Emulation
Cloudy is really into emulation. Playing games from various consoles, handhelds, and home computers. Clickable options have video or emulation weblinks.
Games to try[edit | edit source]
This includes ways to play (for most of them) and also for (most of them) a download link to ALL their games!
- Has Archive.org system emulation
- Arcade Games
- MS-DOS Games
- Tandy 1000 Games
- IBM PC Games
- Apple II Games
- Apple IIGS Games
- ZX Spectrum Games
- Commodore 64 Games
- Windows 3.11 Games
- Atari 2600 Games
- Atari 7800 Games
- Atari 8-Bit Games
- Sega Genesis Games
- Early Macintosh Games
- Macintosh II Games
- Game Gear Games
- PlayStation Games
- LCD Handheld Games
- Master System Games
- Bandai Super Vision 8000 Games
- APF-MP1000 Games
- Mega Duck Games
- Epoch Game Pocket Computer Games
- Emerson Arcadia 2001 Games
- Colecovision Games
- Watara Supervision Games
- VTech Socrates Games
- Adventure Vision Games
- Super A'Can Games
- Fairchild Channel F Games
- R-Zone Games
- Amstrad CPC Games
- Bally Astrocade Games
- Odyssey2 Games
- Vectrex Games
- SG-1000 Games
- Epoch Cassette Vision Games
- Amstrad GX4000 Games
- NES Games
- SNES Games
- Gameboy Games
- Gameboy Color Games
- Intellivision Games
- Commodore Amiga Games
- Commodore PET Games
- TRS-80 Games
- VTech Creativision Games
- Exidy Sorcerer Games
- Isn't emulated in Archive.org
- Gameboy Advance Games
- Nintendo 64 Games
- Nintendo DS Games
- GameCube Games
- Nintendo Wii Games
- Sega CD Games
- Sega 32X Games
- Sega Saturn Games
- Dreamcast Games
- PSP Games
- PC Games
- XBOX Games
- Atari Lynx Games
- Atari Jaguar Games
- PC Engine Games
- Neo Geo Games
- Neo Geo Pocket Color Games
- Wonderswan Games
- 3DO Games
- MSX Games
- Virtual Boy Games
- Neo Geo CD Games
- Sharp X68000 Games
- PC-98 Games
- PC-88 Games
- Fujitsu FM-7 Games
- MSX2 Games
- N-Gage Games
- Nintendo 64 DD Games
- Neo Geo Pocket Games
- Satellaview Games
- BBC Micro Games
- Acorn Electron Games
- Acorn Archimedes Games
- Supergrafx Games
- Commodore VIC-20 Games
- Benesse Pocket Challenge V2 Games
- Leapster Games
- V-Smile Games
- Pokemon Mini Games
- GP32 Games
- Sega PICO Games
- Commodore Plus 4 Games
- Coleco Adam Games
- Casio Loopy Games
- Casio PV-1000 Games
- Gizmondo Games
- Sufami Turbo Games
- Acorn Atom Games
- Oric 1 Games
- Kaypro II Games
- Game.com Games
- Acorn 8bit Games
- Thompson MO5 Games
- RCA Studio II Games
- Hartung Game Master Games
- Memotech MTX512 Games
First Generation[edit | edit source]
This generation lasted from 1972 to 1980.
- Arcade (1971-present)
- - While not a home console, these are extremely important, it started with Computer Space.
- - There is also 1972's pong, which this and the Odyssey helped create the video game industry.
- - Let's not forget one of the most iconic arcade games ever, Pac-Man.
- - Also Bubble Bobble should have more attention too.
- - Archive.org has more than 1.5k Arcade games available to play on the website, press 5 on the game to insert a coin, then press 1 to start, fire buttons include Left Ctrl, Left Alt, and Left Space
- - Those looking for the Pac-Man game, here is the Super ABC Pac-Man multigame kit, containing Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Pac-Man Plus, and a couple hacks of said games.
- Magnavox Odyssey (August 1972)
- Home Pong (Late 1975)
- Coleco Telstar (1976)
- Nintendo Color TV-Game (June 1977)
Second Generation[edit | edit source]
This generation lasted from 1976 to 1992.
