General Arcade & Retro Chat' Special Championship Edition

Steve X2 · 04-08-2020 5:37pm

Just in case anyone is wondering what Krikzz/Everdrive.me store is putting on the value for their Mega Everdrive Pro customs form. 1600 UAH(just under €49).
Might be useful if you get a call from the revenue asking about package values etc

Chris_Heilong · 05-08-2020 1:50am

Steve X2 wrote: »

Just in case anyone is wondering what Krikzz/Everdrive.me store is putting on the value for their Mega Everdrive Pro customs form. 1600 UAH(just under €49).
Might be useful if you get a call from the revenue asking about package values etc

So customs was less than originally thought?

Steve X2 · 05-08-2020 10:56am

Chris_Heilong wrote: »

So customs was less than originally thought?

No, i still had to pay the €50 customs duty as I didn't know what they had put on the customs form until it arrived(I assumed they put the full price). This is just a heads up for others if they're ordering.

sniper_samurai · 05-08-2020 11:04am

Steve X2 wrote: »

No, i still had to pay the €50 customs duty as I didn't know what they had put on the customs form until it arrived(I assumed they put the full price). This is just a heads up for others if they're ordering.

Customs can be jackasses like that. I once had 2 packages from outside the EU, both under the LCG threshold, arrive gaffer taped together by customs with a fee attached.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 06-08-2020 1:17pm

Atavan-Halen wrote: »

Can anyone recommend a yahoo japan auction buying service? Have used buyee in the past with no issues but need to get some car parts ASAP and they won’t ship them with DHL. Sea mail only which will take too long

Yeah I could only see sea mail online.
There was some resumption in some countries but not good to you but maybe a good sign?
https://www.post.japanpost.jp/int/information/2020/0806_01_en.html

o1s1n · 07-08-2020 10:14am

I went to burn off a few Dreamcast games there today and realised I don't actually have any devices left with a CD writer! When the feck did that happen??

sniper_samurai · 07-08-2020 10:24am

o1s1n wrote: »

I went to burn off a few Dreamcast games there today and realised I don't actually have any devices left with a CD writer! When the feck did that happen??

Grab yourself a cheap usb bd writer, you can get one for about £60. You can use it as a multi region player with the appropriate software.

Retr0gamer · 07-08-2020 10:44am

I actually started buying Dreamcast games again. Most of the non shooter games are ruined by their CD versions. Music has to be compressed and made mono and videos are compressed. But some releases were utterly destroyed trying to make them fit on a CD. The only version of Maken X as all the music removed and replaced with the one techno track that completely ruins the game. It has an amazing soundtrack by Shoji Meguro but the burned CD version will make you hate the game. Plenty of others as well that are butchered.

I'm hoping with the new SD card drive replacement coming that we start seeing full fat GD-ROM releases on to the scene and people don't just stick to the butchered CD releases.

The Last Bandit · 07-08-2020 10:50am

There is no problem getting complete gdi dumps now. Everything on my gdemu (clone) is gdi barring some cdi homebrew titles.

Life is too short to be tolerating bad rips these days....

o1s1n · 07-08-2020 10:50am

Problem with me buying actual Dreamcast games is the cases explode into a billion pieces the moment I look at them

Retr0gamer · 07-08-2020 11:12am

o1s1n wrote: »

Problem with me buying actual Dreamcast games is the cases explode into a billion pieces the moment I look at them

PAL cases are garbage. I usually only get US and Japanese games. Also for European games it's a crap shoot if they support 60Hz, many don't.

KeRbDoG · 07-08-2020 2:34pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Problem with me buying actual Dreamcast games is the cases explode into a billion pieces the moment I look at them

Why did PAL Sega Dreamcast and Playstation 1 game cases have to be different to their NTSC counterparts? Was it just marketing?

Retr0gamer · 07-08-2020 2:38pm

KeRbDoG wrote: »

Why did PAL Sega Dreamcast and Playstation 1 game cases have to be different to their NTSC counterparts? Was it just marketing?

