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Kid Fenris posted:Are you going to play the Suikodengaiden games as well as the DS and PSP titles? Suikoden 3 is really good tho. e : loving gently caress how do I keep starting new pages? Let me find something to post here. Here we go. I mounted my marquees over the weekend.   
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Heran Bago posted:I got maybe a quarter of the way through Water Margin and got really bored. Should I give it another shot? Or would you recommend one of the other three/five great Chinese classics? Tangentially related, should I ever bother with the Tale of Genji? It reminds me a lot of 1001 Arabian Knights where you have these nested stories that intertwine with each other and feel a lot more like folklore than a direct narrative. If you think that sounds good to you, then try diving into it again. On the other Great Novels (as opposed to great novels) I love Romance of Three Kingdoms and that's like China's Illiad. And if that's the Illiad then Journey to the West is The Odyssey. Both are similarly episodic and Romance has an absurdly large cast. If you don't care for reading that, then there have been multiple very good television adaptations of the book with the most recent one from about five years ago being especially terrific. I completely bounced off of Tale of Genji. That's okay, not every classic is for everyone. Kid Fenris posted:Are you going to play the Suikodengaiden games as well as the DS and PSP titles? I was joking about playing 1 through 5 and Tactics. I'm not really going to do that, though. That would essentially be my all gaming time for four and a half months.
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Apr 30, 2015 00:07
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FrumpleOrz posted:I didn't even know there WAS a sequel! I'll have to track that down and give it a shot. Played Quest for the Rings with half-understood kid rules, and it was pretty rad. Would totally get some nerds together to play it as adults.
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Apr 30, 2015 00:09
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:RE: Space Harrier, they actually touched up their port for the retail collection - they went back and "layered" all the sprites using a technique they debuted with 3D Fantasy Zone 1/2, and they added some extra options/configs because Hideki Kamiya wouldn't shut up about them on twitter - so if you really want the definitive version and can play JP 3DS games, grab the compilation. Was this the only 3D game which got an upgrade for the cartridge release, or did others?
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Apr 30, 2015 00:13
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Caitlin posted:Suikoden 3 is really good tho. Caitlin, what kind of tv is in this pic?
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Apr 30, 2015 00:17
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home movies brendan posted:Caitlin, what kind of tv is in this pic? The kind I spent $3.00 on at Savers (think Goodwill). It's a Samsung and I will tell you the model whenever I get home, though! I just don't know it off of the top of my head, sorry. 
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Apr 30, 2015 00:19
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univbee posted:Was this the only 3D game which got an upgrade for the cartridge release, or did others? A couple others had some minor bugfixes/corrections that weren't patched into the JP digital versions, but I don't know if those corrections were carried over to the NA/PAL digital versions, so I don't know how "exclusive" they are. In case you didn't know, the cartridge releases also includes the SMS games Space Harrier 3D and Outrun 3D, which can't and won't be made available elsewhere.
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Apr 30, 2015 00:20
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Caitlin posted:Here we go. I mounted my marquees over the weekend. Where'd you get that awesome Tar Man-ish skeleton thing? I think I need one because every day should be Halloween. kynikos fucked around with this message at 00:35 on Apr 30, 2015 |
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Apr 30, 2015 00:30
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home movies brendan posted:Caitlin, what kind of tv is in this pic? Samsung FM15K5.  kynikos posted:Where'd you get that awesome Tar Man-ish skeleton thing? I think I need one because every day should be Halloween. That is not Tar Man-ish, that is Tar Man! Made by 8 Bit Zombie. http://8bitzombie.bigcartel.com/product/body-bag People always notice the Power Glove but never notice that he has a My Pet Monster shackle.
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Apr 30, 2015 00:56
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Wow, I'm so jealous of your room. It looks so neat compared to mine... Also, love the Splatterhouse mount on the wall. I wonder, is playing the unlockable games from Splatterhouse 2010 okay?
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Apr 30, 2015 01:09
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RadicalR posted:Also, love the Splatterhouse mount on the wall. I wonder, is playing the unlockable games from Splatterhouse 2010 okay? The emulation seems fine, and I think it's the only time they've ever released the original arcade game on home consoles. They edited/replaced a bunch of the digitised stills in Splatterhouse 3, but it's not a big deal.
