Keep Calm And Discuss Retro Generally!

Nerdkiller1991 · 10-10-2012 05:45PM

the groutch wrote: »

blasphemy, the Saturn was, and still is Sega's best console.

o1s1n wrote: »

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Hey, I ain't saying it was bad or anything. I'm just saying that it was where Sega started to fumble. Especially in comparison to Sony.

DinoRex · 10-10-2012 05:50PM

Sparks43 wrote: »

No m8 its a DOCSIS 3 router which can take the full speed

The ethernet light is orange so it knows its only giving half speed on lan

Ah. A friend got screwed over recently by Magnet on a 150mb connection and a 100mb router.

johnny_ultimate · 10-10-2012 05:59PM

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

http://www.edge-online.com/news/two-toejam-earl-games-confirmed-for-xbla-and-psn/

Have never actually played the games so looking forward to that. Sega are doing a damn good job exploiting enhancing their back catalogue at the moment, at prices that are right!

Retr0gamer · 10-10-2012 06:04PM

The first game is excellent. It's a weird two player rogue like and loads of fun.

o1s1n · 10-10-2012 06:09PM

Andrew76 wrote: »

DinoRex wrote: »

I started watching Gravity Falls this week. It's good fun.

Where can one watch it? Tv? Netflix? Illegal download?

o1s1n wrote: »

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Wow, you can really let that one slide or are you in the middle of a 500 line response?

the three dots sum up my frustration of wanting to reply, but only having a mobile phone touch screen do do so.

every letter is agony!

o1s1n · 10-10-2012 06:10PM

Andrew76 wrote: »

DinoRex wrote: »

I started watching Gravity Falls this week. It's good fun.

Where can one watch it? Tv? Netflix? Illegal download?

o1s1n wrote: »

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Wow, you can really let that one slide or are you in the middle of a 500 line response?

the three dots sum up my frustration of wanting to reply, but only having a mobile phone touch screen do do so.

every letter is agony!

the groutch · 10-10-2012 06:14PM

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

http://www.edge-online.com/news/two-toejam-earl-games-confirmed-for-xbla-and-psn/

Have never actually played the games so looking forward to that. Sega are doing a damn good job exploiting enhancing their back catalogue at the moment, at prices that are right!

one step closer to Shenmue HD

CiDeRmAn · 10-10-2012 07:27PM

What madness today!
Sega, architect of their own downfall?
Sure but it's only part of the story.
With the DC Sega had a great machine, built in modem, first meaningful online console games, great controller, mouse, keyboard and light gun.
Nice design, great arcade conversions, massive selection of ip that no one but Nintendo could rival.
But it was the publicity of Sony as well, with bull about Emotion Engines, that did for the DC, meaning people interested in the next gen of gaming were seduced into waiting for the PS2.
What did they get for their patience?
One of the worst launch line ups known to mankind, and the doldrums continues for over a year.
The Saturn was only a failure in comparison to the epic sales of the PS in Western territories.
By any other yard stick the Saturn was a success and has a large software library to enjoy.
It's 2d fighters remained the definitive until hd versions emerged on xbla and psn.
The only true failure was the 32x, with a small and poor selection of games.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 10-10-2012 08:24PM

Someone posted this on FB "The Jurassic Park 4 that almost happened"

images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQmoqYMrgMEAQqT9BVfiu2UZN6EgEHjJojP2V0NExd3qADzZYW_WQ

images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQmoqYMrgMEAQqT9BVfiu2UZN6EgEHjJojP2V0NExd3qADzZYW_WQ

moonlighting · 10-10-2012 10:04PM

thats messed up. lol human looking dinosaurs

o1s1n · 10-10-2012 10:35PM

First Microsoft make their logo over simplistic, now this -

What the **** ebay. What the ****!

CiDeRmAn · 10-10-2012 10:59PM

Sera wrote: »

Someone posted this on FB "The Jurassic Park 4 that almost happened"

Ain't it cool news have a full set of the renders and the background to them, ILM made them in connection with the 2005 script for the aborted Jurassic Park 4.
The human hybrid Triceratops looks sweet!

Nerdkiller1991 · 10-10-2012 11:26PM

o1s1n wrote: »

First Microsoft make their logo over simplistic, now this -

What the **** ebay. What the ****!

That's nothing. Remember when GAP had that logo redesign that was aborted the following week?

Yeah, I really hate it when companies go all minimalist with their logos. Just so boring to look at.

CiDeRmAn · 11-10-2012 08:02AM

Yeah, people messing up logos,
I always preferred this one...

Myrddin · 11-10-2012 03:32PM

Argh, I want this game

Myrddin · 11-10-2012 03:44PM

Long lost footage of when Retr0 got his first N64. The excitement however, didn't last.

Andrew76 · 11-10-2012 03:50PM

EnterNow wrote: »

Argh, I want this game

Wily Wars

Lately I've been thinking about putting mine up on ebay and see how much it I can get.

