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Corholio · 09-03-2016 12:00PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Pat appears to be expecting everyone who ever associated with the project to prostrate themselves and beg forgiveness for a cheated Retro community, which is unfortunate seeing as no one actually lost any money and expecting Gamester 81, John, to apologise too, when he was just as at odds with the project as everyone else watching, particularly seeing as he was attached at one point.

I think in John's case it seemed quite naive, and surprising considering he releases games anyway, to be involved without seeing the games he was making in action or at the very least to see the supposed FPGA core that they claimed they had written which was very suspect already because of the time it would take to do that. He was attached up to the day before the Kickstarter was due to be launched which is quite late in the day after all that happened really. None of it is John's fault of course but I think he'd probably rethink associations after this, especially after his AtariAge misstep and blind defence of Mike Kennedy which is what I think Pat was mostly referring to. Mike and Retro VGS's actions are almost staggering really that they think gamers online are braindead dummies and I for one am glad for the scorn they have got. Like everything else online, some people go too far and now with the sites being pulled that should be the end of it.

K.O.Kiki · 09-03-2016 12:04PM

videoGaiden! TEAMMMM!!!

CosmicSmash · 09-03-2016 12:34PM

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Pat appears to be expecting everyone who ever associated with the project to prostrate themselves and beg forgiveness for a cheated Retro community, which is unfortunate seeing as no one actually lost any money and expecting Gamester 81, John, to apologise too, when he was just as at odds with the project as everyone else watching, particularly seeing as he was attached at one point.

I wonder will he throw his rattle out of the pram if they don't. After seeing some of his recent carry on I suppose anything is possible.

o1s1n · 09-03-2016 12:49PM

Its an absolute disaster of a project, but as long as nobody lost money (and it wasn't just a very peculiar scam) then I don't see why anyone needs to apologize.

MrVestek · 09-03-2016 12:55PM

Pat does seem to be part of that entitled generation alright.

His recent videos make out like people who originally backed the project need to apologise to him and everyone else.
I mean... how bloody entitled can you get?
Not to mention his recent treatment of our very own BajoGuyOllie.

He's a bit of a tw@twaffle if you ask me...

The Last Bandit · 09-03-2016 12:56PM

Did they not go live on Indigogo ? Any funds collected there are lost

Steve X2 · 09-03-2016 01:14PM

What actually happened with Ollie? I don't follow Pat on youtube, comes across as too much of a douche to be seeing popping up on my feed all the time.

MrVestek · 09-03-2016 01:26PM

Steve X2 wrote: »

What actually happened with Ollie? I don't follow Pat on youtube, comes across as too much of a douche to be seeing popping up on my feed all the time.

Probably best if Ollie were to explain, if he wants to.

I thought he had posted about it on here but perhaps not so it's not really my business to talk about.

Corholio · 09-03-2016 02:34PM

I think ye are very harsh on Pat lads :pac:

I like his podcasts and he is pretty opinionated on things. I guess it's very annoying to see a company bluff their way through trying to sell you an outrageous lie and try to cover it up in the most embarrassing ways, and especially with something that Pat has long been involved in retro wise. The Retro VGS team were also extremely negative and rude to any questioning of them in both the original product and the failed Kickstarter campaigns.

I don't think Pat expects people who backed it to apologise or anything like that at all to be honest. I haven't heard him say that in any of the podcasts he's done about it.

readyletsgo · 09-03-2016 03:25PM

I think Pat's sound, say he's an interesting fella, good for a pint or something lol.

Your man Ian, ugh, can't stand him. I know he knows his sh1t in and out, running a retro shop for years, but God, he comes across as someone who will agree the blue sky is black, to me at least.

On another note. What with all the Pi talk for the past year. I'm totally lost in it all. I take it you have to know what you're doing to get roms and Kodi and the like running on it? Soldering and the like.

Sounds very interesting from what you guys have been saying for the past while!

Steve X2 · 09-03-2016 03:44PM

I see Amazon Japan will now officially ship japanese region games and console to Europe and the UK. Will be handy for limited edition consoles and such, shipping is nice a cheap as well.

MrVestek · 09-03-2016 03:50PM

readyletsgo wrote: »

On another note. What with all the Pi talk for the past year. I'm totally lost in it all. I take it you have to know what you're doing to get roms and Kodi and the like running on it? Soldering and the like.

Sounds very interesting from what you guys have been saying for the past while!

Not at all.

Let this handsome chap give you a bit of an introduction:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUh5Q3guZ5U

Nerdkiller1991 · 09-03-2016 04:40PM

Guys, guys, guys...the Black Power Ranger and Reuben Langdon are both doing motion capture for an unannounced game. You know what this means...

Tomo.Murphy · 09-03-2016 06:54PM

readyletsgo wrote: »

I think Pat's sound, say he's an interesting fella, good for a pint or something lol.

Your man Ian, ugh, can't stand him. I know he knows his sh1t in and out, running a retro shop for years, but God, he comes across as someone who will agree the blue sky is black, to me at least.

On another note. What with all the Pi talk for the past year. I'm totally lost in it all. I take it you have to know what you're doing to get roms and Kodi and the like running on it? Soldering and the like.

