Arcade and Retro General Chat in Karkariko Village Tavern: Live Ocarina Music

Atavan-Halen

Can you still even get dial up lines?

o1s1n

Indeed you can!

eircom.net dial-up

eircom.net flat rate is a dial-up option gives you a choice of 3 great packages. Starting from just €10.03 per month for 25 hours of evening and weekend surfing.

CiDeRmAn

Just looking at the previous general chat thread here, we lasted about 12 months with that.
Now, with 5 months left to go we are only at 5,350 posts or so.
Are we running out of things to say?
Have we lost a few posters along the way?
Have we gained a few?
Where da fuq did Sparks go?
Do we want him back?
Isn't Repton great?

richymcdermott

would you like me to talk about sonic adventure more ?

CiDeRmAn

richymcdermott wrote: »

would you like me to talk about sonic adventure more ?

I take it all back, for globs sake no more of this


Would you look at the cut of him, big purple gobsh1te

johnny_ultimate

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Just looking at the previous general chat thread here, we lasted about 12 months with that.
Now, with 5 months left to go we are only at 5,350 posts or so.
Are we running out of things to say?
Have we lost a few posters along the way?
Have we gained a few?
Where da fuq did Sparks go?
Do we want him back?
Isn't Repton great?

Be honest Cidey, you just want to start another thread naming thread :P

Has anyone played Guacamelee here? Really impressed by it, a vibrant, funny and mechanically robust Metroidvania-type. Some serious platforming in it!

richymcdermott

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I take it all back, for globs sake no more of this


Would you look at the cut of him, big purple gobsh1te

that is just nights disguised :L

Myrddin

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Be honest Cidey, you just want to start another thread naming thread :P

General Retro Discussion 3 - Where can I sell something so I can buy it again edition?

o1s1n

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Just looking at the previous general chat thread here, we lasted about 12 months with that.
Now, with 5 months left to go we are only at 5,350 posts or so.
Are we running out of things to say?
Have we lost a few posters along the way?
Have we gained a few?
Where da fuq did Sparks go?
Do we want him back?
Isn't Repton great?

It's a bit quiet in here lately alright.

I'll do my best to resume 24/7 spamming the hell out of the place one my internet connection is set up :pac:

Atavan-Halen

o1s1n wrote: »

Indeed you can!

eircom.net dial-up

eircom.net flat rate is a dial-up option gives you a choice of 3 great packages. Starting from just €10.03 per month for 25 hours of evening and weekend surfing.

€10.03 per month for 25 hours of evening as weekend surfing?!? Where do I sign up?

Atavan-Halen

Myrddin wrote: »

General Retro Discussion 3 - Where can I sell something so I can buy it again edition?

General retro discussion - thread of the year edition

CiDeRmAn

General Retro Discussion 4, Sauron will never spot it Edition

DinoRex

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Turns out there is such a network and a quick webcrawl tells me the PS2 game isn't a port after all.
I have it somewhere ....

I quite liked Headhunter. It looked great at the time, could never get past the bit where you had to drive around the city disarming bombs though.

CiDeRmAn

I found the frequent loading to be a drag tbh.
But it was an indication of what the Dreamcast might have done more of and better had it gotten another few years of innovation and development.
Now, I think I'll go home and play Rez while weeping softly.
Hard thing to do with Fear Is The Mind Killer banging in the background...
Look at what you have done Sega!
Damn you, do your eyes!

richymcdermott

Anyone ever play that psp game that came out last year that you are inafune niece and in a theme park ?

sweet fuse At your side its called

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

megaten

richymcdermott wrote: »

Anyone ever play that psp game that came out last year that you are inafune niece and in a theme park ?

sweet fuse At your side its called

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

Not yet but I keep meaning to. It got reduced in price on psn fairly recently.

Doge

Had an absolutley fantastic weekend at Kaizoku Con in Cork.

Was awesome meeting up with MrVestek and Sera for the first time.

The most epic moment for me had to be when this guy appeared...







...and a crowd of about 20 people around him when silent as he played the
Song Of Time on his Ocarina!

It sent chills down my spine!

MrVestek

MY FEET ARE STILL KILLING ME!

Was excellent spending time with you too waveform.

Steve X2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YMD6xELI_k

the groutch

was looking at the CeX website there, and it turns out they're up to 16 stores now

https://ie.webuy.com/stores/

always good for some hidden gems on ps2/xbox

TechnoFreek

Ordered a few bits and pieces from a dude in the states. Including some 100 yen coins.

The parcel (a tube) arrived today but no yen.
I fully trust the seller and no note from customs saying they opened it.

Sticky fingers along the way?

What are my options here?

johnny_ultimate

Google Maps Pokemon. Addictive. Can't stop searching famous landmarks!

Chris_Heilong

Just finishing my cabinet and the buttons arrived today, where do you guys get your hole saws? (that sounds dirty somehow)

I know its a 29mm(1 1/8) I am after but after checking woodies I could not find any.

Doge

Jaysus, the original Crash Bandicoot is going for silly money on ebay, and here was poor me thinking i could get it for a fiver!

Anywhere from 15 to 25 euro just for the disc on its own, and thats without shipping! :eek:

Sparks43

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Just looking at the previous general chat thread here, we lasted about 12 months with that.
Now, with 5 months left to go we are only at 5,350 posts or so.
Are we running out of things to say?
Have we lost a few posters along the way?
Have we gained a few?
Where da fuq did Sparks go?
Do we want him back?
Isn't Repton great?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfGg71r8nfU

Still around but up to my neck with college and also getting back into Sea Fishing Competitions.

