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General Arcade & Retro Chat' Special Championship Edition

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    #2522
    KeRbDoG
    Registered Users Posts: 4,224 ✭✭✭KeRbDoG


    The upcoming Sega Saturn 'Satiator' card (a FMV card bay SDCard loader) price has been announced,

    260 of your American dollars. Quite a chunk more than the PlayStation PS-IO unit which is semi-similar by the way they don't just replace the drive unit.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j11SgTcagMY

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


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    #2523
    The Last Bandit
    Registered Users Posts: 3,718 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


    A lot of folks unhappy with him, making a decent amount on patereon for ages without much of an update then as soon as Fenir & Mode get released he's all business....


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    #2524
    KeRbDoG
    Registered Users Posts: 4,224 ✭✭✭KeRbDoG


    Apart from keeping the Saturn stock, unsure the benefits of Satiator over the Fenrir...apart from a lighter wallet.
    Console compatibility maybe


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    #2525
    Steve X2
    Registered Users Posts: 8,859 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    KeRbDoG wrote: »
    Apart from keeping the Saturn stock, unsure the benefits of Satiator over the Fenrir...apart from a lighter wallet.
    Console compatibility maybe

    I think its the fact you can keep the use of the optical drive thats the main benefit. What he's done is pretty cool, but he's about 80 USD over priced on this.


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    #2526
    CosmicSmash
    Registered Users Posts: 1,906 ✭✭✭CosmicSmash


    I was just reading that he's offering his Patreon subscribers a $15 discount. That's not much of a discount for their support considering the cost of the device. It does seem very expensive at that price point, $260 plus shipping, import duty and the An Post handling fee. You're going to be left with a very expensive Saturn.


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    #2527
    The Last Bandit
    Registered Users Posts: 3,718 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


    15 is pretty poor really, one guy on atari age said he was paying 25 a month to patereon for over two years.

    Technically it's a great solution but I'll pass on it.


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    #2528
    Doge
    Registered Users Posts: 8,965 ✭✭✭Doge


    This is the strangest bit of hardware Sega ever released! Even stranger than the Mega CD and 32X!
    :p

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhoYRo1vRuI


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    #2529
    ShaneU
    Registered Users Posts: 14,832 ✭✭✭✭ShaneU


    I want one!


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    #2530
    Inviere
    Registered Users Posts: 7,519 ✭✭✭Inviere


    o1s1n wrote: »
    'I think I'll play some Wipeout'

    /Find Crash Bandicoot in Wipeout box'

    'Ah, it must be in the Crash Bandicoot box'

    /Finds Gran Turismo in Crash Bandicoot box'

    'Ah, it must be in the Gran Turismo box'

    /Finds Metal Gear Solid in Gran Turismo box'

    'Ah, it must be in the Metal Gear Solid box'

    -> Finally finds Wipeout.

    Retro Computers/Consoles Repair/Restoration List



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    #2531
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,564 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Doge wrote: »
    This is the strangest bit of hardware Sega ever released! Even stranger than the Mega CD and 32X!
    :p

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhoYRo1vRuI

    If you want a Lego one for some reason, the Chinese copycats have you covered!

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SEGA-TOYS-GRAND-PIANIST-FITS-LEGO-IDEAS-21323-PIANO-W-BOOST-STOOL-BLUETOOTH-KIT/283807953358?epid=1640474837&hash=item421445b1ce:g:T60AAOSwV85e~0Dj


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    #2532
    Steve X2
    Registered Users Posts: 8,859 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    Does anyone have a 60hz Mega Drive 2 that they're looking to sell on? I dont need anything other than the console itself as its for a mod I'm working on.


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    #2533
    Jack burton
    Registered Users Posts: 5,780 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    Steve X2 wrote: »
    Does anyone have a 60hz Mega Drive 2 that they're looking to sell on? I dont need anything other than the console itself as its for a mod I'm working on.

    I have spare pal ones is all. You can have one of them or does it need to be stock 60hz


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    #2534
    KeRbDoG
    Registered Users Posts: 4,224 ✭✭✭KeRbDoG


    KeRbDoG wrote: »
    The upcoming Sega Saturn 'Satiator' card (a FMV card bay SDCard loader) price has been announced,

    260 of your American dollars. Quite a chunk more than the PlayStation PS-IO unit which is semi-similar by the way they don't just replace the drive unit.
    Professor Abrasive of Satiator fame has updated the Patreon backers discount for the upcoming Satiator units, it will now take into account bigger supporters to give them a larger discount...which is nice. Its now over 100% larger for myself (said the bishop to the nun)


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    #2535
    Steve X2
    Registered Users Posts: 8,859 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    Jack burton wrote: »
    I have spare pal ones is all. You can have one of them or does it need to be stock 60hz

    Cheers, But yes ideally it would need to be stock 60hz.


