Arcade and Retro forum beers! (AKA the night of the scandalously drunk retro geeks)

CiDeRmAn

Awesome, currently scaring myself silly with Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King.
I thought it was a simple platformer but it turns out to be a Metroidvania type title, chilling!!

DinoRex

Oh here's a list of pretty much every scary game ever made:

http://i.imgur.com/40JbD.jpg

Retr0gamer

They forgot Overblood :P

Actually one game they forgot is Enemy Zero. It's a mix between something like D and a first person shooter. Except your gun needs to charge up, has a range of 5 feet and all the enemies are invisible and you have to work out where they are by sound.

DinoRex

They also don't have a S.E.U.C.K game I made 20 years ago called Blood Eagle.

CosmicSmash

No RE0 or RE4 on the Cube and The Ring or Evil Dead on DC either:(

CiDeRmAn

Given I am such a big wuss I seem to have a surprising number of those games.
Someday I'll grow enough back bone to play them!

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Someday I'll grow enough back bone to play them!

Or you can just watch me play Clock Tower 3 - dem cans!
[playing it atm, on the third boss]

DinoRex

RE6 has cans! Balloons to pop too!

Oh... how would people feel about me moving this forward to the 20th?

After 4 months I may finally have convinced someone to move in on the 25th.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

DinoRex wrote: »

Oh... how would people feel about me moving this forward to the 20th?

should be okay for me and Retr0 afaik

CiDeRmAn

DinoRex wrote: »

After 4 months I may finally have convinced someone to move in on the 25th.

WooHoo!

Set behaviour to Lurk!

And don't think I can make it on the 20th

MrVestek

The 20th?

Damn... I'll be at Destination Star Trek London that day busy hanging out with my old pals Patrick Stewart and William Shatner...

Oh well.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

are we doing costumes or anything and weren't we going to do something for the podcast like a video thing or something?
My room is all moved around so lemme know asap if I need to bring stuff so I can find em.
If Phantasmagoria 2 goes ahead and I have to go back into that office. . .

DinoRex

Have said it to Doom. He might be along for a bit as well and we can have a go at recording something.

Now if you'll excuse me I think I lost my wallet under the sofa and I don't have a rat to retrieve it for me which is the only plausible way to get a wallet out from under a sofa.

Retr0gamer

I'm all set and have some composite cables and just burning a copy of Enemy Zero.

DinoRex

Shall we say 6? Should be getting dark by then.

Atavan-Halen

I should be there tonight, not sure though. More than likely will be.

CiDeRmAn

I'm going to see Stop Making Sense in town tonight with the better half.
What time do you reckon this will go on until, might call in around 12 if I can.
Just to say hi, hello, how are you, you bunch of hoopy froods.

Then we can start considering the Jesus/Judas birthday celebration night!

DinoRex

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I'm going to see Stop Making Sense in town tonight with the better half.
What time do you reckon this will go on until, might call in around 12 if I can.
Just to say hi, hello, how are you, you bunch of hoopy froods.

Then we can start considering the Jesus/Judas birthday celebration night!

I'd have to imagine we'll be pretty active during the witching hour.

And this xmas we should all celebrate the life of Jesus by giving each other the gift of bags.

johnny_ultimate

I'm spending the early evening in the company of some 70mm non-narrative cinema (as you do), and don't know if I'll head out afters. I might pop around for an hour or two before the last bus home. Which buses head your way from the city centre, DR?

Sparks43

I will take a cycle down later probably 8 or so as i have a pc to build tonight

DinoRex

Baraka at the IFI I'm guessing... if you just walk to the front of the Central Bank you can get the 27 from there.

Or if you go to Eden Quay almost any bus does the job. The 15, the 27 (a & b) and the 42 (a & b)

Doctor DooM

Hey peeps, planning on heading up around 7-30-8. That ok?

If you just want to podcast, I can have the gear working in 10-15 minutes.

If you want to do video stuff, I will potentially need a good while longer as the intensity shuttle is a picky little fecker so might take an hour or so for me to set up.

Looking forward to it

Sparks43

Doctor DooM wrote: »

Hey peeps, planning on heading up around 7-30-8. That ok?

If you just want to podcast, I can have the gear working in 10-15 minutes.

If you want to do video stuff, I will potentially need a good while longer as the intensity shuttle is a picky little fecker so might take an hour or so for me to set up.

Looking forward to it

Cool can we do a Boulder Dash vidcast

Also what about the golf playing monkeys they have to make an apperance tonight

Sparks43

DinoRex wrote: »

Baraka at the IFI I'm guessing... if you just walk to the front of the Central Bank you can get the 27 from there.