- Fairchild Channel F (1976)
- - The Fairchild Channel F started the 2nd generation, by being the first programmable console with the use of ROM Cartridges, with 26 officially released.
- - Apart from that, there is also a homebrew Pac-Man game released in 2009, which is actually a great port for the system.
- - You can play it on archive.org, however the ghosts power pellets and fruit will not be present.
- - All the Fairchild Channel F games are playable on the archive.org emulation library.
- Atari 2600 (1977)
- - The Atari 2600 was the second generations biggest system, starting as early as 1977.
- - Due to games like E.T., Pac-Man, and Custer's Revenge: The Video Game Crash of 1983 happened and it was AWFUL!
- - Click to play Pac-Man and suffer Cheap Deaths Galore, Left Ctrl starts the game.
- - More Atari 2600 games can be played here, the fire and start buttons should be left ctrl.
- - If you'd like an offline emulator, here's Stella.
- - The final game for the system is Klax, released in 1990
- Bally Astrocade (1978)
- Magnavox Odyssey 2 (1979)
- Intellivision (1980)
- Emerson Arcadia 2001 (May 1982)
- ColecoVision (August 1982)
- Atari 5200 (November 1982)
- Vectrex (November 1982)
- - This console came with its own video screen, and had overlay sheets because of the systems limitations.
- - However, it also flopped because of the crash of 1983 and the B&W screen.
- - The addition of a light pen makes it as epic as being able to draw on a Vectrex
- - The games can be played on archive.org, including homebrews. However confusing control schemes exist.
- LCD Handhelds (1976-present)
- - These are specifically really crappy LCD Handheld games that don't truly move at all, examples include:
- - What do you get when you cross a tiger with a hedgehog? Electronic Sonic Crap!
- - Unplayable-Ass Pac-Man
- - Ok this one isn't really that bad
- - Oh cool, electronic voices.
- - There's even more, in this 74 game collection
- - 26 of them are also flash-emulated in Pica-Pic, don't worry because this is on Flashpoint incase Flash shuts down.
- Game & Watch (April 1980-1991, 2020)
- - These were the LCD games that were actually successful, and had many games, some of which are also on Pica-Pic.
- - And they aren't complete shit either
- - Nintendo's Game & Watch Gallery for the Gameboy systems had games either playable in classic mode like the LCD ones or in a new mode like this one.
- - It was also downloadable as DSIWare
- - A Game & Watch Super Mario Bros. with the NES game is coming out this November, you can't stop this 2020!
- Entex Select-A-Game (1981)
- Entex Adventure Vision (1982)
- - Another Entex flop, it does have movement but only the color red and the display causes the system to flicker and wobble during gameplay.
- - The system has a spinning mirror that eats up the battery power.
- - All 4 of the games are on archive.org, so that you don't need the actual hardware to play the cheap games.
- Epoch Game Pocket Computer (November 1984)
- APF-MP1000 (1978)
- Bandai Super Vision (1979)
- VTech Creativision (1981)
Third Generation[edit | edit source]
This generation lasted from 1983 to 2003.
- SG-1000 (1983)
- NES (1985)
- - aka the Famicom, which was released in Japan in 1983
- - Not only did this start many great franchises like Mario, Zelda, and Megaman, but it also SAVED gaming in NA from the crash of 1983, thank you Nintendo. Its final game was Wario's Woods in 1994 in the US, but in 1995 the awful Lion King NES port was the final NES game which was exclusive to PAL Regions.
- - Archive.org does have NES games, whether its a Prototype, a Console Demo, or one of the official games Cloudy uploaded. 1 is the start button, 5 is the selection button, Left Alt is A, Left Ctrl is B
- - NES games are very easy to play, look at those emulators, and even if you can't download any theres still the online emulators
- Sega Master System (1986)
- - The more well-known Sega Master System which was a success and a great 8-bit Sega console with stronger hardware than the NES, it was unfortunately discontinued too soon in the US, but in Europe and Brazil it was possible enough. It was so popular in Brazil that the systems final game was Mickey's Ultimate Challenge in 1998.
