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Son Of General Retro Discussion

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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,872 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    EnterNow wrote: »
    Still doesn't matter, its T2 ffs :D

    I guess as far as throwaway, stupid action films go, there's worse out there :p (just trolling: I do very much like T2 even if I don't think it's a masterpiece).

    In Simpsons game terms, I think little beats Putting Challenge:



  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 3,184 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dr Bob


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Very very odd, I was too old for them when they were new.
    I think he was an advertising creation and then turned into a movie star.

    I used to hang around with a guy who used to illuminate me in the merits of Russian and European science fiction, so I got to hear all about Solaris and the rest.
    Unfortunately we were invariably very very drunk at these occasions so any and all insights were lost in a haze of cider and a heavy fog of whiskey.
    My missus brought back a shedload of (cough..) ..locally sourced DVDs from China a few years back.
    Worth it alone for the "Engrish" box covers , that use any pic or quote they can get , usually from another film entirely.
    The remake of Solaris was one of them.The box did not disappoint.The review quote, in huge letters on the front of the box was "I'd rather be watching the original" .Classic!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    I guess as far as throwaway, stupid action films go, there's worse out there :p (just trolling: I do very much like T2 even if I don't think it's a masterpiece).

    In Simpsons game terms, I think little beats Putting Challenge:


    Ah just because there's no Kanji in it doesn't make it bad/mediocre...as far as action/sci-fi films go, T2 is a masterpiece without any doubt. It's just one of those flukes that capture something special, & is impossible to repeat...as we've seen in the sequels.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,872 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    It's another case of being too late on the bandwagon for me. I only saw it for the first time on RTE when I was around fourteen-fifteen. So enjoyed it I most certainly did, but didn't fall in love with it the way I surely would had I caught it in the cinema back at release. Even with my strong level of disdain towards James Cameron (Avatar can **** off and die in a hole, horrible piece of expensive crap), I can appreciate the man made some damn good action films, even if they're not Akira ;). The sequels are a ****ing joke though: Salvation is one of the biggest pieces of **** I've ever sat through.


  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 3,184 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dr Bob


    Bonestorm , Lee Carvallo's Putting Challange and larry the looter are the 3 that come to mind.Oh and the MMO one :Earthland Realms(South Park did it better).
    is that the article by the way?

    http://www.complex.com/video-games/2011/06/simpsons-video-game-history/


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,422 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Akira and Terminator 2? That's my own personal Sophie's Choice right there.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,872 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Did anyone ever play Virtual Springfield? It had a number of the games from the series lying the arcade. I only recall Larry the Looter which was unbeatable, and a strange Doom clone against Dolph, Kearney etc... you could play in the Kwik-E-Mart.

    Alas, my copy of the 'game' disappeared many years ago :(


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 52,105 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    You should check out Stalker ciderdude, much better than the game of the same name! And the game was pretty good!

    Ah Stalker, another boring and pretentious film. However it's also fantastic and well worth sitting through until the end. I really should raid my college's library for their DVDs before I'm thrown out, they've got some really obscure hard to find stuff there.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,422 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Did anyone ever play Virtual Springfield? It had a number of the games from the series lying the arcade. I only recall Larry the Looter which was unbeatable, and a strange Doom clone against Dolph, Kearney etc... you could play in the Kwik-E-Mart.

    Alas, my copy of the 'game' disappeared many years ago :(

    Hah! I remember that. I think the Doom clone had you as Apu in first person with a broom stick.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,872 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Ah Stalker, another boring and pretentious film. However it's also fantastic and well worth sitting through until the end. I really should raid my college's library for their DVDs before I'm thrown out, they've got some really obscure hard to find stuff there.

    DCU? Did some serious library raiding in my time there, really got me into world cinema. Plus the Sopranos :pac:
    o1s1n wrote: »
    Hah! I remember that. I think the Doom clone had you as Apu in first person with a broom stick.

    Yeah. It was also really gory :eek: Or at least it seemed so as a wee lad!


