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James Howlett · 23-11-2015 10:51am

Myrddin wrote: »

That's a shame, tickets for this were pricey weren't they?

They were. I paid more for this than the 2015 or 2008 VGL show. Kicking myself now. I may never play another Zelda game again...

CiDeRmAn · 23-11-2015 10:54am

Wow, given the fanboy/girl nature of the audience, and I mean that in the most admirable way possible, you'd have imagined they'd have made more of an effort.
Sorry you were disappointed.

The upcoming Irish themed LoZ album by Eimear Noone will be played at Irish date to promote it, perhaps that'll be a better bet for fans of the games.

http://idigmusicfest.com/

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/songsofzelda/eimear-noone-presents-songs-of-zelda-a-link-to-the

Retr0gamer · 23-11-2015 11:36am

I get the feeling VGL is more like a rock concert with Tommy Tellerico really getting the crowd going. It's actually pretty unique when it comes to classical videogame concerts, most others are played like a traditional classical music concert.

Star Lord · 23-11-2015 12:03pm

Sketch lads, Myrddin's an Admin now...

johnny_ultimate · 23-11-2015 12:20pm

Probably would have went along to the Zelda concert but had a different gig to go to last night. Not a big fan of the clip shows accompanying that sort of event though, just let the music do its own job. Zelda music is good enough for that. Think the videos don't do much more than distract the audience.

Mr.Saturn · 23-11-2015 12:25pm

Was at the Zelda shindig last night. It was a bit laboured at points, it was the last night of the tour and all, but the giddy atmosphere up my end of the audience made up for it somewhat. It was kinda cool witnessing this gaming phenomena that cuts across so many generations seamlessly.

Myrddin · 23-11-2015 1:01pm

Star Lord wrote: »

Sketch lads, Myrddin's an Admin now...

The power....

CiDeRmAn · 23-11-2015 2:02pm

Myrddin wrote: »

The power....

Does this mean you have to wear a shirt and tie?
Or, at least pants?

trout · 23-11-2015 2:18pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Does this mean you have to wear a shirt and tie?
Or, at least pants?

Little known fact ... admins typically wear thongs* crafted from the hides of miscreants, and nothing else ... pants are for little people.

*may not be 100% true

Doge · 23-11-2015 2:31pm

Myrddin wrote: »

The power....

Admin: Creepy And Mysterious

Yep, suits him to a tee! :pac:

plz no ban

Steve X2 · 23-11-2015 3:01pm

So I went and did it anyway. In a fit of madness in the early hours I bought a Famicom Titler! It should arrive within 2 weeks depending on the shipping from Japan. So I’ll have it for Christmas anyway.

I think this is the last big thing I’ll be getting for a while, at least until I move house in the coming months.

Now, time for the regret to kick in :0/

Myrddin · 23-11-2015 3:02pm

^^ Oooh a Titler, very nice

o1s1n · 23-11-2015 3:13pm

Anyone else experience this when they hear of a Titler?

No? Just me? :pac:

Retr0gamer · 23-11-2015 3:16pm

Steve X2 wrote: »

So I went and did it anyway. In a fit of madness in the early hours I bought a Famicom Titler! It should arrive within 2 weeks depending on the shipping from Japan. So I’ll have it for Christmas anyway.

I think this is the last big thing I’ll be getting for a while, at least until I move house in the coming months.

Now, time for the regret to kick in :0/

Wait... you only got one of them?

Steve X2 · 23-11-2015 3:20pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Wait... you only got one of them?

Yeah, I'm poor now so only get two of everything every second purchase, and i got two bottles of wine last night before buying this

Nerdkiller1991 · 23-11-2015 5:17pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Anyone else experience this when they hear of a Titler?

No? Just me? :pac:

A-cup Titler?

Tchoin · 23-11-2015 5:27pm

Steve X2 wrote: »

So I went and did it anyway. In a fit of madness in the early hours I bought a Famicom Titler! It should arrive within 2 weeks depending on the shipping from Japan. So I’ll have it for Christmas anyway.

I think this is the last big thing I’ll be getting for a while, at least until I move house in the coming months.

Now, time for the regret to kick in :0/

Congrats! It's on my list, I almost snatched one a month ago that ended at around €400 boxed on eBay.

Post pics when you get it :pac:

On other news, I bricked my GP2X F100 last night while attempting to upgrade to FW 4.0

Looks salvageable though... crap!

Steve X2 · 23-11-2015 5:42pm

Tchoin wrote: »

Congrats! It's on my list, I almost snatched one a month ago that ended at around €400 boxed on eBay.

