General Arcade and Retro Chat - Insert Coin -

Myrddin

Want!

CiDeRmAn

Big fan of that thing back in the day.
Watching Aliens again the other week with my son, Cidonalad, just made me want to own a drop ship of my own again, but sans unwanted passengers.

Steve X2

I bought another CD-i :(

CiDeRmAn

Dude, you need help.
Professional help.
To beat some sense into you!

eddhorse

Might as well buy this "rare" Apple II game while you are at it.

http://m.ebay.com/itm/272318336770?_mwBanner=1

the groutch

Steve X2 wrote: »

I bought another CD-i :(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB4IbxW2V14

Steve X2

In my defense, I have a series 400 cd-i(which is barely a cd-i). And now I have the better(as in more hifi equipment looking) 220 series.

Ok, its no defense at all :o

Edit:
I also got a Bang & Olufsen VHS player at the same time if that makes it any better or worse

Jack burton

Speakers on my lovely 4:3 Sony CRT just blew

Working on my pinballs for next weeks meet and had father ted on in the backround, heard a pop and thats it. Volume still works but its just very very (very) low

Can I fix this handy or am I better heading to the charity shop and try find another crt?

o1s1n

Does it not have a headphone jack? Just run a couple of speakers out if it does.

Just realized recently that the multi scart switcher thing I have actually has a headphone jack out, so that's be another option if your tv doesn't have one.

eddhorse

Jack burton wrote: »

Speakers on my lovely 4:3 Sony CRT just blew

Working on my pinballs for next weeks meet and had father ted on in the backround, heard a pop and thats it. Volume still works but its just very very (very) low

Can I fix this handy or am I better heading to the charity shop and try find another crt?

Also wouldnt be difficult replace the speakers, adverts ahoy also

Andrew76

Jack burton wrote: »

Speakers on my lovely 4:3 Sony CRT just blew

Working on my pinballs for next weeks meet and had father ted on in the backround, heard a pop and thats it. Volume still works but its just very very (very) low

Can I fix this handy or am I better heading to the charity shop and try find another crt?

If you have a van and some mates who lift, you can have my 36" Sony Trinitron CRT for free! The King Kong of CRTs (Sony KV-36HQ100B). :cool:

OwaynOTT

Andrew76 wrote: »

If you have a van and some mates who lift, you can have my 36" Sony Trinitron CRT for free! The King Kong of CRTs (Sony KV-36HQ100B). :cool:

Just read a review of that model and it sounds like a serious bit of crt. Is it much heavier than the 32" triniton?

Myrddin

OwaynOTT wrote: »

Just read a review of that model and it sounds like a serious bit of crt. Is it much heavier than the 32" triniton?

If it's anything like the 4:3 28" model, don't leave it too long in the same spot or...

Andrew76

Lol Myrddin, sink holes are scary things! The tv weighs in at 90kg I read and yeah it's a beast, should be as it cost me 2 grand back in the day! Just as flat screens were starting to appear Sony were still nailing CRTs.

In other news, I know Jim is probably not to eveyone's tastes but he put up a decent video on the subject of emulation. Makes some goods points that while it's wrong to pirate stuff of course, games companies should be more competitive with their pricing when they themselves are effectively selling the same roms. The NES Mini Classic thingie gets a mention.

NSFW language as usual.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85fILN_m5pg

Also, I hadn't heard about the train wreck that was the Sonic 25th anniversary live show so I'll have to go watch some of that.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-07-25-a-trio-of-classic-street-fighter-games-is-coming-to-the-3ds-virtual-console-this-week

A trio of classic Street Fighter games are coming to the 3DS Virtual Console this week.
Street Fighter 2 Turbo: Hyper Fighting, Super Street Fighter 2: The New Challengers and Street Fighter Alpha 2 are all due on July 28th, and while the prices haven't been disclosed just yet (though it's likely they'll be £7.19, in line with other SNES games on the 3DS) there will be a buy two get one free offer available until August 11th.

OwaynOTT

Myrddin wrote: »

If it's anything like the 4:3 28" model, don't leave it too long in the same spot or...

I had a 32" model and when I collected it from the guy, it was up 4 flights of stairs.
Windy, spiralling feckers of stairs too. Left it in the missus car for 2 days, while I got someone to help me carry it into the house.

Andrew76

Sweet Jesus Sega owe the Sonic fans out there an awesome 2D game after this shambles. Feel sorry for the chap in the Sonic costume. :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NL50_W_mgU

o1s1n

90kg?! My whole Pony is 78kg

airmax87

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy wrote: »

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-07-25-a-trio-of-classic-street-fighter-games-is-coming-to-the-3ds-virtual-console-this-week

alpha 2 snes version sucks

Retr0gamer

Anyone else watch the Sonic 25th anniversary live stream event? It might just be most hilariously awful thing in videogames in a very long time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NL50_W_mgU

TechnoFreek

o1s1n wrote: »

90kg?! My whole Pony is 78kg

My whole body is 64kg!

CiDeRmAn

TechnoFreek wrote: »

My whole body is 64kg!

My whole body is a miasma of Coke, cheese nachos, blood and Haribo's!

Myrddin

When you log into Parcel Motel and the status is "Customer Stored", does that mean it's ready for collection from the chosen motel?

Corholio

Myrddin wrote: »

When you log into Parcel Motel and the status is "Customer Stored", does that mean it's ready for collection from the chosen motel?

As far as I know that's when either Parcel Motel have stored it in the depot to be sent out the next day or whatever, or when another Parcel Motel user has put it in the locker to be sent to another PM user.

o1s1n

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

My whole body is a miasma of Coke, cheese nachos, blood and Haribo's!

You just made me crave the existence of Clonakilty black pudding flavoured Haribos.

I don't know why, but that sounds amazing

CiDeRmAn

If I observe you coaxing me into a pot of water on a rolling boil, next to a giant skillet, I will run away, or perhaps fly, as fast as a swallow

magentis

Myrddin wrote: »

When you log into Parcel Motel and the status is "Customer Stored", does that mean it's ready for collection from the chosen motel?

Customer stored means the item is in the lockers.

When its collected from the lockers it will say customer sent.
When its at the receivers lockers I think it comes up as parcel stored.

You can use the parcel motel prsl number for tracking on the nightline website,sometimes you need to take off the last 3 digits,001.
It gives a little more info sometimes.

Its been quite slow lately for some reason!

Nerdkiller1991

Folks...perfection has been made.

um7y1h83ge06nx

Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

Ahhh, well, ya know...I'd probably need to open a bank account and transfer all my savings over there if I want to take full advantage of it. Though I have been considering such a method lately.

Welcome to the Arcade & Retro forum Bertie. Guess you have more time to indulge in hobbies now that you're retired.

eddhorse

Well Ikari Warriors on the C64 is balls hard !!