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General Arcade & Retro Chat' Special Championship Edition

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    #1382
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,426 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Indeed! wonder would a flash drive work actually?


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    #1383
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,805 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    I'm sure it would if you tricked it into being a ide drive
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    #1384
    Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,019 ✭✭✭Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Indeed! wonder would a flash drive work actually?
    That's what I was thinking of, I thought they it might have moved to foing it that way


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    #1385
    megaten
    Registered Users Posts: 1,886 ✭✭✭megaten


    I vaguely recall once seeing a sata adapter that then had a sata to sd card adapter plugged into that one. It was years ago though.


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    #1386
    KeRbDoG
    Registered Users Posts: 4,215 ✭✭✭KeRbDoG


    o1s1n wrote: »
    Indeed! wonder would a flash drive work actually?

    Options:
    - Adapt the PS2 fat IDE interface to SATA
    You could just use a SATA SSD if that was what you meant by flash.
    - again if you do have a IDE adapter already, ignore that and get a SD/CF card to IDE :)

    Now, could you pop the media out to move to another machine to copy games on to? That i'm not sure about, its been an age since I played around with my PS2/adapter setup


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    #1387
    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users Posts: 18,697 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki




    Brook Zero-Pi (a better PCB than a Zero-Delay)


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    #1388
    Inviere
    Registered Users Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭Inviere


    Looks like a little gem

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    #1389
    Andrew76
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,102 Mod ✭✭✭✭Andrew76


    Inviere wrote: »
    Looks like a little gem


    Only watched that last night too, defo one to add to the wish list.


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    #1390
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,426 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    o1s1n wrote: »
    I'll give that another look :)

    If I remember correctly, HD Loader was missing from the menu. How I played games previously was to dump them onto a drive the old fashioned way and then boot them with Open PS2 Loader.

    Might just be running an ancient version of Free McBoot. I see there are mountains of memory cards for sale on ebay for next to nothing with the latest version installed, will pick one up one now actually and give it a go.

    Update on the above, my new memory card arrived from ebay with the latest Free McBoot installed. HDLoader is indeed on this version now and games are ripping from discs perfectly.

    Seems to take approx 25 minutes for a 4GB DVD. Did rip Half Life (which is on a cd) in about 3-4 minutes.


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    #1391
    The Last Bandit
    Registered Users Posts: 3,717 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


    Ya ripping DVD can be very slow - its faster to download the iso and transfer with Winhiip :)

    There are a heap of HDLoader versions out and can be confusing. I think the LBA48 patch is the most important one, actually bought the original release of HDloader on disc before in pulled from sale years ago..


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    #1392
    Nerdkiller1991
    Registered Users Posts: 3,993 ✭✭✭Nerdkiller1991


    It's that time of year again. And this time in 4k.





    Speaking of, does anyone know if that version with the Den TV crew from the '90s doing their own take on Last Christmas available anywhere online?


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    #1393
    Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,019 ✭✭✭Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy


    Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »
    It's that time of year again. And this time in 4k.





    Speaking of, does anyone know if that version with the Den TV crew from the '90s doing their own take on Last Christmas available anywhere online?
    Ciderman already got most of us accidentally through the playlist shuffle at the beers


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    #1394
    CiDeRmAn
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    Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy wrote: »
    Ciderman already got most of us accidentally through the playlist shuffle at the beers

    Mwa ha ha ha!!


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    #1395
    KeRbDoG
    Registered Users Posts: 4,215 ✭✭✭KeRbDoG


    Seems that there is no pre-order fun with PSIO carts now - real PS1 SDCard game loading fun for all


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    #1396
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,805 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    KeRbDoG wrote: »
    Seems that there is no pre-order fun with PSIO carts now - real PS1 SDCard game loading fun for all

    Thank god. Going to get one myself.... once the credit card is paid off.
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    #1397
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 50,805 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Sakura Wars has received a fan translation on the Saturn.

    Sakura Wars was a massive game for Sega that never got a release in the west other than a spin off on the PS2/Wii well into the twilight of both consoles. The series is getting a reboot next year.

    Virtua Fighter saved the Saturn in Japan but Sakura Wars made it a hit. It was a massive seller for Sega and ended up as an anime and then a number of stage plays. It also made a superstar of the leads voice actor.

    Will be nice to get to play this little forgotten piece of Sega history.
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    #1398
    KeRbDoG
    Registered Users Posts: 4,215 ✭✭✭KeRbDoG


    Congrats to Banjo Guy Ollie with his tunes featuring in the latest Gaming Historian video on Super Mario Bros. 3
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxT6IwUtLSU


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    #1399
    BGOllie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,593 ✭✭✭BGOllie


    thanks. yeah we'd been talking about this for a while and he commissioned me for 4 custom covers for the video.
    Looks like it'll be a regular thing too ;) covers and compositions


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    #1400
    Nerdkiller1991
    Registered Users Posts: 3,993 ✭✭✭Nerdkiller1991


    So, I saw a Star War today, and...



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    #1401
    Andrew76
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 10,102 Mod ✭✭✭✭Andrew76


    One for o1s1n this, gorgeous looking Metal Slug art book. :)

    https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/products/metal-slug-the-ultimate-history


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    #1402
    o1s1n
    Registered Users Posts: 34,426 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Andrew76 wrote: »
    One for o1s1n this, gorgeous looking Metal Slug art book. :)

    https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/products/metal-slug-the-ultimate-history

    I dropped a few Christmas hints on that one so let's see what happens in a few days :D


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    #1403
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,528 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Nerdkiller1991 wrote: »
    So, I saw a Star War today, and...


