Keep Calm And Discuss Retro Generally!

megaten

I lost interest in pokemon after the first set of ds games but I'll give the new one a go just for the novelty of 3D. I do worry that the battles will get slow with all the 3D animation though.

CiDeRmAn

Gods Dammit!
Went to play Far Cry 2 the other day and the game save has disappeared!
Bugger!
I must have deleted it in a fit of stupidity, or I must not have recovered it from my last 360, and I had a fair few hours sunk into it at that stage.
Now, the question is, is it worth starting all over again?

Retr0gamer

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Gods Dammit!
Went to play Far Cry 2 the other day and the game save has disappeared!
Bugger!
I must have deleted it in a fit of stupidity, or I must not have recovered it from my last 360, and I had a fair few hours sunk into it at that stage.
Now, the question is, is it worth starting all over again?

I was enjoying it but it gets very repetitive. It's very long as well! Think I'll blast over the 40 hour mark before I finish it.

Myrddin

I only discovered there recently enough that Cloud Saving is a free part of XBL Gold, pretty handy especially as my son uses a roaming profile via a usb stick

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

Anamanaguchi have a new song out (they did the Scott Pilgrim game OST)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc3JWo2iiGc

Everyone wrote:

Pokémans

The only Pokémon game I didn't enjoy as much as the rest was Ruby, dunno was it the game or me.
Pokémon Favourites - Game: Crystal / Pokémon: Clefairy / Episode: The Ghost of Maiden's Peak.
I'm still the Pokémon Stadium mini game champion, waiting on my rematch with Sparks lol :P.

Everyone wrote:

Pokémans X and Y

Just saw the trailer for X/Y ... starter water Pokémon ... is a frog?

Professey Chin

I just want my original Pokemon team. I dont like all the newbies

Retr0gamer

Early Half-Life tech demo has been leaked:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h7bTo5xLyQ

Jack burton

Sera wrote: »

Anamanaguchi have a new song out (they did the Scott Pilgrim game OST)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc3JWo2iiGc

Lovely! I'd really like to see them play again

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

latest Qwertee tee, I'm absolutely mad about it

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

Jack burton wrote: »

Lovely! I'd really like to see them play again

2nd best gig ever (Tori Amos will always be first)
they signed the back of my pixel heart hairpiece I made, was a quick felt and cardboard job, they're so nice

Jack burton

Ah yeah, sound bunch of lads alright.

o1s1n

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Early Half-Life tech demo has been leaked:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h7bTo5xLyQ

Holy ****! That is amazing!!!! What a release to start the year.

Downloading it now.

/Edit- The multiplayer map in it is an early version of Stalkyard, that is absolutely mind blowing.

Atavan-Halen

Nice little article: http://m.kotaku.com/5974311/watch-15-years-of-pokemon-graphics-evolve-slowly-but-surely?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Twitter&utm_source=Kotaku_Twitter&utm_medium=Socialflow

the groutch

a song just for you Atavan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_Z_k50ltkY

johnny_ultimate

Met up with some friends today for an old-fashioned evening of split-screen gaming. Was scouring my PS3 games for split-screen titles, and it's more than a little depressing how few (decent) games support local play these days.

However, I brought along my copy of Sonic & Sega racers, and kudos to Sumo Digital for making such a terrific party game. Everything is four-player friendly. Unfortunately I didn't have my save game (there was at least one thing memory cards were handy for), so we were seemingly relegated to the default quartet of tracks. But you can play the career mode in multiplayer too, so we were able to keep battling each other while unlocking new tracks and characters as we went along. Beautiful.

As often as we - rightly - mock Call of Duty, it at least offers a similar suite of local play options. Nintendo too have their heart in the right place.

So in these dark days when all but the few brave titles ship with superfluous online multiplayer (not dissing non-superfluous online multiplayer, naturally) its is thrilling to discover a new, enjoyable game that can still be played with a few friends, one TV, and an unhealthy choice of snacks and beverages. Sonic & Sega Racing Transformed is a (ri)star in this regard, and for that I salute what I was once misguidedly tempted to dismiss as a half-hearted Mario Kart clone.

Retr0gamer

I thought CoD was just split screen in Zombies?

I always thought Halo 3 and beyond did a fantastic job of catering for 4 player split screen.

OwaynOTT

Defintely something I dislike about current gaming what with the lack of local multiplayer titles. Heck to play four player on the ps3 is expensive, last time I priced a controller.

