Son Of General Retro Discussion

o1s1n

X68000!

Almost bought one of them last year from a seller in Japan. Had the monitor and everything.

Had to slap myself a few times and shout 'YOU DON'T SPEAK JAPANESE!' to snap out of it.

johnny_ultimate

Today in bat**** insanity...

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

Retr0gamer

I want that game!

Professey Chin

I must have it...even just to control the chickens.....
I love Sonys Japan Studio. They seem to be one of the few major studio teams allowed just go mad :pac:

o1s1n

I wonder will it see a Western release or is it too mental? Looks like great fun.

Professey Chin

2 characters listed on the Wiki site :pac:

Character
Pomeranian dog
Ran out of pet food, the Pomeranian dog now has to fend for itself in a now-wild-and-vicious Tokyo[5].
Thoroughbred racehorse
With its passion for running still burns, the Thoroughbred racehorse runs around Tokyo, searching for its old track rivals in hopes of staging one more race[5].

Actually this game just became 60 million times better

There are 50 breeds and 80 types of animals to be expected[2]. Animals confirmed for Tokyo Jungle include lion, crocodile, tiger, giraffe, chimpanzee, hippo, cheetah, chimpanzee, gazelle, chicken, beagle, tyrannosaurus, hyena, and fox[1]. As the player plays through the game, additional playable animals will be unlocked[2].

johnny_ultimate

I found it hilarious that the trailer teases full-on doggy style! Really looks completely insane.

Professey Chin

I suddenly want a game-fighter

DinoRex

Godhand is up on PSN now. Never played it myself. I remember it getting lacklustre reviews upon it's release but it seems to be well looked upon now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBqB5LUKh8A

CiDeRmAn

DinoRex wrote: »

Godhand is up on PSN now. Never played it myself. I remember it getting lacklustre reviews upon it's release but it seems to be well looked upon now.

A bit like Gunstar Heroes then?

DinoRex

And Dinorex!

Doge

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Today in bat**** insanity...

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

It looks a bit like I am Legend...

except its not set in New York...

....and um....none of the humans survived...

and errr.......there's no mutants.

Okay so, maybe not.

DinoRex

I'm no big WoW fan... but how cool would be to have gotten one of these:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sunstrider-Realm-Europe-retired-server-blade-Warcraft-/190624666369?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c621d9301

Steve X2

DinoRex wrote: »

I'm no big WoW fan... but how cool would be to have gotten one of these:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sunstrider-Realm-Europe-retired-server-blade-Warcraft-/190624666369?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c621d9301

They've sold a good few of those recently. I'm sure more will crop up.

.

Pyongyang

Just set up my Lumia 800 (Bye bye iPhone 4!) and have to say the XBOX Live integration is seriously cool. Ondafly you have a message.

Mr.Saturn

My connection is ****ty, so I basically spent five minutes waiting to see a failed porn-actress don a woeful English accent, then promptly engage in the prissiest bout of street fighting you'll see this side of Mardi Gras.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZxdEXZz4Go

The film is available on ScrewAttack.

Atavan-Halen

Pyongyang wrote: »

Just set up my Lumia 800 (Bye bye iPhone 4!) and have to say the XBOX Live integration is seriously cool. Ondafly you have a message.

Where's my Xbox message?

Steve X2

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

My connection is ****ty, so I basically spent five minutes waiting to see a failed porn-actress don a woeful English accent, then promptly engage in the prissiest bout of street fighting you'll see this side of Mardi Gras.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZxdEXZz4Go

The film is available on ScrewAttack.

Looks like Chun-Li's been hitting the pies lately :pac:

.

Pyongyang

atavan-halen wrote: »

Where's my Xbox message?

I've only got one person on the friends list. What's your XBLGT? Mine's Brian Tilsley

Pyongyang

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

failed porn-actress.

Any links to her back catalog?

johnny_ultimate

Do like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jtEcja0LUI

Atavan-Halen

Pyongyang wrote: »

atavan-halen wrote: »

Where's my Xbox message?

I've only got one person on the friends list. What's your XBLGT? Mine's Brian Tilsley

AtavanHalen88

CiDeRmAn

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Do like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jtEcja0LUI

That's outstanding!

o1s1n

You do know '88' is a Neo Nazi thing? :P

Pyongyang

Let's see if I can add you via the Lumia voice search/speech to text thingy.

"Who is the leader of Al Qaeda? Is it Oliver Reed?"

*contact added*

Hmm, something young Armand Van Halen isn't telling us?

Pyongyang

atavan-halen wrote: »

AtavanHalen88

Added you via the blower. What's the story with your avatar on XBOX Live? He seems very sad about the red jumper?

And why is his hair the colour of an eggplant?

DinoRex

Think I'm Dr. Mongolia on Xbox Live...

EDIT: yep that's the one:

Pyongyang

DinoRex wrote: »

Think I'm Dr. Mongolia on Xbox Live...

EDIT: yep that's the one:

Added ye good sir! Got your tag confused with Dr. Bombay for a second there.

Atavan-Halen

o1s1n wrote: »

You do know '88' is a Neo Nazi thing? :P

You know nazis maybe drank cider!

Retr0gamer

DinoRex wrote: »

Godhand is up on PSN now. Never played it myself. I remember it getting lacklustre reviews upon it's release but it seems to be well looked upon now.

It got really amazing reviews other than a few muppets that didn't quite get it and a 3/10 from IGN which is regarded as one of the worst reviews ever written. It's quite possibly the best brawler ever made but it's really hard and has some strange systems that some people at the time (ie people that didn't man up to the difficulty) didn't get. It's also bat **** insane in the way that only japanese games can be.