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Apr 30, 2015 01:16
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RadicalR posted:Wow, I'm so jealous of your room. It looks so neat compared to mine... Thank you  I live in a one bedroom apartment, so really the only other rooms are my bathroom, bedroom and kitchen (which connects to the living room), so since I'm a neurotic freak and I hate having a messy living room I've been having to think hard about how to make things work without just being piles of crap everywhere (which would drive me insane). Potential downside of anyone who comes to my house seeing everything all at once (besides what I have hooked up in the bedroom because you're drat right I'm gonna play games in bed), but oh well. There's a whole other bookshelf that is being overtaken with game stuff (the same size as that one but deeper) and a standalone storage tower that has all my Gamecube/Wii/Wii U/PS Vita titles. Also yes it is okay to play those versions. Honestly I had fun with Splatterhouse 2010 and like it (not love, but certainly like) and those are the most accessible (legal) versions of the other games to play. Even though I love  I won't snub my nose at all four Splatterhouse games for, at this point, sub-$10.fun : that Splatterhouse marquee is a custom piece by my friend who does custom arcade cabs and is signed by a bunch of world record holders; the largest signature is Billy Mitchell's (and he made sure of it) vv Shell looks great to me? Caitlin fucked around with this message at 01:21 on Apr 30, 2015 |
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Apr 30, 2015 01:17
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I finally did a thing without loving it up. Hooray! I'd like to find a less lovely shell at some point, but now I can play gb/c games in the most comfortable way possible. Glass lens, ags101 screen from a super hosed sp donor. Feels good.
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Apr 30, 2015 01:21
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Vegastar posted:I finally did a thing without loving it up. Hooray! Screen looks beautiful.
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Apr 30, 2015 01:37
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Vegastar posted:I finally did a thing without loving it up. Hooray! Looks great! Actually I want to bring this up since you reminded me. I did the same mod a while back and it came up fine and dandy. It was ok for a while. I put the GBA away for a bit and when I turned it on recently, I was greeted with this:  Any ideas what could be wrong? It wasn't stored improperly because I take spergtastic grade levels of care of my retro stuff. I didn't mess with the voltage when I did the mod. I do remember pinching the wire extra wire you have to solder down but I didn't see any damage at the time. I haven't opened it back up since then. The only thing I can think of is the screen might have been compressed? 
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Apr 30, 2015 01:58
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kynikos posted:Where'd you get that awesome Tar Man-ish skeleton thing? I think I need one because every day should be Halloween. Here you go, have a better picture of Tarman. He's so enthusiastic! 
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Apr 30, 2015 02:23
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:The emulation seems fine, and I think it's the only time they've ever released the original arcade game on home consoles. They edited/replaced a bunch of the digitised stills in Splatterhouse 3, but it's not a big deal. For some reason my little LCD TV has an issue with outputting the sound in those emulated versions. No idea what the gently caress, every other game I've thrown at it is fine. Also, I wish there were an option to make them fill out a 4:3 screen but nope, it's about as barebones an implementation as possible.
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Apr 30, 2015 02:28
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Heran Bago posted:Gunstar Heroes is getting a 3DS Sega Classics 3D remake. These have been extremely competent remakes so far and 3D Space Harrier might just be the best port of the arcade game yet next to the 32X version. I'm curious how they'll handle it. The Sega 3D classics on the 3DS are amazing. Ironically, Nintendo's releases are awful and lazy. Excitebike 3-d was great, but I could swear Kid Icarus 3d and Kirby's Adventure 3D are just being emulated it seems so lazy. Barely any 3D effect, 4:3, all sorts of stupid stuff. They tricked me with their Excitebike released and then released lazy trash after that. Sega's stuff is awesome, though. Unrelated but I thought someone here said I could use a Game Boy link cable to link a Super Game Boy 2 to my Game Boy Player on the Gamecube but it didn't work. Which cable do I need? The GB Pocket link cable?