I never know call of duty offered it. Might give it a shot with the siblings nest time I'm home.

Retr0gamer

I always found the Zombie mode a bit crap in CoD. Even Spec Ops were better but still not that great. I much rather the horde modes in Halo or Gears of War.

Nerdkiller1991

Even Neil deGrasse Tyson can't comprehend the awesomeness that is the Virtual Boy.

CiDeRmAn

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I thought CoD was just split screen in Zombies?

I always thought Halo 3 and beyond did a fantastic job of catering for 4 player split screen.

A comment in praise of Halo 3?
Ok, who are you and what have you done with Retr0, you sick creep!
Let him go unharmed and we'll call off Sera!

Myrddin

I always thought split screen games needed to die in a fire



Admittedly its not so bad on more powerful hardware, split screen zombies etc is fun...but I'd prefer the local system link option by a country mile

CiDeRmAn

Yup, keep forgetting which ones me!
It's like becoming schizophrenic but without the feeling of aliens controlling your brain!

Jack burton

I always wondering why games didnt quarter the screen into smaller squares?

I remember my friends older brother linked up Destruction Derby on the ps1, blew my tiny mind at the time!

CiDeRmAn

I enjoyed Doom over two PS's good fun.
Best multiplayer was Return Fire on the 3DO, still my favourite multiplayer game, and that was released a long time ago, heck it's 18 years ago!

DinoRex

Was playing 2 player Sonic Racing Transformed on the Wii U the other day. Player 1 uses the Gamepad screen while Player 2 has the full TV to themselves. Works really well.

Jack burton

Sure Crash Banditcoot is 17 years old this year, makes even me feel old

o1s1n

Jack burton wrote: »

I always wondering why games didnt quarter the screen into smaller squares?

I remember my friends older brother linked up Destruction Derby on the ps1, blew my tiny mind at the time!

It would come down to processing power too. I'd say a PS1 running four screens of Doom at once would see the FPS down to a crawl.

My cousin used to link two Playstations for Command and Conquer. Was such a big undertaking with CRT TVs!

Jack burton wrote: »

Sure Crash Banditcoot is 17 years old this year, makes even me feel old

No way! You serious? That's crazy. First PS1 game I ever played, blew my mind at the time!

Retr0gamer

System link is just too much of a pain in the ass. I'd much rather sit down with mates with some split screen. Even if the screen size is the size of a postage stamp I find it more fun to play that way than online.

Split screen does take up a lot of processing power since you are rendering the world in each screen. You'll notice terrible slowdown in older games like Sonic 2, Goldeneye or Mario Kart while in Gamecube games once you go to 3+ players in the likes of Mario Kart and F-Zero there's a big reduction in detail with many superfluous elements left out.

Jack burton

o1s1n wrote: »

No way! You serious? That's crazy. First PS1 game I ever played, blew my mind at the time!

Yep, I noticed it the other day. Another series that needs to die haha!

Retr0gamer

I played the Crash Bandicoot games on the PS1 there recently. With the graphics not looking so good anymore (although for a PS1 game they are superb) I don't think they were ever that good.

CiDeRmAn

Crash blew my mind for a few minutes, first it's amazing, then you realise that, unlike Mario 64, you are limited to running along corridors, purdy corridors I'll grant you, but corridors never the less.
At least the related Spyro games had proper 3d movement, although there it was mostly limited to one plane, but at least it looked pretty impressive.
The later Crash games looked great, especially Crash 3, some nice reflection/metallic stuff in there.

o1s1n

It was faux, railroaded 3D gaming, but I dunno, because of the limitations as to where you could go, they had more control over your viewing angle and could fit more in.

That was the one thing I really didn't like about that first wave of true free roaming games like Mario 64 & OOT, too many open spaces full of nothing.

Retr0gamer

o1s1n wrote: »

That was the one thing I really didn't like about that first wave of true free roaming games like Mario 64 & OOT, too many open spaces full of nothing.

As opposed to a Bethesda game where you have a small country full of mostly nothing :P

Atavan-Halen

Got an email from play Asia with the prices of pokemon x and y. $60 each for the Japanese versions. I'd like tiger a jap copy but alas region locking maybe ill look at getting a Japanese 3ds this year.

DinoRex

Looks like play.com are ceasing trading themselves and are just going to be an online marketplace.

