General A&R Cool Videos Thread

Steve X2 · 06-06-2014 7:19pm

Myrddin wrote: »

Retron 5 Review

So the Retron 5 is an OUYA, except you cant play roms on it!!
It partially dumps the game rom to internal memory and then runs it on emulators and in doing so you cannot use any saves from the cart or save back to the cart.
Not liking this at all.
Gamester81 is fairly nice about it(he's a bit too sponsored these days if you ask me), but its a turd of a system.

Dr Bob · 06-06-2014 9:07pm

waveform wrote: »

This is one for Dr. Bob!

A non-Vectrex video this time from the awesome Vectrex Roli!
(*Psst*, he's on facebook under the same name if anyone fancies adding him!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNe6chtBQ40

Hurray!

Andrew76 · 06-06-2014 11:43pm

Steve SI wrote: »

So the Retron 5 is an OUYA, except you cant play roms on it!!
It partially dumps the game rom to internal memory and then runs it on emulators and in doing so you cannot use any saves from the cart or save back to the cart.
Not liking this at all.
Gamester81 is fairly nice about it(he's a bit too sponsored these days if you ask me), but its a turd of a system.

Seemed like a fairly decent review of it across both videos.

Strange he listed the audio as a Pro rather than Con. I thought the retron5 audio sounded awfully muffled compared to the original hardware. Maybe it was the way he recorded both.

Kinda puzzled as to who the target audience is though. Not sure why anyone who has original consoles would bother with it? Are people who don't have any retro consoles going to start buying just the carts? No flash cart support sounds like a silly omission, maybe it could be patched in with a firmware update though.

That controller that comes with it looks a bit duff, an analogue stick instead of a d-pad.

A strange creature indeed.

TechnoFreek · 07-06-2014 1:29pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC-ySL3BxXY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4R98FpGJr4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8tKQ30lXug

80s Synth Pop · 11-06-2014 1:14am

I see the avgn movie is getting several screenings across the USA in July and then it's going online/dvd

Does anyone have any contacts in the cinema world that might bring it over here? Like the ifi or lighthouse perhaps?

MrVestek · 11-06-2014 2:39am

80s Synth Pop wrote: »

I see the avgn movie is getting several screenings across the USA in July and then it's going online/dvd

Does anyone have any contacts in the cinema world that might bring it over here? Like the ifi or lighthouse perhaps?

Would be amazing if we could get a screening here.

Myrddin · 17-06-2014 9:03am

Myrddin · 23-06-2014 8:27pm

Kenjataimu · 27-06-2014 6:44pm

Doge · 27-06-2014 7:56pm

Proco Jr. wrote: »

Ah jeez, i only watched like the first season or 2 of seinfeld and stopped watching!

Thats genius! Need to watch more of it!

Doge · 28-06-2014 5:55pm

dat accent!

MrVestek · 28-06-2014 10:51pm

waveform wrote: »

dat accent!

That thing looks like a piece of crap...

Myrddin · 30-06-2014 8:53pm

Never played this, looks as obscure as 8bit gets in terms of playability

(Some NSFW language at times)

Flaregon · 01-07-2014 10:58pm

NSFW joke, but sweet video.

Doge · 07-07-2014 12:52pm

Screw these kids, I was mighty impressed with the Gameboy Advance over the weekend!

Myrddin · 07-07-2014 7:12pm

He's back! Welcome!

Jack burton · 10-07-2014 12:48pm

Not everyone will be a fan of the Toxic Avenger but this video is pretty cool and they are playing on an atomiswave

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt4WQ4EiQFA

CiDeRmAn · 15-07-2014 2:02pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO6eydRPpyU

Myrddin · 16-07-2014 11:12am

Slightly NSFW

Doge · 16-07-2014 10:53pm

This one from March is brilliant!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPLV4FUxWaM

Doge · 17-07-2014 12:51pm

These are fantastic:

Doge · 22-07-2014 3:16pm

Another epic humorous intro from Vectrex Roli yet again, and he's a bit more hardcore this time!

