I recall being around 3 maybe 4 and having an Atari 2600. It was rigged to a 10 inch b&w television that was actually not that bad and sat in my room. One of my favorite games on it was Donkey Kong (in which I thought it had something to do with a donkey). And it wouldn't be until I turned 5 when we got our NES and of course a copy of Donkey Kong Classics (blew my friggin mind).
My bedroom TV up until like Age 6 or 7 was along the lines of this.
When I would visit my Grandparents for the night I'd bring my consoles and this was the TV in the bedroom I stayed in....I remember playing Link to the Past in massive color used to blow my mind as a kid, it was a treat to play at their house.
Nope. Never even seen any in action to this day. I remember a few times when I was nine where I turned it all the way down on our old basement projector television.
Why? I was bored and looking for a new way to play the games, but if you were forced to do it as a kid, you have my sympathy as I can't exactly say it improves it.
I must say though, Super Mario All-Stars looked pretty different.
I felt like the coolest kid - I had a small 13in B&W in my bedroom with my Nintendo hooked up in there. So friends and I could play it at any time. Until I got caught staying up till like 3 in the morning playing games....then it was hooked up to the 25in color in the living room.
My bedroom TV up until like Age 6 or 7 was along the lines of this.
When I would visit my Grandparents for the night I'd bring my consoles and this was the TV in the bedroom I stayed in....I remember playing Link to the Past in massive color used to blow my mind as a kid, it was a treat to play at their house.
Good ole floor model tv's. Had one as my main tv all the way up to 2001-ish. Had to use a VCR to plug in systems and then run RF to the tv.
Some folks (a significant part of the male population) have color deficiency in their vision. Some classic games seem to have been designed without considering this.
To the original question, I remember my grandparents having a black & white set. Never got to bring the NES to their house, but I had wanted to try it.
8% have some form of color blindness. I mean that is "significant" in some statistical sense, but not in the "practical sense" that 92% of males don't have any issues related to color deficiency.
The first couple years I had my nes hooked up to a black and white tv. It's what I got for xmas and I was stuck with it until someone gave me a color tv.
One of my friends had a B+W TV in his bedroom. It was one of those tiny portable units. That's the TV I first experienced 2-player Contra, and it was STILL awesome.
For a brief period yes. I remember being stuck on a particular stage in Bart vs the Space Mutants because you needed to jump on specific blocks when they changed color.
No, but I had a friend with a Gamecube who played all of his games on a portable, 7'' TV. Playing Smash on that thing was like trying to see with someone else's glasses on.
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Our TV could only do PAL-M, not NTSC.
We got it replaced before 1992 ended and it was glorious. The SNES graphics looked SOOOOO colourful and sharp.
When I would visit my Grandparents for the night I'd bring my consoles and this was the TV in the bedroom I stayed in....I remember playing Link to the Past in massive color used to blow my mind as a kid, it was a treat to play at their house.
Why? I was bored and looking for a new way to play the games, but if you were forced to do it as a kid, you have my sympathy as I can't exactly say it improves it.
I must say though, Super Mario All-Stars looked pretty different.
My bedroom TV up until like Age 6 or 7 was along the lines of this.
When I would visit my Grandparents for the night I'd bring my consoles and this was the TV in the bedroom I stayed in....I remember playing Link to the Past in massive color used to blow my mind as a kid, it was a treat to play at their house.
Good ole floor model tv's. Had one as my main tv all the way up to 2001-ish. Had to use a VCR to plug in systems and then run RF to the tv.
I would just something that's a cross between modern and deco.
Some folks (a significant part of the male population) have color deficiency in their vision. Some classic games seem to have been designed without considering this.
To the original question, I remember my grandparents having a black & white set. Never got to bring the NES to their house, but I had wanted to try it.
https://www.google.com/search?q=percentage+of+color+blindness&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
8% have some form of color blindness. I mean that is "significant" in some statistical sense, but not in the "practical sense" that 92% of males don't have any issues related to color deficiency.
Originally posted by: austin532
Had to use a VCR to plug in systems and then run RF to the tv.
For sure, I had to do the same thing up until 2003. It seemed normal back then.