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I'm definitely blind then; I was just on the site and didn't see that anywhere. Thank you! Gonna order one and replace the shell with a real SNES controller shell because reasons You know what's funny, though. I pretty much hate all PC/wireless controllers because they never, ever have 6 face buttons. I bought a few cheap Saitek brand USB controllers about 12 years ago and the sole reason was because they had 6 face buttons (like the Genesis 6 button pad). No matter how hard I try, I cannot play Street Fighter, MvC, or Killer Instinct using shoulder buttons. Like it's almost completely impossible for me but I play great when the 6 face buttons are there. The original XBox had the weirdest remedy for that: using the white and black buttons as if they were part of the other 4. 
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Light Gun Man posted:It's got playstation button labels are we sure it doesn't work on other stuff? It appears to share the same shell as this if not outright sharing the same electronics, and 8bitdo said that it works through USB as well as BT, so I'd be surprised if it didn't work on PS3 and 360 at the very least. It probably still wouldn't be tournament legal since it looks like it allows for programmable macros, though. Uncle at Nintendo posted:Gonna order one and replace the shell with a real SNES controller shell because reasons This was pretty much my plan as well.
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Has anyone installed viletim's N64RGB board (RGB on any N64 model) or SMSFM board (FM sound for certain Master System games)? As a heads up, they are back in stock now and I'm considering picking them up. If you've installed either or both in the past, how difficult was the process for you?
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Jadius posted:It appears to share the same shell as this if not outright sharing the same electronics, and 8bitdo said that it works through USB as well as BT, so I'd be surprised if it didn't work on PS3 and 360 at the very least. It probably still wouldn't be tournament legal since it looks like it allows for programmable macros, though. If they're actually using Mayflash parts then you might as well chuck them all out the window anyway once you get the shell because you'll want to gut it for Sanwas, whether or not it works on anything but what's advertised (Windows/OSX/Android). And yeah you'd have to kill off the macros. The whole modding prospect is way too expensive to be worth it for me.  flyboi posted:The real shame is I literally bought a FC30 off amazon like 3 days ago and it's coming in the mail tomorrow. That SFC controller is way sexier. That being said, you should totally test the FC30 on some USB compatible systems and tell us if it fails miserably or what.
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Does anyone know where I would be able to find box copies of the original Kings Quest games? I found KQ5 in the attic at my parents recently and was trying to find the others, is there anywhere I could look apart from ebay that anyone knows of?
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CyberPingu posted:Does anyone know where I would be able to find box copies of the original Kings Quest games? I found KQ5 in the attic at my parents recently and was trying to find the others, is there anywhere I could look apart from ebay that anyone knows of? I think I saw one at a thrift store, once. Or maybe that was a jewel case of Space Quest. It's a crapshoot.
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CyberPingu posted:Does anyone know where I would be able to find box copies of the original Kings Quest games? I found KQ5 in the attic at my parents recently and was trying to find the others, is there anywhere I could look apart from ebay that anyone knows of? Most retro stores don't deal in computer games so eBay, Amazon Marketplace, and others like them are essentially your only options. I actually happen to have a boxed copy of The King's Quest collection (1 through 5 since 6 wasn't released at that time) that I don't mind getting rid of since I have multiple copies of the games. I doubt that's what you have in mind, though.
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Well, I had a bit of a laugh today. My copy of SF2 for the X68K came in today. It came in a very nice and sturdy Genesis style clamshell case which I like.  Oh, and it's also the biggest game case I have ever seen.   I don't think the pictures do it justice. This thing is absurd in person. wash bucket fucked around with this message at 00:54 on Feb 19, 2015 |
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Feb 19, 2015 00:36
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5.25" disks.  That's a nice, and ridiculous, box.
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I was like, "hey, a cool Mega Drive style case", then I saw a MD case next to it. Jesus, that thing is humongous and amazing.
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Not gonna lie, I wanna put my greasy fingers all over those 5.25" floppies...
