Son Of General Retro Discussion

pdbhp · 29-01-2012 12:26pm

Pyongyang wrote: »

My pot of Vita admiration has had the heat reduced from a boiling harem of love to a mere simmer at present.

Was going to be a day one for me, not so much now. I'm going to wait it out and see what happens in Japan first I think. It's popularity has waned incredibly quickly.

Even though it's not without its issues, I wouldn't let me enthusiasm wane at all because it's such a kick ass console.

Ok long load times, big time tanking in Nippon, stupidly placed buttons and a high price are all big issues for it but my god it is bloody fantastic and as pornographic as a handheld can get.

Pyongyang · 29-01-2012 12:36pm

pdbhp wrote: »

big time tanking in Nippon, stupidly placed buttons and a high price

It's reason enough not to buy one right now I think, for many factors resulting from those gripes.

as pornographic as a handheld can get.

Not a handheld, but the PC-FX is the clear winner here. Probably for all eternity too.

I'll still get one, just not at launch.

pdbhp · 29-01-2012 12:43pm

Pyongyang wrote: »

It's reason enough not to buy one right now I think, for many factors resulting from those gripes.

Well I myself am going to hold out for at least a couple of weeks for those reasons aswell in the hope it drops a few quid just like 3DS.
I still want one really badly because of how awesome it is.

Pyongyang wrote: »

Not a handheld, but the PC-FX is the clear winner here. Probably for all eternity too.

I'll still get one, just not at launch.

Smutty alright but where will the finger prints go :pac::pac:

Myrddin · 29-01-2012 1:45pm

The launch line up will ensure I won't be bothering with it for a while. Hopefully by next Xmas it will have established itself, & dropped in price enough to warrant buying one.

The load times are concerning though

pdbhp · 29-01-2012 1:47pm

EnterNow wrote: »

The launch line up will ensure I won't be bothering with it for a while. Hopefully by next Xmas it will have established itself, & dropped in price enough to warrant buying one.

The load times are concerning though

My main concern is the load times alright, I wasn't expecting them to be so long especially with cart based media

Mr.Saturn · 29-01-2012 2:36pm

EnterNow wrote: »

The launch line up will ensure I won't be bothering with it for a while. Hopefully by next Xmas it will have established itself, & dropped in price enough to warrant buying one.

The load times are concerning though

That a lesson learned from your 3DS purchase?

Myrddin · 29-01-2012 2:46pm

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

That a lesson learned from your 3DS purchase?

My 3DS purchase? No, my 9 year old sons one.

Atavan-Halen · 29-01-2012 2:49pm

EnterNow wrote: »

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

That a lesson learned from your 3DS purchase?

My 3DS purchase? No, my 9 year old sons one.

Your 9 year old can afford to buy a 3ds?! He's definitely selling drugs.

Myrddin · 29-01-2012 2:52pm

atavan-halen wrote: »

Your 9 year old can afford to buy a 3ds?! He's definitely selling drugs.

He saved up half & I put the other half to help him. He's drug free so I'm keeping him well away from you

pdbhp · 29-01-2012 4:57pm

They say you learn something new everyday, today this is true.

MetalSlug 2001 on Gameboy Colour, never knew of this game until today, played it and it is really glitchy, so glitchy infact that you can almost fly when jumping.

Mr.Saturn · 29-01-2012 5:19pm

Ace Attorney 5 is on its way, according to Famitsu. Grand stuff, my other-half'll be thrilled. That'd be impetus for Capcom to localize it, right? Right?.........

johnny_ultimate · 29-01-2012 5:28pm

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

Ace Attorney 5 is on its way, according to Famitsu. Grand stuff, my other-half'll be thrilled. That'd be impetus for Capcom to localize it, right? Right?.........

I'm still waiting on more news of Layton vs Ace Attorney. Everything else is unimportant!

o1s1n · 29-01-2012 8:40pm

pdbhp wrote: »

They say you learn something new everyday, today this is true.

MetalSlug 2001 on Gameboy Colour, never knew of this game until today, played it and it is really glitchy, so glitchy infact that you can almost fly when jumping.

I'm pretty sure Metal Slug 2001 is a pirate and not an official game. So that'd at least explain the buggyness!

Edit - holy ****! That looks amazing! Gotta be an SNK port that was canned which some pirate got hold of? Apparantly the only release of it is a game called 'Terrifying 911' - an obvious pirate game, which looked like Metal Slug.

This requires more investigation!

Skip all the weird 9/11 ****e and go to 03:50. - Is that real?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNQjU2BXMts

Steve X2 · 30-01-2012 1:10am

Can you flash the bios on one of those Taito G-NET boards easily enough or do you need to send it off to be done?

