General Arcade & Retro Chat' Special Championship Edition

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 22-07-2020 4:54pm

o1s1n wrote: »

There was a lad on here who had a copy, I remember him posting a photo years ago.

His posts got really nihilistic before he stopped posting, it was really weird. I think the idea that his collection would 'expire' capacitor and component wise made him have an existential crisis about his own lifespan and he sold everything :eek:

Either that or he just played Speccy SF2 too often. That would make anyone question the point of reality.

It wasn't the guy getting all the NES games no?
I didn't get to try that tutorial they posted on YouTube, how to play NDS back ups on the WiiU

Nerdkiller1991 · 22-07-2020 7:27pm

https://twitter.com/analogue/status/1285937700067934213?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1285937700067934213%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fs9e.github.io%2Fiframe%2F2%2Ftwitter.min.html1285937700067934213

Retr0gamer · 22-07-2020 10:39pm

Oh man hope it's the analogue pocket pre orders and release. just after pay day :eek:

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 22-07-2020 11:54pm

JSR spiritual successor coming out next year, Hideki Naganuma going the music too.

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

CiDeRmAn · 23-07-2020 8:49am

That looks amazing!

I really should start JSR again, try and finish it this time!

CiDeRmAn · 23-07-2020 8:50am

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Oh man hope it's the analogue pocket pre orders and release. just after pay day :eek:

Judging by the colour scheme of the announcement, I would say that's what it is.
I think I will definitely get this one, none of the rest of their products pique my interest but this one... this looks fantastic.

I wonder what the price will be for the adaptors for other systems?

Andrew76 · 23-07-2020 11:11am

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Judging by the colour scheme of the announcement, I would say that's what it is.
I think I will definitely get this one, none of the rest of their products pique my interest but this one... this looks fantastic.

I wonder what the price will be for the adaptors for other systems?

And what price is the dock going to be? Not cheap I'd imagine.

The device does look stunning but at 200 quid and with that form factor, I'll stick with my modded GBA I reckon.

CiDeRmAn · 23-07-2020 11:16am

I haven't bought a big bucks item in a long time, and I do love my handhelds, so...
Feck it

The dock looks amazing as well...

o1s1n · 23-07-2020 11:21am

Yeah it's the only device they've released that I've been interested in too. Absolutely love how it looks, I'd a Gameboy Pocket as a kid (still up in the attic somewhere!) so they've really hit my nostalgia buttons on this one.

Retr0gamer · 23-07-2020 12:04pm

Andrew76 wrote: »

And what price is the dock going to be? Not cheap I'd imagine.

The device does look stunning but at 200 quid and with that form factor, I'll stick with my modded GBA I reckon.

Think this will be worth it. That screen looks insanely good and at that high resolution there won't be any issues with pixel ratios. Just be nice to have an all in one device.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 23-07-2020 1:24pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

That looks amazing!

I really should start JSR again, try and finish it this time!

If you get stuck next beers I'll help you with it, cleared it enough times by now

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 23-07-2020 8:32pm

Good game news for me lately

"Jump into the whimsical and bizarre land of Balan WonderWorld in spring 2021. This brand new action-platformer reunites Naka Yuji and Naoto Ohshima the original creators of Sonic The Hedgehog for the first time in 20 years."

https://twitter.com/balanwworld/status/1286329140120113152?s=20

Shapey Fiend · 23-07-2020 10:32pm

Oh brilliant the character customisation was err the absolute best part of Sonic Forces.

Edit: oh right he hadn't anything to do with that just sort of assumed he stayed working for Sega albeit as an external company.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 24-07-2020 6:41pm

Shapey Fiend wrote: »

Oh brilliant the character customisation was err the absolute best part of Sonic Forces.

Edit: oh right he hadn't anything to do with that just sort of assumed he stayed working for Sega albeit as an external company.

Yeah my friend loved the character creation in that.

