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    #8552
    a5y
    Registered Users Posts: 944 ✭✭✭a5y


    The Last Bandit wrote: »
    Saturn SCART cable finally arrived, hopefully this will clean up the picture a bit.

    Would you mind me asking how much you paid and where? I'm looking at getting an RGB one for my (PAL) Saturn and the prices on 'em are steep.


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    #8553
    The Last Bandit
    Registered Users Posts: 3,717 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


    a5y wrote: »
    Would you mind me asking how much you paid and where? I'm looking at getting an RGB one for my (PAL) Saturn and the prices on 'em are steep.

    Got it on Ebay from a private seller, cost €16 including shipping and there was a fair few bids on it.
    The 10 pin DIN plug are next to impossible to get so a home made cable wasn't an option. Well worth getting one though.


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    #8554
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,528 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Could one not just use an existing scart cable and, with a little soldering here and crimping there, make a RGB cable out of it?


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    #8555
    alpahaeagle
    Registered Users Posts: 585 ✭✭✭alpahaeagle


    OwaynOTT wrote: »
    A bag of crisps job was it?

    Also a pack of chewing gum...:p


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    #8556
    The Last Bandit
    Registered Users Posts: 3,717 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Could one not just use an existing scart cable and, with a little soldering here and crimping there, make a RGB cable out of it?

    Yep sure could but I was tried to avoid the pikey look :D

    Here's the pinout, problem was in finding a suitable connector. You could hack up the RF cable connector I guess.

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    #8557
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,528 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    No one will condemn you for destroying an RF cable, not even a Sega one!


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    #8558
    OwaynOTT
    Registered Users Posts: 10,533 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    Very happy with Alleyway game as the box is in perfect condition and got it for nothing, well next to nothing.

    Fatal Fury is sh!te!

    Some great games in there and I know a certain Mod will totally agree.


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    #8559
    The Last Bandit
    Registered Users Posts: 3,717 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    No one will condemn you for destroying an RF cable, not even a Sega one!

    Had a quick look at the RF cable, only composite and stereo audio are pinned out. Still better the RF anyways.


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    #8560
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    The ebay spending splurge continues...

    Super Aleste & Super SWIV. Both great shmups :cool: The Aleste cart has label damage which I knew of, hence the cheap price...very cheap price actually.

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    And one to really fugg Retr0 off.

    Ever so slight label wear at the bottom, but again, due to my Doom interest combined with the price I couldn't say no. It's absolute rubbish, but still, it's Doom. I think it was €7/€8 so for nothing really. Combined shipping to the rescue

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    All carts need a serious cleaning :)


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    #8561
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,381 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    Got these the last day or two, got the two boxed ones that are damaged off Full_TiltKeith, originally they look like the front is ripped off, but its actually the front of another box, time lord, stuck to this one, so it seems to come off in pieces so i might be able to peel most of it off and be left with only a slightly damaged box. the back of lolo is the same, will probably peel off too though.

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    #8562
    Full_TiltKeith
    Registered Users Posts: 165 ✭✭Full_TiltKeith


    I again apologize about the state of Lolo and gremlins, I'm a discredit to the retro forum!


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    #8563
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,381 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    haha your grand, it actually looks like the time lord box might peel off them anyways, ill let herself go at them, shes expert at cleaning stuff up!


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    #8564
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,528 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Full_TiltKeith wrote: »
    I again apologize about the state of Lolo and gremlins, I'm a discredit to the retro forum!

    What the flip did Gremlins ever do to you???
    This is the problem with dumb ass cardboard Ninty game boxes, no staying power.
    But then, they made it all better with the japanese Gamecube boxes, forget the Vita's line in cool casings, the 'Cube had it going on years ago...


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    #8565
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    Full_TiltKeith wrote: »
    I again apologize about the state of Lolo and gremlins, I'm a discredit to the retro forum!


    I'd still sniff them. :pac:

    In other news, I've got some new stuff on the way. Most recently I've acquired a region-modified Taito F3 motherboard and a nice copy of Gekirindan to play on it.

    Should be here some time next week.

    For those that are unsure what Gekirindan is, it was one of (or if memory serves correctly) the LAST real Toaplan game. It was released by Taito but developed by Toaplan staff.

    Excellent shooting game. Cannot wait to get my grubby paws on it and add it to my shooting games collection!


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    #8566
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,381 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    What the flip did Gremlins ever do to you???
    This is the problem with dumb ass cardboard Ninty game boxes, no staying power.

