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DinoRex · 07-09-2012 10:43PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

A friend of mine saw judge dredd, says it pretty amazing.

It's in fecking 3D everywhere...

CiDeRmAn · 07-09-2012 11:53PM

I can't wait to see it, I was unfortunate enough to see Stallones skidmark of a movie, this one looks like it gets everything right.

Quick question though, I am thinking of picking up a new something for the innards of my Ikeacab.
Maybe a mini pc type affair.
Any tips out there for the sort of specs it should have, CPU, ram, probably an integrated gpu.
Cheap and cheerful is the name of the game.

CosmicSmash · 07-09-2012 11:54PM

This came through on a feed it may have been posted before. It's about the 3DO hd adapter and I know a few people have them here.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.522755937740818.134723.136116593071423&type=1

o1s1n · 08-09-2012 12:02AM

DinoRex wrote: »

It's in fecking 3D everywhere...

I can't wait to see it, but feck do I hate 3D! I was hoping Cineworld would at least have one 2D showing.

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Quick question though, I am thinking of picking up a new something for the innards of my Ikeacab.
Maybe a mini pc type affair.
Any tips out there for the sort of specs it should have, CPU, ram, probably an integrated gpu.
Cheap and cheerful is the name of the game.

I'm running a Samsung NC10 in mine and it's dealing with all the MAME standards lovely. The only down side to it is it doesn't boot closed, so you need to keep it open about a third of an inch. Really nice and small though.

I'd really recommend throwing in a Dreamcast with a VGA cable/SLG300. It's absolutely amazing for vertical shmups. And the scanlines, oh the scanlines!

DinoRex · 08-09-2012 12:03AM

o1s1n wrote: »

I can't wait to see it, but feck do I hate 3D! I was hoping Cineworld would at least have one 2D showing.

They do... but only one screening a day from what I can tell.

I'm heading to the Movie Fest thing in Cineworld tomorrow though.

o1s1n · 08-09-2012 12:09AM

Just saw that on the site now, only one showing in 2D at half 6 - what a crock!

Really want to see it tomorrow. Might just have to give in and watch it in 3D.

Steve X2 · 08-09-2012 12:10AM

Monkeykube wrote: »

This came through on a feed it may have been posted before. It's about the 3DO hd adapter and I know a few people have them here.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.522755937740818.134723.136116593071423&type=1

Yeah I posted about it here before but I didn't realise Stone Age Gamer were getting involved. Would be great to see them stock it as I've been in contact with the guy in Russia or wherever he is and he's so hard to get an answer out of.

CosmicSmash · 08-09-2012 12:28AM

Steve SI wrote: »

Yeah I posted about it here before but I didn't realise Stone Age Gamer were getting involved. Would be great to see them stock it as I've been in contact with the guy in Russia or wherever he is and he's so hard to get an answer out of.

I think it would be safer getting it off Stone Age Gamer even it was a few quid more.

CiDeRmAn · 08-09-2012 12:38AM

Finally, a reason to buy the FZ-1's idiot brother!
Looks the business, I certainly would be interested in it, the entire 3DO back catalogue onboard, nice!

Steve X2 · 08-09-2012 02:58AM

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/367162/gamestops-vintage-sales-in-planning-as-online-initiative/

Its stockpiles of 'old' games might not be as old as you may think, however.

"We don't have a lot of NES' or Dreamcasts. That's some pretty old stuff. But we just took Game Boy Advance out of stores recently, about a year and a half ago. Original Xbox, I think we took out of stores in 2009, as I recall. We're reducing the footprint of PlayStation 2."

It seems GameStop's 'vintage' plans won't scale back much beyond year 2000, but Raines was again reluctant to discuss details. "We're thinking about everything. Nothing we'd really want to call out yet. Our dotcom team is right now grinding through a lot of opportunities to see what's out there and see what we can get our hands on and what we can merchandise."

CiDeRmAn · 08-09-2012 08:02AM

I know Gamestop here got shot of all of it's old GBA stock, they bunged the lot, unboxed, into boxes behind the counters of some shops about 4/5 years ago.
Then the sold them off for a fiver a go.
I bought a ton of them!
And then they were gone

The Xbox stuff, as reported, are gone.

The PS2 stuff resides in a handful of stores, gradually eroding away, like a cliff face where the stuff thats left is hard stuff to shift, in a cliff you're talking granite, basalt, in Gamestop you're talking about Fifa 03 and anything with the words "Army Men" in the title!

ghostchant · 08-09-2012 08:16AM

Most US gamestops had a pretty decent selection of unboxed GBA stuff until a couple of years ago. I bought between 50-70 good quality (and some hard-to-find) GBA games there over a 5 year period or so. Last year they had consolidated the stock in each area into an individual store (amazing selection if you found one of those), and this year it's all gone, the cabinets now housing unboxed DS stuff.

