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Keep Calm And Discuss Retro Generally!

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  • #4802
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    johnny_ultimate wrote: »
    Everything will suffer if it climbs even higher than that - imagine how **** retro games will look on an 8K monitor, let alone 1080p ones :p

    Good point, even SD tv broadcasting streams can & do look like poo on HD panels.


  • #4803
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Mo' Fo' Mike of AVGN fame shares some thoughts on Fez



  • #4804
    megaten
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,912 ✭✭✭megaten


    On panzer dragoon saga I think Game Tap was close to having it reverse engineered and playable back when they were still a thing. I think the best you could hope for at this stage is that some fan makes a decent go at it and sega pays them to finish it off to sell commercially. Wasn't that somewhat the case with sonic CD?


  • #4805
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 53,317 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    It was pretty much the case with Sonic CD. I think we just need Sega to fork out on making a emulator for Saturn that they can use for digital distribution on a variety of platforms. They need to get M2 on the case because they are far and away the best people for game emulation at the moment. It might take a while and cost a lot but Sega are doing very well with their digital rereleases and they have a big saturn library they can exploit.


  • #4806
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,754 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Probably one of the best Pokemon Tee's I've ever seen is on Teefury right now.
    I wouldn't buy one as I am not a fan of the series but to those who are, I think it must be an instabuy,

    1353347718_TFX2-1119_115433.jpg

    This is what the full tee looks like
    1353347718_1352923701_top-pocketmonster.jpg


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  • #4807
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    So apparently his name is Achilles, not Achillies


  • #4808
    MrVestek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭MrVestek


    EnterNow wrote: »
    So apparently his name is Achilles, not Achillies

    I'm pretty sure the other members of this forum can read. :P


  • #4809
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Achilles wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure the other members of this forum can read. :P

    Well some might have dyslexia?


  • #4810
    MrVestek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭MrVestek


    Yeah that's true I never thought of that. I'm curious as to how Achillies sounds to you in your head.

    Were you pronouncing it like achil i ous or achil i esss?


  • #4811
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,435 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Achilles wrote: »
    Yeah that's true I never thought of that. I'm curious as to how Achillies sounds to you in your head.

    Were you pronouncing it like achil i ous or achil i esss?

    It's 'Ah kill eeeeeees'.(eees as in 'keys')

    Anyone who says 'Ah kill ayes' deserves an arrow to the heel :pac:


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  • #4812
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Ahh Kill Eees :D


  • #4813
    DinoRex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭DinoRex


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  • #4814
    Hank Scorpio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,631 ✭✭✭✭Hank Scorpio


    ^ Awesome :)


  • #4815
    MrVestek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭MrVestek


    nuxxx wrote: »
    ^ Awesome :)

    I still do that when I buy a game.


  • #4816
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,435 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    I tend to do that whenever I buy or transport anything expensive. Funny thing is, all the fumbling you do to check if it's still there is probably what will result in you losing it!


  • #4817
    Atavan-Halen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,183 ✭✭✭✭Atavan-Halen


    I used to always do that as a kid! If I was allowed get a game if we were out shopping, I'd keep looking in the bag, read the back of the box several times and go through the manual as if it were a holy scripture.


  • #4818
    martineatworld
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,139 ✭✭✭martineatworld


    For those that are interested in shmups...

    Taken from PSN blog/Gaming Bargains thread.

    Under Defeat HD Deluxe Edition
    Was €39.99/£29.99/$49.95 Now €19.99/£15.99/$24.95
    Additional 40% off for Plus subscribers

    Might have to at that price!


  • #4819
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,754 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    But I want a physical copy godsdammit!

    And I still do the above when I get a new game, keep checking, as if to prove to myself I have it, obviously it is a much "bigger" feeling when it's something of some importance, like when I got my first copy of Ico.
    It's a nice thing.
    Unfortunately I was buying my own games when I got my first computer/console so I never had the parent/child bonding thingy as described, which is a pity.
    But I would hope my son has a bit of it going on.


  • #4820
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,435 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Only reason I'm considering picking up Under Defeat HD is the inevitable escalation in price it will see. More than happy with my CDR Dreamcast version. The HD version vids I've seen haven't really looked much different. (Other than the horror of the stretched horizontal mode, yuck!)


  • #4821
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 53,317 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Wonder if my copy will ever be worth more than the 85 dollars I spent on it :)

    Been playing more phantasy star 4, it's such a wonderful end to the series. Only played about 2 hours last night but I was treated to a dungeon with an amazing remix of the PS1 dungeon theme, a character that referenced Nei from PS2 joined my theme and then another dungeon that tied PS3 into the game. Kojima should have taken notes before he did the awful nostalgia pandering bits of MGS4.


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  • #4822
    Nerdkiller1991
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,999 ✭✭✭Nerdkiller1991


    Just so you know, Duke Nukem 3D is available for free on GOG.com.

    http://www.gog.com/gamecard/duke_nukem_3d_atomic_edition


  • #4823
    DinoRex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭DinoRex


    Oh wow. George Costanza had a Virtual Boy:

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  • #4824
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,435 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    :eek:

    Mind=blown moment if ever I saw one.


  • #4825
    Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,021 ✭✭✭Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy




  • #4826
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 30,613 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Might be of interest to some: new web portal for doujin and other localised Japanese titles. http://www.ricedigital.co.uk/ Lots of shmups in there anyway!


  • #4827
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,754 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    My better half has just had her ass handed to her today in work, her line manager insisted she complete a task, one that had to be done, but also requested that it was kept as quiet as possible, my better half simply insisted on some oversight and that said line manager would be there for the task, he refused on the day, someone else filled in, then it all kicked off later when my better half was hauled into the office to be berated by this toe rag who lied through his yellow frakking teeth, the other manager in attendance at this charade took notes of everything my missus said but none of the abuse the filthy scum sucking muppet spewed at my wife....
    Needless to say I am not happy, especially as I may see this sub-human tomorrow....
    Don't want to kick him in the hole but it is tempting....
    Sorry for being off topic, can't discuss this on FB and no one from my work life is a retrogamer!


  • #4828
    Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,021 ✭✭✭Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    [off topic lousiness]
    Sorry for being off topic, can't discuss this on FB and no one from my work life is a retrogamer!
    That's awful, what'll happen now? I meant to thank her again for the chat on the retro night


  • #4829
    Dr Bob
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 3,184 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dr Bob


    DinoRex wrote: »
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    ..JUST ONCE ..just ****ing once , I want an American gaming nostalgia webcomic to be about something other than the feckin N E , poxy S .
    Seriously , a feckin' VCS , a C64 , even a bleedin' Intellivision.
    ANYTHING!


  • #4830
    Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,021 ✭✭✭Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy


    Dr Bob wrote: »
    ..JUST ONCE ..just ****ing once , I want an American gaming nostalgia webcomic to be about something other than the feckin N E , poxy S .
    Seriously , a feckin' VCS , a C64 , even a bleedin' Intellivision.
    ANYTHING!
    inorite!? Kids these days!
    130273079711.gif


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  • #4831
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 53,317 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Well it's what they know and grew up with. Most American kids who had a C64 instead are probably still getting over the trauma of having no friends at school.

    Also the videogame crash of '83 affected videogame markets all over the world :P


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