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CiDeRmAn

Retr0gamer wrote: »

200? Was it second hand?

Tell us where so I may pine for a console I can't afford even at that price!

CosmicSmash

It's a great price, at that money you couldn't pass it up.

Mr.Saturn

Ahem.

Diehard Mother fans rejoice! The entire cult RPG series, known here in the states as EarthBound, is coming to the 3DS... in Japan. The game was announced in a somewhat brief Nintendo Direct held yesterday evening and the fan response is already overwhelmingly positive. The game will feature all three Mother titles, for the first time on one cartridge. The first two games have been released in the past as Mother 1+2 for the GBA, but this time Japanese gamers get the trifecta.

http://tay.kotaku.com/nintendo-announces-mother-complete-for-3ds-in-japan-1554982743

Oh baby jesus.

Edit: And iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit's a fake.

F**k sake.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

Ahem.
http://tay.kotaku.com/nintendo-announces-mother-complete-for-3ds-in-japan-1554982743

Oh baby jesus.

Edit: And iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit's a fake.

F**k sake.

If it's too good to be true...
I was gonna post it myself

CiDeRmAn

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

Ahem.



http://tay.kotaku.com/nintendo-announces-mother-complete-for-3ds-in-japan-1554982743

Oh baby jesus.

Edit: And iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit's a fake.

F**k sake.

It was last year's April fools too!
You numpty!
But with a name like Mr Saturn it's forgivable.

DinoRex

Retr0gamer wrote: »

200? Was it second hand?

Someone leaving the country on Thursday and was selling off a bunch of their stuff and taking first offer.

I loathe the new controller! It pushes your hands into a weird diagonal angle.

Nerdkiller1991

So...will someone explain to me why I saw Enda Kenny and Hulk Hogan in the same picture?

Mr.Saturn

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy wrote: »

If it's too good to be true...
I was gonna post it myself

Is there any reason why it began to pop up on everyone's feed yesterday? Earthbound Central and Kotaku reported it.

johnny_ultimate

Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

So...will someone explain to me why I saw Enda Kenny and Hulk Hogan in the same picture?

I reckon it had something to do with the fact they were both in the same location, and somebody had a photographic device, acutely noticing the meeting of two high profile but comically mismatched individuals was a moment worth capturing and sharing on various social media platforms. Purely conjecture, mind.

airmax87

show me yer trinnis

CiDeRmAn

Careful now, some of the folk around here get... aroused at the sight of scanline loveliness!

o1s1n

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Careful now, some of the folk around here get... aroused at the sight of scanline loveliness!

Don't lie, you count yourself among us

Myrddin

Interesting vid here on the history of Wolfenstein

Retr0gamer

Big Nintendo news today but in even bigger news, Gal Gun is getting a sequel on PS4.

CiDeRmAn

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Big Nintendo news today but in even bigger news, Gal Gun is getting a sequel on PS4.

The NuWiiU!

johnny_ultimate

The much anticipated Nintendo Just To Be Clear, This Device is Not a Wii But Instead a Completely New Machine With a Whole Host of New Games That You Cannot Play on Any Other Machine U.

Star Lord

Nintendo Xii... ?

Retr0gamer

It could be another Nintendo third pillar like the DS which definitely would not replace the Gameboy line.

CiDeRmAn

Retr0gamer wrote: »

It could be another Nintendo third pillar like the DS which definitely would not replace the Gameboy line.

And then did replace the Gameboy line!
Poor GB Micro, died a death after the DS release.

Whatever it is I'm hoping it will be backward compatible.
I know this will result in another tablet based controller but I don't think that was a real deal breaker for potential customers.
Anyway, it'll be next year before we find out.

airmax87

Playing my first shmup ATM, R type Delta, looks really good in 240p

Nerdkiller1991

Star Lord wrote: »

Nintendo Xii... ?

Nintendo Xenu?

CiDeRmAn

airmax87 wrote: »

Playing my first shmup ATM, R type Delta, looks really good in 240p

Einhander next!

the groutch

in other news, Goat Simulator coming to 360 & Xbone next month.

Andrew76

airmax87 wrote: »

show me yer trinnis...

In response to airmax's post, I make no apologies for spamming scanline pics (even if they do contain annoying reflections ). Click for larger versions.

MD games running on the Trini:











MVS & PCB running on the BVM:

CosmicSmash

I'm been playing a bit of Sexy Parodius over the last few days, I'll stick a few pictures up later.

DinoRex

Shower With Your Dad Simulator is a real new title to watch in 2015:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0_EWr2GJ5A

Retr0gamer

It really hurts to see the PS Vita port of La Mulana EX get savaged in reviews by people that just don't understand the game :rolleyes:

Star Lord

Was trying to repair my old laptop with the idea of making it into a bartop at some stage. It doesn't seem to want to turn on at all, though the battery charged up alright.

So was trying to think up an inexpensive plan b...

Have any of you ever built a mame based machine using a Mac Mini?

Thargor

Myrddin wrote: »

Interesting vid here on the history of Wolfenstein

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

Great video and Uploader thanks. Ripped a load of his stuff to my phone for a load of Citylink trips I have to take this month...

Myrddin

Thargor wrote: »

Great video and Uploader thanks. Ripped a load of his stuff to my phone for a load of Citylink trips I have to take this month...

