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Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 20-04-2017 05:03PM

My brothers birthday is coming up, he was joking about getting a C64. What's the easiest way to play C64 and Atari games that I could get him? He's not picky on it being emulated, it would mean less space bring taken up.

Inviere · 20-04-2017 05:04PM

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy wrote: »

My brothers birthday is coming up, he was joking about getting a C64. What's the easiest way to play C64 and Atari games that I could get him? He's not picky on it being emulated, it would mean less space bring taken up.

A one way ticket to Pi town

Pi 3, a nice little case, a decent controller, and Retropie in other words

20-04-2017 05:44PM

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Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 20-04-2017 07:46PM

Inviere wrote: »

A one way ticket to Pi town
Pi 3, a nice little case, a decent controller, and Retropie in other words

I'd have to like program that wouldn't I? I haven't a notion how to work those.

CiDeRmAn · 20-04-2017 07:53PM

I have a C64 here i don't need, if you'd like to trade
I'll have to check it's all working though

eddhorse · 20-04-2017 08:23PM

Be easy to get an image with those emulators on RetroPie on the Pi3.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 20-04-2017 10:46PM

Is it copying files onto the yoke? Is there some dummies guide to it?

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I have a C64 here i don't need, if you'd like to trade
I'll have to check it's all working though

That would be great let me know

I dunno if he'd even use it but at least I know he won't get two of them, he'd get slagged for wanting it lol.

20-04-2017 11:05PM

its a 10 minute job, you download an image file from the retropi website and a program called win32diskmaker, open the program select the retropi imagefile and select you sdcard location (E: F: etc.) and select write. When thats done put the sdcard into your pi and start it up, also plug in a blank usb stick and whatever controller you want to use and let it do its thing. After a couple of minutes you'll get to the start screen and it will prompt you to configure your controller, after thats done shut the pi down and put the usb stick in your computer and copy over whatever roms you want. The usb will already have all the folders setup for each system so put roms in the appropriate folders, plug the usb stick back into the pi, start it up and play games!!

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 20-04-2017 11:12PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

its a 10 minute job, you download an image file from the retropi website and a program called win32diskmaker, open the program select the retropi imagefile and select you sdcard location (E: F: etc.) and select write. When thats done put the sdcard into your pi and start it up, also plug in a blank usb stick and whatever controller you want to use and let it do its thing. After a couple of minutes you'll get to the start screen and it will prompt you to configure your controller, after thats done shut the pi down and put the usb stick in your computer and copy over whatever roms you want. The usb will already have all the folders setup for each system so put roms in the appropriate folders, plug the usb stick back into the pi, start it up and play games!!

Thanks mozie! I can understand that, hate when you look up stuff and it's all jargon and I can't! I'll just have a strop!
Is there a USB slot then for a controller?

20-04-2017 11:14PM

Yeah the pi3 has 4 standard usb slots so plenty

Los Lobos · 21-04-2017 02:49PM

Boomtown!! Just paid for this bad boy:

Gonna get me some Pong action

Hopefully have it next week

CiDeRmAn · 21-04-2017 03:52PM

Beautiful get there!
I have the following set, Super Pong, but I must get that one, it is superb.

My advice too is to do what I did and find a 70's/80's portable B&W tv to play it on, they look fantastic in that hazy soft CRT, as those who have played on my set up can attest.

Retr0gamer · 21-04-2017 05:33PM

Playing through uncharted 4 and I'm finding it terribly boring. Maybe I'm just spoiled by so many great fames like nier and zelda that revel in being actual ganes rather than barely interactive cutscenes but it's doing nothing for me. Stuff like the previous games mentioned all the indie games and even triple A games like hitman or horizon that rely mostly on mechanics rather than spectacle just make this kind of game feel obsolete.

Also the crash bandicoot emulation was poor!

Steve X2 · 21-04-2017 05:40PM

Looks interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b1GgY7c7q4

johnny_ultimate · 21-04-2017 05:59PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Playing through uncharted 4 and I'm finding it terribly boring. Maybe I'm just spoiled by so many great fames like nier and zelda that revel in being actual ganes rather than barely interactive cutscenes but it's doing nothing for me. Stuff like the previous games mentioned all the indie games and even triple A games like hitman or horizon that rely mostly on mechanics rather than spectacle just make this kind of game feel obsolete.

Also the crash bandicoot emulation was poor!

I have to ask: do you not think there's an incredible amount of wasted time & space in Nier Automata? I'm into playthrough 3, and there's enough of interest to keep me ticking over, but I think the game could easily have shaved off a good half the 'content' I've played so far and it would be much better for it. The amount of times (literally hundreds) I had to play through minor variants on that bullet hell hacking mini-game... For all the valid complaints of shallow, repetitive combat in Uncharted, Nier is every bit an equal offender in that respect (and, given its extended length, maybe even worse) and not even close to being in the same league as Zelda.