Or if you go to Eden Quay almost any bus does the job. The 15, the 27 (a & b) and the 42 (a & b)

The 42a and 42b dont exist anymore m8

Buses that stop by Dinos
15 27a 27 42 43

Doctor DooM

I miss the 42B

Sparks43

Doctor DooM wrote: »

I miss the 42B

So do i they made a right mess of the bus service out my way when it was changed to the 27a

Buses every 30 mins when it used to be every 15:mad:

Doctor DooM

Sparks43 wrote: »

So do i they made a right mess of the bus service out my way when it was changed to the 27a

Buses every 30 mins when it used to be every 15:mad:

I know that feel, I grew up in Brookfield.

Retr0gamer

I have collected Sera which means the quota for screams tonight will be more than reached.

Retr0gamer

^ Don't click that link, it's spam, the guy has posted like this before.

Atavan-Halen

Retr0gamer wrote: »

^ Don't click that link, it's spam, the guy has posted like this before.

Thanks for telling me after I clicked!

Also probably won't be along tonight after all. Will be getting drunk next door instead, Soz guize.

DinoRex

I've already started hanging decorations!

Retr0gamer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6V2oCX3Hn4

CiDeRmAn

Sh1te!
Sorry I missed it guys, wouldn't have gotten over til 1am so no point
But, rest assured i'll be at the next one and i'll host the Jesus/Judas birthday celebrations in December spreading, as Dino reminded me, love with traditional gifts of bags!

johnny_ultimate

Alas I could not stay for longer - two hours flies at an A&R beers, especially when the game being played gives 50% of attendees violent motion sickness

Retr0gamer

Thanks again Dinorex for another fun night. I have to apologise for inflicting Enemy Zero on everyone, it's a good game I just forgot how slow it is to get going. Played a good few games although we had a disaster with the PS1, seems the PAL PS1 doesn't output NTSC unless it's through RGB, I only brought composite since I thought we would be recording, which ended up being another disaster, felt sorry for Doom after all the effort he put into it, maybe next time. Also you people that were kicking the dog are horrible people!

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

Thanks again Dino! Pity the jelly didn't work out so good.
Had a great night bar someone kicking the dog >: had nightmares when I went home *sniff*.
IMO better to watch Retr0 playing Silent Hill than playing it, could not get those controls. Looking forward to the podcast.

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Also you people that were kicking the dog are horrible people!

I'm on the verge of ringing Joe Duffy

DinoRex

I still haven't managed to clean the jelly all up.

F*ck you, Destiny's Child. The the jelly wasn't ready for me!

MrVestek

Doctor DooM wrote: »

I know that feel, I grew up in Brookfield.

I grew up in Glenshane! Perhaps we know eachother? That's a bit mental...

CiDeRmAn

So, I asked already but it may have been too early...
Who is up for a Xmas Arcade and Retro Beers??
I'd suggest in mine but if someone else thinks of somewhere better thats fine.
I'm thinking early December but perhaps someone has a suggestion about that.
Looking forward to hearing from y'all....

Atavan-Halen

PLEASE NOT THE 8th!!!!

Myrddin

atavan-halen wrote: »

PLEASE NOT THE 8th!!!!

And it begins

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

atavan-halen wrote: »

PLEASE NOT THE 8th!!!!

the shop is having a Christmas party on the 8th too
if it was the only date available though wouldn't mind missing it
beers > everything

Atavan-Halen

Have a work do and another beers to be attending already on the 8th.

Such is the social calendar of a playa like myself.

DinoRex

No idea when my office party is.... It's usually pretty late in December though.

My new flatmate is heading off to Canada for a bit next month too so I'm sure I'll organise a get together at some point as well.

Did someone say 8 player Mario Kart?

OwaynOTT

It's a pipe dream

CiDeRmAn

And someone went home with my GC Mario party in the drive!
Who was playing their GC in the portable upstairs? It's probably still in it!
I'm not sure when my Chrimbo party is on, 8th is noted as a non starter though.
If there are more no touchy dates lash them up....

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

if everyone's out for the 8th than maybe the 1st? before any Christmas parties start since you want to have it early

CiDeRmAn

Not sure, I'm in town that weekend selling paintings, I'll check the calendar

CiDeRmAn

Might be the 14th or 15th?
The 7th wouldn't suit you Sera if you have to be in Limerick for the night of the 8th, or would it?

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Might be the 14th or 15th?
The 7th wouldn't suit you Sera if you have to be in Limerick for the night of the 8th, or would it?

Well I haven't paid money to go yet but would need to know if it's definitely the 7th in the next 2 weeks I guess? preferably asap