Son Of General Retro Discussion

pdbhp

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

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.

Watched it on youtube earlier, looks crap gonna give it a miss.

Gonna get Batman the Brave & the Bold, Sin & Punishment when I get some dollars next week.

Hank Scorpio

I picked up a good few NTSC snes carts for a modded snes I'm due to receive next week. Do you think the best option is to cut up the snes and be done with it? Or buy an adapter, or just use the pcb's and leave them in their cases when not being used? I'd say the NTSC carts make up like 2% of my collection and I'd rather not hack the hell of the cartridge slot...

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

pdbhp wrote: »

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

ask Retr0 v he mentioned it too (and actually played it) *doesn't have a Wii >:*

Retr0gamer wrote: »

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

DinoRex

Steve SI wrote: »

A little something for[IMG][/IMG] the hipsters, you know who you are



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Retr0gamer

You've got to love Legend of Dragoons fanbase. One of them just commented on a review I did on my blog ages ago:

'fag LOD is the best rpg of its time, maybe second to FFVII'

I should thank him for backing up everything I said about the game.

Retr0gamer

pdbhp wrote: »

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

It did get a PAL release, never seen it in the shops but it should be cheap on amazon, I got it there.

DinoRex

Really loving Legend of Grimrock. On the 4th level now.

Also... f*ck these spiders!

Myrddin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIuLVveE6wI

OwaynOTT

Weekend in the retro forum



All too busy to post.

Monday morning back to work



Time to go on boards.

Andrew76

DinoRex wrote: »

Really loving Legend of Grimrock. On the 4th level now.

Also... f*ck these spiders!

Still on lvl 2 as I haven't got back to it yet. Do you have a Mage in your group? Are they useful as they skill up? Mine only have Fire spell atm.

DinoRex

Well that fire spell is pretty damn useful when going up against a group of enemies as it will hit all four at the same time while your warriors can only hit one at a time.

Those giant spiders are buggers for poisoning you so have a poison shield spell is very handy.

The puzzles get really tricky too... stuck on level 5 arsing around with a teleporter and haven't a clue what I'm doing.

o1s1n

This game is great! Just started it an hour ago. Down to level 2. Walked into a room and got mangled by three guys with spears.

A mage seems like a must this early on. That fire spell is a godsend.

DinoRex

My minotaur is seriously tough now. Many a time he's left fighting on his own with all the other guys dead and still manages to pull through.

o1s1n

Is there a way of bringing people back to life? For some reason I was thinking it was one of those 'when they're dead, they're dead' cases and reloaded an earlier save.

DinoRex

If you get to a crystal.

Sometimes this involves a lot of back tracking, even to a previous floor too. But in general once monsters are dead they stay dead. I've only encountered respawning once and that was because you needed the monsters to solve a puzzle.

CiDeRmAn

DinoRex wrote: »

If you get to a crystal.

Sometimes this involves a lot of back tracking, even to a previous floor too. But in general once monsters are dead they stay dead. I've only encountered respawning once and that was because you needed the monsters to solve a puzzle.

What a bunch of nerds!

Next you'll be sharing Risk stories! "And then I threw a six!"

Retr0gamer

I bought my first D20 on the weekend. There's no going back for me.

johnny_ultimate

Name Change Request:

Arcade & Retro & Magic The Gathering Forum

Also a "Nerd or GTFO" warning should be added to the charter, and user access should be determined by die rolls.

Andrew76

DinoRex wrote: »

If you get to a crystal.

Sometimes this involves a lot of back tracking, even to a previous floor too. But in general once monsters are dead they stay dead. I've only encountered respawning once and that was because you needed the monsters to solve a puzzle.

Apparently getting a Crystal will also regen all party health? Haven't tested it out yet.

DinoRex

Yep. You can use them multiple times too. Reading reviews it seems a lot of people seemed to have missed the point of the crystals.

I'm pretty sure I found a note by the first one that explained them.

I don't think they help with hunger though, which I get a feeling is going be a much bigger issue as you get further into the dungeon.

Atavan-Halen

I bumped into mr ultimate in the rage only moments ago. Sadly we're no longer welcome there as a vicious brawl broke out over the last copy of superman on the N64.

DinoRex

Yikes. The guy who won the voucher in there today looks like Bob from Twin Peaks.

johnny_ultimate

They had a copy of Paper Mario GC on prominent display for 49.95 with 'rare!' on the pricetag.

Wasnt completely convinced since they had at least two other copies hidden behind other games :pac:

Atavan-Halen

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

They had a copy of Paper Mario GC on prominent display for 49.95 with 'rare!' on the pricetag.

Wasnt completely convinced since they had at least two other copies hidden behind other games :pac:

I counted 3.

Myrddin

atavan-halen wrote: »

I bumped into mr ultimate in the rage only moments ago. Sadly we're no longer welcome there as a vicious brawl broke out over the last copy of superman on the N64 fedora

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DinoRex

I'd watch the hell out of Sextroid!

CiDeRmAn

I think that the Irish Association of Optometrists would take issue with the Condemned C**shots cover!
I was going to look for a Bayonetta inspired cover but figure the real game is titillating enough!
I too would rent the Metroid one, to my shame...