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If PC games came in clamshells like that all the time in the US, I'd be collection PC games for sure.
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McCracAttack posted:Oh, and it's also the biggest game case I have ever seen. How big is it compared to a Neo Geo AES case?
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8-bit Miniboss posted:If PC games came in clamshells like that all the time in the US, I'd be collection PC games for sure. It feels like it would be worth it to drive up the prices on x68000 games just to collect boxes like that.
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Not 100% retro but the FC30 came today Which means I can play Castle in the Darkness now hell yeah! Anyways there's no way this would ever work on PS3 or the sort. There are 7 main modes of operation for the FC30 outlined here http://www.fc30.com/eng/fc30-manual.html However in "joypad" mode the digital pad map to UDLR on your keyboard and then the other buttons map to joystick buttons.
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flyboi posted:Not 100% retro but the FC30 came today I have no need for this but I want it. 
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Cloks posted:I have no need for this but I want it. I wanted it for my Surface as wires is really obnoxious while traveling if can be avoided. Also I guess I should've said a little about the pad. It's extremely responsive and very well built which is a refreshing change for most of the chinese garbage that gets pumped out. I'm not sure why but I can't seem to get the thing to pair unless I repair it manually every time. Probably PEBKAC but hey. Also Castle in the Darkness runs like poo poo in Windows 8 
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Lifespan posted:How big is it compared to a Neo Geo AES case? Well, it's exactly as wide as an MVS cart. AES carts are about the same size, right? I guess an AES case would have to be wider then.  In other news this version of SF2 has a weird sound hitch: it can only play one sound effect at a time. So if you do a hadouken and it hits before Ryu's done yelling it won't make a sound when it hits. That's actually more than a little distracting. I'm finding lots of minor things like this that poke holes in the idea that the X68000 had "arcade perfect" versions of everything.
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McCracAttack posted:Well, I had a bit of a laugh today. My copy of SF2 for the X68K came in today. It came in a very nice and sturdy Genesis style clamshell case which I like. Man, for all the gushing about how the Japanese aesthetic is one of compactness and refinement, this sure seems extravagant and decadent. Though I guess it makes sense if it's including a controller adapter, too. On the other hand, consider the customer profile for this in the context of the era: 1. Owns a PC. 2. Doesn't just own a PC, but owns an X68000. 3. Wants to own Street Fighter II, a mondo rear end hit game in the early 1990s, which was pretty expensive for the 16-bit consoles when it came out. So the big box is like, I don't know, 24K gold trim on a luxury vehicle's leather user's manual. It just shouts "Yes, I am yuppie bourgeois scum with pretensions of class and luxury  ".McCracAttack posted:Well, it's exactly as wide as an MVS cart. AES carts are about the same size, right? I guess an AES case would have to be wider then. It makes sense that Capcom would do arcade development on the X68000, since it shares the same CPU architecture, Yamaha sound chip, and general video capabilities as the CPS1 arcade system. But yeah, I'd doubt "arcade perfect" is going to be the case; the sound stuff you mention may be due to the X68000 lacking the extra Oki OKI6295 ADPCM chip that the CPS1 has. Perhaps Capcom just purged the functions of the game that relied on it, rather than adapting it to the X68000's audio configuration.
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Kthulhu5000 posted:On the other hand, consider the customer profile for this in the context of the era: Now consider all of that in a modern context. 1. Owns a retro PC. 2. Doesn't just own a retro PC, but owns an X68000. 3. Wants to own Street Fighter II, a mondo rear end hit game in the early 1990s, which has far better and easier to find ports on a billion other systems. I'd say "yuppie bourgeois scum with pretensions of class and luxury" still pretty much covers it. 
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McCracAttack posted:Well, it's exactly as wide as an MVS cart. AES carts are about the same size, right? I guess an AES case would have to be wider then. IIRC that game has SC-55 support so likely the sound is fucky unless you're using an external source for music to not have dropped effects.
