Keep Calm And Discuss Retro Generally!

Deleted User

Deleted User wrote: »

Is that a 3-in-1 button from gremlin solutions on your front panel by any chance? They're very handy for mame cabs, for the handful of extra admin options you need. You can use them to get five or six extra functions if your encoder's got a shifted keys feature, and there's only one standard sized extra hole to drill.

It is yeah,The hole was there already.
I have the top two buttons for coin P1 P2 and the bottom one for shift.
works well and keeps the panel clean.

Does anyone know where in the series SS2 the new challengers falls?
Its the one I've been practicing at.(still s hite)
Give me sanwa over happ anyway!

EnterNow

EnterNow wrote: »

Most mame cabs would use would of the *pac solutions though, & with those once you press & hold start - every button has a shifted function. I don't really see the need for any additional buttons, except if your not using a PAC product I suppose

Yeah. I guess it's just personal preference. I like to have dedicated buttons to press for all the important in-game functions, but i also like to keep the control panel free of button clutter, just for aesthetic reasons.

Those 3-in-1's are a perfect solution. You can stick one in your front panel, and you've got your dedicated admin buttons (as well as 3 extra hidden functions courtesy of your *pac) but in a nice unobtrusive layout that doesn't look out of place on most cabs or need the drilling of a lot of extra holes.

That way, when drunk folks are trying to negotiate the cab it's nice and easy to remember. Credits are the green button, pause is the yellow one, escape is the red one, and "start" launches the games. Simples.

Myrddin

urbanledge wrote: »

Does anyone know where in the series SS2 the new challengers falls?
Its the one I've been practicing at.(still s hite)
Give me sanwa over happ anyway!

SF2
SF2: CE
SF2: HF
SSF2: The New Challengers
SSF2T
HSF2: TAE

urbanledge

urbanledge wrote: »

Does anyone know where in the series SS2 the new challengers falls?
Its the one I've been practicing at.(still s hite)

It's the fourth SF2 title, from 1993, and the first one that was on the CPS2 board. It wasn't much good and was a bit of a flop commercially due to it's slower speed compared to it's predecessor.

Super street fighter 2 turbo came out in 1994, directly after it, and is one of the best versions and still played widely today, but it is beeeyatch hard, and really only good for 2 player mode, cos the AI is super cheap.

Street Fighter 2 Hyper fighting came before it, and it and the Champion edition from the previous year is old school street fighter 2 at it's best. Still one of my most played games on my cab.

Edit. Feck, beaten to it by enternow. D'oh!

The Last Bandit

Another interesting kickstarter project. Handheld console dedicated to retro gaming..

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gcw/gcw-zero-open-source-gaming-handheld

MrVestek

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Another interesting kickstarter project. Handheld console dedicated to retro gaming..

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gcw/gcw-zero-open-source-gaming-handheld

I have one of those... it's called a PSP.

The Last Bandit

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Another interesting kickstarter project. Handheld console dedicated to retro gaming..

That is very cool. $135 donation gets a console, so does that mean that it can be expected to RRP around €100 or so?

If it worked well and covered a lot of emulators that'd be a fair price for a lot of retro fun on the go, but there are other options for the same thing. A cracked PSP being the most obvious one.

Retr0gamer

I'd be very wary of any handheld open source console. You won't be getting premium parts so that LCD screen will be more Game Gear screen than PS Vita OLED screen.

CiDeRmAn

I've a psp, psp go and a ds lite doing emu duties of retro games of all types, I get less use of them as time goes on though.
The idea of spending money on a Linux handheld is not attractive, I'd rather take a chance on a tablet that will run a bluetooth controller, or some Chinese effort for bugger all from oriental knock offs.com or similar website!

Burkey0

It emulates up to the PS1? Though I don't know about its capacity for PC games, I'll stick to the Xperia Play

pdbhp

I am more than angry right now.
My beautiful PS vita is bricked it won't turn on.

It just crashed when I tried to play an online game of everybodys golf:(
I had also just updated EBG so I could play online......

Arrrrrrrgggggghhhhh FECK.
I actually feel like crying. I have a fecking gameboy since 1989 that still works for gods sake.
I am literally going to murder someone in Smyths tomorrow. This is beyond sh1t:mad::mad:

OwaynOTT

pdbhp wrote: »

I am more than angry right now.
My beautiful PS vita is bricked it won't turn on.

It just crashed when I tried to play an online game of everybodys golf:(
I had also just updated EBG so I could play online......