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Uncle at Nintendo posted:Unrelated but I thought someone here said I could use a Game Boy link cable to link a Super Game Boy 2 to my Game Boy Player on the Gamecube but it didn't work. Which cable do I need? The GB Pocket link cable? Yeah, you need a Pocket or Color link cable, or two of the adapters (product code MGB-004) and the original link cable. And obviously this only works for games that play on an original Game Boy since the SGB2 is involved. The Wikipedia article is actually really helpful: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Link_Cable EDIT: I had a little trouble with Faceball 2000 at first but I unplugged the link cable and plugged it back in after both systems were already on and that did the trick. Discount Viscount fucked around with this message at 03:11 on Apr 30, 2015 |
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Apr 30, 2015 03:02
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Wamdoodle posted:Looks great! Actually I want to bring this up since you reminded me. Try loving with the pot under the right side of the back. There's a little hole for a tiny screwdriver or you can take the back plate off. Adjust slowly, maybe an 1/8th of a turn and test.
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drat you, Caitlin! Because of you I started following Windy Gaming, and because of that I just bought a Fix It Felix Jr. repro! (Oh my god I'm excited.) And I'll get to play it on the Genesis I've got shipping from Kazvall! (I also bought Top Gun and Rush 'n Attack, because I lost both of those in a fire when I was a kid and nostalgia rules all.)
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Caitlin posted:Here you go, have a better picture of Tarman. He's so enthusiastic! Yessssssss 
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Uncle at Nintendo posted:The Sega 3D classics on the 3DS are amazing. Ironically, Nintendo's releases are awful and lazy. Excitebike 3-d was great, but I could swear Kid Icarus 3d and Kirby's Adventure 3D are just being emulated it seems so lazy. Barely any 3D effect, 4:3, all sorts of stupid stuff. They tricked me with their Excitebike released and then released lazy trash after that. Sega's stuff is awesome, though. Kid Icarus definitely isn't being emulated - they fixed the controls, they added new backgrounds to all the stages, they mixed content from the FDS and NES versions, etc. Arika put a decent amount of effort into all the conversions, they just picked unexciting games to convert. Nintendo said they stopped doing them because they required more effort than anticipated and because the first batch didn't sell that well, but really, why did they think it was a good idea to waste their time on garbage like Urban Champion?
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Kid Icarus definitely isn't being emulated - they fixed the controls, they added new backgrounds to all the stages, they mixed content from the FDS and NES versions, etc. When they said Punch Out was going to be one of the first games I was excited. Years later now I still lack 3D Punch Out.
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Apr 30, 2015 03:49
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Square-Enix needs to get on the ball and make 3D Classics Rad Racer 1&2.
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Apr 30, 2015 03:50
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Silhouette posted:Square-Enix needs to get on the ball and make 3D Classics Rad Racer 1&2. I have been saying for years that someone needs to make a modern Rad Racer. It is still the one racing game I judge all others by.
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Apr 30, 2015 03:53
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Kid Fenris posted:Edit: You know, Tail Concerto and Solatorobo are a lot like Mega Man Legends in theit cutesy auras. Their gameplay is much simpler, though. You can finish Solatorobo easily without ever dying. Is Solatorobo any good? I still see the odd stray copy on shelves for cheap
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Apr 30, 2015 03:58
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Even as a Galaxy Force 2 Genesis/Saturn/Ages lover I have to say the 3DS 3D take on Galaxy Force 2 is the definitive version of the game. I know 3D tvs/console sopport tends to be gimmicky as hell but I would love to see these on the PS4 with 3D. Galaxy Force 2 in 3D on a big screen would be pure  on par with the first time I played Blaster.
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Check it, there was a Kung Fu 2 in the works back then: http://arcadeheroes.com/2015/04/28/kung-fu-master-2-prototype-discovered/ Hahaha, it was canned for Vigilante because they wanted a more Americanized game. 8-bit Miniboss fucked around with this message at 04:08 on Apr 30, 2015 |
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Apr 30, 2015 04:06
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That was the right thing to do at that time in theory, but I can't say I like Vigilante all that much. Check out that footage they somehow got it looking EVEN MORE like Game of Death.
