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So out of curiosity, does anyone else here have a bizarre and half unexplainable obsession with a certain type/theme of game, the more shameful the better. For myself I have probably played near every beyblade game ever released, why? Im not sure when I was younger I was interested in the building aspect of them and even to this day I still check them out whenever I can find a cheap game, and to summarise them, they all suck SO BADLY. Notably one of the GBA games has your opponents levelling up if you lose, which you will! So yeah, terrible retro related game obsessions, spill em!
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Jul 10, 2015 03:11
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Not sure on the general consensus but I always thought if you were going to go with a retron you should maybe consider some sort of emulation machine instead. Would probably cost more but you could put something together that could play a TON of games and systems, something to think about if you are going for a relatively innacurate machine anyway. edit: I turned an old 17inch acer laptop into an emulation machine, flipped the screen over to make it akin to a giant tablet, slapped in some emus and mad eit boot straight into hyperspin (pain in the rear end to setup but cool when its done)
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Jul 10, 2015 21:19
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Soul Glo posted:Eh, I wanna play my hard copy games with my first party controllers, and I don't mind the price tag. I just don't have space to keep my NES and Genesis hooked up, nor the space for a proper CRT so they wouldn't look so ugly. Everything ive heard says its more or less fine, its android emulation from cart which is a bit weird but apparently works. In the end its up to you, I doubt it will be perfect but then again ive played a ton of emulated stuff which wasnt perfect and i wasnt particularly bothered. Alternatively buy a bigger place to hold all your stuff, duh.
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Jul 10, 2015 21:29
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Soul Glo posted:I'll hit up some flea markets, see if anyone's sitting on a retro Victorian they don't know the value of. You want to stay clear of the old Victorians, they suffer from the worst bugs and the yellowing is just frightning.
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Jul 10, 2015 21:33
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I go for whatever is easiest, whatever the best quality I can get without mods since as a kid I played sega megadrive on a black and white tv basically anything is an upgrade. edit: Until i got a bit older and it was just scart everywhere Kea fucked around with this message at 22:51 on Jul 13, 2015 |
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Jul 13, 2015 22:48
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It occured to me that US goons probably dont get these bits of rubbish with their consoles I must have about fifty of these bits of rubbish, godamn scart. edit: I really hate scart Kea fucked around with this message at 02:58 on Jul 14, 2015 |
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Jul 14, 2015 02:54
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Been looking to see if I could find anything but the only thing ive found is a cryptic reference from here http://retrorgb.com/saturn.html " If you have trouble with the RGB SCART cable linked above, your console may require using composite video or luma as sync. You can try to modify it yourself, or just order a Saturn RGB SCART cable that gets sync from composite video." No explanation unfortunately, seems to be some dark art.
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Jul 14, 2015 03:27
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I bought an rfi gold and it works perfectly fine on both my ds and 3ds at a very reasonable price, though i did spend 3 hours convinced it was broken until i realised you needed to load some stuff onto the sd card which i couldnt find mentioned ANYWHERE before it would read it.
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Jul 15, 2015 12:22
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Saoshyant posted:
Im sure you tried this, but just to be on the safe side did you ensure the sd cards have the right stuff on them? without it the card will just throw up a "cannot read card" kind of error.
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Jul 15, 2015 12:35
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Saoshyant posted:Dang, either I have the shittiest luck with my cards or I dunno. Reading the above about the Wood kernel, I did not load that into my DSTT since I assumed it wasn't compatible. It's worth a shot, I guess. Still have the files around from my experiments with the R4i Gold dud. Ah right i justy checked and my card is actually a r4 3ds gold pro, like this:  drat them all having similar names, but i can highly recommend this and if oyu like i can double check the translation patch on it?
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Jul 15, 2015 12:42
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univbee posted:Given my R4 with the Wood firmware could run it I don't see why this newer revision would have trouble. Yeah just tested for the hell of it, runs it no problem. Pretty sure the r4 gold plus blah blah is only about $15 so highly recommended if you want apretty cheasp card that works like a charm on 3ds.
