General Arcade & Retro Chat' Special Championship Edition

The Last Bandit · 11-01-2022 10:54am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118453870#Comment_118453870

Xstation is supposed to have better compatibility overall, you do lose the cdrom drive though which is probably a plus.

As for mod difficulty, I'd say the NES and PS2 are still the most time consuming, the work isn't particularly difficult but there is a lot of it to do.

N64 can be trivial to RGB mod if you find the correct version.

CiDeRmAn · 11-01-2022 12:04pm

I bought a PS2 with a pre-installed modchip, which was handy.

It comes with a disc to alter settings, at boot, should it be required.

Otherwise it is simply a matter of popping in a game for PS1 or 2 from any region and it just works... which is nice

KeRbDoG · 11-01-2022 3:32pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118454087#Comment_118454087

If self installing and new to it, PSIO would seem to be an easier install than the Xstation but then as noted it might have lower compatibility. Active dev on the PSIO side fixing/improving game compatibility for the few which might have issues

As of 05/SEPTEMBER/2020, out of all official 2,435 software titles PSIO is so far 99% compatible (only 1 game does not work at all which is “Vib Ribbon [PAL & NTSC-J]”).

The Last Bandit · 11-01-2022 4:07pm

Ya the Xstation is definitely the more complex install alright, not for the beginner but its cheaper and available to buy.

Actaully think this was the last mod I've done, haven't really much retro stuff in a while. Hopefully get into a bit more this year.

Doge · 11-01-2022 8:22pm

I didn't even know the xstation existed until you mentioned it. How long is released?

The Last Bandit · 11-01-2022 9:50pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118457500#Comment_118457500

Over a year anyway, still coming out with firmware updates as well, on github so no faffing about with serial numbers & registrations

Jack burton · 12-01-2022 12:29am

Just started watching the new Splash Wave video

Always enjoy their stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=226Nwq2CN5c

Retr0gamer · 12-01-2022 5:03pm

So I was reminded of the totally forgettable horror of Lone Soldier on PS1. It was a launch window game on the PS1 that sold really well despite having stinking review scores because there was so little on the system at the time.

I remember warning people in school not to buy it.

Anyone remember it or have experience?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-wSdqN5iOw

o1s1n · 12-01-2022 5:20pm

I bought it when it came out :(

Actually, funny story, I mainly bought it back then as both myself and a mate in primary school had a comic we drew called 'Violence' and the lead story was 'Lone Soldier'.

We were absolutely raging when we saw that game on shelves, were convinced we'd been ripped off. If I remember correctly, the booklet in the game even had a comic in it!

Double horror when the game also turned out to be ****.

bugs · 12-01-2022 10:03pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118462560#Comment_118462560

While working in GameZone many years ago, a short lived and highly unliked employee recommended that to a local lad for his kid. He returned a few hours later, gave said employee some recommendations of where he could stick it along with some other things which were very entertaining.

I let him return it and gave him something that wasn't awful.

Jack burton · 12-01-2022 11:29pm

Never even heard of it. Looks woeful....I love it! 🤣

Inviere · 13-01-2022 5:26pm

Has anyone tried the Pi-storm Amiga expansion? Seems interesting....

CiDeRmAn · 14-01-2022 10:08am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118462560#Comment_118462560

Such a lousy game and everyone knew it, and there were so many good games to choose from.

As people came in to buy a new PS and a game or two, I never sent anyone out the door with this one.

Destruction Derby, Loaded, Battle Arena Toshinden no problem, not to mention Wipeout, but Lone Soldier was pitiful, like Rise of the Robots pitiful

Retr0gamer · 14-01-2022 10:23am

Eh, Battle Arena Toshinden was Rise of the Robots bad. I guess at the time we were all fooled by the graphics.

KeRbDoG · 14-01-2022 5:46pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118468795#Comment_118468795

I've been looking at that project for awhile, the only game I'd end up playing would be Frontier Elite :D I'll await a A600 version which fits inside the case. Don't think one exists yet?

Also, makes my strange dream of an Amiga1000 more of a reality as it will allow for more chip RAM

CiDeRmAn · 14-01-2022 6:06pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118472355#Comment_118472355

But it wasn't Lone Soldier bad...

That was just pure sh1te.

Masters of Tera-sh1te , or whatever it was called, was the worst fighting game on the PS.

You'd press a kick button and nearly have time to take a swig of tea before a badly rendered Jedi/Sith would make a move on their opponent.

geotrig · 15-01-2022 8:39am

Haven't layed eyes on toshinden since the 90s it was goodish at the time but God doesn't it look awful now

Jack burton · 15-01-2022 11:47am

It's got that classic moon gravity of the early 3D fighters.

Jack burton · 15-01-2022 8:07pm

https://youtu.be/PLFpxE0Zypw

Doge · 16-01-2022 1:03am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118481148#Comment_118481148

Looks like that link won't play as the stream is finished. Review here:

https://youtu.be/gaqUCSPAcRw

Doge · 16-01-2022 2:06am

https://youtu.be/igEUjEci-eg

Jack burton · 16-01-2022 12:38pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118482747#Comment_118482747

That's wired, plays fine here for me. Just a regular video.

Doge · 18-01-2022 9:59am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118483719#Comment_118483719

Works for me now too!

CiDeRmAn · 18-01-2022 12:54pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118482897#Comment_118482897

I would imagine, that if this came out in 2001/02 for the GBA it would have melted faces.

That is an incredible port of the game.

Just to be clear, this is what Tomb Raider actually looked like on the GBA

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

o1s1n · 18-01-2022 1:30pm

Between this and that Sunset Rider Megadrive port in the works, it just goes to show what these machines really are capable of with a bit of time an ingenuity.

They both feel like there's a dusting of black magic going on.

KeRbDoG · 18-01-2022 1:41pm

Watched the MVG on the same yesterday, really impressive on the GBA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GVSLcqGP7g

Steve X2 · 18-01-2022 1:43pm

The dev did a great job squeezing that onto the GBA! I know its based on OpenLara, but he would've had to do some serious optimisations to get the performance in that vid.

Open Lara in a browser for those that haven't seen it.

http://xproger.info/projects/OpenLara/

Retr0gamer · 18-01-2022 2:14pm

Must look into how they figured it out. The original Tomb Raider is a Quad rendered game so the GBA with it's insane sprite pushing capability and 32 bit processor would actually be a perfect fit for a port of the PC and Saturn Quad code.

Crazy to see these games I remember as tech showcases as a kid running on a browser now.

I finished the original Tomb Raider a few months ago and it still holds up and a much better game than TR2 and 3 (not played much of the following core design games).

CiDeRmAn · 18-01-2022 3:05pm

I had Tomb Raider as a pack-in with one of the earliest graphics cards, Rendition Verite V1000.

Tomb Raider went from looking like a Saturn game to looking incredible.

I've an old GBA flash cart, I must get TR onto it and give it a whirl.

Retr0gamer · 18-01-2022 3:24pm

Yeah I got it with my Power VR 2. The Power VR2 version was the best version of the original TR with loads of fancy effects that aren't in any other version but it's the 3Dfx versions that are currently available. Would love to have the gorgeous Power VR water effects back in the game. I haven't been able to find decent footage of this version of the game.

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