General Arcade and Retro Chat - Insert Coin -

Andrew76

Steve X2 wrote: »

DMLS!, now thats something I'd like to have in my own house, but we are probably a few years away from that

Anything interesting you were working on with it?

Just a quote system for a company who's business is all that stuff. Didn't get my hands dirty so to speak but learning about that stuff even at a high level is interesting.

Anyway, games n stuff.

Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

So...did ya all hear that Dara O'Briain is bringing over Go 8 Bit to Dave?

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-03-21-dara-o-briains-go-8-bit-is-the-uks-next-video-game-tv-show

Well...can't be as bad as Gamezville.

Hadn't heard of Go 8 bit, Dara is alright so will give that a watch.

the groutch

Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

Well...can't be as bad as Gamezville.

I see your Gamezville and raise you Cyberzone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkzF56tGYSg

Atavan-Halen

the groutch wrote: »

I see your Gamezville and raise you Cyberzone

I dunno, gamezville was pretty bad....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_b7TTV1QPY

Shoutout to the kids texting in

"Hannah who just texted in wud u b my girlfriend from Luke"

True romance!

Doge

This is one for the Pinheads.

The awesome Arcade Club and Northern Nights Pinball
will be joining forces for an Easter event called 8bitFlip in the UK:

http://www.8bitflip.co.uk/

There'll be a another floor opened in the Arcade Club Building, that will hold 50 Pinball machines!

Making a total of over 150 Arcade Cabs and Pins!

Retr0gamer

I have a X-Com problem

Hank Scorpio

World has gone mad. The prices lately have gotten ridiculous

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Starwing-boxed-Super-Nintendo-game-SNES-/311567467388?hash=item488ade437c:g:peUAAOSwZQxW6BZE

This would go for 10 euro or less a year or two ago. 35e now with 8 hours left on the auction for one of the most common games ever

MrVestek

Hey guys,

This may interest some of you here. :-)

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

Nerdkiller1991

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I have a X-Com problem

You just bought the Vita port of Enemy Unknown just now, haven't you?

Retr0gamer

Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

You just bought the Vita port of Enemy Unknown just now, haven't you?

There's a Vita port?

I've always had a XCom problem. I tried the original game to give it a go a few years ago to see what the fuss was, a lot of PC publications at the time were calling it the best game ever. A quick go turned into an 80 hour gruelling fist fight against the alien menace and I can see why it's regarded as one of the best games of all time.

I started the new one a few years ago but got distracted after I performed terribly. I've started playing again recently and I'm addicted again. Had to restart (I'm playing on iron man) but that's part of the fun. It's also the canon ending for the sequel so I'm counting it as a win :P

DinoRex

It's no Laser Squad.

Amalgam

Dangerous Minds doing a piece on frittering away your spare time at the local arcade..



Growing up in arcades: 1979-1989

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/growing_up_in_arcades_1979_1989

Linking to a Flickr group:

https://www.flickr.com/groups/arcades/pool/page1/

Shapey Fiend

Yahoo Auctions Japan tbh.. I'm happy with my minimal retro collection and enjoying the rest via emulation but if you wanted to pick up more it seems like the most sensible route. Pretty things in good condition needn't cost you an arm and a leg and the extra effort involved keeps the casual fans with too much disposible income out of the equation.

Nerdkiller1991

So...Batman v Superman is getting thrashed by the critics. It...kinda makes me want to go see it now, just to see how bad it really is...also because Xtra Vision is no more, and I don't want to wait almost a year before I can catch it on Sky Movies. Will it be worse for me than The Amazing Spiderman movies? We'll see...we'll see.

CiDeRmAn

Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

So...Batman v Superman is getting thrashed by the critics. It...kinda makes me want to go see it now, just to see how bad it really is...also because Xtra Vision is no more, and I don't want to wait almost a year before I can catch it on Sky Movies. Will it be worse for me than The Amazing Spiderman movies? We'll see...we'll see.

Just looked at Google there and it's getting good reviews and not so good ones, not exactly thrashed.
Variety gave it a pretty good review tbh, and most seem more ticked off that is isn't fast and light like Deadpool or Antman, some looking forward to the next Marvel movie.
At which point they'll express annoyance that Marvel movies aren't thoughtful enough.

The good reviews make it sound like exactly the film I thought it would be.
The bad reviews seem like the typical review from people who didn't like the tone of MoS and were unlikely to like this either.

Nerdkiller1991

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Just looked at Google there and it's getting good reviews and not so good ones, not exactly thrashed.
Variety gave it a pretty good review tbh, and most seem more ticked off that is isn't fast and light like Deadpool or Antman, some looking forward to the next Marvel movie.
At which point they'll express annoyance that Marvel movies aren't thoughtful enough.