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Jul 15, 2015 13:17
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Wise Fwom Yo Gwave posted:Scroll up, kemosabe. When i see that my brain automatically goes PHOTOSHOP and im not sure why.
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Jul 15, 2015 23:30
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Heran Bago posted:poo poo. Here's something else then, also seen on imgur: Honesty? I dont hate this, seems like some serious work was put into it, assuming he either used a non working model or sold off the working mainboard I can live with this.
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Jul 16, 2015 00:46
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flyboi posted:
Learn to love the gigantic enter key, how else will you most efficiently mash it? Also i have had 3 or 4 dreamcasts through my hands and everytime I sell them on for a profit because I am the worst.
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Jul 16, 2015 00:53
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Not super oldschool retro but my partners grandad dropped by today with a box of my partners estranged sisters stuff that they have held onto for a couple of years, complete gamecube. gameboy advance, gameboy colour, gameboy advance tv tuner (hah) and a few other bits and pieces, apparently theres like another 3 boxes of assorted stuff. This was mixed up with stuff like random digital camera/cdplayer etc, not bad for free, we are gonna throw them a little cash for it.
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Jul 25, 2015 01:50
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So I know it has been discussed in here before but I havent had much luck finding the right information. I have just had to buy a new controller for my ps2 because my old one gave up the ghost, this has made me realise that the disc drive wont last forever. I Have a half decent PS2 collection (all the Jak games, Ratchet games, some Rpgs, amplitude/wipeout/mad maestro etc) and I would love to keep playing these, possibly in a much easier way. I remember it was possible to hook a HDD up to your PS2 to play games from the hard drive rather than the (dodgy) DVD drive. Anyone able to give me a quick rundown on how this is done and what I would need?
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Nov 28, 2015 16:12
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falz posted:Are you dragging *multiple* games simultaneously? The instructions are poor, this worked for me under wine: Apparently I hear this program wont work in an emulator.
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Dec 1, 2015 04:28
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RodShaft posted:I tried that first, then irc.synirc.net. must be my client. room is #retrochat
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Dec 2, 2015 16:02
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Not completely Retro but does anyone have any suggestions for good gamecube titles to pick up? If so can they be played on a wii?
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Dec 2, 2015 18:14
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Zaphod42 posted:Paper mario: thousand year door Way ahead of you on skies of arcadia, that game is amazing. Also have two copies of baten kaitos for some reason.
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Dec 2, 2015 18:26
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This may be a stupid question, a buddy of mine has offered me a wii but in his words "the disc drive is kind of knackered, it sometimes works" are they fixable or can you load the games to a disc or something?
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Dec 3, 2015 01:50
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:They are easily fixable/replacable, and you can also use homebrew to load games from external storage. Huh does that work for gamecube too? Also didnt some people use their wii as kind of an emulation box, was that any good?
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Dec 3, 2015 02:26
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:You can load Gamecube games from external storage; it used to only work with games you'd ripped yourself on that console but I'm sure you're can just transfer the ISOs by now. That sounds awesome, I might just have to see about setting it up as an emu box.
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Dec 3, 2015 02:40
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I have a ps2 controller here that looks in absolutely perfect condition but when hooked up to my PS2 the ps2 doesnt seem to read any of the button presses but the analog light comes on. Anyone have any ideas?
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Dec 3, 2015 15:01
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McFunkerson posted:Open it up and clean the pads/contacts with alcohol and look for cracks/bad solder joints while you're in there. Bloody thing recognises no wbut presses buttons at random.
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Dec 3, 2015 15:23
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PS2 controller is now pressing buttons at random, going to see if i can just get it replaced by the seller before opening it up.
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Dec 3, 2015 16:11
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I asked this before but didn't get much of a reply, I have a PS2 and a stack of games but I know they can apparently be modified to play the games off a hard drive (I hear you have to load the games from the actual discs but my information might be out of date). If I wanted to transfer my games onto a hard drive and play them on my PS2 does anyone know what I would need to do? The only thing I know is I would need a network adaptor or a usb HDD (possibly?) and some sort of boot software. If anyone could help me out I would appreciate it.