He left Sega in 06 to start his own studio and joined Square last year so that's how he's involved here. Sonic Riders was the last Sonic game, just checked the wiki

Nerdkiller1991 · 26-07-2020 12:33am

https://twitter.com/MatttGFX/status/1287150340412968961

All part of the latest Nintendo leaks.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 26-07-2020 12:51am

Hip/Chip Tanaka is doing a new album, his first one was amazing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWyFwDxgj04

This is from the first album

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

CiDeRmAn · 26-07-2020 10:15am

While I can get his new album with my Google Music/Youtube Music sub I can't find his first album anywhere except Amazon Music...

o1s1n · 26-07-2020 5:49pm

Did anyone see this recent batch of released prototype sprites and other artwork from Snes games?

Some really mad stuff in there.

https://imgur.com/a/tXaabLY

For example, prototype Link sprites for ALTTP

Another interesting take on a title screen we're all familiar with

These are fantastic:

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 26-07-2020 9:16pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

While I can get his new album with my Google Music/Youtube Music sub I can't find his first album anywhere except Amazon Music...

I know you're sorted but for anyone else it's on Bandcamp as well
https://chiptanaka.bandcamp.com/album/django

bmorrissey · 26-07-2020 10:03pm

Foolish question possibly, but outside of CEX, anyone know any good sites for buying ps2 games on?

CiDeRmAn · 27-07-2020 12:19am

o1s1n wrote: »

These are fantastic:

So, thanks to O1s we all now know what the Starfox team members look like when they climax

Andrew76 · 27-07-2020 10:30am

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

So, thanks to O1s we all now know what the Starfox team members look like when they climax

What in the jesus is going on in your head that made you think of that! :pac::pac:

So, anyone here going to try and pre-order the Analogue Pocket today? Think it's 4pm our time. Do they take payment straight away or when it ships does anyone know? Just curious. Defo not getting it ofc. :P

Also, finally got myself a daycent 4k TV and decided to see what all the HDR fuss is about - Shadow of the Colossus on the PS4 Pro looks gorgeous indeed! Might try and finish the game this time.

CiDeRmAn · 27-07-2020 11:06am

Andrew76 wrote: »

What in the jesus is going on in your head that made you think of that! :pac::pac:

You really don't want to know!

So, anyone here going to try and pre-order the Analogue Pocket today? Think it's 4pm our time. Do they take payment straight away or when it ships does anyone know? Just curious. Defo not getting it ofc. :P

I'm going to give it a go, fingers crossed...

Also, finally got myself a daycent 4k TV and decided to see what all the HDR fuss is about - Shadow of the Colossus on the PS4 Pro looks gorgeous indeed! Might try and finish the game this time.

SotC is stunning, and now I have to get a 4K telly and a PS4 Pro!

McDermotX · 27-07-2020 11:59am

Andrew76 wrote: »

What in the jesus is going on in your head that made you think of that! :pac::pac:

So, anyone here going to try and pre-order the Analogue Pocket today? Think it's 4pm our time. Do they take payment straight away or when it ships does anyone know? Just curious. Defo not getting it ofc. :P

Also, finally got myself a daycent 4k TV and decided to see what all the HDR fuss is about - Shadow of the Colossus on the PS4 Pro looks gorgeous indeed! Might try and finish the game this time.

Assuming it is the Pocket, and Analogue aren't trolling everyone again, then yes, they take the money straight away. Plus add on 50 dollars shipping (can't imagine the Pocket being any different to the previous devices).
Duty then down the line as well more than likely.

Would be nice if they done a European tie-in like one of the limited Mega SG runs to save some dough, but unlikely.

sniper_samurai · 27-07-2020 12:01pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

SotC is stunning, and now I have to get a 4K telly and a PS4 Pro!

I'd advise getting a higher model LG for the variable refresh rate(both G Sync and Freesync compatible) and 4k 120fps support.

The new 48 inch oled is probably the best gaming monitor on the market atm, pricey at €1500 though. The 55 inch model can be gotten for an additional €300.

CiDeRmAn · 27-07-2020 12:13pm

sniper_samurai wrote: »

I'd advise getting a higher model LG for the variable refresh rate(both G Sync and Freesync compatible) and 4k 120fps support.