- - All of the Master System games can be played on archive.org! The control scheme is Button 1 being Left Ctrl and Button 2 being Left Alt
- - You can also download the MEKA emulator to play Master System games
- Atari 7800 (1986)
- - This was a good console, it did have the flaws of flopping due to the NES and SMS overshadowing it, and the sound sucks. However a bonus is that its compatible with Atari 2600 games!
- - Atari 7800 emulation can be done on archive.org with an example being Asteroids.
- - The ProSystem emulator allows you to play the Atari 7800 games offline.
- VTech Socrates (1988)
- Epoch Super Cassette Vision (1984)
- LJN Video Art (1985)
- - This console is extremely awful, due to false advertising, unresponsive controls, no fill button, and the fact that not even SpongeBob could draw a perfect circle here!
- - If you're like Des, you wanted an NES. But then his mama, she hit her head. And so she bought this junk instead.
- - Ouch, poor AVGN... :(
Fourth Generation[edit | edit source]
This generation lasted from 1987 to 2004.
- Turbografx-16 (August 1989)
- - Aka the PC Engine when it was released in Japan on October 1987 and started the Second Generation
- - [https://awesomegames.miraheze.org/wiki/PC_Engine/TurboGrafx-16 While not as popular as the SNES and Genesis, it was a good system. The japan release
- - I used this emulator for TG-16 games
was really successful, but in NA not so much because of the Sega V Nintendo console war, in which it failed to get a PAL released outside of france.]
- Sega Genesis (August 1989)
- - Aka the Mega Drive when it was released in Japan on October 1988
- - The Sega Genesis is Sega's most successful system, featuring alot of 16-bit games for use on the console.
- - While not every Genesis game is on there, there sure are alot of them here. The controls: 1 is start, A is Left Ctrl, B is Left Alt, C is Space
- - GENS is the best Genesis emulator out there
- - in NA, this systems final game was an arcade port of Frogger in 1988
- SNES (August 1991)
- - Aka the Super Famicom when it was released in Japan on November 1990
- - Its pretty much the NES in 16-bit, with this and Genesis played a big role in the console wars, both consoles are really amazing so I can't decide which one I like better.
- - Archive.org is able to run SNES games, so you'll see either prototypes, console demos, or any official games I uploaded.
- - in NA, this systems final game was ALSO Frogger, but the port was a crap port instead of what Genesis was doing and what Nintendidn't do
- Neo Geo (June 1991)
- Gameboy (July 1989)
- - Despite the Black & White screen and lack of backlight, this caused Nintendo to absolutely dominate the handheld market, which they still do
- - Original Gameboy games come in Gray Cartridges, released from 1989-1998.
- - The Gameboy took 4 AA batteries, which it takes 15 hours to drain so this is acceptable, something that many handhelds at the times had issues with.
- - In March 1995, the Play it Loud Gameboys were released, which were the same bulky Gameboy with the greener screen but with different colored shells.
- - In July 1996, the Gameboy Pocket was released, which came in many different colors. It took 2 AAA batteries, which allows 10 hours of gameplay.
- - On April 1998, the Gameboy Light was released, it took 2 AA batteries, the biggest feature of this one is that it came with an actual backlit screen, with the light on it allowed 12 hours and with it off it allowed 20 hours, this was unfortunately a Japan exclusive.
- - (BEWARE, THERE IS A PICTURE OF A PENIS IF YOU SCROLL DOWN ON THIS LINK -->) Gameboy emulation can be done on Archive.org, in which this has prototypes, console demos, a bootleg, and official games I uploaded.
- - The best Gameboy emulator to get is VisualBoyAdvance
- Game Gear (April 1991)
- - while it was a popular sega 8-bit handheld, the handheld itself wasn't that great due to the battery life, while the backlight and colored screen is cool and all, it can't be turned off, and because of that you need to give it six AA batteries and its drained in around 3-5 hours, it doesn't help that the size of it also makes the battery life worse, it did have many good games tho, even if some are just Master System ports with Screen Crunch.
