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#1
General Discussion / Re: What music are you listeni...
Last post by BLUEVOODU - Today at 10:45:41 AMAlright... This new Doom 2 remastered is awesome. 2 different songs highlighted:
yeah...
yeah...
#2
General Discussion / Re: Doom II Pantera Stolen Rif...
Last post by BLUEVOODU - Today at 10:44:15 AMBumping this up lol - @Grindspine what do you think?
also - kind of crazy... Vulgar Display of Power was 1992. Oh time... where do you go
also - kind of crazy... Vulgar Display of Power was 1992. Oh time... where do you go
#3
Arcade / Arcade Swiping and Pricing
Last post by BLUEVOODU - Today at 09:14:48 AMIt's been an interesting evolution over the years. Arcade machines have moved away from accepting cash / coin in them to 100% swipes with a credit type system. As mentioned in the Claw Games topic, it really seems you are separated faster and faster from your money in these games lol
I've not been a huge fan of the swipe system as I feel it really does take your money faster. It used to be you could drop $10 at certain arcades, get 80 tokens and play for an hour or two... depending on the game. IE games like Daytona USA took many more tokens. Something back in the day with Afterburner (which was a favorite back in the later 80s). I played Super Mario Bros... and many others back in the earlier 80s, plus found arcades that kept up 70's arcade hologram style arcade games. A lot of this doesn't seem to exist anymore.
I've been through many eras of arcade games. Right now, arcades are hard to find and when you do, the credits just don't seem to last... or I die too fast now LOL
I think the systems where they started accepting dollars into arcade games really started off the increased pricing... which then progressed as they went to the credit based swipes.
There are still a couple decent arcades around here, but most of what they house are the carnival games. I mean, shooting hoops is still somewhat fun when you're playing with other people lol. However, the chance games are not as much.
What are your thoughts on the Arcade swiping and pricing? If you're able to find an arcade, what do you still enjoy? What do you miss? Thoughts... comments... POST IT UP!
I've not been a huge fan of the swipe system as I feel it really does take your money faster. It used to be you could drop $10 at certain arcades, get 80 tokens and play for an hour or two... depending on the game. IE games like Daytona USA took many more tokens. Something back in the day with Afterburner (which was a favorite back in the later 80s). I played Super Mario Bros... and many others back in the earlier 80s, plus found arcades that kept up 70's arcade hologram style arcade games. A lot of this doesn't seem to exist anymore.
I've been through many eras of arcade games. Right now, arcades are hard to find and when you do, the credits just don't seem to last... or I die too fast now LOL
I think the systems where they started accepting dollars into arcade games really started off the increased pricing... which then progressed as they went to the credit based swipes. There are still a couple decent arcades around here, but most of what they house are the carnival games. I mean, shooting hoops is still somewhat fun when you're playing with other people lol. However, the chance games are not as much.
What are your thoughts on the Arcade swiping and pricing? If you're able to find an arcade, what do you still enjoy? What do you miss? Thoughts... comments... POST IT UP!
#4
Arcade / Re: Claw Games
Last post by BLUEVOODU - Today at 08:57:27 AMQuote from: targetrasp on April 17, 2026, 01:05:40 AMArcades are just prize machines now. better returns, faster at separating people from their money.Yeah... this is a bit sad @targetrasp ... and you're right on the separating people from their money lol. EVEN the regular arcade games have a higher price to them... and you just swipe a card that seems to run out in 5 minutes lol. At least it does for me. Maybe I need to live longer ...
#5
Retro Gaming and Hardware / Doom II and Dwango5 map intens...
Last post by BLUEVOODU - Today at 08:55:29 AMI have played a TON of Doom and Doom II over the years. It really was my game of choice back in the 90s. Around 1995, there was this service called Dwango. It was like a BBS service, you paid for Long Distance phone charges (yes, before high speed Internet), and you played Death matches over this service! Doom II was designed for 4 player LAN play and you could play 4 player matches over this service.
The computers back then were Pentium 90s, 16MB ram and at that time, I had a 14.4 modem. Honestly... unless someone had a super nerfed computer, the game ran extremely smooth and consistent that way. There were hiccups here and there, especially if someone picked up the phone and disrupted the modem LOL
Either way, this was a very awesome time indeed. Dwango also created their own maps you could download. The best one was Dwango5 ... and there was map18 where it played a midi 2unlimited no limits song, was an arena... and it was an intense battle. For me, this is probably in my top 3 gaming moments in my life. If you gib someone with the rocket, there are 2 sounds. 1 of them is Jim Carey saying "alllllrrriiigghtty then." LOL...