An absolute legend!

the groutch · 01-08-2014 10:13pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUtdP53g7p0

Myrddin · 04-08-2014 9:18pm

Mr Vestek got a nice haul!

Myrddin · 05-08-2014 9:35am

Doge · 10-08-2014 7:13pm

and continuing on with the theme of failed consoles, CGR reviews the official Boards.ie obligatory poll option.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaD-b1YNjb0

CiDeRmAn · 10-08-2014 7:48pm

The Jaguar was much better than the CDi, in that it had one essential game worth playing Tempest 2000, and a selection of not rubbish games, Raiden, Doom, and the rest were pure donkey p1ss.
The CDi on the otherhand was cursed with nothing, not a thing, worth turning it on for.
If you own one, and have spent time playing Burn Cycle or Zelda, thinking they were great (you spanner) just imagine how foolish you'll feel on your deathbed, all the positive uses you could have put that time to, in retrospect, like getting your back, sack and crack waxed or pretty much anything except playing that damn stupid machine!

Jack burton · 10-08-2014 10:54pm

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

Pat kind of sums up stuff nicely. Ian is a dickhead!

o1s1n · 11-08-2014 1:18am

Jack burton wrote: »

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

Pat kind of sums up stuff nicely. Ian is a dickhead!

Told you Ian was a hipster. Only a hipster would Get that irate about the term hipster :pac:

MrVestek · 11-08-2014 10:00am

Doge wrote: »

and continuing on with the theme of failed consoles, CGR reviews the official Boards.ie obligatory poll option.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaD-b1YNjb0

Speaking of which there was a mint in the box Jaguar sold by the rage the other day for €200.

I desperately wanted to buy it purely for the rare crap factor... as I even commented to the afro dude behind the counter 'wow, that's the only actual rare thing in this shop!'.

He laughed off the comment though... he's not one of the staff that takes the place super serial.

I was rather jealous I have to say.

Apparently he was a collector and got word of it as soon as they got it in.

So... which one of you was it? :P

Myrddin · 11-08-2014 10:05am

MrVestek wrote: »

Speaking of which there was a mint in the box Jaguar sold by the rage the other day for €200.

I desperately wanted to buy it purely for the rare crap factor... as I even commented to the afro dude behind the counter 'wow, that's the only actual rare thing in this shop!'.

He laughed off the comment though... he's not one of the staff that takes the place super serial.

I was rather jealous I have to say.

Apparently he was a collector and got word of it as soon as they got it in.

So... which one of you was it? :P

They told me on the phone they wouldn't take in a boxed Jag, as they can't sell them. At €200, I wouldn't wonder why.

MrVestek · 11-08-2014 10:28am

Myrddin wrote: »

They told me on the phone they wouldn't take in a boxed Jag, as they can't sell them. At €200, I wouldn't wonder why.

There are a few newer guys in the shop these days that seem to have their wits about them as opposed to the totalitarian blokes they had running the place for a while.

When I told the bloke why I got blocked from their FB page originally (a legit question regarding competition) he was shocked and said that it was ridiculous.

The same bloke (his name escapes me right now) knew that I was a Dreamcast collector from the last time I was in the place with waveform (or whatever the feck he calls himself now) and kept loads of DC stuff by for me.

I had a bit of an issue trying to use my all4one card in there so he was really nice about it, gave me a decent discount on Street Fighter II for SNES and threw in loads of free stuff...

Dreamcast DreamOn demos and he also gave me five white label Dreamcast games that they had gotten in but couldn't technically resell.

One of them is a rare enough Beta copy of... I think it was Fighting Vipers.

Rare as in hard to find and not rare as in impossible to find and costs loads of money.

It was nice of him to do anyway... I'm starting to warm to the place again.

They also seem a lot more open to haggling these days than they used to be... which is nice!

Myrddin · 11-08-2014 10:32am

^ sounds like some new staff that actually have an idea about incentivising custom alright.

