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Steve X2 · 22-04-2017 03:39AM

Corholio wrote: »

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

You know I be making multiples

I really like the smoke acrylic ones, must get more of that stuff.

Might have lost a bit of detail in this last one

I'm sure I could sort out something for anyone thats wants something like this. But just to be clear I'm not looking to sell or profit from it.

Corholio · 22-04-2017 04:04AM

Would be more than happy to compensate for your time doing it and I'm sure acrylic like that isn't cheap. Was going to pull the trigger on an RGB lamp from abroad but this is a lot closer to what I was looking to try. Those small ones are crazy small, like Zelda-ception :P

CiDeRmAn · 22-04-2017 08:20PM

Can anyone tell me, what's the deal with the dlc for Darius Burst on the PS4/Vita?
I mean, it's expensive enough, and you don't seem to get a huge amount for your investment.
Anyone here take a dip?

eddhorse · 22-04-2017 09:18PM

Interesting item :
https://www.videogameperfection.com/2016/07/08/source-converter-verdict/

More info here:
http://retrogaming.hazard-city.de/ossc.html

Retr0gamer · 23-04-2017 08:47AM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Can anyone tell me, what's the deal with the dlc for Darius Burst on the PS4/Vita?
I mean, it's expensive enough, and you don't seem to get a huge amount for your investment.
Anyone here take a dip?

I've bought them all on PC and think they are pretty great. You get a new ship that significantly changes the base game mechanics and 3 new remixed stages designed for that ship but can also be played by any other ship. You also get remixed music from the games the ships are from.

Bracken3000 · 23-04-2017 09:03AM

Retr0gamer wrote:

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.

I wouldn't say it is better than Uncharted 2 but I really enjoyed it. it felt it was made with non gamers in mind with how easy it is, it aint dark souls, to sell some units but it looks beautiful and has that high naughty dog production. Just started Rise of the Tomb Raider so after going through Uncharted 4 again it will to good see how they match up. Played that Shadow of Mordor, awful game, button mashing nonsense.

Tom Mann Centuria · 23-04-2017 03:15PM

The kickstarter for the ZX Spectrum Next has been launched. Fairly hefty goal of £250,000 and not cheap price but it's approaching £190,000 already and it only launched at midnight.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1835143999/zx-spectrum-next?ref=profile_backed

Must admit the Rick Dickinson designed keyboard looks lovely.

(Felt sure there was a kickstarter thread but couldn't find it. Sorry.)

eddhorse · 23-04-2017 05:48PM

In fairness to them, they have a list of working stuff compared to other failed kickstarters.

Probably not gonna back it though.

CiDeRmAn · 23-04-2017 06:15PM

I've gotten zero time on games in the last while.
I know I'm going to buy Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, but i also know that I will probably not play that much.
It's like a badge, a set of expectations that I maintain for myself.
This is who I am....
But is it who i am now?

Bugger

The existential crisis of a gamer!

Firefox11 · 23-04-2017 06:27PM

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

The kickstarter for the ZX Spectrum Next has been launched. Fairly hefty goal of £250,000 and not cheap price but it's approaching £190,000 already and it only launched at midnight.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1835143999/zx-spectrum-next?ref=profile_backed

Must admit the Rick Dickinson designed keyboard looks lovely.

(Felt sure there was a kickstarter thread but couldn't find it. Sorry.)

They have almost reached their funding goal in less than 24 hours! Impressive.

Tom Mann Centuria · 23-04-2017 06:28PM

eddhorse wrote: »

In fairness to them, they have a list of working stuff compared to other failed kickstarters.

Probably not gonna back it though.

I'm still undecided. 50 quid less and I'd have signed up at midnight. For cased version I could get a zx81, a Zxpand and new divmmc for my spectrum and still have a few quid left.

Linoud · 23-04-2017 08:51PM

Steve X2 wrote: »

You know I be making multiples

I really like the smoke acrylic ones, must get more of that stuff.

Might have lost a bit of detail in this last one

I'm sure I could sort out something for anyone thats wants something like this. But just to be clear I'm not looking to sell or profit from it.

These look so nice! :O I'd love to try get one of these off you at some point!

Steve X2 · 23-04-2017 11:59PM

Linoud wrote: »

These look so nice! :O I'd love to try get one of these off you at some point!

If people want them i can do it. Might be best to do it in one batch for whoever wants them. List all the prices/costs here so its clear its not for profit etc. Unless the mods are against it?
I've just started trying laser etching on glass as well with decent results(decent for my first go anyway).

Apologies for the pantry pic, its so hard to get a decent pic of clear glass thats been lasered

Also, I think it looks better in green acrylic than clear. This green one is 10 inches long.

