General Arcade and Retro Chat - Insert Coin -

Uncle Ruckus

Got to love Nintendo's innovation.

Tomo.Murphy

Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

Since when did the original PS1 controller not have any Start or Select buttons?

I think that's because of the way the PS4 controller morphs back into it and the placement of the start and select buttons on the PS4 controller. You can see them quite briefly before it changes into the dual shock controller.

CiDeRmAn

I'm assuming that they used the younger more handsome Dualshock 3 rather than his older idiot brother the Sixaxis.

DinoRex

The poor banana gets no love:

Star Lord

Nor should it! Looks ridiculously uncomfortable!

CiDeRmAn

It also forgets the myriad official controllers made by third parties for the carious consoles.
Namco have played a blinder over the years tbh
They made both my favourite, the NeGcon, and my most reviled, JoGcon, controllers for the PS.
They also made my little paddle controller for Namco Museum and some great arcade sticks.

CiDeRmAn

So many name changes in the past 3 months!
I canny keep up the power cap'n!

I don't know who is who any more!

And couple that with ubiquitous icon changes as well!

What's going on people?

Should I join in?

What username should I change mine to?

ColostoMe/ColostoU?
DribblingSphincter?
SoRgloryDenier?

Star Lord

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

What username should I change mine to?

ColostoMe/ColostoU?
DribblingSphincter?
SoRgloryDenier?

Dr. Zan

CiDeRmAn

Star Lord wrote: »

Dr. Zan

I had to look that up

You're on my list now Star Lord.....

Atavan-Halen

How about xXxCyDeRbABe2k15xXx

Andrew76

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

So many name changes in the past 3 months!
I canny keep up the power cap'n!

I don't know who is who any more!

And couple that with ubiquitous icon changes as well!

What's going on people?

Should I join in?

What username should I change mine to?

ColostoMe/ColostoU?
DribblingSphincter?
SoRgloryDenier?

I was just thinking about that yesterday when EnterNow/Myrddin mentioned Keithgeo/Optimus in a different thread. Boards should block long time users from changing their name or avatar, too confusing!

I blame Luas Dublin for starting it all. :P

Myrddin

Andrew76 wrote: »

I blame Luas Dublin for starting it all. :P

He totally did, followed shortly by Achilles

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

Andrew76 wrote: »

Boards should block long time users from changing their avatar, too confusing!

I blame Luas Dublin for starting it all. :P

I think changing the avatars is worse or 2 people having the same. That's what I look at. I keep calling people by the original usernames

CathalDublin

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy wrote: »

I think changing the avatars is worse or 2 people having the same. That's what I look at. I keep calling people by the original usernames

I've avatars turned off, no idea what anyone's one is, I remember brownfingers one was a Wizzard, surprised when I met him he wasn't wearing the cloak!

Nerdkiller1991

I just found out, Sam Simon, one of the guys who made The Simpsons quite possibly the biggest pop culture driving force on television, died from cancer. All I can say is, I wish his family well.

johnny_ultimate

Appropriately and cheekily immortalised in the show itself:

Nerdkiller1991

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Appropriately and cheekily immortalised in the show itself:

Are you sure that isn't John Swartzwelder? I hear he's fairly reclusive.

Or became Ron Swanson. Whatever.

eddhorse

Ah stop changing usernames and avatars, its very confusing ! What are ye all running from?

Steve X2

I think if a regular changes username they should at least come on the general thread here and re-introduce themselves

Andrew76

Myrddin wrote: »

He totally did, followed shortly by Achilles

Is he Mr. Vestek now or someone else?

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy wrote: »

I think changing the avatars is worse or 2 people having the same. That's what I look at. I keep calling people by the original usernames

+1 Sera.

Or sometimes I associate someone by stuff they've said that sticks with me.

EnterNow = Because I can't pronounce new name. Soldering iron. Vettel lover.
Cidey = Buy it/Trade it/Buy it again.
Atavan = Pokemon.
Nerdkiller = Writing a thesis about how cack Amazing Spiderman films are.
Readyletsgo (?) = delusional chap who thinks Sonic is better than Mario 64.
JU = Film dude, mentally scarred by old-man-in-cinema. Handy at shmups though.
o1s1n (where's he gone?) = Metal Slug.
Dino =Fedora wearing burlesque-frequenter. Fukushima cake.
Sparks = Captain Blackbeard with his 3DS.
Jack = Wily Wars burger man. Also strips for cash.
Retr0 = Fubar school-girl outfit.
Stinkyfinger = Was a candy lover. Now a Pinball addict.
Keithgeo = The Woody cab man.
Cathal = Woody Cab man 2 (maybe Keith's bro ).
Doge = Can't remember previous name. Wish he'd change his avatar.
Steve = One of something isn't enough.
Last Bandit = Jamma man.
Star Lord = Damo el Diablo (I think it was).
Sera = Limerick.

