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  • #102
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,269 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Oh noes! Nobody quoted Stone Roses and he's deleted all his posts again.

    How odd.


  • #103
    Andrew76
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,500 Mod ✭✭✭✭Andrew76


    Lol with the posts going awol again. I can understand rare games commanding high prices if they are actually worth playing, but that looked horrendous to play. The Amiga version of SF2 was utter tripe too (came on 14 disks I think) so I can't imagine the pain of playing the C64/Speccy versions.


  • #104
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,890 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Worst case of loading I've ever seen was Darkman on the C64. It wasn't all that bad of a game and the initial load was short enough. Anyway once you get through the first 3 levels or so, which if I remember correctly all loaded seperately you had to load the next level. After 20 minutes you were told to turn the cassette over, rewind it and continue loading. I thought the game had crashed after this. However I persevered and after another 50 minutes the game finally loaded. I took a few steps forward and was gangrpaed by the first few enemies and lost my last life. Over an hour of loading for about 10 seconds of gameplay.
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  • #105
    o1s1n
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    Master of the Universe


    A lot of it comes down to people wanting complete collections. If the game was released officially for the console and you want a complete collection..well..you need to get it! Even if there were only 10 copies made and it looks, plays and sounds like a turd.


  • #106
    Retr0gamer
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    pdbhp wrote: »
    Yes the sprites were nice and the charachters were well drawn but it still was a piece of crap. I think there's too much going on for the Speccy to handle

    The C64 version was utter tripe to play as well so both the same on the gameplay front. However the Speccy version actually looks like Street Fighter so wins for me :)
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  • #107
    pdbhp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,041 ✭✭✭pdbhp


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Worst case of loading I've ever seen was Darkman on the C64. It wasn't all that bad of a game and the initial load was short enough. Anyway once you get through the first 3 levels or so, which if I remember correctly all loaded seperately you had to load the next level. After 20 minutes you were told to turn the cassette over, rewind it and continue loading. I thought the game had crashed after this. However I persevered and after another 50 minutes the game finally loaded. I took a few steps forward and was gangrpaed by the first few enemies and lost my last life. Over an hour of loading for about 10 seconds of gameplay.

    I had that game, I loved it but you under exagerrated the loading times cos I remember them being measured with a calander:D


  • #108
    Retr0gamer
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    pdbhp wrote: »
    I had that game, I loved it but you under exagerrated the loading times cos I remember them being measured with a calander:D

    You know what, I was going to say it took over an hour to load that level when you turned the tape over but thought it was an exaggeration, but I seemed to remember laughing about it with my brother and betting on it if it had locked up or was still loading and I seemed to remember it took nearly 90 minutes. Thought that seemed reidiculous so I I made a lower guess-timate :)
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  • #109
    Andrew76
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,500 Mod ✭✭✭✭Andrew76


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Worst case of loading I've ever seen was Darkman on the C64. It wasn't all that bad of a game and the initial load was short enough. Anyway once you get through the first 3 levels or so, which if I remember correctly all loaded seperately you had to load the next level. After 20 minutes you were told to turn the cassette over, rewind it and continue loading. I thought the game had crashed after this. However I persevered and after another 50 minutes the game finally loaded. I took a few steps forward and was gangrpaed by the first few enemies and lost my last life. Over an hour of loading for about 10 seconds of gameplay.

    Hahaha class, that sort of torture brings back fond memories of silly load times and waiting for the loading screen to flicker to the game screen only for it to crash. Rest counter, rewind tape and start again. We knew no better then, can you imagine a kid today of similar age having to sit through that.
    o1s1n wrote: »
    A lot of it comes down to people wanting complete collections. If the game was released officially for the console and you want a complete collection..well..you need to get it! Even if there were only 10 copies made and it looks, plays and sounds like a turd.

