The Revenge of the Post Here When You Get Something New thread

johnny_ultimate

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Where, pray tell?
Was it in a bricks and mortar store??
Must pick up one of the dead cheap copies of Madworld as well, to act as prelude!

Yeah, Smyths! GameStop were charging an extra fiver for the privilege of owning it.

CiDeRmAn

I'm already there!
Nice, spending money on games has never been so worth every penny!

OwaynOTT

Ah balls!
That 3DO I was to collect tonight doesn't seem to be working as it cannot read any discs. Looks like my search will continue.

Steve X2

Retr0gamer wrote: »

If it was the CD drive I could replace that like I did with the CDi but it's a video problem, it just does not output any video which is a much bigger and more complicated problem. I'll give him a bit longer to get back to me.

Well, my offer is still there should you not get sorted with the seller and just want to sell it on for parts.

pdbhp

not retro but i got Everybodys golf on ps vita for €12.99 in argos.

CiDeRmAn

12.99 for something that'll engage you for 12.99 minutes..... more gameplay in Battlefield 3!
At least you can trade it in for €8 or something in Gamestop on Monday!

pdbhp

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

12.99 for something that'll engage you for 12.99 minutes..... more gameplay in Battlefield 3!
At least you can trade it in for €8 or something in Gamestop on Monday!

Actually it's pretty good game considering its golf.
it looks and plays good. For 12.99 ye cant go wrong.

Retr0gamer

Everybody's Golf is a brilliant series, 12.99 is a bargain.

CiDeRmAn

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Everybody's Golf is a brilliant series, 12.99 is a bargain.

He never says that about anything I bought...
Oh no...
But someone buys a golf game and....
I just don't think you love me anymore!!!




Actually, I had that game on the PS and PSP, good fun and worth the money.
Hey, sure I bought Fire Warrior, what do I know!

Retr0gamer

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

He never says that about anything I bought...
Oh no...
But someone buys a golf game and....
I just don't think you love me anymore!!!




Actually, I had that game on the PS and PSP, good fun and worth the money.
Hey, sure I bought Fire Warrior, what do I know!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDYtMt5IJpg

CiDeRmAn

Love that song, brings me back to my twenties, that was my age, rather than the decade, before some of you mention it!

CiDeRmAn

Hmm, got a €40 universal voucher for the old birthday today, picked up the following for my troubles,
Rub Rabbits and Rhythm Paradise for the DS, both €7 each, less 25% in the sale in HMV.
Also got Metroid:Another M, for completeness sake, for feck all in the same sale.
I was heading for the register when I spotted a third party cover for the Wii Balance Board, for €12.99, only when I looked closer it was an actual 3rd party Wii Balance Board! I'd not seen one before and I don't have one in the collection so picked it up, was the only one they had so happy days.
I then picked up Nights for the Wii in Smyths for a fiver!
So, not bad overall!
I had plans to buy Ridge Racer Unbounded and Anarchy Reigns but I reckon I'm better placed with the items I got, seeing as Wii and DS stuff are starting to thin out a bit as the successor consoles take root.

Oh, and in other Birthday news Kerbdog gave me the BAS Arcade Cab..... I'll just let that sink in a bit.....


Thanks Kerbdog!
My son is yours to do any menial slave labour around the house and garden, just say the word!

o1s1n

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Oh, and in other Birthday news Kerbdog gave me the BAS Arcade Cab..... I'll just let that sink in a bit.....


Thanks Kerbdog!
My son is yours to do any menial slave labour around the house and garden, just say the word!

:eek:

Finally!!!! Nice one man, delighted for ya!

I assume you have a spot for it downstairs? Or will a crane be coming out to lift it into the attic?! :pac:

CiDeRmAn

The better half wants it upstairs by the summer alright, not sure if it's feasible, these things don't look like they disassemble too easy.
Might have to winch it through a window up there..... could be a nightmare!
Of course, all it takes is for the cab to live in the room beneath, opposite the PC, nice and quiet, not bothering anyone.... assimilating into the house..... and there it may stay, who knows!
On a brighter note, the pink jamma cart works fine on it, but the Street Fighter games are a disgrace on it, very slow.
That's ok, as I'm not a fan, so I'll stick to the Capcom shmups instead, so Progear, here we come!!

