Keep Calm And Discuss Retro Generally!

DinoRex

Anyone remember a game called G-Police on the PS1?

Well it's website is still active complete with a countdown to launch:

http://www.g-police.com/

o1s1n

Haha, brilliant! I loved that game.

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o1s1n

Andrew76 wrote: »

Sorry for off topic but possibly history in the making: http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/

Can't believe i missed that! Balls

Myrddin

o1s1n wrote: »

Can't believe i missed that! Balls

Was unreal watching him bail outta the capsule :eek:

Steve X2

EnterNow wrote: »

Was unreal watching him bail outta the capsule :eek:

He had some view that's for sure.

CiDeRmAn

Didn't Kittinger do that already, a long time ago?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvRG7LzKcDA

The doc starts proper at :34secs.
I remember reading about this as a nipper, in a beloved book on airships and dirigibles.
Pretty cool tbh.

Andrew76

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Didn't Kittinger do that already, a long time ago?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvRG7LzKcDA

The doc starts proper at :34secs.
I remember reading about this as a nipper, in a beloved book on airships and dirigibles.
Pretty cool tbh.

Yep back in 1960, not quite as high but just as incredible.

Mad to think they can't feel themselves falling until they reach the atmosphere proper, even though they hurtling down at 600/700mph. :cool:

Retr0gamer

Andrew76 wrote: »

Mad to think they can't feel themselves falling until they reach the atmosphere proper, even though they hurtling down at 600/700mph. :cool:

No atmosphere to cause friction so once you reach terminal velocity according to the theory of relativity you won't feel anything and from your perspective you aren't moving and the earth is coming to you. would be a weird sensation alright.

Steve X2

I've done a good few jumps myself over the years but the highest was just over 10,000 feet.
He jumped from 128,000+ feet, crazy and very very cool

Nerdkiller1991

Steve SI wrote: »

This is some freak looking shiz.

http://en.rocketnews24.com/2012/10/14/ukraines-anime-girl-and-real-barbie-meet-face-to-eerie-face/

3D WOMEN!?



DISGUSTING!

And damn my sister for having the computer, so I could miss out on the jump.

Myrddin

Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

3D WOMEN!?

1D more like

Danonino.

I would have said Double D's.

ghostchant

Retr0gamer wrote: »

No atmosphere to cause friction so once you reach terminal velocity according to the theory of relativity you won't feel anything and from your perspective you aren't moving and the earth is coming to you. would be a weird sensation alright.

Just to note that in a 'frictionless' environment terminal velocity doesn't exist; air resistance/friction is what cancels out the gravitational force so that the net vertical force/acceleration is zero, meaning you don't feel like you're moving at all, as described by Galilean invariance. I'm sure you're well aware of that, just thought your opening remark might be confusing to others

Nerdkiller1991

EnterNow wrote: »

1D more like

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tyi2vQaFSTo

johnny_ultimate

After twenty years of gaming, If I was jumping from 24 miles high, I'd totally set myself imaginary hoops to go through on the way down.

Retr0gamer

ghostchant wrote: »

Just to note that in a 'frictionless' environment terminal velocity doesn't exist; air resistance/friction is what cancels out the gravitational force so that the net vertical force/acceleration is zero, meaning you don't feel like you're moving at all, as described by Galilean invariance. I'm sure you're well aware of that, just thought your opening remark might be confusing to others

Yeah you're right which is weird because you'd definitely feel the acceleration.

CiDeRmAn

Yeah, the only thing to stop you accelerating forever is the big frakking planet you're about to smack into!
But, you're right.
As there is no true stationary observer anywhere in the universe all we have are agreed frames of reference, and these are decided by convention.
So, the Moon orbiting us is in terms of it's angular velocity, distance, but we don't think about Titan in terms of us, we think of it in terms of a point in the centre of Jupiter.
Unless we are aiming a probe at it, when we really do have to think of it all in terms of the Sun and everything else with a gravitational pull.
But even then we discount the forces exerted by other stars in our local cluster and so on.

Oh no, I've gone cross eye'd!