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flyboi posted:Anyways there's no way this would ever work on PS3 or the sort. My NES30's D-Pad works on the PS3 but that's it. No part of it works on the 360. The build quality on their stuff is definitely above average for typical Chinese aliexpress merchandise but I have to mention that today after weeks of sticking button issues I opened the controller up to find that the B button portion of the rubber membrane inside of the controller has become torn. That does make some sense seeing as how 99% of the usage that the controller's seen has been from my girlfriend playing Super Mario World, but I've only had the controller since August and I've never had that happen with a controller that I've owned in the last 30 years. I'm going to email 8bitdo and see if I can get a replacement part, or maybe 400 replacements if they're halfway affordable. I love this controller that much.
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McCracAttack posted:Well, it's exactly as wide as an MVS cart. AES carts are about the same size, right? I guess an AES case would have to be wider then. Wow, that thing is huge. AES carts are a touch smaller than MVS, but they are sideways in the case, so the case is definitely smaller than what you have.
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Yoshinori Ono did the sound on that port, incidentally.
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McCracAttack posted:I'm finding lots of minor things like this that poke holes in the idea that the X68000 had "arcade perfect" versions of everything. It was as close to the arcade as you could get for Capcom stuff for it's time. Compared to newer technology or stuff like the Neo-Geo where it's the exact same hardware, it's really not a great system for arcade ports today. The games that were designed exclusively for the X68K are a lot more fun than the supposedly amazing ports which have aged really badly, imo e: if you really want to play some good ports on the x68k look into stuff slightly older than CPS. There were shitloads of 80's/early 90's arcade games that got nearly perfect ports, micomsoft did a lot of the work on these and you'd swear you're playing MAME roms. personally I don't really get this use of the system but they're some of the cheaper/easily gettable releases if you want physical copies Kthulhu5000 posted:Man, for all the gushing about how the Japanese aesthetic is one of compactness and refinement, this sure seems extravagant and decadent. Though I guess it makes sense if it's including a controller adapter, too. The Neo-Geo AES also fits into the weird/awesome big tymer game nerd thing Japan had going at the height of the bubble economy. I guess the modern equivalent is $500 BD boxsets of moe anime  e2: If you want to understand just how absurd/baller the x68k was remember that the "standard" in Japan at the time was the PC98 on the high end and the MSX2 on the low end, both systems more suited for RPG/adventure/porn games and required a whole lot of programming effort to approximate decent action. The x68k was used by game developers in the same way SGI workstations were when 3D was taking over, they did the graphics work on them and then built custom arcade boards to actually run the games. d0s fucked around with this message at 05:56 on Feb 19, 2015 |
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kynikos posted:Has anyone installed viletim's N64RGB board (RGB on any N64 model) or SMSFM board (FM sound for certain Master System games)? As a heads up, they are back in stock now and I'm considering picking them up. If you've installed either or both in the past, how difficult was the process for you? I installed the SMSFM board in my Master System last year and it was a breeze. There's a tiny bit of very simple soldering to do and that's it. More consoles should have easy to use internal edge connectors.
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d0s posted:It was as close to the arcade as you could get for Capcom stuff for it's time. Compared to newer technology or stuff like the Neo-Geo where it's the exact same hardware, it's really not a great system for arcade ports today. The games that were designed exclusively for the X68K are a lot more fun than the supposedly amazing ports which have aged really badly, imo Yeah, you've warned about that before and the more ports I try the more I agree with you. I don't suppose you could give a top 3 of original games to check out? So far the only non-port on my short list is Mad Stalker. Pretty sure that image (and character) is a brazen rip-off of an anime.