Probably what they were able to get cheaply in that market.

bugs · 07-08-2020 3:45pm

KeRbDoG wrote: »

Why did PAL Sega Dreamcast and Playstation 1 game cases have to be different to their NTSC counterparts? Was it just marketing?

Any number of reasons. The PAL region often required a manual covering numerous languages, needing more space than a standard jewel case could allow. Simply differentiating games from music was important at the time. It's a pity they used cheesemium to make the cases, they had a certain charm as they were unique.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 07-08-2020 5:57pm

o1s1n wrote: »

I went to burn off a few Dreamcast games there today and realised I don't actually have any devices left with a CD writer! When the feck did that happen??

I just got a PC that I can play games on and forgot about that too, I'm gonna keep my old laptop just for that

o1s1n wrote: »

Problem with me buying actual Dreamcast games is the cases explode into a billion pieces the moment I look at them

Same here, I put all my game boxes away and just have them in sleeves, same with PS1

The Last Bandit · 07-08-2020 7:14pm

Hmm scan of the shelf reveals I own more Dreamcast consoles than actual games...

um7y1h83ge06nx · 07-08-2020 7:23pm

Been playing Paper Mario Origami King at the moment. Good game but I've been pulled away from it to play Zelda A Link to the Past. Borrowed from a friend at the time but haven't never finished it.

Never been that much into Zelda until I bought the Link's Awakening remake last year. Loved it and finished it.

LTTP is very similar, hoping to finish it this time around. Shocking to think some of those early 16 bit games are approaching 30 years old, great gameplay is timeless.

Colonel Panic · 07-08-2020 8:01pm

Also worth checking out The Minish Cap on GBA if you like 2D Zeldas.

CiDeRmAn · 07-08-2020 8:41pm

Colonel Panic wrote: »

Also worth checking out The Minish Cap on GBA if you like 2D Zeldas.

Must stick it in the Retron5 one of these days, as soon as I have all the other games in the pile finished!

Colonel Panic · 07-08-2020 11:07pm

The pile of shame is the fire in which we burn.

Minish Cap is definitely worth it though!

Inviere · 08-08-2020 7:10am

Colonel Panic wrote: »

The pile of shame is the fire in which we burn.

Inviere · 08-08-2020 7:12am

The Last Bandit wrote: »

There is no problem getting complete gdi dumps now.

This. Dreamcast emulation is also in a GREAT place these days too. The games look incredible with a small resolution upscale too.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 08-08-2020 4:31pm

Meant to post this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ3crIYlGKU

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 08-08-2020 5:36pm

https://mobile.twitter.com/NekoNecroDev/status/1292131758130049024/photo/1

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 08-08-2020 9:24pm

Last one, just saw a few bits today

https://twitter.com/gamespite/status/1292126916032565248?s=20

CiDeRmAn · 09-08-2020 4:10pm

Reminds me, I have to rotate my AWSD monitor and bezel...

Jack burton · 09-08-2020 6:49pm

Just me or is that bezel thicker than it needs to be?

DaveyDave · 10-08-2020 1:50pm

Bought a GTX 1060 off a friend the other week, I see Streets of Rage 4 is on Xbox Game Pass on PC so I must give that a try. Reviews didn't seem impressed that it was more of the same, as if that's a bad thing.

Retr0gamer · 10-08-2020 2:01pm

DaveyDave wrote: »

Bought a GTX 1060 off a friend the other week, I see Streets of Rage 4 is on Xbox Game Pass on PC so I must give that a try. Reviews didn't seem impressed that it was more of the same, as if that's a bad thing.

Thought it was pretty highly regarded?

Think it's great myself. Only let down is the soundtrack just isn't as legendary as the older ones.

o1s1n · 10-08-2020 2:02pm

Soundtrack isn't too great on it alright, I generally just play with the 'retro' soundtrack on, it's far better.

chalkitdown1 · 10-08-2020 3:26pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

PAL cases are garbage. I usually only get US and Japanese games. Also for European games it's a crap shoot if they support 60Hz, many don't.

Worst thing about the PAL cases is the inconsistency of them. Just looking at one row of them on my shelf right now..