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Dec 5, 2015 00:52
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Random Stranger posted:USEFUL ADVICE Ah right thanks, I don't know anyone who has a modded memory card so I will have to see what I can do. Doing it as a christmas present to my partner who is a PS2 nut.
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Dec 5, 2015 01:05
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Kthulhu5000 posted:MORE GOOD ADVICE This is great but I will still need to somehow get my hands on a freemcboot memory card right?
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Dec 5, 2015 03:33
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Kthulhu5000 posted:Correct. Dammit, that will no doubt end up the hard part.
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Dec 5, 2015 04:22
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Looking up how to put homebrew onto the Wii, always looks so daunting.
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Dec 6, 2015 02:23
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G-Prime posted:Just use ModMii. It's trivial. It asks you questions about the setup of your Wii, you answer them, and it literally spits out a directory that contains the files you need and an annotated guide on the exact steps to get it done. Oh this is awesome thanks for the tip.
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Dec 6, 2015 02:38
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GlyphGryph posted:I'm really looking forward to giving my kid a taste of the retro experience in a few years, but my systems are failing, my save batteries are dead, I'm tired of getting things to work together, so what I am wondering is this:
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Dec 7, 2015 02:37
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d0s posted:Just picked up a free Toshiba 27A33 in nearly perfect condition, to replace my aging 1998 27" Wega. It's a CRT from 2003 with component/s-video inputs, but also a normal curved picture tube, rather than a flat one. I've wanted something like this for a while because I personally like the look of old games better on a good curved tube, it reminds me both of arcade monitors and how I played these games as a kid. I always find it funny people trying to emulate their experience playing games as a kid because my experience as a child was not getting a current console until the gamecube and before that playing starwing on a small black and white tv. Im twenty 27.
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Dec 7, 2015 02:43
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GlyphGryph posted:Yeah of course the wii is cheaper if you blatantly ignore the most expensive part of that plan. (Also the gamecube had like... Cubivore, Eternal Darkness and Monkey Ball, and the wii had nothing, in terms of games I'd want. I suppose that's three games worth of potentially worth it?) People are being a bit over the top but the reason they are trying to suggest alternatives is that the Retron isn't the best choice for running emulators. Since you don't want it just for that however it is probably the best for you.
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Dec 7, 2015 14:36
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GlyphGryph posted:Everything I play works fine on emulation to my knowledge (except maybe SMRPG I guess), I just like physical browsing especially while the system is in use and decent controllers because I have always enjoyed the social experience. Doesn't have to be carts per se just physical browsing with some nice art and that sort of poo poo. I didn't expect that the sort of thing where people would feel the need to angrily tell me that no what I really want is something completely different. This is another option you might like, you could try a pc or something with a ton of emulators in it all running a custom frontend. If you set up hyperspin properly for example (its a pain) You can control ti all with a 360 controller or similar and it will show you all the games and a bit of a blurb about them etc. It is a massive pain to set up but really really slick if done right.
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Dec 8, 2015 00:50
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GutBomb posted:
Thats why im getting a Wii, need to ribbit king tournament my partner. Thats a point, why are semi serious golf games so much fun? Mario gold, ribbit king, everybodys golf etc. Kea fucked around with this message at 01:35 on Dec 8, 2015 |
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Dec 8, 2015 01:17
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fishmech posted:What's the name of Kevtris's upcoming multi-console clone? Because that's going to wipe the floor with any of the existing ones when it's out in a few years, because it has cycle-accurate cores in the FPGA system, so pretty much the best you can get beyond ridiculously audio/video modded original consoles. I thought this was that kickstarter where he left? Or did he have his own thing coming out?
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Dec 8, 2015 03:24
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Kthulhu5000 posted:Man, people are getting testy about this. Yeah basically this, different strokes for different folks etc.
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Dec 8, 2015 11:15
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Turbinosamente posted:Speaking of Doom clones, whatever happened to the Chex one? poo poo what was its full title even? I am kinda disappointed now that I threw out or gave away the CD that came with the cereal. I know a quick google will probably get me the program, but I'm kinda curious if anyone here has the physical disc any more. Chex quest is what you are thinking about.
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