So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition

Myrddin

atavan-halen wrote: »

I'll have you know I'm past that stage and am currently growing a mo!

*More shameless plugging for movember! Links in mah sig*

Are you all mature now? Aww, where's "Sfhghjk I be drunk ladz"? He was cool :D

After your mo, you better not get one of the reticule things & start being all mature & condescending with yer new Famicom etc :pac:

Atavan-Halen

EnterNow wrote: »

Are you all mature now? Aww, where's "Sfhghjk I be drunk ladz"? He was cool :D

After your mo, you better not get one of the reticule things & start being all mature & condescending with yer new Famicom etc :pac:

Pfft hell no! Drunk atavan has to work to fund his drinking but that means less drinking time.

NES? Too mainstream.

Myrddin

atavan-halen wrote: »

Pfft hell no! Drunk atavan has to work to fund his drinking but that means less drinking time.

NES? Too mainstream.

There's only one Retr0 remember

Pyongyang

Installed the unibios EPROM tonight. Thought I'd lash a couple of cheats on. Decided to try Puzzle de Pon.

Three hours later and I just cleared the bloody thing. All 39 rounds.

Bloody hell!

CiDeRmAn

OwaynOTT wrote: »

maybe i is slow but eh?

It refers to a troll who was making the most bizarre statements before the thread was closed.
Not saying more in case it all sparks off again...

Bloody hipsters!

OwaynOTT

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

It refers to a troll who was making the most bizarre statements before the thread was closed.
Not saying more in case it all sparks off again...

Bloody hipsters!

Ah I see now. Just thought it was summit to do with the spelling of awesome.

The Last Bandit

Gears of War (1), not too old but quiet decent for the price of €3.

Dipping into a few PC-Engine games now I've set up an emulator on the cabinet.

Pyongyang

The Last Bandit wrote: »

PC-Engine games...emulator...

:eek: *faints*

Actually I might try hooking up my Duo-R to my cabinet tonight, see how that works out. Exciting!

Talking of emulators, I was thinking of finding an Amiga one tonight and playing a bit of Cannon Fodder. Lest We Forget...

Andrew76

Pyongyang wrote: »

:eek: *faints*

Actually I might try hooking up my Duo-R to my cabinet tonight, see how that works out. Exciting!

Hey don't knock it til you've tried it!

I use MagicEngine to play PCE games on the cab via the Hyperspin pc and it's bloody brilliant. Far too much hassle to hook up the Duo-R having to switch cards/discs and not be able to use the cab controls. Emu's all the way for that sort of stuff.

(Didn't seem to affect the gameplay either with that walloping I handed out with my Soldier Blade scores )

Pyongyang

I'm a purist. I prefer the backache, card/disc-swapping and general hassle of it all!

That said I'm probably going to hook it up as follows:

Duo-R > Sync Strike > VGA to CGA converter (not scaler) > Monitor

That should work just grand. I hope. Plus I wouldn't want to be doing pad hacks and using LS-56-01's (which still haven't arrived yet). I've my (BNIB ) XE-1 Pro HE stick for that. Quite possibly the finest arcade stick ever built for a home console.

Myrddin

Pyongyang wrote: »

I'm a purist

A purist who plays a Duo-R on an arcade cab? Heresy

Pyongyang

Gotta have the full scanline experience!

I've no room for a CRT.

Myrddin

Pyongyang wrote: »

Gotta have the full scanline experience!

I've no room for a CRT.

But Duo-R's were meant to be played on tv's...& you call yourself a purist. Your no better than a lowly modder

Pyongyang

EnterNow wrote: »

Your no better than a lowly modder

CiDeRmAn

Might I recommend the Sony 29" telly?
Very nice trinitron screen, flat as a pancake, well a slightly curved pancake, and makes all games look that bit better?!
Oh, it weighs a fecking ton though!

