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General Arcade and Retro Chat - Insert Coin -

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  • #2552
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 53,276 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    New podcast up if people are interested:

    http://arcadeandretro.com/arcade-and-retro-podcast-episode-23-misfit-mascots/

    mascots-300x300.jpg


  • #2553
    DinoRex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭DinoRex


    Submitted the podcast as an entry to the Irish Web Awards for the craic.


  • #2554
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Folks if one of you want to create a thread for these in the Video Dome (as well as here & Gaming General) then your welcome to use it. It's for content creators etc, but these podcasts would be a welcome addition - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1377


  • #2555
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 30,584 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    If anyone fancies a bit of dumpster diving, this is what the recycling skip outside the recently closed Smyths Bray looks like:

    image1%202.jpg
    They're empty, but dig deeper and you never know!


  • #2556
    the groutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,096 ✭✭✭✭the groutch


    even the cases for the 3ds games have significant value


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  • #2557
    Linoud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 429 ✭✭Linoud


    Wonder if the cases still have the inserts tho?


  • #2558
    eddhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,790 ✭✭✭eddhorse


    Anyone got a Commodore 64GS?
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64_Games_System

    Attached is not mine, havent seen many before.


  • #2559
    OwaynOTT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,619 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    The Money Pit....

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

    Shut your mouth! That and Mousehunt are two of my favourite house fixer upper gone wrong films.





    Anyway, does anyone have a spare SNES powerpak and rgb cable going spare? I was recently given a snes with some games but the above were missing.


  • #2560
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,753 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Ah, Mousehunt is a bizarre and awesome nay excellent film.
    Love that fecking movie.
    So much physical and silent comedy, and they swear at the mouse.
    Christopher Walken is class, as is Nathan Land and Lee Evans.
    Now I want to watch it again!


  • #2561
    Nerdkiller1991
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,999 ✭✭✭Nerdkiller1991


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Ah, Mousehunt is a bizarre and awesome nay excellent film.
    Love that fecking movie.
    So much physical and silent comedy, and they swear at the mouse.
    Christopher Walken is class, as is Nathan Land and Lee Evans.
    Now I want to watch it again!
    Almost makes up for Verbinski's other feature, The Lone Ranger.

























    Almost.


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  • #2562
    OwaynOTT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,619 ✭✭✭✭OwaynOTT


    Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »
    Almost makes up for Verbinski's other feature, The Lone Ranger.

























    Almost.



    I enjoys it.


  • #2563
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,753 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    I'm in the tiny minority that really enjoyed The Lone Ranger.
    I thought it and John Carter were actually good, or at the very least a fun night out at the films.


  • #2564
    TechnoFreek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,924 ✭✭✭TechnoFreek


    Anyone hear of a movie called Turbo Kid?
    80s kitsch and video game violence.
    Looks like a winner to me!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFlZ6pVtnv0


  • #2565
    Los Lobos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 728 ✭✭✭Los Lobos


    Lads and lassies, I'm trying to find an old crt that displays in ntsc, I thought one of those tv/dvd combos would work but so far have had no luck. The google machine is proving fruitless too.
    Anyone any advice on an old tv with ntsc??


  • #2566
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 53,276 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    If it supports RGB then any machine that outputs RGB will worth fine.


  • #2567
    Los Lobos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 728 ✭✭✭Los Lobos


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    If it supports RGB then any machine that outputs RGB will worth fine.


    It's for the 5200 I picked up off alphaeagle


  • #2568
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 53,276 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    I know late Philips and Sony CRTs support NTSC. However they've all been Widescreens that I've seen support it if that is a problem.


  • #2569
    Steve X2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,912 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    My brother just sent me this pic. Apparently the new Fantastic 4 movie has them using a bunch on N64's to time travel or something :0/

    I'm assuming its an "el dodge" copy of the movie.

    IZmBRqH.jpg


  • #2570
    DinoRex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭DinoRex


    Oh yeah.. I'd forgotten about that. Reed has a server array made up of N64s to run his matter teleportation device. This is when he's a kid and is set in 2005. I'd have to imagine a bunch of old PCs would be easier to come by and far more practical than some N64s.


  • #2571
    TechnoFreek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,924 ✭✭✭TechnoFreek


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVHO4DXuFyk


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  • #2572
    Nerdkiller1991
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,999 ✭✭✭Nerdkiller1991


    DinoRex wrote: »
    Oh yeah.. I'd forgotten about that. Reed has a server array made up of N64s to run his matter teleportation device. This is when he's a kid and is set in 2005. I'd have to imagine a bunch of old PCs would be easier to come by and far more practical than some N64s.
    And speaking of N64 and PC...

    http://www.destructoid.com/turok-and-turok-2-are-being-re-released-for-pc-307957.phtml

    http://www.gamespot.com/articles/dino-games-turok-and-turok-2-getting-pc-remasters-/1100-6430062/


  • #2573
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 53,276 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    There were PC ports of both those games so I'd say it's a pretty easy conversion. They get a bad rep but they are good fun, Turok 2 in particular since it got rid of the stupid jump puzzles that the developer admitted to adding in at the last minute to increase difficulty.


  • #2574
    Corholio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,014 ✭✭✭✭Corholio


    I always liked the eeriness of Turok's levels, it wasn't the greatest game but it was fun. The isolation on some levels where you wouldn't see a raptor for a while and then one spots you was quite fun.


  • #2575
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,753 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Those jump sections were a pain, not because they were placed to be challenges but because its really hard to implement jumping in a game where you can't see your feet!
    Only the Jumping Flash games had managed it, and even since its really only the Metroid Prime series that have got it right.


  • #2576
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    The Toy/Models/Collectibles forum proposal is moving along nicely, I think it already has enough votes to warrant Admin consideration. I'd say it'll be a while yet though, with the new site rollout on the horizon things in Forum Requests have had to take a back seat lately


  • #2577
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,400 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    Myrddin wrote: »
    The Toy/Models/Collectibles forum proposal is moving along nicely, I think it already has enough votes to warrant Admin consideration. I'd say it'll be a while yet though, with the new site rollout on the horizon things in Forum Requests have had to take a back seat lately

    I think we need 18 +1s and so far have fifteen. Hopefully we get enough votes for it to be considered anyways.


  • #2578
    DinoRex
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭DinoRex


    Have you seen the new shop that's upstairs in Games Stop on Henry street? I really want that Pac-man light up ghost they have in there.


  • #2579
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,417 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Optimus Prime wrote: »
    I think we need 18 +1s and so far have fifteen. Hopefully we get enough votes for it to be considered anyways.

    And then the toy collecting mania can commence :pac:


  • #2580
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 30,584 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    The recent Gamestop shift to vast amounts of floor space devoted to 'pop culture' junk has raised fresh questions about a baffling societal mystery: who the hell is buying all these ****ty Pop! figurines?!

    They're bland, lazily designed and very expensive for what they are, yet game stores, comic stores and even book stores seem to be devoting baffling amounts of space to them.


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  • #2581
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 53,276 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    I don't get those pop figurines either, they look really cheap and well, ****ty as you say.


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