Son Of General Retro Discussion

Myrddin

keithgeo wrote: »

Your right, cant believe i got that wrong!

I will congratulate my unnamed Star Trek source :rolleyes::D

Hank Scorpio

Does anyone know any reputable places to buy a modded snes with region free and 50/60hz mods? Thanks.

Retr0gamer

This guy usually has modded consoles. Postage can be a bit steep. Got my Saturn from him.

http://consolegoods.co.uk/

Mr.Saturn

nuxxx wrote: »

Does anyone know any reputable places to buy a modded snes with region free and 50/60hz mods? Thanks.

RetroGamer (the magazine not the poster here) usually recommends Console Passion:

http://www.consolepassion.co.uk/

Pyongyang

Either of those stores are great. Ordered from them both before.

DinoRex

I was talking to a girl at a party the other night and she'd played Great Gianna Sisters but had never played Super Mario Bros. Imagine that?

Retr0gamer

I always wanted to play the C64 version.

CiDeRmAn

DinoRex wrote: »

I was stalking a girl at a party the other night and imagined she'd played Great Gianna Sisters but had never played Super Mario Bros whilst abusing myself in the toilets, Imagine that?

Fixed it!

Jack burton

Yeah can I ask how the conversation got around to the great Gianna sisters?

And the obvious, what she of the hotness variety?

CathalDublin

nuxxx wrote: »

Does anyone know any reputable places to buy a modded snes with region free and 50/60hz mods? Thanks.

I've one coming up for trade if you've anything?
No joypads though

Andrew76

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I always wanted to play the C64 version.

Wasn't bad at all iirc.

/Edit: Eh, just to clarify, I had played SMB and am not a girl nor the person Dinorex was speaking to. :pac:

CiDeRmAn

Andrew76 wrote: »

Wasn't bad at all iirc.

/Edit: Eh, just to clarify, I had played SMB and am not a girl nor the person Dinorex was speaking to. :pac:

Well, he was likely to be very very drunk and so may gotten some of the details wrong, and you may have been in a frock at the time, talking about The Great Giana Sisters and SMB, easy to make a series of errors of memory whilst inebriated and get the story slighty skewed....


Oh, and thanks a bindle to all with the talk elsewhere about Raiden, I went and put a bid down on Raiden III for the PS2, a PAL copy, on eBay.fr and now have to hope to the gods that someone out bids me!

I only bid up to 40 euro after seeing it elsewhere for 200, but still, I don't have 40 euro!

Retr0gamer

Anyone know what power supply a PSOne takes. Got one cheap with no power supply. Please don't say a specific on to the PSOne

Retr0gamer

Looks like Resi 4 HD is a complete farce. Capcom just ported the PC version which was a cheap tacky port that removed all the atmospheric filters, lighting and effects. So a cheap tacky port of a cheap tacky port. Well doen Crapcom.

johnny_ultimate

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Anyone know what power supply a PSOne takes. Got one cheap with no power supply. Please don't say a specific on to the PSOne

It's one specific to the PSOne.

Actually, I haven't a clue. Just wanted to say that because you asked me not to.

Atavan-Halen

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Anyone know what power supply a PSOne takes. Got one cheap with no power supply. Please don't say a specific on to the PSOne

Well this is the one:

Retr0gamer

Grand seems pretty standard.

DinoRex

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I always wanted to play the C64 version.

Yep. I pretty sure I remember it being a lot of fun.

Lets not mention the crappy Amiga version ever again...

Oh and I managed to bag myself a CD32 of my own in the end...

Retr0gamer

Xenoblade is backin stock online.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Xenoblade

who was it I was checking for it here for? I went in and they were all gone, said they'd hold one for me if it came back but it's back in stock now
/fail/

Andrew76

Sera wrote: »

who was it I was checking for it here for? I went in and they were all gone, said they'd hold one for me if it came back but it's back in stock now
/fail/

It was o1s1n.

