Official Video Games Thread VIII: Titans are destined to fall

[Kepler]

KSP 2 is a month out!

Woohoo!

 

[JF_Gophers]

So many Kerbals left in space, floating for eternity...

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

I think we’re down to 120 days or so until BOTW 2 is released. I’m pumped for that

 

[St. Clown]

I’ve decided to go through my old game systems that I’ve kept over the years. I have a NES, N64, GameCube, Wii, PS2, and PS3. I also have a WiiU that I bought specifically used to play BotW and a couple HD remakes of older Zelda games while waiting for BotW. And my thought is to sell them all except the WiiU.

NowI need to check if the various systems still work, and start pricing them. During an initial check of the prices on various sites, I noticed that the Amiibo for Wolf Link from Zelda Twilight Princess is going for $145-150 on Amazon. I happen to have received one of those for free when I bought the Twilight Princess HD remake. I guess the market’s changed on those things in the past 7 years.

I might sell all of my systems as just bundles with the games rather than dealing with individual sales. Most used games don’t seem to be worth enough without all original packaging to warrant an exhaustive sales process.

 

[JF_Gophers]

The older version of PS3 with 4 ports on it was highly coveted last time i looked. So that may be worth selling (if you have it) as a separate item.

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

I’ve decided to go through my old game systems that I’ve kept over the years. I have a NES, N64, GameCube, Wii, PS2, and PS3. I also have a WiiU that I bought specifically used to play BotW and a couple HD remakes of older Zelda games while waiting for BotW. And my thought is to sell them all except the WiiU.

NowI need to check if the various systems still work, and start pricing them. During an initial check of the prices on various sites, I noticed that the Amiibo for Wolf Link from Zelda Twilight Princess is going for $145-150 on Amazon. I happen to have received one of those for free when I bought the Twilight Princess HD remake. I guess the market’s changed on those things in the past 7 years.

I might sell all of my systems as just bundles with the games rather than dealing with individual sales. Most used games don’t seem to be worth enough without all original packaging to warrant an exhaustive sales process.

Nice! I only have a switch now and basically only play Zelda and a few random others (Witcher). I have the nes online sub so I need to play ocarina, MM, TP again sometime soon. Maybe before botw2.

I saw PlayStation 5 at target this week but couldn’t bring myself to buy as I don’t know what I’d play on it

 

[aparch]

GameCube? I may be willing to discuss price. My mother has been looking for one to play Double Dash, and I just haven't pulled the trigger on other used ones yet.

Wii/2 potentially too. Mine stopped reading dual layer discs (Smash Bros). But that one low on my list.

 

[aparch]

Is it worth buying a Switch this late into its production cycle? I haven't heard of a replacement anytime soon though.

 

[JF_Gophers]

Is it worth buying a Switch this late into its production cycle? I haven't heard of a replacement anytime soon though.

The newest version are the OLED ones. Not sure if they are better or not than a regular one.

I'm sure another version will come eventually, but they last forever and there are a ton of great games. So I wouldn't feel bad getting a late cycle one.

 

[St. Clown]

Is it worth buying a Switch this late into its production cycle? I haven't heard of a replacement anytime soon though.

I would purchase used, and since I only really play Zelda games these days, I’m just looking for limited use. Also, the best I can tell, aside from some overheating issues of the original version, the joycons sometimes suffer drift issues. If you’re willing to make the fix yourself, the can be corrected for about $10.

 

[Deutsche Gopher Fan]

I would purchase used, and since I only really play Zelda games these days, I’m just looking for limited use. Also, the best I can tell, aside from some overheating issues of the original version, the joycons sometimes suffer drift issues. If you’re willing to make the fix yourself, the can be corrected for about $10.

Did you play the new skyward sword?

 

[St. Clown]

Did you play the new skyward sword?

I bought it on Wii, but never played it past a few minutes. In short, I messed up my shoulder a week or so after buying it, kind of killing my Wii playing days. I think The Skyward Sword HD rerelease is only on the Switch, and I’m still looking to buy one of those.

 

[aparch]

On XBox Gamepass and Switch Friday!!!

