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So, what you playing at the mo? Retro Edition

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  • #4502
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Where the FAP did you get that?
    Can't be the Snes game, must be the DS one!

    Or else the JAP version for some TSOP adapting goodness?


  • #4503
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,772 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    In this instance I reckon Chronotrigger is just on this side of affordable to warrant investment in the real deal, especially with the DS version available, Mother 2/Earthbound is completely different, when the only place to play the english version is to either pay through the nose or use an emu.


  • #4504
    The Last Bandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,729 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


    EnterNow wrote: »
    Or else the JAP version for some TSOP adapting goodness?

    Spot on :) Its the Japanese version.

    I'll have none of that square purple buttoned American nonsense in my house. Playing it on the everdrive at the moment so this cart will probably never get used much.
    Changing the ROM would be nice, bit of hassle but nice :)

    Postage included.


  • #4505
    OwaynOTT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,630 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    The Last Bandit wrote: »
    Meh, just ordered a boxed copy for €23 :)

    Is that including postage? Mine includes post.


  • #4506
    OwaynOTT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,630 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    The Last Bandit wrote: »
    Spot on :) Its the Japanese version.

    I'll have none of that square purple buttoned American nonsense in my house. Playing it on the everdrive at the moment so this cart will probably never get used much.
    Changing the ROM would be nice, bit of hassle but nice :)

    Postage included.

    Washed out smarties ftw


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  • #4507
    Jack burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,798 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    You're going to try and say this isnt fantastic looking right here

    IMG_20130305_200628_zpsdca9a915.jpg


  • #4508
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    In this instance I reckon Chronotrigger is just on this side of affordable to warrant investment in the real deal, especially with the DS version available, Mother 2/Earthbound is completely different, when the only place to play the english version is to either pay through the nose or use an emu.

    Agreed, tbh after Earthbound/Mother 2 I'd not bother with any other cart except for Clocktower & possibly some fan translations


  • #4509
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,772 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Wrong controller!!!!
    Plus, if that's you in the background I'd suggest seeing a Orthodontist, and a Dermatologist, in fact all the -ologists you can find....
    That glassy blank stare... for a minute I thought it was a Sony Fanboi!


  • #4510
    grumpig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 54 ✭✭grumpig


    Im playing Siren blood curse XD freaking epic quite scary ;D


  • #4511
    Jack burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,798 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Wrong controller!!!!
    Plus, if that's you in the background I'd suggest seeing a Orthodontist, and a Dermatologist, in fact all the -ologists you can find....
    That glassy blank stare... for a minute I thought it was a Sony Fanboi!

    I get the best of both worlds, my controller looks like a fresh pack of M&Ms


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  • #4512
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,772 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Jack burton wrote: »
    I get the best of both worlds, my controller looks like a fresh pack of M&Ms

    You poor, deluded b@st@rd.... deary deary me......
    Next up, someone trying to convince himself that this
    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTAGFE4NKQa-h3k62_DPku9A65IuMxSUMRW5bbD3ADBBj9jFGZK6A

    looks better than this

    FAGiet2KDLkdngYk.medium


  • #4513
    Andrew76
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,993 Mod ✭✭✭✭Andrew76


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »

    Next up, someone trying to convince himself that this
    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTAGFE4NKQa-h3k62_DPku9A65IuMxSUMRW5bbD3ADBBj9jFGZK6A

    looks better than this

    FAGiet2KDLkdngYk.medium

    Lookswise it does. :cool:

    That bowl of custard in the bottom picture belongs in a 70s sitcom. Mank.

    The NES looks like a games console and not a toy, has massive nostalgia factor too, the Fami-puke doesn't.

    Now, it might be a cool machine but in the looks department, NES > Fami.

    Actually, what are you supposed to do if one of the controllers stops working? Can they be disconnected and replaced?

    /Edit: I'll concede the Famicom Twin looks excellent though!


  • #4514
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,772 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    The controllers are identical, internally, to the Nes ones, and easily fixed.
    I already repaired one of the Fami controllers and it works just fine, using a Nes controller with a broken connector at the end.
    Plus, if old Nes pads are short in supply, the replacement parts for them certainly aren't and a new membrane for inside is less than a fiver.

    And, at the very least, the Fami works, pretty much all of the time, while the Nes almost always needs a new connector, which itself is always going to need replacing in time, so buy a few of them.
    The Famicom only has issues when the cart contacts are dirty, aside from that it's bang on.

    Aesthetically, the Fami carts are lovely to behold, in a multitude of colours with nice art on most, while Nes carts are just poo, with the usual combination of dull greyness and crap artwork.

