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johnny_ultimate · 30-08-2017 08:50PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I find there is way more variety on handheld

I actually completely disagree with this suggestion. Handhelds are good for JRPGs, small indie platformers and quirky Japanese titles... but beyond that, it can be severely limited*. Don't get me wrong, I've played my 3DS a whole lot over the years. But I think diving into the PSN digital store will offer up a significantly greater mix of titles - there's no doubt that the variety of indie games on there alone is on a totally different level to what you'd get on the 3DS eShop. Going through handheld games I've played in the last three or four years, and I'd say there is far more commonality there then there would be across what I've played on PS4. I'd say it's just more of the games you personally like on handheld rather than it being a legitimately more varied selection of software

*obviously the Switch changes the game, because the Switch is awesome. Vita's also a pretty neat indie machine, although with obvious hardware limitations.

CiDeRmAn · 30-08-2017 10:05PM

My DS game collection is at PS2 levels of obscene, and good stuff too, Infinite Space for example, I really have to jump back in there.
I must dust off the DSi XL and get playing... In between my workplace committments I might get... minutes of play??

Mr.Saturn · 31-08-2017 01:17AM

So, Capcom are re-releasing Street Fighter II on a SNES cartridge.

http://kotaku.com/capcom-is-re-releasing-street-fighter-ii-on-a-snes-cart-1798645758?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Twitter&utm_source=Kotaku_Twitter&utm_medium=Socialflow

Might be an interesting thing to follow in the long-term, if it's any way kinda successful it could open up other official releases on older hardware.

Also might set your SNES on fire, it seems.

WARNING: Use of this reproduction game cartridge (the “Product”) on the SNES gaming hardware may cause the SNES console to overheat or catch fire. The SNES hardware is deemed a vintage collectible, so please exercise extreme caution when using the Product and make sure there is fire extinguishment equipment nearby. Use of the Product is at the sole risk of the user. The Product is sold “as is”. Neither iam8bit, Inc. nor Capcom Co, Ltd. make any representation or warranty, express or implied, of any kind, including any warranty of merchantability of fitness for a particular use, or that the Product is safe to use, and iam8bit, Inc. or Capcom Co, Ltd. shall have no liability for damage to property or persons arising from use of the Product. Nintendo of America is in no way associated with the release of this Product.

TrustedApple · 31-08-2017 07:34AM

With game consoles I have went trow stages with then all.

When I was younger I all ways had to travel to my mother and father business and I used to play my game boy a lot then and barely touched my ps2 at all.

Got into teenage years turned into 360 and ps3 gamer that went into my college years ended up with like 150 boxed games between both consoles. I had a 3ds and vita and only really played the vita when I had no work to do in college.

Then grown up working life I have a ps4 pro that is barely used and maybe gets a game played on it for 6 hours a month. My Xbox one s is used for sky go in the bedroom.

While my switch and 3ds get used the must when traveling to work on the bus I get a good hour every morring and a bit in the evening on them and I enjoy them none stop.

It's just depending on where your life is at stages what kind of console I play. I am back to when I was a child traveling a lot with my mum and dad to there business. I say in a few years i be having my midlife crisis ha. But we go trow cycles ha

um7y1h83ge06nx · 31-08-2017 09:34AM

When I was a kid I had a SNES and a Gameboy and played them to bits.

Teen years and college years I had a PS1 and PS2. In college I didn't play the PS2 much. When In the ten years since I left college in 2005 I bought a PSP, 360, Wii, DSi and a Vita. The 360 got played by far the most followed by the DS. In hindsight I shouldn't have bought the PSP, Wii or Vita, I didn't play them enough.

Last 3 years, I'm 34 now, I bought a PS4 at launch and then a Xbox One, mainly for the exclusives, when a good deal was going on. Play them both about the same, the PS4 a bit more I guess. In that phase I've been playing as much of not more as I was as a kid.

As I said a few pages back I'm now lucky to have a newborn. On paternity leave and have went back to the DSi as I can play in any room. The DS is great, decent enough battery life and it is very sturdy. I can just close it up to put it into standby and protect it, pop it on a table and come back to it when I can.

In the future my game playing is going to dip for sure, although in a couple of years I'll have a player 2, not sure how impressed the wife will be with that!