Might be getting one so just wondering what my options are.

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Retr0gamer · 30-01-2012 1:26am

Finished uncharted 3. Enjoyable but not a patch on the second one and felt a little rushed. The heavily armoured enemies where a bad design decision. Also some cheesy one liners don't equate to good writing.

CiDeRmAn · 30-01-2012 9:10am

Steve SI wrote: »

Can you flash the bios on one of those Taito G-NET boards easily enough or do you need to send it off to be done?

Might be getting one so just wondering what my options are.

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From what I can gather it's a send away service,
but some places are looking for as much as 150 to flash the rom and a few bits like a PCMCIA adaptor for the CF Cards.
I got mine for 150 complete via a guy Kerbdog knows.

Pyongyang · 30-01-2012 9:22am

Reckon I got mine from the same person you did. Flashing the CF is easy, the BIOS is a send-away service, correct. It does cost a few bob, even from the same seller.

Thankfully (I assume) Adultappleflavouredbeveragemale and I both have the 2011 BIOS. I think a new one is due soon though to make even more games available for it. Remember it's not just dedicated G-Net titles it plays, which is another reason it's so good.

...and Night Raid is still heavily dunked in vast cauldrons of MEGA. What a game!

CiDeRmAn · 30-01-2012 11:04am

I will have to watch out for that new Bios, depending on the new titles.
It is a lovely thing, the G-Net, not too sure about the visuals in G-Darius though, a bit too pixelated for me.
RayCrisis and Super Puzzle Bobble are great though.
I'm getting a few more CF Cards this month, eventually hope to collect enough so I don't have to reflash my favourites, maybe 10 or so.
I wonder, what sort of controller do I need for RC de Go?
I get that it's some sort of analogue device but how is it wired in?

Steve X2 · 30-01-2012 11:32am

Cheers lads. I think I'll grab the one on offer to me and get the bios flashed a little later on.

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Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 30-01-2012 3:51pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9Yd4Fyq1qo

DinoRex · 30-01-2012 6:03pm

CiDeRmAn · 30-01-2012 6:07pm

I want Half Life 3 now gods dammit!

Myrddin · 30-01-2012 6:10pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I want Half Life 3 now gods dammit!

I'm almost at the stage of...meh. Well done Newell

pdbhp · 30-01-2012 7:11pm

o1s1n wrote: »

I'm pretty sure Metal Slug 2001 is a pirate and not an official game. So that'd at least explain the buggyness!

Edit - holy ****! That looks amazing! Gotta be an SNK port that was canned which some pirate got hold of? Apparantly the only release of it is a game called 'Terrifying 911' - an obvious pirate game, which looked like Metal Slug.

This requires more investigation!

Skip all the weird 9/11 ****e and go to 03:50. - Is that real?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNQjU2BXMts

That does not look like the game I was playing, where is the flying characters:eek:
Looks more like the GBA version but it's not, must delve deeper into it as it's a bit confusing.

If there is an official metal slug game on GBC then I'm gonna need an original cart

pdbhp · 30-01-2012 7:13pm

Heres a vid of the game now, official or not!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUIG208wpyM

Doge · 30-01-2012 8:18pm

Got a batch of Sugru in the door today.

I wonder if I could use 4 bits of it on the worn rubber under the D-Pad of my megadrive controller,
to stiffen it up a bit.

Stumbled upon this video also...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eHbWIJVtvI

DinoRex · 31-01-2012 1:23am

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 31-01-2012 1:47am

DinoRex wrote: »

http://i.imgur.com/L3rLC.jpg

you reminded me of something

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP3V7KOgG5o

Hank Scorpio · 31-01-2012 3:38am

Some of these versions of Super Metroid people made are ridiculously hard, can't wait to try them though

DinoRex · 31-01-2012 4:32am

Just gave the Azura's Wrath demo a go.

It's pretty horrific. I know it's supposed be done in an episodic shōnen anime style. But it's everything that's horrible about the genre. Everyone talks to each other in absolute cliches. It makes Yu-Gi-Oh look like Shakespeare. Also it sounds like they only have exactly 1 voice actor!

I think you're supposed to be looking at the action sequences and going 'Yeah, that's f*cking awesome!' but you're actually thinking about how f*cking stupid it is.

One fight in the demo takes place on the moon, you get impaled by a sword that stretches over a huge distance to hit you (borrowed from Gin's attack in Bleach) and then it keeps on stretching and pushes you towards the Earth and when you hit the Earth it goes through your body into the ground and then through the Earth and out the other side of planet.

It's a shame as CyberConnect2 have always done a good job on the Naruto games. And Naruto is a good shōnen series that for the most part handles it's over the top action quite well.

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