Arcade and Retro General Chat in Karkariko Village Tavern: Live Ocarina Music

o1s1n · 22-01-2014 12:05PM

Here's some more future proofing just in case.

XBox I
XBox CCCLX

XBox .----
XBox ...-- -....

the groutch · 22-01-2014 12:34PM

maybe call it the Xbox TreeFiddy, and charge $350 for it.

The Last Bandit · 22-01-2014 12:43PM

My money is on "XStation" or "PlayBox"

o1s1n · 22-01-2014 12:52PM

The Last Bandit wrote: »

My money is on "XStation" or "PlayBox"

Is it just me or do they both sound like porno tv channels?

The Last Bandit · 22-01-2014 12:55PM

o1s1n wrote: »

Is it just me or do they both sound like porno tv channels?

Ah that's why they sounded so familiar

Jack burton · 22-01-2014 12:58PM

So I sold one of my friends a GameCube

He text me saying it wasnt reading disks so I knew what the problem was straight away, had to open it up and do that little laser screw fix. So I called out to him to fix it and I brought my spare one just incase (that I repaired myself a few weeks ago). I was getting no joy from his one and then he told me "Ah I gave the lens a clean with cotton wool". So I gave him my spare one and took the broken one

Now I have a GC with a bolloxed lens, any suggestions of what I should do with the system?

Myrddin · 22-01-2014 01:02PM

Jack burton wrote: »

So I sold one of my friends a GameCube

He text me saying it wasnt reading disks so I knew what the problem was straight away, had to open it up and do that little laser screw fix. So I called out to him to fix it and I brought my spare one just incase (that I repaired myself a few weeks ago). I was getting no joy from his one and then he told me "Ah I gave the lens a clean with cotton wool". So I gave him my spare one and took the broken one

Now I have a GC with a bolloxed lens, any suggestions of what I should do with the system?

http://www.gc-forever.com/wiki/index.php?title=SDGecko

Jack burton · 22-01-2014 01:04PM

Myrddin wrote: »

http://www.gc-forever.com/wiki/index.php?title=SDGecko

Thank you

Myrddin · 22-01-2014 01:07PM

Jack burton wrote: »

Thank you

Just be aware there's some compatibility issues, but seems a decent offering of compatible stuff - http://wiki.scorpei.com/index.php/SD-Boot_compatibility_list

CiDeRmAn · 22-01-2014 01:12PM

Myrddin wrote: »

Just be aware there's some compatibility issues, but seems a decent offering of compatible stuff - http://wiki.scorpei.com/index.php/SD-Boot_compatibility_list

Crazy Taxi with no audio streaming? Meaning no Offspring? Where do I sign up???

MrVestek · 22-01-2014 02:01PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Crazy Taxi with no audio streaming? Meaning no Offspring? Where do I sign up???

YAH YAH YAH YAH YAAAAAAAAHHHHHH....

o1s1n · 22-01-2014 02:18PM

Myrddin wrote: »

http://www.gc-forever.com/wiki/index.php?title=SDGecko

Can you use them without an Action Replay disc? Will definitely be picking one up if you can.

Star Lord · 22-01-2014 02:19PM

Myrddin wrote: »

http://www.gc-forever.com/wiki/index.php?title=SDGecko

Doesn't that need a disk to initiate the loading from the card though? Or is there a work around for that?

o1s1n · 22-01-2014 02:22PM

Hmmm, looks something similar to the Dreamcast SDLoader - which also requires a disc

Maybe a modchip would get around that?

Star Lord · 22-01-2014 02:23PM

That Nintendo Fusion thing, total dreaming I'd say. This bit in particular sums it up for me:

Pallab Chatterjee, a seasoned chip engineering editor and founder of the Silicon Valley Trade Council, said, “A couple of things don’t make sense.” He noted that the Adreno cores are part of the Qualcomm Snapdragon chip set and are not offered or licensed to AMD. The ARM architecture currently cannot run PowerPC code that IBM uses in the existing Nintendo products. That would mean a 100 percent loss of legacy code compatibility, Chatterjee said.

The Last Bandit · 22-01-2014 02:35PM

The 3DS and related handhelds are all ARM processors, but ya seems a bit early for them to be throwing in the towel on the Wii U.

