Son Of General Retro Discussion

Retr0gamer

The Great Chinholio wrote: »

Well I cant let the best rpg ever stay uncompleted can I?

It's not even close to to the best.

GGGGGGRRRRRRRRAAAAWWWWRRRR!!!!!

o1s1n

Retr0gamer wrote: »

It's not even close to to the best.

GGGGGGRRRRRRRRAAAAWWWWRRRR!!!!!

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

The Great Chinholio wrote: »

Well I cant let the best rpg ever stay uncompleted can I?

/runs

Retr0gamer wrote: »

It's not even close to to the best.

GGGGGGRRRRRRRRAAAAWWWWRRRR!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CbfBvnGrZ0

Professey Chin

I think I broke him.....

Retr0gamer

I'm coming around to your house to shove a copy of Chrono Trigger down your throat, the crappy PS1 port as well so you won't even gain a nice version for your pain.

CiDeRmAn

You tell him Retr0!
Everyone knows that the hip cats are playing LoD!

Anyways, Square are better at making horizontal shumps, just the one but the perfect over at that

Retr0gamer

Dear Square Enix:

More Einhander, less Kingdom Hearts.


Actually, Kingdom Hearts.... I've never seen a game series go so downhill in all my life. It started as a bit of fanservice where disney characters and FF charactersd fought together and now has become the most convoluted mess of a story ever with the FF and Disney characters taking a back seat to a bunch of emo's. In fact I'd go so far as the to say that the story in Kingdom Hearts is far and away the worst thing ever written by man, and I'll include erotic fanfiction there as well because KH is basically.

Still, they're kind of fun in a guilty way even if you end up with a red head forehead from facepalming at the cutscenes.

The Last Bandit

Here's the Expedia unit after adding another row of shelves. Bought a smaller expedia unit and gutted it as this avoided a lot of extra woodwork and painting. Added a strip of hardboard to the back of 4x4 addon as well to stop carts falling down the back.
Baskets across the bottom are great for controllers and power bricks etc..

Not sure what the fill the 3DO sized hole on the left with yet

Steve X2

What's the best eeprom programmer to get for general use with various arcade pcb's?
I know this was discussed before but I cant remember the model that someone posted that they used.

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Hank Scorpio

Won Contra 3 for 10 pounds on ebay, been on the lookout for it for a good while! Delighted.. Also won Super Mario advance for 99p :pac:

Steve X2

Small update on the new Neo-Geo portable, now called the "Neo-Geo X".

http://www.shacknews.com/article/72916/neo-geo-portable-coming-q2



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Myrddin

Steve SI wrote: »

Small update on the new Neo-Geo portable, now called the "Neo-Geo X".

http://www.shacknews.com/article/72916/neo-geo-portable-coming-q2



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Does the X stand for the amount in thousands its gonna cost?

Steve X2

EnterNow wrote: »

Does the X stand for the amount in thousands its gonna cost?

Yes, very telling that they still haven't mentioned a price. They have said they want to make it more affordable and available to a wider audience. I predict it will cost no more than €149.99, if it does then it wont sell well. If they can get it to 89.99 then it's happy days.

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Myrddin

Steve SI wrote: »

I predict it will cost no more than €149.99, if it does then it wont sell well. If they can get it to 89.99 then it's happy days.

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€89.99 would be a definite buy for me. Just hard to see anything labelled as Neo Geo being that cheap

Steve X2

EnterNow wrote: »

€89.99 would be a definite buy for me. Just hard to see anything labelled as Neo Geo being that cheap

But it's built by Blaze so there is a chance it'll come in under €100(their stuff is usually cheapish, but also feels it). But i just have a feeling its going to be €149.99. If it hits €200 then most people will skip it me thinks.

Edit:
If they can build this for £39.99 and make a profit then they should be able to build a much higher quality product for a few quid more and still keep it under £100 sterling at least.


http://www.blazeeurope.com/blaze-sega-megadrive-ultimate-handheld-super-street-fighter-ii-edition/prod_157.html


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Myrddin

Steve SI wrote: »

But it's built by Blaze so there is a chance it'll come in under €100(their stuff is usually cheapish, but also feels it).

Yep agreed. The price tag will have to be a nice payoff between affordability, reliability & useability. I can't see it coming cheap, & if it does, it'll be for a reason

Retr0gamer

Just get an MVS. Much better value for money.

