Keep Calm And Discuss Retro Generally!

Dr Bob · 18-12-2012 11:48AM

o1s1n wrote: »

You're a WOW head? Ah man, I thought you had taste! :pac:

Speaking of online games, anyone here playing World of Tanks? I started it over the weekend, it's really a lot of fun. Reminds me of Tokyo Wars

Not any more , did my time though. from launch up to about a year ago.

balkieb2002 · 18-12-2012 11:49AM

Burkey0 wrote: »

You ****ing dancer! That's exactly it. Maybe 'looks homebrew' was harsh but it still looks plenty depressing. Even the name is generic

Will still probably acquire it and play for hours

o1s1n wrote: »

That's because it is homebrew Net Yaroze were playstation dev kits for people to try and makes games at home.

I've been after this space racing/shooter that orginally came on a PS1 demo disc. All I could remember before was that it was a demo disc from an issue number in the 40's. Thanks to ye bringing up Net Yaroze, I decided to search for it properly. After quite a few google searches (and lots of YTube videos) I came across some PS1 demo disc covers and it suddenly clicked that MSG1 was the same demo disc (Issue 42).
From there I found out that the Net Yaroze hall of fame was included on that disc and I finally found it's name: Gravitation.

The video below shows it in all its glory. I lost many hours in that 2 player duel. Looks an easy game but having to avoid enemy fire, firing back all the while managing your thrusters to get around around the level (plus other maps had astroid fields or gravitational pulls to deal with).

At least I know now which disc number to look for (always had 48 in my head for some reason!).

CiDeRmAn · 18-12-2012 12:03PM

o1s1n wrote: »

You're a WOW head? Ah man, I thought you had taste! :pac:

Yeah, just what sort of Dr are you Dr Bob?
Amateur proctology in your spare time does not a doctor make!

Myrddin · 18-12-2012 12:29PM

OwaynOTT wrote: »

I see, quite a dilemma. Ah your right in your feelings for the need of a bit of structure, otherwise you could end up with the same game on a few platforms

Well not just that, I could end up continuing to neglect consoles I have that are crying out for more good games. For example, I have three, yes only three Gameboy carts. Thats not right, so hyperbole aside, I do need some structure in how I collect in future.

Retr0gamer · 18-12-2012 01:19PM

Final Fantasy is 25 years old today.

Atavan-Halen · 18-12-2012 02:50PM

EnterNow wrote: »

I'm still on the Levin part...I thought he had a BMW

I should probably explain! I have a levin as well. Admittedly it's been sitting up for over a year mainly due to the fact I can't get insured on it. I was driving it for a while (insured of course with a 3rd party extension) but its been out of nct since 2005 and would be too expensive and hard to source parts to get it nct worthy. So due to said "gowl" complaining and some deliberation it's off to be broken and scrapped. It's a shame though because its been in the family for near enough 10 years and I'm a bit emotionally attached to it. Still, onwards and upwards! And that bitch can go suck a **** because there's a golf GTI going in that parking space hopefully very soon!

/rant

OwaynOTT · 18-12-2012 03:39PM

EnterNow wrote: »

Well not just that, I could end up continuing to neglect consoles I have that are crying out for more good games. For example, I have three, yes only three Gameboy carts. Thats not right, so hyperbole aside, I do need some structure in how I collect in future.

That's shocking!

deathrider · 18-12-2012 03:40PM

CathalDublin wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Oem60yvtUY

Hilarious stuff here

I didn't know AVGN was currently doing vids. I thought he was just concentrating on the movie (which, for the record, looks awful). Enjoyed this video though, and watched a few more that I'd missed.

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Final Fantasy is 25 years old today.

Whole lot of 25th anniversaries going on lately. Is there anything mad happening for FF's one?

Retr0gamer · 18-12-2012 03:47PM

deathrider wrote: »

Whole lot of 25th anniversaries going on lately. Is there anything mad happening for FF's one?

1987 was a big year in gaming. It's when real quality games started to get released for the Famicom so a lot of series started then.

Also in 2 days time it will be Phantasy Stars 25th birthday

a much better game than the original FF.

As for special events they have been doing special 25th anniversary distant world concerts around the world, I was at the one in London recently.

Andrew76 · 18-12-2012 04:13PM

deathrider wrote: »

I didn't know AVGN was currently doing vids. I thought he was just concentrating on the movie (which, for the record, looks awful). Enjoyed this video though, and watched a few more that I'd missed.

Agreed. Someone posted up a trailer for it a while back and it looked crap. Not sure his AVGN skills translate well to a full length film.

Myrddin · 18-12-2012 04:13PM

OwaynOTT wrote: »

That's shocking!