MrVestek · 22-01-2014 02:36PM

o1s1n wrote: »

Hmmm, looks something similar to the Dreamcast SDLoader - which also requires a disc

Maybe a modchip would get around that?

If you replace the firmware chip on the Dreamcast to one that's writable Dreamshell can install itself directly to the firmware to replace the Dreamcast BIOS entirely.

Means you can power on the console and immediately be in Dreamshell.

Myrddin · 22-01-2014 02:44PM

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

Doesn't that need a disk to initiate the loading from the card though? Or is there a work around for that?

Oops, maybe so...I'm not up on them at all barring their existence

Star Lord · 22-01-2014 02:59PM

The Last Bandit wrote: »

The 3DS and related handhelds are all ARM processors, but ya seems a bit early for them to be throwing in the towel on the Wii U.

I had mainly meant the claim that it had an AMD Adreno chip. May as well be calling it the Microsoft Playstation.

o1s1n · 22-01-2014 03:03PM

Achilles wrote: »

If you replace the firmware chip on the Dreamcast to one that's writable Dreamshell can install itself directly to the firmware to replace the Dreamcast BIOS entirely.

Means you can power on the console and immediately be in Dreamshell.

Oh yeah! I forgot about that. Maybe you can do the same with a Gamecube?

Retr0gamer · 22-01-2014 09:41PM

I've a whole lot of respect for old 2D coders after the last few days. Spent a while coding a 2D collision engine that was tile based which worked well but then I found if stuff moved too fast it would pass straight through objects which is fine if you manage everythings speed but I wanted to create something that would involve a lot of fast moving elements.

Spent most of today learning vector maths and putting together a vector based collision engine. Seems to be working now but I have to salute the people that worked this out. I've a lot more respect for the coders of games like Sonic 1, Yuji Naka really was a genius programmer.

Anyway I'm running my scrolling at 4 times a tile size and it's still picking up all collisions so fingers crossed I've found all the bugs.

If anyone is interested this was the biggest help:

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/131790/simple_intersection_tests_for_games.php?page=3

It's not as well explained as it should be but it was the easiest one to wrap my head around once I figured vector maths wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be.

deathrider · 22-01-2014 09:42PM

Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

Nice to see the good folks at Game Sack talk about the X68000.

I always find this show educational, but good god, these boys are boring. They've got zero character and don't look comfortable in they're own skin. Having said that though, they really know their stuff.

MrVestek · 23-01-2014 02:27AM

deathrider wrote: »

I always find this show educational, but good god, these boys are boring. They've got zero character and don't look comfortable in they're own skin. Having said that though, they really know their stuff.

Yeah I've always found the Game Sack stuff rather boring as a result.

CiDeRmAn · 23-01-2014 07:01AM

Achilles wrote: »

Yeah I've always found the Game Sack stuff rather boring as a result.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqtSDE261fQ

MrVestek · 23-01-2014 09:13AM

A little off topic but I was listening to some SID chiptunes earlier and got listening to my favourite Ocean loader.

Been looking for a decent Ringtone for my Nexus 5 so I decided to make one.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2LTF42pLE9DWnkwLVpILXVYQms/edit?usp=sharing

Here it is if anybody else wants it, it's a loop of the main lick from the tune.

o1s1n · 23-01-2014 11:09AM

Just saw this graph in an article about the WiiU.

Interesting to see. Funnily enough, even though I do own all these consoles, the only one I bought on release and not second hand was a Wii! :eek:

DinoRex · 23-01-2014 11:19AM

I bought everything from the GameCube up at launch.

Wasn't difficult to get a gamecube that day... I remember getting upset that I couldn't get a purple one in the first shop I went to but was able to go to another shop and get it. (Needed to colour co-ordinate with my GBA)

Myrddin · 23-01-2014 11:46AM

It's an interesting trend, but if you include the Wii, it changes drastically obviously.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 23-01-2014 12:07PM

Anamanguchi are playing in Dublin next Friday, there's still tickets if anyone wants to go
https://www.songkick.com/concerts/18775364-anamanaguchi-at-academy-2

Retr0gamer · 23-01-2014 12:12PM

Also WiiU has only been on sale for 1 year. It might struggle to reach Gamecube levels though, Gamecube sale dropped off spectacularly very quickly, same could happen to WiiU.

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