All different shades of blue, some with fancy title logos, some just plain white text, some with a different font altogether (Power Stone 2 WTF?). Even direct sequels ballsed it up (Crazy Taxi 1 & 2). Sonic Adventure has a nice logo but Sonic Adventure 2 (which I don't have) is just plain white text. Only Virtua Tennis 1 & 2 got it right! :rolleyes:

Andrew76 · 12-08-2020 12:33pm

Don't be worrying about the colours, getting those games sorted alphabetically should be your biggest concern! :pac::pac:

Colonel Panic · 12-08-2020 12:50pm

I’ve just set up Swiss on my GameCube for the first time. After I finish Chrono Trigger, I’m planning on playing Skies of Arcadia, but it’s 480i only so here I am late to the party!

I used my soft modded Wii to copy the files over so all pretty painless.

Was please to see other boot options in there that will improve things. Inverting C stick, disabling dithering etc will be useful.

Dithering in particular looks awful via an OSSC as I had to change the sample rate to make games look right in 4:3 mode so it just looked strange!

briany · 12-08-2020 1:43pm

How fastidious are ye about replacing dead save batteries in carts? I've had a couple of carts come with dead batteries, which is understandable if the thing is 25 years old. I could learn to solder and replace the batteries real clean, like, and indeed soldering would be a handy skill to learn anyway. Or.... I could what I actually do and get a flathead screwdriver and some electrical tape and just bodge a new one in.

Colonel Panic · 12-08-2020 2:29pm

I checked mine recently and even some of my oldest carts are still reading around the 3V mark.

As soldering jobs go, it’s pretty easy. It’s even possible to keep your saves if you find the right points to temporarily attach another battery to.

KeRbDoG · 12-08-2020 2:57pm

Jack burton wrote: »

Just me or is that bezel thicker than it needs to be?

The monitor kinda looks like it is slightly smaller for that cab, so a custom bezel was made maybe?

o1s1n · 12-08-2020 3:05pm

briany wrote: »

How fastidious are ye about replacing dead save batteries in carts? I've had a couple of carts come with dead batteries, which is understandable if the thing is 25 years old. I could learn to solder and replace the batteries real clean, like, and indeed soldering would be a handy skill to learn anyway. Or.... I could what I actually do and get a flathead screwdriver and some electrical tape and just bodge a new one in.

I've gone with a few different options on mine. Originally I popped them off with a very sharp knife and taped a new one back on. This actually works absolutely fine and I had some carts last years like this.

Decided to go with a neater option, so sourced some battery holders. You've to be really careful when buying them as most wont fit due to a very limited space size. In the end I used these half sized ones:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-x-CR2032-Vertical-Coin-Cell-Battery-Holder/283117054906?epid=8004962404&hash=item41eb176bba:g:OooAAOSw1MBdWGr~

Still have them in loads of my RPG Megadrive and Snes carts. I didn't install them mind you, just bought everything and annoyed one of the lads on here into doing it for me

Gradius · 12-08-2020 5:27pm

Thought I was onto a killer the other day, an abandoned arcade. After much running around its just a dead end, absolutely no way to see inside or remove anything because it's tied up in some massive legal dispute.

What's inside?? Tantalising stuff!

But there's a rumble in the distance of something else huge so it's a case of hanging tight. So bloody slow these things.

briany · 12-08-2020 11:08pm

I don't understand why Nintendo doesn't do another run of those SNES minis. The price of new units has increased 3-fold which indicates there's still a certain amount of demand there and short supply to satisfy it.

Dr Bob · 13-08-2020 11:52am

Today I learned that this guy from Quake

Is actually a local lad from Dublin .
Well technically a Viking guy from "Dyfflin in the Celtic Isles",
but hey close enough
Basically the original Quake generic bad guy was brought back in a modern Quake game (Quake Champions) and you can unlock his backstory:
http://churchofquake.com/lore/death-knight-lore/
"West and west across the isle did the Death Knight lead his marauders. Against them stood, at first, painted warriors of great skill and berserk ferocity, who called upon foreign gods. Lugh. Ogma. Morrigu."
basically he's a mad bastard Dub who went west to carve up Ireland (into gibs)

Retr0gamer · 13-08-2020 12:07pm

Sounds more Like Oliver Cromwell.... the bastard.