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McCracAttack posted:Yeah, you've warned about that before and the more ports I try the more I agree with you. I don't suppose you could give a top 3 of original games to check out? So far the only non-port on my short list is Mad Stalker. If I only had to pick 3: Geograph Seal Aquales Nemesis '90 Kai But there are way more than 3: Castlevania Genocide 2 Phalanx Last Battalion Étoile Princesse Zero Rei Zero Master Striker Super Star Shooter Cho Ren Sha 68k Granada R+R Thunder Force 2 Asuka 120% Die Bahnwelt (Use goon RadicalR's excellent translation: http://radicalr.pestermom.com/game.html#dw ) Sol-Feace Cyber Core This is off the top of my head and there are like 10 more good original games I'm forgetting, may edit this post when I get home tonight. e: Definitely get Mad Stalker, it's awesome d0s fucked around with this message at 15:39 on Feb 19, 2015 |
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McCracAttack posted:Pretty sure that image (and character) is a brazen rip-off of an anime.
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So I realize that this probably makes me a monster for saying so, but can anyone recommend a good X68k emulator? I think after the discussion of how hard it is to get the actual hardware running and how expensive it is, short of going to Japan and snagging one [which I assume is cheaper than getting one domestically?] I think I'm going to just resign myself to emulation. Still want one of those amazing micomsoft sticks though, man their controllers are nice. Just found this SFC one on ebay, that's a fine looking controller: http://www.ebay.com/itm/MICOMSOFT-S...=item4abc7cbfdb though I prefer the all black with red/yellow button motif of their others, that's kind of neat. e. and is there an actual Goodxxxx ROM set for it? Well I guess disk images in this case but whatever e2. What in the actual gently caress: http://www.ebay.com/itm/SEGA-MEGA-D...=item20f5f4cd43 Code Jockey fucked around with this message at 19:41 on Feb 19, 2015 |
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liquid courage posted:who was it that posted the breakdown of different n64 replacement control sticks? it was like hundreds of pages ago, but hopefully whoever it was sees this and reminds me because i'm currently looking through the whole thread and it's tedious as gently caress. I don't remember the breakdown but I think the short answer right now is they're all terrible. The ones that try to mimic the N64 style are usually stiff and grindy while the Gamecube style have a wonky sensitivity curve that make it hard to play games like Goldeneye and Smash. I would love someone to prove me wrong though. Code Jockey posted:Still want one of those amazing micomsoft sticks though, man their controllers are nice. They are very nice and a fun collectable but they don't do anything you can't already do with a modern arcade stick and an adapter. What system would you want to use it with? wash bucket fucked around with this message at 21:02 on Feb 19, 2015 |
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Code Jockey posted:So I realize that this probably makes me a monster for saying so, but can anyone recommend a good X68k emulator? I think after the discussion of how hard it is to get the actual hardware running and how expensive it is, short of going to Japan and snagging one [which I assume is cheaper than getting one domestically?] I think I'm going to just resign myself to emulation. XM6 Type G. You'll need the X68k bios. Thanks for the shout out on Die Bahnwelt! Maybe one day, I'll do a LP of it.
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Harlock posted:I thought it might be Demon City Shinjuku, but I guess I was so very wrong. Perhaps it's Doomed Megapolis:  And Wikipedia (for all it's worth) states that the series protagonist, Yasunori Katō, was an inspiration for M. Bison. Check out the live-action film image in that link; absolutely M. Bison-esque. Code Jockey posted:e. and is there an actual Goodxxxx ROM set for it? Well I guess disk images in this case but whatever Check out the TOSEC collections on Archive.Org. Kthulhu5000 fucked around with this message at 23:09 on Feb 19, 2015 |
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Code Jockey posted:e2. What in the actual gently caress: http://www.ebay.com/itm/SEGA-MEGA-D...=item20f5f4cd43 That design is a lot of things, but "intelligent" is not one of them.
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Uncle at Nintendo posted:If it makes you happy, the Micro has such a terrible speaker that it might as well be off. I can barely hear the thing, even at full volume. I still love it, though. I got the speaker working by taking it apart and bending the contacts back
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Kthulhu5000 posted:And Wikipedia (for all it's worth) states that the series protagonist, Yasunori Katō, was an inspiration for M. Bison. Check out the live-action film image in that link; absolutely M. Bison-esque. He's also very obviously inspiration for Devil Summoner's Raidou Kuzunoha the XIVth. 
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