General Arcade and Retro Chat - Insert Coin -

Steve X2

It'll be closer in size to a tabletop game like Astro Wars than an bartop.
But looking at the pics the screen looks like a 4:3 3.5" lcd. Hard to find them these days so if thats true it will seem bigger than a widescreen 3.5".

CiDeRmAn

Hopefully too a controller port or most of those games are going to get really boring all on one's lonesome

Doge

Seen as there's a few Star Wars fans here, here's an Irish fan made short film from the perspective of the Stormtroopers thats about 15 minutes long.

It was filmed in Cork, Waterford and Tipperary and as far as fan made flicks of Star Wars go, its the best one out there imo.

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057868689

No Street Hoop on it. ****ing disgrace

Infernum

Is there at least one original Gauntlet arcade machine floating around over here?

Infernum

Infernum wrote: »

Is there at least one original Gauntlet arcade machine floating around over here?

yes

Infernum

BrownFinger wrote: »

yes

Sweet. Where could I find one?

Infernum

Infernum wrote: »

Sweet. Where could I find one?

no idea,
There was one for sale on adverts at one stage so it must be around somewhere.

Steve X2

A bit of a weird question maybe, but its retro related in that I want to store retro stuff on it

Does anyone have one of the below Billy bookcase corner units? And if so could i use it upside down? I need the reverse of what they have, and flipping it over is the easiest way to do it.

https://www.ikea.com/ie/en/products/storage-furniture/bookcases/billy-bookcase-black-brown-spr-29020470/

Optimus Prime

dont think you would need to flip it would you? just put the corner piece on the opposite side? it looks like just 3xnormal billy bookcases with one corner unit that should be swapable to the right side?

if you click the "9 packages" you can see its just 3 billy bookcase, a skinnier one and the corner brackets, so id say its swapable to the opposite side.

https://www.ikea.com/ie/en/search/?k=Corner+fittings+BILLY

Steve X2

Optimus Prime wrote: »

dont think you would need to flip it would you? just put the corner piece on the opposite side? it looks like just 3xnormal billy bookcases with one corner unit that should be swapable to the right side?

if you click the "9 packages" you can see its just 3 billy bookcase, a skinnier one and the corner brackets, so id say its swapable to the opposite side.

https://www.ikea.com/ie/en/search/?k=Corner+fittings+BILLY

Ahh, that would make life easier
Cheers

o1s1n

I see the Neo Geo mini arcade thingy has been officially released.

The Japanese version with the sc-19 control panel looks far nicer than the Western release.

https://kotaku.com/snk-announces-the-neo-geo-mini-will-play-40-games-1825908512

ebbsy

o1s1n wrote: »

I see the Neo Geo mini arcade thingy has been officially released.

The Japanese version with the sc-19 control panel looks far nicer than the Western release.

https://kotaku.com/snk-announces-the-neo-geo-mini-will-play-40-games-1825908512

Why is the screen so small and no Ikari games on it ?

ebbsy

o1s1n wrote: »

I see the Neo Geo mini arcade thingy has been officially released.

The Japanese version with the sc-19 control panel looks far nicer than the Western release.

https://kotaku.com/snk-announces-the-neo-geo-mini-will-play-40-games-1825908512

Why is the screen so small and no Ikari games on it ?

CiDeRmAn

I have to wonder, it might have been nice to have seen this as a dock for the Switch, seeing as most of those games have been released on that format and it has a bigger screen than the now revealed device.
They are releasing the SNK 40th Anniversary Collection on the Switch, as a physical cart too.
Perhaps it's now ripe for some Aliexpress entrepreneur to make such a thing, after all it would really just be a bluetooth controller and a place to slot the console.

ebbsy wrote: »

Why is the screen so small and no Ikari games on it ?

The compilation comes with all of the Ikari games on it!

ebbsy

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I have to wonder, it might have been nice to have seen this as a dock for the Switch, seeing as most of those games have been released on that format and it has a bigger screen than the now revealed device.
They are releasing the SNK 40th Anniversary Collection on the Switch, as a physical cart too.
Perhaps it's now ripe for some Aliexpress entrepreneur to make such a thing, after all it would really just be a bluetooth controller and a place to slot the console.