CiDeRmAn · 31-08-2017 10:17AM

My Player 2 is far better at games than I am

On a brighter note, he uses my accounts on the XB1 and PS4, so I get the kudos for finishing so many games!
I know, that's sad....

o1s1n · 31-08-2017 11:01AM

Anyone think Super Punch Out may increase in value after the snes mini is released?

I've had it on my to buy list since it came out (!), it's just been one of those games I keep forgetting to buy. Or go to buy and get distracted :pac:

Might try to pick it up in the next few days, it's currently in the region of 30-40gbp for a cart BIN. (although some ended auctions seem to have gone for as low as 19gbp)

Retr0gamer · 31-08-2017 11:41AM

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I find there is way more variety on handheld

I actually completely disagree with this suggestion. Handhelds are good for JRPGs, small indie platformers and quirky Japanese titles... but beyond that, it can be severely limited*. Don't get me wrong, I've played my 3DS a whole lot over the years. But I think diving into the PSN digital store will offer up a significantly greater mix of titles - there's no doubt that the variety of indie games on there alone is on a totally different level to what you'd get on the 3DS eShop. Going through handheld games I've played in the last three or four years, and I'd say there is far more commonality there then there would be across what I've played on PS4. I'd say it's just more of the games you personally like on handheld rather than it being a legitimately more varied selection of software

*obviously the Switch changes the game, because the Switch is awesome. Vita's also a pretty neat indie machine, although with obvious hardware limitations.

Well I didn't take into account indie games, I use my PC for that. My bad there. The triple A space though is really boring me at the moment. We need more games like Doom, games that a developer wants to make and not games that a committee decided people want.

Retr0gamer · 31-08-2017 11:44AM

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I find there is way more variety on handheld

I actually completely disagree with this suggestion. Handhelds are good for JRPGs, small indie platformers and quirky Japanese titles... but beyond that, it can be severely limited*. Don't get me wrong, I've played my 3DS a whole lot over the years. But I think diving into the PSN digital store will offer up a significantly greater mix of titles - there's no doubt that the variety of indie games on there alone is on a totally different level to what you'd get on the 3DS eShop. Going through handheld games I've played in the last three or four years, and I'd say there is far more commonality there then there would be across what I've played on PS4. I'd say it's just more of the games you personally like on handheld rather than it being a legitimately more varied selection of software

*obviously the Switch changes the game, because the Switch is awesome. Vita's also a pretty neat indie machine, although with obvious hardware limitations.

Well I didn't take into account indie games, I use my PC for that. My bad there. The triple A space though is really boring me at the moment. We need more games like Doom, games that a developer wants to make and not games that a committee decided people want.

I can see the switch being an amazing console. Nintendo has focused all development on it and it's getting the strengths of the home console and handheld teams focused on it. Quality content has been coming to the system month on month and I'd already call the system essential whereas it's only this year the PS4 has gained a bit of traction with me.

31-08-2017 11:53AM

o1s1n wrote: »

Anyone think Super Punch Out may increase in value after the snes mini is released?

I've had it on my to buy list since it came out (!), it's just been one of those games I keep forgetting to buy. Or go to buy and get distracted :pac:

Might try to pick it up in the next few days, it's currently in the region of 30-40gbp for a cart BIN. (although some ended auctions seem to have gone for as low as 19gbp)

It might increase in value if you buy it now. It'll definitely increase in value if you don't buy it though

CiDeRmAn · 31-08-2017 02:06PM

o1s1n wrote: »

Anyone think Super Punch Out may increase in value after the snes mini is released?

I've had it on my to buy list since it came out (!), it's just been one of those games I keep forgetting to buy. Or go to buy and get distracted :pac:

Might try to pick it up in the next few days, it's currently in the region of 30-40gbp for a cart BIN. (although some ended auctions seem to have gone for as low as 19gbp)

What has the experience following the NES Mini Classic been?
Did Megaman 2 receive a bump in price following the console release?

Are you after a boxed copy or will an unboxed cart do?