Sounds very interesting from what you guys have been saying for the past while!

I have 2 Kodi Pis set up and they took me no more than five/ten minutes each (and that was my first time using the thing!)

Myrddin · 09-03-2016 07:00PM

Tomo.Murphy wrote: »

I have 2 Kodi Pis set up and they took me no more than five/ten minutes each (and that was my first time using the thing!)

Kodi setup is as easy as it gets. Retropie on the other hand...would appear to be a bit more involved

Tomo.Murphy · 09-03-2016 07:29PM

Myrddin wrote: »

Kodi setup is as easy as it gets. Retropie on the other hand...would appear to be a bit more involved

Yeah, I've been putting that one off for a while now myself, ha. Definitely doable, but much more involved than a kodi setup.

The trickiest part for me is deciding what I'd like to use as a controller on the finished setup (mostly because quick decision making is not my thing). I'd rather do it all first time while it's fresh than have to keep going back to set up new stuff.

The Last Bandit · 09-03-2016 11:05PM

Retropi is preconfigured to use those USB SNES controllers.

readyletsgo · 09-03-2016 11:39PM

Myrddin wrote: »

Kodi setup is as easy as it gets. Retropie on the other hand...would appear to be a bit more involved

Haha yeah Kodi isn't a problem for most things, it's everything else. I should look into if more. I've seen some amazing things that people do with them on YouTube but they are very advanced and know what they are doing.

MrVestek · 10-03-2016 06:29PM

readyletsgo wrote: »

Haha yeah Kodi isn't a problem for most things, it's everything else. I should look into if more. I've seen some amazing things that people do with them on YouTube but they are very advanced and know what they are doing.

Well what are you thinking of doing with it?

To be honest I'm not very well up on electronics and soldering and all that stuff and I've managed to convince the Pi to do some pretty neat stuff like... voice activated entertainment unit for instance.

"Pi, turn on the entertainment unit."

Ping... everything turns on. It wasn't perfect but it was kinda cool and all it required was a special home plug type kit.

https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/controlling-electrical-sockets-with-energenie-pi-mote/

Used one of those for it.

eddhorse · 10-03-2016 08:25PM

Deathsmiles from Cave on Steam on the 10th of March.

o1s1n · 11-03-2016 08:30AM

I've a mate currently walking around Akihabara bombarding my phone with whatsapp picture messages like this;

Such a bastard :pac:

11-03-2016 09:02AM

At least the weather looks ****

:D

was only thinking about going back to tokyo yesterday......:rolleyes:

readyletsgo · 11-03-2016 10:21AM

MrVestek wrote: »

Well what are you thinking of doing with it?

To be honest I'm not very well up on electronics and soldering and all that stuff and I've managed to convince the Pi to do some pretty neat stuff like... voice activated entertainment unit for instance.

"Pi, turn on the entertainment unit."

Ping... everything turns on. It wasn't perfect but it was kinda cool and all it required was a special home plug type kit.

https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/controlling-electrical-sockets-with-energenie-pi-mote/

Used one of those for it.

Tbh I have no idea what I'd like to do with one just yet. Maybe just buy one, see what things I can do with it and take it from there. Thanks for the link there. And also for the vid up above too, I'll watch that

Where would I get the pi 3? Best to buy online?

Steve X2 · 11-03-2016 12:34PM

I see An Post are offering a Parcel Motel type service now.
addresspal.ie
3.50 per delivery and any post office is your collection point. I've not signed up yet but it looks like you get a real UK address, as in just outside London and not somewhere up north.

Optimus Prime · 11-03-2016 12:38PM

had a quick look at it, you have to collect your stuff during the day is the problem, when the post office sorting place is open. which doesnt suit me, the garage is better as its open late and weekends. You can also get a post box on the wall of your house now to, for big packages, its something like 70 euro. now if they combined that, with the uk address service and actually delivered your uk address stuff to your house post box, then i might be interested!

The Last Bandit · 11-03-2016 12:41PM

Pretty hefty charges for oversized goods as well. The fact you have to collect during 'office hours' is a non-runner for me.

Steve X2 · 11-03-2016 01:07PM

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Pretty hefty charges for oversized goods as well. The fact you have to collect during 'office hours' is a non-runner for me.

Yes the oversize charge is a bit ridiculous.

MrVestek · 11-03-2016 03:00PM

readyletsgo wrote: »

Tbh I have no idea what I'd like to do with one just yet. Maybe just buy one, see what things I can do with it and take it from there. Thanks for the link there. And also for the vid up above too, I'll watch that

Where would I get the pi 3? Best to buy online?

I bought mine from Pimoroni with a Pibow case, it's a pretty good deal for what you get.

https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/raspberry-pi-3-with-pibow-case

johnny_ultimate · 11-03-2016 08:25PM

Couldn't resist picking up Pandemic Legacy when I saw it in the gaming shop behind Jervis earlier. Really excited to dig in, although have only played the original once. The permanence of Legacy is just fantastically intriguing. Now just to find another player or two happy to commit to a few months play :pac:

eddhorse · 11-03-2016 09:01PM

eddhorse wrote: »

Deathsmiles from Cave on Steam on the 10th of March.

Also free on Apple app store for the demo.

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