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

OwaynOTT

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My favourite cases by far, love them little guys



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Oh god!!!! Must be coherent but @! $#+?♡♥¿ lovely cardboard@#$× gawd! Want major want.

Jeez there lovely. Time to sell off all my pal gamecube games and go jp whilst simultaneously exchanging pal snes for us snes.
Thank gawd I started on jp Saturn.

CiDeRmAn

I bought the GC at the Japanese launch and it still irks that European gamers just didn't get the machine, people who dissed Luigis Mansion! Even when Biohazard was released they still didn't get it, I'll warrant that amongst those with such a narrow view of gaming that they have only ever played a console with a PS or Xbox logo on have never played the incredible remake of the PS classic. Probably still think Resi 4 was launched on the PS2 as well, worthless numptys!

CosmicSmash

Achilles wrote: »

I picked up Resident Evil: Code Veronica X in a charity shop not too long ago for 50c.

I feel violated, think I paid a euro.:mad: I'm guilty of having it on jap DC and pal GC too both of which I got off lads on here. I wouldn't mind but it's not the greatest. Had to get the last one to finish the set on GC I think there's 6 in all. RE4 is definitely in the my top 5 games of all time, shame it all went downhill after it. I'm hoping the upcoming 360 Revelations will get things back on track. The 3ds version is addictive and the raid mode is good if you just want to pass a bit of time. The real goal on the ghost ship is a nice touch and a decent challange.

To reiterate how bad pal dc artwork is.
[IMG][/img]http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/4/p1020585j.jpg/

CiDeRmAn

It was the Santry branch.
They had tons of them in stock.
FYI, the smart phone pouch fits Snoopy Tennis great, happy days!

Not really something new, but found a Taito X set of roms, four of them, going to try to make the attendant emulator work within Hyperspin.
Every time I get close to finishing tidying that up another wrinkle appears!

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

Hadn't got any games in ages, Chibi Robo PP came this morning!

Andrew76

Another late night run to Parcel Motel, another shmup. This time it's Sky Shark (or Flying Shark) by Toaplan, 1987. Proper old school balls hard shooter. Very colourful and cool music. The PCB itself needs a decent clean but she works prefect, fairly large board actually. Think that's my 11th vert shooter now. Happy days.







Obligatory scanline pics :cool:

Myrddin

Andrew76 wrote: »

Another late night run to Parcel Motel, another shmup.

That should be your sig man

Lovely GET!, the board looks huge!

MrVestek

As an aside I'm toying with the idea of putting a scanline generator in my bartop when I'm building it for that pseudo authentic feel (there won't be enough room for a CRT).

What do you guys recommend?

Thanks.

Andrew76

Achilles wrote: »

As an aside I'm toying with the idea of putting a scanline generator in my bartop when I'm building it for that pseudo authentic feel (there won't be enough room for a CRT).

What do you guys recommend?

Thanks.

SLG3000 seems to be popular.

MrVestek

Andrew76 wrote: »

SLG3000 seems to be popular.

Thanks for that! Definately something I'd invest in when it's all up and running.

The Last Bandit

If you can solder then go for this

http://www.mmmonkey.co.uk/console/other/vga-scanlines.htm

Costs only a few quid and works great, I use them in my bartops with the multiboard PCBs.

But if its a Mame cabinet then the Mame scanlines are actually pretty good. The only advantage to installing a hardware scanline jobbie is a consistent look across the frontend and all emulators.

MrVestek

The Last Bandit wrote: »

If you can solder then go for this

http://www.mmmonkey.co.uk/console/other/vga-scanlines.htm

Costs only a few quid and works great, I use them in my bartops with the multiboard PCBs.

But if its a Mame cabinet then the Mame scanlines are actually pretty good. The only advantage to installing a hardware scanline jobbie is a consistent look across the frontend and all emulators.

I set fire to something the last time I tried to solder...

So I'd say I'm up to the challenge! Yeah I suppose I could see what mame generated scanlines are like first.

