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  • 01-02-2021 9:59am
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    A Link to the Past!
    And a Link to it's Past!
    And a Link to it's Past!


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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Welcome to the new A&R gets thread.
    We just finished painting in here, so take off those mucky shoes and don't be stinking the place up!


  • Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I still think Rotten got com is the real winner...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,029 ✭✭✭Colonel Panic


    Got an IPS modded GBA today!

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,736 ✭✭✭pinksoir


    Sterling logo work my good sir.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭Gradius


    Fresh in from the Netherlands, Shinobi X on the saturn. :)

    I sold my original copy which was great condition and regretted it. But this one might be even better, near flawless! It's always difficult to tell with the cardboard Saturn games, so I'm pleased to see it.

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    Its not better than shinobi 3, but it's still very good. Another weird few twists from Sega on a franchise. It got a superior soundtrack in Europe versus the other versions (called Shinobi Legions).

    The icing on the cake is the fmv stuff dotted throughout the game, just amazingly cheesy. They definitely took a leaf out of those million "ninja" films from the 80's which are hilarious with a few friends around. So bad they're good, have you in tears :)



    For comparison (check the star wars rip off music at the start too)...



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,258 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    I absolutely love that game, anything that combines that level of cheese and ninjas is good with me.

    It actually plays a lot better than I was expecting it to aswell.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,636 ✭✭✭✭McDermotX


    Aye....was slated at the time in a lot of quarters, but I remember picking it up on release and wondering why people hated it so much. I suppose it has found an appreciation over the years, with the cheese only adding to its value.
    Dynamite soundtrack (on the PAL release anyway).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,790 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    next week after years and years I'll finally add something to my life that i have been coveting.....



    ....by the end of this month....I will have my very own pantry


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,756 ✭✭✭Inviere


    next week after years and years I'll finally add something to my life that i have been coveting.....



    ....by the end of this month....I will have my very own pantry

    The absolute first step, is to line it with gold wallpaper...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,258 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Inviere wrote: »
    The absolute first step, is to line it with gold wallpaper...


    Bit of a reference photo for you here Jack Burton, I found this shade of gold goes best with cabinets...


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    God that's an old photo, my control panel still even had that old SNK schlong button layout!


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  • Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    next week after years and years I'll finally add something to my life that i have been coveting.....



    ....by the end of this month....I will have my very own pantry

    Welcome to the big boys club :cool:

    Next step.

    Night gown and degausing wand (sleeping hat optional)


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,843 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    McDermotX wrote: »
    Aye....was slated at the time in a lot of quarters, but I remember picking it up on release and wondering why people hated it so much. I suppose it has found an appreciation over the years, with the cheese only adding to its value.
    Dynamite soundtrack (on the PAL release anyway).

    It's an absolutely shockingly ugly game especially when digitised sprites were well past their sell by date and everyone was looking to 3D. Still think it plays really well but then again this is an era where amazing 2D games like Rapid Reload/Gunners Heaven were savaged while singing the praises of uninspired stuff like Crash Bandicoot or.... Pandemonium!.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,258 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Found another use for that Ikea filing cabinet I posted on the other get thread, they're actually great for storing loose catridges. The drawer is pretty much the depth of a snes cart.

    Can fit about 30 Snes carts in a drawer, so about 180 in a total unit.

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    It's an Ikea Helmer for anyone that's interested, only 30 quid!

    https://www.ikea.com/ie/en/p/helmer-drawer-unit-on-castors-white-10251045/

    I have about 100 more loose snes carts so think I might clear out a few more drawers and lash the rest of them in.

