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Steve X2 · 15-08-2018 05:23PM

It's actually much much worse than I thought it possible could be :0/

The Last Bandit · 15-08-2018 06:25PM

Oh god I could never inflict that on my Plex server... for shame...

Steve X2 · 15-08-2018 06:56PM

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Oh god I could never inflict that on my Plex server... for shame...

I know i know

CiDeRmAn · 17-08-2018 09:16PM

I see Steve Bailey selling this on his store,
Rally de Africa for the PS...
It's a complete Sega Rally ripoff, and one I never knew existed!
And now, I want to own it, feck...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJc5ID_uRbs

CosmicSmash · 18-08-2018 02:50PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I see Steve Bailey selling this on his store,
Rally de Africa for the PS...
It's a complete Sega Rally ripoff, and one I never knew existed!
And now, I want to own it, feck...

Rally de Europe was the sequel to that and it's another one worth getting. Side by Side Special on the PlayStation was another good Japanese exclusive, there's so many driving games that never saw a release outside of Japan it's hard to keep up with them all.

Doge · 19-08-2018 12:04AM

CosmicSmash wrote: »

Rally de Europe was the sequel to that and it's another one worth getting. Side by Side Special on the PlayStation was another good Japanese exclusive, there's so many driving games that never saw a release outside of Japan it's hard to keep up with them all.

It's mad how to today's computer graphics have surpassed the FMV's in the older games. We could only dream of graphics like the ones in the FMVs back then.

What a time to be alive.

KeRbDoG · 19-08-2018 12:05AM

I must have missed the memo on this being released;

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

CiDeRmAn · 19-08-2018 08:30AM

KeRbDoG wrote: »

I must have missed the memo on this being released;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QESGXTFFZXM

I own it and I don't think I ever played it.
I have a feeling the likes of Forza Motorsport and Horizon have not done GT any favours.
Even Drive Club, once it was finished, was a far more fun game.

Doge · 19-08-2018 09:34AM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I own it and I don't think I ever played it.
I have a feeling the likes of Forza Motorsport and Horizon have not done GT any favours.
Even Drive Club, once it was finished, was a far more fun game.

Here's the thing though, you don't look for fun in whats meant to be a realistic driving simulator.

I can't ever remember GT being about fun tbh.
The game looks absolutely gorgeous and even rivals PC simulators due to the ultra realistic lighting and motion. In fact it surpasses them in that regard.

Inviere · 19-08-2018 09:48AM

Doge wrote: »

Here's the thing though, you don't look for fun in whats meant to be a realistic driving simulator.

Arguably though, you do...it just depends on how you define fun. For some, fun is drifting around a right hand turn by turning left, while upside down, shooting rockets form the exhaust. For others, fun is hitting an apex every time, shaving 2 or 3 tenths of a second off your best lap time, winning a challenging race etc.

Personally I like both types, arcade racers and sims.

CiDeRmAn · 19-08-2018 03:37PM

I don't really want to have to learn to drive a racing car to drive a racing car and have fun.
I understand the place of track day simulators, and I've played my fair share, from F1GP2 on the PC back in the 90's onwards, but I don't really remember enjoying myself all that much.
But then it's entirely subjective.
So, I'll have a ball with Test Drive Unlimited, Burnout 2, Split Second and MSR.
Oh, and maybe some of the Mario Karts too!

KeRbDoG · 19-08-2018 04:02PM

Interesting arcade panel layout from Polycade. Grandson of an Atari founder related

Doge · 19-08-2018 07:23PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I don't really want to have to learn to drive a racing car to drive a racing car and have fun.
I understand the place of track day simulators, and I've played my fair share, from F1GP2 on the PC back in the 90's onwards, but I don't really remember enjoying myself all that much.
But then it's entirely subjective.
So, I'll have a ball with Test Drive Unlimited, Burnout 2, Split Second and MSR.
Oh, and maybe some of the Mario Karts too!

I will say that the next Forza Horizon looks like epic fun. Being able to climb the british mountains and race hovercrafts looks great.

