Retro Night/Swap-meet in Dublin

Retr0gamer

Well it's not total rubbish, it's as good as the megadrive could handle in fairness but it's terrible compared to the arcade version. It looks really drab, there's loads of frames of animation missing and the sound is pretty poor due to the megadrive soundchip. However the worst thing is that since it's a PAL game it feels like you are fighting in treacle since the game is so slow. You can turn the speed up but the timing is still off compared to the arcade version. The SNES version suffers from this as well but has better colours, music but less frames of animation. Best to play it on mame.

pdbhp

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Well it's not total rubbish, it's as good as the megadrive could handle in fairness but it's terrible compared to the arcade version. It looks really drab, there's loads of frames of animation missing and the sound is pretty poor due to the megadrive soundchip. However the worst thing is that since it's a PAL game it feels like you are fighting in treacle since the game is so slow. You can turn the speed up but the timing is still off compared to the arcade version. The SNES version suffers from this as well but has better colours, music but less frames of animation. Best to play it on mame.

Jaysus nothin worse than when a good game is destroyed like that but that seems to be the way it seems difficult to get a good port on older systems, better to stick to console exclusive titles.

Retr0gamer

The consoles just weren't able for the ports back then. Best stick with mame and newer compilations of games. What annoys me more is stuff like the european Virtual Console and PSN shops putting up the PAL games that play a lot worse than the american ones.

pdbhp

Retr0gamer wrote: »

The consoles just weren't able for the ports back then. Best stick with mame and newer compilations of games. What annoys me more is stuff like the european Virtual Console and PSN shops putting up the PAL games that play a lot worse than the american ones.

Is this caused by the TV output we use? I heard somewhere years ago that this was the problem and I remember playing American SNES games and they looked crap on my telly all letterbox and black borders it took the look off the games big time.

o1s1n

PAL consoles (Europe and Australia mainly) = 50hz (they run 17.5% slower) and have letterbox format.

NTSC consoles (US & Japan) = 60hz (run full speed) no letterbox.

NTSC whenever you can. If you have PAL consoles, at least make sure you mod them to support 60hz!

jetblack1981

Errr so no mega drive street fighter
I have capcom collection
that has arcade style streee fighter 2

jetblack1981

Here,
Im sure theres no problem with a six-pack of bud?
Or 10-pack in my case.

feckhead

No of course you cant *nudge nudge wink wink* (in other words yes)

pdbhp

jetblack1981 wrote: »

Here,
Im sure theres no problem with a six-pack of bud?
Or 10-pack in my case.

Get yourself down to Lidl and get some noblander 10 bottles for €4.50 and it's pretty drinkable.
Regarding Street Fighter on the MD bring it anyways Jetblack it's a retro night so being frustrated and playing dodgy games is what its all about or as they say in Canada aboot!!

Scorchio MK7

Right a few of us are coming along, between us we are bringing a Megadrive/Mega CD
SNES
NES
Dreamcast
N64

With a bunch of games for all of them.

Hope your all up for some Powerstone 2. I know I am

jetblack1981

I am not going to lidl.
Im gonna get some miller or bud.

pdbhp

jetblack1981 wrote: »

I am not going to lidl.
Im gonna get some miller or bud.

Well you can get 20 bottles of bud for €15.99 in the Cuckoos nest in Tallaght or loose bottles for €1 they're to 300ml bottles though

Retr0gamer

jetblack1981 wrote: »

I am not going to lidl.
Im gonna get some miller or bud.

Miller and bud are american ****e full of chemicals. The lidl beer may be cheap but it's usually imported from germany or other european countries and is usually great, sometimes fantastic.

pdbhp

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Miller and bud are american ****e full of chemicals. The lidl beer may be cheap but it's usually imported from germany or other european countries and is usually great, sometimes fantastic.

You are correct sir the noblander beer in Lidl comes from Germany I checked it out and supposedly it's a top brand over there and once its cold its really tasty

feckhead

I'll be bringing a crap load of PS1 demo discs if anyone wants them FOC. I tested most of them and they still work.

Retr0gamer

If there's one thing I know it's beer and I know the Germans know it even better!

o1s1n

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Miller and bud are american ****e full of chemicals. The lidl beer may be cheap but it's usually imported from germany or other european countries and is usually great, sometimes fantastic.

Bud is muck but you sir are wrong about Miller. It the only decent American beer. It's yummy. Nyom nyom.

Augmerson

Scorchio MK7 wrote: »

Right a few of us are coming along, between us we are bringing a Megadrive/Mega CD
SNES
NES
Dreamcast
N64

With a bunch of games for all of them.

Hope your all up for some Powerstone 2. I know I am

Wait, your playing Sega CD games? Can anyone come? I'd be very interested if you'd have me, have a bunch of SCD games to bring too. Where is this on?

pdbhp

Augmerson wrote: »

Wait, your playing Sega CD games? Can anyone come? I'd be very interested if you'd have me, have a bunch of SCD games to bring too. Where is this on?

Xteme gaming and internet centre Liffey Street @ 10pm tonight be there or be square!

pdbhp

Hey has anyone got Toejam and Earl for the Megadrive if so please bring it this evening thanks.

jetblack1981

Here I got some mehican cerveza for
12 peso's amigos.
Ill bring me ps2 retro complimations(sp?)
and Megadrive carts including the infamous super
street fighter 2.
With Streets of Rage and the arcade stick.
Is anyone bringing a NES/Famicon?

jetblack1981

Oh yeah,
this is for me and everone else.
Bring E8 to get in and another E10
for Chinese yes?
Anyone Ever play House of the dead for the Wii were
the bad guy starts going on about celebrating with takeout
Chinese?

CiDeRmAn

So, how did it go?
Any fun to be had?

feckhead

Went very well. I can't speak for anyone else, but I had a great time despite a small set back that I won't mention here.

I finally got to see Night Trap in all it's terrible glory, got to play some games I had'nt played in years and had a laugh with some mates

pdbhp

feckhead wrote: »

Went very well. I can't speak for anyone else, but I had a great time despite a small set back that I won't mention here.

I finally got to see Night Trap in all it's terrible glory, got to play some games I had'nt played in years and had a laugh with some mates

Yea it was a good laugh I only stayed till half 3 or so but it was a good night with plenty of Dreamcast played.
Don't know what the set back was but I'm dying to know now, it must have happened after I left.