    Should be great at keeping them in good condition too.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    I got an old set of office drawers, where my N64/Snes and PS games live.
    It *just* about fits them all.
    My better half bought me a bunch of plastic storage things, so I will be trying to find a home for everything current before I embark on more purchasing.
    In fairness, there is stuff there that has barely been touched (as the priest said to the nun)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,885 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    Out with the old and in with the new.
    My old Amiga 600 1MB trapdoor expansion on the left and the new 1MB expansion with clock on the right. The old one worked fine, but there's a slight bend in it and I just don't fully trust it anymore.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,277 ✭✭✭KeRbDoG


    Steve X2 wrote: »
    Out with the old and in with the new.
    My old Amiga 600 1MB trapdoor expansion on the left and the new 1MB expansion with clock on the right. The old one worked fine, but there's a slight bend in it and I just don't fully trust it anymore.
    Should you want to sell the old expansion (Chip Memory?), let me know :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,885 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    KeRbDoG wrote: »
    Should you want to sell the old expansion (Chip Memory?), let me know :D

    It'll be going into one of my other backup Amiga 600's :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 186 ✭✭mm_surf


    Well I got a couple of jigsaws!

    Going to put one on my mame cab

    M.


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,288 ✭✭✭DaveyDave


    Picked this up after a friend told me about it. Looking forward to reading a bit about consoles outside of the usual Nintendo, Sega, Playstation etc.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,790 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    Seeing the Neptune. Did those lads who were making that end up doing it?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,920 ✭✭✭TechnoFreek


    Not strictly a new get but an unearthing.

    Dug out a load of original* ps2 discs from the attic which probably haven't seen the light of day since 2006 when I switched allegiance to Microsoft and the xbox 360

    * The cold air in the attic seems to have caused the disc artwork to fade over the years. Luckily I had the foresight to write the name of each game in permanent marker which ironically didn't fade

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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    I know, I look with amazement at the various dusty cakes of CDRs and DVDRs stuck in the darkest corners of the gamesroom, only the titles give it away... Radiant Silvergun, Tokyo Bus Guide, Star Control II and some 888in1 CD for the Amiga 32!
    I know I should just toss them all out, but I just can't!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,258 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    After recently getting into the whole ODE thing, I threw an absolute rake of CDRs in the bin. Was going to hang onto them even just for nostalgia sake (sure they're 'retro' themselves now at this point!) but saw sense in the end. :D


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Cakes and cakes of Wii and Xbox games already found the bottom of the bin here a while ago.
    I think the first to go were the ones from the 90s, back when we all modded our Playstations.
    I remember my first playthrough of Metal Gear Solid was a dodgy Japanese copy.
    Because it came on a CDr with no back cover... no clue to be found for that puzzle, so I was stuck for ages!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,019 ✭✭✭Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy


    Kinda retro related, Fangamer was doing a SMT Nocturne long sleeve top. Heard mixed on the remaster but looking forward to it

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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,843 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    I remember my first playthrough of Metal Gear Solid was a dodgy Japanese copy.
    Because it came on a CDr with no back cover... no clue to be found for that puzzle, so I was stuck for ages!

    I had a legit copy and couldn't figure it out.

    I totally over thought it and was looking at all the serial and barcode numbers on the box and putting them in. It was only when I went through and called every combination of numbers on the codec and found it that I realised I was an idiot and it was in the screenshot.


  • Registered Users Posts: 132 ✭✭paul79


    Speaking of ninja’s and cheese I picked this up a couple of months ago on the gba , Great game and the difficulty on the later levels is insane but I loved every minute of it recommended for a play through .


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,805 ✭✭✭accensi0n


    A couple of NES carts, have had metroid on my list for a while.

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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Just arrived courtesy of Kerbdog...
    My new Colecovision controller!
    Just tested it, works like a charm and games are so much better with a proper controller.
    Also, plugged in to the console itself, is the cheap and cheerful Coleco multicart, now with dip-switch power!

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 567 ✭✭✭Burzum


    Anyone recommend a good/not to expensive step down converter, am using a cheap mercury one from ebay at the minute and looking to upgrade.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,885 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    Burzum wrote: »
    Anyone recommend a good/not to expensive step down converter, am using a cheap mercury one from ebay at the minute and looking to upgrade.