- - All of the Game Gear games can be played on Archive.org, and this time your battery life won't be drained since you're playing this on a PC, the controls are Left Ctrl for Button 1, Left Alt for Button 2, and 1 for Start.
- - MEKA can play Game Gear games as well.
- Atari Lynx (October 1999)
- TurboExpress (1991)
- Gamate (1991)
- Watara Supervision (1992)
- Mega Duck (1993)
- Super A'Can (1995)
- - This is an EXTREMELY obscure console, its a Taiwan SNES ripoff, it was too expensive, had only 12 games, and it was released when the PS1 and Saturn already existed. However the startup screen is neat.
- - 9 of the games can be played on archive.org, while 3 are missing, why does the Monopoly one have Hitler in it? Also the emulation here is silent fsr.
Fifth Generation[edit | edit source]
This generation lasted from 1993 to 2005.
- 3DO (October 1993)
- - While being one of the earliest consoles in the fifth generation, it was a flop due to the awful $699 price, insult to injury this is the source of the game Plumbers Don't Wear Dies.
- - To save yourself from being scammed, there are free 3DO games playable online, not archive.org, but rather retrogames.onl.
- Atari Jaguar (November 1993)
- Sega Saturn (May 1995)
- PlayStation (September 1995)
- - This winner started a legendary series of Sony consoles. This 3D console has over 7,000 games! and due to the large file sizes, FMVs run well on this system!
- - Pretty much any PlayStation 1 game you can think of is on archive.org playable, but theres a control scheme you have to pay attention to:
- Start - 1
- Select - 5
- X - Left Alt
- Square - Left Ctrl
- Circle - Space
- Triangle - Left Shift
- L1 - V
- L2 - X
- R1 - C
- R2 - Z
- - The systems final game overall is Schnappi: 3 Fun-Games, released in March 2005.
- Nintendo 64 (September 1996)
- - Nintendo's fifth generation console, most known for games like Super Mario 64 and that stuff. Which once again, was a success but the PS1 beat it.
- - For N64 emulation, the best option is Project64.
- - The systems final game was Tony Hawks Pro Skater 3 in August 2002.
- Virtual Boy (August 1995)
- - The Virtual Boy is this awful "3D" handheld by Nintendo that causes medical problems, and also has only 22 games, with only 14 being released in NA. On the bright side, some of the games like Wario Land were decent.
- - There is VB emulation, while the games are only red, its much better to play it here than on the actual hardware
- R-Zone (September 1995)
- - This is the worst console and handheld ever. This was a rip-off of the Virtual Boy, the pain would probably be caused quicker, there are no good games, only crappy LCD games, for a FIFTH GENERATION handheld. Just red and blurry LCD crap!
- - For those wanting to suffer, Indy 500 on the R-Zone is playable on archive.org.
- Sega Nomad (October 1995)
- Game.com (August 1997)
- Gameboy Color (November 1998)
- - In 1998 came along this epic Gameboy with Color, which was also a great handheld, its 2 AA battery requirement allowed 10 hours of gameplay, even powerful enough to run games with FMV. And it had many games released too, however there are 2 downsides, the backlight which was in the Gameboy Light isn't present, and I can think of alot of bad porting disasters that came out on the GBC.
- - Archive.org supports Gameboy Color emulation, you'll see prototypes, console demos, and any official titles Cloudy uploaded.
- - The Gameboy Color emulator is the same as the Gameboy one, VBA.
- - The amount of games you can play on a Gameboy Color expand, as all the original Gameboy games are compatible with it
- - The GBC came out with black cartridges, they could run on an original Gameboy, but on a Gameboy Color produce all the color effects.
- - However, Clear cartridges mean you can't play it on the original Gameboy, as trying to run it gives you a unique error message.
- - This handheld even had games coming out AFTER Cloudy was born, one example is Shantae in June 2002, the last GBC game in the US is Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, which came out in November 2002, the last GBC game in PAL regions is Ham-Hams Unite, January 2003 release. But overall the final Gameboy Color game is a Doraemon one that came out in July 2003.