The new 48 inch oled is probably the best gaming monitor on the market atm, pricey at €1500 though. The 55 inch model can be gotten for an additional €300.

I have a perfectly good non-4K Samsung at present, and have really no interest in replacing it just yet.
But, with the PS5 incoming...

sniper_samurai · 27-07-2020 12:29pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I have a perfectly good non-4K Samsung at present, and have really no interest in replacing it just yet.
But, with the PS5 incoming...

Same, strongly considering that LG Oled. Hopefully it gets a hefty discount next spring when it goes oop, the 55 inch of last years model dropped from €1800 to €1350, it would be a bargain if it dropped to near the 1k mark.

Andrew76 · 27-07-2020 12:36pm

sniper_samurai wrote: »

Same, strongly considering that LG Oled. Hopefully it gets a hefty discount next spring when it goes oop, the 55 inch of last years model dropped from €1800 to €1350, it would be a bargain if it dropped to near the 1k mark.

Yeah last year's LG C9 would be my pick if I was getting a TV for gaming use, you're saving a lot over the CX for pretty much the same features.

sniper_samurai · 27-07-2020 12:48pm

Andrew76 wrote: »

Yeah last year's LG C9 would be my pick if I was getting a TV for gaming use, you're saving a lot over the CX for pretty much the same features.

Not easy to find the C9 atm. The price of the 55 inch CX should drop down to where the C9 ended up though around February.

I'll still be looking at the 48 though, better size for me despite the small price difference between it and the 55.

o1s1n · 27-07-2020 1:37pm

55 inches? Jesus, would that not look a bit like this in your average Irish living room?

sniper_samurai · 27-07-2020 2:11pm

o1s1n wrote: »

55 inches? Jesus, would that not look a bit like this in your average Irish living room?

Have a 55 inch plasma in the living room, massive yoke. Modern 55 inch sets are quite a bit smaller due to the bezels all but disappearing on them.

Andrew76 · 27-07-2020 2:47pm

sniper_samurai wrote: »

Have a 55 inch plasma in the living room, massive yoke. Modern 55 inch sets are quite a bit smaller due to the bezels all but disappearing on them.

Yeah 55" isn't that big these days, perfect size for a bedroom imo.

CiDeRmAn · 27-07-2020 2:49pm

Andrew76 wrote: »

Yeah 55" isn't that big these days, perfect size for a bedroom imo.

I'll wait for the Lidl/Aldi version, with a built-in VCR....

DaveyDave · 27-07-2020 3:03pm

I went with a 2019 Samsung Q70 QLED rather than a smaller OLED. It was a tough decision not going with OLED in this day and age but I'm very happy with my choice, the contrast ratio and full array local dimming give it very good colours and black levels for an LED panel. I have a square living room so the smaller OLED would have been undersized for my viewing distance.

It depends on what your upgrading too, I replaced a 2015 LG 4K 3D that didn't have the best picture quality in the segment but had a very clear panel so anything 4K would always look good so it never bother me but the difference to the higher end panel in the Q70 is night and day.

o1s1n · 27-07-2020 3:12pm

I picked up a 43 inch Sony XG80 at Christmas to try out 4K gaming with the XB1.

I think it was about 800 euro at the time? Not high end by any margin but the picture quality is absolutely gorgeous and I'm delighted with it.

Saying that, it's the first new TV I've bought since 2008 so I might be easy to impress. :eek:

Steve X2 · 27-07-2020 3:21pm

Andrew76 wrote: »

Yeah 55" isn't that big these days, perfect size for a bedroom imo.

Very true. My 4 year old was giving out that her nanny only had a 50" tv when she was visiting and watching cartoons("why does nana only have a small tv dada?").
Kids these days, they'll never know the life of gaming on a 14" black and white crt in your bedroom and loving it.

um7y1h83ge06nx · 27-07-2020 3:25pm

I was in Harvey Norman in Tralee on Saturday. They had a 85 inch Sony 4K TV! :eek:

Have a 50 inch plasma here as the main TV and the 50 inches looked tiny in comparison to the 85. I noticed a majority of the TVs were 55 inch and bigger.