In this same Dwango5.wad, there are other awesome midi songs from groups such as Nine Inch Nails and more on different levels.
Check this out:
This video brings back so many good memories. Check it out ... let me know what you think. Did you have similar awesome times like this? Thoughts... comments... POST IT UP!!
The computers back then were Pentium 90s, 16MB ram and at that time, I had a 14.4 modem. Honestly... unless someone had a super nerfed computer, the game ran extremely smooth and consistent that way. There were hiccups here and there, especially if someone picked up the phone and disrupted the modem LOL
Either way, this was a very awesome time indeed. Dwango also created their own maps you could download. The best one was Dwango5 ... and there was map18 where it played a midi 2unlimited no limits song, was an arena... and it was an intense battle. For me, this is probably in my top 3 gaming moments in my life. If you gib someone with the rocket, there are 2 sounds. 1 of them is Jim Carey saying "alllllrrriiigghtty then." LOL...
In this same Dwango5.wad, there are other awesome midi songs from groups such as Nine Inch Nails and more on different levels.
Check this out:
This video brings back so many good memories. Check it out ... let me know what you think. Did you have similar awesome times like this? Thoughts... comments... POST IT UP!!
#6
General Discussion / Re: Age Verification??????
Last post by BLUEVOODU - Today at 08:41:56 AMI think the next 1-3 years are going to be very crazy with this same kind of overreach. Honestly, this is probably just the door step. Boundaries are going to be pushed way more than they have been (we may just not hear about it). They passed new legislation for cars ... this is in regard to impaired driving and coming under the guise of safety as well.
Here's something to make your head turn (some exaggerated, some not... some true, some not decided yet):
https://autos.yahoo.com/policy-and-environment/articles/surveillance-cameras-required-cars-2027-200500658.html
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/infrastructure-bill-track-drivers/
There's a lot of noise online... and it's hard to tell what is really going to happen, or if the bill will be repealed.
I'm not saying the movie Mercy is going to happen, but it sure is getting closer and closer to being a potential. There are many features they were pushing years ago (facial recognition in some systems where you were looking at a map in a place of business, and they were capturing your face etc) had "supposedly" been stopped. I don't believe that. Azure took away some of these features in their Azure AI Vision Services... and made them "restricted use cases" where you have to be approved. Still... you know some are being approved.
Here's something to make your head turn (some exaggerated, some not... some true, some not decided yet):
https://autos.yahoo.com/policy-and-environment/articles/surveillance-cameras-required-cars-2027-200500658.html
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/infrastructure-bill-track-drivers/
There's a lot of noise online... and it's hard to tell what is really going to happen, or if the bill will be repealed.
I'm not saying the movie Mercy is going to happen, but it sure is getting closer and closer to being a potential. There are many features they were pushing years ago (facial recognition in some systems where you were looking at a map in a place of business, and they were capturing your face etc) had "supposedly" been stopped. I don't believe that. Azure took away some of these features in their Azure AI Vision Services... and made them "restricted use cases" where you have to be approved. Still... you know some are being approved.
#7
A Winner Is You / Re: Brotato - Endless Wave 59
Last post by BLUEVOODU - Today at 07:39:39 AMMan... this is pretty awesome. Good job @targetrasp ... this is a pretty crazy accomplishment. I'm working on it as well. We need to play this again soon
FYI - I helped insert the image into your post. I'll make a post on how to do that.
FYI - I helped insert the image into your post. I'll make a post on how to do that.
#8
General Discussion / Re: Happy Birthday Mai Valenti...
Last post by Mai Valentine - May 12, 2026, 03:30:48 PMThanks! I didn't buy any new games but I spent a few hours hunting Pokemon with the Destiny mark that you can only find when it's your birthday. The Destiny mark makes it say "(Pokemon) The Chosen One" when you send them out into battle so it's pretty cool.
#9
General Discussion / Happy Birthday Mai Valentine -...
Last post by BLUEVOODU - May 12, 2026, 08:25:09 AMHappy Birthday @Mai Valentine - woot woot! We hope it's an awesome birthday and enjoy your digital cake!
As always, if you receive the gift of gaming, POST UP your spoils!
As always, if you receive the gift of gaming, POST UP your spoils!
#10
A Winner Is You / Brotato - Endless Wave 59
Last post by targetrasp - May 11, 2026, 11:31:55 PM1 second away from endless 60 but I picked up a weapon bad for my build to unlock it in the Codex. 100% Achievements on Steam, and two more Legendary weapons to complete the codex.
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