    I dunno, I quite enjoyed it.
    Sure, there was some stuff that was regrettable, but plenty to enjoy and given the track record of great SW movies and bad, this was on the right side of that line.


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    #1404
    sniper_samurai
    Registered Users Posts: 7,514 ✭✭✭sniper_samurai


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    I dunno, I quite enjoyed it.
    Sure, there was some stuff that was regrettable, but plenty to enjoy and given the track record of great SW movies and bad, this was on the right side of that line.

    I thought it wasn't too bad. Most of the issues I had were due to the direction the previous film went in. Last Jedi left it in a very bad place to continue on from with too many story threads closed off.


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    #1405
    Nerdkiller1991
    Registered Users Posts: 3,993 ✭✭✭Nerdkiller1991


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    I dunno, I quite enjoyed it.
    Sure, there was some stuff that was regrettable, but plenty to enjoy and given the track record of great SW movies and bad, this was on the right side of that line.
    sniper_samurai wrote: »
    I thought it wasn't too bad. Most of the issues I had were due to the direction the previous film went in. Last Jedi left it in a very bad place to continue on from with too many story threads closed off.
    When I say that the movie comes off as a WattPad user trying to write a pre-Disney Extended Universe chapter, I'm not exaggerating. Plot threads opened and then dropped, MacGuffins on top of MacGuffins, utterly stupid reveals (
    "Oh your parents were nothing. They just chose to be."
    ), character moments where the audience are supposed to care that this thing happened are immediately undercut (hello, Chewie and Threepio), the breakneck pace of the whole thing, and there's so many instances throughout that appear to come across as direct responses to Last Jedi's baseless criticisms, because godforbid a major blockbuster dares to make the audience think or do something different.

    I knew from the very beginning when JJ was announced that he would be an ill fit for the franchise. Sure, his movies generally have a degree of polish in them, but he's just so uncreative in how he approaches things like themes and story, often resorting to ideas of what he thinks the fans want (case in point, Star Trek Into Darkness). And while that approach worked for The Force Awakens, when the time came to stick the landing, he had probably a dozen or so opportunities to go with. Instead he went with the cheapest, most obvious ones, and in the end, we got a wet fart of a conclusion to the Skywalker saga.


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    #1406
    Inviere
    Registered Users Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭Inviere


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    I dunno, I quite enjoyed it.
    Sure, there was some stuff that was regrettable, but plenty to enjoy and given the track record of great SW movies and bad, this was on the right side of that line.

    Couldn't agree more, up there with VIII as a thoroughly enjoyable Star Wars movie (VII was merely good, but was a by the numbers reboot mostly). Sure, it could have been better....but by god we all know they could have been worse...

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    #1407
    Stoner
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 10,952 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stoner


    I haven't seen it.


    I saw a few adds for it. The music put me off me off. That never happened before , apart from ABBA movies.

    Anyway everything sound too hyped up, too final. I'm too hyped up in work at the moment to spare any hope for a SW movie.


    I could do with a good Mad Max at the moment.


    Just me, my savage dog, a sawn off shotgun, 11 bullets, a V8 and lots of go juice just going from place to place looking for the bare essentials and the odd supermodel.


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    #1408
    Stoner
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 10,952 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stoner


    I haven't seen it.


    I saw a few adds for it. The music put me off me off. That never happened before , apart from ABBA movies.

    Anyway everything sound too hyped up, too final. I'm too hyped up in work at the moment to spare any hope a SW movie.


    I could do with a good Mad Max at the moment.


    Just me, my savage dog, a sawn off shotgun, 11 bullets, a V8 and lots of go juice just going from place to place looking for the bare essentials and the odd supermodel.

    Keep it simple.


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    #1409
    Nerdkiller1991
    Registered Users Posts: 3,993 ✭✭✭Nerdkiller1991


    Stoner wrote: »
    I haven't seen it.


    I saw a few adds for it. The music put me off me off. That never happened before , apart from ABBA movies.

    Anyway everything sound too hyped up, too final. I'm too hyped up in work at the moment to spare any hope for a SW movie.


    I could do with a good Mad Max at the moment.


    Just me, my savage dog, a sawn off shotgun, 11 bullets, a V8 and lots of go juice just going from place to place looking for the bare essentials and the odd supermodel.
    I have been craving a Fury Road rewatch lately.
    Stoner wrote: »
    I haven't seen it.


    I saw a few adds for it. The music put me off me off. That never happened before , apart from ABBA movies.

    Anyway everything sound too hyped up, too final. I'm too hyped up in work at the moment to spare any hope a SW movie.


    I could do with a good Mad Max at the moment.


    Just me, my savage dog, a sawn off shotgun, 11 bullets, a V8 and lots of go juice just going from place to place looking for the bare essentials and the odd supermodel.

    Keep it simple.
    I have been craving a Fury Road rewatch lately.


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    #1410
    Sparks43
    Registered Users Posts: 4,056 ✭✭✭Sparks43


    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uJCOhcy8-n8

    An SMK White Xmas :)

    This brings me close to 45th in the world. And a good end to the year could get me into the 30s.


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    #1411
    The Last Bandit
    Registered Users Posts: 3,717 ✭✭✭The Last Bandit


    Chuck Peddle died last week, the name may not be familiar to a lot of people here but most will have definitely be familiar with his work.

    He is mostly known as the creator of the 6502 processor, used in numerous platforms we've all used over the years (either in original form or derivatives) - NES, Atari 2600, 7800, Atari 8-bit computers, Commodore PET, Vic-20, C64, C128, BBC Micros, Acorns, Orics and the 6502 is still in production today.

    He has done numerous interviews on Youtube that are worth checking out if you're interested in such things :)


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