Tom Mann Centuria · 24-04-2017 09:41AM

Firefox11 wrote: »

They have almost reached their funding goal in less than 24 hours! Impressive.

Funded. Hopefully some decent stretch goals might appear to encourage me to buy a Next!

Edit:
Weak willed. Have backed it, just have to pay for it now.

Steve X2 · 25-04-2017 08:07PM

I made this as a desk model. Now I'm wondering if I can get a Raspberry Pi Zero in there and a tiny screen

It's 5 inches tall.
There's artwork on the sides as well once I remove the protective sticker.

CiDeRmAn · 25-04-2017 08:16PM

4-player Xmen in that thing, or go home....

Atavan-Halen · 25-04-2017 08:47PM

Night trap coming to Xbox one and PS4

http://segabits.com/blog/2017/04/25/night-trap-25th-anniversary-edition-announced-for-playstation-4-in-sega-cd-and-32x-style-boxes/

Steve X2 · 26-04-2017 04:45AM

The glue set so took the stickers off. Not bad for my first go.
If I'm making another clear one I'll use a proper clear and not blue clear plastic.

Tom Mann Centuria · 26-04-2017 07:49AM

I think that blue clear looks fantastic. Saying that, I thought it looked pretty darn good when it still had the paper on.

Jack burton · 26-04-2017 07:53AM

Ah that is so crisp looking!

Steve X2 · 27-04-2017 03:02PM

Tom Mann Centuria wrote: »

I think that blue clear looks fantastic. Saying that, I thought it looked pretty darn good when it still had the paper on.

I'm definitely not sold on the clear blue plastic. I dunno, it sort of looks cheap to me.

Jack burton wrote: »

Ah that is so crisp looking!

I need to perfect my gluing for it to be a bit sharper

CosmicSmash · 27-04-2017 03:49PM

They look great Steve, how long do they take to cut and assemble?

Steve X2 · 27-04-2017 04:02PM

CosmicSmash wrote: »

They look great Steve, how long do they take to cut and assemble?

Most of the work is getting everything setup and ready to go on the software side of things(getting the image/vectors correct and the layers for cutting and engraving done properly).
But the actual cutting time is only about 2-3 mins at slow speed, engraving the artwork and "screen" is about 5-10 mins. Putting together depends on how handy you are at gluing stuff. It all clicks in together, but needs glue to hold it.

On the glue, you need to use a particular type for acrylic so it sets clear and not white or hazy like superglue does.

Jimmy Bottlehead · 27-04-2017 04:32PM

Although I'm a total PS1 lover, I never really fell in love with the Crash Bandicoot games. Had a look at them online there and can't understand how they're priced so high at ?30-50.

Are they not extremely common games to command such a price? Or am I missing something?

Atavan-Halen · 27-04-2017 04:47PM

Jimmy Bottlehead wrote: »

Although I'm a total PS1 lover, I never really fell in love with the Crash Bandicoot games. Had a look at them online there and can't understand how they're priced so high at ?30-50.

Are they not extremely common games to command such a price? Or am I missing something?

Nostalgia factor with those who were kids and grew up playing crash and are now in their 20's with disposable income. Same thing happened with spyro.

Retr0gamer · 27-04-2017 04:59PM

They were always b tier platformers even on PS1 but they were popular. It's like all the common nes and snes games now commanding premium prices even if those were way better than crash.

Nerdkiller1991 · 27-04-2017 05:32PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

They were always b tier platformers even on PS1 but they were popular. It's like all the common nes and snes games now commanding premium prices even if those were way better than crash.

I wouldn't really call Spiro b-tier, but for Crash, I suppose. The game still uses the same platformer design philosophy that dates all the way back to Pitfall. Just this time with a 3 dimensional plane.

Steve X2 · 27-04-2017 07:10PM

I quite like these

https://www.jenningsforddirect.co.uk/consoles-as-cars/

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 27-04-2017 08:46PM

Atavan-Halen wrote: »

Nostalgia factor with those who were kids and grew up playing crash and are now in their 20's with disposable income. Same thing happened with spyro.

Much preferred Spyro to Crash. Crash didn't click with me for some reason but I didn't mind Crash Bash.

Retr0gamer · 27-04-2017 08:52PM

Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

I wouldn't really call Spiro b-tier, but for Crash, I suppose. The game still uses the same platformer design philosophy that dates all the way back to Pitfall. Just this time with a 3 dimensional plane.

I don't think spyro has aged well either. It's like a poor man's mario 64 and has way too much talking just like the rare games of the era and the aesthetic us way too cute and try hard. They're good but there's a lot better.

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