New Get City, post here when you get something new

Jack burton · 24-06-2015 10:35pm

Something big just came down off adverts.

More updates at the end of the summer, dont even have room for this beast till then

CathalDublin · 24-06-2015 10:41pm

eddhorse wrote: »

Good work.

What sort of cycle would you use for that? An eco wash?

No detergent, normal cycle but removed before dry cycle. All socketed chips removed first.

Before:

After 15 mins:

eddhorse · 24-06-2015 10:42pm

Jack burton wrote: »

Something big just came down off adverts.

More updates at the end of the summer, dont even have room for this beast till then

Ohhh congrats, make it so

Dr Bob · 26-06-2015 12:40am

Los Lobos wrote: »

i can throw ya a few games if ya dont mind crappy labels dr. Bob

yes please!

K.O.Kiki · 26-06-2015 6:35pm

CathalDublin wrote: »

- Next up is a pair of wico leaf sticks for my long overdue Multiwilliams panel, now all I need is to source someone with a router to route out the buttons and sticks. Do people normally top mount or bottom mount their sticks?

http://www.retroblast.com/reviews/joysticks/wico.html
Bottom mount unless your panel/wood is super thick.

- You can probably do it without a router; just get a good drill + Forstner or spade bit. all there I think

K.O.Kiki · 27-06-2015 5:29pm

Last edited by CiDeRmAn; Today at 14:54.

Not cool.

CiDeRmAn · 27-06-2015 6:03pm

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

Not cool.

Massive apologies there man
I thought I had quoted you, not edited you.
Just goes to show me the limits of using a phone to use Boards.
Sorry again

I think I returned it good as new

Myrddin · 27-06-2015 6:08pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I thought I had quoted you, not edited you.

I've done that myself on occasion, the 'edit' and 'quote' buttons are very near each other

Retr0gamer · 27-06-2015 6:53pm

Got a nice little present from my American friend.

Myrddin · 27-06-2015 6:55pm

Ooh nice. It's been climbing again in price lately I notice.

CiDeRmAn · 27-06-2015 7:50pm

Not retro but got Yoshis Woolly World and a two Yarn Yoshi Amiibo characters.
I hope to pick up King Dedede tomorrow, making my Kirby set complete.

Retro wise all is quiet, might pick up a few bits for my now recovered Colecovision.

BGOllie · 27-06-2015 9:11pm

I posted the pics a while back but here's a vid of a couple of MSXies I got recently

the groutch · 27-06-2015 9:12pm

don't think anyone is buying much retro at all because so much of it's outside Ireland, and the cost has gone up with the € so weak, and could get weaker if Greece leaves the EU.
great time to be selling on Ebay UK though.

The Last Bandit · 27-06-2015 9:15pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Got a nice little present from my American friend.

Nice cable is it full RGB ?

CosmicSmash · 27-06-2015 9:56pm

the groutch wrote: »

don't think anyone is buying much retro at all because so much of it's outside Ireland, and the cost has gone up with the € so weak, and could get weaker if Greece leaves the EU.
great time to be selling on Ebay UK though.

I think the rising prices coupled with the falling euro value are making buying at a decent price harder. Still a lot of well priced games available from Japan if you shop around and look outside of eBay.

Corholio · 27-06-2015 11:10pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Got a nice little present from my American friend.

Label is torn, will give you €20 or swap for something in my ads.

Retr0gamer · 27-06-2015 11:36pm

Half eaten packet of taytos and some advice should cover it, wouldn't feel comfortable taking a whole 20 euro from you.

Damien King · 28-06-2015 8:04am

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

- You can probably do it without a router; just get a good drill + Forstner or spade bit. all there I think

+1 for above, I'd just add that if using a spade bit don't all the way through with it or you risk it getting messy on the other side, Just drill around halfway through then again from the other side for a super clean finish both sides. A spade bit is my preferred weapon of choice when building control panels and it also works great on polycarbonate of you are thinking of having a clear overlay.

