General Arcade & Retro Chat' Special Championship Edition

johnny_ultimate · 13-02-2023 5:15pm

You'd struggle to find people more frustrated with the current state of AAA video games than I am. But equally, I am entirely convinced the medium has never been more vibrant than it is now, thanks to the sheer volume of amazing and interesting games being released. The only problem I have is trying to find the time and money to experience even a fraction of them!

Retr0gamer · 13-02-2023 5:45pm

It's the same **** you see with movies. People complaining about too many Marvel movies and ignoring the sheer wealth of amazing independent and lower budget films now that digital film making has allowed more people to get involved in the art.

Same with games, Triple A games are in an absolute quagmire but outside of those games I don't think we have ever experienced such a wealth of amazing titles. I used to be able to keep up quite well with new releases but it's impossible now.

The author is basically just saying in a long winded way that they don't play anything other than triple A games. The same type of person that says they won't get a switch because they don't like Nintendo games.

And singling out Elden Ring while calling Horizon Zero Dawn 'a triumph of original play and storytelling', get the f*ck out of here.

MrVestek · 14-02-2023 10:00pm

https://youtu.be/bQdV6wzC5Vg

Thought you folks might enjoy seeing this. Originally built this for Christmas for my girlfriend but the hardware / software had issues and didn't work by the time it got to her in New York.

She visited recently so I had a chance to revisit it all and get it right.

tonyotonyo · 16-02-2023 3:51am

Some things to make your eyes pop

https://ibb.co/G9m0tb6

https://ibb.co/p3CXqYB

https://ibb.co/2dyGcJP

https://ibb.co/XzK6q2L

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tonyotonyo · 16-02-2023 3:57am

Few more

https://ibb.co/M1Dd7S6

https://ibb.co/K59PQHQ

https://ibb.co/VDgqCKQ

https://ibb.co/gjJm0sL

https://ibb.co/KKchVXt

MrVestek · 16-02-2023 5:50pm

Where is this treasure trove?

Retr0gamer · 17-02-2023 1:09am

https://twitter.com/gamespite/status/1626267184933531649?t=PQme8u726o1ojx8D1defmw&s=19

Cats

Nerdkiller1991 · 18-02-2023 2:36am

https://twitter.com/LevelUpLimerick/status/1625970862502412310

Reopening?

sniper_samurai · 19-02-2023 5:52pm

For anyone who has seen Quantumania already was it just me or was the death scream from Space Harrier sampled in it.

Mr.Saturn · 24-02-2023 11:15am

Not a fan of how normalised it’s become on sale sites to post empty cases at regular ass prices. Nearly bought only the box for Fire Emblem Awakening.

Retr0gamer · 27-02-2023 3:00pm

Was out in Glasgow for a birthday weekend for a friend. Walked past NQ64 and managed to drag a few people inside. Nice enough set up. Not a fan of some games requiring 2 tokens. Decent selection of games. Bit disappointed that street fighter 2 was rainbow edition as it's unplayable shite. Guns on point blank are a little off which makes some of the challenges impossible. They had the star wars and iron man pins as well. Star wars I found a bit difficult but iron man is a Great little machine. Had a few games of pac man and bubble bobble. The outrun sp2 machines are in great nick and play a lot of that.

They've four player Simpsons and X-Men.

Managed to get some multiplayer ddr and guitar hero with the people I dragged in that wouldn't be interested in games.

DaveyDave · 27-02-2023 4:05pm

I see Level Up are back in Hunters Sports Bar?

https://twitter.com/LevelUpLimerick/status/1629542576859619330?t=4cLl5LM-ziQYeEWvuA22qg&s=19

dav09 · 28-02-2023 12:12am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120294460#Comment_120294460

Correct, have opened along side it and taken the basement. Opening next week!

Lots of new stuff, will be a bit different to the old place but better hopefully!

DaveyDave · 28-02-2023 1:37am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120296174#Comment_120296174

Best of luck to ye! In terms of space/number of cabs how would it compare to the old space?

