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Post by englishinvader on Oct 20, 2015 23:36:49 GMT
I sometimes use master gear on a Amiga 1200 which most games work well but some can be glitchy as well. On a laptop with XP kega fusion is good. I want to try dreamcast emulation in the near future, any idea where I can get a disc or ISO with games on it? Dreamcast emulation is good for Master System/Game Gear, NES, Atari 2600 (pretty much anything 8-bit although 7800 is a bit patchy) but it sucks for Mega Drive/SNES. It can also handle old school arcade fare (Galaga, Frogger) through MAME but don't expect Metal Slug or Chase HQ. The main drawback for Dreamcast emulation is that there is no hard drive storage which means you have to use bootleg discs that greatly reduce the lifespan of the GD-ROM drive. The original XBox is a much better alternative as an emulator console. On the subject of laptops, I have an 11 year old HP machine with a great screen and sound. I use it for home theatre/emulators on my coffee table when I want to relax on the sofa instead of sitting at my desktop. Here's a review of the machine from back in the day: www.cnet.com/products/hp-pavilion-zv5000z/I paid £900 for that beauty back in 2004 and I wouldn't trade it for anything on the market today.
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Post by englishinvader on Oct 17, 2015 0:16:01 GMT
Kega Fusion all the way for Mega Drive, Master System and Game Gear. The XBox 360 pad is useless as far as KF is concerned but I've been happy with a generic PC controller from my local Game store.
My hardware of preference is a home-built Linux desktop. Windows XP is still the best OS for emulators but Ubuntu isn't far behind and a lot of Windows emulators run flawlessly through Wine. Mint is good for most of the popular emulators but Wine isn't as reliable and a lot of emulators have issues upon entering/exiting full screen mode like system crashes or screwed up resolution (based on my experience with a Radeon HD5450 graphics card with an open source driver).
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Post by englishinvader on Oct 8, 2015 19:19:39 GMT
Mean Machines described Golden Axe Warrior as 'an uninspiring and uninteresting role playing game' 40% I was more surprised by the 92% for Golden Axe.
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Post by englishinvader on Sept 19, 2015 21:11:22 GMT
The SMS isn't that expensive in comparison to the NES/SNES/N64 and I've managed to find a lot of stuff on the high street in Cash Converters/CEX. As long as you don't have to have everything mint CIB and get an Everdrive for the expensive stuff, the SMS isn't too bad on the wallet.
Personally, I don't feel the need to have every SMS game. A modest collection of about 30 games is enough for me.
As a general rule, I don't encourage people to like a particular system but I do encourage people to keep a positive attitude. I believe that every console/computer has a story to tell and a voice to be heard and that it's our job as gamers/collectors/hobbyists to find those voices and hear those stories. If you walk away from a system and think "what a piece of rubbish", you haven't been approaching it in the right way.
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Post by englishinvader on Sept 18, 2015 23:18:37 GMT
BTW, since you're obviously a Rush fan I have to ask: Are you Canadian? Few people outside Canada know of them but they're a dynasty in our music industry. I saw them at the now defunct Maple Leaf Gardens on their Grace Under Pressure tour many moons ago. Just to see Peart's drumming live was worth the price of admission alone. He's a supernaturally skilled drummer who grew up in my neighborhood. I remember my high school English teacher regaling us with stories of what he was like as a student, etc. Great band! I've heard of Rush. My brother is a keen guitarist and listens to a lot of prog rock stuff like Rush and Dream Theatre as well as guitarists like Steve Vai and Joe Satriani. Incidentally, Geddy Lee went to the same high school as Rick Moranis (Keymaster from Ghostbusters).
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Post by englishinvader on Sept 17, 2015 15:02:48 GMT
Thanks for your responses. The general consensus seems to be that I would get better sound quality from a £20 boombox from Argos.
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Post by englishinvader on Sept 14, 2015 9:38:24 GMT
Just to be clear, are you using an original Master System? The Master System II is incompatible.
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Post by englishinvader on Sept 13, 2015 11:22:44 GMT
I don't have a record player but I have a couple of Ghostbusters vinyls that I found in a charity shop. One is the soundtrack album for the first film and the other is the 12" single for On Our Own which Bobby Brown (Mr Whitney Houston) did for Ghostbusters II.
I had the opportunity to play them on my girlfriend's sound system and I'm starting to realise what I'm missing. I don't have the space or money for a full-blown Hi-Fi system but a portable record player with built-in speakers might be doable. The only question is whether there is much trade off in sound quality.
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Post by englishinvader on Sept 1, 2015 10:04:08 GMT
Wave Race 64. They took a poor man's Micro Machines and turned the graphics and gameplay into something brilliant.
I've also discovered the original Gameboy. I invested in a backlit/biverted original model, a GB Boy Colour hardware clone (Chinese knock off of the Gameboy Color that comes with DS quality backlight) and a GB Everdrive and I've been rewarded with some fantastic games.
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Post by englishinvader on Aug 11, 2015 7:01:46 GMT
The Ninja - not exactly love at first sight. When I first played it, the graphics and sound seemed very dated and I kept getting killed. These days I think it's one of the best games on the system.
I was always intrigued by the really bad reviews Home Alone got (Sega Power gave the Game Gear version 9%, Mega Drive got 18%) and back in the day I rented the MD version and quite enjoyed playing it. I've said this before but one of the things I like about HA is that they actually made a game that reflects the plot of the film instead of making yet another 2D platform game.
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Post by englishinvader on Jul 30, 2015 19:37:30 GMT
Sometimes, yes really! Some people expect too much these days. At the WaterMelon boards, there is a developer called Vetea who made a new game called Papi Commando (Trailer here) and some guys over there criticize the game as too short and simple. I think it looks funny. Some guys have too high expectations and aren´t happy with a nice little entertaining game like this anymore, which is a shame. Just gave this game a try. Quite impressive for an individual effort. Apart from being a decent game with some intelligent mechanics, there is also an awesome intro. Thanks for sharing. The game seems to have been more favourably received at AtariAge.
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Post by englishinvader on Jul 27, 2015 11:12:54 GMT
One of the things I dislike about the homebrew scene is that a lot of communities (particularly Atari) only release games in cart form for a limited run and don't make the game available for download (even for a fee). As soon as the games go out of production, people ask £300 for them on eBay.
Most collectors will buy a game anyway whether they can download it for free or not so there is nothing to be lost by making a game available to everyone. It just stops eBay chancers from holding games to ransom and allows a game to be preserved for future generations.
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Post by englishinvader on Jul 5, 2015 22:45:45 GMT
The problem with kickstarter is that backers are the ones that put their money where the developers mouth is, if a game we are looking forward to is terrible then normally we wouldn't buy it, there is so much trust involved That's the whole point of Kickstarter. When you back someone, you believe in them and give them the chance to do something they wouldn't otherwise get to do. It's a big risk for developers too. If they promise something and fail to deliver, their names are mud.
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Post by englishinvader on Jun 21, 2015 11:22:35 GMT
Personally, I don't think Home Alone is that bad. At least they tried something a bit different and came up with a game that reflects the plot of the film which is more than can be said for a lot of the film tie-in platformers of that era.
I wouldn't pay megabucks for it though. I have it on Game Gear and both the GG and MD versions are a lot more common.
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Post by englishinvader on Jun 19, 2015 8:17:52 GMT
Hmm...I don't remember that one. Unless you're talking about Nam 1975, which was an arcade shooter. It was sort of FPS but you scrolled from side to side, like in Operation Wolf, and was set from the perspective of you on a boat on a river. Is that what you're talking about? No, this is the one I'm talking about: store.steampowered.com/app/329650/
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