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So, the great experiment has ended

  • 28-11-2017 12:03pm
    #1
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭


    Not with a bang but with a whimper, the Arcade, Retro & Emulation forum is no more.
    Long Live The Arcade&Retro forum!

    Yeah, lack of traffic and some discomfort with the modification to the remit of the forum means that a rename was in order.

    So we return to the original mission, to explore strange niche consoles, to seek out new retro gets and arcade machines, to boldly collect what no one has collected before!!


    So, that's that.

    Your "I told you so" gifs may be posted below.
    I have no ego left at this stage, no pride whatsoever to damage :(


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,247 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    They were scary times.

    May I suggest the next rename is 'Arcade, Retro and Sega' forum? :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 643 ✭✭✭smurf492


    Emulation will be remembered... Fondly :)


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Just waiting for the poster formerly known as Myrddin to chime in!


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 2,165 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1m1tless


    434708.jpg


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,429 ✭✭✭Kenjataimu


    o1s1n wrote: »
    They were scary times.

    May I suggest the next rename is 'Arcade, Retro and Sega' forum? :D

    It should be Arcade, Retro, Sega & Emulation.

    Obviously we'll have to use an abbreviation...


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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Kenjataimu wrote: »
    It should be Arcade, Retro, Sega & Emulation.

    Obviously we'll have to use an abbreviation...

    Someone drinks Carling Black Label....


  • Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Good to back lads,


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,755 ✭✭✭Inviere


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Just waiting for the poster formerly known as Myrddin to chime in!

    There was only one great experiment...

    c1538da31b6cd5b0e7d13701af3e91ce.jpg

    Joking aside, any plans in the pipeline for a more suitable place to discuss emulation?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,247 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    I agree,
    I'm not posting here till its gone
    Good to back lads,

    :eek: well never let it be said that you don't stick to your word.

    Welcome back Dirty Digit, any new pins???


  • Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,472 Mod ✭✭✭✭Andrew76


    o1s1n wrote: »
    :eek: well never let it be said that you don't stick to your word.

    Welcome back Dirty Digit, any new pins???

    :pac:

    I was wondering what his post meant!

    I didn't have a problem with emulation threads but for some reason I didn't like the word itself in the forum title, no idea why. If there's a poster in A&R that hasn't dabbled in emulation then they're telling porkies.

    Anyway, maybe a separate sub-forum is better suited - A&R Emulation Basement. :D


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  • Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    ha ha ha,
    I got one since.A 1971 gottleib playball.
    I actually sold 2 :( so down to 4 inc the playball.
    both to active members on here so they can make themselves known.
    Lets just say both have the pin bug now!!
    one well and truly!!


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Inviere wrote: »
    There was only one great experiment...

    c1538da31b6cd5b0e7d13701af3e91ce.jpg

    Joking aside, any plans in the pipeline for a more suitable place to discuss emulation?

    That was precisely the ship I was referencing!

    But, I won't be touching the idea of an Emulation sub forum for a while.
    Let another forum do it.

    and

    Not a bit, wassitsname, to bail on a forum because of the name?

    Anyways, yeah, there we go, A&R and all that.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,061 ✭✭✭✭Tom Mann Centuria


    Mind boggling people gave that much of a rats arse what it was called.

    Oh well, give me an easy life and a peaceful death.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,755 ✭✭✭Inviere


    Mind boggling people gave a rats arse what it was called.

    I think it was kinda less so the naming, and more so the awkward fit that emulation often has amongst retro enthusiasts and purists.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Ah now, come on.
    Emulation of arcade and retro games has been part of this forum for years.
    The name change was no more than cosmetic, really.
    The notion of the forum being changed for the worse is, in my opinion, a crock.
    There have been people, coming and going, as folk do.
    We've seen regulars become occasional posters and slightly less posting more frequently.
    But there has been no net change in the content of the forum regardless of the forum title.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,755 ✭✭✭Inviere


    Indeed, for me it didn't affect this forum in the slightest. It did however, place a bit of a stranglehold on developing emulation discussion...as we seen, the topic never took off, despite it being perfectly fine to discuss here. The only people who want to discuss emulation in depth, are people who are keen on emulation; that's just not the majority of posters here.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,755 ✭✭✭Inviere


    Just to say also, it was a well intended try (to develop more emulation discussion), so credit where its due :)


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Inviere wrote: »
    Just to say also, it was a well intended try (to develop more emulation discussion), so credit where its due :)

    I was hoping that the formalisation of Emulation into the forum would generate increased cross topic traffic, seeing as the target behaviour, that of playing arcade and retro games, was the same, just the pathway different.

    Anyway.

    I'm glad to see people return, the place wasn't the same without you.
    And I hope I don't try to feck it all up.... again...


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 29,709 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Few other alternatives being considered:

    Arcade & Retro & Rise of the Robots

    Arcade & Retro & Plug n Play Megadrive Clones

    Arcade & Retro & 'does it take an SD card?'

    Retro & Arcade


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,755 ✭✭✭Inviere


    Arcade & Retro & 'does it take an SD card?'

    Two guesses as to who'd mod that one :D


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


    Arcade and that photo of Retr0 in a dress posted over and over again.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Inviere wrote: »
    Two guesses as to who'd mod that one :D
    Infamy, Infamy, They All Have It Infamy!



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,247 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    DinoRex wrote: »
    Arcade and that photo of Retr0 in a dress posted over and over again.

    Always at my fingertips.

    picture.php?groupid=346&pictureid=14197


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,820 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    So with the name change does that mean we can mock all the emulation peasants like the fallen from grace Inviere?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,755 ✭✭✭Inviere


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    emulation peasants

    Tsk tsk, from Cmod no less :p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,674 ✭✭✭Skatedude


    Why not simply "Old school gaming" ?


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    I thought the whole forum was closing until I took the extra few seconds to read the op properly. That was a relief


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,755 ✭✭✭Inviere


    I thought the whole forum was closing until I took the extra few seconds to read the op properly. That was a relief

    I don't think it's due to close until August 2029?


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    As soon as the PS4 becomes retro we'll pack it all in.


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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,820 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    As soon as the PS4 becomes retro we'll pack it all in.

    The Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii are over 10 years old....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,962 ✭✭✭Mr.Saturn


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    The Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii are over 10 years old....

    I keep forgetting to add Wii points to pick some of the Wiiware stuff. Think the cut-off for adding new points is like March 2018, so plenty of time, but I've been meaning to add'em for months now.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,247 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    The Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii are over 10 years old....

    shhhhhhh!!!!!! :eek:


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 51,820 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Are we allowed talk about how great retro games like Gears of War and Halo 3 were?


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Are we allowed talk about how great retro games like Gears of War and Halo 3 were?

    You will get a slap.
    A slap.
    About the face.
    No doubt.

    Don't make me, make me break out the bold font.....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,247 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    At some point, older games will need to be referred to in specific ages rather than all lumped together as 'retro'.

    I know we have console 'generations', but they're far too nondescript to make reference to.


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  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Anyone remember this gem?:pac:
    Portal2cover.jpg


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,630 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    You may a very slight case of serious brain damage.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,790 ✭✭✭Jack burton


    Havnt been online in a little while, What a joy to be rid of the big E

    giphy.gif


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