CiDeRmAn

And it has an SD card slot...
Oh bugger, I think I just...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pXfHLUlZf4

Andrew76

Steve SI wrote: »

But it's built by Blaze so there is a chance it'll come in under €100(their stuff is usually cheapish, but also feels it). But i just have a feeling its going to be €149.99. If it hits €200 then most people will skip it me thinks.

Edit:
If they can build this for £39.99 and make a profit then they should be able to build a much higher quality product for a few quid more and still keep it under £100 sterling at least.


http://www.blazeeurope.com/blaze-sega-megadrive-ultimate-handheld-super-street-fighter-ii-edition/prod_157.html


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Blaze being the manufacturer - is that a good or bad thing though? Are those cheapy handheld things they make actually any good? Does anyone here use one?

We're already into Q2 and no mention of a price or any videos of it in action online? Dodgy.

Steve X2

Andrew76 wrote: »

Blaze being the manufacturer - is that a good or bad thing though? Are those cheapy handheld things they make actually any good? Does anyone here use one?

We're already into Q2 and no mention of a price or any videos of it in action online? Dodgy.

I have a couple of their hand helds and one of their standard consoles.
Build quality is generally low, screen quality on the hand helds is a joke and the abilities of the emulation is certainly not great.

But if they're willing to put the effort in and have a larger budget to spend per machine they could manufacture something decent, I think/hope.

Edit:
http://www.retrovia.ie/showthread.php/8588-Blaze-AtGames-Sega-Megadrive-handheld
I replaced the screen on this one and you can see the cheapness of the case.


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CiDeRmAn

Hey, got the head thumped off me in work this morning, part of the job but still came as a surprise!
Only caught the top of my head with a few punches so my looks are unaffected!

Myrddin

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Hey, got the head thumped off me in work this morning, part of the job but still came as a surprise!
Only caught the top of my head with a few punches so my looks are unaffected!

Never a good idea to work with your spouse. Were you caught ordering video games again

CiDeRmAn

Nope, trying to get blood off a guy, bang bang bang...
Lotsa paper work!

Pyongyang

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Nope, trying to get blood off a guy

Was he saying Darius was crap? :P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLD8ojYeKkw

Doge

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Nope, trying to get blood off a guy, bang bang bang...
Lotsa paper work!

Sorry to hear that man. Was it the patient himself that attacked?

A bad incident happened down in Cork University Hospital lately
A man went crazy and attacked nurses with an iron bar I think, they had to lock themselves into a room which he then tried to break down with a fire extinguisher.

Took a while for security to arrive, as there's possible less on due to cut backs.

Must be a tough place to work during a recession.

pdbhp

People of the internets I summon you to tell me the best Wii games.
Got one earlier and need to know, I have not being paying attention to the wii in the last few years so am out of the loop so to speak.:D

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

pdbhp wrote: »

People of the internets I summon you to tell me the best Wii games.
Got one earlier and need to know, I have not being paying attention to the wii in the last few years so am out of the loop so to speak.:D

Fragile :pac:

Pyongyang

pdbhp wrote: »

People of the internets I summon you to tell me the best Wii games.

pdbhp

Sera wrote: »

Fragile :pac:

Looks good, never heard of it though. Is it available in PAL...

pdbhp

Feck this how shall I go about soft modding my Wii

pdbhp

@Pyongyang that Milestone Shooting Collection is not that expensive, I was expecting it to be astronomical in price... I am happy:)

Retr0gamer

Pyongyang wrote: »

Or alternatively he could buy some good games. I hate Milestone shmups!

johnny_ultimate

Zak and Wiki is a joy, confined to bargain bins for years. Don't let the cutesy visuals turn you off a very clever puzzler.

Also: Sin & Punishment 2, No More Heroes... Also all those Nintendo ones.

Doge

Edit: it was the wrong fupping link, fixed now:

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

Retr0gamer

I'd recommend Fragile Dreams, one of the most emotionally involving games this generation and criminally ignored. The combat is crap but narratively it makes up for it amazingly as well as the visuals. Ico-esque:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENhS2lhNk-c

Also Opoona. A very unfairly ignored RPG which is a bit like Earthbound. amazing soundtrack:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w28MrqoEY7I

Plenty of other great games on it, it's a great console for the niche stuff. I'd recommend Endless Ocean, A boy and his blob, Batman Brave and the Bold, Boom Blox, Muramasa and Little Kings Story.