Jack burton · 13-08-2020 12:34pm

That's just coked up Conor McGregor going to the Galway races

Shapey Fiend · 13-08-2020 9:47pm

Was one of the samurai in bushido blade meant to be Irish. Thought that was bizarre at the time but perhaps I'm misremembering.

Routine reminder that anybody who likes quake should try Dusk. Easily my fave game of the last decade. The level designs glorious.

Nintendo always under manufacture everything it keeps the brand premium. They can still sell Mario Odyssey for 60 euro two years on. Once you let the product become commoditized you're done. Other publishers/manufacturers could learn a lot from them even though on principal I hate the practice.

Colonel Panic · 14-08-2020 6:06pm

Anyone tried using only UV light to restore yellowed plastic? I've been hesitant to mess with Retr0bright, but read on UKVAC that this does the same thing albeit more slowly. Chemistry is NOT my forté!

I've added an unyellowed piece for contrast. The rest of the machine looks great. I really want to improve this it's my first import console and still going strong.

o1s1n · 15-08-2020 1:04am

Just found out that two Akira t-shirts I've been wearing for almost 20 years and putting through the wash and dryer without thinking twice and worth over 500 quid each. One recently sold for 750 USD.

I literally only wore one of them to bed last night and just legged it down to pull it out of the washing basket before it went through another cycle!

Not sure why I'm posting this in here, just absolutely gobsmacked and nobody in real life seems to know wtf I'm talking about! :eek:

Gradius · 15-08-2020 11:26am

Just mental. Cool, but mental

Checked a few out on eBay, yep, loads of bids, all floating toward a grand. And that's with "the faded look"...

o1s1n · 15-08-2020 11:48am

Yeah check out the price this went for!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/vintage-akira-Joker-T-Shirt-Size-XL-23-x-29-Movie-Promo-Rap-Tee-/164277478923?hash=item263fb3660b%3Ag%3AR9kAAOSwQRhfAhnD&nma=true&si=4%252BOro5nlJ1ZKtPKbEh%252Fi87gl5i0%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Here's a shot of my two I stuck up on reddit last night to see if there was any interest;

The one on the left is a little more faded and I've already received an offer of $550 on it. Hard to believe.

Here's a reflection of me wearing it with a tiger in 2007 :pac:

I tell you what, I may go digging through the rest of my wardrobe!

Gradius · 15-08-2020 12:01pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Yeah check out the price this went for!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/vintage-akira-Joker-T-Shirt-Size-XL-23-x-29-Movie-Promo-Rap-Tee-/164277478923?hash=item263fb3660b%3Ag%3AR9kAAOSwQRhfAhnD&nma=true&si=4%252BOro5nlJ1ZKtPKbEh%252Fi87gl5i0%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Here's a shot of my two I stuck up on reddit last night to see if there was any interest;

The one on the left is a little more faded and I've already received an offer of $550 on it. Hard to believe.

Here's a reflection of me wearing it with a tiger in 2007 :pac:

I tell you what, I may go digging through the rest of my wardrobe!

Sure one of the ones on auction has "pinholes" in it, in other words worn down big time.

I don't know anymore, it's like anything remotely cool from the 80's is crazy sought after. I used to think it was just a phase but it keeps going and going and going. It's like a multigenerational thing.

Mad, in an entertaining way

Inviere · 15-08-2020 12:17pm

Would it not be a LOT cheaper to just rip the design off and get a new tee printed? I mean it's a t-shirt...:o

DaveyDave · 15-08-2020 1:15pm

Inviere wrote: »

Would it not be a LOT cheaper to just rip the design off and get a new tee printed? I mean it's a t-shirt...:o

Surprised that's not the case considering the likes of Qwertee and Redbubble. Even Displate clearly have copyrighted stuff on there which puts me off buying from them.

I'd sell them. It's mad that old and worn clothing has some value but as soon as I wear a rare pair of Jordans once they're worth feck all!

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