STG.Otaku

Andrew76 wrote: »

JU = Film dude, mentally scarred by old-man-in-cinema. Handy at shmups though.

OLD MAN IN CINEMA!!!!!!

OLD MAN IN CINEMA!!!!!!

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

Andrew76 wrote: »

Or sometimes I associate someone by stuff they've said that sticks with me.

EnterNow = Fixes things
Cidey = A&R's HQ
Atavan = Pokemon.
Nerdkiller = Amazing Spiderman
JU = Japanese brand, film stuff, only person who knows All About Lily Chou Chou
o1s1n (where's he gone?) = first time seeing a cab in a house, Domo, Perlers, glowy star plush.
Dino = Dinorex, Adventure Time, T-shirts, Simpson's quotes, accessory to my cause of being a widow
Sparks = Captain Blackbeard with his 3DS. Sinpsons quotes, Zelda
Jack = Wily Wars burger man. Also strips for cash.
Retr0 = cause of me being a widow
Doge = just listen to my mix tape
Steve = One of something isn't enough.
Star Lord = Damo el Diablo (I think it was) < and I always forget this
Richie = Sonic vs Mario, Persona

I put in my own stuff because I'm too lazy to copy and paste. I like how I've no other features other than Limerick, I'm the main photo of the wiki page on a horse wearing a Munster Jersey and eating a Chicken Hut outside King Johns Castle, dats Limerick Citay.

Retr0gamer

Hey don't blame me for future widowhood, blame Bloodborne!

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Hey don't blame me for future widowhood, blame Bloodborne!

Cool Cat says it's not cool to pass the blame onto Bloodbourne

Andrew76

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy wrote: »

I put in my own stuff because I'm too lazy to copy and paste. I like how I've no other features other than Limerick, I'm the main photo of the wiki page on a horse wearing a Munster Jersey and eating a Chicken Hut outside King Johns Castle, dats Limerick Citay.

Ah, mixed up readyletsgo with richie.

Well other than Limerick I'd also associate you with that handy Chrome feature - double click a word, right click and 'Search Google for ....' - so I can understand what lolita and lolicon and lots of other stuff means.

In other words:

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

Andrew76 wrote: »

Ah, mixed up readyletsgo with richie.

Well other than Limerick I'd also associate you with that handy Chrome feature - double click a word, right click and 'Search Google for ....' - so I can understand what lolita and lolicon and lots of other stuff means.

If only people could do that when I speak as well ╮(╯▽╰)╭
Don't be looking up that lolicon too much

CiDeRmAn

So, anyone remember where we put O1s1n?
I thought we left him on the side table along with the car keys but when I went back I couldn't find him anywhere....
Maybe he got lost in his pantry?
I know, the house labyrinth traps weren't all decommissioned after all!

CathalDublin

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

So, anyone remember where we put O1s1n?
I thought we left him on the side table along with the car keys but when I went back I couldn't find him anywhere....
Maybe he got lost in his pantry?
I know, the house labyrinth traps weren't all decommissioned after all!

Probably tried to adjust the monitor in that new cab he got:eek:

Amalgam

CiDeRmAn, you'd lurk in one or two of the same arcades as myself, in Dublin, mid to late 90s, along with a certain internet cafe on O'Connell street..

Can you remember an arcade game in the arcade behind Clery's? The one at the intersection of Marlborough Street, Earl Street North?



You'd come in through the main entrance on Marlborough Street, there'd be Pocket Gal and Neo Turfmasters to your right, you'd be facing Virtua Fighter (..or Killer Instinct) further down, and the mystery game would be on the right, to the right of Virtua Fighter, which was just before the main cashier enclosure.



..it was like Risky Challenge but with much darker levels, a lot of flames/lava and you'd 'pull' block choices down from the top of the screen, to help your lemmings get to their gate. There was a rather strict timer for each level, and less variety in the blocks, compared to Risky Challenge, no bombs for instance. Though the blocks offered could have spikes, so the player had to arrange things in a certain way to survive.

[vague recollections]The game logo on the screen may have been circular and green, it may have been Spanish, with the words 'iso', or 'super iso' in it.[/vague recollections]

It was a popular game, as you could last on it for ages, it wasn't uncommon to see people playing to Level 75, Level 80 and beyond. A lot of fire and lava.. as I said, the visuals were very dark compared to Risky Challenge.

I just need a name, any leads, I'm more obsessed about this than I'd care to admit!

You introduced me to MAME, as far as I can recall, I think I was watching you play 1941 in the internet cafe.. and I asked you about it.

DinoRex

That was Barney's.

They even had a Time Traveler cab at one point. That was the awful laser disc game that displayed holograms.