General Arcade & Retro Chat' Special Championship Edition

johnny_ultimate · 11-10-2023 4:12pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121219348#Comment_121219348

It's not something I'd use, but like Retr0 as C-Mod I'd be more than happy to approve some changes, once agreed by the local mods here.

Might be worth starting a separate thread to thrash out some suggested changes to the current charter?

Inviere · 11-10-2023 5:07pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121224385#Comment_121224385

Yeah probably a good idea to separate. There mightn't be a huge amount of interest in giving feedback, but it's worth a go. Paging @Optimus Prime too for this one, it's his gig after at the end of the day 👍

Optimus Prime · 11-10-2023 11:19pm

Hey yeh I’m here , read the forum all the time still. I don’t mind any changes you want either.

also that is the first time it had no ads in it since we set it up , came close a few times but there was always at least one in it.

Steve X2 · 12-10-2023 12:59am

I've a few versions of Rise of the Robot I could stick up? 😀

Inviere · 12-10-2023 6:02am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121226582#Comment_121226582

Well if anything can instill life into a forum, it's RotR...

o1s1n · 12-10-2023 12:26pm

Personally I've almost sold all my duplicate stuff and everything I wanted to get rid of in my downsize last year, so I'm running out of stock! 😁

Only items left really that I might shift are some arcade PCBs but I've been selling them off site to raise a bit of cash.

I agree, it would be nice to see the forum expanded to include more gaming items in general.

Retr0gamer · 14-10-2023 10:52pm

Edge magazine doing a 6/10 Gunstar Heroes again.

CiDeRmAn · 14-10-2023 11:04pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121239419#Comment_121239419

Ah now, that's a quote from an Atari exec.

I was reading Edge back then, they were as impressed with the hardware and software as everyone else was.

And the price and the lack of ambition on the part of the Sega Saturn was plain to see, along with the poor treatment of retailers

o1s1n · 17-10-2023 4:46pm

Anyone here tried learning to drive later in life? I finally passed my test today after deciding last year that it's something I should accomplish before hitting 40.

Bloody hell, not an easy thing to do at this age when the oul neural plasticity is not what it once was. I was an absolute disaster for longer than I'd like to admit.

Absolutely delighted though. Suddenly feel like adverts.ie had really opened up! Time to start hoovering up games in bizarre unreachable locations.

tonyotonyo · 17-10-2023 5:01pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121250688#Comment_121250688

Time to make some craaazy adverts pickups!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyQC9k6KnPc

Inviere · 17-10-2023 6:37pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121250688#Comment_121250688

Congrats man, achievement unlocked!

DaveyDave · 17-10-2023 8:53pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121250688#Comment_121250688

Congratulations! My missus passed her test third go earlier in the year. It definitely sounds like it's a bit easier if your younger alright. The stress must haven shortened her lifespan by 5 years!

I have strong words about how reversing around the corner is a horrible and dangerous manoeuvre...

o1s1n · 18-10-2023 1:04pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121251103#Comment_121251103

Thanks! I'll never forget that day I had to try to convince a mate of mine to drive me out to yours to help bundle a 29 inch Trini into the back of his car. 😂 Looking back, I owe a lot of people lifts/helps moving things!

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121251755#Comment_121251755

Congrats to the missus! Yeah I was the same, Been on the waiting list for a test for six months and it's been hanging over me like a dark cloud.

Almost cancelled the test on the day I got so worked up about it, was convinced I hadn't prepared enough. It's mental how something can just get into your head. Decided to push through, went along and passed first try.

I stumbled out of the test centre as white as a ghost, my missus though I'd failed and handed me a Terry's Chocolate Orange as a consolation. 😂

Retr0gamer · 18-10-2023 1:29pm

Car test pass and a Terry's chocolate orange. Double combo.

Inviere · 19-10-2023 5:27pm

Anyone here use a digital microscope for soldering etc? I'm looking at a few, but there seems to be pros/cons to all of them. Any recommendations?