Free (for XBox) if you own a digital copy of Rare Replay.

Now, how to retrain decades of muscle memory of holding an N64 controller into the new controller configuration for XBox.

 

[dxmnkd316]

Have you ever tried replaying that on an N64? I literally have no fucking idea how we as kids moved our fingers and hands like that.

 

[Jimjamesak]

Have you ever tried replaying that on an N64? I literally have no ****ing idea how we as kids moved our fingers and hands like that.

How Nintendo went back to back on the worst controller designs on the N64 and GameCube after the greatness of the SNES controller still baffles me to this day.

 

[dxmnkd316]

How Nintendo went back to back on the worst controller designs on the N64 and GameCube after the greatness of the SNES controller still baffles me to this day.

All Time Rankings:
1. PS4 DualShock (It's the peak controller. It has everything you could need. Finely tuned. Durable. Capable. Possible the PS5 unseats this, but since about 12 people own a PS5...)
2. SNES (this could be #1, look at the fact that virtually every controller released since 1990 has the ordinal direction four-button configuration. It changed everything.
3. NES (It set the permanent configuration for movement on the left, buttons on the right. If Pong was the first amino acid, this was the first single-celled organism.)
4. PS2 Dual Shock (it pains me this is so low)
5. Wii (It brought everything we know of interactive and motion controls to the forefront)
6. Genesis (diagonal? Sign me up!)
7. PS1 (Quad shoulders, two handles? Again, major evolutionary change, but man did it hurt after a few hours)
...
n. N64. There were some cool things this did, but it's almost unusable today.

I honestly didn't play much Gamecube but looking at the controller, that thing sucks. ALso dishonorable mentions that I didn't really play but they look terrible:
Jaguar
Original Xbox controller
Dreamcast
Saturn 3D (what on fuckin earth man)

 

[JF_Gophers]

Microsoft Kinect controller, while terrible for the console, is maybe the most important one made. It's used on a host of real world applications now.

Microsoft, i think, also started the customizable (elite) controller. Where you could map additional buttons and replace parts.

There regular controllers are fine, although the offset analog sticks can be odd for people.

 

[dxmnkd316]

Microsoft Kinect controller, while terrible for the console, is maybe the most important one made. It's used on a host of real world applications now.

Microsoft, i think, also started the customizable (elite) controller. Where you could map additional buttons and replace parts.

There regular controllers are fine, although the offset analog sticks can be odd for people.

Holy shit. That elite controller costs $180?! Yeah, that can go immediately above the N64 controller. That's literally insane.

 

[Jimjamesak]

All Time Rankings:
1. PS4 DualShock (It's the peak controller. It has everything you could need. Finely tuned. Durable. Capable. Possible the PS5 unseats this, but since about 12 people own a PS5...)
2. SNES (this could be #1, look at the fact that virtually every controller released since 1990 has the ordinal direction four-button configuration. It changed everything.
3. NES (It set the permanent configuration for movement on the left, buttons on the right. If Pong was the first amino acid, this was the first single-celled organism.)
4. PS2 Dual Shock (it pains me this is so low)
5. Wii (It brought everything we know of interactive and motion controls to the forefront)
6. Genesis (diagonal? Sign me up!)
7. PS1 (Quad shoulders, two handles? Again, major evolutionary change, but man did it hurt after a few hours)
...
n. N64. There were some cool things this did, but it's almost unusable today.

I honestly didn't play much Gamecube but looking at the controller, that thing sucks. ALso dishonorable mentions that I didn't really play but they look terrible:
Jaguar
Original Xbox controller
Dreamcast
Saturn 3D (what on ****in earth man)

As much as I love the PS4 controller and how great it is, the SNES controller is probably #1 for how influential it is. Every other controller nowadays is derived from it (now that Nintendo went back to it with the Switch). The PS1 DualShock is probably the closest in terms of influence since it was really the first with quality analog joysticks.

The N64 controller was weird and uncomfortable even when it was released.

 

[dxmnkd316]

In terms of influence, absolutely.

Best designs for their time, got to be DS4. It's just so close to perfect.