General Arcade and Retro Chat - Insert Coin -

Steve X2

So I went and did it anyway. In a fit of madness in the early hours I bought a Famicom Titler! It should arrive within 2 weeks depending on the shipping from Japan. So I’ll have it for Christmas anyway.

I think this is the last big thing I’ll be getting for a while, at least until I move house in the coming months.

Now, time for the regret to kick in :0/

Myrddin

^^ Oooh a Titler, very nice

o1s1n

Anyone else experience this when they hear of a Titler?



No? Just me? :pac:

Retr0gamer

Steve X2 wrote: »

So I went and did it anyway. In a fit of madness in the early hours I bought a Famicom Titler! It should arrive within 2 weeks depending on the shipping from Japan. So I’ll have it for Christmas anyway.

I think this is the last big thing I’ll be getting for a while, at least until I move house in the coming months.

Now, time for the regret to kick in :0/

Wait... you only got one of them?

Steve X2

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Wait... you only got one of them?

Yeah, I'm poor now so only get two of everything every second purchase, and i got two bottles of wine last night before buying this

Nerdkiller1991

o1s1n wrote: »

Anyone else experience this when they hear of a Titler?



No? Just me? :pac:

A-cup Titler?

Tchoin

Steve X2 wrote: »

So I went and did it anyway. In a fit of madness in the early hours I bought a Famicom Titler! It should arrive within 2 weeks depending on the shipping from Japan. So I’ll have it for Christmas anyway.

I think this is the last big thing I’ll be getting for a while, at least until I move house in the coming months.

Now, time for the regret to kick in :0/

Congrats! It's on my list, I almost snatched one a month ago that ended at around €400 boxed on eBay.

Post pics when you get it :pac:

On other news, I bricked my GP2X F100 last night while attempting to upgrade to FW 4.0

Looks salvageable though... crap!

Steve X2

Tchoin wrote: »

Congrats! It's on my list, I almost snatched one a month ago that ended at around €400 boxed on eBay.

Post pics when you get it :pac:

On other news, I bricked my GP2X F100 last night while attempting to upgrade to FW 4.0

Looks salvageable though... crap!

400!! Jasus that's bargain price.
The one I went for in the end is boxed and minty so the price was a bit mental.
Plenty of pics when it arrives

moonlighting

java code running on a Sega Geneses

http://hackaday.com/2015/11/23/3-billion-devices-and-a-sega-genesis-run-java/

Nerdkiller1991

moonlighting wrote: »

java code running on a Sega Geneses

http://hackaday.com/2015/11/23/3-billion-devices-and-a-sega-genesis-run-java/

"Mega Drive".

Also, that last bit was oddly...cavernous.

DinoRex

Hahaha... Poor Billy Mitchel.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-11-24-donkey-kong-diva-denied-in-cartoon-network-depiction-lawsuit

MrVestek

DinoRex wrote: »

Hahaha... Poor Billy Mitchel.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-11-24-donkey-kong-diva-denied-in-cartoon-network-depiction-lawsuit

[font=Proxima, sans-serif]"And when GBF loses his title, the character literally explodes, unlike Plaintiff."
[/font]
Bahahahaha!

DinoRex

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I get the feeling VGL is more like a rock concert with Tommy Tellerico really getting the crowd going. It's actually pretty unique when it comes to classical videogame concerts, most others are played like a traditional classical music concert.

I found the VGL thing a bit wanky with all that staged stuff where they get the same guy up from the audience to play guitar hero at each show.

And the selection of music is pretty hit and miss too.

With Zelda every piece of music is excellent. Don't think the audience were too used to a classical concert though... lots of talking during the performance which was pretty annoying. Also a bunch of gob****es groaning and sighing whenever Windwaker came on as they obviously thought it was Zelda for babies or something.

But was great to hear that music performed live having grown up with Zelda games over the past 30 years. But as Johnny said, the big screen isn't needed and especailly detracted from things when it broke down.

Also it loses points for no Wand of Gamelon....

airmax87

Do PAL SNES games fit inside the super famicom?
Can only find info for the other way around.

Myrddin

airmax87 wrote: »

Do PAL SNES games fit inside the super famicom?
Can only find info for the other way around.

They fit (assuming you mean PAL Snes?)...but they won't work without either an import adapter or modding the console itself (region mod)

o1s1n

airmax87 wrote: »

Do PAL SNES games fit inside the super famicom?
Can only find info for the other way around.

Yep they do grand.

TechnoFreek

Saturn question.