Steve X2 · 11-08-2014 10:41am

I dunno, the douche levels always seem way too high in that place when I go in and I usually leave. Perhaps the douche is just something that follows me

MrVestek · 11-08-2014 12:06pm

Steve SI wrote: »

I dunno, the douche levels always seem way too high in that place when I go in and I usually leave. Perhaps the douche is just something that follows me

After 5pm on a weekday seems to be the time to head in... at least for me. That's when I seem to have the best conversations with staff and get talking to people who actually know what they're on about. The experiences I've had in there recently have lead me to want to shop in there more often to be fair.

Their prices on some stuff is still silly but when you take into account that you can pay an extra fiver or so to buy something there and then as opposed to waiting for postage... sometimes it's not so bad.

Besides as I said they seem a lot more open to the whole 'bundle loads of stuff together then haggle for a decent price' thing than they used to be.

Steve X2 · 11-08-2014 12:12pm

MrVestek wrote: »

After 5pm on a weekday seems to be the time to head in... at least for me. That's when I seem to have the best conversations with staff and get talking to people who actually know what they're on about. The experiences I've had in there recently have lead me to want to shop in there more often to be fair.

Their prices on some stuff is still silly but when you take into account that you can pay an extra fiver or so to buy something there and then as opposed to waiting for postage... sometimes it's not so bad.

Besides as I said they seem a lot more open to the whole 'bundle loads of stuff together then haggle for a decent price' thing than they used to be.

Jebus, I don't want to talk to them :eek:

MrVestek · 11-08-2014 2:09pm

So according to their FB page the bloke I was talking to that works there on Thursday got knocked off his bike on the Friday and is in pretty rough shape in the hospital...

...jesus christ!

Myrddin · 18-08-2014 9:40pm

These are good...you can see more so in the second one how infuriatingly difficult the game is!

Thargor · 19-08-2014 4:28pm

I love Tuesdays on Youtube, for some reason when I go home in the evenings and check My subscriptions there's been a load of new retro and current gen gaming uploaded.

Optimus Prime · 20-08-2014 11:24am

Pierce Brosnan plays Goldeneye on N64 with Jimmy Fallon..

MrVestek · 20-08-2014 11:48am

keithgeo wrote: »

Pierce Brosnan plays Goldeneye on N64 with Jimmy Fallon..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMf6Rh4iJWY

FYI the YouTube tag doesn't work with the automatically shortened URLs. You need to add the text after the forward slash. Fixed that for you btw!

julan · 22-08-2014 4:56am

What is the title of the game you have posted flaregon? the girl with a sword and lots of zombies?

Doge · 25-08-2014 8:53pm

Yes, this is a buzz feed video....
And yes, it is actually worth a watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2a2KWwVGWg

Andrew76 · 25-08-2014 10:33pm

Doge wrote: »

Yes, this is a buzz feed video....
And yes, it is actually worth a watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2a2KWwVGWg

Cool looking shop. I couldn't stick that chap's voice past the minute mark though, christ.

BGOllie · 02-09-2014 3:43pm

sorry if it's been posted already but been playing this in a loop for the past hour

CiDeRmAn · 02-09-2014 4:17pm

Doge wrote: »

Yes, this is a buzz feed video....
And yes, it is actually worth a watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2a2KWwVGWg

Actually, that video is after putting onto combining two of my current hobbies,
videogames and diabetes!

Seems there's a DS game based around Glucose monitoring.
Forget needing the sunshine or degrees of tilt to control a game, this one demands your blood, probably rename my DS Audrey II!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7SkrYF8lCU

Myrddin · 02-09-2014 7:56pm

Nice Resident Evil collection video here by Alpha Omega Sin. I't s long video, & as always with Alpha, there's a lot of NSFW language

Jack burton · 14-09-2014 11:22am

Good game sack episode here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbAPvxI56GM

krudler · 14-09-2014 3:38pm

^ Good video, didnt realise some games had some crazy changes. Contra on the nes looks so much better on the Jap version.

MrVestek · 14-09-2014 4:32pm

I didn't realise that the Sonic 1 revisions were regional based, I always just assumed that it was because newer versions of the carts were released or had some bugfixes like the version in Sonic Jam for Sega Saturn. Good video, although I do tend to find the Game Sack guys rather boring usually.

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