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DinoRex

Shapey Fiend wrote: »

There's no way I'm going to want to play these games on a 7" lcd screen for more than 10 minutes.

It's a 3.5" screen!

And the Neo Geo X only looked good in photos, apparently it was like kinder egg toy quality of plastic used in it though.

Inviere

DinoRex wrote: »

It's a 3.5" screen!

Pretty much makes it the worlds worst joypad

Jack burton

Anyone want to print a Neo Geo case and order a raspberry pi? Seems like that would be the best option to play neo Geo games on a new device.

You'd think with the high bar set by the NES and SNES mini, other companies would pull their socks up but that Neo Geo mini is an absolute joke. Price will 100% be way to much aswell

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CathalDublin

DinoRex wrote: »

It's a 3.5" screen!

And the Neo Geo X only looked good in photos, apparently it was like kinder egg toy quality of plastic used in it though.

80's kinder egg or current kinder egg;)

Retr0gamer

I see Hamster and Nintendo are bringing sky skipper as well as Donkey Kong to the Switch.

Very interesting as Sky Skipper cabinets were all converted to popeye cabinets and there's only one known existing sky skipper cabinet in Nintendo of America. Great to see a game that was considered lost get a wide release.

As for Donkey Kong, this is the first time the arcade version was released since DK64. It means you don't have to punish yourself with DK64 to play a legit version.

CiDeRmAn

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I see Hamster and Nintendo are bringing sky skipper as well as Donkey Kong to the Switch.

Very interesting as Sky Skipper cabinets were all converted to popeye cabinets and there's only one known existing sky skipper cabinet in Nintendo of America. Great to see a game that was considered lost get a wide release.

As for Donkey Kong, this is the first time the arcade version was released since DK64. It means you don't have to punish yourself with DK64 to play a legit version.

the horror, THE HORROR!!!

Cake of Tremendous Power

Cake of Tremendous Power wrote: »

And no Street Hoop. I'd say it'll be moddable alright. It's easily connectable to a pc and there's onboard memory.
Although to be honest I'm only saying that to convince myself it's true

It's just a cash grab for the mini crowd where it will sell buckets if priced correctly, defo not trying to please the hardcore crowd who wont pick this up anyways, hdmi output is suppose to have noticible input lag too.

DaveyDave

Lads, how do you gauge prices? I know of a website that has prices of games based on eBay auctions that goes back as far as 5 years but it's US and we all know some PAL games are pricey.

Say I'm looking at a game for €15 CIB. It's the cheapest there and looks grand but how am I to know it's not really worth €10 and I'm overpaying? Hard to tell unless you just keep watching them and at that rate you might miss a bargain. It doesn't help that no matter what game you look at, the listings can go up to double/triple in price because people think they're sitting on gold bricks.

My problem is I'm like a magpie, I see a listing and I want it. I've upped bids by a few quid on more than one occasion and ended up winning only to find a cheaper price go after it.

o1s1n

Ebay ended auctions are made for this.

Go into advanced settings and click the box that shows you sold items. You can then see what people are paying for something.

Atavan-Halen

o1s1n wrote: »

Ebay ended auctions are made for this.

Go into advanced settings and click the box that shows you sold items. You can then see what people are paying for something.

100%

Check sold listings on eBay to see what people are actually paying. There’ll always be a couple of games that’ll have a buy it now of €7,000 but realistically nobody is paying that

Atavan-Halen

Atavan-Halen wrote: »

100%

Check sold listings on eBay to see what people are actually paying. There’ll always be a couple of games that’ll have a buy it now of €7,000 but realistically nobody is paying that

On another comepetely unrelated note, if anyone’s selllng an iPhone 7 Plus for reasonable money hit me up. I need to be able to take more fire selfies and my current iPhone isn’t cutting it.

Inviere

New Vita exploit about to be released. The Vita when modded, and has Adrenaline installed, becomes the ultimate PSP. Just for anyone wondering about picking one up, you previously needed to find one on a low firmware...now you don’t http://wololo.net/2018/06/16/theflow-to-release-his-psvita-pstv-fw-3-65-3-68-hack-on-july-1-2018-the-september-eta-is-no-more-so-get-ready-to-hack-your-psvita-pstv/

CiDeRmAn

Sounds like time to CFW both the PS Vita and the PSTV doodad.
Then get them loaded with the array of Shmups... that I already own... natch....

Retr0gamer

I'll probably do this just for the final fantasy tactics widescreen and slowdown fix.

Inviere

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I'll probably do this just for the final fantasy tactics widescreen and slowdown fix.

I found PSP games running through Adrenaline have way smoother frame rates, less to no slowdown, and look a lot better to boot. There’s also fan translations of Vita games too

CiDeRmAn

A couple of nice Capcom compilations on the PSP!
An emulator running on an emulator running on my PSTV!