Hopefully I'll have Hyperspin in the unit if the motherboard from my old PC is big enough to fit into the box so I'll have that on the go... I may want a hardware scanline generator for a unified look across all consoles / arcade games etc.

Then there may also be a time that I'll install a jamma loom as I'd love to get Tekken Tag up and running on the unit purely for nostalgic reasons and that'll need some scanlines!

I have fond memories of beating up randomers in Atari Expo years ago on tekken tag... I know that the PS2 version is far superior but I still think the arcade original has it's charm.

The Last Bandit

Hyperspin can do its own scanlines as well which are pretty close to the Mame ones.
But I did find some of the console emulators either could not produce scanlines or looked way too different too the frontend to be usable.

o1s1n

SLG3000 is extremely easy and hassle free to use. Just plug it in somewhere along a VGA signal chain, flip a switch and that's it. Couldn't recommend it enough.

never seen arcade forge before,
anybody ever use them?
looks like good prices

safetyboy

o1s1n wrote: »

SLG3000 is extremely easy and hassle free to use. Just plug it in somewhere along a VGA signal chain, flip a switch and that's it. Couldn't recommend it enough.

These any use?

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=44767

Andrew76

safetyboy wrote: »

These any use?

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=44767

Spotted that post the other day. I see user "Fudoh" says it's great - he knows an awful lot about scan lines and all that craic.

o1s1n

safetyboy wrote: »

These any use?

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=44767

Not a bad price at all! If I remember correctly, the SLG3000 is about three times the price.

It's not as nice as the SLG3000 (The SLG has a dial to increase or decrease the strength of the scanlines, can't see anything like that on this at all) but for the price you can't go wrong.

Do keep in mind though that it's only VGA compatible out of the box. So anything over a VGA line. Will be grand for a PC.

If you want to run consoles etc through it though you need to get a scaler.

The Last Bandit

The SLG3000 is way overpriced for what it is really. You really are paying a premium for the packaging and a 3 way pot.

The retrovga is based on the scanline circuit I posted earlier and a good bit cheaper, also available with a 3 way pot.

http://faiscaefumaca.com.br/retro/retrovga

Optimus Prime

whats the 3 way pot thing?

MrVestek

keithgeo wrote: »

whats the 3 way pot thing?

Three way potentiometer?

The Last Bandit

keithgeo wrote: »

whats the 3 way pot thing?

Potentiometer between the R-G-B lines and ground. Lets you control how 'black' the added scanline will be.

Optimus Prime

Got this today for the Time Crisis Cab!

CiDeRmAn

Jumped in and early yesterday morning caught the last of the bargains on XBL, bought MGS Peacewalker and Max Payne 3.
The former is everything I knew it was going to be, and I nearly dozed off a few times, no matter how hard I try I just can't get into those games! Isn't the series ready for an option to have some regular 3rd person controls?
The latter seems cool and impressive, very "cinematic" and all that, pity then, once the gameplay kicks in, that it feels exactly like the original and it's sequel, same mechanics, despite some 11 years between the original and this one.
Ok so, the cover system is new, but hardly a new feature given that the only titles not to have a cover system now are sports!
I was/am a little disappointed but, for a fiver, it's still a good deal.

the groutch

only game I bought in that sale was Rayman Raving Rabbids for 240 points (€2.99 if you paid by CC).

although I did also buy Fighting Vipers for 400 points.

CiDeRmAn

I have Fighting Vipers on the Saturn, haven't played that in about 8 years!
I preferred Fighter Megamix back then as well, still have that too!

The Last Bandit

Picked up bits for a few more 60-in-1 bartops

MrVestek

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Picked up bits for a few more 60-in-1 bartops

Mind if I ask where you got that from?

Thanks.

valleyoftheunos

ah ha! at long last a new get, and its not even all that retro, it was bargain though!

CiDeRmAn

Just got House of the Dead Overkill in the post, £5.99 posted, happy days!
Also ordered a couple of new 1p/2p start buttons as well as an amplifier for the speakers on the cab.