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Keep Calm And Discuss Retro Generally!

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  • #7172
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 53,314 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Not games related but a new film coming from the director of Akira (think it's the director):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5b3nsWT7u8


    It's actually an omnibus of 4 shorts by him.


  • #7173
    valleyoftheunos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,332 ✭✭✭valleyoftheunos


    Why is it that everyone who had a Gameboy player lost the fecking boot disk!:mad:


  • #7174
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 30,609 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Not games related but a new film coming from the director of Akira (think it's the director):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5b3nsWT7u8


    It's actually an omnibus of 4 shorts by him.

    As long as it is better than Steamboy *shudder*


  • #7175
    CosmicSmash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,906 ✭✭✭CosmicSmash


    Minter madness. I used to play this on the ST, worth a play if you've never played them. Slightly bizzare but very enjoyable.






  • #7176
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,754 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    I quite enjoyed Steamboy.... so what the hell was wrong with Steamboy?


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  • #7177
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 30,609 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    I quite enjoyed Steamboy.... so what the hell was wrong with Steamboy?

    It was alright... but given Otomo, ten years of production and a staggering budget for an anime production it should have been so much more than alright. Even its steampunk setting felt overfamiliar and uninspired - again a disappointment from the director of one of the most ambitious, distinctive animated films of all time.

    Granted its been years since I watched it, certainly before I was better versed in anime, but it all just felt rather hollow underneath its flashy exterior.

    And I vaguely recall the main female character not exactly being the charming rascal she was meant to be...


  • #7178
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,435 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Spot on really. Given the sum of its parts, it should have been much better. I remember being very excited about a new Otomo release at the time and feeling extremely underwhelmed.

    This new releases looks interesting. First I've heard of it.


  • #7179
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,754 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    johnny_ultimate wrote: »
    And I vaguely recall the main female character not exactly being the charming rascal she was meant to be...

    Not to mention that, while the character was played by Anna Paquin, she was actually playing a boy, James Steam.... but like you said, it's been a while since you watched it!

    Tbh, one of my main attractions to it is my love of counter-factual history, and in this case it's a steam-punk adventure with all sorts of great imagination at play, reminding me of the likes of Stephen Baxters book, AntiIce, for example.


  • #7180
    Danonino.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,112 ✭✭✭Danonino.


    Steamboy is visually one of my all time favourites. I remember everyone saying how disappointed with it but I loved it. Story was a bit weak but its fecking lovely to look at. I had to do an essay on the great exhibition of 1851 in college so I got a kick out of seeing the crystal palace in it and stuff too I suppose.


  • #7181
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 53,314 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    He's back:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bByE7n2AJj4


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  • #7182
    eddhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,790 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    Got my Raspberry Pi setup with Chameleon.

    http://chameleon.enging.com/

    GameBoy
    Mame
    Atari
    Sinclair ZX80/ZX81
    Amstrad
    ZX Spectrum
    Oric
    Apple II
    ScummVM
    Commodore
    Dos

    There is more....
    http://chameleon.enging.com/emulators

    YouTube ad :
    http://youtu.be/7Aeabkit1BY

    Main Menu:
    http://youtu.be/Mvun7mTJX3A

    Ed


  • #7183
    Jack burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,798 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    Wow I didnt know about that...looks really great. You putting it into any type of case?


  • #7184
    Jack burton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,798 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    He's back:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bByE7n2AJj4

    Sweet combover


  • #7185
    MrVestek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭MrVestek


    Doesn't seem like a traditional nerd episode for some reason...


  • #7186
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 30,609 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    New 7th Guest (the scariest game of all time)* sequel announced

    Huz...zah?

    *may not be true


  • #7187
    James Howlett
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,599 ✭✭✭James Howlett


    I went to the movies last night to see Argo, below are my thoughts:

    My-thoughts-on-the-movie-Argo.jpg


  • #7188
    deathrider
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,699 ✭✭✭deathrider


    Achilles wrote: »
    Doesn't seem like a traditional nerd episode for some reason...

    Thought the same thing myself. He just didn't seem into it.


  • #7189
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    He's back:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bByE7n2AJj4

    Fairly poor episode, if not the poorest.


  • #7190
    deathrider
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,699 ✭✭✭deathrider


    EnterNow wrote: »
    Fairly poor episode, if not the poorest.

    I did chuckle at the scrotum guns though.


  • #7191
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    deathrider wrote: »
    I did chuckle at the scrotum guns though.

    The Kyle/Couch Glitch was cleverly funny I thought :pac:


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  • #7192
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 53,314 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    I feel like homer when he was watching Paint your Wagon.

    'They're singing! They're singing, Marge! Why aren't they killing each other?'


  • #7193
    The Last Bandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,729 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


    Anywhere in Ireland to get VGA grading done ?
    I want to get my CDi valued and graded before its hermetically sealed and preserved for future generations. Obviously its too rare and valuable to be shipping to the US.


  • #7194
    Mr.Saturn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,027 ✭✭✭Mr.Saturn


    The Last Bandit wrote: »
    Anywhere in Ireland to get VGA grading done ?
    I want to get my CDi valued and graded before its hermetically sealed and preserved for future generations. Obviously its too rare and valuable to be shipping to the US.

    You can ship it to me. I'll plop it a plastic slab. Granted, I'll probably just replace the contents with a brick, and laugh that you'll never know.


  • #7195
    The Last Bandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,729 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


    Sounds perfect :)


  • #7196
    richymcdermott
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,447 ✭✭✭richymcdermott


    Playing through donkey kong country returns at the moment, at world 6 and my impressions are mixed on it. I was never a fan of the other country games and it feels retro studio just played it safe.

    Boss battles are some of the worst i played from a nintendo game and shaken the wii mote to pound the ground and roll over is annoying.

    7.5/10 so far


  • #7197
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,754 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    I feel partially to blame but there is far too much CDi talk here, knock it off! The banhammer is thirsty and eager to swing!


  • #7198
    The Last Bandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,729 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


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  • #7199
    eddhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,790 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    Jack burton wrote: »
    Wow I didnt know about that...looks really great. You putting it into any type of case?
    Put the Pi in a see through case , haven't mounted it on the TV or put it in any ikea type furniture just yet. I think Chameleon needs a bit more work.
    Maybe it's me, need to get a controller working but it is still heavily reliant on a keyboard.

    Ed


  • #7200
    MrVestek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭MrVestek


    I thought some of you might get a kick out of this:
    COy6hhf.gif


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  • #7201
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Apparently the Triforce Arcade version of F-Zero AX has been found tucked away on the gamecube disc of GX!!!
    It can be unlocked using action replay or similar to enter a few codes. Bit late now but ill give it a go tomorrow, never got
    to play/see this version.

    http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/03/f_zero_ax_found_hidden_in_gamecube_f_zero_gx


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