The compilation comes with all of the Ikari games on it!

But are they on the mini ?

o1s1n

ebbsy wrote: »

But are they on the mini ?

It would be out of place tbh.

It's being billed as a mini Neo Geo MVS arcade machine, all the games on the list are MVS titles.

Would be like wondering why the original Mario Bros isn't on the Super Nintendo mini, it's just not a game that was meant for that system.

Dr Bob

o1s1n wrote: »

It would be out of place tbh.

It's being billed as a mini Neo Geo MVS arcade machine, all the games on the list are MVS titles.

Would be like wondering why the original Mario Bros isn't on the Super Nintendo mini, it's just not a game that was meant for that system.

...does mario allstars count?:)

Kylo Ren

Dr Bob wrote: »

...does mario allstars count?:)

As it is the superior version*, it absolutely counts!

*Speedrunners may disagree

banie01

Steve X2 wrote: »

Ahh, that would make life easier
Cheers

As Optimus prime said it can be set up with the main units either side.
It comes as 3 wide units and 1 corner unit and is set up as desired.
i have attached a pic of my own Billy set up, it really is a versatile bit of kit.

Retr0gamer

Kylo Ren wrote: »

Dr Bob wrote: »

...does mario allstars count?:)

As it is the superior version*, it absolutely counts!

*Speedrunners may disagree

Wonky physics can go to hell.

Kylo Ren

Anyone here have an N64 hooked up to a modern TV?

I have a Japanese N64 that looks pretty crap through composite (obviously!). I know you have to RGB mod the console if you want it and s video seems to the best 'easy' solution; Problem is, my 4K TV doesn't have s video.

Would one of these do the trick and not interfere with the quality?

https://m.ebay.ie/itm/RGB-Scart-to-Composite-RCA-S-Video-AV-TV-Camera-Audio-Adapter-svideo-034/291959884181?hash=item43fa2a4995:g:w6AAAOSw6ShZSIyH

Retr0gamer

Had awful buzzing coming from my famicom that was really distracting. Thought it might be caps going.

Turns out it was just the microphone volume set to high...

o1s1n

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Had awful buzzing coming from my famicom that was really distracting. Thought it might be caps going.

Turns out it was just the microphone volume set to high...

I made that mistake myself when I first got my one

o1s1n

Had the misfortune of watching Ready Player One last night.

I've never seen a film try so hard to be cool...and fail. Almost spat out my drink when I realised at the end that Spielberg directed it.

It was just two and a half hours of shoe horned references without any reason at all other than being fan service fap fodder.

As a fan of many of the references I couldn't even enjoy them due to the way things had to be constantly spelled out by the cast.

'ITS KANEDAS BIKE FROM AKIRA!'

Yes, we know. We have eyes. How stupid do you think your audience is?

Oh man,
Can't believe you made it too the end!!!
Absolute muck,
Turned it off with an hour too go.
Brain dead

Doge

Hehe and I thought had the best visuals I've ever seen in a movie.

I really enjoyed it.

Retr0gamer

The book is somehow worse.

Doge

BrownFinger wrote: »

Oh man,
Can't believe you made it too the end!!!
Absolute muck,
Turned it off with an hour too go.
Brain dead

Watches half a movie ->> entire movie must be sh1t! :pac:

Nerdkiller1991

Doge wrote: »

Watches half a movie ->> entire movie must be sh1t! :pac:

Probably didn't get to that certain scene which I won't blut out because it's probably the best in the entire movie.

o1s1n

Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

Probably didn't get to that certain scene which I won't blut out because it's probably the best in the entire movie.

I can't remember any scene which I would refer to as 'good'? (And I watched the when thing)

Maybe the end credits?

CiDeRmAn

I haven't seen it yet but I probably will eventually.
If it's nothing but fan service for nerds like me I'll probably enjoy it know I'm being manipulated!