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Apr 30, 2015 04:17
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Silhouette posted:Square-Enix needs to get on the ball and make 3D Classics Rad Racer 1&2. If they did it (and it really isn't a half bad idea), I'd hope they'd license "Highway Star" to play over the game. (Look up the Japanese title if you don't get it.) Neo Rasa posted:That was the right thing to do at that time in theory, but I can't say I like Vigilante all that much. I always mix up Vigilante (which is terrible and should be forgotten) with Renegade (which is terrible, but it's very significant due to all the things it directly led to).
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Caitlin posted:Suikoden 3 is really good tho. The supporting cast and the epilogue are neat, but the rest of the game is mediocre: the story drags, the battle system's too simplified, everything looks stiff and empty, and the three leads are all kinda dull (though I'll admit that Chris is a pleasant change from the usual RPG heroine). Suikoden really didn't take well to 3-D design. I found Suikoden V to be the best of the series after the first two, and even that one needs forever to get moving and hides its best ending behind some really lame decisions. quote:
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Been playing a lot of Ace Combat lately... 2, 3, 4 and 5. Why didn't any of the games after 2 have a rad soundtrack? poo poo was fire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpOscfpOXss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElfIpY6xvB4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQScHiG5Co4
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Kid Fenris posted:It's charming and colorful and really well-crafted, but it never lets go of your hand. If you're OK with a game never challenging you at all, give it a shot. Really? I've seen it listed on a bunch of EU/UK sites for next to nothing.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Really? I've seen it listed on a bunch of EU/UK sites for next to nothing. Its biggest carrier in the US was GameStop where it sold poorly. This made them remove the new SKU very quickly meaning all copies became "used" copies with their packaging discarded much sooner than would normally happen, so the US version complete actually is a little uncommon.
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I really need to find a nice tall shelf like Caitlin's. All my games are shoved in boxes because I got poo poo furniture.
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The_Frag_Man posted:I really need to find a nice tall shelf like Caitlin's. All my games are shoved in boxes because I got poo poo furniture. There are large online communities of people who are obsessed with Ikea furniture you may want to consider learning more about. Ikea is like way too expensive now, but the quality of their stuff has stayed the same and many of their better priced shelves are of course long discontinued. But anyways check Craig's List/etc. for Ikea shelves and you can get some amazing stuff. They used to have this one type, uh, Flarke? Same thing but like $20 each, so good. They have one now called Benno that's amazing for CDs. Anyways if space/time permits building your own stuff is rewarding but if that's not an option discontinued/second hand Ikea shelves are ambrosia.
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Caitlin posted:Here we go. I mounted my marquees over the weekend. Out of curiosity, what's the brown robot guarding your games there? Looks like a Robotech/Machross Valkyrie.
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Personally I'm losing my poo poo at the Dhalsim Hello Kitty.
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^^ Won from a crane machine Kid Fenris posted:The supporting cast and the epilogue are neat, but the rest of the game is mediocre: the story drags, the battle system's too simplified, everything looks stiff and empty, and the three leads are all kinda dull (though I'll admit that Chris is a pleasant change from the usual RPG heroine). Suikoden really didn't take well to 3-D design. Neddy Seagoon posted:Out of curiosity, what's the brown robot guarding your games there? Looks like a Robotech/Machross Valkyrie. I'm not saying it's the greatest game ever, but I really enjoyed it and having multiple perspectives for the story at the time was extremely unique. It's not necessarily that I fell in love with any one thing, but overall I found it to be a pleasant experience. Also, usually the blinds are shut tight because I'm a hermit anyway, but it photographs much better in sunlight, you know?  So the short one is a Robotech x EXO Squad mech I picked up sometime when K*B Toys was still a thing and the tall one is exactly what you think it is. I have a little plastic framed picture Minmei in a bathing suit too that came with a vinyl figure (long since destroyed by my dad's dog I think) of - of all characters - Misa Hayase  I also-also have a Mechwarrior/Battletech tattoo though, so Battletech wasn't a far off guess (and frankly Battltech kinda borrowed some of that design, yanno)
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