- WonderSwan (March 1999)
- - A Japan exclusive console, too bad it wasn't released elsewhere tho as this isn't too bad, 1 AA battery allows up to FORTY hours on the original Wonderswan, even tho it lacks a backlight and only has B&W Games.
- - The Wonderswan Color that came out in December 2000 came with color while being able to play the B&W Games, however the color games would run for a still long 20 hours.
- - The SwanCrystal which came out in July 2002, despite being able to run for 15 hours and an improved LCD screen, the WonderSwan ends there.
- - For emulation, try Oswan as it runs WS and WSC games great.
- Neo Geo Pocket Color (August 1999)
- - It first released as the Neo Geo Pocket in late 1998 but had no US release and was just B&W.
- - The Neo Geo Pocket Color from 1999 however did make it, even tho Cloudy can only think of 3 games here, he does like the handheld, but it was a flop, even with the good 40 hour battery life and display.
- - Cloudy uses NeoPop for the games, tho its kinda laggy.
Sixth Generation[edit | edit source]
This generation lasted from 1998 to 2013.
- Sega Dreamcast (September 1999)
- PlayStation 2 (October 2000)
- - The PlayStation 2 was a huge success extremely popular, and pretty much one of the winners of the console market itself
- - First off, more than 3,500 games were released.
- - Second off, its backwards compatible with the PS1, meaning over 10k games can be played on the system, this really helped for any late release on PS1
- - Another bonus is that you can play DVDs on this thing.
- - A Slim model came out in 2004, while clearly smaller, still played games well.
- - It took until January 2013 to get a console that was first released in March 2000 discontinued, proving how long this system had games for.
- - Not to mention, before Cloudy lost his PS2 games in late 2017, he spent a whole childhood playing them.
- Gameboy Advance (June 2001)
- - The GBA is also one of Cloudy's childhood systems, he still has a clear GBA, this 32-bit handheld is very capable indeed.
- - The GBA is compatible with all Gameboy Color and Gameboy games as well.
- - It uses 2 AA batteries again to run for a solid 15 hours, but unfortunately the original model lacks backlight still.
- - The GBA cartridges are smaller black ones, the size has you know its a GBA game.
- - Light Gray GBA Cartridges are known as GBA Video, which allow you to watch TV shows on your GBA, while the quality was bad, it was really good for its time.
- - The Gameboy Advance SP from 2003 is even better, as it has a clamshell design to prevent the screen from being damaged, the SP also includes a rechargeable battery pack, and an option for frontlight/backlight to turn on or off, the SP ran for 10 hours with light on and 18 hours light off. However the headphone adapter was removed for no reason, Cloudy unfortunately lost BOTH of his SPs.
- - The micro from 2005 was clearly worse than the two, backwards compatibility with the GB and GBC were removed, DS already being out, and its too small.
- - While archive.org lacks GBA emulation, VisualBoyAdvance can play GBA GB and GBC games near perfectly so try that!
- GameCube (November 2001)
- - Another amazing console in Cloudy's childhood that had over 600 games released, which ran from 2001 to 2007.
- - An accessory called the Gameboy Player allows you to play GB GBC and GBA games on the GameCube by inserting the GBP disc.
- - GameCube games can run via the incredible Dolphin emulator! Your PC may have to be strong enough tho like cloudys is, and the GameCube ROMs eat up file space mostly being 1.5 GB.
- XBOX (November 2001)
- - More Info
- - A cool feature is that it has its own unique error message if trying to insert an XBOX disc into a DVD player.
- - While XBOX emulation obviously isn't on archive.org due to the power of the system, there are CD-ROM downloads of XBOX games, however they are alot of Gigabytes, normally 5-6 GB for each game, knowing theres 2,222 downloads, that is 11 TB!
- Plug & Play (2002-present)
- - While not a 6th generation console exactly, its talked about here, its a TV game that can simply be plugged into your TV and plays the game on the hardware, these were part of Cloudy's childhood, he had the Frogger one, the Fry Cook Games one, and still has the Jellyfish Dodge and Pac-Man one.
- - They didn't age too well tho
- N-Gage (October 2003)
- Leapster (October 2003)
- - Despite it being on the Crappy Games Wiki, Cloudy is really fond of this handheld and likes it due to the nostalgia it gave him.
