General Arcade & Retro Chat' Special Championship Edition

Yeah, pretty much the best gaming tv on the market with all the bells and whistles(4k120, vrr etc). The new G3 this year will be better as it's 60% brighter, but that is a much more expensive tv.

Yeah. Had a look into this last year when looking to pick up a smaller secondary screen that would have use with retro stuff and ended up forgoing the new model (at the time) and went for the C1. There were some fairly damning videos doing the rounds with regard to the lag introduced in 4:3, which can be quite noticeable added in the already inherent lag added to the loop already.

Not sure if it was ever resolved, and had been unaddressed for months trawling through AV Forums and, frankly, probably too niche of an issue to have been properly addressed via firmware by LG, but don't know for certain. No more than a bug more than likely given its performance in 16:9, but a potential stumbling block too far for some. With the modern stuff, it's a fine screen for gaming (some raised black issues to be fair, plus the lack of DTS support depending on your setup), and subject to a number of deals every now and then, especially when the C3 range lands i would imagine.

True, it's essentially a C1 screen with the brains of the C2, but there is no doubt the C2 has a brighter panel (have no idea if the 4:3 thing was addressed, but given its still running the show, it could be still present), and performs better in daylight. The EVO panel was certainly an improvement, and while some later C1 models did get manufactured with said screen, I've no idea whether the CS range benefitted in the same regard. The release always had the air of LG moving old panels without another refresh.

x3 range will be brighter again, but will obviously come in at RRP. I'd expect all prior ranges to drop a little to move stock. Believe DTS are back onboard as well for the '23 season.

Worth a test alright Retr0, as its quite possible things have been improved but as of about 9 months back the issues were present with the 4:3 mode

My Life in Gaming done a decent bit on it among others

Larger test out with the other models here, where I think they touch on the issues as well

It's entirely possible it has been addressed, but it's also such a niche bug that it's never been on the cards for a fix. Never heard directly whether it was still a thing, just a lot of references to the original findings.

That God damn thing was infuriating ☺️

What's worth playing on 32X/Mega CD? Might as well throw a few games on my Steam Deck, probably won't sink money into those systems this year.

With the OSSC, some input modes expect you to flip to 4:3 also, such as line doubling 480p, so watch out for that too.

The RetroTink5x seems to handle that sort of thing a bit better without any messing about.

You can use usb kb & m with it. If you need cheap ones the Trust ones work on Xbox.

Yeah the vast majority of the 32X's best titles are it's ports. Virtua Racing, Virtua Fighter, After Burner, Mortal Kombat 2, Space Harrier, all were probably one of the best home ports for a while in the 90s. Can all be played in much better forms nowadays though so they're pretty redundant from a gaming point of view.

As an 'experience' though, there are lots of 32X games to play. Purely to see how bad gaming can get if a console and it's software are rushed. 😀

If you ever think a fairly run of the mill mediocre game is bad, fire up Motocross Championship or Cosmic Carnage for a bit of perspective and realise that at some point, somewhere, a kid got a 32X and one of those games for Christmas :eek:

I've been waiting for something on eBay for a month now, the seller tried again this week but apparently registered parcels are only for business accounts at the moment and Parcel Force untracked isn't ideal as it's expensive and hard to find at a good price.

Anyone know any cost friendly, tracked options from the UK? Otherwise I'll just have to wait another few weeks.

Maybe try addresspal ***shudders***