Also Xenoblade is the best JRPG since Persona 4.

DinoRex

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Hey, got the head thumped off me in work this morning, part of the job but still came as a surprise!
Only caught the top of my head with a few punches so my looks are unaffected!

You've really got to stop telling patients that Streets of Rage is a big bag of sh*te.

CiDeRmAn

Something on Teefury for the Poké-fans out there..

pdbhp

Thanks gents for all the replies, gonna go hit up the shops today and see whats about, pity Game is gone cos they were practically giving the games away a few weeks ago:(

Atavan-Halen

pdbhp wrote: »

Thanks gents for all the replies, gonna go hit up the shops today and see whats about, pity Game is gone cos they were practically giving the games away a few weeks ago:(

I still miss game =\

martineatworld

pdbhp wrote: »

Feck this how shall I go about soft modding my Wii

I just used some random guide on the Internet, can't remember the exact one. Very very worthwhile though!

safetyboy

Modmii does it all for you

http://gbatemp.net/topic/207126-modmii-for-windows-official-support-topic/

DinoRex

a5y

Just got sniped on 3 2 auctions for Saturn games. May well be 3...

Same guy each time. Nothing rare or uncommon, but the combined packaging rate was £1 extra per item.

Its high time I started buying NTSC anyway. Thanks auction sniper guy.:D

Mr.Saturn

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Zak and Wiki is a joy, confined to bargain bins for years. Don't let the cutesy visuals turn you off a very clever puzzler.

Also: Sin & Punishment 2, No More Heroes... Also all those Nintendo ones.

Rememer that bried period in 2009 where Zak and Wiki was coming to the end of its first print run, so game stores were offering quite a bit for it in trade, on the assumption it was going to be rare?

Yeah, not so much.

In regards to Wii titles worth your time:

Tatsunoko vs Capcom. Awesome tag-fighter, bit of a throwback . You can pick up a stick for it quite cheaply too.

All of the Sega lightgun offerings go ways to justifying the Wiimote's existence.

pdbhp

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

Rememer that bried period in 2009 where Zak and Wiki was coming to the end of its first print run, so game stores were offering quite a bit for it in trade, on the assumption it was going to be rare?

Yeah, not so much.

In regards to Wii titles worth your time:

Tatsunoko vs Capcom. Awesome tag-fighter, bit of a throwback . You can pick up a stick for it quite cheaply too.

All of the Sega lightgun offerings go ways to justifying the Wiimote's existence.

I've been looking for TvC yesterday as I seen the stick and game about a month ago for €35 in HMV alas it's gone now:(

When I last had a Wii I had a Sega light gun game it was reasonable and cheap enough so I'll be on the look out for any of them.

Was gonna pick up Links Crossbow Training aswell, is it any use?

Doge

Interesting little feature here on the Best and Worst voice samples used in old video games:

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

Brought to you by a rather young sounding presenter called Rinry.

Doge

This feature on Video Game Box Art is pretty good too, probably worth subscribing and watching the other videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMFoD1JAdS4

Mr.Saturn

pdbhp wrote: »

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

Rememer that bried period in 2009 where Zak and Wiki was coming to the end of its first print run, so game stores were offering quite a bit for it in trade, on the assumption it was going to be rare?

Yeah, not so much.

In regards to Wii titles worth your time:

Tatsunoko vs Capcom. Awesome tag-fighter, bit of a throwback . You can pick up a stick for it quite cheaply too.

All of the Sega lightgun offerings go ways to justifying the Wiimote's existence.

I've been looking for TvC yesterday as I seen the stick and game about a month ago for €35 in HMV alas it's gone now:(

When I last had a Wii I had a Sega light gun game it was reasonable and cheap enough so I'll be on the look out for any of them.

Was gonna pick up Links Crossbow Training aswell, is it any use?

It's pretty much a tech/hardware demo for the Wii/Zapper. It's a fun lightgun/mini-game thing, but best picked up on the cheap.

Jack burton

waveform wrote: »

Interesting little feature here on the Best and Worst voice samples used in old video games:

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

Brought to you by a rather young sounding presenter called Rinry.

I love Rinry!!!!!!!!!

Steve X2

A little something for the hipsters, you know who you are



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