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

DinoRex

Yep. It's a shame the survival elements teased at the beginning don't play a part through out.

But the controls in it are really slick and it gives a great feeling of progress as you move through the game.

Retr0gamer

I'd be more annoyed if it was a ****ty third person shooter but it's a pretty goodm one, just a pity it didn't follow up on what it promised at the start.

DinoRex

the groutch

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Here's a definite for a future rarity. La Mulana 2 is getting kickstarter. One of the tiers for $100 ($15 extra for postage) will get you aphysical copy of La Mulana 2. Add $50 extra will get you a physical copy of La Mulana 2.

I'm waiting until I get paid next but definitely going for 1 and 2 physical. The first game was one of the all time greats.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/playism/la-mulana-2

Does anyone else think that Lumisa there looks like Bandit Keith & Mai Valentine's lovechild?

Retr0gamer

the groutch wrote: »

Does anyone else think that Lumisa there looks like Bandit Keith & Mai Valentine's lovechild?

Which makes it all the more amazing... in America!

I love the new Mulbruk.

Nerdkiller1991

Nice to see the good folks at Game Sack talk about the X68000.

eddhorse

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Here's a definite for a future rarity. La Mulana 2 is getting kickstarter. One of the tiers for $100 ($15 extra for postage) will get you aphysical copy of La Mulana 2. Add $50 extra will get you a physical copy of La Mulana 2.

I'm waiting until I get paid next but definitely going for 1 and 2 physical. The first game was one of the all time greats.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/playism/la-mulana-2

La Mulana being played in Twitch quite a lot lately. Streaming now.

Doge

Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

Nice to see the good folks at Game Sack talk about the X68000.

That was awesome, subscribed!

Jack burton

New Nintendo console rumors

http://venturebeat.com/2014/01/21/nintendos-next-console-and-portable-reported-to-be-called-nintendo-fusion/

I guess 2013 really was a bad year for them.

CiDeRmAn

A lot of people are speculating that the speculation about the the speculated Nintendo Fusion is, itself, idle speculation, calling it fakey fake fake from Fakerstown, Co. Fake.
It would seem like illtimed news, when you are trying to encourage support in a format only to leak the news of it's replacement.

So much stuff on the net is poorly informed nonsense, like 98% of my posts, but this seems like a wish list of specs with no reality except in the mind of a Ninty fanboi, wildly fapping to the hoaxes popularity across the net.

o1s1n

I'd say if it's true, it's just another console they're working on for sometime over the next few years. (most companies usually have prototypes and future ideas in the works anyway) - maybe if the Wii U continues the way it is they'll bring it forward by a year or two.

Nintendo tend not to really abandon new hardware. I'd be very surprised if they did with the Wii U.

Retr0gamer

Sounds like bull**** to me and there's no source either.

richymcdermott

don't nintendo bring a new console out every five years ?

3ds is already half way through its lifecycle so these could be an indicator though still not to take very likely.

I imagine they are planning the next systems since they take a good while to make

Jack burton

I'd say it could even stem from something like a big focus on WiiU and 3DS interface, like the Vita and PS4

Who knows though...

All this talk of console prototypes has my excited for the Sega kickstarter book!

Myrddin

It wouldn't surprise me if it is true, but then again, I'd also be very surprised if the PS5 & Xbox Two aren't already at least on whiteboards too.

johnny_ultimate

I hope Microsoft follow their unusual naming formula and call the next Xbox the Xbox 360.

Jack burton

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

I hope Microsoft follow their unusual naming formula and call the next Xbox the Xbox 360.

Xbox 360 2

KeRbDoG

Or maybe just Xbox Two

o1s1n

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

I hope Microsoft follow their unusual naming formula and call the next Xbox the Xbox 360.

XBox 1
XBox 360
XBox ONE
XBOX THREESIXTY?

johnny_ultimate

Xbox 180.

Tagline: "Because we know how to backtrack, ammiright?"

o1s1n

Here's some more future proofing just in case.

XBox I
XBox CCCLX

XBox .----
XBox ...-- -....

---

the groutch

maybe call it the Xbox TreeFiddy, and charge $350 for it.

The Last Bandit

My money is on "XStation" or "PlayBox"

o1s1n

The Last Bandit wrote: »

My money is on "XStation" or "PlayBox"

Is it just me or do they both sound like porno tv channels?

The Last Bandit

o1s1n wrote: »

Is it just me or do they both sound like porno tv channels?

Ah that's why they sounded so familiar

Jack burton

So I sold one of my friends a GameCube

He text me saying it wasnt reading disks so I knew what the problem was straight away, had to open it up and do that little laser screw fix. So I called out to him to fix it and I brought my spare one just incase (that I repaired myself a few weeks ago). I was getting no joy from his one and then he told me "Ah I gave the lens a clean with cotton wool". So I gave him my spare one and took the broken one

Now I have a GC with a bolloxed lens, any suggestions of what I should do with the system?

Myrddin

Jack burton wrote: »

So I sold one of my friends a GameCube

He text me saying it wasnt reading disks so I knew what the problem was straight away, had to open it up and do that little laser screw fix. So I called out to him to fix it and I brought my spare one just incase (that I repaired myself a few weeks ago). I was getting no joy from his one and then he told me "Ah I gave the lens a clean with cotton wool". So I gave him my spare one and took the broken one

Now I have a GC with a bolloxed lens, any suggestions of what I should do with the system?

http://www.gc-forever.com/wiki/index.php?title=SDGecko

Jack burton

Myrddin wrote: »

http://www.gc-forever.com/wiki/index.php?title=SDGecko

Thank you

Myrddin

Jack burton wrote: »

Thank you

Just be aware there's some compatibility issues, but seems a decent offering of compatible stuff - http://wiki.scorpei.com/index.php/SD-Boot_compatibility_list

CiDeRmAn

Myrddin wrote: »

Just be aware there's some compatibility issues, but seems a decent offering of compatible stuff - http://wiki.scorpei.com/index.php/SD-Boot_compatibility_list

Crazy Taxi with no audio streaming? Meaning no Offspring? Where do I sign up???

