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Son Of General Retro Discussion

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  • #9392
    Doge
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,538 ✭✭✭Doge


    This one is for Sera, and a very belated one at that!



  • #9393
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 31,092 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Finally picked up Shinobi 3DS today (the game that seems to get cheaper by the week!). I had been playing the Game Gear version on the way in to town, and playing the newer one on the way home it's actually quite a loyal update to the formula. There's a few modern tweaks, but it's certainly nice to see a real old school successor.


  • #9394
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 54,083 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Yep it's surprisingly great and surprising it came from such a lowly mobile phone developer.


  • #9395
    SdoowSirhc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 524 ✭✭✭SdoowSirhc


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Yep it's surprisingly great and surprising it came from such a lowly mobile phone developer.
    I was looking at the trailer and I thought it was a bit odd doing another side scroller for 3DS when the gamegear one is available. :P


  • #9396
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 31,092 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Only real downers so far are the half-assed graphics (kind of like a slightly upressed DS game at time) and occasionally sluggish movement speeds. But it has that same mix of unforgiving platforming and only semi-generous hitboxes that we all remember from the heydays of 8 and 16-bit.


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  • #9397
    OwaynOTT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,656 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    Was thinking of making it my next 3DS purchase as well but got Cave Story for it today sp will have to leave it a while.


  • #9398
    pdbhp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,041 ✭✭✭pdbhp


    Shinobi 3DS is brutally hard in some places. I have had to stop playing it on several occasions in fear of smashing my 3DS.

    Proper old school relentless platforming action though and I agree with mr. JU about the graphics, they seem quite murky and some enemies almost blend into the background.


  • #9399
    pdbhp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,041 ✭✭✭pdbhp


    Had a woeful experience in Gamestop yesterday,went in with money in my pocket to buy games, some good ones to be had including Dragon Ball, Elite Beat Agents and Guilty Gear all on DS.

    Went up to pay for them but one of the boxes was cracked so I got the girl behind the counter to change the box to a new one, which she did.

    Then to my amazement when she came back she totally blanked me and started serving some spotty teenager, flabbergasted I asked what was happening and she looked through me like I was some piece of plop she just trod on.

    Still flabbergasted she then proceeded to serve another person, all this right in front of the manager whom I then approched with my grievances, he told me he hadn't seen this incident.:eek:
    He was standing right there looking at me the whole time.:mad:

    Needless to say I smashed the games down had some choice words and left. The whole experience was horrible and now I feel like I can't go back to that shop for fear of having to give some members of staff a slap.


  • #9400
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    pdbhp wrote: »
    Had a woeful experience in Gamestop yesterday,went in with money in my pocket to buy games, some good ones to be had including Dragon Ball, Elite Beat Agents and Guilty Gear all on DS.

    Went up to pay for them but one of the boxes was cracked so I got the girl behind the counter to change the box to a new one, which she did.

    Then to my amazement when she came back she totally blanked me and started serving some spotty teenager, flabbergasted I asked what was happening and she looked through me like I was some piece of plop she just trod on.

    Still flabbergasted she then proceeded to serve another person, all this right in front of the manager whom I then approched with my grievances, he told me he hadn't seen this incident.:eek:
    He was standing right there looking at me the whole time.:mad:

    Needless to say I smashed the games down had some choice words and left. The whole experience was horrible and now I feel like I can't go back to that shop for fear of having to give some members of staff a slap.

    Good aul bricks n mortar eh :rolleyes:


  • #9401
    pdbhp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,041 ✭✭✭pdbhp


    EnterNow wrote: »
    Good aul bricks n mortar eh :rolleyes:

    Tell me about it, real problem is the fact that they actually have lots of good DS games all at good prices which I'd like to buy but alas now I feel like I can't shop there anymore, it's really píssed me off.


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  • #9402
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Jesus Mr Ultimate, some experience you had in the IFI :D Just reading your post in Films there...some classy people out there!


  • #9403
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 31,092 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    EnterNow wrote: »
    Jesus Mr Ultimate, some experience you had in the IFI :D Just reading your post in Films there...some classy people out there!

    I try to forget, but people just keep reminding me of the nightmare :pac:


  • #9404
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    johnny_ultimate wrote: »
    I try to forget, but people just keep reminding me of the nightmare :pac:

    Lol, horrific stuff man.