- - The games are made in Flash, so hopefully playable Leapster games in PC can come soon.
- V.Smile (August 2004)
Seventh Generation[edit | edit source]
This generation lasted from 2005 to 2017.
- Nintendo DS (November 2004)
- - The DS is incredible and is an extreme part of Cloudy's childhood
- - The original DS and DS Lite had a simple menu and even had the epic Pictochat even tho Cloudy never used it.
- - They both had backwards compatibility with GBA games, and that slot also had things like a Rumble Pack.
- - Unfortunately, Cloudy's DS Lite, in which the DS Lite came out in June 2006, broke.
- - A problem about both is changing the Charger meaning you have to get another one if you get the next system.
- - The dual screen and touch screen at the bottom were definitely neat features, the touchscreen being something the game.com failed terribly at.
- - The DSI, which came out in November 2008, unfortunately got rid of the GBA slot making GBA games and the other things unplayable on it.
- - On the bright side, the DSI is even bigger with its menus and stuff, you can take pictures, and record sound.
- - Not to mention, DSI's Flipnote Studio, it was incredible.
- - The DSI XL from November 2009 is an even bigger version of the DSI.
- - While the DSI's charger was changed again, it stayed that way for the 3DS systems.
- - Cloudy still has his red DSI XL, which is where Sincomics originated from back in 2015, it sometimes fails to start up tho.
- - The DSI has a shop, with a very nostalgic tune and DSIWare, which were downloadable game.
- - The DSIWare even had a couple Game & Watch games.
- - Speaking of DSIWare, Photo Dojo, oh my god, this makes great use of the camera and sounds, you can make yourself as fighters, use a template for a character fighter, or just be the young kid you were and just use a toy, with most of the pictures being of its texture.
- - The emulator Cloudy uses for DS games incase he doesn't have the specific one he has irl, why tf does he always spell the emulator as "DeSuMe"?
- PlayStation Portable (March 2005)
- - The PSP was a solid addition to the portable market, although the DS beat it by alot still, it does have better hardware as the 3D games get more detail, similar to PS2 hardware, unfortunately draining the battery faster.
- - The PSP Go model is only compatible with DIGITAL games, meaning buying a PSP game with its physical disc is useless!
- - an incredible PSP emulator exists, which is extremely useful since Cloudy's PSP broke a while ago, be aware that the files for PSP ROM eat up alot of file space.
- XBOX 360 (November 2005)
- - More Info
- - Like the PS2, this can play DVDs!
- - Backwards compatibility with the XBOX is limited as not every original XBOX game can be played, but many I think of still can.
- - Remember Kinectimals and that commercial with the song?
- - DO THE MONKEY, MONKEY IS KINECTED TO KINECT KINECTIMALS, XBOX 360 KINECT AND KINECTIMALS SOLD SEPARATELY.
- PlayStation 3 (November 2006)
- - More Info
- - This console gave birth to the LITTLE BIG PLANET GAMES!!!
- - Not only does this console play DVDs, but even Blu-Ray discs since this is pretty much a Blu-Ray console.
- - All models have backwards compatibility with PS1 games, however only the early models can play PS2 games.
- Nintendo Wii (November 2006)
- - Another console to play an important role in the childhood of CloudyEggs, the Wii.
- - While sometimes struggling with using a Wii Remote, he does enjoy the games he played.
- - There was also the Nunchuck, games made use of this.
- - He also used the classic controller alot so he could just use the pointer using the analog stick.
- - This introduced the Miis, the custom avatars you could use in some Nintendo games.
- - The Wii Shop Channel, it was incredible! Shops with music works in the right hands.
- - The Wii Shop had their own games known as WiiWare, which inspired the DSIWare, meaning its this that got Photo Dojo on DSIWare
- - Sadly, it got discontinued in January 2019 meaning you can't download from it anymore.