Playing Wright vs Leyton atm very good game.

Atavan-Halen

Noticed the same about spyro

I'm starting to notice nostalgia kicking in for the PS1 era so that's why I think a lot of the popular PS1 games are going up in price. Kids who grew up with the PS1 would be now in their mid to late 20's and now have disposable income so are buying them to relive their childhood. I always remember everyone I knew had crash and spyro on the PS1 so I'd say a lot of people are going back to those series.

OwaynOTT

Just watching the brother having a blast of Xenoblade and the voice acting is horrendous. I couldn't be listening to those English accents for like 100 hours.
Fortunately you can turn on the Japanese voices. Can't turn it off though.

CiDeRmAn

Sparks43 wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfGg71r8nfU

Still around but up to my neck with college and also getting back into Sea Fishing Competitions.

Playing Wright vs Leyton atm very good game.

Shocker Headline
"Sparks posts in A&R forum for first time in ages, doesn't mention Boulder Dash, proof of cure? "

James Howlett

I take it that everyone is hooked on finding Pokemon on google maps today?
I'm on 64 at the moment...

Retr0gamer

102 before I gave up last night.

DinoRex

I gave up once I caught Jigglypuff, don't need no nothing else!

richymcdermott

God help me its april fools day or should it be known as Dreamcast 2 confirmed shenmue 3 announced day

James Howlett

I have 80 but I'm getting a lot of doubles now... Only found three on these shores; Dublin, Cork and Belfast.

DinoRex

This is a good one... an Everdrive for the Sega Pico:



http://www.stoneagegamer.com/picodrive.html

"The kids will love it for minutes before your buyer's remorse sets in."

MrVestek

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

Just finishing my cabinet and the buttons arrived today, where do you guys get your hole saws? (that sounds dirty somehow)

I know its a 29mm(1 1/8) I am after but after checking woodies I could not find any.

I used Forstner bits for mine. Got a nice kit off of Ebay for cheap as chips territory using Parcel Motel as the delivery service to get around silly shipping fees.

This is the kit that I got anyway (or one very similar looking to this):
http://www.ebay.ie/itm/5-PC-FORSTNER-DRILL-BIT-15-35MM-WOODWORKING-TOOLS-DIY-/111313803824?pt=UK_Crafts_Other_Crafts_EH&hash=item19ead1da30

Comes in a nice case to keep them all in too.

I found the holes that they cut very clean and it was easier to use them (for me anyway) that it was with spade bits or anything like that.

Retr0gamer

Glad I picked up Project Diva f on PS3 this month. The price of the game is skyrocketing at the moment since the limited run Sega produced is pretty much sold through now.

I decided to buy an LED wiz to mess about with visual pinball.
Ended up getting a ipac also,because you never know right?
sure might as well order some leds too,
oh I need some resisters,grand.
some fuses,better get them too.oh yeah fuse holders.
Sure some little dome covers would be cool for the leds,
I could wire some tilt switches and a shaker motor up in a test rig.
yeah good idea.
few buttons too.
200quid later what the **** am I at!:eek::eek:


at least I'll have some toys to play with

The Last Bandit

Know the feeling !! Just spent way too much on Farnell/Mouser on components that might be handy some time.....

Myrddin

Yay have my first ever MS scammer on the line right now

The Last Bandit

Myrddin wrote: »

Yay have my first ever MS scammer on the line right now

Ask can you pay for extended XP support

Myrddin

Myrddin wrote: »

Yay have my first ever MS scammer on the line right now

Got nearly 20 mins out of him...not bad. "Sir I think you are joking...?" :rolleyes:

CiDeRmAn

"that's odd I have an iMac"
Usually sorts them out

Myrddin

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

"that's odd I have an iMac"
Usually sorts them out

Nah ya gotta have fun with them

Atavan-Halen

Yeah try to string them along for as long as possible! They've never called me, I feel so left out

This video on them is pretty interesting. He wanted to see what they actually do to your pc so let them loose on a virtual machine. It's a long video but worth a watch if you have the time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjKjyMKj3n4

Star Lord

I had a missed call from one of those scammer numbers, I think it was on Saturday morning.

MrVestek

I can't wait until I get my first scammer call.

Is it usually to landlines you get them yeah? If it was to my mobile I'd hit the call record button and have lots and lots of fun.

Myrddin

MrVestek wrote: »

I can't wait until I get my first scammer call.

Is it usually to landlines you get them yeah? If it was to my mobile I'd hit the call record button and have lots and lots of fun.

I've always felt left out too, so was delighted today to join the club. Twas the landline alright

martineatworld

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9Ckoob2-Yo

This looks rather promising. €100 for a preorder with no release date and no warranty is a bit troubling though!
And currently no way of selecting games other than scrolling through using hardware buttons.

Retr0gamer

Sword Art Online is the worst thing to happen to anime since Satoshi Kon died. There has never been such a good idea for a TV series squandered. At least Log Horizon took the same idea and made something good out of it.

Bless me father for I have sinned,
I send 3 crts to the dump today, might be sending more tomorrow.



Oioisn or Last bandit do you want my chassis from the big hantarex monitor?
I going to fling it.