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

OwaynOTT

Just nabbed a copy of Kid Icarus on 3DS! Been after it for ages, the only problem is that it's been posted from within Ireland, so god only knows when it will arrive.

Hand pre Kid Icarus:



Hand post Kid Icarus:

Myrddin

Just finished playtesting Aladdin there, such a vibrant, colourful, & well thought out game...if a little simple. Rich soundtrack, tight controls, & the game flows along at a lovely steady pace.

Went onto Doom them. Jesus christ, what were they thinking. It doesn't sound too bad, given the constraints...but its a horribly scaled & blurred mess. The Snes just isn't up to it, & Monkeycube is spot on, 60Hz makes no odds to this game...its just as poo in 60Hz as it is in 50Hz. Still though, the cart rocks

Myrddin

Got this free as I mentioned a while back, took its time getting here!

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

Finally got my big order from China that I ordered before Ciderman's beers.
Grey tee is a bit small though will have to stretch it out, Pacman jumper is uber comfy and the Mario tee can nearly be worn frontways or backwards.
Happy out!

ghostchant

Code of Princess arrived today, one of the games I picked up a US 3DS for. Please let it be good. It's actually a Christmas present though so won't know til then

OwaynOTT

Looks promising, I hope it gets a euro release.

OwaynOTT

Well I just purchased a very rare book for a pittance. Hopefully it's not a bookclub edition or anything such tomfoolery, as details were very scarce.
It was The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, UK edition.

Anyone collect books at all in here?

OwaynOTT

Oh also got a mint boxed Bomberman 2 US Ntsc style.

o1s1n

OwaynOTT wrote: »

Well I just purchased a very rare book for a pittance. Hopefully it's not a bookclub edition or anything such tomfoolery, as details were very scarce.
It was The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, UK edition.

Anyone collect books at all in here?

I'd love to, but they take up so much damn space!

Rarest book I have is this -

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UK-Action-Comic-1976-The-Story-of-a-Violent-Comic-Hardcover-Martin-Barker-/300796594663?pt=UK_Books_comics_Magazines_UK_Comics_ET&hash=item4608dfc9e7

I've been trying to pick up a first print of this for a reasonable price for years

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1933-Poe-s-Tales-of-Mystery-and-Imagaination-Illustrations-by-Harry-Clarke-/400326188817?pt=Antiquarian_Collectible&hash=item5d354cdf11

CiDeRmAn

If I came hang onto my third copy of Black Easter I'll be delighted, people keep borrowing it and forgetting to return it!

o1s1n

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

If I came hang onto my third copy of Black Easter I'll be delighted, people keep borrowing it and forgetting to return it!

Every time you mention that book it reminds me I need to pick it up and read through it again.

Can I have a lend of it when you get it back?

Andrew76

Finally finally finally!

Just received the mighty Raiden DX this morning. :eek:

Doesn't pop up on ebay too often but each time I missed out on it. It finally popped up on Jamma+ of all places. MASSIVE thanks to Pyongyang as it was he that notified me of the advert and even pounced on it to ask the seller to hold it for me for a minute or two. Lucikly I responded before anyone else. Owe you big time mate (if you ever read this!).

It's the US Fabtek version which was the exact one I wanted, you natively get auto-fire on button C which afaik you don't get with the Japanese version. It can come in handy with this game. Gave the awesome Training level a quick blast and she looks and sounds fantastic!

The PCB itself has had a little bit of work done on it by the seller (you can see two green wires and a white one), not sure what that was fixing but at least I know it came from good hands.

So fecking delighted to finally bag this one. :cool:









Obligatory scanline pic.

o1s1n

Wooohoo! I know exactly how long you've been chasing that board - over the moon for ya.

I'm as delighted as I am jealous!

Which is pretty damn jealous!!

Board looks lovely, I'll have to have a go of it sometime!!

CiDeRmAn

Just picked up Yakuza 3, I had promised myself I wouldn't buy anymore current gen games but I was in GS, saw it and said feck it.

Myrddin

Lovely GET! Andrew :cool: Fair play to the pyongster too!

But in all honesty, how on earth do you get those scanline pics they're unreal :eek::cool:

Steve X2

Just got nice a minty Pioneer LaserDisc player from Adverts to replace my one that died many years ago.
It came with a few discs (Die Hard 1 and 2 and a few others) but the first thing that went into it was a freshly unwrapped Star Wars LD.
Looks pretty darn nice actually.