Use a corded drill if possible.

If you are ever in mayo I'll do it for you. we can do a test piece in mdf so get an ideal of fitting it out. if we need to route out the underside a bit for the joysticks we can do that too.

I might even have a leftover piece of polycarbonate left over from my last build thats big enough for a clear overlay.

K.O.Kiki · 28-06-2015 10:56am

Damien King wrote: »

+1 for above, I'd just add that if using a spade bit don't all the way through with it or you risk it getting messy on the other side, Just drill around halfway through then again from the other side for a super clean finish both sides. A spade bit is my preferred weapon of choice when building control panels and it also works great on polycarbonate of you are thinking of having a clear overlay.

Use a corded drill if possible.

If you are ever in mayo I'll do it for you. we can do a test piece in mdf so get an ideal of fitting it out. if we need to route out the underside a bit for the joysticks we can do that too.

I might even have a leftover piece of polycarbonate left over from my last build thats big enough for a clear overlay.

If you clamp two pieces together it should prevent the blowout.

CiDeRmAn · 28-06-2015 2:35pm

Another Wild Amiibo Appears!
King Dedede attacks with hammer
Hammer is super effective!

Corholio · 28-06-2015 9:56pm

Few gets from here and there. The NES Top Loader from Adverts, looking at all my options with getting that up and running, mod etc. Summoner for Gamecube, Skyblazer for SNES, which was one of my favourite rental games as a kid and Oscar for SNES as well, a reasonably uncommon game.

Retr0gamer · 28-06-2015 10:13pm

Oscar is pish but Skyblazer is a real unappreciated classic. The company that made it made the surprisingly good Hook on the SNES and a few other games before making some of the best stuff for the Neo Geo Pocket. Definitely worth checking out the rest of their work.

Corholio · 29-06-2015 1:15am

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Oscar is pish but Skyblazer is a real unappreciated classic. The company that made it made the surprisingly good Hook on the SNES and a few other games before making some of the best stuff for the Neo Geo Pocket. Definitely worth checking out the rest of their work.

Ya Oscar is fairly bad alright, just got to add to the collection really and for the uncommonness of it. I could have bought Skyblazer 2 or 3 times over when I was younger from the amount of times I rented it. Ah just saw they made some of the Metal Slug games for NGP too, nice.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 29-06-2015 11:56am

Thanks to James Howlett for the Ness Amiibo!

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 30-06-2015 12:47pm

More Earthbound merch, got the Ghost Ness as a freebie.

CiDeRmAn · 30-06-2015 1:17pm

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy wrote: »

More Earthbound merch, got the Ghost Ness as a freebie.

Ghost Ness?
Is that some kind of spoiler right there?
No Ness, No! Stay out of the light!

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 30-06-2015 1:31pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Ghost Ness?
Is that some kind of spoiler right there?
No Ness, No! Stay out of the light!

Big spoiler - Ness becomes Ghost Dad, sorrynotsorry.

It's not a spoiler, it's a status - "In Mother and EarthBound, unconscious (fainted) party members take the form of spirits."

I'm usually wary about posting spoilers since YouTube comments ruined a few things for me.

CiDeRmAn · 30-06-2015 3:04pm

And I let you know exactly how little of Earthbound I have played, which is none

Retr0gamer · 30-06-2015 4:46pm

You're not a real collector unless you have an earthbound cart.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 30-06-2015 6:01pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

And I let you know exactly how little of Earthbound I have played, which is none

It should be a set rule you can't be here without playing it, hand in your notice asap.
Jkjk, you should give it a go it's definitely one of my favourite games of all time. I don't think it's too long? Probably 20 hours? I'm sure someone will correct me.

Myrddin · 30-06-2015 6:02pm

Not sure how long it is, but I can say this, it's the last thing you think about once you find your feet in the game. It's a brilliantly weird little game

CiDeRmAn · 30-06-2015 6:52pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

You're not a real collector unless you have an earthbound cart.

