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Keep Calm And Discuss Retro Generally!

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  • #2552
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,912 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    Just got the new Zaxxon Escape for iOS. It's supposed to be a direct follow up to the original but in a very different style.
    So far I'm not a fan of it.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s_U7hkGBQA


  • #2553
    DinoRex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭DinoRex


    Steve SI wrote: »
    Just got the new Zaxxon Escape for iOS. It's supposed to be a direct follow up to the original but in a very different style.
    So far I'm not a fan of it.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s_U7hkGBQA

    Is it being piloted by Charlize Theron's character from Prometheus? Fly up god damn it!


  • #2554
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,912 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    I must keep an eye out for one of these Skaris 1Bit consoles :)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJQsVv74BcU


  • #2555
    Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,021 ✭✭✭Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy


    By ThinkGeek
    This is a big, heavy shield just like the ones Hylian Knights use. It can stand up to LEGO attacks! (Built by Bolt of Blue: http://j.mp/R0DlgA)

    227572_10151037597466436_805085813_n.jpg


  • #2556
    Andrew76
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,972 Mod ✭✭✭✭Andrew76


    EnterNow wrote: »
    Quick and easy mod on the US Snes to allow PAL/SFC carts to fit - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=81087626#post81087626

    NTSC-U Snes & carts look badass.


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  • #2557
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,460 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Andrew76 wrote: »
    NTSC-U Snes & carts look badass.

    You know what? I really like the look of a PAL game in a US snes. It rounds off the extreme angles, looks pretty cool.


  • #2558
    Nerdkiller1991
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,999 ✭✭✭Nerdkiller1991


    EnterNow wrote: »
    Quick and easy mod on the US Snes to allow PAL/SFC carts to fit - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=81087626#post81087626
    Yawn. Call me when someone puts an NTSC console into a PAL case. Then we can talk.


  • #2559
    MrVestek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,278 ✭✭✭MrVestek


    johnny_ultimate wrote: »
    Red Dwarf X begins tonight. Will it be back to form or back to earth?




























    Yeah, that's literally the worst post I've ever made on this website.
    Erm... aherm... erm... sss... ssoooo erm....

    So what is it?


  • #2560
    Andrew76
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,972 Mod ✭✭✭✭Andrew76


    DinoRex wrote: »
    Is it being piloted by Charlize Theron's character from Prometheus? Fly up god damn it!

    Speaking of Prometheus, saw an ad on tv for the dvd release out soon - mentioned an alternative beginning and ending. Wonder are they worth the price of admission if you've already seen the film.


  • #2561
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,912 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    Andrew76 wrote: »
    Speaking of Prometheus, saw an ad on tv for the dvd release out soon - mentioned an alternative beginning and ending. Wonder are they worth the price of admission if you've already seen the film.

    I'll all the extras here in 1080p. There are some bits that should have been in the movie.


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  • #2562
    Andrew76
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,972 Mod ✭✭✭✭Andrew76


    Steve SI wrote: »
    I'll all the extras here in 1080p. There are some bits that should have been in the movie.

    Roughly how many minutes do you think they add up to? Curious to see if they make much of a difference like the special edition of Aliens, and whether it's worth buying.


  • #2563
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,912 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    Andrew76 wrote: »
    Roughly how many minutes do you think they add up to? Curious to see if they make much of a difference like the special edition of Aliens, and whether it's worth buying.
    Alternate Intro - The Arrival Of The Engineers
    12 Deleted Scenes
    Alternate Ending - The Final Battle
    The WEYLAND Files - 4 Video

    Runtime: 55mins 48 Seconds


  • #2564
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »
    Yawn. Call me when someone puts an NTSC console into a PAL case. Then we can talk.

    Yeah, because that'd make sense. Why not buy a SFC?


  • #2565
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »
    Yawn. Call me when someone puts an NTSC console into a PAL case. Then we can talk.

    Wanna talk now? :rolleyes::D

    nintendo_super-famicom_1s.jpg


  • #2566
    DinoRex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭DinoRex


    Andrew76 wrote: »
    Speaking of Prometheus, saw an ad on tv for the dvd release out soon - mentioned an alternative beginning and ending. Wonder are they worth the price of admission if you've already seen the film.