CiDeRmAn · 08-09-2012 08:52AM

In all the excitement I neglected to announce my 10,000 post!
Imagine, all that typing and yet saying very little, very little of consequence at the very least....
Still, I get to boss you lot around, slag off Goldenaxe and Streets of Rage without getting banned, so there are some advantages!

a5y · 08-09-2012 12:51PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

In all the excitement I neglected to announce my 10,000 post!
Imagine, all that typing and yet saying very little, very little of consequence at the very least....
Still, I get to boss you lot around, slag off Goldenaxe and Streets of Rage without getting banned, so there are some advantages!

Is there any tradition or anything for 1,000th/5,000th/10,000th posts?

Since this is a retro forum it might be a good fit.

Myrddin · 08-09-2012 02:38PM

a5y wrote: »

Is there any tradition or anything for 1,000th/5,000th/10,000th posts?

Since this is a retro forum it might be a good fit.

When you hit 10k posts, you get 4 stars under your name. Not noticeable for a mod seeing as they already have 4. That and you can officially call yourself a nerd

o1s1n · 08-09-2012 07:20PM

Look at this tool parked right in front of my gate. He's been there all day. For all the idiot knows, I have a car - and what makes it even worse, look at all the parking space by the wall on the other side!

What to do in this situation? Abusive note under the wiper?

Atavan-Halen · 08-09-2012 07:26PM

Clamp them! That would be hilarious!

Angry notes tend not to work unfortunately.

Professey Chin · 08-09-2012 07:29PM

Piss under the door handles

johnny_ultimate · 08-09-2012 07:32PM

Sir / Madam,

If you find it agreeable, I would be ever so appreciative if you could move your autovehicle. It clashes with my wallpaper. Black and gold is so 1927.

Yours cordially,
Sir Oisin of Pantry.

o1s1n · 08-09-2012 09:21PM

Professey Chin · 08-09-2012 09:22PM

Thats amazing....

Steve X2 · 08-09-2012 10:12PM

I used to have one of those emachines, was nasty.

Retr0gamer · 09-09-2012 12:45AM

If it's a council owned road I think you could get them to tow the car.

Sparks43 · 09-09-2012 12:58AM

o1s1n wrote: »

I Know where you live now

:eek::cool:

I'd Recognize that tree anywhere

Steve X2 · 09-09-2012 03:20AM

Bigger version:
http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/breaking-bad-fighting.jpg

DinoRex · 09-09-2012 03:47AM

Sparks43 wrote: »

I Know where you live now :eek::cool:

I'd Recognize that tree anywhere

I lost my virginity to that tree!

CiDeRmAn · 09-09-2012 08:08AM

DinoRex wrote: »

Sparks43 wrote: »

I Know where you live now :eek::cool:

I'd Recognize that tree anywhere

I lost my virginity to that tree!

Half the fun was getting the splinters out!
I wondered why you got so aroused by a magic tree air freshner!

Jack burton · 09-09-2012 12:06PM

o1s1n wrote: »

Look at this tool parked right in front of my gate. He's been there all day. For all the idiot knows, I have a car - and what makes it even worse, look at all the parking space by the wall on the other side!

What to do in this situation? Abusive note under the wiper?

Egg the car and then throw flour on it, you might have to raid the pantry but it takes much effort to get that stuff off once it dies in

pdbhp · 09-09-2012 12:15PM

o1s1n wrote: »

Look at this tool parked right in front of my gate. He's been there all day. For all the idiot knows, I have a car - and what makes it even worse, look at all the parking space by the wall on the other side!

What to do in this situation? Abusive note under the wiper?

Simple solution to this problem, look inside the car making sure the gear stick is in neutral and the handbrake on.
Get a trolley jack like a mechanic uses, jack the car up at the centre rear axle.
Then for the fun bit get yourself and another gentleman and push the car down the raod leaving it in the middle of the busiest road around the area, this will cause a huge issue and then the police will get involved.

The owner will know that they had parked outside your house and will now assume that you are psychotic since you came up with a whacky plan like that.:D

This is a technique I have used to great success on several occasions.

Jack burton · 09-09-2012 12:20PM

Question time, I know that I should be collecting NTSC N64 stuff but would it make a difference what games or is it just the console?

I have a few N64 games that I got in a lot a while ago and want to know if I should sell them and start fresh again

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