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    #2536
    KeRbDoG
    Registered Users Posts: 4,224 ✭✭✭KeRbDoG


    Steve X2 wrote: »
    Cheers, But yes ideally it would need to be stock 60hz.
    Tthe mod for a 50Hz to a 60Hz MegaDrive2 is trivial (a chip pin 5V or GND), wonder what project would need a 100% stock 60Hz console :)


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    #2537
    Steve X2
    Registered Users Posts: 8,859 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    KeRbDoG wrote: »
    Tthe mod for a 50Hz to a 60Hz MegaDrive2 is trivial (a chip pin 5V or GND), wonder what project would need a 100% stock 60Hz console :)

    Ah yeah, i know. I have 5 or 6 modded Mega Drives with overclocks and all sorts of stuff. But this mod/project requires a clean system, and I only have untouched PAL machines.


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    #2538
    Doge
    Registered Users Posts: 8,965 ✭✭✭Doge


    Nintend-do what Seg-dont?

    Sonic the hedgehog has been partially ported to the SNES...

    No talking:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB2yM8DCLb0


    Digital Foundry analysis:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4LNM8b9Vg4


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    #2539
    Chris_Heilong
    Registered Users Posts: 4,973 ✭✭✭Chris_Heilong


    Doge wrote: »
    Nintend-do what Seg-dont?
    That makes no sense, it would have to be something like Nintend-do what Seg-do. It is by the same guy that is porting Megaman X to the Megadrive. Except for the low SNES resolution it actually looks like Sonic so fair play to the guy..


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    #2540
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,564 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Well it is Sonic with potentially 256 colours on screen at once, opposed to the Sega version which has up to 61, so I guess that's a 'seg-dont' :D


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    #2541
    KeRbDoG
    Registered Users Posts: 4,224 ✭✭✭KeRbDoG


    Watched 'Game Changers Inside The Video Game Wars' last night
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnEEBayGwL8

    Some new stories I hadn't heard before


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    #2542
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,541 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Well it is Sonic with potentially 256 colours on screen at once, opposed to the Sega version which has up to 61, so I guess that's a 'seg-dont' :D

    Who was the Sega Forum (RIP) mod again....


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    #2543
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,564 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    You just wait, Sega will be back with a new console, any day now...

    We'll reopen that forum and I'll be back with my loose cannon moderation style.

    MV5BZDM3YjA2YzYtZTgxNy00ZTExLWJkYTMtMDYzYTUzMGEzNmVlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_CR0,45,480,270_AL_UX477_CR0,0,477,268_AL_.jpg


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    #2544
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,897 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Bet you didn't even buy the new Sakura Wars game.

    Sega sell out.
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    #2545
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,564 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Bet you didn't even buy the new Sakura Wars game.

    Sega sell out.

    I'm a Sega purist, I only play Sega games released on Sega consoles.

    Anything not released on a Sega console is an abomination.


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    #2546
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,564 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    In all seriousness though, I've never played a Sakura Wars game, any good?


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    #2547
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,897 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    o1s1n wrote: »
    In all seriousness though, I've never played a Sakura Wars game, any good?

    Me either :D I hear they are mostly dating sims but the setting is interesting and while there's a lot of dialogue it's broken up with combat so it's well paced unlike a lot of dating sims. Not for everyone.
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    #2548
    Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,019 ✭✭✭Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy


    o1s1n wrote: »
    You just wait, Sega will be back with a new console, any day now...

    We'll reopen that forum and I'll be back with my loose cannon moderation style.

    MV5BZDM3YjA2YzYtZTgxNy00ZTExLWJkYTMtMDYzYTUzMGEzNmVlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU1NzE3NTg@._V1_CR0,45,480,270_AL_UX477_CR0,0,477,268_AL_.jpg
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    #2549
    rubadub
    Registered Users Posts: 32,379 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    I see shinobi was ported to the megadrive



    I always wondered why it was never made at the time. I always thought if the megadrive had been sold with shinobi bundled with it they would have done far better. I do not like altered beast and it was really offputting to see it bundled with it.

    I would play altered beast in the arcade but found it very boring. I considered getting a PC engine mainly as it had shinobi and splatterhouse.

    Looking up altered beast
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altered_Beast
    Mega placed the game at #10 in their list of the 10 Worst Mega Drive Games of All Time.[
    There were planned features for the game that Uchida did not have the opportunity to implement, namely a pressure-sensitive button. Discussions took place but a deal could not be reached with the owner of the patent of the pressure-sensitive device over the small number to be ordered. The failure to secure the button meant that half of the planned character actions had to be removed. Uchida claims that the reduced complexity of the game caused by this caused players to tire of Altered Beast quickly. Despite this, Uchida was proud of the reactions he was getting from players during play testing.[1]


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    #2550
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,897 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Altered Beast I never enjoyed either.

    It does get points for having a boss that is a crocodile humping a beach ball.
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    #2551
    Gradius
    Registered Users Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭Gradius


    I actually quite liked altered beast. Interesting about the pressure buttons. I got a pneumatic Street fighter game which is quite weird looking.

    Street fighter came out in 1987, altered beast in 1988. I wonder did Sega get the idea off Capcom? Maybe Capcom owned the patent, who knows.


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