General Arcade & Retro Chat' Special Championship Edition

sniper_samurai · 04-11-2019 12:01am

Went into a second hand shop in Hiroshima yesterday and there were some great retro bargains in it. Plenty of GC and N64 units for about €30 each. They also had a boxed Mega Drive 1 for about €90.

04-11-2019 8:57am

Deleted User wrote: »

Looks like the projector has been replaced with a widescreen tv though

oh yea,didnt even notice

Chris_Heilong · 05-11-2019 4:58pm

My OSSC just arrived in parcel motel for collection, I will give it a run tonight on the Megadrive and Super Famicom and see how it fairs.

Chris_Heilong · 06-11-2019 1:16am

well it does not work on my TV, works fine on my PC monitor but I just got unlucky. Guess I will need to buy a new TV now.

eddhorse · 06-11-2019 11:06am

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

well it does not work on my TV, works fine on my PC monitor but I just got unlucky. Guess I will need to buy a new TV now.

Ah no, why not?

KeRbDoG · 06-11-2019 12:23pm

Play with the settings, your TV might not just support one of the output resolutions.
Their wiki isn't working right now but have a look at a quickstart PDF. I think the SNES either did or still does have some capability issues

CosmicSmash · 06-11-2019 9:49pm

This looks incredible, it's a handheld C64.

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/dOqA8K

The Last Bandit · 06-11-2019 10:02pm

Wow, that is really fecking god damn awesome. Pity it ain't real and not an Amstrad

iamtony · 06-11-2019 11:24pm

Was just looking at the capcom arcade Home arcade. Is their a thread on it someone can point me to to convince me not to get it? Looks so cool!

Sparks43 · 07-11-2019 1:33am

CosmicSmash wrote: »

This looks incredible, it's a handheld C64.

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/dOqA8K

OMFG!!!!!!!!

Handheld Boulder Dash

Chris_Heilong · 07-11-2019 6:11pm

KeRbDoG wrote: »

Play with the settings, your TV might not just support one of the output resolutions.
Their wiki isn't working right now but have a look at a quickstart PDF. I think the SNES either did or still does have some capability issues

cheers yeah with lots of messing about I managed to get some picture with 5x resolution but it had a green hue, the SNES does not work at all.

Sparks43 · 08-11-2019 1:13am

If anyone is heading to the Insomnia Dublin Gaming festival this weekend in the RDS then you can find me in the Retrozone where I will be demonstrating Super Mario Kart.

I can promise this is not a ruse to get everyone playing Boulder Dash

So if any boardsies are attending please drop by and say hello

Tickets available here

https://insomniagamingdublin.ie/

Nerdkiller1991 · 08-11-2019 1:14am

Sparks43 wrote: »

If anyone is heading to the Insomnia Dublin Gaming festival this weekend in the RDS then you can find me in the Retrozone where I will be demonstrating Super Mario Kart.

I can promise this is not a ruse to get everyone playing Boulder Dash

So if any boardsies are attending please drop by and say hello

Tickets available here

https://insomniagamingdublin.ie/

I'll be there...I think.

Sparks43 · 08-11-2019 1:23am

Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

I'll be there...I think.

Excellent. Drop by if you get the chance

Nerdkiller1991 · 08-11-2019 2:37am

Sparks43 wrote: »

Excellent. Drop by if you get the chance

You be there Saturday or Sunday?

Sparks43 · 08-11-2019 2:54am

Both days. Will be a mixed event of Time Trial, Battle, Match Race and 150cc.

Everyone will be welcome to play and I’m going to do some mini competitions as well.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 08-11-2019 2:26pm

There's like 8 cons this weekend lol I remember it was at 7 and then another got announced

J Con, Insomnia, Valkyrie Con, Cork RPG, BGI Con, Premier Con, Wexworlds and I think there's another
Not all for the same crowd of course but it's awks

Sparks43 · 08-11-2019 2:38pm

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy wrote: »

There's like 8 cons this weekend lol I remember it was at 7 and then another got announced

J Con, Insomnia, Valkyrie Con, Cork RPG, BGI Con, Premier Con, Wexworlds and I think there's another
Not all for the same crowd of course but it's awks

That’s a busy weekend for sure.

Apparently Saturday at the RDS is sold out so hopefully a good few people drop over to play

CiDeRmAn · 08-11-2019 7:56pm

Just in case any of you were wondering where all those useless Megadrive Flashback atgames clones went, after the Megadrive Mini came out, Lidl have them!
Somehow a bargain at only €69.99!

https://extra.ie/2019/11/06/news/irish-news/lidl-sega-mega-drive-flashback

08-11-2019 9:18pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Just in case any of you were wondering where all those useless Megadrive Flashback atgames clones went, after the Megadrive Mini came out, Lidl have them!
Somehow a bargain at only €69.99!

https://extra.ie/2019/11/06/news/irish-news/lidl-sega-mega-drive-flashback

Is it ****?

