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Inviere

Steve X2 wrote: »

Any pics?

They're ERTL and the likes, unpainted/unassembled kits. Will dig them out & see whats there. I know one of them is the Enterprise - 1701-C

Bracken3000

Since its opening, I've been meaning to go into the retro shop RAGE. Is it worth a trip for whats on offer and how's the pricing?

It's been 3 or so years since I popped in there but from what i remember the pricer titles are eBay buy it now prices but there's some good deals to be had in the common to uncommon range.
Again, it's a long time since I was in there so I'm sure some of the Dublin lads can advise you better

Bracken3000

So whats everyone's take on Rampage staring Dwayne Johnson?

Is there any other classic game they can get him to do, jet set willy, ant attack!

CiDeRmAn

Bracken3000 wrote: »

So whats everyone's take on Rampage staring Dwayne Johnson?

Is there any other classic game they can get him to do, jet set willy, ant attack!

Dear sweet mother of the gods NO!
It's actually hard to tell the difference at a glance between this trailer, the Jumanji trailer and a trailer for Welcome to the Jungle.

If anyone can make it work its The Rock

Skerries

next he is doing

Rock Band
Rock N' Roll Racing
Chuck Rock
Viva Rock Vegas
Rock star Ate My Hamster
Who Shot Johnny Rock?
Rock, Paper, Scissors

Skerries

imagine if this was in the arcades way back when

Ronan|Raven

Slowly getting the cabinet rebuilt. Have enjoyed playing puzzle bobble for most of the night with it.

Doge

So Token won restaurant or the year this week.

What the hell were all ye bleedin' moaners on about! :pac:

Bracken3000

Doge wrote:

So Token won restaurant or the year this week.

Would love to go and have a look, how many cabs do they have and want ones are crowd pleasers, outrun, sf2, golden axe. If they have wwf and pow there then I'd have to have a look.

DinoRex

Apparently knowing if your tortillas are made from corn or not isn't a criteria for restaurant of the year.

CiDeRmAn

DinoRex wrote: »

Apparently knowing if your tortillas are made from corn or not isn't a criteria for restaurant of the year.

My digestive system would upvote on that basis alone!

Jack burton

Just got a Sega Saturn, what's the story with modchips?

I got mine off racketboy but they've stopped doing them it seems. There's another seller based in the UK I think, but I dunno if his chips are are up to scratch. I read a few horror stories. I'll try find a link for you


http://www.consolepassion.co.uk/switchless-modification
You need to email the dude, he has no proper listing for the chip

Jack burton

Will do, thanks!

Tom Mann Centuria

Would a basic boxed N64 (no rf brick thing but composite cable, box in only average condition) be worth 50 euro?

Have to see if I have a game to test it with first to make sure it works.

Prices on Adverts vary wildly so would be grateful for even a ball park figure.

Retr0gamer

My advice: Don't get a PAL N64. More trouble than it's worth in the long run. PAL games run slower and when you are dealing with a lot of N64 games with framerates of 20 FPS and below it can be a disaster. You also can't mod a PAL N64 for RGB and imports are a disaster, running slower and in a lot of cases with game breaking glitches.

NTSC games are easier to find and cheaper and with the small library of worthwhile games on the N64 it's a much better alternative in the long run.

Joe Musashi

Get a cheap Japanese one on ebay from yamotaku store if their shipping is still reasonable, then get rid of the outer part of the cartridge slot and you can play American games too. I recommend doing that, getting an s-video cable or do the scart mod if you are handy with that stuff, then buy an Everdrive and you are set.
I got my N64 from Japan for around 40  including shipping if memory serves me right, so it can be done.

o1s1n

I went the expensive route with the N64 a few years back and bought an NTSC Jap one with an RGB scart mod and a switchless region mod.

Don't even like the console! ;pac:

Retr0gamer

I've a JAP, PAL and US console. Don't like it either! Still it's got some crackers and is fairly inexpensive. Just wish I never started collecting most of my collection in PAL. Someday I'll off load them all and get the NTSC versions. At least the rare ones I got in NTSC. Pretty inexpensive so when the opportunity arose for the US and JAP one I went for them.

o1s1n

I will retain my one for Starfox 64 and Sin & Punishment.

Did you ever pick up one of those Hori pads for it? They make games so much more playable.

geotrig

Retr0gamer wrote: »

My advice: Don't get a PAL N64. More trouble than it's worth in the long run. PAL games run slower and when you are dealing with a lot of N64 games with framerates of 20 FPS and below it can be a disaster. You also can't mod a PAL N64 for RGB and imports are a disaster, running slower and in a lot of cases with game breaking glitches.

NTSC games are easier to find and cheaper and with the small library of worthwhile games on the N64 it's a much better alternative in the long run.

you can mod a pal n64 for RGB , I know i did my one i think at some point http://etim.net.au/n64rgb/

Retr0gamer

o1s1n wrote: »

I will retain my one for Starfox 64 and Sin & Punishment.

Did you ever pick up one of those Hori pads for it? They make games so much more playable.

I have to get one. N64 pads are made of spiderwebs and pixie dust and held together by the sheer optimism of the Nintendo engineers.

CiDeRmAn

I would recommend the rumble enabled re-releases of Waverace 64 and Super Mario 64, very good indeed though only released in Japan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spoz3gsEKLw

If you happen to have an NTSC N64 and an Everdrive there might be some way of playing them sooner, while you are waiting for your order to ship from the Home Islands, of course....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8ju_10NkGY

Shapey Fiend

If there's any console that benefits from emulation it's the N64.

I've very fond memories of playing through Mario 64 for the first time in 1999 with UltraHLE it looked bloody lovely.

CiDeRmAn

Shapey Fiend wrote: »

If there's any console that benefits from emulation it's the N64.

I've very fond memories of playing through Mario 64 for the first time in 1999 with UltraHLE it looked bloody lovely.

There's that patch you can use with an Everdrive 64, gets rid of the vaseline-O-vision , makes everything look better.
But, at least with emulation you don't have to worry about crappy PAL speeds and borders.

Inviere

Shapey Fiend wrote: »

If there's any console that benefits from emulation it's the N64.

I've very fond memories of playing through Mario 64 for the first time in 1999 with UltraHLE it looked bloody lovely.

Emulation with one the latest N64 cores on Retroarch, a high quality scanline filter/overlay config also with retroarch, and the internal resolution of the N64 core bumped up x3 and it's pretty much wow, that looks ****ing class. Blows real hardware away in this case, sorry purists, it just does

Amalgam

Google Play Store - Android

Danmaku Unlimited 3
Doragon Entertainment

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.doragongames.danmakuunlimited3

€2.09 for the next 6 days.

Looks lovely, plays well. Seems a tad more stable than the previous outings, produces less heat running on the phone. I'm playing this on a device with a Snapdragon 625 chipset.

o1s1n

Inviere wrote: »

Emulation with one the latest N64 cores on Retroarch, a high quality scanline filter/overlay config also with retroarch, and the internal resolution of the N64 core bumped up x3 and it's pretty much wow, that looks ****ing class. Blows real hardware away in this case, sorry purists, it just does

At what point does it cease to be an N64 game and becomes a PC port?

Would love to check that out actually, does Retroarch require much of a PC to get that kind of stuff going?