Can't say I've used them in a long, long time... but back in my Gamecube days they were great.

Retr0gamer

I used them a lot but once they forced people not buying in UK sterling to use their price gouging euro conversion I haven't used them at all. Last time I looked on their site they were selling Dragon Quest V for £22, converted to euro it was 40. Jog on.

CiDeRmAn

Retr0gamer wrote: »

As opposed to a Bethesda game where you have a small country full of mostly nothing :P

Yes, I too have been to Leitrim.....

And having gotten 35 odd hours into Oblivion back in the day the place felt like you couldn't throw a fairy in a bottle over your shoulder without hitting the entrance to another dread dungeon!

Skyrim, I just have to get that game sometime, at this rate I might as well just wait for the Game of the Year edition and get all the DLC, so's I have more well crafted storyline never to see!

deathrider

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I played the Crash Bandicoot games on the PS1 there recently. With the graphics not looking so good anymore (although for a PS1 game they are superb) I don't think they were ever that good.

I know this might sound like blasphemy, but I never liked Crash. He always bugged the hell out of me. I could never even put my finger on what exactly it was that I disliked about the games, but they did absolutely nothing for me.... And later on he wound up with that stupid accent.

Jack burton

My Vectrex that was working perfect when I bought it last month has crapped out on me. The vectors are all over the shop and dont line up at all. Adjusting the pots doesnt fix it, looks like I have to go at the innards of it to sort this out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O1hM-k3aUY

o1s1n

That's exactly what happened to mine

Enternow changed the caps, resoldered joints, played with the pots, got a lot of dust and gunk out of it but it didn't solve the problem.

Jack burton

Yeah I was googling and that trade thread came up in my search haha

Not sure what to do, could just cut losses with it. Bad luck though really, barley even played the thing, left it for about 2 weeks over christmas and then plugged her in new years eve and it was like that, its gotten worse over the time

CiDeRmAn

I better keep treating mine well, she still works..... I hope.....

o1s1n

Now that I think about it -

First I had your problem. The vectors wouldn't line up. I put it away in storage to be fixed at a later date.

Took it out months later and it was fine again. So thought I'd just dodged a bullet.

It was at that point after about two weeks the whole image collapsed.

So maybe a cap replacement or reflowing the joints from the power supply would fix the misaligned vectors. The image on my one was so collapsed that it was impossible to tell.

Jack burton

Hmmm...interesting, unfortunately our resident solder wizard isn't up for this as caps take up a lot of time, I wouldnt attempt it myself either. So I can find someone else to do it but chances of finding someone local enough to me are almost nil so this could end up being very expensive on me. I might just stick it up somewhere as faulty and keep the games, second controller and overlays I have and try get a nice deal on one on ebay

CiDeRmAn

Well, if anyone has a VecMulti that's suddenly superfluous gimme a call!
And you can colour me opportunistic!

Jack burton

Well I have one but....

eh...BAN HAMMER!

o1s1n

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I better keep treating mine well, she still works..... I hope.....

It's crazy isnt it! First one on the forum and it's outlasting all the others. I wonder why? You had yours treated with kid gloves when being transported didn't you? I bought mine from someone in Ireland, however it was transported by post. Maybe it took a knock somewhere which just got worse with age.

Jack burton wrote: »

Hmmm...interesting, unfortunately our resident solder wizard isn't up for this as caps take up a lot of time, I wouldnt attempt it myself either. So I can find someone else to do it but chances of finding someone local enough to me are almost nil so this could end up being very expensive on me. I might just stick it up somewhere as faulty and keep the games, second controller and overlays I have and try get a nice deal on one on ebay

I just had to give up on it altogether. It really pointed out to me how downright hard it is to get vector monitors fixed. we're pushing it with standard raster CRTs as is!

CiDeRmAn

Mine came over on a small prop plane from the Isle of Mann, dropped to an airfield in Newtownards and my dad and I drove it back down here.
That's over 10 years ago now!
Fingers crossed she'll be around and functioning for years to come.
Or until EnterNow is up for repairing her!

o1s1n

I don't think he'll look at another one after the torment of mine, didn't it even drive him to sell his own one?

The great Vectrex club downfall of 2012/13, a sad time for us all

CiDeRmAn

Just checked mine and lost 10mins to Rockaroids (Asteroids clone), so all is well with mine!

Le Vectrex est Mort,
Vive le Vectrex!