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moonlighting · 31-03-2017 09:39AM

BrownFinger wrote: »

just got my PS2 back and there is no proper scart lead with it.
Anything wrong with this cheapo ebay job?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Real-RGB-Scart-Audio-Video-AV-HDTV-Lead-For-PLAYSTATION-PS1-PS2-PS3-Games-/152021730064?hash=item2365338310:g:JZMAAOSwoudW7cun

not sure about ps2 but some of the more expensive ones have some sort of resistor/capacitor setup close to console connection for better quality.
i have seen the difference in a game-cube cable before.

31-03-2017 09:48AM

moonlighting wrote: »

not sure about ps2 but some of the more expensive ones have some sort of resistor/capacitor setup close to console connection for better quality.
i have seen the difference in a game-cube cable before.

Cheers,
Anyone else want to chime in ?
I'd like to order today

31-03-2017 10:01AM

BrownFinger wrote: »

Cheers,
Anyone else want to chime in ?
I'd like to order today

Buying cables from ebay is a minefield tbh, you never know what your going to get. Cheaper ones tend to be composite wired only and not fully wired, if you can find a madcatz one I know they are as are the official ones and again retrogamingcables.co.uk for the expensive option. You could always take a chance I suppose, it says its REAL!

BGOllie · 31-03-2017 10:12AM

Jack burton wrote: »

Warehouse find in Austria.
Some of ye may have already heard about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuoJXMB4o_U

love TNT channel. have the whole channel on repeat whenever I paint or work on fixing stuff

31-03-2017 10:31AM

BGOllie wrote: »

love TNT channel. have the whole channel on repeat whenever I paint or work on fixing stuff

ICE COLD SODDER!

-Feck it,I took a punt on the cheap cable .

BGOllie · 31-03-2017 02:25PM

canadaaaaaaa

CiDeRmAn · 04-04-2017 11:09AM

Damn
I picked up the Painkiller collection for the 360 and realised that I don't have a console to play it on, except for upstairs, and I can't move up there!
The Gamesroom/Mancave/Cave of Wonders is in an awful state atm....
Boxes and boxes of Xmas deccys strewn from end to end and stacked on available flat and no so flat surfaces....
I keep meaning to sort it out, but work right now, well it has me distracted.
But it has to be done!

best thing, I think, is to plan for a Beers in May, which will force me into action... and get dusting, stacking, evicting insects and arachnids...

I'll update the Beers thread and get cleaning.
I wonder if I could get someone in to do the cleaning for me?
Hmm....

04-04-2017 11:47AM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

The Gamesroom/Mancave/Cave of Wonders is in an awful state atm....
Boxes and boxes of Xmas deccys strewn from end to end and stacked on available flat and no so flat surfaces....

I'm very strict with myself when it comes to the arcade.
When im working on something I always plan to have time to finish it and if i dont finish i clean up as much as possible.

I always spend 30mins on a Thursday eve getting the place ready so I can crack open a can Friday eve and play a few games :cool:

CiDeRmAn · 04-04-2017 12:57PM

Sounds good

Swapsies on the life then??

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 04-04-2017 07:12PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

The Gamesroom/Mancave/Cave of Wonders is in an awful state atm.
I'll update the Beers thread and get cleaning.
I wonder if I could get someone in to do the cleaning for me?
Hmm....

I'd do it if you get rid of the spiders, I love sorting stuff.

CiDeRmAn · 05-04-2017 12:13AM

You'd probably have to move in for the week, it's a big job...

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 05-04-2017 02:36AM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

You'd probably have to move in for the week, it's a big job...

I probably would, I spend nearly a full day just pulling everything out when I'm sorting things and looking at it til I know how to put it back better.
All the same console games together, all neat tho ... so happy.

CiDeRmAn · 05-04-2017 10:03AM

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy wrote: »

I probably would, I spend nearly a full day just pulling everything out when I'm sorting things and looking at it til I know how to put it back better.
All the same console games together, all neat tho ... so happy.

I can see the conversation now...

Ciderman "So Mrs Ciderman, this is TFGD, and she is moving in to sort out my games collection/room, she'll live upstairs and be provided with meals and a blanket to sleep on...."
Mrs Ciderman "STFU and get out"

DinoRex · 05-04-2017 10:40AM

Just like that movie where Gary Busey is secretly living in that lady's attic.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 05-04-2017 01:05PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I can see the conversation now...

Ciderman "So Mrs Ciderman, this is TFGD, and she is moving in to sort out my games collection/room, she'll live upstairs and be provided with meals and a blanket to sleep on...."
Mrs Ciderman "STFU and get out"

Just throw me up a bucket of fish heads it'll be fine!
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CiDeRmAn · 05-04-2017 03:49PM

DinoRex wrote: »

Just like that movie where Gary Busey is secretly living in that lady's attic.