    I love the NES boxes above all others. Im a couple of games off 100 boxed NES games now. if you count that gremlins as a box ;)


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    #8567
    Steve X2
    Registered Users Posts: 8,848 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    keithgeo wrote: »
    I love the NES boxes above all others. Im a couple of games off 100 boxed NES games now. if you count that gremlins as a box ;)

    I just cant bring myself to start collecting anything that comes in a cardboard box. I don't know why, it just doesn't feel right for some reason.

    .


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    #8568
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,381 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    Im actually glad you dont collect NES games, there would be none left on the internetz for the rest us ;)


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    #8569
    Steve X2
    Registered Users Posts: 8,848 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    keithgeo wrote: »
    Im actually glad you dont collect NES games, there would be none left on the internetz for the rest us ;)

    :rolleyes:

    .


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    #8570
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    Steve SI wrote: »
    :rolleyes:

    .

    http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2008/10/darius-alpha-th/

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    darius_alpha.jpg

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    #8571
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,381 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    Steve SI wrote: »
    :rolleyes:

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    yeh ok that was pathetic, I often think though when im bidding on stuff on ebay are any of you guys bidding on it aswell, especially the stuff that pops up in ireland.


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    #8572
    Steve X2
    Registered Users Posts: 8,848 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    Pyongyang wrote: »
    http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2008/10/darius-alpha-th/

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    darius_alpha.jpg

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    Ehhh, I'm familiar with it :)

    .


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    #8573
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    Steve SI wrote: »
    Ehhh, I'm familiar with it :)

    .

    Are you familiar with this? :pac:

    http://dariusalpha.tumblr.com/


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    #8574
    Steve X2
    Registered Users Posts: 8,848 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    Pyongyang wrote: »
    Are you familiar with this? :pac:

    http://dariusalpha.tumblr.com/

    I've actually come across that before on a Darius Alpha search :)
    .


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    #8575
    Full_TiltKeith
    Registered Users Posts: 165 ✭✭Full_TiltKeith


    keithgeo wrote: »
    I love the NES boxes above all others. Im a couple of games off 100 boxed NES games now. if you count that gremlins as a box ;)

    You got 2.1 cases there, I can clearly see time lord......:rolleyes:


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    #8576
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,812 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Pyongyang wrote: »
    For those that are unsure what Gekirindan is, it was one of (or if memory serves correctly) the LAST real Toaplan game. It was released by Taito but developed by Toaplan staff.

    I would have thought Batsugun would have been the last Toaplan game considering it was the very first bullet hell game and served as the template for following games when they former Cave and other companies.

    I played Gekirindan on the saturn, wasn't too impressed.
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    #8577
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,528 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Well, my sudden onset, middle aged, Shump addiction has just bagged a bit of a bargain.
    Just got an admittedly unboxed copy of Fire Shark for the MD on ebay for the princely sum of £6.74, and that's including postage.
    Happy days!

    I was really wanting this one and while it's not that hard to find about the place online this is less than half of what it typically is going for.

    And, it's a nice game too, very Raiden at it's root, you can see where Raiden got some of it's DNA, from 80's shooters like this.

    There is a predecessor called Sky Shark or Flying Shark, I remember having a lot of fun with it on the Spectrum and it's also on the Nes, though I prefer the look of the Speccy edition, yes the mono graphics are a shame but they are more faithful to the original, as is the pacing...

    Nes version of Flying Shark
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGNyo-K2shA


    Speccy version of the same game
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnQa5ROJVtY


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    #8578
    The Last Bandit
    Registered Users Posts: 3,717 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


    Collected Tempest 2000 for the Jaguar this morning, hope this one is some way decent.


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    #8579
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    I would have thought Batsugun would have been the last Toaplan game considering it was the very first bullet hell game and served as the template for following games when they former Cave and other companies.

    I played Gekirindan on the saturn, wasn't too impressed.

    I think I may have muddled my point about the Toaplan part. Gekirindan was co-devloped by Toaplan and Taito but is oft-touted as the last true Toaplan title even though it wasn't published by them. It was developed by Toaplan staff but had Taito finishing touches added to it. Most notably a Zuntata soundtrack. :)

    The Saturn version is a bit average I hear, but then it's not a complete port. A lot of the game was revised, simplified or just removed in comparison to the arcade edition.

    Not a world-beating SHMUP by any means, but the arcade version is a beauty and the game and F3 board opens the door to Darius Gaiden. :D


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    #8580
    alpahaeagle
    Registered Users Posts: 585 ✭✭✭alpahaeagle


    Arrived yesterday.....Came with Blazing Laser......

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    #8581
    safetyboy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,067 ✭✭✭safetyboy


    was thinking of getting one of them off consolegoods, let us know is it worth it :)


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