A little non retro but are many of ye are going to be buying into the next gen consoles? For the first time since the SNES/MD days I have no interest in the new consoles. A busy job with 2 kids under 3 means any new console would be wasted on me, gathering dust in the corner.

I could be swayed by an updated Switch though, the Switch is a great console if you're busy, 90% of my gaming is now on it, my PS4 and Xbox One are looking very sad.

CiDeRmAn · 27-07-2020 3:29pm

Steve X2 wrote: »

Very true. My 4 year old was giving out that her nanny only had a 50" tv when she was visiting and watching cartoons("why does nana only have a small tv dada?").
Kids these days, they'll never know the life of gaming on a 14" black and white crt in your bedroom and loving it.

One does not require a 65" 4K UHD TV to watch Paw Patrol and Baby Shark videos.

I had a 14" portable in the front room (never used aside from Sundays) and my Spectrum!
Colour clash?
What colour clash?

o1s1n · 27-07-2020 3:32pm

Alessandro Hot Syringe wrote: »

I was in Harvey Norman in Tralee on Saturday. They had a 85 inch Sony 4K TV! :eek:

Have a 50 inch plasma here as the main TV and the 50 inches looked tiny in comparison to the 85. I noticed a majority of the TVs were 55 inch and bigger.

A little non retro but are many of ye are going to be buying into the next gen consoles? For the first time since the SNES/MD days I have no interest in the new consoles. A busy job with 2 kids under 3 means any new console would be wasted on me, gathering dust in the corner.

I could be swayed by an updated Switch though, the Switch is a great console if you're busy, 90% of my gaming is now on it, my PS4 and Xbox One are looking very sad.

I'll be playing the XB1 and Switch for many years to come, feel like I've only scratched the surface with both consoles!

Never really was one to buy consoles on release, apart from Nintendo ones of course.

o1s1n · 27-07-2020 3:34pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

One does not require a 65" 4K UHD TV to watch Paw Patrol and Baby Shark videos.

I had a 14" portable in the front room (never used aside from Sundays) and my Spectrum!
Colour clash?
What colour clash?

I do miss my 14 inch Telefunken, was RF only but I didn't know anything else back then. I don't think I actually used RGB at all until the PS2 days.

Mad how you threw out working tvs back in the day. That worked 100% but I got rid of it as my folks got a new living room TV, so I took the 19 inch Mitsubishi one that was down there instead for my bedroom.

Upgraded to a 25 inch Mitsubishi and the 19 inch one went to the recycling centre then, again, fully functional!

Shame I didn't start hoarding CRTs years ago.

KeRbDoG · 27-07-2020 3:44pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

One does not require a 65" 4K UHD TV to watch Paw Patrol and Baby Shark videos

I beg to differ sir!

but I sit far far away from it

Andrew76 · 27-07-2020 3:50pm

DaveyDave wrote: »

I went with a 2019 Samsung Q70 QLED rather than a smaller OLED. It was a tough decision not going with OLED in this day and age but I'm very happy with my choice, the contrast ratio and full array local dimming give it very good colours and black levels for an LED panel. I have a square living room so the smaller OLED would have been undersized for my viewing distance.

It depends on what your upgrading too, I replaced a 2015 LG 4K 3D that didn't have the best picture quality in the segment but had a very clear panel so anything 4K would always look good so it never bother me but the difference to the higher end panel in the Q70 is night and day.

That sounds savage! I was thinking about a 65" OLED for the bedroom but the missus convinced me it would look silly big, so decided to drop down to 55" but get a better panel (she was correct for once :P). It was an upgrade from a 48" Samsung LCD non-4K, so while the increase in size isn't all that much, the picture quality is streets ahead. Actually, what makes me smile is the black levels, no more light bleed crap in dark scenes.

o1s1n wrote: »

I picked up a 43 inch Sony XG80 at Christmas to try out 4K gaming with the XB1.

I think it was about 800 euro at the time? Not high end by any margin but the picture quality is absolutely gorgeous and I'm delighted with it.