Doge

Doge wrote: »

Watches half a movie ->> entire movie must be sh1t! :pac:

Terrible argument !
If I ate half a bucket of ****e I'd be fairly certain the other half would taste ****e

I'd rater eat a bucket of ****e than watch the rest of that film!!!!!:D:D

CiDeRmAn

BrownFinger wrote: »

Terrible argument !
If I ate half a bucket of ****e I'd be fairly certain the other half would taste ****e

I'd rater eat a bucket of ****e than watch the rest of that film!!!!!:D:D

I'll take that bet...

I can have a full bucket ready by the afternoon...

o1s1n

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I haven't seen it yet but I probably will eventually.
If it's nothing but fan service for nerds like me I'll probably enjoy it know I'm being manipulated!

Fan service is grand, it's just the way it's implemented in this is painful!

Doge

BrownFinger wrote: »

Terrible argument !
If I ate half a bucket of ****e I'd be fairly certain the other half would taste ****e

I'd rater eat a bucket of ****e than watch the rest of that film!!!!!:D:D

The film took a bit of a nose dive half way through but got back up to speed in the 2nd half hence my point.

Doge

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I haven't seen it yet but I probably will eventually.
If it's nothing but fan service for nerds like me I'll probably enjoy it know I'm being manipulated!

It got 7.8 out of 10 on IMDb so chances are you'll enjoy it.

I think o1s1n and Brown Finger are just being drama queens as usual!

Steve X2

I haven't seen it yet, but I assume it's one of those films you need to watch in the cinema or home cinema due to the "spectacle"?

Anyone see Retro Game Designer on Kickstarter?
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/orionsoft/retro-game-designer

I'm no expert on programming matters but this seems highly dubious. Am I wrong to think that?

Retr0gamer

Cake of Tremendous Power wrote: »

Anyone see Retro Game Designer on Kickstarter?
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/orionsoft/retro-game-designer

I'm no expert on programming matters but this seems highly dubious. Am I wrong to think that?

Seems a bit too good to be true but the developer has some releases and projects on retro game consoles so he at least has credentials for it.

Doge

Steve X2 wrote: »

I haven't seen it yet, but I assume it's one of those films you need to watch in the cinema or home cinema due to the "spectacle"?

Its fairly heavy on the visuals alright, and is meant to be great in 3D, although I didnt have the option of viewing it in 3D at my local cinema.

I'll probably pick up the 3D Bluray at some point and watch it on the Rift via the BigScreen app.

o1s1n

Doge wrote: »

It got 7.8 out of 10 on IMDb so chances are you'll enjoy it.

I think o1s1n and Brown Finger are just being drama queens as usual!

Sorry if my impeccable taste offends you

Nerdkiller1991

o1s1n

Hmmm, I've the option of picking up a 20 inch BVM for 350 +50 delivery.

350 sounds fine but when you tack on the extra 50, 400 just sounds so much more mental.

Andrew76

o1s1n wrote: »

Hmmm, I've the option of picking up a 20 inch BVM for 350 +50 delivery.

350 sounds fine but when you tack on the extra 50, 400 just sounds so much more mental.

Jayzus is that what they go for these days?? What make and model is it?

o1s1n

Andrew76 wrote: »

Jayzus is that what they go for these days?? What make and model is it?

20F1E, not sure on the hours.

Yeah they're pretty in vogue at the moment, should have bought one years ago!

geotrig

If you want me to talk you out of it ,its one of the ones without speakers !:pac:

Nerdkiller1991

o1s1n wrote: »

Hmmm, I've the option of picking up a 20 inch BVM for 350 +50 delivery.

350 sounds fine but when you tack on the extra 50, 400 just sounds so much more mental.

o1s1n wrote: »

20F1E, not sure on the hours.

Yeah they're pretty in vogue at the moment, should have bought one years ago!

geotrig wrote: »

If you want me to talk you out of it ,its one of the ones without speakers !:pac:

Any good ones out there available for a low enough price? I was thinking when I do eventually get one, I'd buy a two channel receiver and a pair of speakers, and go from there.

o1s1n

geotrig wrote: »

If you want me to talk you out of it ,its one of the ones without speakers !:pac:

Haha!

That's like trying to talk me out of a Jaleco Pony as it only has a mono speaker

Do it! Heres some pics from my Sony PVM 20L4 running a pi2scart