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General Arcade and Retro Chat - Insert Coin -

LoGiE · 2014-12-26 09:06:56

Brand new Arcade and Retro Chat thread....careful now.

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#9182 09-07-2018 08:36PM

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Inviere wrote: »

I know I know Still, it's Queen!

Half of Queen.... The bass player fecked off as well....

It's like The Tom Tom Club to Talking Heads

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#9183 10-07-2018 08:07AM

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Nice reference in the show 12 Monkeys, in episode 8 of its final season.
One of our heroes finds herself in a medieval village and she calls it Kakariko village before some very LoZ music plays in the background.

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#9184 10-07-2018 09:47PM

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I'm undecided if I should go to the 8Bit Conference. I'm already going to Dublin again in mid August, so I wonder if this would be something to check out before that.

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#9185 10-07-2018 10:08PM

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Well I'm not attending 8Bit Conference this year. I basically lost out on a good chunk of money last year. Weekend off work, traveling up with my large display and stock, hostel for 2 nights. I did not cover my costs due to the low turnout for the event, guy who runs it is a really nice fella though so I don't blame anyone involved. I just dont think there was a big enough single event at it to draw people.

I did go on the piss in Dublin though with my mates who live in there....wound up in the George and then I went ****ing ham on a load of English twats who were shouting at 4 in the morning in the hostel...there was some unpleasantness, I can never go back.

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#9186 12-07-2018 02:19PM

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My board game con is on the 4th of August. Might set up the Famicom with the portable PVM at it. See who can get the high score in Silver Surfer over the course of the day.

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#9187 12-07-2018 02:28PM

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Jack burton wrote: »

I did go on the piss in Dublin though with my mates who live in there....wound up in the George and then I went ****ing ham on a load of English twats who were shouting at 4 in the morning in the hostel...there was some unpleasantness, I can never go back.

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#9188 12-07-2018 03:28PM

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Anyone know a good place to pick up Cream Peroxide 40Vol 12% on the cheap? Need to pick some up for an extremely yellowed PC Engine I have on the way from Japan.

Came across this link for 6 x 1L bottles for €12: http://www.nialloreilly.ie/ipro--creme-peroxide-1-litre--buy-6-for-12/iprooxideofferpd.html

There's no chance I'll ever use that much though lol.

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#9189 12-07-2018 03:33PM

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Will this do the job?
https://m.tesco.ie/mt/www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=276824720

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#9190 12-07-2018 03:37PM

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Cake of Tremendous Power wrote: »

Will this do the job?
https://m.tesco.ie/mt/www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=276824720

That's the stuff I've used before and its fine.

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#9191 12-07-2018 03:40PM

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The Last Bandit wrote: »

That's the stuff I've used before and its fine.

I actually saw that stuff in the shop, it's a tiny little bottle bout 75ml. I thought that would probably barely do 1 console? I could be wrong though.

Might end up picking up the bulk deal and seeing if others want a 1L bottle for cost price.

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#9192 12-07-2018 08:07PM

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1 of those little bottles does a surprising amount, I done a Saturn, Amiga 500 and 1200 with a single bottle of it. Its nice and thick so you paint it on with little wastage.

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#9193 13-07-2018 01:32PM

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Dont meant to be spamming the forum but just in case you guys missed it...

Last year there was a boards.ie thread where folks signed up for free Stellar XLM crypto currency. Everyone forgot about it until a few months ago it nearly topped out a dollar a piece. People were cashing out in and some case getting a couple of grand.

A similar thing has kicked off. Invite only but there are loads of links flying around in this thread. Given what happened with Stellar, it's worth a shot as it's free (only up for the next 96 hours)

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=107509186&posted=1#post107509186

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#9194 13-07-2018 01:41PM

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I dont know what it is, but i joined using your link haha, can you verify me? Thanks

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#9195 13-07-2018 01:43PM

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Verified that for ya now.

Yeah I did the same thing randomly last year and came out with 500 euros worth of XLM when the value skyrocketed

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#9196 13-07-2018 01:50PM

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o1s1n wrote: »

Verified that for ya now.

Yeah I did the same thing randomly last year and came out with 500 euros worth of XLM when the value skyrocketed

Just so you know, uh, how do you cash out?

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#9197 13-07-2018 02:00PM

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o1s1n wrote: »

Dont meant to be spamming the forum but just in case you guys missed it...

Last year there was a boards.ie thread where folks signed up for free Stellar XLM crypto currency. Everyone forgot about it until a few months ago it nearly topped out a dollar a piece. People were cashing out in and some case getting a couple of grand.

A similar thing has kicked off. Invite only but there are loads of links flying around in this thread. Given what happened with Stellar, it's worth a shot as it's free (only up for the next 96 hours)

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=107509186&posted=1#post107509186

Hey, cheers for the tip! I signed up using your link, if you could verify that'd be great

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#9198 13-07-2018 02:04PM

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Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

Just so you know, uh, how do you cash out?

Basically with XLM you needed to move it to an exchange, convert it to bitcoin and then you can cash that out to a bank account.

It's actually fairly straightforward and if this actually ends up being worth something like XLM, you'll be cashing it out after an hour or two of reading up on it.

eric90000 wrote: »

Hey, cheers for the tip! I signed up using your link, if you could verify that'd be great

Cheers dude! Verified now

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#9199 13-07-2018 02:19PM

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So, it's a pyramid scheme?

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#9200 13-07-2018 02:26PM

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CiDeRmAn wrote: »

So, it's a pyramid scheme?

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#9201 13-07-2018 02:28PM

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https://initiativeq.com/invite/BMEmgNIXX

I need people to sign up with my link hahaha, all my mates think I'm trying to sell them a pyramid scheme

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i clicked erics,
heres mine!

https://initiativeq.com/invite/Hx__OEImX

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#9203 13-07-2018 02:37PM

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BrownFinger wrote: »

i clicked erics,
heres mine!

https://initiativeq.com/invite/Hx__OEImX

Approved you there, nice one! FREE MONEYZ FOR ALL

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#9204 13-07-2018 03:00PM

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I think it would be best not to have this in the forum lads, if that's okay.

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#9205 13-07-2018 03:12PM

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CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I think it would be best not to have this in the forum lads, if that's okay.

Apologies! Didn't mean for it to gain legs here - my post was meant to just be a tip off in case we had a repeat of what happened last year.

Will stfu

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#9206 13-07-2018 06:14PM

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#9207 13-07-2018 07:39PM

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Mono...

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I think it would be best not to have this in the forum lads, if that's okay.

d'oh!

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#9208 13-07-2018 07:49PM

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Im watching that Sherlock Holmes holodeck episode of Tng and My Alexa, which I have set to activate with the word 'Computer', responds every time Geordi said 'Conputer' - it's beyond weird!

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#9209 13-07-2018 07:51PM

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Backed SEGA Arcade: Pop-Up History
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/darrenwall/sega-arcade-pop-up-history

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#9210 13-07-2018 08:07PM

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o1s1n wrote: »

Im watching that Sherlock Holmes holodeck episode of Tng and My Alexa, which I have set to activate with the word 'Computer', responds every time Geordi said 'Conputer' - it's beyond weird!

Okay this is just mad, Picard said 'computer' followed by something and Alexa responded and played a song for him on Spotify.

This is how Skynet begins!

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#9211 13-07-2018 08:15PM

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o1s1n wrote: »

Okay this is just mad, Picard said 'computer' followed by something and Alexa responded and played a song for him on Spotify.

This is how Skynet begins!

You will have a load of earl grey tea getting delivered by amazon next week.

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