Is that not a documentary on where he is now?
Living in Mimi Rogers attic, eating fish heads.... with TFGD?

readyletsgo · 07-04-2017 11:01AM

Alright guys! Gonna hijack the thread here for a moment. Thinking of doing the ultimate trip in September/October this year, Japan! Nothing's booked yet, just looking into it atm. Looking at maybe a week or so.

Now I know a few of you have been a few times, so any advice or places to go etc would be a brilliant help. I'd be going over with my partner, he's into games, ps4 mainly and a little bit retro so he wouldn't be into going to the game shops all the time like I would. Is it expensive there? Tokyo for a day or two and then off somewhere else? Any sites that would be a must see?

Thanks for any advice yous can give

(Very, excited)

07-04-2017 11:17AM

Do it,
Best trip we ever took. 3 weeks if possible .
tokyo for 3 days then 2 week JR pass and back to tokyo for the last 2/3 days worked out well for us.
We found it cheap once we got out there.

readyletsgo · 07-04-2017 11:20AM

BrownFinger wrote: »

Do it,
Best trip we ever took. 3 weeks if possible .
tokyo for 3 days then 2 week JR pass and back to tokyo for the last 2/3 days worked out well for us.
We found it cheap once we got out there.

Cool! Well I could go for a week and a half but work gets in the way an all lol. What's a JR pass? And it's cheaper outside Tokyo?

readyletsgo · 07-04-2017 11:20AM

Double post

07-04-2017 02:33PM

I'd try for longer as the flight is a killer.
JR is the rail pass.might not be worth it if going for a short time.
In 10 days Tokyo, Kyoto and Hiroshima ???
Long train times between the but it's a very enjoyable way to travel.

Highlight for me from our trip was miyajima island and the few days we spent in Hakone. We had 21 days and gladly would have stayed for another week.

readyletsgo · 07-04-2017 03:25PM

BrownFinger wrote: »

I'd try for longer as the flight is a killer.
JR is the rail pass.might not be worth it if going for a short time.
In 10 days Tokyo, Kyoto and Hiroshima ???
Long train times between the but it's a very enjoyable way to travel.

Highlight for me from our trip was miyajima island and the few days we spent in Hakone. We had 21 days and gladly would have stayed for another week.

Some great advice there thanks! Might do ten days, will see how far I can stretch my annual leave.

Corholio · 09-04-2017 02:06PM

For all you Dizzy fans out there. The unreleased NES game 'Fantasy World Dizzy' has been remade by the original creators and released for Free online. It's now called 'Mystery World Dizzy'

You can play the game on the website or download the ROM there.

http://yolkfolk.com/mwd/

Tom Mann Centuria · 09-04-2017 03:02PM

Corholio wrote: »

For all you Dizzy fans out there. The unreleased NES game 'Fantasy World Dizzy' has been remade by the original creators and released for Free online. It's now called 'Mystery World Dizzy'

You can play the game on the website or download the ROM there.

http://yolkfolk.com/mwd/

There was a gathering for his 30th birthday yesterday, the Oliver Twins were there signing every bit of dizzy memorabilia thrown at them.

Nerdkiller1991 · 10-04-2017 03:56AM

You know what this thread is in dire need of? Super Sentai.

CiDeRmAn · 10-04-2017 09:53AM

Yeah,
Things have gotten quiet....
Careful now
We don't want to end up going the way of the Sega forum... Poor b@stards...

Corholio · 10-04-2017 04:02PM

Got my hands on a Supaboy for a bit (the first one) and been pretty good so far using it. A few problems with testing it out on the TV, the picture comes up all garbled when connected with the AV lead. Would there be compatibility problems with playing it on TV's here? I have the right lead, the AV one and tried it on 2 tv's and it shows but comes up all choppy. It's just on a normal LCD tv by the way.

Anyone had the Supaboy and played it on the tv?

o1s1n · 10-04-2017 04:20PM

Might be a PAL tv having difficulties with an NTSC AV signal?

Corholio · 10-04-2017 04:22PM

o1s1n wrote: »

Might be a PAL tv having difficulties with an NTSC AV signal?

Possibly yes. Although I literally just watched a UK Youtuber review it and it seemed to play fine on his tv. Just wondering if it's the cable now.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190499732808?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

That's the cable I got which I'm pretty sure is the correct one, it fits right anyway.

o1s1n · 10-04-2017 05:57PM

Corholio wrote: »

Possibly yes. Although I literally just watched a UK Youtuber review it and it seemed to play fine on his tv. Just wondering if it's the cable now.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190499732808?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

That's the cable I got which I'm pretty sure is the correct one, it fits right anyway.

His TV might be both NTSC and PAL compatible whereas yours is might be PAL only.

Only way you'll know for sure is by testing it on another display really!

If it still doesn't work then it's the cable, it if works then the problem is your TV.

Do they not do RGB out at all no?

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