1850 715 815

MrVestek · 18-12-2012 04:17PM

EnterNow wrote: »

1850 715 815

I had to Google that as I didn't recognise the number.

Well played EnterNow... well played...

o1s1n · 18-12-2012 04:22PM

Andrew76 wrote: »

Agreed. Someone posted up a trailer for it a while back and it looked crap. Not sure his AVGN skills translate well to a full length film.

Indeed. I really think it was a bad move. Haven't seen the film yet obviously so I'll reserve judgement, but the trailer had me cringing.

Myrddin · 18-12-2012 04:27PM

I think Rolfe is a film/cinema buff at heart, & I get the impression he's a bit disappointed at being tied to the AVGN character so much. This film unfortunately for him, is the only way to expose his desire to make films & have them exposed to such a huge audience.

He has loads of other films under his belt at this stage, but this is the first properly funded one {fan funded albeit}, & without it having an AVGN tag, it wouldn't be noticed by anyone.

CiDeRmAn · 18-12-2012 07:11PM

Damn, think I've killed my Ipod Classic.....
I had it mounted on my dash with a cheap magnet....
According to people who know what they are talking about the magnet should not be strong enough to do damage and yet.... it's toasted

Trying a restore right now to see if it can be reset, perhaps it's a bad sector or something that's tripping the device up.
Otherwise it'll give me the excuse to pick up a new ipod in the new year!
The new Nano looks nice!

Myrddin · 18-12-2012 08:22PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

According to people who know what they are talking about the magnet should not be strong enough to do damage

Hmm, delicate electronics & magnets tend not to be advisable to mix...are these advisers the retailers of the magnets?

Dr Bob · 18-12-2012 08:35PM

deathrider wrote: »

I didn't know AVGN was currently doing vids. I thought he was just concentrating on the movie (which, for the record, looks awful). Enjoyed this video though, and watched a few more that I'd missed.

Whole lot of 25th anniversaries going on lately. Is there anything mad happening for FF's one?

Oddly enough
I've never seen an AVGN vid , same with whassis name aussie hat guy ..er..zero punctuation. ZP mainly as I'd be afraid of ripping him off subconsciously doing me own vids, and AVGN as he looks like a dick.(He may be lovely/sound/intelligent in real life but any of the pictures of him doing vids I've seen make him look like a shouty American twat)

pdbhp · 18-12-2012 08:57PM

atavan-halen wrote: »

I should probably explain! I have a levin as well. Admittedly it's been sitting up for over a year mainly due to the fact I can't get insured on it. I was driving it for a while (insured of course with a 3rd party extension) but its been out of nct since 2005 and would be too expensive and hard to source parts to get it nct worthy. So due to said "gowl" complaining and some deliberation it's off to be broken and scrapped. It's a shame though because its been in the family for near enough 10 years and I'm a bit emotionally attached to it. Still, onwards and upwards! And that bitch can go suck a **** because there's a golf GTI going in that parking space hopefully very soon!

/rant

Not true, you should be able to get parts from nearly any motor factors. The Lein is basically a Corolla with fanccy stuff.

pdbhp · 18-12-2012 08:57PM

atavan-halen wrote: »

I should probably explain! I have a levin as well. Admittedly it's been sitting up for over a year mainly due to the fact I can't get insured on it. I was driving it for a while (insured of course with a 3rd party extension) but its been out of nct since 2005 and would be too expensive and hard to source parts to get it nct worthy. So due to said "gowl" complaining and some deliberation it's off to be broken and scrapped. It's a shame though because its been in the family for near enough 10 years and I'm a bit emotionally attached to it. Still, onwards and upwards! And that bitch can go suck a **** because there's a golf GTI going in that parking space hopefully very soon!

/rant

Not true, you should be able to get parts from nearly any motor factors. The Levin is basically a Corolla with fancy stuff.

Mr.Saturn · 18-12-2012 09:07PM

I was a bigger fan of the Zero Punctuation shtick 'til it dawned on me why I liked it so much, he's Charlie Brooker-lite. Not always, but more than enough that it occasionally gets grating. This isn't helped by the fact that Brooker comes from a gaming background, and still dabbles in it from time-to-time, so Yahtzee/ZP sometimes strikes me like he's some sort of little brother aping. Granted, I still like his vids, and find them funny and whatnot, but a lot of the stuff he throws on top, such as the breathlessness gimmick and the stills, seem like window dressing to embellish a heavy influence.

CiDeRmAn · 18-12-2012 09:13PM

Hooray for Christmas cartoon marathons on kids tv!
Phineas and Ferb is on, happy days! Pretty good, love the fact that Riff Raff is their Dad!

