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Sparks43 · 19-09-2012 01:03AM

Steve SI wrote: »

Do the flash carts need a parallel or serial port? I'm sure I have a USB to Serial adapter knocking around somewhere that I used to load maps onto and off of my trusty old etrex vista GPS.

That could be a better idea

Myrddin · 19-09-2012 09:13AM

Steve SI wrote: »

Do the flash carts need a parallel or serial port? I'm sure I have a USB to Serial adapter knocking around somewhere that I used to load maps onto and off of my trusty old etrex vista GPS.

If Sir Bob is talking about the Tototek ones I traded him, then the programmers need a native parallel port

CiDeRmAn · 19-09-2012 09:16AM

My Vecflash is one of the early models and it requires a serial port, use one of the usb to serial adaptors and it works a treat, thanks Kerbdog!

Myrddin · 19-09-2012 09:21AM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

My Vecflash is one of the early models and it requires a serial port, use one of the usb to serial adaptors and it works a treat, thanks Kerbdog!

If only that were the case for the Toto's, those programmers are damned fussy re protocols etc

Dr Bob · 19-09-2012 09:31AM

EnterNow wrote: »

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

My Vecflash is one of the early models and it requires a serial port, use one of the usb to serial adaptors and it works a treat, thanks Kerbdog!

If only that were the case for the Toto's, those programmers are damned fussy re protocols etc

Yeah mr now speaks the truth , the tototek boards are filled with sad people who cant get the usb to parallel adaptors to work with the fussy carts

, plus ive an xe1541 cable and an sio2pc to hook up as well. , damn you modern technology!!

CiDeRmAn · 19-09-2012 10:11AM

Dr Bob wrote: »

Yeah mr now speaks the truth , the tototek boards are filled with sad people who cant get the usb to parallel adaptors to work with the fussy carts , plus ive an xe1541 cable and an sio2pc to hook up as well. , damn you modern technology!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsbYx6hevoQ

CiDeRmAn · 19-09-2012 10:13AM

Not Retro but it looks like Sony are having another crack at building a home console that won't self destruct!
So we all here at A&R say "Good luck Sony, we're rooting for you, third times a charm!"

Andrew76 · 19-09-2012 10:17AM

Is that a slim version or something? Reminds me of a George Foreman Grill:

CiDeRmAn · 19-09-2012 10:55AM

It's the new PS3 and yet it costs more than the last slim PS3.
The only advantage is it can cook enough chicken at once to feed a family of 4 and do so with no added fat!

Myrddin · 19-09-2012 11:00AM

The €199 model seems to have a measly 12GB flash storage & no hdd. I don't think you could cut a current gen console down much more!

The Last Bandit · 19-09-2012 11:15AM

I'm happy enough with my full fat 1st generation model for now thanks

Andrew76 · 19-09-2012 11:38AM

The Last Bandit wrote: »

I'm happy enough with my full fat 1st generation model for now thanks

Same here. Afraid to turn the thing on lest it dies on me though.

Myrddin · 19-09-2012 11:40AM

Andrew76 wrote: »

Same here. Afraid to turn the thing on lest it dies on me though.

I'm the exact same, I turn it on with one eye closed & the other heavily squinted. I'd consider every other console in my collection more reliable, & I've stuff as far back as the Veccie.

Andrew76 · 19-09-2012 12:17PM

This is cool. :cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8WS2XWdg_Q

johnny_ultimate · 19-09-2012 12:39PM

Played the Resident Evil 6 demo last night. I recommend not getting your hopes up.

Myrddin · 19-09-2012 12:43PM

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Played the Resident Evil 6 demo last night. I recommend not getting your hopes up.

Didn't Capcom say a while ago they were keeping the series more action based, than survival horror? This was never going to end well

johnny_ultimate · 19-09-2012 12:50PM

I don't necessarily mind the action slant - Resi 4 is, after all, one of the greatest action games ever made. But this... they've tried to please everyone, and the resulting half hour demo is an absolute mess. Expectations have gone way down.

Myrddin · 19-09-2012 12:54PM

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

I don't necessarily mind the action slant - Resi 4 is, after all, one of the greatest action games ever made. But this... they've tried to please everyone, and the resulting half hour demo is an absolute mess. Expectations have gone way down.

I don't mind an action slant either, but Resident Evil made its name as an all out survival horror game & later genre. Since 4, I think it's been chasing its own tail, going the wrong way every time.