Dr Bob

..not as illustrious as the PC engine club , or the Arcade Cab club , hell! even the 3d0 club (..but waay better than the CDI club) , I'm in the Phillips Videopac club


nabbed this today , promised most of the games to sparks43 (sadly no boulderdash), as I'm more of a VCS man myself and they'll get better use! .
I'd never realised it was a rebadged Magnavox Odyssey² though..

CosmicSmash

Dr Bob wrote: »

nabbed this today , promised most of the games to sparks43 (gladly no boulderdash), as I'm more of a VCS man myself and they'll get better use! .
I'd never realised it was a rebadged Magnavox Odyssey² though..

o1s1n

Check it out, I got a second AES...with all the Metal Slug carts!!!

>_>

<_<

Jack burton

Honey I blew up the wicker chair!

Mr.Saturn

Jack burton wrote: »

Honey I blew up the wicker chair!

And there was me hoping he lived in Pretzeland.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

This came this morning, it's so comfy

http://www.qwertee.com/product/adventure-kong/

Burkey0

First world (retro) problems, too many boxed N64 games in comparison to my boxed SNES games (my preference)! Life's a beach

Hear triffic things about Rocket Knight Adventures there

OwaynOTT

Nice! So easy to get great condition boxed n64 games unlike that basta@d Snes!

Also castlevania, good man.

deathrider

Picked up this wee haul today. Decided to give Crash Bandicoot another try, though I'm not really a big fan. Also, feckin' delighted with Tenchu: Stealth Assassins. I loved that hasn't back in the day.

MrVestek

deathrider wrote: »

Picked up this wee haul today. Decided to give Crash Bandicoot another try, though I'm not really a big fan. Also, feckin' delighted with Tenchu: Stealth Assassins. I loved that hasn't back in the day.

Shadow The Hedgehog? Seriously? Blerrrgh...

deathrider

Achilles wrote: »

Shadow The Hedgehog? Seriously? Blerrrgh...

It was either Shadow or Fifa if I wanted to score them for a tenner. It would have cost me more without it.

deathrider

Just brought Shadow The Hedgehog for a spin... Yes, it is very sh1te indeed.

murphyebass

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Seriously, just get the consolegoods cable. You might save a few euro on a AV composite cable but that few euro could have gotten you a huge increase in graphical fidelity on every N64 game you will play. AV composite, particularly on the N64 looks terrible. It will be the best thing you will buy for your N64.

Also the only place that makes PAL N64 s-video cables is consolegoods so you will have to buy it there, but as I said, if you are going to stick with a PAL console it will be the best purchase you will make.

Finally got around to hooking up the N64 last night with that horrible AV cable I got with it. The picture is horrible on the flat screen with it. Incredibly grainy and horrible presumably because its a flat screen telly and not one of the old box type.

Anyway I just emailed the guy from consolegoods to get the S-Video cable. Its just under 10pounds sterling but looking at the incredibly poor picture quality last night I havent got a choice so I hope this works and its not the console being kinda broken or something else.

Any idea on how quick the turn around time is with the guy from consolegoods?? I just emailed him a minute ago with my order, how I want to pay and the postal address. So I assume he comes back to me and then when my payment clears he sends it. Hope I wont be waiting a week or two.

On the positive side even with the horrible horrible picture I was able to play a bit of Lylat Wars. Seriously why did they not make more of these games. It was a masterpiece.

And played a game of ISS 64. I used to love this game. Turned it off cause the quality was so bad. But hearing the commentary took me back. goal goal GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!

Burkey0

deathrider wrote: »

Just brought Shadow The Hedgehog for a spin... Yes, it is very sh1te indeed.

Never seen a game so accurately summed up in one picture

Some of the music is good imo, like Circus Park and Digital Circuit and the other grunge-y stuff. That's it really. Always got stuck on some ARK level where you'd to take out 35 artificial Chaos, could only ever get 34

Damn! Not here!

Myrddin

murphyebass wrote: »

I hope this works and its not the console being kinda broken or something else

Only an N64 could make its owner feel the display is that bad that it could be broken

Seriously though, its both a combination of using AV with a flatscreen tv. The s-video should really improve things, but after that the only improvement will be to pick up a cheap or free crt tv & use it with that. Even an RGB modded N64 won't be at its full potential on a flatscreen.

You can of course buy a chain of scalers & scanline generators...but save yourself the headache & cost, if you have the room, pick up a crt. Anything between 21 & 25" should be sweet, 4:3 of course.

Dr Bob

VGcats summed it up pretty well when it came out..