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

Myrddin

Cmon folks, leave it out. It was an accident that some of their optical media had rookit-like properties. And it certainly wasn't by design, that when the pS3 powers on, it scans your home network to harvest any data it can about any device on it & trasmit such data to Sony. Jeez, cut a company a break

CiDeRmAn

EnterNow wrote: »

Cmon folks, leave it out. It was an accident that some of their optical media had rookit-like properties. And it certainly wasn't by design, that when the pS3 powers on, it scans your home network to harvest any data it can about any device on it & trasmit such data to Sony. Jeez, cut a company a break

For just a moment I thought you were being genuinely sympathetic towards Sony.... Just for a moment like...

Retr0gamer

Nothing really retro today, just some portable games. Growlanser: Wayfarer of Time, Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja and Super Robot Taisen OG Saga.

I also got reminded about the plight of collecting retro games. Just when you think your collection is complete you discover another game you simply have to have, this time a DS game that looks like a pain to source

RNB

Why not share the pain?

What's the game? We can all keep an eye out for you...

ghostchant

What DS game has sprung up? My bank account is still cooling down from Tokyo so I'm certainly won't be competing with you for it

Retr0gamer

There's enough competition for it :P I'll say when it's in my hands!

Myrddin

Retr0gamer wrote: »

There's enough competition for it :P I'll say when it's in my hands!

Pillow pets 3 - Rapid Eyeliner Movement?

ghostchant

Any clues? Genre, developer, Euro release etc?

CiDeRmAn

Hmmm, a DS game that Retr0 has been trying to source, time to do some Googling.... how about something to do with cosplay, japanese schoolgirls, Limerick and male dating.....

There's only 16,000 DS games for sale on ebay, shouldn't take long to sift out the rubbish, or not....

Found it!
Oh yeah, now we're talking!

Retr0gamer

Enternow got it in one :P

I don't want to say what it is since it seems tough to get in Europe for a decent price, I might have to call in some favours. It's one of those games that on ebay it is available for $20 but nobody will ship to Europe and the only person that will is charging 50+ euros. It didn't review well either but I think it seems interesting and the games I actually enjoyed this generation have been ones that didn't review well but were in the end interesting.

Also **** amazon.com for not shipping to Ireland.

ghostchant

Avalon Code by any chance? That's the only swing I'll take at it!

Mr.Saturn

Is it Contact? Might not fit the criteria, mind.

the groutch

my guess is Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain

Retr0gamer

ghostchant wrote: »

Avalon Code by any chance? That's the only swing I'll take at it!

Was considering it but I've heard it's pretty crap.

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

Is it Contact? Might not fit the criteria, mind.

Not even tough to find in Ireland let alone Europe and the US.

the groutch wrote: »

my guess is Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain

No, but screw you because I want it now!

The Last Bandit

a5y wrote: »

Heed Retr0gamers advice on the matter. Get NTSC Versions.

Between the 50/60Hz speed difference and the length of RPGs of FF7's ilk you've probably enough time to complete another game as well.

Its ok, buying the PAL version entitles to download the NTSC versions guilt free

ghostchant

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Was considering it but I've heard it's pretty crap.

Yeah but has an interesting 'scan' mechanic. That, coupled with mediocre reviews made it jump into my head upon reading your post

Myrddin

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Its ok, buying the PAL version entitles to download the NTSC versions guilt free

I'm finished buying PAL anything, unless forced to by a language barrier. The speed differences, the better artwork, the usually cheaper cost make it so much more worthwhile investing in NTSC

the groutch

Retr0gamer

the groutch wrote: »

Real or bootleg and at what price if real!

Casey120

I gather this is a fun game then ?


Never heard of it , I feel like a heretic

Optimus Prime

Couple of new bits i got the last week or two.

NES Games



N64 and Games from Jack Burton, cheers!




and this little big planet stuff came too..

OwaynOTT

How many nes games do you have now Keithgeo?

Optimus Prime

Not 100% but i reckon about 120 boxed anyways. i mainly have boxed ones, only about 10 unboxed.

Retr0gamer

Casey120 wrote: »

I gather this is a fun game then ?


Never heard of it , I feel like a heretic

Fantastic game, one of Sunsofts best, which is saying a lot since Sunsoft made some fantastic stuff on the NES. It has a proto super metroid structure. ufouria is pretty hard to find and since it's one of the few games that got a PAL release and not a US one it's pretty sought after.

Casey120

Thanks for that .

The Nes mostly passed me by because I was totally into home computers then

ghostchant

Handheld games from the Tokyo trip, forgot to add Rocket Slime GBA to the pic

Retr0gamer

Gaygamer was talking about that tingle balloon fight game a few days ago, it sounds great. Lots of games there that weren't translated I'd love Square to translate rocket slime 3.

ghostchant

I love the original balloon fight and am a sucker for DS and Club Nintendo stuff so was a must buy this year, only found one place that had it. Soma Bringer and Blood of Bahamut were only a few euro each, had long given up on them getting localisations so picked them up for the hell of it. Reckon rocket slime 3 has a reasonable chance of a US release anyway, almost no chance of Europe if previous releases are anything to go by.

Mr.Saturn

keithgeo wrote: »

NES Games

Tiny Toon Adventures is good stuff. It is a SMB3 clone, but hey, there's worse games to rip-off wholesale. Its sequel is better game though, I guess. Less clone-y.

Optimus Prime

Never played it, didnt know that, interested to see what its like now.

Retr0gamer

Well it is Konami, you can't go wrong with Konami during the 8-bit era.

CosmicSmash

The quest for PS games continues, I picked this lot up off a lad on Adverts. There was a good few games but a lot were pretty but it was the PS I really wanted;)

ghostchant

Harmful Park! Is that a 'backup'?