Andrew76

DinoRex wrote: »

Yep. You can use them multiple times too. Reading reviews it seems a lot of people seemed to have missed the point of the crystals.

I'm pretty sure I found a note by the first one that explained them.

I don't think they help with hunger though, which I get a feeling is going be a much bigger issue as you get further into the dungeon.

It seems some folk were only saving their progress using those Crystals too? Feck that, I'm saving after every successful mob defeat using the menu. Actually I must read the manual see if it explains more, downloaded it from gog but forgot to look at it.

Andrew76

EnterNow wrote: »

I bumped into mr ultimate in the rage only moments ago. Sadly we're no longer welcome there as a vicious brawl broke out over the last copy of superman on the N64 fedora

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Oh dear, the first time I read that I thought you were talking about the Linux distro, not the hat!
Probably still equally applies to them though. :pac:

johnny_ultimate

DinoRex wrote: »

I'd watch the hell out of Sextroid!

For the narrative and character development, I'm sure

Also we should make our own: DinoSex.

Atavan-Halen

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Also we should make our own: DinoSex.

With those cavewomen with the whips and barney, it'll be an instant hit!

pdbhp

Retr0gamer wrote: »

It did get a PAL release, never seen it in the shops but it should be cheap on amazon, I got it there.

Just saw it on Amazon myself, seems the place to go for a lot of Wii games since the shops are totally shít

Retr0gamer

I've not finished the game myself but I had someone from boards thank me for recommending it to him. Said the combat was rubbish but the narrative and atmosphere made it one of the best gaming experiences ever and the ending was magnificent. Must play it myself... but bloody xenoblade is so long!

johnny_ultimate

atavan-halen wrote: »

With those cavewomen with the whips and barney, it'll be an instant hit!

They could let out the infamous DinoRex screech during climax!

RAAAWWWWRRR!

pdbhp

Does anybody know how to buy games in the 3DS shop using my stars balance, I can't figure out how to do it:(

Retr0gamer

You can't. You can trade them for Wii points but they haven't implimented a way to trade them for 3DS points yet.

pdbhp

Says here I can, prob shít though but I want to try it.

Edit: seems to only be in the USofA horrible fat bastárds the lot of them:(


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johnny_ultimate

Realised the DinoRex screech wasn't on youtube.

It is now. For all your pornography editing needs.

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

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Realised the DinoRex screech wasn't on youtube.

It was in my music folder somehow and I had it on shuffle when I was carrying loads of stuff ... ,'`(T^T)`',

CiDeRmAn

Ah, that noise, it brings back such memories of folk playing Dinorex at 2am in, well, Dinorex's house!
What a muck game!

Retr0gamer

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Ah, that noise, it brings back such memories of folk playing Dinorex at 2am in, well, Dinorex's house!
What a muck game!

Wash your mouth out with soap!

a5y

Wow.

Was DinoRex's development led by George Lucas when he decided the world needed a prequel for Primal Rage after being inspired by what a foley artist did with only a broken windscreen wiper?

And if that is the case why haven't I seen merchandise, eh?

johnny_ultimate

DinoRex was created when God had intercoursal relations with a velociraptor. It was an illegitimate birth, and God didn't want to piss off the T-Rex, so he banished his offspring to Earth where an employee of Taito found it on a pillow outside the company offices. Mistaking it for a burrito - DinoRex is Japanese for burrito - he tried to microwave it but the microwave was stopped by divine intervention when only the sound chip had partially melted. Realising his mistake, the employee instead released the game. It languished in obscurity until a bunch of drunken Irish oafs discovered it one eve and formed a small but passionate cult to celebrate its existence.

This is the word of RAWWWWRRR.

CiDeRmAn

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

DinoRex was created when God had intercoursal relations with a velociraptor. It was an illegitimate birth, and God didn't want to piss off the T-Rex, so he banished his offspring to Earth where an employee of Taito found it on a pillow outside the company offices. Mistaking it for a burrito - DinoRex is Japanese for burrito - he tried to microwave it but the microwave was stopped by divine intervention when only the sound chip had partially melted. Realising his mistake, the employee instead released the game. It languished in obscurity until a bunch of drunken Irish oafs discovered it one eve and formed a small but passionate cult to celebrate its existence.

This is the word of the RAWWWWRRR.

Amen hipster brother, Amen....

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

More people will see it here, so posting it here.

One of my friends is selling a black 3DS with a case, cleaning cloth and spare stylus for £100 including postage, it has all the NES/GBA ambassador games on it. You can contact him on FB here, say you saw it on boards of mention me

Steve X2

Leonard Nimoy demonstrates Magnavision LaserDisc Player

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o1s1n

That's brilliant! If not for the talking plastic bag, I'd be sold.

Hank Scorpio

anyone know the going rate for a snes in the rage? Cheers!

Retr0gamer

Went on a half asleep spending spree last night. Weird.

Woke up to find I had bough aliens infestation for the DS. It's going for an absolute steal on amazon.co.uk, something like £8.99. I should let sleep deprived retr0 do my shopping more often.

Myrddin

nuxxx wrote: »

anyone know the going rate for a snes in the rage? Cheers!

About three fiddy