    The only damp spot on the trousers of gaming bliss is the shortness of the Famicom controller cables, a symptom of the device being designed to be used close to the tv in the cramped confines of the average Japanese household.

    Even my Pal Nes titles run better, via adapter, on the Famicom, giving me full screen happiness.

    I'm going to do a bit of internal rewiring on the Fami to extend the controller cables another bit, to make it easier to use, but overall the device is perfect.


  • #4515
    krudler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    OwaynOTT wrote: »
    streets of rage 3 music track gave me the flu!

    It is truly awful

    terrible isnt the word, the SOR2 soundtrack is fcuking superb though

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrF3WPi_7uI


  • #4516
    MrVestek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,280 ✭✭✭MrVestek


    So I guess I'm a masochist now...

    IMAG0839.jpg


  • #4517
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,772 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    You can just let yourself out, can't you?
    Ownership of Shadow The Sh1tehog is only allowed if it was bought for you by an elderly, specifically doubly incontinent, relation who was hoodwinked by a staff member of Gamestop into getting it. And even then only if a bin isn't handy prior to the picture being taken.
    If these criteria are not met, then you are hereby finished in the A&R Forum, so I hope you have a pleasant time posting with the other knuckle draggers on the Games forum.


  • #4518
    MrVestek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,280 ✭✭✭MrVestek


    I'm a Sonic fan... I'll be playing it purely for the story.

    I'm actually trying my best not to have to use the gun at all. The game itself was a handmedown so thankfully no cash parted ways for it.

    It works with the 360's backwards compatibility mode too which is handy. The game's engine is awful though.


  • #4519
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,772 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    A Sonic fan and yet you own Shadow the Hedgehog?
    That's like being a fan of Batman but still watching Batman & Robin!


  • #4520
    MrVestek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,280 ✭✭✭MrVestek


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    A Sonic fan and yet you own Shadow the Hedgehog?
    That's like being a fan of Batman but still watching Batman & Robin!

    Don't make me use my Ciderman repellant bat-spray on you!


  • #4521
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,523 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Achilles wrote: »
    Don't make me use my Ciderman repellant bat-spray on you!

    The Shadow The Hedgehog disc would work better to be honest :p


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  • #4522
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,772 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    As games go that title represents everything that is wrong with creating videogames by committee, everything else that is wrong with videogames is enshrined by other titles, such as Streets of Rage, Goldenaxe and Boulder Dash.


  • #4523
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    As games go that title represents everything that is wrong with creating videogames by committee, everything else that is wrong with videogames is enshrined by other titles, such as Streets of Rage, Goldenaxe and Boulder Dash.

    All nullified by the fact you bought a Move kit


  • #4524
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,772 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Aren't you forgetting I don't own Shadow the Hedgehog?
    Doesn't that count for something?
    And as for the Move thingy, yes it's daft, but I will get to play HD House of the Dead Overkill on it, so it's not all bad.


  • #4525
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 30,650 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Achilles wrote: »
    I'll be playing it purely for the story.

    Get this man a book ASAP!


  • #4526
    MrVestek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,280 ✭✭✭MrVestek


    o1s1n wrote: »
    The Shadow The Hedgehog disc would work better to be honest :p

    It's going onto the same shelf as my copy of Sonic '06... funilly enough they were only released a year apart.

    Hah...

    I'm sorta going for a full Sonic collection too at the minute so every little helps... to be honest I can't actually see myself playing it after last night... got to the second level and got a bit annoyed.

    Might just watch the various Good / Bad cutscenes on YouTube.


  • #4527
    MrVestek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,280 ✭✭✭MrVestek


    johnny_ultimate wrote: »
    Get this man a book ASAP!

    Ahh cheers... get this for me if you can:
    http://www.pixnlovepublishing.com/Books/The-History-of-Sonic/flypage.tpl.html

    Thanks again! :P


  • #4528
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Achilles wrote: »
    I'm sorta going for a full Sonic collection too at the minute so every little helps

    Thats very achievable, there's only four Megadrive carts to collect.


  • #4529
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,523 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    EnterNow wrote: »
    Thats very achievable, there's only four Megadrive carts to collect.

    Sonic 1, 2, 3, Sonic & Knuckles, Sonic 3D Blast, Mean Bean Machine, Sonic Spinball, Sonic Crackers.

    All of the above or else it's incomplete :D


  • #4530
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,772 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    What about Knuckles Chaotix?


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  • #4531
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,523 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    What about Knuckles Chaotix?

    That would be a 32X game :P


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