RetroGaming at the Dun-Laoghaire Lexicon

PaulPriest

http://www.dunlaoghaire.ie/event/dlr-lexicon-live-retro-gamer/
http://events.dlrcoco.ie/event/retro-gamer

Anyone going?

10EUR for 50 mins playing on a dozen 80s cabs by the sounds of it.

If it's a dozen emulators in generic cabs I'll be cross.

Colour me interested.
But as you said .
Unless there originals I wouldn't be ringed.

eddhorse

Thanks might go alright.

MrVestek

That's only down the road from me. Feck it... think I'll go!

s8n

retr0gamer will be all over this

PaulPriest

Okay, so a few generic woodies with appropriate controlpanels and I'm guessing PCBs. Mainly a showcase for their new game.
https://twitter.com/P_PandaStudio/with_replies

Better than I feared, but not what I'd hoped!

Linoud

Should check out that game. I don't think they had anything to do with the retro setup though, just got lumped in with the arcade stuff.

PaulPriest

A build of the game is available for 'name your price' (incl. free) from http://chueytoo.itch.io/eternal-spirits .
I gather it's a student project turned indie.

o1s1n

PaulPriest wrote: »

Okay, so a few generic woodies with appropriate controlpanels and I'm guessing PCBs. Mainly a showcase for their new game.
https://twitter.com/P_PandaStudio/with_replies

Better than I feared, but not what I'd hoped!

From the photos it looks like they've LCDs in the cabs?

MrVestek

LCDs with 60 in 1 boards?

Ugh... kinda glad I didn't go now.

eddhorse

I was there earlier too.

Was good, didnt really get to play as much as id like in the 50 mins.

3 x woodies with 60-in-1's (Galaxian, DK, Dig Dug)
1 x Mame machine with 7000 games.
1 x Tron pinball
1 x Mechanical hockey game.
2 x cocktail cabinets with 150 games each.

Played some of the new game that the developers were showing off also.
It was ok, i am useless with Xbox controllers though. It was megaman-ish.
Played bubble bobble with my mate on the mame cab, good fun.

eddhorse

MrVestek wrote: »

LCDs with 60 in 1 boards?

Ugh... kinda glad I didn't go now.

They did have LCD's but that wasnt the real point.
They were from an events company not for the purists. I enjoyed it anyways but would have liked longer for a tenner

o1s1n

eddhorse wrote: »

They did have LCD's but that wasnt the real point.
They were from an events company not for the purists. I enjoyed it anyways but would have liked longer for a tenner

Is it really a 'purist' thing though?

A multi board in a generic woody with a CRT would still feel like an arcade game.

Playing games on LCDs though just doesn't...not for me anyway. And that was long before I'd have considered myself a 'purist'.

I guess it depends if you grew up in arcades or used CRTs over the years. If you were a teen to an early twentysomething now I guess you wouldn't really know what you were missing out on.

CathalDublin

€10 for 50mins on generic cabs is a bit pricey, why not unlimited time? I can single credit 30minutes on alot of the old games.
Would like to have a play of tron though. but like Oisin, I'm not into LCDs in cabs at all and couldn't really get past it when playing, it just feels wrong, I like emulation in cabs and multigames but only on CRTs.

eddhorse

I agree it was overpriced.

And yes im a CRT man, i know the LCD is a tool of the devil. The organiser said they have many issues with lots of use of these cabs so possibly a reason. Easy moving between venues also i guess.
I also think with so few cabinets they have to make up the game numbers with 60-in-1's.

Tron was good. Was getting into it when time was up.

Retr0gamer

I can kind of get the LCD experience playing make at home. If it was on CRTs it might be worth a visit and after playing on thise stupidly gorgeous Egret 2 cabs in Hey Akihabara it just highlighted how awful even the best LCD tech is.

eddhorse

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I can kind of get the LCD experience playing make at home. If it was on CRTs it might be worth a visit and after playing on thise stupidly gorgeous Egret 2 cabs in Hey Akihabara it just highlighted how awful even the best LCD tech is.

I can see how this would be the case. Ed nods

MrVestek

So glad I was hungover and didn't bother going to this after seeing those pics I have to say.

The day was much better spent getting lashed on heading to Carrickmines to pick up Guitar Hero and Lego Dimensions. :P

Eh .not even arcade cabs.converted poker's.
Mitch?