CiDeRmAn

What version of Star Wars is it?
The Special Edition from 97 or so?
That was my favourite, before Lucas started making too many changes, then refusing fans access to DVD/HD editions of the originals, @sshole.

OwaynOTT

o1s1n wrote: »

I'd love to, but they take up so much damn space!

Rarest book I have is this -

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UK-Action-Comic-1976-The-Story-of-a-Violent-Comic-Hardcover-Martin-Barker-/300796594663?pt=UK_Books_comics_Magazines_UK_Comics_ET&hash=item4608dfc9e7

I've been trying to pick up a first print of this for a reasonable price for years

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1933-Poe-s-Tales-of-Mystery-and-Imagaination-Illustrations-by-Harry-Clarke-/400326188817?pt=Antiquarian_Collectible&hash=item5d354cdf11

When I moved recently, they filled a van on their own did the books.

There was a postman in California, I think, who had a massive collection of books. Thousands! Some very rare first editions as well, like actual r@re. He died alone, pretty much in poverty and then the books were sold for serious sums. Don't think he even read the books.
Wish could find a link.

Steve X2

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

What version of Star Wars is it?
The Special Edition from 97 or so?
That was my favourite, before Lucas started making too many changes, then refusing fans access to DVD/HD editions of the originals, @sshole.

Yeah the special edition from 1997(individual versions, not the box set unfortunately).

CiDeRmAn

Family Guy said it best, as regards the extra CGI characters "inserted" into scenes in the trilogy on their rerelease...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCps1JT-OAU

johnny_ultimate

OwaynOTT wrote: »

When I moved recently, they filled a van on their own did the books.

There was a postman in California, I think, who had a massive collection of books. Thousands! Some very rare first editions as well, like actual r@re. He died alone, pretty much in poverty and then the books were sold for serious sums. Don't think he even read the books.
Wish could find a link.

Im not into collecting books myself, but I was in a cousin's house recently and he owns a first edition of Breakfast of Champions, signed by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. himself. You often hear talk of grails around these parts - that is a ****ing grail.

o1s1n

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Im not into collecting books myself, but I was in a cousin's house recently and he owns a first edition of Breakfast of Champions, signed by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. himself. You often hear talk of grails around these parts - that is a ****ing grail.

Seems to go for a thousand dollars? I still rate my Arnie tee higher :pac:

CiDeRmAn

I have so far spent the last hour updating and installing and watching non interactive cut scenes since I put Yakuza 3 into the PS3 drive... Do I get to do something soon I wonder?

Myrddin

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I have so far spent the last hour updating and installing and watching non interactive cut scenes since I put Yakuza 3 into the PS3 drive... Do I get to do something soon I wonder?

It only does everything though

CiDeRmAn

Ah ha, just got to do some tutorials for fighting, some more cut scenes...
Is there a game in here somewhere?
Punch, Punch, Smack in the face with a bin.... [sarcasm]Fantastic![/sarcasm]

ghostchant

Fair play to Pyongyang for alerting ya Andrew. He's like Batman swooping in to save the day from his self-imposed exile. 'He's the hero A&R deserves etc'

The Last Bandit

My appetite for crap console knows no ends Needs a good wash and I'll need to invest in an eeprom programmer to make the most of it.

Myrddin

A friend of mine had one of those years ago when we were in primary school, think he had Burnin' Rubber for it

They're 8bit arn't they? What can you do with the eeprom programmer for it?

pdbhp

Well it's the big Bday today, got me some Learn with Pokemon typing adventure:)

Also got a free Sony Trinitron.. might put it up for trade

Dale Parish

pdbhp wrote: »

Well it's the big Bday today, got me some Learn with Pokemon typing adventure:)

Also got a free Sony Trinitron.. might put it up for trade

Are these actually that good? We've a 32" one and I think I'v never used it... ever.

The Last Bandit

EnterNow wrote: »

A friend of mine had one of those years ago when we were in primary school, think he had Burnin' Rubber for it

They're 8bit arn't they? What can you do with the eeprom programmer for it?

8bit Z80 processor alright, pretty rubbish with only 19 (or so) carts released and some at utterly stupid prices.

Its possible to convert some of the CPC games so they're playable on this though. No flash carts available so eeproms are the only way, can create multigame carts as well.

Programmer would be handy for messing with the Jaguar as well other bits and pieces

pdbhp

Dale Parish wrote: »

Are these actually that good? We've a 32" one and I think I'v never used it... ever.

For retro consoles they're the poodles privates..

o1s1n

Dale Parish wrote: »

Are these actually that good? We've a 32" one and I think I'v never used it... ever.

