save data, but otherwise all good. Someday I am going to look into replacing those batteries.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Def Jam 2: Fight for NY was basically a wrestling game, but with rappers instead. Still had the same mechanics as those wrestling games where you couldn't only lock onto one enemy at a time, and cliches lead to wrestling moves. But everything was pretty well polished and the finishing moves were straight up insane violence.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Is it an unpopular opinion to say, that Perfect Dark had the better campaign and multiplayer?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

No. Perfect Dark was fucking excellent. And you could still play Temple and "Felicity"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Perfect Dark was better but GoldenEye was more influential.

I'm definitely team Perfect Dark but I understand why GoldenEye was more significant in the zeitgeist and features more predominantly in memes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I can't comment on the campaign, but as basically an upgraded sequel with 3 extra years of development, that makes sense.

I didn't play Perfect Dark (multiplayer) until about a year after it came out. My immediate reaction was, "How can this exist? It's a direct ripoff of GoldenEye!" Only to discover that, "Yeah, it's made by the same people."

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago

Gauntlet Legends.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Playing shooters using a joystick to aim is actual torture.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Look at Richie Rich over here with their 4 official controllers, not one Mad Catz or "Game Controller" branded controller!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Mad catz? Haven't heard that name in a while.

[–] tigeruppercut 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't see any extended ram pack in there... gonna get some slowdown when the explosions start flying

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I've got the ram pack in my original one.. I'm down to three good controllers though, I should resolve that sooner rather than later.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

Takes deep breath

GoldenEye is bad and has always been bad.

Ducks for cover

Look, I get that there is a generation in anglo territories where the N64 sold ok that discovered multiplayer games with this thing, but it's a slideshow with barely functional single stick controls. Quakeworld was a thing over here.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago

Ducks for cover

Hey, no fair. You know how hard it is for us to aim down.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

<Delivers audible Oddjob slap 👋>

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Amazing how the nostalgia goggles can make us think we were having fun with friends or something?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I'm partially with you on this. I was so confused by people being in love with Goldeneye as I had been playing FPS games multiplayer for many years at that point, Quakeword and its many mods were light years better. That being said, it was highly novel for console-only gamers and the game itself was fun enough once you got over the horrid controller.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Throws proximity mine in general direction.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I agree that GoldenEye wasn't a great game (even for the time) but are you really going to compare it to the online PC gaming scene in 1996?? Did quakeworld even have couch co op support? If it did, I sure hope someone had the adapter so you could play it a TV instead of your tiny crt monitors. If it didn't, this comparison holds even less weight

And what's with the "anglo regions" stuff? Was there a store in your area selling PCs for the equivalent of 200USD or something?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Also, SNES > N64.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

If that's what you had then it was really fun.

I will agree that it is complete dogshit now though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'd go with wipeout on PS1 but we can agree to disagree.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

...pilotwings 64 and a quiet night home alone...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I played Revenge, that was a fun one too. World Tour was my favorite as there was a generic wrestler who was my secret weapon and could not be defeated.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Stacks - Capture The Flag - Power Shotgons

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