As the videogaiden review said, the people who made can stand proud and say that they made one of the greatest games ever made and the only thing it was about was punching people.

I also see Kim Possible: What's the Switch is up as well, a game that is way better than it deserves to be. Fantastic and over looked platformer.

DinoRex

Ah yes. IGN:

Atavan-Halen

DinoRex wrote: »

Ah yes. IGN:

That baby game can't be a real thing!

DinoRex

It's the real deal!

http://ie.wii.ign.com/articles/936/936573p1.html

You possibly get your name put on some sort of list if you purchase it though.

Professey Chin

Ooooo. That Street Fighter 2 V series is on the US Netflix. never got to watch it before and couldnt find an active Dl for it

DinoRex

Retr0gamer

Well here's a really interesting interview with Ken A Lobb. He was responsible for many of the NES's best and defining games and worked with Namco during the 16-bit era. He eventually moved to Rare and worked on the absolute classic Blast Corp and the aged (had to get it in there) but no less classic Goldeneye and even gave his name to one of the weapons, the Klobb. It seems he was responsible for most of Goldeneyes creative and innovative features:

http://blog.hardcoregaming101.net/2012/02/interview-with-ken-lobb.html

Sparks43

Would anyone have either a scanned copy or a pdf of retrogamer 99

Been searching through a fair few magazine shops and havent found it :mad:

Steve X2

Sparks43 wrote: »

Would anyone have either a scanned copy or a pdf of retrogamer 99

Been searching through a fair few magazine shops and havent found it :mad:

It's in easons on O'Connell st. I don't have a scanned copy, just the iPad version.

.

James Howlett

I was flicking through a copy of Retro Gamer in the last few weeks and remember seeing an article on the making of Alundra, if any body read it, was it any use? Might buy a copy online if it is.

Retr0gamer

Was in issue 98. Was a good read but short and not sure it was worth the price of the magazine if that's all you were interested in.

DinoRex

Just back from that PS Vita test.

I think the one I was using was a bit of a dud:

johnny_ultimate

Must admit I wasn't blown away by the PS Vita. It's a very pretty piece of hardware, and feels nice and light yet sturdy too. But it really doesn't feel like a giant leap for handheld gaming. Compare the PSP to Vita to the DS to 3DS hardware jump and the latter emerges as the clear winner as a more significant upgrade. The screen on the PSV is very nice, no doubt, but almost felt perfunctory.

I think it was probably down to the games, in fairness. Uncharted felt like a low-grade version of its' bigger brothers. Little Deviants I lasted about two minutes before having to turn it off in frustration at the rear touchpad controls. Escape Plan looked nice but felt like a slightly poorer version of Machinarium. Gravity Crash has a lot of potential - it at least has novel central mechanics, an offbeat graphical presentation - but the demo was criminally short! Reality Fighters is basically a five minute gimmick. Super Stardust was Super Stardust! Indeed, the games that emerged favourably were the duo of Modnation Racers and Wipeout 2048, the latter particularly with some excellent graphical flourishes and sound design. But the feeling even there is that it's nothing that home consoles can't do more effectively.

TBH, it persuaded me to hold out a little longer until either more interesting software emerges or there's a price drop. Didn't see anything today to truly justify the leap, even though the hardware seems to be able to handle some things - like augmented reality and camera - better than the 3DS.

Basically, if I was offered one I'd be delighted, but wouldn't be all that pushed to spend 250 euro on one!

Oh, and yes: the loading times are ridiculously poor. I'd say a race in Wipeout takes the guts of a minute to load!

Pyongyang

TBH, it persuaded me to hold out a little longer until either more interesting software emerges or there's a price drop.

Agreed. I got to try one on Saturday and wasn't overwhelmed. Wipeout was the only game I played though and...

Oh, and yes: the loading times are ridiculously poor. I'd say a race in Wipeout takes the guts of a minute to load!

...this is a main reason for my feeling underwhelmed. The load times were so poor I asked if the Vita had crapped out on me.

I can hold off for a bit longer. Especially as the Cave game hasn't been announced yet.

DinoRex

I enjoyed Frobisher, which is a sort of poor man's Warioware.

There was one mini game where you had to squish little malla heads by squeezing the front and back of the console.

Didn't like the English accent on the thing giving me abuse though.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xHvTxoIJ9M

Hank Scorpio

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mega-Man-X3-Megaman-Super-Nintendo-SNES-Pal-Brand-New-/150756399552?pt=UK_PC_Video_Games_Video_Games_JS&hash=item2319c819c0

I know the game is rare but 30K GBP? :pac:

DinoRex

At least he's not trying to gouge you on delivery.

Hank Scorpio

DinoRex wrote: »

At least he's not trying to gouge you on delivery.

Funny stuff alright!

CiDeRmAn

Speaking of Retrogamer mag, seems I have the first 4 or 5 issues, no cover disks though
I wonder if they are worth anything?

Dr Bob

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Speaking of Retrogamer mag, seems I have the first 4 or 5 issues, no cover disks though
I wonder if they are worth anything?

about 20-30 quid believe it or not, based on what I've seen on ebay
the publisher that made them went bust after issue 18 , and a new crowd carried on from that point , so the early ones sell for more.
I'm missing the first one myself , but have 2-50 with most of the cover disks, and then most of 50-99.
Keep meaning to sell them but I figure I'd get the oul' "offer 5 euro I can get it cheaper on the ebays" on adverts.