Tom Mann Centuria · 08-11-2019 9:35pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Just in case any of you were wondering where all those useless Megadrive Flashback atgames clones went, after the Megadrive Mini came out, Lidl have them!
Somehow a bargain at only €69.99!

https://extra.ie/2019/11/06/news/irish-news/lidl-sega-mega-drive-flashback

Sneaky fuppers trying to get money out of people who will confuse the two. Shady, very shady.

08-11-2019 9:38pm

BrownFinger wrote: »

Is it ****?

You'd better believe it

CiDeRmAn · 09-11-2019 1:43am

It's the same cack system on a chip emulation that buggers up... everything.
And they are selling it to people who don't know any better.

Optimus Prime · 09-11-2019 9:40am

wow, i seen that in the book in Lidl and didnt even notice it wasnt the new Mini. Scandalous! The amount of people that will buy that for Christmas and not even notice.

CiDeRmAn · 09-11-2019 10:18am

It's a lousy move alright.
I hesitate to say this but it's possibly the case that the target purchasers and eventual users won't notice the difference.
It's like those people in retro groups on FB who get abusive when you gently point out that playing Sonic on your phone in 16:9 isn't really the best way.
But, then I'm the 'splainer in such groups who feels compelled to point this out!

Retr0gamer · 09-11-2019 11:41am

I actually think it's a very bad thing. Jeremy parish mentioned this in a previous retronauts. It nearly put him off old games.

He had gone to Japan and got a console and game he had always wanted. Set it up on the hotel flat panel and just wasn't enjoying it at all. He was wondering if he was done with old games. Turns out the lag from the panel was making the game just frustrating enough to totally spoil his enjoyment.

**** like these @games pieces of **** can actually colour the perception of people that old games are ****e.

Think the price they are going for is criminal as well considering they are being off loaded.

Jack burton · 09-11-2019 11:56am

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I actually think it's a very bad thing. Jeremy parish mentioned this in a previous retronauts. It nearly put him off old games.

He had gone to Japan and got a console and game he had always wanted. Set it up on the hotel flat panel and just wasn't enjoying it at all. He was wondering if he was done with old games. Turns out the lag from the panel was making the game just frustrating enough to totally spoil his enjoyment.

**** like these @games pieces of **** can actually colour the perception of people that old games are ****e.

Think the price they are going for is criminal as well considering they are being off loaded.

I played in of those a whole ago and they are absolutely awful.

Well the type of person who is buying a games console in a German budget supermarket is probably going to play the system for 20 minutes and then never turn it on again

Inviere · 09-11-2019 12:34pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I actually think it's a very bad thing. Jeremy parish mentioned this in a previous retronauts. It nearly put him off old games.

He had gone to Japan and got a console and game he had always wanted. Set it up on the hotel flat panel and just wasn't enjoying it at all. He was wondering if he was done with old games. Turns out the lag from the panel was making the game just frustrating enough to totally spoil his enjoyment.

**** like these @games pieces of **** can actually colour the perception of people that old games are ****e.

Think the price they are going for is criminal as well considering they are being off loaded.

100%

Original hardware being piped vanilla into a modern display is pure and total cack. If a modern display is the only option (which it is for most), you absolutely must use an external scaler for retro consoles, there's no two ways about it. The experience will negatively and wrongfully colour the end result. Super Mario World is always a great tester of lag.

With any additional lag, the game is almost unplayable. I remember it was the first game I tried with Run-Ahead on RetroArch, and the difference was stark and instant. I could actually play the game again!

Emulation similarly gets a bad rap from those cheap poxy SOC boxes. They're almost always universally cack.

CiDeRmAn · 09-11-2019 2:15pm

I'd say if your modern display has an effective "Game Mode" then you should be fine, although the lack of scanlines will make it look wrong, no doubt.
I've run any number of bits and bobs through my recent TV and there is no perceptible issue with lag there, though I still prefer to use the various CRT options in the gamesroom/dungeon/attic!

How does the Switch fair with Snes games, modern TVs and lag?

Retr0gamer · 09-11-2019 3:12pm

Game mode won't help either. Modern tvs can't handle the 240p ot other signals from old consoles and the built in scaler will kick in. The results are always awful visually and the scaler adds a ridiculous amount of lag.

The test I use is the medusa heads in the first castlevania. It's a very easy section for me but any lag messes up my timing now.

beejee · 09-11-2019 7:06pm

Got a few arcade boards from USA for very good price.

Buuuuut.... What are the odds I'm going to be stung by customs for more money? 50/50, 100%?

Might be the first and last time buying from there, depending!

Jack burton · 09-11-2019 7:10pm

beejee wrote: »

Got a few arcade boards from USA for very good price.

Buuuuut.... What are the odds I'm going to be stung by customs for more money? 50/50, 100%?

Might be the first and last time buying from there, depending!

Ask the seller to mark them as a gift?

