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Title: Friends being into retro too
Post by: Akuza on February 28, 2015, 13:47:20 PM
So over the entire time I've been collecting and playing retro games, my friends (as in close friends) haven't ever really shown any interest in "going back".

So last night was a games night and brung the good old N64, with a bucket of games for them to choose to play, majority of them have said retro is happening again next time.

So it appears I've converted them partially... But this got me thinking, has anyone else got friends that show no interest in it at all that are good friends with you? Do they have a view on what you do? If so what is it ? :p

My friends thought I was being stupid, until last night, rebuying old games I've already played and finished is the way it was put! Haha

Anyway, so, anyone?
Title: Re: Friends being into retro too
Post by: TrekMD on February 28, 2015, 13:50:23 PM
I have friends who never talk about gaming but when I show them some of my old consoles they get all excited and want to play.  Now, many of those friends are close to my age so they did grow up when many of these consoles were first available.
Title: Re: Friends being into retro too
Post by: zapiy on February 28, 2015, 16:07:28 PM
Some of my mates are retro in terms of handheld. Lynx, GG and so on. None are collectors like me, in fact half my collection is from buying of them lol.
Title: Re: Friends being into retro too
Post by: Ben on February 28, 2015, 21:34:50 PM
I have one friend who is also a Sega nerd (and my cousin), who I still play a lot of games with.  We were playing against each other in Street Fighter II 20 years ago, and just never stopped.  Outside of that, not really, that's mostly why I became interested in retro forums.
Title: Re: Friends being into retro too
Post by: ArcadeAction on February 28, 2015, 21:56:07 PM
I still like the retro games, and have some friends who are into it also. I'm glad I grew up when I did so I could experience the full 80s console and arcade scene. When growing up, console games were a way to escape and have adventure, as often times your options are limited as a kid. Many of them also tend to take less time to play, and I like that. I'm less interested in modern "soap opera" games that require hours of time. Now that I'm an adult I find I'd rather spend my time "leveling up" in real life by learning new languages, focusing on health, developing new skills and traveling to new places, doing new things, and meeting new people - just like I had wanted to do when I was kid. So retro games filled that niche of time and interest for me and they continue to do so.
Title: Re: Friends being into retro too
Post by: zapiy on March 03, 2015, 09:39:12 AM
It would be nice to have more mates into this stuff, some of them and into all sorts of strange stuff... One in particular collects Lego.. yep Lego and he is as normal a man you will ever meet.
Title: Re: Friends being into retro too
Post by: guest5555 on March 22, 2015, 15:06:09 PM
I have a friend who likes retro Nintendo games. But he has no interest in having a physical collection. He's perfectly happy with emulators and ROM downloads
Title: Re: Friends being into retro too
Post by: obriethe1st on March 25, 2015, 11:35:25 AM
I must admit that hardly any of my mates give a stuff if it isnt fifa 99 or any of the endless sequels.Yet when a few of us are having a few beers in mine they all suddenly want to play  x-men vs streetfighter or king of fighters 96 on the old saturn or streets of rage on the megadrive.Apart from then they couldnt care less.
Title: Friends being into retro too
Post by: zapiy on March 25, 2015, 15:02:54 PM
I suspect we could convert more friends as I am sure especially in my case most of them were gaming crazy like I was back in the day.
Title: Re: Friends being into retro too
Post by: Retro_Raiden on March 25, 2015, 23:37:59 PM
When it comes to retro games my friends also show little interest and there uni students studying video game development with me but the minute they come over and see my N64 or my Atari 2600 or anything else, they wanna boot it up and play it for like 4-5 hours.