Arrrrrrrgggggghhhhh FECK.
I actually feel like crying. I have a fecking gameboy since 1989 that still works for gods sake.
I am literally going to murder someone in Smyths tomorrow. This is beyond sh1t:mad::mad:

Be kind to the staff, its not their fault.

o1s1n

That's absolutely awful.

Here's a silver lining though - at least you didn't buy it in HMV.

pdbhp

OwaynOTT wrote: »

Be kind to the staff, its not their fault.

I'll begin by being nice and pleasant but if they gie me any reason to flip the lid it'll be on like donkey kong. They better be all over that sh1t or there'll be hell to pay.

o1s1n wrote: »

That's absolutely awful.

Here's a silver lining though - at least you didn't buy it in HMV.

Praise the good lord.


Edit: Super awesome update.

Thanks google just read on some other forum that if you hold the power, PS home and R trigger for a few moments it resets.
It worked yahey, there must be a god because I can feel the rage subsiding... urge to kill diminishing....... crisis averted.

CiDeRmAn

Hooray!
Now you can continue playing games on the Vita!
..... urge to kill increasing....

pdbhp

I feel much more relaxed now my vita is working again. It was a dark time for me, emotions were running high.

Now i can play Everybodys golf again

the groutch

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Another interesting kickstarter project. Handheld console dedicated to retro gaming..

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gcw/gcw-zero-open-source-gaming-handheld

think I'll stick with my Ouya

Doge

megaten

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Another interesting kickstarter project. Handheld console dedicated to retro gaming..

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gcw/gcw-zero-open-source-gaming-handheld

It looks alright but it's seems really short sighted not to have an arm processor. It could have taken advantage of ports from pandora emulators if it had. It's like that because because it came out of the dingoo community but I have my doubt if they'll ever get a decent psx emulator running on it. I might get one down the road if the kickstarters successful . My caanoo broke a few months ago so I've been using my xperia play for emulation and it's not that comfortable for long periods.

megaten

Speaking of emulation on handhelds looks like Exophase is developing a ds emulator for ARM devices. It looks pretty amazing.
http://boards.openpandora.org/index.php/topic/11333-drastic-nintendo-ds-emulator-teaser-video/

Andy!!

It's certainly no Akihabara by any stretch of the imagination, but Yongsan in Seoul, S.Korea is certainly a nerd mecha. Took some snaps this weekend, might write a blogpost soon. Certainly going back this weekend simply to walk around and stare at all this beauty again.

Steve X2

Andy!! wrote: »

It's certainly no Akihabara by any stretch of the imagination, but Yongsan in Seoul, S.Korea is certainly a nerd mecha. Took some snaps this weekend, might write a blogpost soon. Certainly going back this weekend simply to walk around and stare at all this beauty again.

Pics aren't showing up for me in work but I was there myself last year. Nice spot it is.
If you're still over there check out the CoeX Mall.

Andy!!

Maybe try reloading, they are coming from a dropbox though. Where is the CoeX mall?

Steve X2

Andy!! wrote: »

Maybe try reloading, they are coming from a dropbox though. Where is the CoeX mall?

It's in Gangnam-gu.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COEX_Mall

Andrew76

Steve SI wrote: »

Pics aren't showing up for me in work but I was there myself last year. Nice spot it is.
If you're still over there check out the CoeX Mall.

They're showing up fine and if ever there was a time NOT to quote pics that was it! Fairly large they are. :pac:

Andy!!

Andrew76 wrote: »

They're showing up fine and if ever there was a time NOT to quote pics that was it! Fairly large they are. :pac:

Haha.

Cheers Steve I shall have a goo maybe this weekend. What had you out this part of the world?

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

I'll have to check is that the same place Arino went when GCCX went to Korea

Steve X2

Andrew76 wrote: »

They're showing up fine and if ever there was a time NOT to quote pics that was it! Fairly large they are. :pac:

Haha Oops.

Andy!! wrote: »

Haha.

Cheers Steve I shall have a goo maybe this weekend. What had you out this part of the world?

I was out tech and retro shopping in South Korea and then went up to North Korea on a trip of Pyongyang and a few other places (with an official group as its the only real way).

johnny_ultimate

Was trying to order a few small items from a well-established online store in the States. 5 items altogether, total less than twenty euro and very light too. Could probably all fit in a medium padded envelope without much bother.

Automated US Mail shipping estimates:

MrVestek

The shipping rates from USPS are atrocious... similar thing happened to me with a Christmas gift I ordered from US Amazon.

My mate in the states ended up having to regift it as it was going to cost $80 to send over here... what a joke.