Yeah he does great stuff, I love the relaxed, informative, and content heavy tone of his vids. Looking forward to pt.2

ripperman

Anyone know if those machines (Outrun, Afterburner etc) are still in Bobs Casino? I know the owner sadly passed away last year. I was there late September, last time I was in Dublin and they only seemed to have Punch Out and Point Blank but maybe there's another section that was closed off? Just love to see those machines together in one space!

Nerdkiller1991

Sera is gonna go gaga.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1012552

johnny_ultimate

Retr0gamer wrote: »

It really hurts to see the PS Vita port of La Mulana EX get savaged in reviews by people that just don't understand the game :rolleyes:

Or perhaps they simply did not like it (assuming you're talking about the lukewarm Eurogame review)? The 'they don't understand it' argument never factors in that we all tend to have completely different understanding of games anyway, and toys with the whole area of 'objective truth' in reviews.

Retr0gamer

There was a complete failure to understand the game in that review, treating it like a hand holding metroidvania when the game is completely different.

Nerdkiller1991

Retr0gamer wrote: »

There was a complete failure to understand the game in that review, treating it like a hand holding metroidvania when the game is completely different.

Sigh. Can we please retire this term already? I'm just glad that FPS's these days are no longer called Doom clones.

DinoRex

It's a useful term. It describes a very specific type of platform game with just one word.

Nerdkiller1991

DinoRex wrote: »

It's a useful term. It describes a very specific type of platform game with just one word.

First Person Shooter is three words.

I just dislike how lazy it sounds.

Tomo.Murphy

Could anyone recommend a Jamma power supply? I was looking at the one on arcadeworlduk, but it works out at €72ish with shipping with the dodgy currency rates lately.

Sure when I was looking at Nightmare Busters last year it was working out at €60. Now that they have the stock and ready to ship it works out at €80. Fecking currency conversions...

johnny_ultimate

Retr0gamer wrote: »

There was a complete failure to understand the game in that review, treating it like a hand holding metroidvania when the game is completely different.

I didn't get that sense at all, I think he just highlighted Super Metroid as a comparison because of how subtly and elegantly the game guides the player. I don't think he's calling for total handholding, simply some extra guidance, however subtle. There's a very fine line between satisfyingly challenging and infuriatingly obtuse, and something like La Mulana sounds like it could be one or the other depending on the player - even with pen and paper I know vague, obscure puzzles have killed my enjoyment of many games in the past (many a point and click). IMO if you end up reading a walkthrough and the response isn't "Ahhh! How didn't I get that?" and instead "how the **** was I meant to figure that out?!" then the designer has failed.

Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

Sigh. Can we please retire this term already? I'm just glad that FPS's these days are no longer called Doom clones.

What would you call them then? Like Roguelike, it's simply a very efficient way of describing a game with a very particular set of skills features and characteristics.

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Retr0gamer

Well playing La Mulana and expecting to be subtly guided is the wrong way to approach the game. He also says it lends itself to short play sessions... He isn't playing the game I played because it's a game you pour over for hours at a time looking for solutions. There's mo real obtuse puzzles in the game either, all the clues are there it's just you've got to keep notes to keep track of them all. It's nothing like super metroid at all, it's an adventure in the purest sense where you're not subtly guided to each new power up. You have to work hard to make progress and figure out the games puzzles.

It's pretty much a review on par with the Edge 6/10 reviews for gun star heroes or gta 3. I know reviews are merely opinions and opinions can't be wrong but they can be ill informed and stupid.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

Sera is gonna go gaga.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1012552

I saw it already, I like the 2 middle tops but was more excited about the fact they've Little Twin Stars merch than those. Very hard to find the stuff, word spread fast through the j fashion comms, like that episode of Father Ted

(Thanks for thinking of me)

Myrddin

Someone should make a gif of yer wan doing the whole floating across the floor thing

Nerdkiller1991

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

What would you call them then? Like Roguelike, it's simply a very efficient way of describing a game with a very particular set of skills features and characteristics.

Still working on that. Emergent scrollers is what I'm thinking of right now.

CiDeRmAn

A Doom clone, like Aliens Vs Predator, or was it a Wolfenstein clone?
I forget.

And I like Metroidvania as a title, it describes a lot with a fewer letters, I shall keep using it if that's ok.

DinoRex

It was Wolfenstien clone... remember the level where you fight mecha-xenomorph-hitler?

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

Myrddin wrote: »

Someone should make a gif of yer wan doing the whole floating across the floor thing

I was hoping to find her ringing everyone and the morse code, no, nothing, no gifs of her - heartbroken </3

safetyboy

http://www.vice.com/en_uk/video/tracing-the-history-of-pinball-from-illegal-gambling-to-mac-demarco-195?utm_source=vicetwitteruk

Doc on pinball in the states

safetyboy

safetyboy wrote: »

http://www.vice.com/en_uk/video/tracing-the-history-of-pinball-from-illegal-gambling-to-mac-demarco-195?utm_source=vicetwitteruk

Doc on pinball in the states

Going to try visit the pinball museum in SanFran later in the year,
hopefully we get time

Retr0gamer

There's been some more Lucasarts releases on GoG today but two of them are biggies since they have not been made available in years. The first is Indiana Jones and the Emporers Tomb, a superior Tomb Raider clone. The next is Outlaws which was ignored on release for using the Dark Forces engine when Quake 2 and Unreal where the big thing but it's a fantastically designed FPS with an excellent old west storyline.