A thing of beauty...
Since moving into Medulla Corp HQ Version 2.0, I've found myself building a lot of 'flat packed furniture' - and I have to say... it's kinda addictive.For regular readers I should tell you, the problem bed is a problem no longer. I went and returned it on Wednesday and with the help of Rav (Medulla HQ 2.0 Beta owner - remember?) we got the new bed fired up and ready to rock and roll (Yhantie is coming to the UK in March ;)
One of the many flat packed things I bought from Ikea was this...
Sexy - right? No... not the 10 year old widescreen TV (which I hope to replace soon) - OR the some what monsterous TV stand. NO - it's CONTENTS...
Please ladies and gents. Control yourself as I guide you on the tour of my console history.
When you've been doing this games design gig as long as I have - you tend to pick up a lot of classice hardware and software in the name of research. For the first time, I have every console I own under one TV.
Let's start bottom left with...
...the PC Engine (or Turbo Grafx to the Yanks). Out of all the console - this one has a special place in my heart. See - I was a 'computer freak' until the PC Engine. Coding away on my C64 and Amiga, it wasn't until the PC Engine that I realised the future of gaming did not lay in a one button Kempston playing Speedball.
The PC Engine is the console I would save in a fire. I love the purity of it. The glorious vertical shooters, the Bomberman series (a PC Engine original title) and here - rammed into this beauty is 'Ordyne' - contender for my favorite game of all time (arcade version admitedly). But look...
...the PC Engine is alive and well and sitting under my TV.
Next we have...
...the Sega Dreamcast. Possibly the most underated console of all time. This little box was sexier and almost as powerful as the PS2. It has some of the finest arcade ports of any console (cos the Naomi board was a Dreamcast) and here is one of them...
...Capcom Vs SNK 2. Okay - I hear you. Yes - this came out on PS2 also, BUT! The Dreamcast has possibly the best arcade joystick of any console, and I have one. Combined, I'm in fighting game heaven. Another of my fav games of all time.
Next - we move onto the 'current gen' with...
... the pS2 (tilt your head cos I'm too lazy to rotate). You all know what this thing is. Unfortunatly I seem to have screwed my chipped PS2 so this is my vanilla 'old skool' PS2. Here running...
...MGS3 - another fav game series of mine.
Next to the Sony we have...
...the GameCube. Contender for the Dreamcast's crown of most mis-understood console. Some great games on this thing, but here I am again flying the MGS flag with...
...the remake of MGS1.
Finally in this round up of the current gen we have the dusty...
...Microsoft 'Ass Box'. Only reason I got one of these is for 'Dead Or Alive' (another fav game series of mine), so here it is running a 10 year old arcade game...
If you want to rob me... please take the Xbox and leave everything else. You're welcome to it.
Up to the top deck we have right to left...
...the Sega Megadrive/Genesis. This was my sisters and I don't actually think I ever paid her for it :) THE classic game for this machine is 'Gunstar Heroes'. However, today we are rocking the 1st and best of...
...the Sonic games. Trivia fans, my Megadrive is modified to have a PAL/NTSC switch. This mod was done by one of the original Super FX chip creators at Argonaut (more on that later).
Keeping the Megadrive warm on these cold winter nights we have...
...the Sega Saturn. Hated by most, loved by a select few - the Saturn is a console worth owning, but not for it's 3D games. My Saturn has been pulled apart to many times and when trying to show you a game - all I got was this...
...hide your shame Sega Saturn - you will return again and rule with 'Radient Silvergun' once I work out why the CD drive doesn't spin up.
Moving on we have possibly the most important games console of all time...
...the Super Nintendo. Nintendo's last great console and the 'Playstation' of it's day. This is the ugly US version. The UK and Japanese version looked A LOT better. Damn dem crezy Yanks and their wacky deziginz - DUDE!. So many classic games for this machine, but here we see what is my fav platform game of all time, 'Yoshi's Island'...
...which trivia fans might or might not know was powered by the Super FX chip, designed and created by Argonaut, who I used to work for. Ahhhhhhhh - the good old days...
Finally we have a double team of...
...UK (behind this one) and US Nintendo 64's. Some wonderful games on this beast. 'Mario Golf' and this, 'Sin and Punishment' from the ever wonderful Treasure stand out as 2 of my favs.
So there you have it. Add a Sky+ box and a DVD player and I have a stupid amount of stuff plugged into one TV. My only regret is that I didn't have space for these...
...my Commodore 64 and (underneath) Amiga. Adding these would put everything TV based games device I've ever owned under one TV... Maybe I can work something out.
Oh - and not to be forgotten. Here's the handhelds I could find at the time...
The GBA and GB Color have gone AWOL at the moment... I'm sure they will turn up.
So tell me - is there really any reason to leave the house???
Nic.
4 Comments:
WOW! I sold my old Commodore 64 years ago. I remember the Disk Drive cost me over $500 ... plus the computer was $500 ... plus all the other stuff for it ... I spent thousands on that thing. [1 Pound = AUD$2.4 if you need to convert]
The old Sega Megadrive - my old flatmate Paul and I spent hours playing Maddon on that thing ... the on his PS & PS2 (chipped of course).
Memories, memories memories ... *sigh*
Where D'ya get the cabinet from? Pretty roomy, could do with one myself.
You have the same 10 year old telly as me but, conviently, mine has a sound problem which has given me an excuse to buy a shiny new Panasonic 32lxd500. But it's currently stuck on my 10 year old telly stand, which doesn't look too good.
It's from IKEA - OF COURSE :D
Here's the link...
http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?topcategoryId=15561&catalogId=10103&storeId=7&productId=52065&langId=-20&parentCats=15561*15641*15962
It's REALLY deep that stand so your tv might look weird on it. My old widescreen TV is a monster (as you know if yours is the same) and the stand dwarfs it.
Nic.
mmmmmmm how much do you think you might owe me now with interest? of course i have been waiting all these years for you to bring up the subject of my console. i guess we now have closure.
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