General Arcade & Retro Chat' Special Championship Edition

Colonel Panic

Not much other than use the case for a modern PC or keep it vintage and put OS 9 on it instead of OS X.

I take it home next time in there and see if it boots.

Will prob move it on.

I’ve got an SGI Indy up there too, but I could never get it to boot an OS!

Andrew76

Something for @Retr0gamer this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0wyGgxDrGM

Still early access but has potential at least. Cool to see the Micro Prose name again - makers of the greatest footy game before Sensi was a thing. 🙂

Retr0gamer

The N64 version of glover is coming to steam.

Found it to be a very underrated platformer on the n64.

CiDeRmAn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118749451#Comment_118749451

Oh, that game is mental, Mario 64+ Marble Madness, looks great too.

And, for some reason, I want to play Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg!

Retr0gamer

Post on the Krikzz forums from a third party that Krikzz and his family are on their way to Spain.

CiDeRmAn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118755834#Comment_118755834

Thank goodness for that, good to know he and his folks are safe

Retr0gamer

Third party post so not verified but hoping they are safe.

Colonel Panic

https://twitter.com/krikzz/status/1501616601237495817?s=21

DaveyDave

Nice reference on the new poster for the Sonic movie.

Tom Mann Centuria

(Niche) Pun courtesy of Bill Harbison ZX Spectrum Graphic Artist extraordinaire.

CiDeRmAn

I'm looking forward to the new Sonic movie, I really enjoyed the last one.

And, Tenacious D... dang!

Retr0gamer

https://twitter.com/KaiserPudu/status/1500912378208260097?t=bGb8KmGiG1Tzg5pI6N2UMg&s=19

Retr0gamer

New romhack that might interest some people here:

http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/6660/

Dr Bob

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118787358#Comment_118787358

Does Eternal Darkness really go for $100?

(I think I've a copy knocking about)

Had a look about and it seems to go for 40-45 .

Retr0gamer

Maybe the ntsc version? Haven't really been following GameCube prices as it one of the machines I pretty much picked up everything I wanted on it during it's run.

Dr Bob

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118794710#Comment_118794710

Yeah U.S. pricing tends to be very different , and messes up trying to work out pricing over here Master system games are a nightmare for this , and oddly enough Atari VCS games are almost as bad.

I've sold off most of my GC stuff as I'm not really a nintendo collector , and it just doesnt hold any interest to me , (bar one or two things like eternal Darkness and Rogue Leader).

Mr.Saturn

Yeah, I recall American posters over on Racketboy being a bit baffled that I was overjoyed at getting Paper Mario: TTYD for €15. That was back when 3DGames were a thing in Dublin and would just spin a wheel when pricing stuff.

Dr Bob

Speaking of pricing , I've gone through the collection and I have 3 spare MD1s and 3 SMS2s (2 Alex Kid and 1 Sonic) . I've a ton of spare megadrive controllers so thats not an issue , but should I go off and buy PSUs and cables for them off the internet, and sell them as complete kits at a higher price , or just sell em as is for cheaper? (and before anyone says it , I'm good for bags of tayto cheers ;))

Mr.Saturn

Unless you're going down the AliExpress/bulk route, buying in cables and whatnot looks to wipe out much of the gains you'd make selling it complete.

Inviere

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118794889#Comment_118794889

I'm always on the lookout for spare controllers Bob, if you fancy selling any loose give me a shout 👍

Dr Bob

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118795023#Comment_118795023

Yeah Aliexpress isnt too bad pricewise , but it means putting things on hold for a month plus.

I've stuck the master systems up on market place , anyway , if anyone has a MD1 they have all the cables they need already so if they fancy playing SMS games and dont want to try and get a power base converter it might be worth it .

I'll see what I can do regarding controllers - My megadrive ones all need tear down and rebuild , as some of them aren't working 100%, so if I've spares left after all that I 'll give you a shout .

Inviere

This is a sure fire candidate for a funnyplaying IPS conversion - http://www.adverts.ie/26355117

Jack burton

I got a bag of GC stuff a while ago from a friend and Fire Emblem was in there.

Only realised then the crazy money it goes for. Tempted to sell it but I can't since it was given to me and the guy might call over and wonder where it is 🤣

Skerries

Skerries

https://i.imgur.com/P0rBwJ7.jpg

o1s1n

This evening I thought it would be a good idea to see if 130 or so Megadrive games would work on the top of my new shelves in a single line. I could then use a little step ladder type thing to get them down. All elegant like as you see in old libraries.

Pushed them back in against the wall with an attic pole.

Unfortunately the reality was very different! I am not nearly tall enough and the step thing needs about two more steps haha

Took me about 40 minutes to get them all back down :eek: won't be doing that again!

Steve X2

Yes please! 🙂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03OUvRBwjwM

o1s1n

That's an absolutely gorgeous piece of hardware but am I right in saying it completely replaces the Nomad's sub board with with a new board?

I'm always a bit uncomfortable with where exactly we draw the line with these things. Am all for screen replacements and modifying the existing hardware to unlock clock speeds and regions - but totally replacing boards does feel a bit like it's not really the original console anymore.

Inviere

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118833312#Comment_118833312

From the quick look I had, it's reversible if for some bizarre reason someone wants to go back to the original screen.

As for originality with replacement boards, I'm OK with it for sub boards like in this case the screen control board, all it's doing is screen control. The actual logic and brains of the Nomad is still there....so for me, no real difference at all.

You get consoles with all sorts of different revision/manufacturers parts inside, that at times, you have to ask what even is original hardware....the Megadrive comes to mind, loads of board revisions, different models, different chips etc.

o1s1n

Well I suppose my own distinction would be, whatever rolls out of a Sega factory in the console is original hardware, be it different revisions etc.

I do get what you mean about the brains of the console still being there, I suppose the question really being though at what point is it no longer really the original console. If I transplant everything from a Nomad into a completely new shell, is it still a Nomad? Brains are still the same.

The OSD looks amazing, but should a Nomad have an OSD? Is it still a Nomad? Am I just being contrarian and annoying for the sake of it? :D