Steve X2 · 19-10-2023 8:21pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121259761#Comment_121259761

I use a TOMLOV DM202(10 inch LCD) I picked up last year from Amazon DE. They probably have better version of it now. Very handy for all sorts, not just soldering. The PC connection and HDMI out have been more useful than I'd expected. I paid about €250 for it at the time.

Some pics :

Mini USB-C battery charger

iPhone 14 Pro OLED screen

SMD Resistor

Inviere · 19-10-2023 8:25pm

Pictures look class Steve. Do you find there's any lag when using it, specifically, are you able to solder in real time while looking at the screen?

Steve X2 · 19-10-2023 8:47pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121260479#Comment_121260479

There will always be a tiny bit of lag, but its something I looked into before buying this as some of them are crazy bad. This one is very good and I did the basic slowmo vid test on it to check(timer running under the scope so I can see both the scope and timer screens at same time, record slowmo). I would say its quite good for what it is and you can definitely solder with it. I've seen reviews of other ones where the guy moves his hand and a second later the screen updates with the same movement, totally unusable for soldering.

This is the test I mean. This is a screenshot of the slowmo video, cropped to show just the 2 screens at the same moment. Not super scientific, but good enough :)

Inviere · 19-10-2023 8:52pm

Super Steve, I appreciate the info. The difference in timing there looks miniscule (like a half a tenth of the second). I'll research the DM202 so. I see it listed on Ali too, amazon.de don't seem to list it (and the 600 series is a good chunk dearer).

Doge · 21-10-2023 1:33am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121260589#Comment_121260589

It's available on Amazon Spain for 290 shipped with a 20 euro off voucher you need to tick so that brings it to €270 shipped:

https://amzn.eu/d/b22RrfJ

Doge · 21-10-2023 1:36am

The 7 inch version is available for 250 shipped from Amazon Italy:

https://amzn.eu/d/gGK20ZA

Doge · 21-10-2023 1:38am

I used the hagglezon app btw to see which Amazon domain is the cheapest in Europe. You can use their website too. Amazon Poland, Belgium and Sweden don't ship to Ireland at least thr last time I checked so keep that in mind.

Steve X2 · 21-10-2023 10:00am

You really want to get the 10 inch version if you can. An extra 3 inches can make a big difference 😀 🙂

KeRbDoG · 21-10-2023 10:40am

AliExpress 180'ish if you can wait a month'ish

Inviere · 21-10-2023 6:29pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121266329#Comment_121266329

Yep no rush at all. I've nothing intricate lined up this side of Christmas. I'd half like to have a go at a Switch mod chip after Christmas. It'd be nice to have a modded Oled Switch.

Steve X2 · 21-10-2023 9:51pm

Just on that DM202 microscope. If you need to use it away from mains you're talking about 1.5 hours constant screen on time. Spend a tenner on a slightly better 18650 and that goes to 2-2.5 hours easy.

Retr0gamer · 24-10-2023 9:58am

The retrotink is both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand my PS2 has never looked better. On the other I'm playing on a 1440p ultrawide monitor which presents some issues.

Basically I can only play in 1080p because my ultra wide just won't let you change the image 16:9 with 1440p. 1440p looks gorgeous on it while 1080p introduces artifacts with the scanlines due to scaling to fit the image.

As a result the image isnt quite right and I'm always messing with the menu on the system before playing a game. I really need to get a proper 4k OLED for my PC as it looks stunning on an OLED with the right pixel ratio.

Another annoyance is the black levels on a LCD. I'm playing fatal Frame 2 and due to how dark that game is it's like I'm staring at a light bulb.

Anyway this is the first time I've had the PS2 set up in years and for that I'm grateful. It's great to go back to it.

Retr0gamer · 24-10-2023 6:42pm

This next piece I like to call 'yet another bad take by a British magazine with some added xenophobic racism':

Colonel Panic · 24-10-2023 9:26pm

Doing a bit of googling on Rob shows he's written a lot of the Daily Mail and Telegraph since his heady days as a staff writer at Playstation Plus so I don't think he's matured with time.

barryribs · 24-10-2023 10:02pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121279415#Comment_121279415

These 5th generation magazines were trying so hard to be edgy, even in my early teens I could see through this for what it was - absolute tack

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