My friends think I spend too much money on RVG and I agree but god damn is it worth it :)
Title: Re: Friends being into retro too
Post by: obriethe1st on March 26, 2015, 19:37:01 PM
Strange you mentioned that Retro as my youngest brother is doing just that at uni and he has absolutley no interest in older games apart from collecting gameboys for some strange reason.He doenst even buy many games just gameboys,mind i suspect the money he spends on ps4 and xbox1 is enough to give his bank manager worries  :o
Title: Re: Friends being into retro too
Post by: Retro_Raiden on March 26, 2015, 20:28:00 PM
I think it's a shame that those at uni with me do not see how games have evolved over the years. Yes they remember playing them as kids but there is only so much you can remember. Playing them now you think what it would have taken to make that game compared to what it takes to make a game now. Atari 2600 games only use to take 3-6 months which was a long time back in the 80's but now a game takes 2-3 maybe even 4 years to make. I love looking back at retro games as there at techniques and gameplay mechanics which were used back then which aren't used now and in my spare time I try and implement them into my own stuff.
Title: Re: Friends being into retro too
Post by: obriethe1st on March 26, 2015, 20:54:00 PM
I couldnt agree more. Hell i remember typing in pages and pages of basic on my c64 only to find the bugger had errors in and that swiftly made my mind up about just playing games and leaving the hard work to people who could hack the frustration.It is a shame as you say some of the things programmers did back in the day with only 64k or less were amazing and im sure many programmers really cut their teeth on old archiac systems,while learning all manner of tricks.It kind of makes me wish i had the patience to stick at things back then when at college...instead of discovering women and booze :113:
Title: Re: Friends being into retro too
Post by: Retro_Raiden on March 26, 2015, 21:51:05 PM
See I'm not a programmer, I class myself as a game designer and level designer but I still know how to code in C++, C#, Java and Allegro. I like to think and create more visually rather then just sitting down and writing lines of code but I will do it if I need to. I get frustrated with code as much as the next person with god damn compiler errors  :14: but I still sit there and code when I need to otherwise I would just use a game engine like I normally do and try and create visually appealing games / levels. As for the discovery of women and booze at college, I never discover women, booze though not a problem.
Title: Re: Friends being into retro too
Post by: obriethe1st on March 28, 2015, 01:56:22 AM
Retro Back in the 80s/90s it was all code until 94/95 and i just could not take it in it was very different.That was when programming c was literally brand new.A lot changed back then with the emergence of 32 bit hardware.
Title: Re: Friends being into retro too
Post by: Retro_Raiden on March 28, 2015, 23:49:05 PM
See I don't think I could have gone into the games industry if I was brought up into the 80's as I prefer a visual development method if you understand. I prefer to see what I'm creating rather then just seeing lines of code with errors.
Title: Re: Friends being into retro too
Post by: Deckard on June 13, 2015, 08:47:02 AM
I have friends that I used to play the games with when they came out in the 80s, 90s but these days they dont have much interest. This of course means when i beat some incredibly hard game I have no one to brag to!
Title: Re: Friends being into retro too
Post by: TrekMD on June 13, 2015, 14:28:50 PM
Quote from: "Deckard"I have friends that I used to play the games with when they came out in the 80s, 90s but these days they dont have much interest. This of course means when i beat some incredibly hard game I have no one to brag to!
Feel free to share it with us here.  ;)
Title: Re: Hello There
Post by: Greyfox on June 13, 2015, 14:41:15 PM
Yes I myself was faced with the very same dilemma during completetion of a seriously touch game and not been able to say, yes, I kicked the end bosses balls out the window without friends or family thinking, sheesh what's up with him? or what's his problem?, stupid video games etc.. Because while trying to be passionate about the win, they can't make head or tail of it, but if it was some rubbishy TV show or football match etc. they'd be right there with you.

So I know your pain, I have experienced it, which is why RVG is the best place to share these sentiments of gratification about your gaming prowess :)
Title: Re: Friends being into retro too
Post by: vandro on June 14, 2015, 09:57:23 AM
I had a group of friends over Friday evening. Interestingly instead of using my xbox one or ps4, we stayed up to 5 am playing Brian lara cricket on the PS 2 and goldeneye on the n64. Granted the standard of play significantly decreased as more beer was drank!
Title: Re: Friends being into retro too
Post by: Deckard on June 14, 2015, 10:05:57 AM
I was a GoldenEye GOD! haha
Man i remember you had to beat Facility in two minutes or something on the hardest level to unlock
the 007 mode. Damn that was hard
Title: Re: Friends being into retro too
Post by: zapiy on June 14, 2015, 10:08:21 AM
I still am a GOD on that game in my dreams lol...

Turns out one of my mates just purchased an Atari Lynx to rekindle his love affair..

Trouble is he wants to borrow my game library... :106:
Title: Re: Friends being into retro too
Post by: vandro on June 14, 2015, 10:16:16 AM
Haha I was terrible myself. That was until the grenade launcher came out, although it's explosions made it look more like a flamethrower
Title: Re: Friends being into retro too
Post by: TrekMD on June 14, 2015, 15:48:23 PM
Quote from: "zapiy"I still am a GOD on that game in my dreams lol...

Turns out one of my mates just purchased an Atari Lynx to rekindle his love affair..

Trouble is he wants to borrow my game library... :106:

He should get some of the games that allows ComLynx play so the two of you can play together.
Title: Re: Friends being into retro too
Post by: zapiy on December 19, 2015, 21:02:01 PM
I was at a friends house Wednesday just gone, walked into his kitchen and noticed his two girls at the kitchen side playing a Vectrex.. Low and behold he has owned it from day one.. I was gobsmacked, I went into overdrive and showed him all the homebrews and he reckons he is going to get some lol..
Title: Re: Friends being into retro too
Post by: TrekMD on December 19, 2015, 22:21:14 PM
That is cool!  An he has had it for all these years!  Wow!
Title: Re: Friends being into retro too
Post by: vandro on December 20, 2015, 09:09:32 AM
Quote from: "zapiy"I was at a friends house Wednesday just gone, walked into his kitchen and noticed his two girls at the kitchen side playing a Vectrex.. Low and behold he has owned it from day one.. I was gobsmacked, I went into overdrive and showed him all the homebrews and he reckons he is going to get some lol..
I can imagine that moment overdrive kicked in [emoji41]
Title: Re: Friends being into retro too
Post by: zapiy on December 20, 2015, 13:11:22 PM
It was really strange, he was the last person I would ever consider being remotely interested lol.. Not saying he is a RetroHead lol but still shocked me.