Myrddin · 18-12-2012 09:36PM

Dr Bob wrote: »

Oddly enough
I've never seen an AVGN vid , same with whassis name aussie hat guy ..er..zero punctuation. ZP mainly as I'd be afraid of ripping him off subconsciously doing me own vids, and AVGN as he looks like a dick.(He may be lovely/sound/intelligent in real life but any of the pictures of him doing vids I've seen make him look like a shouty American twat)

Its definitely all character based. Have a look at this non game video by him {James Rolfe/AVGN} for another side to him. No shouting at all, very impressive for an American!

Atavan-Halen · 18-12-2012 09:36PM

pdbhp wrote: »

Not true, you should be able to get parts from nearly any motor factors. The Levin is basically a Corolla with fancy stuff.

Yeah but it needs a new exhaust which would have to be made, new headlights, new tail lights, a few engine bits, new tyres and some other cosmetic bits too. It's an ae101 model so they're less common over here.

o1s1n · 18-12-2012 09:37PM

Had to escalate my Mega CD1 & Megadrive 1 bundle to a claim as it's a month later and I still haven't received them yet :mad: so annoying!

OwaynOTT · 18-12-2012 09:55PM

o1s1n wrote: »

Had to escalate my Mega CD1 & Megadrive 1 bundle to a claim as it's a month later and I still haven't received them yet :mad: so annoying!

Ah that's bollix. Shame as it was a great price.

The bigger issue is the a&r get spreadsheet is skewed now!

CiDeRmAn · 18-12-2012 09:59PM

The ipod is toast, no restore possible

Missus went and bought me a WiiU, allegedly, pity, if I had known that my tunes were going to go bang I'd have got her to buy me a previous gen Ipod Nano, the last good one, the one with the decent screen and the camera, before the made the one like a watch...

Anyone here have one of that gen lying around?
Perhaps trade for it?

deathrider · 18-12-2012 10:00PM

EnterNow wrote: »

I think Rolfe is a film/cinema buff at heart, & I get the impression he's a bit disappointed at being tied to the AVGN character so much. This film unfortunately for him, is the only way to expose his desire to make films & have them exposed to such a huge audience.

He has loads of other films under his belt at this stage, but this is the first properly funded one {fan funded albeit}, & without it having an AVGN tag, it wouldn't be noticed by anyone.

This is true. He said at one stage that AVGN was just a bit of craic that he made because he loved making videos. He never expected the character to blow up the way he did. I guess he somewhat made a monster. I love the AVGN videos. Although the jokes are really immature, and sometimes even cringeworthy, I still find the show really entertaining. I've learned of a fair amount of games through his show (and Happy Video Game Nerd's show too) that I otherwise may never have heard of.

Myrddin · 18-12-2012 11:06PM

deathrider wrote: »

This is true. He said at one stage that AVGN was just a bit of craic that he made because he loved making videos. He never expected the character to blow up the way he did. I guess he somewhat made a monster. I love the AVGN videos. Although the jokes are really immature, and sometimes even cringeworthy, I still find the show really entertaining. I've learned of a fair amount of games through his show (and Happy Video Game Nerd's show too) that I otherwise may never have heard of.

Agreed, I find them quite enjoyable, once you understand the concept that he's in character & the whole point is him being angry at ridiculously bad games

It's also exposed me to some other great stuff like Pat The NES Punk, 16bit Gems, Happy Video Game Nerd, Classic Game Room, etc etc.

The AVGN film might well be AVGN's swansong, who knows. But Rolfe does some other cool stuff, some of the Board James stuff is pretty good, although the last one was absolutely dreadful!

Myrddin · 18-12-2012 11:07PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Missus went and bought me a WiiU, allegedly, pity, if I had known that my tunes were going to go bang I'd have got her to buy me a previous gen Ipod Nano

Suuuure you would. I believe ya, millions wouldn't

You were over the moon when she bought you a magazine, lord knows how you feel about this!

deathrider · 18-12-2012 11:12PM

EnterNow wrote: »

Agreed, I find them quite enjoyable, once you understand the concept that he's in character & the whole point is him being angry at ridiculously bad games

It's also exposed me to some other great stuff like Pat The NES Punk, 16bit Gems, Happy Video Game Nerd, Classic Game Room, etc etc.

The AVGN film might well be AVGN's swansong, who knows. But Rolfe does some other cool stuff, some of the Board James stuff is pretty good, although the last one was absolutely dreadful!

I've been meaning to check out that NES Punk. I saw him appearing on AVGN's NES World Championships episode and told myself I'd check more Punk stuff. I've never gotten around to it though.

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