    I use Tacima step downs and find them good. You'll get a decent Tacima 500VA on Amazon for about €80-100. Or go up to €250-280 for a 2000VA if you need that.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,258 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Always meant to pick one one of those Tacima step downs, I've heard they're really great.

    What are you looking to step down? Might be an idea to have a think about your PSU setup too to see if there's anything you can do to avoid 110/120v altogether.

    My Jap PCE, Super Famicom and Famicom are all happily running on Megadrive 1 EU PSUs for example.

    Jap Saturn has a Pico PSU so that's running straight off an Irish mains too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 567 ✭✭✭Burzum


    Is this one you would recommend Steve https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tacima-Stepdown-Transformer-equipment-SC5476/dp/B0009K6M4O/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Tacima+500VA&qid=1613048605&sr=8-2


    I would use it for my Pc Engine, Jap DC/SS and Twinfami when it arrives.

    Have a spare megadrive 1 psu here so if that does the job then grand, also for the pico psu you would recommend it for the SS, I will have a gander at one thanks.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,258 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    I think the Dreamcast is just a drop in PSU replacement too, you can just pop a PAL PSU into your Japanese model.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,885 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    I've a ReSaturn PSU arriving any day to swap into my main Sega Saturn(Jap model that currently has a PAL PSU inside). Meant to be a pretty good modern option.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,885 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    Burzum wrote: »
    Is this one you would recommend Steve https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tacima-Stepdown-Transformer-equipment-SC5476/dp/B0009K6M4O/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Tacima+500VA&qid=1613048605&sr=8-2


    I would use it for my Pc Engine, Jap DC/SS and Twinfami when it arrives.

    Have a spare megadrive 1 psu here so if that does the job then grand, also for the pico psu you would recommend it for the SS, I will have a gander at one thanks.

    No need for a stepdown for the PC Engine or twinfami, just use PSU you already have as o1s1n said or buy a suitable one. But yes that Tacima is good and I have a couple of that exact model. Runs cooler and quieter than the cheaper alternatives.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 567 ✭✭✭Burzum


    Perfect can pick one up as wouldn't hurt to have one there just in case.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,885 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    Burzum wrote: »
    Perfect can pick one up as wouldn't hurt to have one there just in case.

    Always handy to have. This is the one I have on my office workbench at the moment. Quite small, but definitely some heft to it :)

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,258 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Burzum wrote: »
    Is this one you would recommend Steve https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tacima-Stepdown-Transformer-equipment-SC5476/dp/B0009K6M4O/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Tacima+500VA&qid=1613048605&sr=8-2


    I would use it for my Pc Engine, Jap DC/SS and Twinfami when it arrives.

    Have a spare megadrive 1 psu here so if that does the job then grand, also for the pico psu you would recommend it for the SS, I will have a gander at one thanks.

    Just to throw a spanner in the works, that is a USA step down to 120v. Most of the step down you see in Europe and Ireland are for getting down to 120v.

    Japanese devices use 110v. I don't know enough about electricity to know if it truly can damage things, (I know devices have operating parameters rather than going to just 110v and exploding!) But it's worth keeping in mind. They work alright, but do they damage consoles? I'm not sure.

    Airlink have a true Japanese 110v step down, that's the one I use with my cabs.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭Gradius


    Speaking of power converters, I was using a Nintendo machine and noticed a smell of fish building up. It was only afterwards that I noticed a lovely burn hole in the wall socket.

    I'll have to look into it further but I was using a stepdown transformer to convert from Japanese to Irish voltage. Thought it was all good, but obviously something's wrong.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,885 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Just to throw a spanner in the works, that is a USA step down to 120v. Most of the step down you see in Europe and Ireland are for getting down to 120v.

    Japanese devices use 110v. I don't know enough about electricity to know if it truly can damage things, (I know devices have operating parameters rather than going to just 110v and exploding!) But it's worth keeping in mind. They work alright, but do they damage consoles? I'm not sure.

    Airlink have a true Japanese 110v step down, that's the one I use with my cabs.

