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Keep Calm And Discuss Retro Generally!

CiDeRmAn · 2012-07-12 16:42:15

And so it begins! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82E7vhtLxNs And a link to past glories!

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#6752 17-02-2013 05:28PM

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This is meant to be fairly good, never played it though. I think it came late enough in the PS1 life.

I think Rez on the ps2 is about as good as it gets for this style of game on Sony hardware.
Sin and Punishment on N64 and Wii are worth playing, the wii version is available for small enough money at the moment. The N64 version is Jap only but worth having an N64 for alone.

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#6753 17-02-2013 05:37PM

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For me Panzer Dragoon Orta is the best rail shooter money can buy.

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#6754 17-02-2013 05:54PM

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Orta is a beautiful game alright.
Pity a HD remake of the first three titles never materialised, I suppose the series has no profile beyond gamers like ourselves now, given titles that emerged long after, like DMC, are themselves being remade and rebooted.

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#6755 17-02-2013 07:34PM

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CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Orta is a beautiful game alright.
Pity a HD remake of the first three titles never materialised, I suppose the series has no profile beyond gamers like ourselves now, given titles that emerged long after, like DMC, are themselves being remade and rebooted.

That crimson dragon demo which appeared on jap xbla last year looked pretty good before it got pulled although I think it was kinect only

http://youtu.be/5ifO72YsjZU

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#6756 17-02-2013 07:37PM

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PDS Orta
Rez
Sin and Punishment Star Successor
Starfox 64
Child of Eden

Don't make me have to chose!!!!

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#6757 17-02-2013 08:56PM

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Tut tut, you forgot the daddy of them all, Space Harrier!
Starblade in the arcade and, essentially, on the 3DO, is that an on rails shooter? Awesome either way!

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#6758 17-02-2013 09:15PM

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Can't forget Kid Icarus Uprising - a game so singular ans demanding that one's hand has to physically transform into a claw to get the most out of it!

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#6759 17-02-2013 09:16PM

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Ah there are a good few more if you're willing to go back a bit. Panorama Cotton is great as is After Burner 2. I do think they've really dated though. Don't nearly stand up anywhere close to the above mentioned ones.

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#6760 17-02-2013 09:16PM

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johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Can't forget Kid Icarus Uprising - a game so singular ans demanding that one's hand has to physically transform into a claw to get the most out of it!

I always forget about that game! By far one of the best games for the 3DS.

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#6761 17-02-2013 10:45PM

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Just put up a thread over in the Japanese language forum to see if someone can translate all the Japanese on my Shock Troopers box. Always wondered what it said.

(Johnny Ultimate - fancy giving a translation a go?? )

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=83266010#post83266010

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#6762 18-02-2013 02:27AM

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o1s1n wrote: »

Just put up a thread over in the Japanese language forum to see if someone can translate all the Japanese on my Shock Troopers box. Always wondered what it said.

(Johnny Ultimate - fancy giving a translation a go?? )

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=83266010#post83266010

I have thus far memorised a grand total of five hiragana - get back to me in two or three years and I might have a few kanji

I can just about count and tell the time in Japanese, but I'm happy that I'm picking up a few stray words and phrases in Virtue's Last Reward already. Mostly just numbers and Luna's frequent use of 'hontou ni' (really) but that's better than nothing It's not the worst language to pick up in terms of speaking (so far anyway - that's going to come back to bite me in the ass), but alas its those hundreds, thousands of symbols that are the major handicap in terms of functional fluency.

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#6763 18-02-2013 02:38AM

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speaking of Japanese stuff, my friend Matthew who lives over there said Adventure Time just got dubbed (how dramatic is the ad!?) but even though he told his students about it last year, drew the characters on the board and in their notebooks, they still say they found it first

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2smoV2L86So

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#6764 18-02-2013 06:14AM

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Sera wrote: »

speaking of Japanese stuff, my friend Matthew who lives over there said Adventure Time just got dubbed (how dramatic is the ad!?) but even though he told his students about it last year, drew the characters on the board and in their notebooks, they still say they found it first

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2smoV2L86So

GASP! Japan actually watching something animated that isn't an annie-may? Well I never.

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#6765 18-02-2013 08:52AM

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Oh, I'm sure they took a few Road Runner cartoons and added a new voice overs and some tentacle porn!

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#6766 18-02-2013 09:24AM

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Adventure Time is hilarious, that is all.

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#6767 18-02-2013 12:38PM

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Strange little rare PSP 'game' to keep an eye out for:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vT_inYm9LQ

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#6768 18-02-2013 01:19PM

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So, downloaded Majoras Mask for the Wii VC, within the WiiU, so an emulation, running within an emulation.... there's an Xzibit Meme right there!
The realised I should have just brought the GC down, plugged it in and played it with the Wavebird, so another €10 wasted!

The Wii classic controller is pants btw.

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#6769 18-02-2013 02:54PM

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CiDeRmAn wrote: »

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The Wii classic controller is pants btw.

Didn't think it was too bad but the Classic Controller Pro is excellent.

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#6770 18-02-2013 03:12PM

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The bloody cable is in the wrong place!
Pity they don't just patch the thing, somehwo, and allow the use of either the WiiU Pro Controller or the screen, but it'll probably never happen

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#6771 18-02-2013 03:17PM

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CiDeRmAn wrote: »

So, downloaded Majoras Mask for the Wii VC, within the WiiU, so an emulation, running within an emulation.... there's an Xzibit Meme right there!
The realised I should have just brought the GC down, plugged it in and played it with the Wavebird, so another €10 wasted!

The Wii classic controller is pants btw.

Actually I don't think the Wii is emulated on the WiiU per say as it has it's own seperate NAND chips etc from what I read.

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#6772 18-02-2013 04:09PM

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Video Game pub quiz coming up at the Woolshed on the 20th March:

http://vgpubquiz.eventbrite.com/

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#6773 18-02-2013 05:05PM

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DinoRex wrote: »

Video Game pub quiz coming up at the Woolshed on the 20th March:

http://vgpubquiz.eventbrite.com/

Cool will we get a couple of teams going?

Could double it as a beers

Bagsy Retro on my team

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#6774 18-02-2013 05:48PM

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Achilles wrote: »

Actually I don't think the Wii is emulated on the WiiU per say as it has it's own seperate NAND chips etc from what I read.

I think it just runs in a virtual machine.

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#6775 18-02-2013 05:52PM

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Sparks43 wrote: »

Cool will we get a couple of teams going?

Could double it as a beers

Bagsy Retro on my team

You can have as many people as you want on a team at a Woolshed table quiz. We could all go as a team and destroy everyone

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#6776 18-02-2013 06:07PM

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Ahh feck I'll be on holidays then sunning myself watching topless ladies frolick in the sun on the beach.

Blast and boulderdash...

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#6777 18-02-2013 06:09PM

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Achilles wrote: »

Ahh feck I'll be on holidays then sunning myself watching topless ladies frolick in the sun on the beach.

Blast and boulderdash...

So, Bundoran again is it?

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#6778 18-02-2013 06:51PM

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Rage comp this must be the answer

Wasnt first in though:mad:

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#6779 18-02-2013 07:32PM

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Don't think so, looking at the shape around the handle its the one that carries 8 games.

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#6780 18-02-2013 08:34PM

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Apparently the answer was Snes, two contollers, cables and the likes, and ten games.

Quick non-related question, lads- Was there ever a PAL version of Trill Kill released?

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#6781 18-02-2013 08:49PM

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CiDeRmAn wrote: »

So, Bundoran again is it?

Fuerteventura :-)

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