Once available here for £30, which must be about €36 in local money.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B00002SU0N/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used

o1s1n · 31-08-2017 03:33PM

That's a good comparison alright. I don't think I've seen any Megaman 2 carts going for their weight in gold just yet :pac:

Feck it, I need the game anyway. I found an old word doc from 2006 with a list of Snes games I had to buy on ebay and that was on it, so I guess it's about time

31-08-2017 06:13PM

NES prototype of SimCity has been found
http://scorpiontankmedia.com/unbelievably-rare-nes-prototype-of-simcity-finally-unearthed/

31-08-2017 08:04PM

Anyone seen this

https://store.iam8bit.com/products/street-fighter-ii-30th-anniversary-edition

Bit pricy at $100 for a repro cart, does look nice though!!

Inviere · 31-08-2017 08:45PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Anyone seen this

https://store.iam8bit.com/products/street-fighter-ii-30th-anniversary-edition

Bit pricy at $100 for a repro cart, does look nice though!!

Madness, just buy the real cart for a tenth of the price

CiDeRmAn · 31-08-2017 08:56PM

But, then, it's an official reprint and the Blanka one looks brilliant.

Nerdkiller1991 · 31-08-2017 10:21PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

On the one hand my 360 now lives in the mess that is my games room.
On the other hand I have my 42" plasma up there.
On the other hand I've got no where to put the display in that space!
On the other hand it's Outrun 2 !
There is no other hand!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWGtjqv19ZA

Well, what would you do if you were a rich man?

CiDeRmAn · 31-08-2017 10:30PM

I love that movie... I really do...

Tradition!!

Nerdkiller1991 · 01-09-2017 12:03AM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I love that movie... I really do...

Tradition!!

Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match...

CiDeRmAn · 01-09-2017 01:25PM

I'm not longer welcome on the Team Retrobox facebook page, due to pointing out it's a RPi in a case..... my own fault really....

smurf492 · 01-09-2017 03:22PM

CiDeRmAn wrote:

I'm not longer welcome on the Team Retrobox facebook page, due to pointing out it's a RPi in a case..... my own fault really....

Quite touchy aren't they

CiDeRmAn · 02-09-2017 01:37AM

Right so, the best game ever made is Robotron and, maybe, just maybe, Raiden 2....
I know they both begin with the letter R but I reckon it could be a coinkydink.

A bottle of red wine and a large G&T had a lousy opinion and should be disregarded.

Doge · 02-09-2017 01:57AM

SmashTV FTW!

Kolido · 02-09-2017 08:04AM

Doge wrote: »

SmashTV FTW!

I'd buy that for a $!

moonlighting · 02-09-2017 01:57PM

portable ps2 build - very impressed with the build quality

CiDeRmAn · 02-09-2017 02:28PM

Too much vino last night.
Foolish things posted too.
For that I apologise.

Everyone knows the best game ever is Galaga.

Atavan-Halen · 03-09-2017 12:32AM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Too much vino last night.
Foolish things posted too.
For that I apologise.

I'm so proud of you!

*sheds tear*

04-09-2017 02:22PM

I was reading earlier about dual layer ps2 games and the trouble some people are having playing them on their consoles. Some are saying they can only be played on the phat, others saying the slim and others saying early slim models are the ones with the issues, later revisions are fine.
Is this a load of tripe? I struggle to believe that the best selling console of all time has particular models that simply cannot play some of the highest rated titles for the system. Do these people need new lasers or whats the story? Anyone have personal experience with the matter?

CiDeRmAn · 04-09-2017 03:36PM

Yep
Probably not as tragic as the original PS and it's laser woes, the PS2 suffers from all sorts.
Thankfully the replacements aren't too expensive, once you have the model number.
A good way to think of it is that the PS2 is an 18 year old DVD player, with precision moving parts, parts that wear out.
So replacements are a when rather than an if.
And most consoles with such drives are going to be susceptible to the same wear and tear, for example the Dreamcast.

Also, I lost my own gorgeous launch PS2 while a lightning storm was raging outside.
A strike nearby and the resultant surge banjaxed my PS2 while it was on standby, many tears were shed... man tears you understand...

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 04-09-2017 03:58PM

Cake of Tremendous Power wrote: »

I struggle to believe that the best selling console of all time has particular models that simply cannot play some of the highest rated titles for the system. Do these people need new lasers or whats the story? Anyone have personal experience with the matter?

I had trouble playing blue discs on my slim PS2, I'm sure it was Yakuza game disc that I was trying to play. Just refused to read, seemed to work okay on my phat ps2.
Not to do with duel layer I don't think it, just the post above made me think of it. Quick search says the CD had to spin faster than a DVD game.

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