  • #9405
    pdbhp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,041 ✭✭✭pdbhp


    EnterNow wrote: »
    Jesus Mr Ultimate, some experience you had in the IFI :D Just reading your post in Films there...some classy people out there!
    johnny_ultimate wrote: »
    I try to forget, but people just keep reminding me of the nightmare :pac:
    EnterNow wrote: »
    Lol, horrific stuff man.

    Links or GTFO..:pac:


  • #9406
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    pdbhp wrote: »
    Links or GTFO..:pac:

    Basically some older lad who was sitting in front of Sir Ultimate, took it upon himself to bang one out during a sex scene in a film :D


  • #9407
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Sir Ultimate wasn't 100% sure, but thats the general jizzt of it :p:p http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=79311494&postcount=110


  • #9408
    pdbhp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,041 ✭✭✭pdbhp


    Jaysus thats proper horrific.

    I knew JU was into cinema but I didn't realise what type of cinema he was into....:pac::P.. whatever floats your boat


  • #9409
    Atavan-Halen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,183 ✭✭✭✭Atavan-Halen


    That's one way to enjoy the movie I suppose....

    Also, I'm in this! http://thegamesshed.blogspot.ie/2012/06/retro-gaming-tattoos-shane-barrett-aka.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter


  • #9410
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,920 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    Well I made it through testing that "job lot" of games from Japan and the US.
    Out of 310 Famicom, Super Famicom, Genesis, Saturn(Jap) and a few misc games I've got 50 games that appear to be dead out of the 310.
    I think that's probably fair enough as that's the risk with these job lots, non of the games are sold as tested.

    I'll try and fix the ones that don't work during the week but even if I cant save any of them it wasn't a bad deal.

    .


  • #9411
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 54,083 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    I'd say the carts will work with a bit of cleaning. The saturn games though, no chance really if it's a bad copy.


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  • #9412
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,920 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    I'd say the carts will work with a bit of cleaning. The saturn games though, no chance really if it's a bad copy.

    Yeah, I knew it was very risky with the disc based games. I'll look into how places do this disc resurfacing and see if I can do it myself.
    Anyone know how Smyths do it?

    .


  • #9413
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 37,318 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Indeed, I'd be very surprised if you had that many dead carts. The things seem to last forever.

    I'd be sifting out all the decent ones and giving them a good scrubbing.


  • #9414
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,920 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Indeed, I'd be very surprised if you had that many dead carts. The things seem to last forever.

    I'd be sifting out all the decent ones and giving them a good scrubbing.

    It's about 35 or so dead carts and the rest as discs. I did some quick basic cleaning with Isopropyl Alcohol and cotton buds but I didn't spend much time on each cart as I'd loads to get through.
    I'll spend a bit of time cleaning them during the week and see how it goes.

    As a bonus I had a lovely dead cockroach looking creature at the end of one of the boxes from the US. At first in my tired and delusional stuper I thought the seller had included a free toy, he hadn't :(

    .


  • #9415
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 37,318 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Similar with the discs, weed out the best one and get to work on them with toothpaste.

    At least you thought the cockroach was a toy and not a tasty chocolate treat :D


  • #9416
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,811 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    pdbhp wrote: »
    Shinobi 3DS is brutally hard in some places. I have had to stop playing it on several occasions in fear of smashing my 3DS.

    Proper old school relentless platforming action though and I agree with mr. JU about the graphics, they seem quite murky and some enemies almost blend into the background.

    Apparently, it's just like Strider (see if anyone remembers that particular poster!)


  • #9417
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    Go England! :)


  • #9418
    Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,021 ✭✭✭Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy


    Part 1
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wkEL3RcW8s

    Part 2
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12juB-ySTWo


  • #9419
    unky chop chop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,960 ✭✭✭unky chop chop


    Get back on topic..Whats the story with the oul man cranking one out in the Cinema.
    Classic


  • #9420
    Sparks43
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,074 ✭✭✭Sparks43


    Should be picking up a cheap 360 with the rrod

    Is this an easy fix and what are the odds of success?

    Also any possibility of explosions or electrocution:D

    If i fix it can it still be connected to xbox live?


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  • #9421
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 31,092 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Pyongyang wrote: »
    Go England! :)

    You're new to this Ireland place, aren't you :P


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