Did Elevator Action fit? :D

dav09 · 28-02-2023 10:28am

Thank you. I would say last spot had roughly 40/45 cabinets towards the end, I know at one stage it had closer to 60 but due to electricity prices, costs, restrategizing I'd say there were 10 or so less cabinets towards the end. This spot will have less again, maybe about 35 cabinets it's slightly smaller, still 4 or 5 cabinets to come in too after launch like Moto GP so might feel be a bit light for the start.

Unfortunately Elevator Action didnt for now! It was either that or Time Crisis 5! (and still it wouldnt fit into that space)

Retr0gamer · 28-02-2023 12:54pm

This is all kinds of awesome. Mouse support has been modded into kings field 1, 2 and shadow tower.

https://twitter.com/VinciusMedeiro6/status/1630227653281169409?t=SQv9uyn5e-eSyuDq5pZyHw&s=19

barryribs · 09-03-2023 4:17pm

So I guess we can put the WiiU as a retro console now that the stores are closing.

I wasn't overly excited about it on launch but picked up the wind waker ltd edition in GameStop around 2013. Fabulous console with the backwards compatibility, some of the best first party titles released and the pro controller is still one of the best ever made - the battery life is incredible.

I'm still bitter about the majority of the library getting switch ports, exactly 0 of which I own on switch.

Mr.Saturn · 09-03-2023 4:40pm

I understand the craic about Nintendo being anti-consumer with the Wii U ports on Switch but low-key kind of okay with it as it’s kept a lot of Wii U library super-cheap for those of us that did buy into the platform.

Retr0gamer · 09-03-2023 6:56pm

Found this interesting. Originally medal of honor was pretty damn gory.

https://twitter.com/MemoryCard_8MB/status/1633844086401818632?t=epWehhMVWLos_rEhL-CXmA&s=19

Colonel Panic · 11-03-2023 9:58am

Softmodded my Wii U last night. Mostly to back up the nand in light of brickings, but there’s also a home brew tool that lets you pair any Bluetooth controller.

I have a whole bunch of Wii U games. Most ended up on Switch, but not the HD remasters of Zelda games.

Colonel Panic · 11-03-2023 11:01am

Now super paranoid and checking all my consoles. New battery for black GC needed but the disk drive still works.

Wikidy · 11-03-2023 5:36pm

Just checked as well. New cmos batteries required for Gamecube and Dreamcast. I'd imagine most will need replacement these days...

barryribs · 11-03-2023 5:50pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120346069#Comment_120346069

Isn't the dreamcast battery soldered to the board?

Colonel Panic · 11-03-2023 6:19pm

They all are (the controller board for DC and GC). You can desolder them and put in a new one, or put in a battery holder instead.

Watch out on DC batteries. They’re rechargeable. You can use a diode to disable charging and use a regular cr32 though.

CosmicSmash · 11-03-2023 7:52pm

It's a long one but definitely worth a watch. Arcade history from1970 to 1999.

https://youtu.be/v8rhq5YKJPg

o1s1n · 14-03-2023 5:02pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120346271#Comment_120346271

Years back I used to just get a hot knife and cut the old CR2032 off the battery holder and masking tape the new battery in place. 😂 Not elegant in the slightest at all, but it worked! Easy future replacements too.

I did not know that about being able to stop the charging function of the Dreamcast battery by the way, fascinating stuff. I remember years back putting a new CR2032 into my Dreamcast and wondering why it wasn't working.

Colonel Panic · 14-03-2023 5:14pm

Love the idea of just taping in a new battery!!

Retr0gamer · 15-03-2023 5:17pm

What's the best way to get component to HDMI? Was going to get a PS2 component cable for the framemeister but noticed it has no component inputs. Also I've only got component for my Wii

o1s1n · 15-03-2023 5:25pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120362521#Comment_120362521

Retrotink 5X if you have money to blow

https://www.retrotink.com/product-page/5x-pro

Retr0gamer · 15-03-2023 5:28pm

I don't but I really think I should invest in one at some point!

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