Well I have a Mother cart that thinks it's an Earthbound cart, not quite the same but close enough.
Cidonalad has played a good bit of it but has become stuck.
I have yet to play the Earthbound Zero thingy I bought on the WiiU, any day now, when that infernal spider is dead, then I'll have a go.

Retr0gamer · 30-06-2015 8:11pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Well I have a Mother cart that thinks it's an Earthbound cart, not quite the same but close enough.
Cidonalad has played a good bit of it but has become stuck.
I have yet to play the Earthbound Zero thingy I bought on the WiiU, any day now, when that infernal spider is dead, then I'll have a go.

Ah I was only joking. I already got compared to PC gamer master racers for telling people to buy NTSC PS1 and N64 games because of 60 Hz on facebook this week so I've had enough elitism :P

Earthbound Zero is something you really have to be prepared for when going into it. It's very 80's RPG in that you need to grind like crazy to get anywhere. I gave it a go during the week and the first random battle I got into killed me. It's that kind of game. The last area of the game is pretty much broken in terms of difficulty and even Itoi admits it (he said they were so sick of the development process by the end that things like game balance were forgotten about). Still worth buying to show Nintendo there is interest and maybe, just maybe, we'll get Mother 3 out of it.

K.O.Kiki · 30-06-2015 9:43pm

I bought Dreamcast Resident Evil: Code Veronica, but the PAL version isn't VGA box compatible!

CiDeRmAn · 30-06-2015 10:28pm

I have the jap version if that, comes in a nifty burgundy sleeve.

MrVestek · 01-07-2015 9:29am

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

I bought Dreamcast Resident Evil: Code Veronica, but the PAL version isn't VGA box compatible!

Every DC game is VGA box compatible ;-)

What kind of VGA box do you have? there's a very simple trick to get all games to work with it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEggdHKGuK4

K.O.Kiki · 01-07-2015 11:09am

MrVestek wrote: »

Every DC game is VGA box compatible ;-)

What kind of VGA box do you have? there's a very simple trick to get all games to work with it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEggdHKGuK4

Same VGA box as mine, I'll try that tonight.

MrVestek · 01-07-2015 11:57am

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

Same VGA box as mine, I'll try that tonight.

Same here, works any time I've ever tried it anyway.

I do it blind too without switching over the TV.

The Dreamcast tends to make a small beep when it's just read past the security sector on a disc.

Not sure why it does it as I've never heard any other disc drive doing it... but if you switch over just after it makes this beep then it should work fine.

K.O.Kiki · 02-07-2015 12:43am

MrVestek wrote: »

Same here, works any time I've ever tried it anyway.

I do it blind too without switching over the TV.

The Dreamcast tends to make a small beep when it's just read past the security sector on a disc.

Not sure why it does it as I've never heard any other disc drive doing it... but if you switch over just after it makes this beep then it should work fine.

Tried it a few times there, won't switch.

I'll go back to the Rage & trade it for something else.
Maybe look for NTSC and/or Resi 2 later.

Atavan-Halen · 02-07-2015 7:54am

Couple of packages waiting for me at home.

Have to love Japanese sellers. I love getting random little gifts like this

Also not game related but I went a bit mad and bought one of these in Toronto. Hopefully some interesting apps come out for it soon.

I did get a few games in Canada but not much because they're expensive. They're currently in my suitcase which is still en route from New York.

Andrew76 · 02-07-2015 8:34am

Myrddin wrote: »

Not sure how long it is, but I can say this, it's the last thing you think about once you find your feet in the game. It's a brilliantly weird little game

Does it take long to find said feet?

Downloaded the game ages ago on Wii-U because of all the praise it gets here - walked about at the start, didn't know what to do and haven't gone back since. Actually, for you veteran players, what sort of game is it or would it be similar to any others? Rpg? Doesn't have random battles does it? As you can tell, I know next to nothing about it.

