General Arcade and Retro Chat - Insert Coin -

smurf492 · 01-06-2016 5:14pm

Shadow of the beast would be a good title for a Bond flick....

CiDeRmAn · 01-06-2016 5:35pm

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

Nothing quite shakes one's notions like the moment you discover that Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and James Bond were both written by Ian Fleming.

And that Goldfinger is played by Gert Frobe, who also played the Baron in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Nerdkiller1991 · 01-06-2016 5:39pm

smurf492 wrote: »

Shadow of the beast would be a good title for a Bond flick....

They'd have to get Michael Bay to direct that in order to get that level of parallax.

And since people were so hung up on my last reference...

Star Lord · 03-06-2016 11:23am

Beautiful looking hand drawn art remake of Wonderboy III The Dragon's Trap announced:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibKf66tVoFw

Atavan-Halen · 07-06-2016 11:15am

So I picked this up for cheap and to play around with yesterday.

It's a 2010 MacBook Air. I'm really unfamiliar with macs but was hoping to load a few retro games on it. Obviously there's the whole emulator/mane route but anyone know some decent retro pc games that run on macs?

Tomo.Murphy · 07-06-2016 12:03pm

Atavan-Halen wrote: »

So I picked this up for cheap and to play around with yesterday.

It's a 2010 MacBook Air. I'm really unfamiliar with macs but was hoping to load a few retro games on it. Obviously there's the whole emulator/mane route but anyone know some decent retro pc games that run on macs?

You could use boot camp to install Windows. Quickest solution to compatibility with games!

The Last Bandit · 07-06-2016 1:03pm

This is a tasty frontend for MACs

http://openemu.org/

CiDeRmAn · 08-06-2016 9:30pm

Very quiet around here lately....
Have we run out of Retro?

Atavan-Halen · 08-06-2016 10:05pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Very quiet around here lately....
Have we run out of Retro?

Well it is a finite resource... until current gen becomes retro and sure then where would we be at.

Andrew76 · 08-06-2016 10:16pm

Always seems to be a bit quiet during the summer months, folks on their holi-bobs. E3, Euros, Olympics, plenty going on soon.

Dr Bob · 08-06-2016 11:29pm

Greatest PC game evaaar System Shock II is currently Free over on Gog.com
you guys have no excuse now not to play it

o1s1n · 09-06-2016 7:43am

Andrew76 wrote: »

Always seems to be a bit quiet during the summer months, folks on their holi-bobs. E3, Euros, Olympics, plenty going on soon.

Boards is also suffering from a continual drop in new signups and traffic too unfortunately

you can see it in a lot of forums.

Andrew76 · 09-06-2016 9:33am

o1s1n wrote: »

Boards is also suffering from a continual drop in new signups and traffic too unfortunately you can see it in a lot of forums.

There is that too I guess. Hopefully it's not terminal as there's no chance I'm using Facecrapbook for my retro gaming fix.

o1s1n · 09-06-2016 9:51am

I've been perusing Facebook a bit more lately due to how quiet it is around these parts and one thing I tell you, it really makes me glad boards is moderated the way it is.

The unchecked idiocy levels over there are insane. Half the time I just have to step back away from my computer or I'd spend the rest of my days like this;

eddhorse · 09-06-2016 9:55am

Would have to agree with you on that, cant stand the bookface.

Andrew76 · 09-06-2016 10:03am

On the rare occasion I open Facebook I don't understand what I'm looking at, literally, that 'wall' thing. Looking at posts from whomever. Jumbled up mess is all I see. Makes me feel like I'm computer illiterate! :pac:

That and I have zero interest in looking at pictures of what folks are getting up to everyday or some competition thing they've entered into.

DinoRex · 09-06-2016 10:10am

I always keep my friend list on Facebook tightly pruned. Makes it good deal more manageable... also no mad aunts or anything like that get added.

Optimus Prime · 09-06-2016 10:37am

I closed my facebook account about 3 or 4 months ago. best thing i ever did. So much rubbish, say amen to this, pictures of sick children or worse being shared around.. people posting pictures of their "princesses" the whole time when you know the kids are little sh*ts in real life, the moaning.. oh the never ending moaning on facebook.. even thinking about it makes me angry again.

the groutch · 09-06-2016 11:08am

Optimus Prime wrote: »

So much rubbish, say amen to this, pictures of sick children or worse being shared around

images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRTwqJatoGGKX5f5v99F42f3E2Lh005Ur4yd9Fz15HULgruWRhK

o1s1n · 09-06-2016 11:56am

Prayers...to Satan! :pac:

Mr.Saturn · 09-06-2016 12:43pm

I think the great irony of Facebook, and the internet generally, is that it is the greatest tool in existence for mass communication and bringing folk together, yet when confronted with said folk, one realizes they never want to talk to anyone ever again. It's like one prolonged self-branding/ranty machine that it is very easy to become cynical and jaded at the whole sorry affair. Fantastic as a news accumulator, mind. I've tried to use Twitter for the same function, but even now, after its peak, I still feel like I need a cryptographer to deal with it.

Doge · 09-06-2016 1:02pm

Depends on how you use it really. There's some really great hobby/interest groups on there, a bit like boards really.

I mean if you just use boards for the After Hours forum you won't think much of the site. The same goes for Facebook.

Interesting Groups and Pages is what I mainly use it for, well that and posting Memes all day!

Steve X2 · 09-06-2016 1:17pm

Yeah, if you use Facebook for the groups and pages it can be very useful. The quadcopter and 3D printing groups I'm part of have really helped me out with some issues I had, as well as giving me some great ideas.

Plus, as long as you don’t have a habit of collecting humans and your friend list is 50 or below its not so bad with the bull****.

CiDeRmAn · 09-06-2016 1:22pm

I have to say, I quite like FB
I use it with some users hereabouts, family, work colleagues, important things have been announced on it, sad news, good news, friends sharing stuff that's cool or good, their kids, people are right to be proud.
I wouldn't be a proponent of posting up every single moment of my life, but I do enjoy taking the p1ss out of flat earthers, anti-GMO peeps and posting funny science stuff.
All in all, I wouldn't say I rely on it at all, but I'd miss it a little bit.
I'd miss Boards more if it was gone, and certainly choose it over FB.

o1s1n · 09-06-2016 3:16pm

Doge wrote: »

Interesting Groups and Pages is what I mainly use it for, well that and posting Memes all day!

I've never seen doge memes so much in my life :pac:

Nerdkiller1991 · 09-06-2016 3:46pm

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

I think the great irony of Facebook, and the internet generally, is that it is the greatest tool in existence for mass communication and bringing folk together, yet when confronted with said folk, one realizes they never want to talk to anyone ever again.