Myrddin

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Might I recommend the Sony 29" telly?
Very nice trinitron screen, flat as a pancake, well a slightly curved pancake, and makes all games look that bit better?!
Oh, it weighs a fecking ton though!

The Rolls Royce of crt's. Unfortunately, its about as big as a Rolls Royce & weighs as much too

o1s1n

Recommending a 29 inch Sony Trinitron to someone with no room for a CRT? Madness!

Myrddin

o1s1n wrote: »

Recommending a 29 inch Sony Trinitron to someone with no room for a CRT? Madness!

He was last seen with a bottle of cider though, it's likely he's drunk

Andrew76

Hence why I went for a lovely 21 incher. Don't have the back to lift a 29 about nor the space to store it and the 21 is easy to tate (I'd imagine the 29 is not).

Myrddin

Andrew76 wrote: »

Hence why I went for a lovely 21 incher. Don't have the back to lift a 29 about nor the space to store it and the 21 is easy to tate (I'd imagine the 29 is not).

I settled for 21" also, the attic just didn't have the room for the 29"

But the combo of the 21" beside the 32" HD one caters nicely for almost everything so its a happy middle ground

valleyoftheunos

EnterNow wrote: »

I settled for 21" also, the attic just didn't have the room for the 29"

But the combo of the 21" beside the 32" HD one caters nicely for almost everything so its a happy middle ground

How mad is the world that I consider my 32" lcd a small to medium tv and 21" of any variety utterly unacceptable?

Incidentally I was in the Sony Centre in Dundrum on Wednesday evening and got a demo of a 60" HD 3D Bravia, it was seriously impressive, aside from the picture being ludicrously sharp the 3D was actually very impressive. All I need now is 3.5k for the telly €60 a throw for all the sets of glasses I'd need for my mates and a proper station broadcasting in 3D and I'd be well sorted.

johnny_ultimate

Just spotted this on adverts, not sure if it's the same thing you guys are talking about but hey it might well be: http://www.adverts.ie/tv/sony-29inch-trinition-tv/1100345

CiDeRmAn

That's the cute puppy there.
A bit over priced though.
I'd be thinking a max of 40 to 50 euro for it.

As for the giant 3D tv, Powercity have a 50" Panasonic 3D Plasma for 711.96, not sure how many sets of active shutter glasses you get with that though, and those things get expensive!

Pyongyang

You know what would be heroically awesome? A Philips 21:9 in tate playing Mushihimesama Futari!

As for the CRT, I'm grand with a console hooked up to an arcade CRT. It's semi-purist!

Steve X2

Hooked up the Dreamcast to the candy last night and had a bash at a few games, mostly Soul Calibur and a selection of shmup's.

The Dreamcast looks great on the arcade monitor via vga I must say



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Pyongyang

Any DC tate there?

Andrew76

valleyoftheunos wrote: »

How mad is the world that I consider my 32" lcd a small to medium tv and 21" of any variety utterly unacceptable?

Incidentally I was in the Sony Centre in Dundrum on Wednesday evening and got a demo of a 60" HD 3D Bravia, it was seriously impressive, aside from the picture being ludicrously sharp the 3D was actually very impressive. All I need now is 3.5k for the telly €60 a throw for all the sets of glasses I'd need for my mates and a proper station broadcasting in 3D and I'd be well sorted.

Big ass HD tv's are brilliant for HD films/games ofc. But utterly sh1te for retro games imo, CRT are miles better.

Steve X2

Pyongyang wrote: »

Any DC tate there?

To much hassle to rotate the monitor for just a quick bash.

If I was into shmups as much as yourself I'd do it but so far the horizontal setup gets used most.

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Pyongyang

The pain, hassle, anguish and sheer inconvenience of it is worth it. Get it tated Ulysses!!!

Steve X2

Pyongyang wrote: »

The pain, hassle, anguish and sheer inconvenience of it is worth it. Get it tated Ulysses!!!

I might do it for a few days when I get back from the land of great games, food and 25-35 year old women dressed as schoolgirls in nightclubs.

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