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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 52,105 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    DCU? Did some serious library raiding in my time there, really got me into world cinema. Plus the Sopranos :pac:

    Yep, got me into Kurosawa with 7 samurai :)


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 52,105 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    I have a boxed copy of Virtual Springfield in lock up. Great game it was too, I wonder if it's increased in value at all? :confused:


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,872 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    There's a complete copy on ebay for the grand total of... a fiver :P

    I might still have the big box lying around actually, although more likely it has been thrown out at this point :( The game disc is one of the few items of mine that has genuinely gone missing - haven't the foggiest where it got to.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    There's a complete copy on ebay for the grand total of... a fiver :P

    Ah well, I'll hold on to it so. Big box PC game collecting is something everyone should do. It's how those storage companies stay in business!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,979 ✭✭✭Mr.Saturn


    Have some awesome gaming gear on the way. Sadly, all the postman could manage today was bills.


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


    I have some nice gaming things on the way too. Today though all I got was boxing gloves, and some tights :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭DinoRex


    Super Mario Bros with a Portal gun:



  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,661 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    You should check out Stalker ciderdude, much better than the game of the same name! And the game was pretty good!
    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Ah Stalker, another boring and pretentious film. However it's also fantastic and well worth sitting through until the end.

    Well, I'll actually raise you and say forget that and go straight for Roadside Picnic, the superior novel from which the movie and game is based, and rather magnificent it is too.
    Well worth finding, easily available about as it was republished in a scifi classics series.
    Plenty of great books to be found, unfortunately there is a near retro science fiction cadre of readers, so many shops only stock the very latest novels and big authors series, the rest of the genre, stretching back to James White, Johm Brunner, Frank Herbert and James Blish, tend to be forgotten.. :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,979 ✭✭✭Mr.Saturn


    Couple of days ago I think, the one day I didn't give Adverts.ie a quick browse, and someone flogged a GBA Micro for twelve euro with games. Stings like a bitch lads, stings like a bitch.


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




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Sera wrote: »

    For the second time today Sera....w...t....f :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,056 ✭✭✭Sparks43




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


    EnterNow wrote: »
    For the second time today Sera....w...t....f :D
    when was the first?
    if it's my post you should expect wtfery


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,661 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Mr.Saturn wrote: »
    Couple of days ago I think, the one day I didn't give Adverts.ie a quick browse, and someone flogged a GBA Micro for twelve euro with games. Stings like a bitch lads, stings like a bitch.

    I told the seller they were mad to have it up at that price, they should have looked for much more.


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


    Sera wrote: »

    I was very excited until I noticed they were children, now I need to have another shower


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,056 ✭✭✭Sparks43


    I was very excited until I noticed they were children, now I need to have another shower

    Pl-pedo-bear.png


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 52,105 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Sparks43 wrote: »
    Pl-pedo-bear.png

    Says the man that was waiting with baited breathe for the time when it was appropriate to fancy Emma Watson :P


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


    Ah well come on whos not guilty of that, well if your older than I am you need mega pedo seal of approval


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,183 ✭✭✭✭Atavan-Halen


    She's 2 years older than me. I'm so in there!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭DinoRex


    I was very excited until I noticed they were children, now I need to have another shower

    Did you think they were just far away?

    Also:



    NICE TRAIN!


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




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,056 ✭✭✭Sparks43


    Shame the Ds was not as strong

    Oh btw did anyone see Blackmarket Ireland about knock off Dvds and games

    I missed it myself so i downloaded it from the pirate bay :pac:


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,872 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Warning: the following video contains excessive levels of ass.



    As freaked out as I am by the video, the bit with the jump ropes is horrifically impressive.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭DinoRex


    Ah yes... I got my 3DS back this evening...

    Yes.. I lost it while drunk a few weeks back...


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,056 ✭✭✭Sparks43


    Warning: the following video contains excessive levels of ass.



    As freaked out as I am by the video, the bit with the jump ropes is horrifically impressive.





  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,332 ✭✭✭valleyoftheunos


    Not that I don't enjoy a good "Hide the Penis Dance" video but if I could just bring this back to games for a moment,

    Do I need to play Earthbound before Mother3? I'm only going to have time to get through one of them in the next few weeks before Exams catch up with me so which is best?


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,872 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Not that I don't enjoy a good "Hide the Penis Dance" video but if I could just bring this back to games for a moment,

    Do I need to play Earthbound before Mother3? I'm only going to have time to get through one of them in the next few weeks before Exams catch up with me so which is best?