- - Another Wii Shop feature was Virtual Console, which emulates games from the following systems:
- Arcade (known as Virtual Console Arcade, gone)
- NES
- SNES
- Nintendo 64
- Turbografx-16
- Sega Master System (gone)
- Sega Genesis (gone)
- Neo Geo AES (gone)
- Commodore 64 (NA and PAL only until gone in August 2013)
- MSX (Japan only, gone)
- - The Wii was backwards compatible with GameCube games since they both used discs, making for even more games to play.
- - In November 2013 in the US, the Wii Mini came out, which was completely useless! The Wii U was already out, theres no shop channel, no backwards compatibility with GameCube, very limited with just the game channel mii maker and manual channel, the goodside is that the Wii games still play well and Cloudy likes the red Wii Remote and Nunchuck.
- - Austin Evans video on the Wii Mini, it isn't worth it.
- - eww bootleg
Eighth Generation[edit | edit source]
This generation started in 2012 and is still going on.
- Nintendo 3DS (March 2011)
- - The 3DS is an important console for Cloudy.
- - The top screen can make use of 3D Effects without the need for 3D Glasses, but Cloudy always has this off.
- - The 3DS has a C-Stick, which the original DS lacked.
- - Its backwards compatible with DS games, even tho it removes 3D effects, its great, and fortunately no later models got rid of this feature.
- - Nintendo learned their mistakes from the virtual boy :)
- - It has a virtual shop, while I enjoy the Wii and DSI shop tunes more, this is a good tune.
- - Those at the shop could download many demos, and other apps like Nintendo Video.
- - The shop has DSIWare titles which serve the same 3D lack the DS games do.
- - There are also Virtual Console games out there for the following:
- NES
- Turbografx-16 (Japan only)
- Gameboy
- Gameboy Color
- Sega Game Gear
- - The 3DS XL was released in August 2012, being the 3DS with larger size and screens.
- - The 2DS was released in October 2012, which removes the 3D entirely, but however it lacks stereo sound and has no clamshell design.
- - In February 2015, the New 3DS XL was released. With a 2nd small stick, extra shoulder buttons, Virtual Console support for SNES games, and Amiibo support.
- - Cloudy got the New 2DS XL that released in July 2017 when it was new. It has New 3DS XL features and fixes the 2DS's design problems while still lacking the 3D feature obviously, however the stylus is too small and the cartridge slot is a jerk. However Cloudy thinks it is worth it.
- PSVita (February 2012)
- Wii U (November 2012)
- - Cloudy is definitely a Wii U fan, fan of the games he played, and fan of the gamepad.
- - Cloudy really likes the Wii U but at the same time it flopped compared to other Nintendo consoles.
- - It has an option to go to the Wii menu, meaning the Wii U has backwards compatibility with Wii games.
- - It has Virtual Console support for these systems, and with Wii compatibility even more back when the Wii Shop was available:
- NES
- SNES
- Nintendo 64
- Turbografx-16
- MSX (Japan Only)
- Gameboy Advance
- Nintendo DS
- - Cloudy still has his Wii U, but after losing many of his games, he just has Scribblenauts Unlimited, Super Mario Maker, and 3 copies of Mario Kart 8.
- PlayStation 4 (November 2013)
- - More Info
- - This system lacks backwards compatibility unfortunately.
- XBOX One (November 2013)
- Nintendo Switch (March 2017)
- - More Info
- - Cloudy does have a Switch Lite, but the only games rn are Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Mario Maker 2, and BFBB Rehydrated.
- XBOX Series X (November 2020)
- - Coming Soon
- PlayStation 5 (Q4 2020)
- - Coming Soon
Windows and Macintosh Computers[edit | edit source]
- MS-DOS (1981-1995)
- Windows 1.0 (November 1985)
- Windows 2.03 (December 1987)
- Windows 3.0 (May 1990)
- Windows 3.11 (November 1993)
- Windows 95 (August 1995)
- Windows 98 (May 1998)
- Windows XP (August 2001)
- Windows Vista (November 2006)
- - Cloudy used this computer for a laptop.
- Windows 7 (July 2009)
- - Cloudy used this computer at school sometime during the 2010s.
- Windows 8 (August 2012)
- - Cloudy had this computer in 2013 when his Windows XP died because of a virus.
