General Arcade and Retro Chat - Insert Coin -

GoG has gotten some new D&D games on the service and one pack includes Eye of the Beholder 1, 2 and 3. Can't wait to give them ago. Now to see if there's a fan patch to include the Mega CD soundtrack by Yuzo Koshiro

CosmicSmash

Taito announced some releases on ps4, some decent games included.

http://www.siliconera.com/2015/08/20/darius-the-legend-of-kage-and-other-arcade-hits-by-taito-are-headed-to-ps4/

Interesting video on the Dreamcast MIL exploit by Adam Koralik

It can be called that no problem as long as it gets setup i dont mind, dont forget to +1 it! :pac:

Corholio

Since my 'Ultron' ad seems to have inspired the set up of a toy forum, I presume it will be called the 'Corholio Collectible Toy Forum' right?

..........right!?

Also anybody interested in it, can do a much better deal than on Adverts. finally want to let it go. Would be great to go to someone who would be a fan/collector.

Star Lord

DinoRex wrote: »

That was the purpose of this forum that I had set up years ago:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1358

But it looks like they've dropped the toy section of it. Still says toys and boardgames on the drop down menu for me though.

Myrddin wrote: »

Yeah I modded that for a while, by the time I did there was virtually zero toy discussion on it

Yeah, it tended to be just that and the occasional bit of advertising for one of the vintage toy fairs that were going on.

DinoRex wrote: »

They'll prize the brown skin out of my cold dead hands!

Myrddin wrote: »

I presume when the new site rolls out, those legacy skins simply won't work

Think they're trying to make multiple skins available on the new one, definitely the dark one anyway.

DinoRex wrote: »

They'll prize the brown skin out of my cold dead hands!

I presume when the new site rolls out, those legacy skins simply won't work

DinoRex wrote: »

That was the purpose of this forum that I had set up years ago:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1358

But it looks like they've dropped the toy section of it. Still says toys and boardgames on the drop down menu for me though.

Yeh seems to be just table top games now, would love to get that forum setup again for toy collecting, appreciate your +1 on the thread.

DinoRex

Myrddin wrote: »

Yeah I modded that for a while, by the time I did there was virtually zero toy discussion on it, barring the very rare "what is the best new Barbie" type question from parents around Christmas time. It was eventually rebranded to play to the audience that actually used it, & seems to be doing a lot better now. If it's still showing the old name, I presume you're on an older/unsupported skin?

They'll prize the brown skin out of my cold dead hands!

Nerdkiller1991

Retr0gamer wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wMQz3iJDzE

A rare case of Family Guy being funny.

YOU MEAN IT ISN'T!?

Still better than Modern Simpsons.

DinoRex wrote: »

That was the purpose of this forum that I had set up years ago:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1358

But it looks like they've dropped the toy section of it. Still says toys and boardgames on the drop down menu for me though.

Yeah I modded that for a while, by the time I did there was virtually zero toy discussion on it, barring the very rare "what is the best new Barbie" type question from parents around Christmas time. It was eventually rebranded to play to the audience that actually used it, & seems to be doing a lot better now. If it's still showing the old name, I presume you're on an older/unsupported skin?

CiDeRmAn

Anyone have a good idea of 360 games that'll look good on a CRT?

DinoRex

Optimus Prime wrote: »

Hi guys just a quick one, ive posted a "forum request" thread for a Collectible toy\models forum. not going to spam the place with links looking for support but if you wouldnt mind and have an interest in it, head over and +1 .

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057479557

Cheers

That was the purpose of this forum that I had set up years ago:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1358

But it looks like they've dropped the toy section of it. Still says toys and boardgames on the drop down menu for me though.

Can anyone tell me if a Megadrive 2 psu will be safe to power a PC Engine Duo-R? Apparently, it's something doujindance recommended to someone...

The Last Bandit

Play them windowed

The Last Bandit wrote: »

I find the GOG stuff better out of the box than the retro Steam stuff. The DOSBox configuration can be tweaked easily enough for each game if necessary. No problem with TR series from GOG.

But there's only so much you can do to present a 640x400 game at 1920x1080 without it look pants..

The TR games on GoG and steam use the same configuration and have the same problems. I just find I can't play games if they are in a 4:3 ratio and are stretched to 16:9. TR1 I got working in 1080p but in a 4:3 ratio with sidebars. I got TR2 working in 16:9 widescreen thanks to some obscure mod by a russian fan group. Thankfully it was legit and didn't screw up my PC

From TR3 onwards they seem to work fine in widescreen displaying 16:9 with sidebars. Both TR1 and TR2 Gog and steam versions won't play the videos but I found a fix for TR1 and there's a fix for TR2 that also replaces them with higher quality videos with no scanlines.

CiDeRmAn

Retr0gamer wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wMQz3iJDzE

A rare case of Family Guy being funny.

The Money Pit....

Tom Hanks and Shelly Long in a perfect storm of non-funnyness.

The Last Bandit

I find the GOG stuff better out of the box than the retro Steam stuff. The DOSBox configuration can be tweaked easily enough for each game if necessary. No problem with TR series from GOG.

But there's only so much you can do to present a 640x400 game at 1920x1080 without it look pants..

Playing retro videogames on PC can be hard work. TR1 and TR2 were hard to get working (I actually wrote the community faq on steam to get TR2 working in widescreen and with videos that work) but I had awful trouble getting KotOR to work in 1080p (or at least a resolution where the screen ratio isn't fecked). I gave up since it was only working intermittently and ended up giving Rocket League a go to calm down. A quick go lasted until 1am.

The weird thing is with the recent patch to kotor 2, the red headed buggy obsidian developed sequel, it now is easier to run than the much loved original.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wMQz3iJDzE

o1s1n wrote: »

The Godfather is a yawnfest, give me Mortal Kombat instead any day :pac:

A rare case of Family Guy being funny.

o1s1n

Jack burton wrote: »

Yeah I like the Mortal Kombat film. Its no godfather but its a decent popcorn film. Plus Christopher Lambert is in it and hes always the man

The Godfather is a yawnfest, give me Mortal Kombat instead any day :pac:

Jack burton

Yeah I like the Mortal Kombat film. Its no godfather but its a decent popcorn film. Plus Christopher Lambert is in it and hes always the man

CiDeRmAn

I went to see that in The Ambassador, it was still a cinema then and the movie was surprisingly good.
Whatever about the bad rap movie based on video game properties get now, at the time they were seen as a joke, Mortal Kombat went some ways to alter that opinion slightly.

Corholio

Pretty interesting write up about the making of Mortal Kombat the Movie

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/mortal-kombat-movie-oral-history-815287

Cameron Diaz was supposed to play Sonya before she broke her wrist in training for it.

Good Idea, thanks, ill do that now!

^^ Might be worth adding a link into your sig too, to increase exposure

I've +1'd it anyway