Do PAL games ran on a PAL Saturn which has been modded for 60hz run the exact same as the NTSC game on an NTSC system?

Or were the NTSC games specifically optimised further?

Myrddin

TechnoFreek wrote: »

Saturn question.

Do PAL games ran on a PAL Saturn which has been modded for 60hz run the exact same as the NTSC game on an NTSC system?

Or were the NTSC games specifically optimised further?

Unless they've been PAL optimised, then yes, they should run fine at 60Hz.

Retr0gamer

Any PAL games played at 60 Hz on a modded Saturn are sped up to the NTSC speed and run fine. There's a few exceptions though, Sega unlike Nintendo actually has some respect for Europe so a few of their internal games are PAL optimised. Panzer Dragoon Zwei is the only one I found to be optimised, most of my other games are US and Japanese. Zwei runs with the top and bottom of the image cut off on my modded console.

Panzer Dragoon Saga on the other hand runs better in NTSC mode, there's some bugs with the PAL version meaning some effects are cut out in 50 Hz mode.

Nerdkiller1991

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Any PAL games played at 60 Hz on a modded Saturn are sped up to the NTSC speed and run fine. There's a few exceptions though, Sega unlike Nintendo actually has some respect for Europe so a few of their internal games are PAL optimised. Panzer Dragoon Zwei is the only one I found to be optimised, most of my other games are US and Japanese. Zwei runs with the top and bottom of the image cut off on my modded console.

Panzer Dragoon Saga on the other hand runs better in NTSC mode, there's some bugs with the PAL version meaning some effects are cut out in 50 Hz mode.

Your console doesn't happen to have a switch to select between PAL and NTSC, or is that ever possible?

blag

Couple of videos I took of the Dariusburst CS closed beta. The game is immense. Looks amazing across two monitors but the bezels on my monitors are a little too wide for it to be seamless.

Both are from the Chronicle Saviours mode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfbBtDWL878

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7G0fwl_zl8

Andrew76

Nice! Didn't know there was a beta running for it. Were you using keyboard, joypad or arcade stick?

iamtony

I always thought the 50/60hz thing was only to do with the refresh rate or something. When I seen the comparison videos showing the speed difference and how all my life I was playing a slower inferior version a part of me cried a little :-( I will have to get a mod done.

blag

Andrew76 wrote: »

Nice! Didn't know there was a beta running for it. Were you using keyboard, joypad or arcade stick?

Was using Mad Catz TE2 (PS4) but it works perfectly with all my other sticks too (TE1 360, Hori RAP 360 etc) and any pads I've tried (360 wired, DS4, Hori Xbox One pad).

o1s1n

iamtony wrote: »

I always thought the 50/60hz thing was only to do with the refresh rate or something. When I seen the comparison videos showing the speed difference and how all my life I was playing a slower inferior version a part of me cried a little :-( I will have to get a mod done.

Such is the red pill everyone has to endure when collecting classic consoles.

I nearly passed out the first time I compared Sonic 1 in 50/60hz on a real console.

iamtony

o1s1n wrote: »

Such is the red pill everyone has to endure when collecting classic consoles.

I nearly passed out the first time I compared Sonic 1 in 50/60hz on a real console.

Yeah it's shocking really how the fooled half the world! I couldn't believe it. Even the black borders are terrible I always wondered why they were their.

TechnoFreek

Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

Your console doesn't happen to have a switch to select between PAL and NTSC, or is that ever possible?

My brothers sarturn, the reason for my original query does indeed have a switch to flick between 50 and 60 Hz. Also have a mod chip for cd-rs

Retr0gamer

Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

Your console doesn't happen to have a switch to select between PAL and NTSC, or is that ever possible?

You can get a 50/60 hz switch but for region modding all you need is an action replay 4 in 1. I've a japanese Saturn so it's 60hz only, sure why would you need 50hz :P

Steve X2

Just ordered the new Raspberry Pi Zero this morning. Can argue with the price and it’s actually powerful enough for a lot of cool projects(basic emulation, basic media player etc).

£4 for the board, I spent more on coffee and a bagel this morning on the way into work :0) It’s so cheap it even comes free on the front of this month’s MagPi magazine.
Not as powerful as the Pi2, but it's based on the Pi1 but with the cpu running a bit faster.

https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-zero/

CiDeRmAn

Can I get that magazine here?
I'd love to get one for my son.
Thanks

Steve X2

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Can I get that magazine here?
I'd love to get one for my son.
Thanks

I've seen it in Easons in the past. It's usually in the same section as Retro Gamer mag. It cost about £5-6 in the UK so not sure about here.