Pure flat, 4:3 ones are the business!

Steve X2

The Last Bandit wrote: »

My appetite for crap console knows no ends Needs a good wash and I'll need to invest in an eeprom programmer to make the most of it.

I've been meaning to get one myself. I used to have a CPC 464 plus and it had the cart slow on the side with Basic/Burnin Rubber.

pdbhp

o1s1n wrote: »

Pure flat, 4:3 ones are the business!

I think this one is pure flat, it came from my boss and there's no way he gets crap stuff, he is filthy stinking rich after all.

I probably won't keep it due to space limitations and the impending danger coming from she who must be obeyed.

The Last Bandit

Steve SI wrote: »

I've been meaning to get one myself. I used to have a CPC 464 plus and it had the cart slow on the side with Basic/Burnin Rubber.

Surely you mean two

Looking forward to trying to getting Manic Miner running on this

o1s1n

does it feel much heavier than it should for its size? flat crts are like carrying blocks of lead!

CiDeRmAn

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Surely you mean two

Looking forward to trying to getting Manic Miner running on this

Shouldn't that be on the proper hardware, the glorious Spectrum 48k!
I preferred it to Jet Set Willy actually.
Monty on the Run was pretty great, Technician Ted was great too.
Dynamite Dan II, now that was class.

pdbhp

o1s1n wrote: »

does it feel much heavier than it should for its size? flat crts are like carrying blocks of lead!

Yes it weighs a ton, 2 of us struggled to carry it out of the job earlier.

Edit: It's also really unbalanced as all the weight is in the screen making it extremly unwieldy

OwaynOTT

I've developed a technique for carrying those trinitons, get someone else to do it!
Seriously though, I carried the 32inch one I have for my recent move and I was out of action for at least a month after.
A blanket is a godsend and then just drag that beast.

Dale Parish

Yeah I'v a flatscreen one too;
looks like this (except it's 32")

Must hookup a few things and see how it looks..... My modern sony TV seems to cut the screen in half when playing games :mad:

CiDeRmAn

OwaynOTT wrote: »

I've developed a technique for carrying those trinitons, get someone else to do it!
Seriously though, I carried the 32inch one I have for my recent move and I was out of action for at least a month after.
A blanket is a godsend and then just drag that beast.

Or, have an attractive ladee watch you, you'd be amazed at the manly feats you are capable of with a lovely girl watching you!

pdbhp

Dale Parish wrote: »

Yeah I'v a flatscreen one too;
looks like this (except it's 32")

Must hookup a few things and see how it looks..... My modern sony TV seems to cut the screen in half when playing games :mad:

That looks exactly like the one I got even down to the stand.

Does the right hand side open up sci fi like to reveal inputs?

OwaynOTT

pdbhp wrote: »

That looks exactly like the one I got even down to the stand.

Does the right hand side open up sci fi like to reveal inputs?

That's the one I have and the right hand does pop open to reveal a button panel.

There heavy but you'd be okay if there was just some way to grasp it.

A fu@kin' handle please sony, that's all I ask!

pdbhp

OwaynOTT wrote: »

That's the one I have and the right hand does pop open to reveal a button panel.

There heavy but you'd be okay if there was just some way to grasp it.

A fu@kin' handle please sony, that's all I ask!

A handle would add a certain amount of portability but a set of suitcase wheels and you could ride that sucker all the way home without having to throw a disc.

Myrddin

Well the 29" Trinitron I sold to o1s1n should really comes with one of these

johnny_ultimate

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I have so far spent the last hour updating and installing and watching non interactive cut scenes since I put Yakuza 3 into the PS3 drive... Do I get to do something soon I wonder?

Yeah, you're in for an awful lot of that with Yakuza 3. It gets good eventually. You can buy virtual gyodon!

the groutch

nothing beats the 14" Mitsubishi Black Diamond for retro gaming

o1s1n

pdbhp wrote: »

Yes it weighs a ton, 2 of us struggled to carry it out of the job earlier.

Edit: It's also really unbalanced as all the weight is in the screen making it extremly unwieldy

My one is crazy unbalanced too. I made the mistake of first setting it down on a bed - Bad idea!

Here's a piccy



So far that TV unit thing hasnt collapsed under the weight. I'm well impressed.

Jack burton

Theres a charity shop by me that has loads of TV's for 5-15 euro. I'll be out on monday to pick up a big one and a small one.

Any particular brands to look out for or just the usual really?