Now with the mindless success of the likes of CoD & its army of clones, RE has been diluted, & pillaged of all its worth. If they simply returned to it roots, forget about the grand scale of things, give us a few characters, a spooky location & some isolation, intuitive controls, no auto-aim, & some genuine horror...I think they might get back on track

johnny_ultimate · 19-09-2012 01:02PM

I still think 4 was the best move the series could have made - as fond as our memories of old school Resi are, the gameplay and design is antiquated in several ways. Resi 4 evolved the survival horror aspect of the game significantly, making something that felt fresh and invigorating while remaining relatively loyal to the tone and (nonsensical) lore of the series.

But while at the time it gave the series the boot in the arse it needed, the biggest problem is it raised the bar restrictively high, especially since Mikami - one of gaming's true geniuses - jumped ship. Resi 5 tried to ape its predecessor without quite understanding it. This new entry appears to at least try to mix it up again, but the resulting cocktail ain't pretty.

Jack burton · 19-09-2012 01:05PM

Yeah a RE game where aiming is actually hard would be the right stuff.

If RE6 tanks, and lets be honest, its not looking too bright for it. Will the series finally be put down? Or will capcom finally realise people dont play RE for mowing down dozens of zombies

Plus I'm actually surprised that the RE films havnt had their own spin off game at the stage, seems like something that would have been cranked out for a quick buck

johnny_ultimate · 19-09-2012 01:07PM

Oh, the aiming in Resi 6 is actually hard, but in an annoying sort of way. The red dot in the crosshair unaligns everytime you should meaning you just start missing randomly. It's not exactly elegant, and simply means that punching the enemies is easier and less irritating.

Also going to the press screening of the new Resident Evil film next week. Haven't seen one since the abysmal first. I look forward to hating it.

Myrddin · 19-09-2012 01:10PM

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

as fond as our memories of old school Resi are, the gameplay and design is antiquated in several ways.

Quite true, but they were survival horror games. Its a totally different genre now, & its a genre that RE has never quite been good, or even worked properly at. Yes 4 was a departure, but as you said, it remained loyal to its predecessors while still bringing something new. Since then however, it's all gone to pot.

I say a return to roots, not in a literal, clunky sense. But at least return to survival horror, it is after all, what it was good at {before all the mindless nonsensical lore took over}

Jack burton · 19-09-2012 01:15PM

So it will be shot to the leg, run up and press X for special move?

For some reason I thought you said premier, which broke me out in a cold sweat, because I would love to touch Milla Jovovichs head

I'll still get RE6 regardless because I've followed the series till this point so I want to see what happens now

CiDeRmAn · 19-09-2012 01:41PM

RE tanked and thank god Dead Space came along..... of course it only needed one sequel to find itself wandering off the one true horror path.
Looks like scary game fans are having to mine jap horror games and indie releases for their jumps.
I think I was disgusted more by Limbo than by DS2.

johnny_ultimate · 19-09-2012 01:44PM

It always disappoints me that Dead Space 2 got such good reviews - such a disappointingly bland game after the proudly derivative and pulpy thrills of the first

Amnesia and Slender have been the true recent successors to the survival horror genre alright - the latter especially proving that less really can be more.

Jack burton · 19-09-2012 01:47PM

And dead space 3 having a co-op mode is just more nails in the coffin

I still havnt played Amnesia, I must install it on steam and play it. Got it in a bundle last year and just havnt gotten around to it.

This life of mine just gets in the way of playing games!

CiDeRmAn · 19-09-2012 03:21PM

Scary games reached a pinnacle for me with the fact I spent €50 on BF3 and it lasted 4 hours!

Retr0gamer · 19-09-2012 03:27PM

I liked Dead Space 1 but it wasn't a patch on Resi 4 which it was imitating like crazy as well ad a few System Shock 2 elements. I must play the second game to see how disappointing it is. I think there's a chance Dead Space was originally being developed as a System Shock game since Redwood studios were rumoured to be making the game before Dead Space and EA renewed the IP around that time.

DinoRex · 19-09-2012 03:30PM

I was enjoying Dead Space until the turret section and then I gave up.

Why the hell do so many games feel the need to include fecking turret sections?

Was really stupid in Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. You're literally a walking tank and yet for some reason you have to keep stopping to use a bloody immobile turret!

Retr0gamer · 19-09-2012 03:32PM

Yeah the turret section was pretty bad although you didn't miss much after that. It's just more of the same a way too many monster closets.

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