Jet Get Radio!!!! post here when you get something new!

o1s1n

Knowing nothing about these, do you know if deinterlacer turns 480i into a solid 480p, or does it downscale the image to 240p?

Would be really lovely to have something which removes all of the interlaced flicker from PS2 arcade games and puts them in their correct 240p... although it would also be nice to have a device that turns 480i into 480p!

Wikidy

Colonel Panic wrote: »

I got a Retrotink 5x yesterday and while it’s a great device, I have buyers remorse.

MVG released a good YouTube review of it yesterday.

Colonel Panic

o1s1n wrote: »

Knowing nothing about these, do you know if deinterlacer turns 480i into a solid 480p, or does it downscale the image to 240p?

Would be really lovely to have something which removes all of the interlaced flicker from PS2 arcade games and puts them in their correct 240p... although it would also be nice to have a device that turns 480i into 480p!

The deinterlacer turns 480i into 480p as far as I know. Most of my PS2 games are still at my parent’s place but I should have access to them soon so I can find something to test with.

Downscaling to 240p will require more hardware. HDMI to component to RGBS might take two extra decides in the chain!

eddhorse

Wikidy wrote: »

MVG released a good YouTube review of it yesterday.

Yeah pretty good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mhDIfcYNTw

KeRbDoG

Just got a GameCube (with SCART cable) and a Path PS2 from eddhorse.

Already got McBoot working for the PS2 - 'Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes' doesn't compare well at all to the Dreamcast/Naomi versions.
GameCube has a SP2 so I can finally try out a SD2SP2 and whatever delights I missed on the system

Colonel Panic

I’ve got a spare SD2SP2 you can have if you want it.

eddhorse

KeRbDoG wrote: »

Just got a GameCube (with SCART cable) and a Path PS2 from eddhorse.

Already got McBoot working for the PS2 - 'Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes' doesn't compare well at all to the Dreamcast/Naomi versions.
GameCube has a SP2 so I can finally try out a SD2SP2 and whatever delights I missed on the system

Best of luck with them , hope they get more use with you than they did with me.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

I guess kinda retro, DP came out for in 2010 so 11 years old, I got this gorgeous poster as well, they do some amazing pieces
https://www.geek-art.net/a-j-hateley-video-games-covers/
https://gametee.co.uk/collections/aj-hateley

McDermotX

The_B_Man wrote: »

Finally got my 2 Sinden Lightguns this week.
Spent the last 4 days trying to get them actually working on my TV via RetroPie. Realised my TV brightness was too low for the gun camera to pick up the border. Frustrating to only figure this out at the end of a long weekend!

At least now i just have to pick some games to play on the Pi now!

Couple recoil models finally dropped in the door yesterday for myself so good to see some progress being made at last on their deliveries.
Probably not gonna get a chance to test them out till next week though :mad:

Atavan-Halen

A box of stuff arrived From Japan the other day. Not that I need more GameBoys but I wanted a box for the GameBoy colour and have been looking for a GameBoy camera for a while

The_B_Man

McDermotX wrote: »

Couple recoil models finally dropped in the door yesterday for myself so good to see some progress being made at last on their deliveries.
Probably not gonna get a chance to test them out till next week though :mad:

I'd say get onto the Discord group, if you can.
The guns themselves are grand but the software/emulators need a lot of configuration to get up and running. There's a wiki page but at the moment all the guides are relatively basic so it's good to have the discord to fall back on, and the people in it are very good for giving help.

CiDeRmAn

Picked up a few bits from Cosmic Smash today,
Densha de Go controller and Densha de Go 2 for the DC as well as a couple of game controllers.
Also got a bonus Scorpion 2 light gun, so thanks for that too!

Gradius

Got these pcbs recently, taito superman and Atari Tetris. The best Superman game ever made (and it's just about okay, basic but a great version of the theme music). Tetris is Tetris, the pcb is easily the smallest I've ever seen.



More fun was messing with a Trinitron. Only recently got this even though I bought it last year (thanks pandemic). Really impressed!

The biggest surprise is the sound quality, absolutely thumping bass that shakes the table it's on. Great, crisp image. Will be getting a few proper rgb cables for consoles next. All nice

Colonel Panic

Goodies... I'm still waiting on a boxed JPN Saturn, but I did a new wireless controller which arrived the same day as my 8BitDo SNES controllers!



This one took WEEKS using regular post from Japan, but it was cheap so I can't complain.

It's a really hard, annoying game but I still like it. Side B has a Mahjong game that says "tea time" when you pause it but I can't read Japanese or play Mahjong.