    Its sort of a non issue the whole 100-120v thing. Most Japanese console power supplies will say 100-120v when you look at the inside anyway(as does a lot of other Japanese tech). Most step downs will state 110-120v output on them as well. And then you have our American cousins who have been buying Japanese tech for decades and plugging it into their 120v sockets.

    This is the stepdown in my Egret 3 candy cab, outputting 120v for the last 10 years without issue.
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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭Gradius


    Got a couple cps1 boards, Willow and Ghouls 'n ghosts. One problem with Willow is that every few minutes it blasts out WILLOW IS A FANTASTIC SORCERER! So I'll have a better look at that later.

    Very good game though, rock solid platformer based on the film. Definitely a challenge and very nice graphics. I always liked the film, and Sorcha is fairly hot stuff :)

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    Ghouls 'n Ghosts seems working 100%. Another very challenging game. Has a lot of nice extra touches graphic wise compared to console versions. Runs at 60 frames a second?

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  • Registered Users Posts: 132 ✭✭paul79


    Some great games there Absolutely love the cps1 stuff , some brilliant games gameplay and graphics wise , The graphics were beautiful especially at the time .


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭Gradius


    Finally figured out the problem with willow after an hour of messing!

    When one of the wolves would howl it would start a speech effect. That took long enough to notice.

    So went into dipswitch sound mode and true enough, playing the "howl" effect was all screwed up.

    Looked up sound problems associated with cps1 and found that digital sound effects like speech are usually stored on ROMs 18 and 19.

    So I took them out and bingo! One of the legs had bent under the actual chip and not entered. But from the outside it looked fine. Straightened it up being careful not to snap it, and yep, right as rain :)

    Another flukey mission in avoiding learning about electronics!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭Gradius


    paul79 wrote: »
    Some great games there Absolutely love the cps1 stuff , some brilliant games gameplay and graphics wise , The graphics were beautiful especially at the time .

    Big time, really nice looking games. I've avoided cps1 stuff due to the finnicky A boards, but seeing that some multi is coming out from darksoft there's a chance theyre going to get unaffordable so I hopped in now!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    Nice fix, love Ghouls N Ghosts, have managed the first loop on 1cc, need to do the second.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,258 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Nice fix on the Ghouls 'n ghosts! Was that one of your Irish finds or did it come from abroad?

    CPS1 games are gorgeous, I always think of them as the quintessential arcade PCB. It's a shame A boards seem to all be going on the fritz as of late - only have two left that are still working myself! Have to change games between them.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭Gradius


    That's good going on ghouls 'n ghosts to get to the second run, I'll need a bit more practice from back in the megadrive days!

    I got these two boards from a fella in France, they're not spud-reared :p

    As for the fix, it was just flukey. What's amazing is that the problem manifested itself so specifically, you'd think all the sound would be buggered. Weird. Though I suppose there would have been other problems later in the game too.

    Cps1 A boards, let's see how long they last...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭geotrig


    woah new thread !

    love willow , my main and only bargain of the 2010's I got that i remember anyway, all the way for Argentina had to do a load of work on the C custom to get it going ,can't believe you didn't use the lighting sequence for a pic :p

    I still dispute the flakiness of the A boards ,Yes some have died like many other boards ,but it just sticks out due to mainly the 1 custom chip :mad:

    I've always thought cps boards have lived a harder life than most other boards due to some of the games popularity ,I remember seeing some thrown about and stacked badly on each other bitd in one of the local arcades and from all pics and speak of other locations it didn't really differ in most other places either.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,885 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    Picked this up as I was looking for something to quickly test out old systems that only offer RF out(and hook it through my XCapture-1/OBS Studio for viewing). It works surprisingly well for what it is, but man rf sucks!
    It tuned in my Philips Videopac G7000 without issue.

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    Edit:
    For those curious(like me).
    Powered by the same F54285 chip that's in most of those AV/SCART/Whatever To HDMI devices you see on Amazon/AliExpress.
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