Myrddin

RNB

EnterNow wrote: »

That's what it feels like getting out of bed every Monday morning for work.

Myrddin

What the fukc is wrong with the people running Ebay? It seems now on ebay.com, I can't filter results by any other platform other than current gen stuff? Absolute w@nkers

the groutch

[Tinfoilhat]probably Gamestop paying them to do this so they can buy all the retro cheap and then sell for big money now that they're moving into the retro market.[/Tinfoilhat]

Myrddin

the groutch wrote: »

[Tinfoilhat]probably Gamestop paying them to do this so they can buy all the retro cheap and then sell for big money now that they're moving into the retro market.[/Tinfoilhat]

I tell you one thing, it makes browsing for the likes of Snes very hit & miss, & you can easily miss out if sellers havn't tagged their ads properly. Absolutely ridiculous

CiDeRmAn

Ahh, things are going well.
Tried playing a few lightgun games on various consoles and none of them work properly.
Initially I thought it was the game, Duckhunt, Wild Gunman, then the system, tried Confidential Mission, now I reckon it's the TV.
For some reason the Sony 29" isn't running any of the lightgun games and I seem to remember being similarly disappointed with the Guncon and Guncon 2 titles!

So, what to do?

Kerbdog has a big, frak off TV to give me but it'll need a crane to get into the games room and it runs in 100Hz or somesuch which, if my fading memory is right, means that lightgun titles aren't going to run anyway.

So, any solutions from you shower of geniuses?
Or do I go ask the real experts on Jamma+ ?

Myrddin

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Ahh, things are going well.
Tried playing a few lightgun games on various consoles and none of them work properly.
Initially I thought it was the game, Duckhunt, Wild Gunman, then the system, tried Confidential Mission, now I reckon it's the TV.
For some reason the Sony 29" isn't running any of the lightgun games and I seem to remember being similarly disappointed with the Guncon and Guncon 2 titles!

So, what to do?

Kerbdog has a big, frak off TV to give me but it'll need a crane to get into the hames room and it runs in 100Hz or somesuch which, if my fading memory is right, means that lightgun titles aren't going to run anyway.

So, any solutions from you shower of geniuses?
Or do I go ask the real experts on Jamma+ ?

Have you adjusted brightness/contrast etc to try get them working?

The Last Bandit

lightguns most likely won't work on the 100Hz TV, they do lots of fancy scmancy post processing to the picture that effects the lightguns.
Your Sony one is probably doing something similar as it comes from an age where Sony made a quality product.

You'll have to get one of these monsters

CiDeRmAn

I might see if I can extend the AV connections across to the ancient and venerable portable tv, see if I am going mad and none of them work or going mad and they all do....

Steve X2

I've added quite a bit of retro console and computer covers and artwork (and a little more arcade artwork) to http://www.arcadeartwork.org/
Some of it probably isnt of a high enough resolution for printing(without some tweaking) but might be useful for frontends and things like that. But there is a fair bit of high res stuff as well.
Anyway, just thought I'd mention it

Atavan-Halen

Was in Manchester today and popped into a pawn shop for a look. Had lots of retro stuff and some jap Saturn and dreamcast games but all overpriced they wanted £60 for a bog standard N64 with 1 controller and no games. It made me sad

Returning to Dublin tonight after a few days here. Overall very unimpressed with the selection of retro gear. Last time I was over I picked up a rake of stuff but really nothing here anymore got a good bit of modern stuff which I'll post up a pic when I get back.

Myrddin

atavan-halen wrote: »

Was in Manchester today and popped into a pawn shop for a look. Had lots of retro stuff and some jap Saturn and dreamcast games but all overpriced they wanted £60 for a bog standard N64 with 1 controller and no games. It made me sad

Returning to Dublin tonight after a few days here. Overall very unimpressed with the selection of retro gear. Last time I was over I picked up a rake of stuff but really nothing here anymore got a good bit of modern stuff which I'll post up a pic when I get back.

Now that your back, I expect some serious posting from you. I've overtaken your postcount in your absence tsk tsk

Atavan-Halen

Aww I was missed!