Atavan-Halen

Since when was Kula World on the PS1 so expensive?! Remeber it was on a demo and loved it so decided to have a look on ebay. Didn't expect to see it at the €40-50 mark

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

Andrew76 wrote: »

It was o1s1n.

atavan-halen wrote: »

Since when was Kula World on the PS1 so expensive?! Remember it was on a demo and loved it so decided to have a look on ebay. Didn't expect to see it at the €40-50 mark

dat demo
remember playing it in my cousins house, was MediEvil on that too or am I imagining?
When I was looking for K/W it was about €30 that was last September, got it in a shop in Cork for €20

Andrew76

Sera wrote: »

Hah! I was just killing time waiting for an ebay auction to end.

CiDeRmAn

Kula Worl has been an expensive PS1 game for years, I picked up mine for peanuts by chance but mostly it is a pricey title.
Looks great though, and plays well.
Kororinpa on the Wii does something similar but it's more a navigation game rather than the 3D spatial puzzles of Kula World.
Isn't it on PSN?

Watched FAQ about Time Travel last night, brilliant! I wonder if there is any chance of a sequel? FAQ about Parallel Universes?

Still winning the auction for Raiden III at the mo, scary stuff, fingers crossed I'll be trumped before the end.
Sometimes, just sometimes, I sit before the screen hoping against hope that someone will outbid me due to a foolhardy click on the "confirm bid" button!

Andrew76

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Still winning the auction for Raiden III at the mo, scary stuff, fingers crossed I'll be trumped before the end.
Sometimes, just sometimes, I sit before the screen hoping against hope that someone will outbid me due to a foolhardy click on the "confirm bid" button!

After watching some youtube vids I went and bought it last night also. In between not stalking Sera's posts. :pac:

DinoRex

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Watched FAQ about Time Travel last night, brilliant! I wonder if there is any chance of a sequel? FAQ about Parallel Universes?

Tried to watch that one night, but I didn't really take to it. It's no Hot Tub Time Machine.

Saw Attack the Block recently and it's really good, much better than the trailers made out.

GristlyEnd

I did a clear out of the top of my wardrobe over the weekend and found 1 x Nintendo 64 (US model), 2 x Gamecubes (purple & white), 1 x DSi, 1 x PSP, 1 x Gameboy (very old) & 1 x Wonderswan. Completely forgot that I had most of this stuff.

Can't find any of my games for the N64 though

o1s1n

Wehey! I'll see if I can pick up Xenoblade online now. Cheers Sera

Kula World is in the same boat as Tombi. Everyone played and loved the demo but never bought the damn game so it's now kinda rare and silly expensive.

johnny_ultimate

+1 on Attack the Block. Best genre film of the year; dare I suggest.

o1s1n

I can't buy Xenoblade from Play.com as the price is in sterling and I can only buy items priced in Euro?

**** that ****!

johnny_ultimate

o1s1n wrote: »

I can't buy Xenoblade from Play.com as the price is in sterling and I can only buy items priced in Euro?

**** that ****!

There should be a euro flag on the sidebar you can press. But as retro says, their exchange rate is a load of balls.

Retr0gamer

Your first mistake is using play.com. You have to buy from them in euro using their rape time exchange rate which doubles the sterling price. Use a decent place like amazon or one of the hut groups sellers like sendit or zavvi.

Pyongyang

o1s1n wrote: »

I can't buy Xenoblade from Play.com as the price is in sterling and I can only buy items priced in Euro?

**** that ****!

<britmode>God save the pound!</britmode>

:D:D:D

o1s1n

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

There should be a euro flag on the sidebar you can press. But as retro says, their exchange rate is a load of balls.

HAaha! So there is. Thanks for that

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Your first mistake is using play.com. You have to buy from them in euro using their rape time exchange rate which doubles the sterling price. Use a decent place like amazon or one of the hut groups sellers like sendit or zavvi.

Hmm. They're quoting me €37.49 for the game including free postage. The XE conversion rate says it should be €34.40.

