Happy Tech Nostalgia Day! Do you continue to fireplace up retro gaming methods? – Spiceworks Originals

Happy Tech Nostalgia Day, SpiceHeads!

Hopefully The Patron Saint of Retro Tech @Jrx leaves you one thing good underneath your Server Rack IF you cleared your ticket queues!

Today received me pondering that gaming consoles is the gear that began all of it for thus many people within the IT world.

A variety of us undoubtedly spent our childhoods blowing into cartridges, preventing tangled controller cords and connecting containers to previous (and HEAVY) TV units. Our first go at troubleshooting!

Too dangerous the Spiceworks Community wasn’t round again then to assist us determine it out!

Mario and I’ve even been messing round with some AI Images for what that may have seemed like. Maybe a Spiceworks CHD sport!

How enjoyable wouldn’t it be to look at a stream @PassRusher play the 8Bit model of Spicewoks CHD?

Anyone nonetheless operating OG consoles to this present day or are they buried in your attics someplace?

Are you taking part in any video games on emulators or have you ever moved on to fashionable gaming (full with 10 minute reduce scenes haha)

Let’s use this thread to share pics of our favourite video games and/or consoles!

I used to be not a fan of consoles shifting to always-online DRM, so I’ve saved a working xbox360 and my 360 video games, by no means did transfer to the xboxone, and I do most of my gaming with steam/laptop now for brand spanking new video games. Getting able to retailer the 360 and library in a trunk as a time capsule, in all probability with a working monitor as effectively, simply in case.

Funny sufficient, I used to be simply speaking to @slowslug the opposite day about desirous to get a brand new one (simply to have it… and possibly put on it to conferences), however I’d like to get a Power Glove once more. Haven’t had one in AGES.

Typically, we’re PC gaming with newer video games or the youngsters are taking part in on the Switch. Occasionally, nonetheless, we’ll get away the N64 and play some older video games.

My youngest son has been interested by updating to the Switch 2, however I’ve been attempting to persuade him to get an previous GameCube – I’ve numerous video games for that but, so he’d have already got a library of video games that he might play.

We had a PS one and a PS2, however primarily simply PC video games. One of the youngsters favourite that we nonetheless wrestle to maintain operating on the newest OS is How the Grinch Stole Christmas from 2000. The demo model got here loaded on the film DVD. Back then we had serial joysticks. Much more durable to goal utilizing the keyboard.

Pretty a lot the one sport I used to be ever any good at… This is my little hand-held model and it’s identical to the unique in each means. Except for the scale, in fact.

I’ve an previous Pong console, boxed up within the closet.

I get it out each every now and then to indicate the youngsters how dangerous we had it again within the day. (“…up hill, both ways!”)

I’ve virtually all of my previous methods (a neighbor borrowed my authentic NES and his youngsters trashed it, and my sister received the ‘shared’ Super NES). My N64, PS2, 3, 4 all nonetheless work (nonetheless, “something” occurred to each of my PS2’s as they appear to have grown legs…I’ve a idea however it’s greatest to let that go). All my previous methods nonetheless work simply high-quality

I want to fireplace up an emulator sooner or later in time. If I had an precise system I’d play it. I believe one among my brothers has the SNES & one other has the N64. We’ve received a GameCube that we’ll play sometimes, though it takes some time to heat up. Currently we’ve received a Switch that’s received a number of retro video games. I’ll nonetheless wander round Super Mario World & verify completely different ranges out.

Sadly, we had no consoles, however residence computer systems like Vic20, C64 and Atari 800. Had loads of cartridges and our graphics had been fairly good on the Atari800. Missed the entire boat on NES however received one in 1993 from a yard sale and binge-played.

We made a 2 1/2 hour journey to get a working Atari 2600. Currently I nonetheless have it, the retro console 2600, PS2, PS3, PS4, PS5. Wii, Pinball, skee ball are additionally within the basement.