So, the great experiment has ended

CiDeRmAn

Not with a bang but with a whimper, the Arcade, Retro & Emulation forum is no more.
Long Live The Arcade&Retro forum!

Yeah, lack of traffic and some discomfort with the modification to the remit of the forum means that a rename was in order.

So we return to the original mission, to explore strange niche consoles, to seek out new retro gets and arcade machines, to boldly collect what no one has collected before!!


So, that's that.

Your "I told you so" gifs may be posted below.
I have no ego left at this stage, no pride whatsoever to damage

o1s1n

They were scary times.

May I suggest the next rename is 'Arcade, Retro and Sega' forum?

smurf492

Emulation will be remembered... Fondly

CiDeRmAn

Just waiting for the poster formerly known as Myrddin to chime in!

L1m1tless

Kenjataimu

o1s1n wrote: »

They were scary times.

May I suggest the next rename is 'Arcade, Retro and Sega' forum?

It should be Arcade, Retro, Sega & Emulation.

Obviously we'll have to use an abbreviation...

CiDeRmAn

Kenjataimu wrote: »

It should be Arcade, Retro, Sega & Emulation.

Obviously we'll have to use an abbreviation...

Someone drinks Carling Black Label....

Good to back lads,

Inviere

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Just waiting for the poster formerly known as Myrddin to chime in!

There was only one great experiment...



Joking aside, any plans in the pipeline for a more suitable place to discuss emulation?

o1s1n

BrownFinger wrote: »

I agree,
I'm not posting here till its gone

BrownFinger wrote: »

Good to back lads,

:eek: well never let it be said that you don't stick to your word.

Welcome back Dirty Digit, any new pins???

Andrew76

o1s1n wrote: »

:eek: well never let it be said that you don't stick to your word.

Welcome back Dirty Digit, any new pins???

:pac:

I was wondering what his post meant!

I didn't have a problem with emulation threads but for some reason I didn't like the word itself in the forum title, no idea why. If there's a poster in A&R that hasn't dabbled in emulation then they're telling porkies.

Anyway, maybe a separate sub-forum is better suited - A&R Emulation Basement.

ha ha ha,
I got one since.A 1971 gottleib playball.
I actually sold 2 so down to 4 inc the playball.
both to active members on here so they can make themselves known.
Lets just say both have the pin bug now!!
one well and truly!!

CiDeRmAn

Inviere wrote: »

There was only one great experiment...



Joking aside, any plans in the pipeline for a more suitable place to discuss emulation?

That was precisely the ship I was referencing!

But, I won't be touching the idea of an Emulation sub forum for a while.
Let another forum do it.

and

Not a bit, wassitsname, to bail on a forum because of the name?

Anyways, yeah, there we go, A&R and all that.

Tom Mann Centuria

Mind boggling people gave that much of a rats arse what it was called.

Inviere

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

Mind boggling people gave a rats arse what it was called.

I think it was kinda less so the naming, and more so the awkward fit that emulation often has amongst retro enthusiasts and purists.

CiDeRmAn

Ah now, come on.
Emulation of arcade and retro games has been part of this forum for years.
The name change was no more than cosmetic, really.
The notion of the forum being changed for the worse is, in my opinion, a crock.
There have been people, coming and going, as folk do.
We've seen regulars become occasional posters and slightly less posting more frequently.
But there has been no net change in the content of the forum regardless of the forum title.

Inviere

Indeed, for me it didn't affect this forum in the slightest. It did however, place a bit of a stranglehold on developing emulation discussion...as we seen, the topic never took off, despite it being perfectly fine to discuss here. The only people who want to discuss emulation in depth, are people who are keen on emulation; that's just not the majority of posters here.

Inviere

Just to say also, it was a well intended try (to develop more emulation discussion), so credit where its due

CiDeRmAn

Inviere wrote: »

Just to say also, it was a well intended try (to develop more emulation discussion), so credit where its due

I was hoping that the formalisation of Emulation into the forum would generate increased cross topic traffic, seeing as the target behaviour, that of playing arcade and retro games, was the same, just the pathway different.

Anyway.

I'm glad to see people return, the place wasn't the same without you.
And I hope I don't try to feck it all up.... again...

johnny_ultimate

Few other alternatives being considered:

Arcade & Retro & Rise of the Robots

Arcade & Retro & Plug n Play Megadrive Clones

Arcade & Retro & 'does it take an SD card?'

Retro & Arcade

Inviere

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Arcade & Retro & 'does it take an SD card?'

Two guesses as to who'd mod that one

DinoRex

Arcade and that photo of Retr0 in a dress posted over and over again.

CiDeRmAn

Inviere wrote: »

Two guesses as to who'd mod that one

Infamy, Infamy, They All Have It Infamy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvs4bOMv5Xw

o1s1n

DinoRex wrote: »

Arcade and that photo of Retr0 in a dress posted over and over again.

Always at my fingertips.

Retr0gamer

So with the name change does that mean we can mock all the emulation peasants like the fallen from grace Inviere?

Inviere

Retr0gamer wrote: »

emulation peasants

Tsk tsk, from Cmod no less

Skatedude

Why not simply "Old school gaming" ?

I thought the whole forum was closing until I took the extra few seconds to read the op properly. That was a relief

Inviere

Cake of Tremendous Power wrote: »

I thought the whole forum was closing until I took the extra few seconds to read the op properly. That was a relief

I don't think it's due to close until August 2029?

CiDeRmAn

As soon as the PS4 becomes retro we'll pack it all in.

Retr0gamer

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

As soon as the PS4 becomes retro we'll pack it all in.

The Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii are over 10 years old....

Mr.Saturn

Retr0gamer wrote: »

The Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii are over 10 years old....

I keep forgetting to add Wii points to pick some of the Wiiware stuff. Think the cut-off for adding new points is like March 2018, so plenty of time, but I've been meaning to add'em for months now.

o1s1n

Retr0gamer wrote: »

The Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii are over 10 years old....

shhhhhhh!!!!!! :eek:

Retr0gamer

Are we allowed talk about how great retro games like Gears of War and Halo 3 were?

CiDeRmAn

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Are we allowed talk about how great retro games like Gears of War and Halo 3 were?

You will get a slap.
A slap.
About the face.
No doubt.

Don't make me, make me break out the bold font.....

o1s1n

At some point, older games will need to be referred to in specific ages rather than all lumped together as 'retro'.

I know we have console 'generations', but they're far too nondescript to make reference to.

Anyone remember this gem?:pac:

CiDeRmAn

You may a very slight case of serious brain damage.

Jack burton

Havnt been online in a little while, What a joy to be rid of the big E