General Arcade and Retro Chat - Insert Coin -

Tom Mann Centuria

For any lovers of text adventures on the ZX Spectrum (like me), Zenobi was a great source of cheap, different games for many years. Well John Wilson, the main man, has released dozens of his old games again on his blog. Some real gems to play, even if it's just on one of the many great Speccy emulators.

http://zenobigames.blogspot.ie/2017/03/virtually-everything.html?m=1

BGOllie

sweet mother of croissants !! I'm in scanline heaven now :O

o1s1n

Jesus that's some nice image!!

CiDeRmAn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLnWf1sQkjY

BGOllie

I... it'... ho ... w...

WHAT??

Watermelon's new game has opened for preorders

CiDeRmAn

BGOllie wrote: »

I... it'... ho ... w...

WHAT??

Well, some people get very excited at the sight of a well defined set of scanlines!

BGOllie

is that how you justify your unexplainable nakedness when browsing the internet ??

MrVestek

BGOllie wrote: »

is that how you justify your unexplainable nakedness when browsing the internet ??

Speak for yourself. We all know that in at least one of your sessions the only thing covering your modesty was a Banjo.

The Last Bandit

MrVestek wrote: »

Speak for yourself. We all know that in at least one of your sessions the only thing covering your modesty was a Banjo.

Just be thankful he wasn't playing with his flute

Andrew76

Cake of Tremendous Power wrote: »

Watermelon's new game has opened for preorders

Game itself looks decent, that pricing though! Cheapest version is $69 (no idea if that covers postage too). :eek:

I picked up one of the scart to bnc converters.
Hope to get some use out of it!

Anybody tried the pi to scart from arcade forge?
http://arcadeforge.net/PiJamma/PI2SCART::264.html

Been wanting to get a retro pie setup for ages and a pi to jamma.

TechnoFreek

Is there such a thing as Parcel Motel but for ebay US items? I see some bits I'd be interested in but they don't ship internationally.

I know if such a service did exist, i'd be wide open to customs charges but I'd be ok with that given how hard it is to get such items in europe.

Thanks.

Jack burton

Andrew76 wrote: »

Game itself looks decent, that pricing though! Cheapest version is $69 (no idea if that covers postage too). :eek:

Yeah it does look good, I really love that style of setting and theme. Reminds me of Ruiner thats coming out

I'll scrounge together the 89 for the limited edition. Cant wait to see people try and resell them like Pier Solar

There's 10% off codes floating around if ye have a look at sega-16. Happy enough i invested in this 3 years ago. Got the investors edition for 50 notes. What they're asking for now is saucy enough

Steve X2

TechnoFreek wrote: »

Is there such a thing as Parcel Motel but for ebay US items? I see some bits I'd be interested in but they don't ship internationally.

I know if such a service did exist, i'd be wide open to customs charges but I'd be ok with that given how hard it is to get such items in europe.

Thanks.

There are a few mail forwarding services for the US to Ireland. I used one a few years ago and didnt get stung for customs. Cant remember what its called to be honest.

eddhorse

BrownFinger wrote: »

I picked up one of the scart to bnc converters.
Hope to get some use out of it!

Anybody tried the pi to scart from arcade forge?
http://arcadeforge.net/PiJamma/PI2SCART::264.html

Been wanting to get a retro pie setup for ages and a pi to jamma.

Waiting on the pi2jamma , their tracking says it got to AnPost on 17th and thats it, probably customs or something, rang and emailed them but nothing yet.

Jack burton

Jack burton wrote: »

Cant wait to see people try and resell them like Pier Solar

Watermelon have an authorized reseller page on their site although it has no listings yet. Hopefully that limits the eBay resellers. Fairly sh!te to see someone taking advantage of a niche hobby.

Steve X2

Talk about being tracked! I did a google search for US mail forwarding service after TechnoFreak's post to see if i could find the one I used ages ago.

Now on facebook I see this:

TechnoFreek

Thanks Steve. Will check it out

Atavan-Halen

TechnoFreek wrote: »

Thanks Steve. Will check it out

If they post to Canada let me know and I can forward it on.

MrVestek

Atavan-Halen wrote: »

If they post to Canada let me know and I can forward it on.

How are you getting on in your travels youngin?

BrownFinger

BrownFinger wrote: »

I picked up one of the scart to bnc converters.
Hope to get some use out of it!

Anybody tried the pi to scart from arcade forge?
http://arcadeforge.net/PiJamma/PI2SCART::264.html

Been wanting to get a retro pie setup for ages and a pi to jamma.

Ive one on the way should be here this week, seriously impressed with the pi2jamma so going to try this out on the pvm. I'll update when it arrives

TechnoFreek

Atavan-Halen wrote: »

If they post to Canada let me know and I can forward it on.

Thanks a million. I might certainly take you up on that offer. Saw a few bits listed in Canada too as it happened.

Jack burton

Not really retro related but I'm having a sale for the next week if anyone here is interested

Atavan-Halen

TechnoFreek wrote: »

Thanks a million. I might certainly take you up on that offer. Saw a few bits listed in Canada too as it happened.

Yeah no worries. Just check rates on Canada post as it can be expensive to ship stuff from here.

Atavan-Halen

MrVestek wrote: »

How are you getting on in your travels youngin?

Not a bother!

Tom Mann Centuria

Posted over on gaming humour but maybe more apt for here?

http://www.b3ta.com/challenge/middleagedgaming/popular

just got my PS2 back and there is no proper scart lead with it.
Anything wrong with this cheapo ebay job?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Real-RGB-Scart-Audio-Video-AV-HDTV-Lead-For-PLAYSTATION-PS1-PS2-PS3-Games-/152021730064?hash=item2365338310:g:JZMAAOSwoudW7cun

Jack burton

Warehouse find in Austria.
Some of ye may have already heard about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuoJXMB4o_U