Old School/Retro Gaming: What are You Playing?

[Starscream]

I beat Contra Rebirth yesterday and picked up Contra III: The Alien Wars for the Virtual Console. I don't remember III being that hard. I haven't made it past level three yet.

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by danreeve

awesome game, but damn hard

Originally Posted by Lonely Raven

Wow, Rush'n Attack. As a kid that game ate many of the quarters I dug up out of the couch.

This thread is good timing. I was just thinking about building myself a MAME machine as a winter project.

Right out of high school, I had three kick ass jobs. I worked sales/tech in a bike shop, clerk at a Laser Disc store (showing my age, right?), and managed a small arcade in the Chicago suburbs that got to "field test" Midway and Capcom games before they were public release.

Now, with the power of PCs and emulators, I can have 10,000 original, classic games on a laptop, and build a nice arcade grade USB joystick that will play them all!

There's a new Rush n Attack on the PSN and XBOXLive. It's nothing like the original but it's a pretty fun game. The new one is still a sidescroller.

[Jbailey]

Originally Posted by Starscream

Contra III: The Alien Wars for the Virtual Console. I don't remember III being that hard. I haven't made it past level three yet.

Loved Contra III. Stage 4 was where it started to get hard for me.

I gotta find some of my old consoles and get them running again.

[Starscream]

Originally Posted by Jbailey

Loved Contra III. Stage 4 was where it started to get hard for me.

I gotta find some of my old consoles and get them running again.

You were good to make it to level 4, Hootie. Did you ever beat it?
The only Contra games I've finished were Contra (with the code) and Contra: Rebirth.