Old School Games on Rip Off Joystick

[LarryLightshow]

I bought this crappy Playstation style joystick for 40 bucks in New York city
its from China and has rip-offs
of all the old Nintendo and Atatri games in the joystick..
and plugs right into my mixer with rca cables ,,very fun and easy to use live,,(and now I'm also sampling it for sounds too!

[MoRpH]

Yeah thats a great Idea, personally I use some samples of old arcade games in my mixes, but throwing some in live would be great too, something more for the chill gigs :)

[videotechno]

hmmm... sounds cool. what's it called?

[brain]

wow
please give company name, productcode and all the necessary information to get one!

(unless you want to keep that gimmick your personal secret, but you shouldn't have posted in the first place then... :) )

[MoRpH]

You can pick them up at most of the local markets that have tech related stuff, I have seen many of them around but never really put 2 and 2 together...... will be popping down to grab one this coming weekend, will post the details of mine then... the main thing is cause a lot of the games are cheap imitations of old commercial games by the likes of sony/nintendo/capcom/atari/etc. they are usually made in china and don't have much branding besides some dodgey name on the box which will have changed the next time you go there..

[disassembler]

http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/categories/homepages/toys/

here's a activision rippoff

These devices are known as 10-in-1 TV Games.

There's a Atari one as well but I can't find anywhere to buy it. It's got cooler games on it. Well at least in my opinion.

http://www.backntime.net/Atari%20Interactive/Teninone/Frame10in1.html

[charlielangridge]

You can get these things in th UK from HTFR.
Product Number: MR51882
Price: ?19.95

60 Games!! WOW! mine is on it's way!

http://www.htfr.com

[LEVLHED]

why ebay, of course...
current auction, but its a stinkin "pre-order" deal
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1386628892

[Jorjo]

Cheers for the heads up

Its also givin me an Idea.....

I have a bunch of transition loops and keep adding to them.
an old skool Pong with a twist will be easy to do as a key file.

The plan.

The standard white on black pong game as a keyable clip then moving view to zoom in on the paddles in 3d, then follow the ball/cube white on top but the sides showing as generic clips as it bounces of the paddle and spins towards the cam.. ending up as a full screen shot of oneside of the cube as the mix out point

:)

About an hours work total..
who wants a copy for stock?

G

[MoRpH]

Yep sounds like a great idea *****, throw a copy my way :)

[townleybomb]

sounds very cool.
if you're throwing around copies, i'd love one.

[charlielangridge]

Throw one my way *****!

Cheers Mate

[robotfunk]

heheh reminds me of a game/effect i once made for flowmotion
http://www.robotfunk.com/videogame.html (need shockwave)

[charlielangridge]

Does anybody have any avi's of old computer games such as sonic, mario, (old versions) or anything else clasic?

Charlie

[LarryLightshow]

If your in New York the place I bought the joystick is over on 14 th street between 5 th ave and 6 th ave ..your see it outside they got it set up and dudes are playing super mario all day..called "megajoy"--looks like a playstation joystick ---
this thing 's got 76 games in it!

[elbows]

Emulation software is a great way to get content of all the old games from whatever platform you like without having to spend any money :)

Eg MAME which is arcade machine emulation software...

http://www.mame.net/

Then either record footage using scan converter/tv out on a PC to VHS etc or use something like camtasia software to record to avi.

[MoRpH]

Yeah emulators are good for making clips, but playing the game live would be MORE fun :)

[videotechno]

HEY!

found the activision one locally--both at walmart & toys 'r' us. not in the video game aisle(s), but over by the handheld games, etc.

toys 'r' us has them hanging up in large plastic packs for $19.99

walmart has them in boxes for $18.99.

packaging aside, they look like identical.

[wishing i could find a NTSC version of the atari one or the other one with super mario...]