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Parawind

TotallyEpic wrote: »

Yeah, it's great. It's a rom hack/translation patch that updates all the sprites, the map and pretty much everything else to give it more of an Earthbound feel. It still stays extremely true to the gameplay and experience, just updated.

Lovely gets! That controller looks great, I have been looking for something like that to work with the Retron for a while now.

I absolutely did not just immediately run to ebay and order one of them along with a copy of Mother.

TotallyEpic

Parawind wrote: »

Lovely gets! That controller looks great, I have been looking for something like that to work with the Retron for a while now.

I absolutely did not just immediately run to ebay and order one of them along with a copy of Mother.

Haha, just keep in mind you need to update the firmware for the controller before it works with the Retron 5. Pretty easy process, hook it up to a PC and run an .exe file.

Retron 5 has been amazing for translation patches and rom hacks. Being able to buy Japanese versions of games is great, so much cheaper. Plus you have access to games that never made it west, like Mother and Portopia in my last picture (Hideo Kojima's favourite game).

Retr0gamer

I find my modded SNES with an everdrive does that. Still there's a lot of fan translations that crash or just don't work on original hardware. It works the other way around as well, the crappy emulation of anything but BSNES means translations for original hardware like the Megaten games are extremely buggy.

TotallyEpic

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I find my modded SNES with an everdrive does that. Still there's a lot of fan translations that crash or just don't work on original hardware. It works the other way around as well, the crappy emulation of anything but BSNES means translations for original hardware like the Megaten games are extremely buggy.

I considered Everdrives in the past, but there's something about playing off the original cart that is a sort of motivation for me to finish a game, even if the Retron 5 is just dumping the ROM.

I'm looking at picking up a SFC Mini in the next while, so maybe I'll reconsider an Everdrive then.

Myrddin

TotallyEpic wrote: »

I'm looking at picking up a SFC Mini in the next while, so maybe I'll reconsider an Everdrive then.

Composite out only You could mod it for RGB, but why not just pick up the glorious & perfect normal SFC?

CiDeRmAn

Myrddin wrote: »

Composite out only You could mod it for RGB, but why not just pick up the glorious & perfect normal SFC?

Ahem,
Buy the Super NES from the states, no dremeling required!

Myrddin

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Ahem,
Buy the Super NES from the states, no dremeling required!

Ah but it's looks are an issue of contention round here The PAL/SFC tops the aesthetics table The US Snes, while not to everyones liking, certainly looks better than a dremmeled out PAL/SFC model imo

Retr0gamer

TotallyEpic wrote: »

I considered Everdrives in the past, but there's something about playing off the original cart that is a sort of motivation for me to finish a game, even if the Retron 5 is just dumping the ROM.

I'm looking at picking up a SFC Mini in the next while, so maybe I'll reconsider an Everdrive then.

I only use the everdrive for fan subs, I still much prefer playing on original hardware. There's just something off about emulation. The retron 5 emulation seems particularly off to me. But sure on the other hand the everdrive is a very expensive investment as well.

Jack burton

Think im the only person around here who likes the look of the us snes.

Carts at least are way nicer, lovely and symmetrical with top labels!

Myrddin

Jack burton wrote: »

Think im the only person around here who likes the look of the us snes.

Carts at least are way nicer, lovely and symmetrical with top labels!

Nope I'd be a fan too, there is something nice about the US model. I imported one a while back, & am delighted to have it (I detest dremel'd cart slots), as I am happy to collect US carts for the reasons you state above + the price difference makes collecting ntsc WAY more appealing (this is curtailed a bit though with the weak euro). But in all that, even I can admit the PAL.SFC is a way better looking Snes. I picked up a non yellowed PAL model there recently, & have a fairly yellowed SFC that will be getting the retrobrite treatment very soon!

Kylo Ren

I love the US SNES aesthetic too. I think it's the purple switches. Mmmmmm purple.

Retr0gamer

Keno wrote: »

I love the US SNES aesthetic too. I think it's the purple switches. Mmmmmm purple.

o1s1n

I have such a love/hate relationship with PAL snes carts. Absolutely love their aesthetic and wouldn't collect anything else, but my christ are they a pain to store and flick through.

Corholio

o1s1n wrote: »

I have such a love/hate relationship with PAL snes carts. Absolutely love their aesthetic and wouldn't collect anything else, but my christ are they a pain to store and flick through.

Agreed on both counts there. Love collecting them but the unwavering ability they have to hide themselves in the middle of the pack while flicking through them would drive you bonkers :P

Retr0gamer

I hate collecting them and find one with a half arsed 50 Hz conversion. ****ing Super Aleste running at 50 Hz but the soundtrack has been sped up. It's totally bloody useless to me as a result.

o1s1n

What I generally do myself to get around that is collect PAL carts that can be played correctly at 60hz, anything else I tend to pick up the Japanese version as they follow the same design.

Anything to avoid those NTSC US carts, they remind me of a stack of briquettes :pac:

Myrddin

o1s1n wrote: »

Anything to avoid those NTSC US carts, they remind me of a stack of briquettes :pac:

It's all about the end-labels man

Not quite mine but thanks to Jack Burton !!!


Theater of magic in the house!
Love having a fresh pin in the line up.
Have fun with whitewater!

Jack burton

Will do. Put a few nice scores up on it last night so hopefully it will have a new grand champion soon :P

Myrddin

A hugely significant GET for me - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=97429040&posted=1#post97429040

Atavan-Halen

Picked this up yesterday on the basis that it was cheap and may contain crap voice acting.

Retr0gamer

Dafuq is that?

TotallyEpic

My Halloween game arrived:



Completely forgot about this, even though it's not *exactly* retro:



Officially my rarest Vita game, until next week

CiDeRmAn

Wow, didn't know that got a physical release.

airmax87

Retr0gamer

Some CIB **** material from Steve Bailey:

CosmicSmash

I have a package from him held in customs at the moment, the dreaded letter was waiting for me when I got in today. I had a feeling it was coming too. Bokan Desuyo is insane like the first one, a great bundle of games you picked up from him.

Retr0gamer

Yeah my other package from him got snared in customs as well today

Doge

This 21 euro customs limit is a joke in Europe, in the U.S. you aren't taxed on items upto a value of $200!

Imagine all the games and consoles you'd be ordering from Japan if you lived over there.

CosmicSmash

The last three out of four packages have been opened for examination, resealed with the customs tape and delivered. I was starting to think it was the blendy coffee he includes with the games showing up on x-ray machines. On a more positive note I had the good fortune to receive a fee copy of Ganbare Goemon 2. I placed a bid on ebay, only to be outbid, I thought that was the end of it until it arrived in the post last week.

I got the rest of these from Steve, I highly recommend Side by Side Special. I only discovered it a few months ago myself, it was around fifteen euro delivered.