    I'll hold out for a version with an alternate middle as well.


  • #2567
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 30,617 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    I'm holding out for next year's 'Convincing Old Man Prosthetics' edition, in which Guy Pearce no longer looks like a radish, and in which
    his secret presence on the ship and daughter twist
    actually make sense.


  • #2568
    Andrew76
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,972 Mod ✭✭✭✭Andrew76


    DinoRex wrote: »
    I'll hold out for a version with an alternate middle as well.
    johnny_ultimate wrote: »
    I'm holding out for next year's 'Convincing Old Man Prosthetics' edition, in which Guy Pearce no longer looks like a radish, and in which
    his secret presence on the ship and daughter twist
    actually make sense.

    hatersgonnacat.jpg?1318992465

    :pac:


  • #2569
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,912 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    Andrew76 wrote: »
    hatersgonnacat.jpg?1318992465

    :pac:

    Don't worry Andrew, we know the truth about them :D

    ignighted-fedora.jpg


  • #2570
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 30,617 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    I actually quite like Prometheus. Ignore some of the stupider stuff (and there's a lot of it) and it's quite an enjoyable visual treat.


  • #2571
    Nerdkiller1991
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,999 ✭✭✭Nerdkiller1991


    EnterNow wrote: »
    Wanna talk now? :rolleyes::D

    nintendo_super-famicom_1s.jpg
    I said NTSC. Not NTSC/J. Therefore, you lose and I win. *mocks mod while running away from his banhammer*


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  • #2572
    Jack burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,798 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    I really enjoyed Prometheus, I would like to give it another watch when it comes out and see if the extras make any difference.

    Could have been better though but it wasnt as bad as everyone said


  • #2573
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,763 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    johnny_ultimate wrote: »
    I actually quite like Prometheus. Ignore some of the stupider stuff (and there's a lot of it) and it's quite an enjoyable visual treat.
    The miracle small rock near the end that saves someones bacon!
    While the crashing ship crushing everything and poor Ms Theron, it saves Ms Rapaces ass from being turned into strawberry jam by stopping the tumbling leviathan by heroically lying there, looking like every other rock but resisting the enormous pressures the crashing craft brought to bear, simply amazing, Don't know how Ridley comes up with this stuff!
    Miracle Rock FTW!


  • #2574
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,763 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


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    KcEVz.gif

    A little something for Mr Burton I spotted this morning!


  • #2575
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »
    I said NTSC. Not NTSC/J. Therefore, you lose and I win. *mocks mod while running away from his banhammer*

    But NTSC-U carts don't fit into the PAL/SFC casing without cutting it. I did the mod for Ondafly & I can't say I was happy with how it looks when there were no carts in the slot after enlarging it. I'll happily take second place if thats what your talking about :D


  • #2576
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,763 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    The US machine seems to be the way to go, runs everything and the snipping is unobservable from the outside, so it's all good, should be too, I just bought one!

    Tried some of the PAL Nes collection of the Fami last night and everything seems fine.
    Well, SMB 3 is doing something funky with colours tbh, is this normal, well, normal for that Pal game in a Fami?
    Aside from that, played a bit of the Donkey Kong Classics cart, worked like a dream!
    No more frakking about with the Pal Nes trying to get something other than a blinking red light and a grey screen!


  • #2577
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    The US machine seems to be the way to go, runs everything and the snipping is unobservable from the outside, so it's all good, should be too, I just bought one

    Yep that was my thinking on it too. I actually like the look of it, it's different & as you said, plays every type of Snes cart with no case cutting. The PAL & SFC are nice looking too, more sleek & rounded, but the fact you have to use an adapter or cut the case to use US carts puts me off them


  • #2578
    Jack burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,798 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »


    KcEVz.gif

    A little something for Mr Burton I spotted this morning!

    Thanks very much!


  • #2579
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Goodbye Mr. Burton


  • #2580
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,763 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    So, is there a problem with my PAL SMB3, doing the dodgy colour thing on the Famicom, or is this normal, given the game was probably optimised in some way for the PAL machine, given it's a late title for the format?


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  • #2581
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    So, is there a problem with my PAL SMB3

    You've answered your own question ;)


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