Retr0gamer · 21-04-2017 07:00PM

Nier isn't perfect but at least it's got some interesting ideas in there and there's some actual feeling of danger in the actual gameplay. For every repetitive sequence there's something else that makes you ask what the hell you are playing. Then again I started uncharted 4 to get a break from Nier

I think despite Nier automata having platinum on board it's still like the original Nier, the best 7/10 game you'll ever play and I'll take that over triple A bloat any day. I'm sure you've seen plenty of films that aren't quite perfect but the experience makes up for it. It's how I see automata.

It's not actually the combat in uncharted that is getting to me. It's not the best but seems far more open than previous versions. It's everything else. The story is basically the characters jumping to conclusions. That is an issue with the series but so far it's not even matched the bombast of previous games, well the second and third at least. Every scripted set piece just doesn't feel dangerous at all anymore. Maybe it's the game or else it's been copied so much at this stage.

It feels like a big step back from last of us. That game might have been very story heavy but the gameplay really fell back on its mechanics rather than glorified qte sequences. Not sure if I could say it's better than uncharted 3 as I can't remember enough of that game to judge.

CiDeRmAn · 21-04-2017 07:38PM

I have tried to play through Uncharted 3, the PS4 rerelease, over the last few months but, when your leaping from one helpfully tinted wall to another and have slotted away another 25 red jumpers in your path, you wonder why am i bothering?
And Uncharted 4 is sitting there too, waiting to be played... some day....

Nerdkiller1991 · 21-04-2017 08:40PM

Did you see the prices CeX are charging for a NES Mini? €275 for a boxed unit, are they joking? I can probably get the real console plus all the games on the Mini for the same price.

Steve X2 · 21-04-2017 08:50PM

Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

Did you see the prices CeX are charging for a NES Mini? ?275 for a boxed unit, are they joking? I can probably get the real console plus all the games on the Mini for the same price.

You can have my NES mini for ?270

All joking aside, they should be ashamed of themselves for charging that. But it'll sell no problem at that price :0/

johnny_ultimate · 21-04-2017 08:51PM

Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

Did you see the prices CeX are charging?

The rest of the post is redundant

Nerdkiller1991 · 21-04-2017 09:23PM

Steve X2 wrote: »

You can have my NES mini for ?270

Weird, I see my post with the Euro symbol.

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

The rest of the post is redundant

Ahhh, now, I can still get my BD's for cheap there.

Doge · 21-04-2017 09:47PM

Steve X2 wrote: »

Looks interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b1GgY7c7q4

Thats awesome! I wonder is it behind the same people that did Cannabalt!

Actually there was 2 C64 Cannabalt remakes which were released on the same day cooeratively by both coders, that was pretty awesome.

Steve X2 · 21-04-2017 10:10PM

Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

Weird, I see my post with the Euro symbol.

I was replying from a Chinese computer and not via my normal computer/phone. Can be weird with currency and numbers sometimes (Chinese overlords watching me

)

Nerdkiller1991 · 21-04-2017 11:02PM

Steve X2 wrote: »

I was replying from a Chinese computer and not via my normal computer/phone. Can be weird with currency and numbers sometimes (Chinese overlords watching me )

BLEEDIN' HUAWEI PRODUCTS!

Steve X2 · 21-04-2017 11:31PM

Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

BLEEDIN' HUAWEI PRODUCTS!

I meant a computer actually in China, I think its a Lenovo

CiDeRmAn · 21-04-2017 11:42PM

My computers access the internet from such exotic places as Portrane, Rolestown and, occasionally Clonsilla.
I know, I know... my jet set lifestyle dazzles....

Steve X2 · 21-04-2017 11:49PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

My computers access the internet from such exotic places as Portrane, Rolestown and, occasionally Clonsilla.
I know, I know... my jet set lifestyle dazzles....

Well I'm in exotic Bray at the moment. Just accessing work computers in China where most of the other guys I work with are based.
Trying to make the below image a reality rather than render

readyletsgo · 21-04-2017 11:52PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I have tried to play through Uncharted 3, the PS4 rerelease, over the last few months but, when your leaping from one helpfully tinted wall to another and have slotted away another 25 red jumpers in your path, you wonder why am i bothering?
And Uncharted 4 is sitting there too, waiting to be played... some day....

U3 is OK, it's pretty an all but I was very meh about it.

I started U4 when it came out. It's SUPER lovey looking but I got bored, haven't finished it. Dunno, new video games are losing me atm. People lose themselves over U4 though, maybe I'm missing something. I'll prob go back to it in 20 years.

There is just too many must play games out over the past 2 years, hard to keep up.

Steve X2 · 22-04-2017 01:48AM

Fresh off the laser cutter(I prefer to work late at night). Quite happy with how it came out as I couldnt find a clean high res simple black and white pic of just the text/logo online, so had to convert a lower res image to vector and clean it up a little.
It's cast acrylic, so will look well with bottom or side lighting(RGB) when I make up a case for it.

Its just a bit over 7 inches long (ohh arrh

), so will be a nice little desk ornament rather than wall mounted.

Corholio · 22-04-2017 02:20AM

That looks great Steve! If you ever make multiples of it I'd love to get one off ya.

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