The good reviews make it sound like exactly the film I thought it would be.
The bad reviews seem like the typical review from people who didn't like the tone of MoS and were unlikely to like this either.

But this time, even the critics are stating that this one isn't even well made, with the first hour being the worst example. There are moments that have very little bearing on the plot and are never mentioned again, the movie has been described as a total slog to get through, and any ambiguity left regarding what Superman means post Man of Steel has been pissed away, as the movie seems to double down on the issues that critics addressed in the first feature.

I don't think those critics are necessarily annoyed that the movie isn't a colourful, vibrant, Marvel-like feature. Because that would be stupid to think that, and because we've already seen a well reviewed Batman trilogy before that which was the opposite. It just seems that BvS is a bad movie on all fronts, from a general moviemaking standpoint, to character assassination, even towards Batman.

The breaking of the no gun rule being a prime example.

Steve X2

Apparently Ben Affleck is the second best thing in this(Gadot being the best, surprisingly) and plays a pretty awesome Batman. A dark, older, battle hardened Batman who's seen some s***.

Bale was never batman to me, sounds like affleck might just hit the spot.


Edit:
Also, they should have saved a bit of money and replaced Cavill with a well built good looking plank of wood

MrVestek

Steve X2 wrote: »

Also, they should have saved a bit of money and replaced Cavill with a well built good looking plank of wood

I thought he already was a good looking plank?

Nerdkiller1991

MrVestek wrote: »

I thought he already was a good looking plank?

Good looking plank, you say?

MrVestek

Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

Good looking plank, you say?

That's a lovely photo of Henry Cavill!

Sparks43

Been a busy couple of weeks but got a bit of time to have a good fiddle with a very unloved 2ds. Think nintendo have given up on trying to combat the hackers as its now possible to fully install cfw on the systems.

Long and drawn out but a very good learning expieriance into what makes the 3ds tick.

And before the eyepatch allegations get thrown. Ive only installed games i own on it.

Ive another 3ds for the rest

eddhorse

Didnt know you could get Boulderdash for the 3ds, welcome back.

Sparks43

eddhorse wrote: »

Didnt know you could get Boulderdash for the 3ds, welcome back.

Cheers
But not only can you get Boulder Dash there is also some genius that has a 3ds that is running a homemade boulder dash theme.

I wonder who it is though???

Retr0gamer

I better hack one of my 3DS systems, really want to play the fan translation of Beyond the Labyrinth. It's an absolute crime Konami never localised that game.

CiDeRmAn

Sparks43 wrote: »

Cheers
But not only can you get Boulder Dash there is also some genius that has a 3ds that is running a homemade boulder dash theme.

I wonder who it is though???

I know him, shifty looking geezer...

Nerdkiller1991

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I better hack one of my 3DS systems, really want to play the fan translation of Beyond the Labyrinth. It's an absolute crime Konami never localised that game.

I still got a spare one lying around after I bought the New 3DS. I could give a go installing some custom stuff.

CiDeRmAn

Steve X2 wrote: »

Apparently Ben Affleck is the second best thing in this(Gadot being the best, surprisingly) and plays a pretty awesome Batman. A dark, older, battle hardened Batman who's seen some s***.

Bale was never batman to me, sounds like affleck might just hit the spot.


Edit:
Also, they should have saved a bit of money and replaced Cavill with a well built good looking plank of wood

A review I can trust from a paper I respect...

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/22/batman-v-superman-dawn-of-justice-review-ben-affleck-henry-cavill

Steve X2

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

A review I can trust from a paper I respect...

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/22/batman-v-superman-dawn-of-justice-review-ben-affleck-henry-cavill

I'll be sitting and watching it in about 30 mins

readyletsgo

Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

I still got a spare one lying around after I bought the New 3DS. I could give a go installing some custom stuff.

Hmm, are you saying I should I invest in a 2ds?

Nerdkiller1991

readyletsgo wrote: »

Hmm, are you saying I should I invest in a 2ds?

Well, it's the cheapest model, sooo...up to you.

johnny_ultimate

It would actually give me an immense amount of pleasure to see Batman v Superman fail. Not because I think Zack Snyder is a terrible director, although I do (albeit at least not just another interchangeable workman like Marvel hire). No, it would be glorious to see it fail because of the sheer cynicism behind its production. Far too many reviews for comfort say it's basically a glorified trailer for another half dozen DC films. These films don't exist to be good films anymore, and by almost all accounts 'good' seems like a pretty generous description for BvS. They exist to just get people into cinemas time and time again for years to come, and this is evidently just WB playing catch up with Marvel (who, while shrewd operators, at least reached their inevitable destination at a less aggressive or transparent pace). But alas it won't fail - marketing has ensured it won't.

On the plus side, the absolutely fantastic Court is getting a welcome if belated release in the IFI tomorrow. The antithesis of Snyder maximalism, and all the better for it.