MrVestek

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Crazy Taxi with no audio streaming? Meaning no Offspring? Where do I sign up???

YAH YAH YAH YAH YAAAAAAAAHHHHHH....

o1s1n

Myrddin wrote: »

http://www.gc-forever.com/wiki/index.php?title=SDGecko

Can you use them without an Action Replay disc? Will definitely be picking one up if you can.

Star Lord

Myrddin wrote: »

http://www.gc-forever.com/wiki/index.php?title=SDGecko

Doesn't that need a disk to initiate the loading from the card though? Or is there a work around for that?

o1s1n

Hmmm, looks something similar to the Dreamcast SDLoader - which also requires a disc

Maybe a modchip would get around that?

Star Lord

That Nintendo Fusion thing, total dreaming I'd say. This bit in particular sums it up for me:

Pallab Chatterjee, a seasoned chip engineering editor and founder of the Silicon Valley Trade Council, said, “A couple of things don’t make sense.” He noted that the Adreno cores are part of the Qualcomm Snapdragon chip set and are not offered or licensed to AMD. The ARM architecture currently cannot run PowerPC code that IBM uses in the existing Nintendo products. That would mean a 100 percent loss of legacy code compatibility, Chatterjee said.

The Last Bandit

The 3DS and related handhelds are all ARM processors, but ya seems a bit early for them to be throwing in the towel on the Wii U.

MrVestek

o1s1n wrote: »

Hmmm, looks something similar to the Dreamcast SDLoader - which also requires a disc

Maybe a modchip would get around that?

If you replace the firmware chip on the Dreamcast to one that's writable Dreamshell can install itself directly to the firmware to replace the Dreamcast BIOS entirely.

Means you can power on the console and immediately be in Dreamshell.

Myrddin

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

Doesn't that need a disk to initiate the loading from the card though? Or is there a work around for that?

Oops, maybe so...I'm not up on them at all barring their existence

Star Lord

The Last Bandit wrote: »

The 3DS and related handhelds are all ARM processors, but ya seems a bit early for them to be throwing in the towel on the Wii U.

I had mainly meant the claim that it had an AMD Adreno chip. May as well be calling it the Microsoft Playstation.

o1s1n

Achilles wrote: »

If you replace the firmware chip on the Dreamcast to one that's writable Dreamshell can install itself directly to the firmware to replace the Dreamcast BIOS entirely.

Means you can power on the console and immediately be in Dreamshell.

Oh yeah! I forgot about that. Maybe you can do the same with a Gamecube?

Retr0gamer

I've a whole lot of respect for old 2D coders after the last few days. Spent a while coding a 2D collision engine that was tile based which worked well but then I found if stuff moved too fast it would pass straight through objects which is fine if you manage everythings speed but I wanted to create something that would involve a lot of fast moving elements.

Spent most of today learning vector maths and putting together a vector based collision engine. Seems to be working now but I have to salute the people that worked this out. I've a lot more respect for the coders of games like Sonic 1, Yuji Naka really was a genius programmer.

Anyway I'm running my scrolling at 4 times a tile size and it's still picking up all collisions so fingers crossed I've found all the bugs.

If anyone is interested this was the biggest help:

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/131790/simple_intersection_tests_for_games.php?page=3

It's not as well explained as it should be but it was the easiest one to wrap my head around once I figured vector maths wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be.

deathrider

Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

Nice to see the good folks at Game Sack talk about the X68000.

I always find this show educational, but good god, these boys are boring. They've got zero character and don't look comfortable in they're own skin. Having said that though, they really know their stuff.

MrVestek

deathrider wrote: »

I always find this show educational, but good god, these boys are boring. They've got zero character and don't look comfortable in they're own skin. Having said that though, they really know their stuff.

Yeah I've always found the Game Sack stuff rather boring as a result.

CiDeRmAn

Achilles wrote: »

Yeah I've always found the Game Sack stuff rather boring as a result.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqtSDE261fQ

MrVestek

A little off topic but I was listening to some SID chiptunes earlier and got listening to my favourite Ocean loader.

Been looking for a decent Ringtone for my Nexus 5 so I decided to make one.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2LTF42pLE9DWnkwLVpILXVYQms/edit?usp=sharing

Here it is if anybody else wants it, it's a loop of the main lick from the tune.

o1s1n

Just saw this graph in an article about the WiiU.

Interesting to see. Funnily enough, even though I do own all these consoles, the only one I bought on release and not second hand was a Wii! :eek:

DinoRex

I bought everything from the GameCube up at launch.

Wasn't difficult to get a gamecube that day... I remember getting upset that I couldn't get a purple one in the first shop I went to but was able to go to another shop and get it. (Needed to colour co-ordinate with my GBA)

Myrddin

It's an interesting trend, but if you include the Wii, it changes drastically obviously.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

Anamanguchi are playing in Dublin next Friday, there's still tickets if anyone wants to go
https://www.songkick.com/concerts/18775364-anamanaguchi-at-academy-2

Retr0gamer

Also WiiU has only been on sale for 1 year. It might struggle to reach Gamecube levels though, Gamecube sale dropped off spectacularly very quickly, same could happen to WiiU.