Tried Zavii as a comparison. Including postage it came to €38.16. Seeing as Play.com has free postage it seems to be the cheaper option.

edit - got that ordered just now anyway. How I will find the time to play it, I don't know!

DinoRex

o1s1n wrote: »

HAaha! So there is. Thanks for that



Hmm. They're quoting me €37.49 for the game including free postage. The XE conversion rate says it should be €34.40.

Tried Zavii as a comparison. Including postage it came to €38.16. Seeing as Play.com has free postage it seems to be the cheaper option!

yeah... their free postage isn't really free... looks like they roll it into the exchange rate.

Dr Bob

arrgh bollocks!!
Managed to buy an AV cable from a frickin UK seller who doesnt ship here.
Had two windows open and just spotted I clicked on the wrong one..gaah!
Just sent him an apologizing message bascially asking if he can withdraw the offer or post it for something reasonable...f£$k!!!
probably going to be waiting feckin days for him to respond

Atavan-Halen

o1s1n wrote: »

Wehey! I'll see if I can pick up Xenoblade online now. Cheers Sera

Kula World is in the same boat as Tombi. Everyone played and loved the demo but never bought the damn game so it's now kinda rare and silly expensive.

Thankfully the US and Jap copies of the game are cheaper, as in posted for under €20. Might have to pick one up! Itching to play it again!

CiDeRmAn

There are a bunch of PS1 games I must pick up, Motorhead is one I must pick up, one of the first PS games to appear on PSN afaik.

johnny_ultimate

Yeah picked up kula world on psn during one of the sales. Good fun but haven't played it enough. An interesting early take on 3d puzzling: Mario Galaxy owes a lot to it.

CiDeRmAn

I'd have to differ, aside from the point of view not sure there is a lot in common between the two.

Kula World represents a genre that seems to have migrated over to the smart phones, although the dowloadable market places on the home consoles have seen them return to their origin point to a certain extent.

Kurushi is another example of this, simple stylised visuals, fiendish gameplay.
The VR missions in the extra disk for MGS is in the club too.

Retr0gamer

I'd be surprised if the main players behind mario galaxy had heard of kula world let alone palyed it.

johnny_ultimate

Well more so the spatial shifts - might not be influenced, but surprising to see the idea being used so convincingly a decade before Mario Galaxy would popularise it

Obviously Nintendo took such spatial ****ery to new, brilliant extremes. But Kula World is one of those games that idea wise took a while to be replicated and built upon by others, consciously or not.

DinoRex

I bet none of you have one of these:

Retr0gamer

SMG was a long time comping cnsidering it started as the mario 128 demo to show of the gamecube.

CathalDublin

Can anyone recommend someone who repairs Game PCB's?
Spent the whole afternoon on this board but am not having much luck, Definitely needs a professional to have a look, I don't mind posting anywhere in europe.
Oh its a Ghosts N Goblins Bootleg if anyones wondering
Cheers

SdoowSirhc

http://cgi.ebay.ie/7-android-2-3-Wifi-Pc-Tablet-3G-Hdmi-Pad-keyboard-/180720389083?pt=UK_iPad_Tablets_eReaders&hash=item2a13c64bdb


does anybody know if this could handle the SNES emulator at full speed? Maybe even the psx one?:o

Retr0gamer

It will handle normal emulators but not a chance of it running BSNES. As for PSX it should work but my advice is to not bother with PS1 emulation unless you really can't get a chipped original machine.

SdoowSirhc

Retr0gamer wrote: »

It will handle normal emulators but not a chance of it running BSNES. As for PSX it should work but my advice is to not bother with PS1 emulation unless you really can't get a chipped original machine.

I really just waant something with multi touch and flash that can run games at normal speed and SNESoid and gameboid

Recommend any other tabs under 150?

johnny_ultimate

Any good 'US only' games knocking around at the moment? 'rents are over there and might send them ask them to pop into the local game store if there's anything worthwhile. I was going to go with Persona 2, but we're getting a prettier edition so may as well stall for that.

Disgaea 4 is a possibility actually...