Again, nice thing may be the Playstation games that, reshelled, run very well on the PSP, now coming to the PS Vita/TV.

Inviere

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

An emulator running on an emulator running on my PSTV.

Adrenaline isn’t a PSP emulator, it takes advantage of the Vita’s ability to natively run PSP firmware, and improves upon it. The Vita in every sense, becomes a real PSP except with better specs, better controls, and a better screen.

CiDeRmAn

Inviere wrote: »

Adrenaline isn’t a PSP emulator, it takes advantage of the Vita’s ability to natively run PSP firmware, and improves upon it. The Vita in every sense, becomes a real PSP except with better specs, better controls, and a better screen.

Well, if it's better you want....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r7X3f2gFz4

Retr0gamer

Inviere wrote: »

I found PSP games running through Adrenaline have way smoother frame rates, less to no slowdown, and look a lot better to boot. There’s also fan translations of Vita games too

In the case of FF Tactics it's just bad coding. The game is 60 fps on PS1 but on PSP the game slows to about 5 fps every time you use an ability other than attack. It was quite a simple fan fix apparently. And not adjusting the aspect ratio for wide screen is just lazy.

I want the fix though as the PS1 version plays better but the translation can not even be considered English.

megaten

Don't think there's anymore vita games I want bar a few VN's that are also getting published elsewhere so I guess its time to CFW it. I wonder the hack will allow you to keep your games while signing out of your PSN account. Don't want to lose all my ps4 games for hacking my vita.

Retr0gamer

Actually, that reminded me about something. Definitely getting CFW on my Vita.

I've all my Playstation content spread across multiple accounts and the fact you need to factory reset you Vita, and have a memory card for each account and have to look at that poxy tutorial video every time you switch accounts is so annoying.

Doge

All the ps plus free Vita games I have makes me want a Vita! How much do the original OLEDs go for ob the second hand market roughly does anyone know?

Relikk

After some research, boxed systems seem to go for around between 150-170. Not sure what the unboxed ones go for as I have a complete boxed system that I'm probably going to stick up on Adverts soon, so I wasn't looking at those.

megaten

Doge wrote: »

All the ps plus free Vita games I have makes me want a Vita! How much do the original OLEDs go for ob the second hand market roughly does anyone know?

They seem to be around 125 in CEX so presumably a bit cheaper from a private seller?

Los Lobos

Hey dudes, has anyone much experience with old apple computers? I recently picked up a macintosh plus cheap not working, and have it up and running like new now.
It has all the manuals, disks, even the apple stickers and the carry bag, anyone an idea of value?
I want to hold on to it but may pass it on if its worth doing

eddhorse

Los Lobos wrote: »

Hey dudes, has anyone much experience with old apple computers? I recently picked up a macintosh plus cheap not working, and have it up and running like new now.
It has all the manuals, disks, even the apple stickers and the carry bag, anyone an idea of value?
I want to hold on to it but may pass it on if its worth doing

Pictures?

Steve X2

Los Lobos wrote: »

Hey dudes, has anyone much experience with old apple computers? I recently picked up a macintosh plus cheap not working, and have it up and running like new now.
It has all the manuals, disks, even the apple stickers and the carry bag, anyone an idea of value?
I want to hold on to it but may pass it on if its worth doing

They go for 80-200 euro for a reasonable condition one.

Hello all, it's been about a million years since i posted. Good to see the arcade & retro board is still going strong. I've been out of the scene for the last few years (kids & life etc) but am planning a new cab with custom graphics and control panel soon, running on a pandora's box jamma board. I've built a few windows based cabs on mame and hyperspin in the past, but am looking to keep it simple and low maintenance this time, hence the multicart option. 

Couple of questions, if anyone could offer some advice I'd be grateful:

-Which pandora's box should i get, and where's the best place to get one in IE/UK/EU for ease of customer service & returns?  I'm most concerned about speed, options, interface, and GFX quality. One of the version 5's looks best. Any tips?

-Where's good for custom graphics, artwork, decals, bezels, etc? Am most likely gonna go for a black cab, with a Street Fighter 2 CE artwork kit (grey CP, bezel, decals, etc), just need somewhere that can custom size it all for me.
Cheers, and if this is in the wrong place, feel free to move.

Doge

Deleted User wrote: »

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-Where's good for custom graphics, artwork, decals, bezels, etc? Am most likely gonna go for a black cab, with a Street Fighter 2 CE artwork kit (grey CP, bezel, decals, etc), just need somewhere that can custom size it all for me.
Cheers, and if this is in the wrong place, feel free to move.

The link to a great arcade artwork site is literally in the post above yours!
Look at SteveX2's signature, he founded ArcadeArtwork.org.
And he's very critical of image quality so you know you're in good hands!