    Ah fair play if some folk have that completion addiction. I collect with the plan to play the games, even if I have feck all time and they'll remain unplayed for a while. :pac:


  • #110
    pdbhp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,041 ✭✭✭pdbhp


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    You know what, I was going to say it took over an hour to load that level when you turned the tape over but thought it was an exaggeration, but I seemed to remember laughing about it with my brother and betting on it if it had locked up or was still loading and I seemed to remember it took nearly 90 minutes. Thought that seemed reidiculous so I I made a lower guess-timate :)

    It was a long load alright.
    I remember once me and my neighbour were playing it and after what seemed like a lifetime it loaded, just then there was a power cut and it crashed, I can safely say it was one of the most harrowing experiences of my life, you could even say it was my holocaust


  • #111
    yrwhu8jxtni06a
    Closed Accounts Posts: 362 ✭✭yrwhu8jxtni06a


    o1s1n wrote: »
    I weep for those consoles. They should belong to someone who'll appreciate them :p
    i do appreciate them,ty :).


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  • #112
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,633 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    My Neo Geo CD was a terrible console for all the loading, load start screen, press start, load menu screen, select single player battle, load character selection screen, select guy with giant sword, load opening animation of fight "HA HA, I will be of the killing you" or words to that effect, load actual fight, FIGHT!

    Seriously, it took ages, despite the ease at getting a huge catalog of games thanks to the wonders of CD-Rs.


  • #113
    Retr0gamer
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    And you tried to convince us it was great? :P
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  • #114
    Redbassist
    Registered Users Posts: 25 ✭Redbassist


    Goldeneye for n64, its going to be worth loads later in life :P (even with the stupid wii version)


  • #115
    pdbhp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,041 ✭✭✭pdbhp


    Redbassist wrote: »
    Goldeneye for n64, its going to be worth loads later in life :P (even with the stupid wii version)

    Ouch! are you sure cos a few people around here will disagree;)


  • #116
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,890 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Second best selling game on the N64 on an indestructible cartridge coupled with the fact it's not aged well at all means I hope you aren't spending all your savings on Goldeneye carts.
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  • #117
    dmcdante
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 171 ✭✭dmcdante


    The way its looking now the new mario all stars game for the wii will be worth a bit in years to come glad i got mine on day one


  • #118
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,890 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    I'm not sure. Seems to have been plenty of copies made and collectors are fairly disgusted with it. They are even more disgusted with the PAL version were they have the inferior 50Hz PAL versions.
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  • #119
    o1s1n
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    Master of the Universe


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    And you tried to convince us it was great? :P

    Just until he sold it of course :P


  • #120
    dmcdante
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 171 ✭✭dmcdante


    Think i read somewhere that whats left in stores now is it and that its being sold on ebay for 3 times the price might be a load of bull but sure who knows


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  • #121
    CiDeRmAn
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    o1s1n wrote: »
    Just until he sold it of course :P

    Well the loading was the only negative.
    It was a solid, reliable console with an easily obtained, massive collection of games, want to play The Last Blade but don't have a fortune to spend, get the Neo Geo CD.
    The controller was nice too.
    Aerofighters was good on it though.

    I am now spoilt by my MVS system is all.

    Re: Speccy loading, I had a large selection of C90s with tons of games, but depending on the cassette recorder they were copied on, you had to fiddle with the head levels of you cassette deck to get them to load, I spent an entire Sunday morning getting Atic Attack to work!


  • #122
    yrwhu8jxtni06a
    Closed Accounts Posts: 362 ✭✭yrwhu8jxtni06a


    The amstrad produced models with their internal tape deck where worse,although i modded mine to bypass the deck and load from mp3.


    And weird but true,some n cd games had protection on them,they are the late 90s ones..


  • #123
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,633 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    I have an Amstrad cpc464, green screen but hoping to convince my bro to fit a RGB Din to it.
    But I would love to load games via mp3, can you give me a link?


  • #124
    yrwhu8jxtni06a
    Closed Accounts Posts: 362 ✭✭yrwhu8jxtni06a


    Sorry i should had said the amstrad produced spectrums,saving on carbon footprint on new threads,i post Speccy+2 mp3 mod Link here,tiny bit of soldering involved,worth the while though


    http://translate.google.es/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=es&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.speccy.org%2Fforo%2Fviewtopic.php%3Ff%3D8%26t%3D1674&sl=es&tl=en

    Your cpc,you could use the auld car cd tape deck adaptor method


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