Myrddin · 11-10-2012 03:52PM

Andrew76 wrote: »

Lately I've been thinking about putting mine up on ebay and see how much it I can get.

What is a cib version fetching these days, yours is cib right?

Andrew76 · 11-10-2012 03:58PM

EnterNow wrote: »

What is a cib version fetching these days, yours is cib right?

Aye CIB. You're talking north of €200 I think.

This one sold for AU $275 excl postage from AUS (approx €220).

AU $700 one with 4 offers. :eek:

£195 missing manual, 3 offers.

Myrddin · 11-10-2012 04:00PM

Jesus, even cart only at this rate would be insane money. I'm not sure if I could ever warrant splashing out over €100+ on a retro cart

Andrew76 · 11-10-2012 04:02PM

EnterNow wrote: »

Jesus, even cart only at this rate would be insane money. I'm not sure if I could ever warrant splashing out over €100+ on a retro cart

Next best thing would be to play the rom via an Everdrive cart.

Myrddin · 11-10-2012 04:08PM

Andrew76 wrote: »

Next best thing would be to play the rom via an Everdrive cart.

Yep, being a former flash cart owner though, I don't get the same enjoyment outta them as I do buying/playing real carts.

Hipsterish? No.
Elitist? No.
Weird? Well, yeah, it kinda is

Still though, buying/collecting/playing real carts has given me great enjoyment over the last few months, I started with the 32X & am now on a Snes buzz.

I think I will have to bite the everdrive bullet at some stage though, some carts are just outta reach price wise

CiDeRmAn · 11-10-2012 04:09PM

But is it worth the money beyond being simply rare?
I want Earth bound and imagine I will someday buy it, mostly because of its reputation of being an excellent title and it's place in Ninty gaming history.
Not sure Wily Wars has the same relevance to me.

Myrddin · 11-10-2012 04:11PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

But is it worth the money beyond being simply rare?
I want Earth bound and imagine I will someday buy it, mostly because of its reputation of being an excellent title and it's place in Ninty gaming history.
Not sure Wily Wars has the same relevance to me.

Worth the money? I'd have to say no, surely at over €200 its not gonna give you bang for buck. It looks quite brilliant, but what your paying for here is rarity I feel. I think if it had of gotten a US release, prices today would not be what they are

Steve X2 · 11-10-2012 04:17PM

You're just paying for the rarity on Wily Wars. I'm sure its a great game but not really worth anywhere close to the price for the game.
But it surely is worth the price as a nice rare item for the collection and the fact the game is good is a bonus.

I mean look at my Darius Alpha collection, the game is pure sh1te, it really is but its so god damn rare it goes for crazy money.

Andrew76 · 11-10-2012 04:33PM

Age old question that; how much is it worth? It's worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it. Or what they're willing to trade for it I guess.

EnterNow: don't suppose you have a minty Raiden DX PCB (Fabtek release) knocking about in the attic? Straight swap for Wily. :pac:

(Note the single, not double, "l" in Wily folks, I'm not offering any Cho-Aniki type trades!)

The Last Bandit · 11-10-2012 04:41PM

Collecting games & consoles really is a bit different compared to lots of other 'collections'.

Apart from the rarity value of low production run items which seems to make up most of the valuation (same as with stamps/coins/artwork etc..), there is also the functional aspect - does it actually work and to a lesser extent 'is it any good' ?

For example if I have a super ultra rare console worth lots and lots, but not sure if it works - do you plug it in to confirm that:

a) it works and is now worth even more
b) has released all the magic smoke and is now a much less valuable brick

Steve X2 · 11-10-2012 04:55PM

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Collecting games & consoles really is a bit different compared to lots of other 'collections'.

Apart from the rarity value of low production run items which seems to make up most of the valuation (same as with stamps/coins/artwork etc..), there is also the functional aspect - does it actually work and to a lesser extent 'is it any good' ?

For example if I have a super ultra rare console worth lots and lots, but not sure if it works - do you plug it in to confirm that:

a) it works and is now worth even more
b) has released all the magic smoke and is now a much less valuable brick

I have this fear every time I test out my Apple I.
I usually do it once or twice a year to make sure its still alive and its all done in a very controlled environment with surge protectors and all sorts

Myrddin · 11-10-2012 05:06PM

Andrew76 wrote: »

Age old question that; how much is it worth? It's worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it. Or what they're willing to trade for it I guess.

EnterNow: don't suppose you have a minty Raiden DX PCB (Fabtek release) knocking about in the attic? Straight swap for Wily. :pac:

(Note the single, not double, "l" in Wily folks, I'm not offering any Cho-Aniki type trades!)

Fraid not dude, I firesold all my pcb's years ago. So many things to buy, so little money

DinoRex · 11-10-2012 05:09PM

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