MrVestek

Monkeykube wrote: »

The quest for PS games continues, I picked this lot up off a lad on Adverts. There was a good few games but a lot were pretty but it was the PS I really wanted;)

Nice find. I'm not sure why but that PS1 with PSone style controller is bugging me...

OwaynOTT

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Well it is Konami, you can't go wrong with Konami during the 8-bit era.

Had a few decent releases during the 16 bit time as well.

OwaynOTT

keithgeo wrote: »

Not 100% but i reckon about 120 boxed anyways. i mainly have boxed ones, only about 10 unboxed.

Colour me impressed and in case your curious, I have 4 and one of them is Silent Service.

CosmicSmash

Yes, while I consider buying the original. Been playing a lot of shooters lately on the Saturn and I want to pick up an original copy of Shienryu. I think I prefer the older shooters over the newer ones. The seller told me he thought the PS was modded and it turned out he was right.

CosmicSmash

Achilles wrote: »

Nice find. I'm not sure why but that PS1 with PSone style controller is bugging me...

It came with that controller and memory card off the seller. Anybody know a good place to get disks polished? There a some scratches on some of the disks and would like them cleaned up.

MrVestek

Monkeykube wrote: »

It came with that controller and memory card off the seller. Anybody know a good place to get disks polished? There a some scratches on some of the disks and would like them cleaned up.

Smyths will polish audio cds so I'm sure this service would do fine for Playstation CDs.

Don't ever EVER get Dreamcast discs rebuffed though... you'll only have a bad time.

Anyway I wasn't really sure where to put this but I finally have it all finished and cable managed. Only two of the consoles aren't hooked up correctly as I need some longer video / power cables but I thought some of you might get a kick out of this. Warning Cable Porn incoming, may be NSFW! It's amazing what some cable tidies, cables ties and velcro can do!

Started off by mounting an 8-way power splitter to the wall, then mounted my router to underside of the shelf that you can see here. Had to take the router apart and break the under casing a little to mount it to the shelf. I then had to superglue the router back together as I then had no access to screws to put it back together. A minor mishap.



I started off the main cable management then by using some velcro to mount a 6 in 1 SCART switcher to the underside of the TV.





The next part took.... days of tweaking to get right and to make practically invisible from the front but it seems to have worked out quite well. Also mounted more plug strips to various points of the unit.





The final look of the router / modem area:



Try to ignore the long tangled ethernet cable in the above shot, I didn't have a cable that was quite the right length to reach my microserver/htpc.

The finished article from my vantagepoint on the couch :-)



From a slightly different angle... ahh velcro is a wonderful thing for remote control management!



A well deserved reward I think:



So what will all of this awesomeness be used for? Knowing my non gaming girlfriend it'll be less epic gaming sessions and more X-Factor and Corrie marathons. Ahh well.

Retr0gamer

As said before I'd be worried about the PS3 and 360 overheating since they aren't well ventilated.

MrVestek

Retr0gamer wrote: »

As said before I'd be worried about the PS3 and 360 overheating since they aren't well ventilated.

360 hasn't been hooked up yet for that very reason, nor has the Dreamcast. I plan to swap them around over the next few days.

Also sorry for the gigantic pics I've resized everything now.

a5y

Nice step up. How are you managing with storing the pads neatly though?

MrVestek

a5y wrote: »

Nice step up. How are you managing with storing the pads neatly though?

That's what the drawers in the bottom left are for. Pads and random cables / PSUs etc.

CiDeRmAn

Happy morning here in work! ^o^
Got Super Mario Advance, Giana Sisters and Katamari Damacy all in one go!
Now just waiting for Gigawing and Akai Katana, it's good to be a retro gamer!

Dr Bob

ghostchant wrote: »

I love the original balloon fight and am a sucker for DS and Club Nintendo stuff so was a must buy this year, only found one place that had it. Soma Bringer and Blood of Bahamut were only a few euro each, had long given up on them getting localisations so picked them up for the hell of it. Reckon rocket slime 3 has a reasonable chance of a US release anyway, almost no chance of Europe if previous releases are anything to go by.

Love soma bringer , it plays a bit like diablo crossed with golden axe , all the while using ff 7s materia system. Ive played a fan translated patch and would happily bought a retail version , but it was never released outside japan...boo!

James Howlett

Hi, I'm in Las Vegas at the moment and checked out a retro store called "a gamer's paradise" earlier today. It's small enough but has a good few free to play arcade cabinets knocking around. There wasn't much in the way of rare games there but I did pick up both NES Zeldas and Double Dragon for only thirty bucks, all unboxed unfortunately. I took a few pictures but can't upload to boards from my phone.

Myrddin

James Howlett wrote: »

Hi, I'm in Las Vegas at the moment and checked out a retro store called "a gamer's paradise" earlier today. It's small enough but has a good few free to play arcade cabinets knocking around. There wasn't much in the way of rare games there but I did pick up both NES Zeldas and Double Dragon for only thirty bucks, all unboxed unfortunately. I took a few pictures but can't upload to boards from my phone.

Whats that? Your bringing me back a US Nes? Ah man thats really cool of you, don't worry about pads/psu etc the console only is grand. Really appreciate that I'll fix you up when your back.

Jack burton

Does this count as a new "get"

Myrddin

Cool cat is cool :cool: He looks smug like he's just cleared a game or something

Jack burton

Well I've always had cats but this fella is pretty cool.

I called him Castor aswell, well Castor Troy...incase anyone doesn't know, that Nicolas Cage/John Travolta in face/off



I was going to call him General Zod aswell, but went with castor in the end