- Windows 8.1 (August 2013)
- - Cloudy had this computer during 2014 to mid-2015 due to ANOTHER virus.
- Windows 10 (July 2015)
- - Cloudy's current computer is a Windows 10 and it looks like the one in this article.
- - Once again, ANOTHER virus, meaning that when this was JUST new, Cloudy got it.
- - This was able to survive for more than 2 years, but by February 2018, ANOTHER virus meant it had to reset.
- - After the reset, he had the same computer still but had to start over from the beginning, this computer lasted until February 2020 because of a new PC.
- - Christmas 2019, Cloudy got a new PC which is the one in the awesome games wiki article. It runs really fast, supports 1440p, however because of this, the older one went away.
- - OnWorks made a Windows 10 OS to be played in-browser, come check it out.
Home Computers[edit | edit source]
- Apple II (June 1977)
- Commodore PET (October 1977)
- Atari 8-Bit (1979)
- - A huge amount of Atari 8-bit games are available to play, control schemes get tricky again. In-Game controls are usually Numpads 8 4 6 and 2 as the direction and Numpad 0 is fire, and this time Number Lock has to be on, and F1 usually starts games.
- - The Atari XEGS was a failure, not as bad as the C64GS tho.
- PC-80 (1979)
- Commodore VIC-20 (1980)
- TRS-80 Color Computer (1980)
- TI-99 (June 1981)
- ZX81 (1981)
- BBC Micro (1981)
- PC-60 (November 1981)
- PC-88 (November 1981)
- ZX Spectrum (April 1982)
- - Despite bad limitations, the Spectrum was really popular with a 5 digit amount of titles.
- - There are also a bunch of ZX Spectrum games, however due to the lack of arrow keys on early spectrum keyboards, there had to be controls like O for left P for right Q for up A for down on the emulation. Space is normally fire/jump button fortunately.
- Dragon 32 (August 1982)
- Commodore 64 (August 1982)
- - Cloudy really likes the C64, mostly due to the great ports it had, and the SID Chip which made some incredible tunes. It was successful enough to have a long run from 1982 to 1994.
- - 100,000 total C64 games have been uploaded someway or another on this website using the emulation system, control schemes can get confusing, some games have Numpads 8 4 6 and 2 as the directions and Numpad 0 as the fire button, which doesn't matter if numberlock is on or off.
- - The C64 Games System in Europe is completely terrible.
- PC-98 (October 1982)
- Fujitsu FM-7 (November 1982)
- Sharp X1 (1982)
- Acorn Electron (1983)
- Coleco Adam (1983)
- MSX (1983)
- Oric 1 (1983)
- Macintosh 128k (January 1984)
- Amstrad CPC (1984)
- - Another popular 8-bit computer during the 80s to early 90s, however not as popular as the C64.
- - Many CPC games have been uploaded, some of the games have a nicer control scheme of arrow keys for movement and Space for Fire/Jump, just don't click screen at booting screen or else an X is typed and the game won't start.
- - Amstrad has followed in Commodore's footsteps in 1990 to produce an awful Amstrad CPC console with just 27 games, which are just CPC games but more expensive.
- - 23 of the GX4000 games are on archive.org with the console controls like 1 for pausing and starting games, and left ctrl for fire
- Sharp MZ-2500 (1985)
- Atari ST (1985)
- Commodore Amiga (July 1985)
- - Commodore's epic 16-bit/32-bit Home Computer after the C64, which had some really neat games.
- - A bunch of Amiga games made it onto Archive.org's emulation system, and has mouse support even tho the emulation's mouse support sucks outside of fullscreen and multiple monitor displays.
- - Commodore was also extremely stupid, thinking they can just stuff an Amiga into this stupid coffin thing, calling it the Commodore CDTV.
- - They didn't learn their lesson at all, and this Amiga CD32 failed enough to make Commodore bankrupt.
- MSX2 (1985)
- Apple IIGS (1986)
- Macintosh II (March 1987)
- Sharp X68000 (March 1987)
- Acorn Archimedes (June 1987)
- FM Towns (February 1989)
- SAM Coupe (1989)