Saying that, it's the first new TV I've bought since 2008 so I might be easy to impress. :eek:

I'm similar in that I wouldn't be buying TVs all that often and literally only upgraded this time because the youngest threw the remote at it. Bedroom is locked most of the tie these days, learned my lesson.

Alessandro Hot Syringe wrote: »

A little non retro but are many of ye are going to be buying into the next gen consoles? For the first time since the SNES/MD days I have no interest in the new consoles. A busy job with 2 kids under 3 means any new console would be wasted on me, gathering dust in the corner.

I could be swayed by an updated Switch though, the Switch is a great console if you're busy, 90% of my gaming is now on it, my PS4 and Xbox One are looking very sad.

My eldest has mentioned the Series X for sometime next year, mostly because his mates are in the Xbox ecosystem. I like the look of the PS5 but won't be getting it at launch. Neither of them are doing much for me atm, still have so many games to catch up on in the current gen tbh.

/Edit: 10 minutes to go for the Analogue Pocket pre-orders.

McDermotX · 27-07-2020 4:00pm

Actually looks like the preorders for the Pocket are next week.

Not shipping for a year.

Analogue are magnificent prickteasers to be fair

Andrew76 · 27-07-2020 4:10pm

McDermotX wrote: »

Actually looks like the preorders for the Pocket are next week.

Not shipping for a year.

Analogue are magnificent prickteasers to be fair

Just had a look there and yeah, pre-orders not open til August 3rd and ships May 2021. $100 for the dock, $30 each for the adapters.

https://www.analogue.co/store#pocket

McDermotX · 27-07-2020 4:15pm

Surprised at the Dock price, was expecting that to top the 100 dollar mark by a distance.

Still interested and will look at it again next week, but its a long oul wait, which no doubt will be explained with the Corona, in the same way the NT Mini Noir got pushed.

But at least Analogue have pushed the date now as opposed to waiting a week or two prior to the inital expected date of the NT.

Fully expect their Twitter to blow up of course

At least they are limiting to two per order. That'll stop some scalpers.

o1s1n · 27-07-2020 4:16pm

I didn't realise there was going to be a NGP adapter for it, really tempted now!

CiDeRmAn · 27-07-2020 9:17pm

I'm going to order one anyway and the dock, looks like a beautiful piece of kit

Shapey Fiend · 28-07-2020 1:01am

My parents have a really long narrow living room so having the seating at the back with the TV at the other ends the only config makes sense. That means I'm 7m from the TV. They insisted 43inch was plenty big it's like watching a postage stamp at that distance compared to my computer monitor.

I don't get why you'd pay the premium for an analogue pocket when there are so many good Chinese handhelds. I don't really like handhelds though so maybe they're not what they're cracked up to be?

o1s1n · 28-07-2020 10:17am

Marketing is a powerful tool!

Analogue have theirs down expertly, everything from absolutely gorgeous mockups on the website to all of the wanky blurbs to go with it.

Chinese products on the other hand, have a combination of Engrish, historically dodgy production and no flair whatsoever.

I usually don't particularly care for Analogue's products, however this one hits a pretty important corner of the market by both looking gorgeous and allowing the use of original carts.

I have yet to come across a Chinese product with a nice screen which will allow me to play my collection of NGP carts for example.

Jack burton · 28-07-2020 10:28am

o1s1n wrote: »

Marketing is a powerful tool!

Analogue have theirs down expertly, everything from absolutely gorgeous mockups on the website to all of the wanky blurbs to go with it.

Chinese products on the other hand, have a combination of Engrish, historically dodgy production and no flair whatsoever.

I usually don't particularly care for Analogue's products, however this one hits a pretty important corner of the market by both looking gorgeous and allowing the use of original carts.

I have yet to come across a Chinese product with a nice screen which will allow me to play my collection of NGP carts for example.

Yeah I agree with Analogue. Their marketing team is top notch. Reading through that pocket page hade even considering a pre order. The device itself is super slick looking. Marketing it to people the same way phones are, just vomiting specs and technical blurbs at people. Definitely works

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