I live in the Manchester region tried a place called Retro Games in Affleks Palace but they only had 4 games which were a crap selection as well.
My local gamestation no longer has any (i remember them having a glass cupboard full of MegaDrive & SNES games).
So apart from ebay & the sunday car boot sales is there any retro shops around the Machester area or even greater Manchester area ? ]]>
Personally i no longer feel the need to purchase any gaming magazines (even retro ones) :eek: as i game little and read even less nowadays, but i'm sure there are people on AVF that would be interested to hear from people that may have already tried this one and those who haven't may like to check out the review.
YouTube - Classic Game Room HD - RETRO GAMER Magazine review ]]>
I have a Sega MegaDrive 1 with the Megas CD.
With my old CRT TV I had made a cable to connect from the Sega Din out socket to the TV BNC in socket.
I now have a LCD TV with every connection under the sun but BNC.
I connected the Sega via the Coaxil but the picture quality is pants - real poor.
Is there a cable available or does anyone know how to make a cable to connect from the Din Socket to a scart or what options are available ?
Any suggestions would be appreciated. ]]>
Maybe you have ideas but don't have the time to implement them into your own thread, don't know where to begin or just don't know how to go about it, post them here and let's see if after a bit of discussion, between us either solely or with a little assistance maybe even involving the forming of a small team (if required) a few of them could come to fruition.
Please make sure your idea is retro gaming related before posting.
Don't worry if a thread has already been created on the subject matter, there is always room for improvement, just use the search function, i'm sure another member will provide a link if the idea has already been covered. ]]>
Ive seen a few of you guys posting picture of your collections and they are well impressive :thumbsup: so impressive that i thought there should be a thread dedicated to posting pictures of your collections! Hopefully there will be some good posts! To start of heres my collection!
ENJOY!
No retro room should be without a copy of the 1982 Video Game World Champions.
Unfortunately my office is not large enough to house my Mame cab which is banished to the spare bedroom.
Using a Rf aerial cable btw. ]]>
I find it interesting that the technology at home has taken over these days and possibly since the early-mid 90s. Arcades used to be packed cos the conversions on home computers weren't that great. I mentioned Gauntlet to a 20-something gamer a few years ago and he didn't know what it was! I was horrified and felt quite ancient! Much like the wizard in Gauntlet lol. Incidentally, I always need food badly. :grin:
I went to the London Trocadero a couple of years ago with my brother and it wasn't very busy. They even still had an ice hockey game like NHL on the Megadrive (the one where they copied the Madden sound effects). :grin: These arcades will be known as 'museums' before too long hehehe.
Think of all the 80s movies that had arcades in them too. Remember the classic Tron? I loved that film and game in the arcades.
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Or the Popcorn - Hot Butter music on Pengo?
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Post your arcade memories or favourites from back in the day... ]]>
I'm just curious as to what the 3DO had for a gpu as some of its games like starfighter are vastly superior to the psx and saturn versions with better lighting, graphics effects, frame rates etc. Look here at starfighter on saturn (psx version is no better as I have that) and then the 3DO version. I can't seem to be find the information on line and just wondered if anyone had come across any interesting info.
saturn
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psx warhawk
You can see the saturn has all sorts of clipping and fogging effects in action to keep the frame rate up and the lighting is pretty weak. The game is transformed on 3DO and looks and plays fantastically. I realise the saturn has fairly weak 3D hardware but the psx version is just the same.
I've used Warhawk to demonstrate a similar game on psx. Its not as open and you can see its running at the minimum psx resolution. You can't deform the landscape like starfighter so its 3D engine is a lot more simplistic.
A similar story can be seen for Need for Speed. Doom on the 3DO is pretty hopeless though. I just wonder how powerful the 3DO gpu is and who designed it?
This is all the information I can find;
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Display *Truecolor 640x480 pixel resolution (approximately 16.7 million colors) *Two accelerated video co-processors capable of producing 9-16 million pixels per second (36-64 megapix/s interpolated), distorted, scaled, rotated and texture mapped System board *Super-fast bus speed (50 megabytes per second) *36 separate DMA channels for processing data quickly *2 megabytes of RAM *1 megabyte of VRAM *2 expansion ports |
Yep they are there and some people will probably never know they exist, hence the reason behind this thread.
If you own one of these cheap plastic alternatives or are considering buying one then post in here.
Retro Duo (plays Nes and snes)
YouTube - Retro Duo Unboxing - NES and SNES All In One! RetroDuoYouTube - Retro Duo Review and Setup - RetroDuo NES & Super Nintendo Game System
FC 3 plus (plays nes snes and genesis)
YouTube - Unboxing FC3 Plus 3 in 1 NES, SNES & Genesis Game SystemYouTube - FC 3 Plus Review & Game Compatibility List - 3 in 1 System
GenX (plays nes and genesis)
YouTube - GenX Unboxing - Original Nintendo & Genesis SystemYouTube - Gen-X Dual Station Nintendo & Genesis - GenX Review & Setup
FC Twin (plays nes and snes) and also the aptly named by same company GN Twin (plays genesis and nes)
YouTube - Classic Game Room HD - FC TWIN review: NES & SNESYouTube - GN Twin - Genesis & NES In One System! - Unboxing
Retro Duo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
FC Twin Video Game System - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Note i own none of the above (hence don't ask my opinion) and they are posted solely to show they exist and maybe incur some discussion. ]]>
Just wondering how you do this?
I have a megadrive, a SNES, a N64 a Dreamcast and an Amiga. I tend to play on one for a while and then rotate but it would be great if I could have them all set up together.
How would I do this.
Mickey ]]>
http://uk.gamespot.com/psp/sports/ca...result;title;9 ]]>
P.s. What accessories should I get with it? Two controllers? Anything useful? Not sure on when I'll buy one due to cash but want to think about it. ]]>