Post pics when you get it :pac:

On other news, I bricked my GP2X F100 last night while attempting to upgrade to FW 4.0

Looks salvageable though... crap!

400!! Jasus that's bargain price.
The one I went for in the end is boxed and minty so the price was a bit mental.
Plenty of pics when it arrives

moonlighting · 23-11-2015 5:48pm

java code running on a Sega Geneses

http://hackaday.com/2015/11/23/3-billion-devices-and-a-sega-genesis-run-java/

Nerdkiller1991 · 23-11-2015 7:12pm

moonlighting wrote: »

java code running on a Sega Geneses

http://hackaday.com/2015/11/23/3-billion-devices-and-a-sega-genesis-run-java/

"Mega Drive".

Also, that last bit was oddly...cavernous.

DinoRex · 24-11-2015 1:14pm

Hahaha... Poor Billy Mitchel.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-11-24-donkey-kong-diva-denied-in-cartoon-network-depiction-lawsuit

MrVestek · 24-11-2015 1:28pm

DinoRex wrote: »

Hahaha... Poor Billy Mitchel.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-11-24-donkey-kong-diva-denied-in-cartoon-network-depiction-lawsuit

[font=Proxima, sans-serif]"And when GBF loses his title, the character literally explodes, unlike Plaintiff."
[/font]
Bahahahaha!

DinoRex · 24-11-2015 1:54pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I get the feeling VGL is more like a rock concert with Tommy Tellerico really getting the crowd going. It's actually pretty unique when it comes to classical videogame concerts, most others are played like a traditional classical music concert.

I found the VGL thing a bit wanky with all that staged stuff where they get the same guy up from the audience to play guitar hero at each show.

And the selection of music is pretty hit and miss too.

With Zelda every piece of music is excellent. Don't think the audience were too used to a classical concert though... lots of talking during the performance which was pretty annoying. Also a bunch of gob****es groaning and sighing whenever Windwaker came on as they obviously thought it was Zelda for babies or something.

But was great to hear that music performed live having grown up with Zelda games over the past 30 years. But as Johnny said, the big screen isn't needed and especailly detracted from things when it broke down.

Also it loses points for no Wand of Gamelon....

airmax87 · 24-11-2015 5:34pm

Do PAL SNES games fit inside the super famicom?
Can only find info for the other way around.

Myrddin · 24-11-2015 5:44pm

airmax87 wrote: »

Do PAL SNES games fit inside the super famicom?
Can only find info for the other way around.

They fit (assuming you mean PAL Snes?)...but they won't work without either an import adapter or modding the console itself (region mod)

o1s1n · 24-11-2015 5:46pm

airmax87 wrote: »

Do PAL SNES games fit inside the super famicom?
Can only find info for the other way around.

Yep they do grand.

TechnoFreek · 24-11-2015 9:17pm

Saturn question.

Do PAL games ran on a PAL Saturn which has been modded for 60hz run the exact same as the NTSC game on an NTSC system?

Or were the NTSC games specifically optimised further?

Myrddin · 24-11-2015 10:27pm

TechnoFreek wrote: »

Saturn question.

Do PAL games ran on a PAL Saturn which has been modded for 60hz run the exact same as the NTSC game on an NTSC system?

Or were the NTSC games specifically optimised further?

Unless they've been PAL optimised, then yes, they should run fine at 60Hz.

Retr0gamer · 25-11-2015 2:36pm

Any PAL games played at 60 Hz on a modded Saturn are sped up to the NTSC speed and run fine. There's a few exceptions though, Sega unlike Nintendo actually has some respect for Europe so a few of their internal games are PAL optimised. Panzer Dragoon Zwei is the only one I found to be optimised, most of my other games are US and Japanese. Zwei runs with the top and bottom of the image cut off on my modded console.

Panzer Dragoon Saga on the other hand runs better in NTSC mode, there's some bugs with the PAL version meaning some effects are cut out in 50 Hz mode.

Nerdkiller1991 · 25-11-2015 4:15pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Any PAL games played at 60 Hz on a modded Saturn are sped up to the NTSC speed and run fine. There's a few exceptions though, Sega unlike Nintendo actually has some respect for Europe so a few of their internal games are PAL optimised. Panzer Dragoon Zwei is the only one I found to be optimised, most of my other games are US and Japanese. Zwei runs with the top and bottom of the image cut off on my modded console.

Panzer Dragoon Saga on the other hand runs better in NTSC mode, there's some bugs with the PAL version meaning some effects are cut out in 50 Hz mode.

Your console doesn't happen to have a switch to select between PAL and NTSC, or is that ever possible?

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