I just bought my first video game console.

neosapien · Jan 3, 2020

At the tender age of 35. I bought a used PS3. It came with 2 wireless controllers, a charger stand, all cables and 8 games for $85. Then I bought 4 more used games at GameStop for $21. This was all prompted on New Years cuz the wife and daughter enjoyed playing Smash Brothers on my buddy's new Nintendo Switch. But I wasn't dropping that kind of dough. So I opted for this. Now the wife and I can beat the shit out of each other and not go to jail. So what are some games I should buy? I got GTA 4 and 5. And Mortal Kombat. And a Call of Duty. And some sport games I'll never play.

blu3bird · Jan 4, 2020

I remember the first time I seen and played a video game, maybe around 1982-83. I was at my friend's birthday party and his parents got him an Atari 2600 and some paddle controllers He got a couple games too, I think Breakout, Asteroids and Frogger.

JohnGlennsGarden · Jan 4, 2020

My baby sitter had an intellevision in the early 80s. Only games I can remember playing are frogs & flies and baseball.

I remember the controller overlays being a pain in the ass.

@blu3bird frogger on atari was the shit.

Aeroknow · Jan 4, 2020

As far as a game that you two can beat the shit out of each other, that would have to be Soul Blade/SoulCaliber. Best fighting game. I am probably still one of the best in the world at it. Just sayin. I haven’t played in quite a few years, but I think they are up to Soulcaliber 6 now but any of the older ones will work though.

Been quite some time also but me and my buddies used to beat the shit out of each other playing UFC and also Pride FC. Also a game called MMA.

jerryb73 · Jan 4, 2020

My daughter has a Wii and Smash Brothers is her favorite. I like Mario Cart. We go back and forth with who wins and talk plenty of smack. Lol. She beats me in most of her games.

neosapien · Jan 4, 2020

Jesus Christ, took like 7.5 hrs to completely wipe the damn thing last night. Not sure why it takes that long to wipe 120gb but OK lol. Pretty happy with the investment. I'm prepping to paint the living room today, got some plaster to repair, so probably won't get into it until later tonight or tomorrow.

tangerinegreen555 · Jan 4, 2020

I only play games on my phone, load something in for a while and eventually delete it and try another one.

So I loaded in gin rummy, mostly because my favorite aunt taught me how to play when I'd stay at her house as a little kid.

Gin rummy isn't tough, you play with one deck so you can remember the cards that are gone. My lifetime score against my aunt was probably around 50-50.

The game I loaded has 8 different opponents. Harry is the best, so they say. So I play Harry.

I noticed one day that the game keeps a running won-lost tab against opponents. And that I was 39-63 against Harry. Which showed me that Harry is a degenerate cheater who gets better cards. At least 7 times, fucking Harry won on the first draw.

So I started cheating Harry and his better cards. There's an 'undo' button so when Harry the degenerate cheater picks up my discard, I hit the undo button and discard something he doesn't want.

I'm 50-7 against Harry since using the undo button. He still wins on the first draw once in a while, but he's doomed when he doesn't.

Fuck You Harry.

Tangerine_ · Jan 4, 2020

Who needs all those fancy graphics when you have this kind of thrilling excitment at your hands.

jerryb73 · Jan 4, 2020

I always liked this one.

Aeroknow · Jan 4, 2020

i love playing this game.

SpaceGrease · Jan 4, 2020

So funny, that’s someone’s great grandfather now , rebel flag ,mullet and all (that should be in the politics thread ).

DarkWeb · Jan 4, 2020

I had the 2nd version of this one! Till the damn cat pissed in it! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnavox_Odyssey

Bareback · Jan 4, 2020

I played games in black and

Aeroknow said:
i love playing this game.
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This pic was taken Christmas 2019 .

neosapien · Jan 5, 2020

I got to beat the shit out of my wife for like 20 minutes last night at Mortal Kombat. My house always has that wonderful quality where one simple thing leads to another really complicated thing. Like a simple honey do of repainting the living room turns into full blown plaster repair. So my immediate enjoyment of said video game console will be few and far between unfortunately.

sandman83 · Jan 5, 2020

sounds like fun, I should get some games like that for us to try...

TravisG13 · Jan 5, 2020

Seeing that you are not a big gamer emulating may have been a just as good cheeper route if you already have a PC.

I have my pc connected to my television just for emulating old games everything from atari up to GameCube... You could possibly emulate more powerful consoles like the ps2 and wii if your pc is more powerful than mine, i know a 3.3 ghz processor is recommended for ps2 it would probably be enough for wii games too.

Grandpapy · Jan 5, 2020

TravisG13 said:
Seeing that you are not a big gamer emulating may have been a just as good cheeper route if you already have a PC.

I have my pc connected to my television just for emulating old games everything from atari up to GameCube... You could possibly emulate more powerful consoles like the ps2 and wii if your pc is more powerful than mine, i know a 3.3 ghz processor is recommended for ps2 it would probably be enough for wii games too.

Shh, plastering leads to wiring and that new ceiling fan.

TravisG13 · Jan 5, 2020

Grandpapy said:
Shh, plastering leads to wiring and that new fan.

What? I have a hdmi ran to the tv from the pc, no crazy wiring.

Grandpapy · Jan 5, 2020

TravisG13 said:
What? I have a hdmi ran to the tv from the pc, no crazy wiring.

Grandpapy said:
Shh, plastering leads to wiring and that new ceiling fan.

edited for clarity. again :eyesmoke:

neosapien · Jan 5, 2020

TravisG13 said:
Seeing that you are not a big gamer emulating may have been a just as good cheeper route if you already have a PC.

I have my pc connected to my television just for emulating old games everything from atari up to GameCube... You could possibly emulate more powerful consoles like the ps2 and wii if your pc is more powerful than mine, i know a 3.3 ghz processor is recommended for ps2 it would probably be enough for wii games too.

I use Linux. I'm sure there's a billion emulators but it's probably more work than I care for or have time to do.

Grandpapy said:
Shh, plastering leads to wiring and that new ceiling fan.

I already did the new support bracket and ceiling fan a few years back lol!

I just bought my first video game console.

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