The Last Bandit

That is ridiculous.. I recently bought an ARM dev board for €4 and though that was unbelievable processing power for the price but this is even better

Steve X2

The Last Bandit wrote: »

That is ridiculous.. I recently bought an ARM dev board for €4 and though that was unbelievable processing power for the price but this is even better

Yeah, they've done very well to get that out at that price point.
Amazing what they can do as its a not for profit charity/organisation.

Like, that's disposable computer prices we're talking about!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFFQmdUc5Vg

megaten

The size looks like it could make pi-powered handheld console actually feasible and not ridiculous looking.

Steve X2

megaten wrote: »

The size looks like it could make pi-powered handheld console actually feasible and not ridiculous looking.

Yeah, the main issue with size now will just be the cables and connections(and you’d be stripping those down anyway if installing in a mini console).
The fact it has all the same GPIO pins(well headers) and in the same configuration as the other Pi’s is actually a big deal as well for mods and hacks.

Now, I wonder if you can overclock it just like the other PI’s

rathdowney

Ordered mine today
for £4 you can't go wrong!

Retr0gamer

Anyone keeping up with the whole play asia Dead or alive extreme 3 BS at the moment? Getting sick of it at this stage. Play asia shouldn't have mentioned the dreaded SJW hashtag, very childish from them, but the backlash is equally childish as well.

Anyway, in other news everyone needs to play Undertale. It's pretty much got game of the year written all over it.

blag

Undertale looks great, I'll have to pick it up soon.

I suppose it depends on your perspective but Dariusburst is shaping up to be my top game this year. There's been very little this year to get excited about in general though.

megaten

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Anyone keeping up with the whole play asia Dead or alive extreme 3 BS at the moment? Getting sick of it at this stage. Play asia shouldn't have mentioned the dreaded SJW hashtag, very childish from them, but the backlash is equally childish as well.

Anyway, in other news everyone needs to play Undertale. It's pretty much got game of the year written all over it.

It's a bit ugly alright. Very clearly trying to use fake outrage to try and drum up sales for the asia version they'll be offering.

Undertales pretty great. Amazing how much it packed into a 6-10 hour playthrough.

CiDeRmAn

I didn't want DoA:XV3 before, but I may import it someday as a result, if only because of... physics....

The Last Bandit

All that fuzz over some animated boobies...

o1s1n

Bit of a strange world where something like Senran Kagura can be released on Nintendo's 'kiddy' console but adults can't buy a Dead or Alive game.

CiDeRmAn

The Last Bandit wrote: »

All that gizz over some animated boobies...

FYP!

johnny_ultimate

All that fuzz over some animated boobies...

That's the baffling thing, people are willing to put so much passion into arguing about what is ultimately not even softcore porn, but has the some general artistic merit. While I certainly still believe it should be available to buy if people want it, how could anybody possibly get so upset over such a crappy game not making it westwards?

Disappointed to see Play Asia feeding into all that anti-'SJW' bull****, TBH, but it's nothing if not shrewd marketing that will guarantee them a good few sales from the only teenagers who could give two ****s about a Dead or Alive volleyball game :pac:

As for Undertale, I'm only a few hours in but who could fail to be smitten by a game that features encounters such as this?

CiDeRmAn

o1s1n wrote: »

Bit of a strange world where something like Senran Kagura can be released on Nintendo's 'kiddy' console but adults can't buy a Dead or Alive game.

And, they made a joke out of it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9YGJ1KZgRU

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

Retr0gamer

The Dead or Alive Extreme games are meant to be secretly quite good fun and are more resort management games with sports minigames.

Or so I heard.

The Last Bandit

Are they normally played one-handed ?

CiDeRmAn

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Are they normally played one-handed ?

Better still, use the Kinect and have all sort of "gestural prompting" as controls!
Well, if the Kinect worked as promised you could have....

CiDeRmAn

Retr0gamer wrote: »

The Dead or Alive Extreme games are meant to be secretly quite good fun and are more resort management games with sports minigames.

Or so I heard.

Edge stuck the original on the cover and gave it an excellent review, 8/10, though the sequel got a resounding M'eh due it being completely aimless and, eventually, boring, 5/10.

Retr0gamer

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Edge stuck the original on the cover and gave it an excellent review, 8/10, though the sequel got a resounding M'eh due it being completely aimless and, eventually, boring, 5/10.

So better than Gunstar Heroes then?