It's hit or miss really. Since they aren't a product and more just electronic boards you might get away with it.

beejee · 09-11-2019 7:14pm

Ah, he sent the stuff before I had a chance to tell him about gifts. So, stuff is insured for like 200 odd dollars. Maybe that makes it a bullseye for customs?

May be doomed!

09-11-2019 10:02pm

I use addresspal for all us purchases and when they contact me for customs details I tell them the value is $40 ... never had an issue with customs charging me since

beejee · 10-11-2019 4:26pm

I'll remember that

it's all arrived in Dublin today, so I'll see soon if I get lashed out of it

Nerdkiller1991 · 10-11-2019 9:17pm

1 up to Sparks43, having met him yesterday at the Insomnia expo and showing me just how terrible I am at Mario Kart.

Jack burton · 10-11-2019 10:01pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I use addresspal for all us purchases and when they contact me for customs details I tell them the value is $40 ... never had an issue with customs charging me since

I've been meaning to setup the us purchase one myself. Didn't know customs rang you so I'll have to get a few bits from the usa and lie to them

Sparks43 · 10-11-2019 11:00pm

Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »

1 up to Sparks43, having met him yesterday at the Insomnia expo and showing me just how terrible I am at Mario Kart.

Honestly for just starting back playing on the Day it wasn’t actually too bad. Was great to meet you and I’m sorry I had to run off for a few minutes but I was chasing down some potential players and possible promotion for the Retrozone.

I had expected some players to take to the game over the weekend and nail really good times but the best in the end was a 1:07.50 on MC1 on the challenge.

Some scope and background on that Mario circuit 1 challenge

All the snes setups were in constant use over the two days. And it acted as a focus hub for the Retrozone which tbh I basically ran both days.

I lost count of the amount of players that tried it but definitely up in the hundreds.

So overall best time at Insomnia was 1:07.50

Time I set 2 years back at PlayersXpo was 1:05.78

My current best non boosted is 1:01.83

And my Irish record is 1:00.27

But I’m actually nowhere close to the World record of 57.90

I played a hell of a lot of exhibition matches and had great fun.

And btw......

I lost one match

Dr Bob · 12-11-2019 2:05pm

Quick question , going to flog off a load of about 60-70 issues of retrogamer mag (all from 101 to 200 ) probably on Adverts, all in perfect nick.
cant be arsed selling them separately , reckon a euro per copy is fair?(rounded down to the nearest tenner) or am I going to be showered with offers of bags of Tayto

80s Synth Pop · 12-11-2019 2:23pm

I'd be interested in those as myself and the young lad read them (someone on this site posted a link to a cheap subscription last month and I signed up). Can you post a link to the advert later?

Dr Bob · 12-11-2019 3:14pm

yeah ! will do , and apologies this wasn't supposed to be a stealth marketplace ad!

DaveyDave · 14-11-2019 10:30pm

In Brown Thomas the other day, noticed they had a prebuilt arcade cab for almost 4 grand, the Neo Legend Classic?

Looks well built, lot of money though. Sure you can get one on Adverts for around €1,500

eddhorse · 14-11-2019 10:34pm

DaveyDave wrote: »

In Brown Thomas the other day, noticed they had a prebuilt arcade cab for almost 4 grand, the Neo Legend Classic?

Looks well built, lot of money though. Sure you can get one on Adverts for around €1,500

Are those the crowd from Paris?

DaveyDave · 14-11-2019 10:36pm

eddhorse wrote: »

Are those the crowd from Paris?

Seems like they are, hand made in France according to their website!

eddhorse · 15-11-2019 12:09am

DaveyDave wrote: »

Seems like they are, hand made in France according to their website!

They are the guys that have the arcades in the paris airports.
Also fixed my astro city power supply.

Sparks43 · 15-11-2019 3:45pm

Going to drop a couple of vids in.

First is the interview I done last week with the Republic of Players

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9OAFd58VJIY

And this is a new Irish record on Choco Island 1. It’s also special because it marks exactly a year since I started back playing. It’s also a Myth standard which is the highest rank that can be achieved. 22nd best time ever in the world as well

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ohiNbbwgwfQ

Infernum · 17-11-2019 5:32pm

hellsing101 wrote: »

Picked one up recently myself, its a massive step up from those AT ones you used to get in Argos, they were absolute cack. Shame no 6 button controllers with it though.

Sorry for the delayed reply. You can purchase a six-button controller for it!

sniper_samurai · 17-11-2019 6:30pm

Infernum wrote: »

Sorry for the delayed reply. You can purchase a six-button controller for it!

Smyths have them for €18 each.

Sparks43 · 21-11-2019 5:31pm

Another Super Mario Kart video. This time a highlight reel of the recent world championship made by Goomba who is the current Double Dash world champion.

It was a really special week

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXJ2YP-hNxQ

26-11-2019 1:51pm

Guys,
Whats the story with this yoke.
Someone in work wants to buy one for her OH.

https://www.donedeal.ie/games-for-sale/the-big-a-169-snes-mini-arcade-sega-nes-mini/23351655

Ri?

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