CiDeRmAn · 19-08-2018 08:20PM

Right, so, I'm off to Scotland on holidays, so try not to turn the place into a tip while I'm away!

Doge · 19-08-2018 08:24PM

Mods are away, post rom collections!

Doge · 19-08-2018 08:27PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Right, so, I'm off to Scotland on holidays, so try not to turn the place into a tip while I'm away!

Speaking of Scotland check out this clip from Horizon 4.

I'll be heading to Edinburgh in October.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcyKGXW-Pac

Jack burton · 19-08-2018 10:12PM

Just got a loan of the PS VR for a week. Tried a few things today
I'll have to set it up properly buts it's good. I just want to play RE 6 mostly though.

Doge · 19-08-2018 10:55PM

Jack burton wrote: »

Just got a loan of the PS VR for a week. Tried a few things today
I'll have to set it up properly buts it's good. I just want to play RE 6 mostly though.

Try the kitchen demo also for RE7. It's really short but scary.

Doge · 19-08-2018 10:57PM

This is a must have cabinet for me.

I have very early memories of playing this in an arcade in Ballybunion I believe when I was less than 6 years old.

I think they had a sit-down version of the cabinet. Definitely one of my favourite arcade racers / combat games.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgNYpf0krwo

o1s1n · 20-08-2018 06:27PM

Final Fantasy VII production with some nice PVMs and a BVM 1911 on show.

MrVestek · 21-08-2018 08:28AM

o1s1n wrote: »

Final Fantasy VII production with some nice PVMs and a BVM 1911 on show.

What's wrong with yer man's face on the left? :P

Anyway... got to play about an hour of the Shenmue 1 & 2 re-release last night before getting too sleepy to continue.

A few minor bugs here and there but overall I'm very impressed!

Here's an archive of a stream I did of it last night if anyone wants to check it out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz5zFUHKRH8

Doge · 21-08-2018 12:00PM

Retr0gamer, now you have all the info to beat the world record! :pac:

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

No blaming it on the controller this time though!

Retr0gamer · 21-08-2018 12:17PM

I actually watched that the other day. Very interesting. However I still can't beat the game warpless!

21-08-2018 12:20PM

Anyone recommend a website to pick up floppy disks cheap enough? Amazon have 10 packs for 20 quid, bit much for what I need them for

MrVestek · 21-08-2018 12:37PM

Cake of Tremendous Power wrote: »

Anyone recommend a website to pick up floppy disks cheap enough? Amazon have 10 packs for 20 quid, bit much for what I need them for

Found these on Ebay, based in the UK.

https://www.ebay.ie/itm/10x-HD-2MB-1-44MB-3-5-F-Disk-2HD-DS-HD-Floppy-Disc-Unformatted-White/183373989017?hash=item2ab1f10499:g:jkkAAOSwf6pbbzfH

21-08-2018 12:42PM

Thats much more palatable:)
Thanks Vestek

DaveyDave · 21-08-2018 01:15PM

Picked up Shenmue this morning. Would have held off as I started it on Dreamcast but since it's acting up at the moment I took the gamble. I'll see how I get on to see if to want to spend the premium on Shenmue II.

So far not bad, just finishing looking for the sailors.

megaten · 21-08-2018 02:49PM

https://nintendoeverything.com/sega-ages-phantasy-star-launches-for-switch-in-september/

Phantasy Star 1 switch release is going to include an automating feature. Looking forward to this. Played it years ago on the GBA but never finished it which should be easier now that I know where I'm going.

MrVestek · 21-08-2018 02:56PM

DaveyDave wrote: »

Picked up Shenmue this morning. Would have held off as I started it on Dreamcast but since it's acting up at the moment I took the gamble. I'll see how I get on to see if to want to spend the premium on Shenmue II.

So far not bad, just finishing looking for the sailors.

What do you mean?

You get both games as part of the bundle.

21-08-2018 04:08PM

DaveyDave wrote: »

So far not bad, just finishing looking for the sailors.

This is the part I threw in the towel on a couple months back. The inabilty to fast forward time was too much for me. I have to give it another go though, what with everyone getting the remaster

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