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So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition
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So I booted up a vector based game - absolutely perfect.
Definitely something dodge going on there, might it be worth opening the case & doing a visual inspection of the board. There could be caps leaking also which would be better caught sooner rather than later
especially when I'm playing it muted late at night when people are asleep.
Ah here, if the low hum of a Vectrex is preventing people sleeping...either they have other issues or the Vectrex does
I've heard hum from flat-screen tv's that's louder. 0 -
Ah here, if the low hum of a Vectrex is preventing people sleeping...either they have other issues or the Vectrex does I've heard hum from flat-screen tv's that's louder.
Mine certainly isn't a low hum.
It's a thinny sounding annoying bloody hum that just sounds like extremely bad interference, that changes pitch every few seconds.0 -
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Final Fantasy II. Never played any of the games in the series, I've decided to play them in chronological order, see what all the fuss is about.
I've also been playing Chrono Trigger, currentlystuck at the Battle with Magnus. You'd nearly play the game for the soundtrack alone
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Master of the UniverseJoin Date:Posts: 35901
Supermensch wrote: »Final Fantasy II. Never played any of the games in the series, I've decided to play them in chronological order, see what all the fuss is about.
Protip - chronologically, I comes before II 0 -
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Supermensch wrote: »Meh, I skipped the NES, shoot me :cool:
Final Fantasy II is a NES game!
What you're playing is actually Final Fantasy IV. It was just relabeled II on the snes in the west because we didn't get some of the earlier ones.0 -
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Ah here, if the low hum of a Vectrex is preventing people sleeping...either they have other issues or the Vectrex does I've heard hum from flat-screen tv's that's louder.
When you said low hum there i thought you meant low pitch like audio hum / ground loop.
I just had a look at vectrex videos online, and payed close attention the sound,
and mine has the exact same buzz.
When people are sleeping in the room next door it can possibly be heard.
And bare in mind also that I'm living on the outskirts of suburbs in Cork,
so far higher SNR here compared to the traffic going by in dublin.
So everything is pretty much amplified to the ear at night, its so silent.
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When you said low hum there i thought you meant low pitch like audio hum / ground loop.
I just had a look at vectrex videos online, and payed close attention the sound,
and mine has the exact same buzz.
When people are sleeping in the room next door it can possibly be heard.
And bare in mind also that I'm living on the outskirts of suburbs in Cork,
far more SNR compared to the traffic going by in dublin.
So everything is pretty much amplified to the ear at night!
Christ Wavy turn off that vectrex, I can't sleep with noise. Can hear it all the way up here beside Lough Derg.0 -
When you said low hum there i thought you meant low pitch like audio hum / ground loop.
I just had a look at vectrex videos online, and payed close attention the sound,
and mine has the exact same buzz.
When people are sleeping in the room next door it can possibly be heard.
And bare in mind also that I'm living on the outskirts of suburbs in Cork,
so far higher SNR here compared to the traffic going by in dublin.
So everything is pretty much amplified to the ear at night, its so silent.
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Master of the UniverseJoin Date:Posts: 35901
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Not Retro, but tomorrow I shall be playing the only Driver game I never actually played, or knew existed!
Driver: Parallel Lines on the PS2:
Looks very nice compared to the previous titles, good graphics, well presented nice story, nice music,
and most importantly it looks fun, and open!
Looks like a decent alternative to GTA.
Those engine sounds are lovely too!0 -
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Driver: Parallel Lines is, in my opinion, an under-rated gem.
It plays well, the visuals are pretty good, the fact that you've got two time periods to play through, with changes to the city built in, is great.
The music is good, the combat is nice, nothing wrong with the game.
This really should've been the relaunch of the franchise after the sh1te of Driver3, but it wasn't
But, if you've the time, a game well worth playing.
I thought the cops were persistent frakkers though!0 -
Driver: Parallel Lines is, in my opinion, an under-rated gem.
It plays well, the visuals are pretty good, the fact that you've got two time periods to play through, with changes to the city built in, is great.
The music is good, the combat is nice, nothing wrong with the game.
This really should've been the relaunch of the franchise after the sh1te of Driver3, but it wasn't
But, if you've the time, a game well worth playing.
I thought the cops were persistent frakkers though!
That's exactly what I was hoping for, and it looked like it had that potential from the video alone.
The cops were always persistent feckers in the series weren't they!
Even in the first game, great A.I. for it's time.
This looks like the first driver game that wasn't riddled with bugs, and amateurish looking.
I only played Driv3r on the PC but it was horribly unfinished,
really hard also. I think the sections on foot were the worst, though it was the first time they attempted it.0 -
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