Colonel Panic

I'm still trying to fix my PAL switched Saturn, but in a moment of madness, I decided I wanted a JPN Saturn. So here it is connected to a RetroTink 5x. Looks pretty sweet!!

Retr0gamer

Colonel Panic wrote: »

I'm still trying to fix my PAL switched Saturn, but in a moment of madness, I decided I wanted a JPN Saturn. So here it is connected to a RetroTink 5x. Looks pretty sweet!!

Not so subtle, look at me rare games post.

You're dirt unless you have Hyperduel and Taromaru anyway (*looks longingly at Battle Garegga*)

Colonel Panic

If I can’t show off to people who “get it” then am I even really a gamer?

DaveyDave

Was the Saturn expensive? Wouldn't mind adding a grey one to the collection, unless they're north of €200...

Gradius

Colonel Panic wrote: »

Goodies... I'm still waiting on a boxed JPN Saturn, but I did a new wireless controller which arrived the same day as my 8BitDo SNES controllers!



This one took WEEKS using regular post from Japan, but it was cheap so I can't complain.

It's a really hard, annoying game but I still like it. Side B has a Mahjong game that says "tea time" when you pause it but I can't read Japanese or play Mahjong.

Did you just rob my TV?? (Slightly different model)

All Saturn stuff is cool to see but I really don't like those bloody new Saturn pads, not because they're no good, because they clog up my searches for original stuff, blergh

Colonel Panic

DaveyDave wrote: »

Was the Saturn expensive? Wouldn't mind adding a grey one to the collection, unless they're north of €200...

It was €179 + 30 shipping from an eBay seller in Italy so arrived quick and no import mess.

Gradius wrote: »

Did you just rob my TV?? (Slightly different model)

All Saturn stuff is cool to see but I really don't like those bloody new Saturn pads, not because they're no good, because they clog up my searches for original stuff, blergh

If I could rob another I would! I've had that TV for decades!

o1s1n

DaveyDave wrote: »

Was the Saturn expensive? Wouldn't mind adding a grey one to the collection, unless they're north of €200...

Depends if you want it fully boxed or not really. Console only should be dirt cheap.

Retr0gamer

What are you running the Saturn through before the tv?

Retr0gamer

o1s1n wrote: »

Depends if you want it fully boxed or not really. Console only should be dirt cheap.

Not anymore. They've shot up in price recently.

Colonel Panic

Retr0gamer wrote: »

What are you running the Saturn through before the tv?

RetroTink 5x

eddhorse

Colonel Panic wrote: »

RetroTink 5x

:eek:

Drexel_3

I never played a Saturn. Never even seen one in real life.

They were rare enough in my circle growing up.

Always ment to pick one up but the nostalgia factor has made me constantly put it on the back burner for other stuff I played

o1s1n

Drexel_3 wrote: »

I never played a Saturn. Never even seen one in real life.

They were rare enough in my circle growing up.

Always ment to pick one up but the nostalgia factor has made me constantly put it on the back burner for other stuff I played

Pick one up with a Fenrir ODE, few of them going on eBay.

It has an absolutely amazing library which is prohibitively expensive if you want to buy legit copies. One console I only have about twenty or so games for, everything else is played from ODE images!

Colonel Panic

Drexel_3 wrote: »

I never played a Saturn. Never even seen one in real life.

They were rare enough in my circle growing up.

Always ment to pick one up but the nostalgia factor has made me constantly put it on the back burner for other stuff I played

I didn't get a Saturn until MUCH later. Despite playing a lot of Megadrive with my mates, my first Sega console was a Dreamcast! I was (and still am) a Nintendo fanboy.

That got me into Sega stuff, and access to traditional shooters was what enticed me to buy a Saturn.

Some games look super janky, but it's still a great console.

o1s1n

It's only really janky if you are more into 3D, the 2D library is absolutely amazing and still stands up. My go to for Battle Garegga for example is the Saturn port, it's excellent.

Love the Elevator Action Returns port too.

Retr0gamer

Saturn is one of the best retro purchases I've ever made. Bought it for Panzer Dragoon Saga and Radiant Silvergun. Didn't expect to find that the rest of the library is absolutely incredible and full of so many excellent games.

It was so much fun discovering games I never heard about and uncovering some really top class action games. It's a great pick up and play console because of all the action and arcade games on it.

Bernie Stollar and his no RPGs and no 2D games policy really screwed over the saturn in the west. It was never going to beat the PS1 but could have been a viable second console and had maybe N64 levels of success.