Myrddin · 02-07-2015 8:56am

Andrew76 wrote: »

Does it take long to find said feet?

Downloaded the game ages ago on Wii-U because of all the praise it gets here - walked about at the start, didn't know what to do and haven't gone back since. Actually, for you veteran players, what sort of game is it or would it be similar to any others? Rpg? Doesn't have random battles does it? As you can tell, I know next to nothing about it.

It doesnt take very long, I was a bit aimless myself at the start but once you eventually do get moving, you're grand. You won't get far in the game (at least I wouldn't) by just winging it, you have to read what characters are saying & focus on the story (which serves the enjoyment of the game too). It was my first ever RPG, hadn't played one before so knew nothing of the overall mechanics of the genre.

There are no 'random' battles in the traditional sense, all the enemies are visible, & it is possible to escape many of them. A tip though, don't. You need those battles to level up, & there's a great mechanic where if you approach the enemy unseen to it, you get a surprise attack on the battle screen (or if the enemy approaches you unseen, it gets a surprise attack).

Watch these videos, and skip past the spoilers section in the 16bit Gems one (I know you're not a fan of Roo but stick with the vid for the games sake), these are what eventually made me want to play it, and ultimately, to buy the damn cart

Earthbound: The Review
Earthbound: A History

Mr.Saturn · 02-07-2015 11:07am

Myrddin wrote: »

There are no 'random' battles in the traditional sense, all the enemies are visible, & it is possible to escape many of them. A tip though, don't. You need those battles to level up, & there's a great mechanic where if you approach the enemy unseen to it, you get a surprise attack on the battle screen (or if the enemy approaches you unseen, it gets a surprise attack).

Also has the loveliest mechanic ever, wherein if you're overpowered for a particular area, say through backtracking, the game will just skip the battle altogether and give you the experience points should you come into contact with any randomers.

Can't think of how many RPGs would have been a richer experience had they incorporated such a tidbit.

Retr0gamer · 02-07-2015 11:13am

Still find it banana's that some JRPGs still have random when games like Earthbound and Chrono Trigger got rid of them in the SNES era. While I think it's fine in some genres like dungeon crawlers it's kind of ridiculous in a Dragon Quest type JRPG these days.

K.O.Kiki · 02-07-2015 7:16pm

Part of the reason I think Final Fantasy 12 is the best.

Retr0gamer · 02-07-2015 8:44pm

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

Part of the reason I think Final Fantasy 12 is the best.

I just despised the battle system in FFXII. Sit back, watch the game play itself, no tactical depth and then run in circles to gain MP back. Xenoblade was like FF12 done right and I'd love to see a HD remake of the zodiac job version to give it another chance.

Atavan-Halen · 03-07-2015 11:56pm

My gets from Canada. Just happy to get warlords tbh.

CosmicSmash · 05-07-2015 12:22pm

Last few bits to come in the letterbox, I decided to go with a recommendation from Retro and got Sailor Moon R on SFC. Finally got a copy of Monster World on ps2, the options and emulation are exceptionally good.

Elemental Gearbolt on PlayStation, and Astal on Saturn.

I was down in Arklow during the week and this was spotted in GS, now part of the family.

CiDeRmAn · 05-07-2015 2:38pm

Elemental Gearbolt, just watched Heavy Metal Jesus talk about it on his channel the other day, must pick it up.

Damn, I've bought nothing retro in the last while at all, starting to fell like a fraud moderating here!

keanebg1 · 06-07-2015 3:23pm

Atavan-Halen wrote: »

My gets from Canada. Just happy to get warlords tbh.

Warlords is a fantastic game. I have the PAL version. Pretty sure at some point I had the NTSC one as well, and although the scroll lock is ok on it, colours are all messed up on a PAL console.

You'll need 3 friends next and a 2nd pair of paddles for the madness...

New Get City, post here when you get something new

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