    I believe they're pretty much standalone? Working through Earthbound myself at the moment, very much enjoying it. Well worth a look. Shall certainly move on to Mother 3 afters.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,056 ✭✭✭Sparks43


    Not that I don't enjoy a good "Hide the Penis Dance" video but if I could just bring this back to games for a moment,

    Do I need to play Earthbound before Mother3? I'm only going to have time to get through one of them in the next few weeks before Exams catch up with me so which is best?

    Dont bother with either

    Just play Boulder Dash

    The best game ever


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,979 ✭✭✭Mr.Saturn



    Do I need to play Earthbound before Mother3? I'm only going to have time to get through one of them in the next few weeks before Exams catch up with me so which is best?

    They're as linked as the average main series Final Fantasy title. That is, barely, if at all, with bits of fan-service here and there. Generally, it's Earthbound, the Mother 3, then everyone goes back and plays Mother as they need a good dose of fresh Itoi goodness before they commit themselves to replaying them all.

    I'm also trying to cut back on my tendency to hype these games, as I recall a lot of the allure of them, for me at least, was how unassuming and unpretentious, basically un-hype, they are. Mission kind of failed, really.


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


    Do I need to play Earthbound before Mother3? I'm only going to have time to get through one of them in the next few weeks before Exams catch up with me so which is best?
    Retr0 will tell you better than me
    played EB first and going onto Mammy3 when I finish PKMN WHT
    Mr.Saturn wrote:
    Generally, it's Earthbound, the Mother 3, then everyone goes back and plays Mother
    is doing that


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 52,105 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Do I need to play Earthbound before Mother3? I'm only going to have time to get through one of them in the next few weeks before Exams catch up with me so which is best?

    Earthbound and Mother 3 are kind of linked. Mother 3 can definitely be enjoyed standalone but if you play Mother 3 first you will miss out on a lot references and a some of the moments in the game won't have as much impact.

    As for recommending one over the other, I can't. Mother 3 is the better game and it's story is easier to appreciate while earthbound takes a while to get going and really you have to finish it to get the most out of it.

    There's definitely way more links between earthbound and mother 3 since the universes do cross over a bit unlike FF where the stories are mutually exclusive.

    As for them getting way too hyped, yep I have to agree it might be a problem so ignore me and mr saturn and just sit back and enjoy them for what they are.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,872 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Earthbound is a bit of a slow-burner in some regards. It's a very basic RPG which can frustrate at times - whether its a battle where you keep missing for no apparent reason, an annoying section where enemies keep draining your PP (i.e. MP) etc... And there's a few bits that have aged - the inventory sizes are a constant annoyance until you have a party (even then not being able to dispose of 'important items' is a pain in the arse), and the Dragon Quest-esque companions that you have to level up to your own level from a measly level one can get frustrating.

    But the writing is strong, the situations unique, the parody clever, plenty of fun innovations (teddybears are awesome), the world fun to explore and more often than not the simplicity of gameplay is a boon rather than a weakness.

    So yeah, don't let hype put you off, because its a fantastic game, even if the gameplay occasionally suggests that it isn't!


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 52,105 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    I want to say something but it's best to leave it until you are finished :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,332 ✭✭✭valleyoftheunos


    Cheers all! will let you know how I get on with which ever one I decide to start first.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,979 ✭✭✭Mr.Saturn


    the inventory sizes are a constant annoyance until you have a party (even then not being able to dispose of 'important items' is a pain in the arse)

    Oh the joys, where you're locked in a boss battle with a sense of smugness derived from having twelve portions of lifenoodles in your inventory, only to turn around and watch the character holding them all getting knocked out. There's a lesson about eggs and baskets there somewhere.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭DinoRex


    Sparks43 wrote: »
    Dont bother with either

    Just play Boulder Dash

    The best game ever

    You should give advice in the personal issues forum.

    "My girlfriend just left me for another man..."

    "Play Boulder Dash!"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,056 ✭✭✭Sparks43


    DinoRex wrote: »
    You should give advice in the personal issues forum.

    "My girlfriend just left me for another man..."

    "Play Boulder Dash!"

    Nah better posting here


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭DinoRex


    7ied.jpg


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,872 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Quick query: does anyone have a copy of Zero Wing, and if so, is it multi-language? I've found a cheapish French copy but it would be a waste of money if it doesn't feature our friend CATS informing people of bases belonging to us.


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