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d0s posted:I don't think they meant to make it the exact dimensions of an arcade marquee, rather to make it the same shape as one and scale it down a bit so it's all on one page, which I would really prefer too. Making a book in the shape of a bezel would be pretty hilarious though
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My Lovely Horse posted:You could hide things in it! Not if the covers are square-donut-shaped as well, which they should be.
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It's crazy how much better Sega was and is at everything than everyone else.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:It's crazy how much better Sega was and is at everything than everyone else. I think VIZ should take credit for those ads. SEGA just okayed them.
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Shadow Hog posted:It was at his GDC presentation this year, where he compared availability of original versions of video games (as opposed to ports and remasters) to availability of original versions of films; starts about here. That was great! Thank you!
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Sega VR. Welcome to the next level. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd98RGxad0U Just a game? No way.
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VR: Still only 25 years away
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It really is amazing how the aesthetic behind VR hasn't changed at all. That helmet looks better than Vive which is like an arm guard for a Gears of War character.
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falz posted:VR: Still only 25 years away Just like self-driving cars and automated houses
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TeaJay posted:Did the new firmware for the SD2SNES enable any games that didn't work previously? Doesn't look like it, outside of: quote:BS-X: new bsx page file by LuigiBlood! It was mostly dealing with in game hooks for the OS it runs.
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Saoshyant posted:Sega VR. Welcome to the next level. quote:The Sega CD moved quickly to become a dominant force in video gaming. I don't know how someone could write that with a straight face even in 1993. Edit: The fact that the hot new hardware releases that were the big events of the year were the Amiga CD, the Jaguar, and the LaserActive just makes it funnier. Random Stranger fucked around with this message at 01:09 on Oct 7, 2016 |
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Random Stranger posted:I don't know how someone could write that with a straight face even in 1993. To be fair, anything that would possibly blow away the Nintendo and Sega hegemony in the console gaming space was eagerly hailed. It's not that people hated or were tired of those companies, but at the end of the day, the 16-bit consoles were more evolutionary than revolutionary (especially the Genesis). The games paradigm, by and large, was still sprite-driven 2D games, just with more colors and better sound. So the prospect of something coming out and doing even that better was something to contemplate, and there was always the exhilarating possibility that some dark horse would come out of left field and and cause a major black swan event in the industry. Or something like that. Of course, we can't rule out that game reporting (as opposed to game reviewing) has probably always suffered from talking up stuff on the horizon; it's better to be positive and ultimately wrong than to be negative (even if you might ultimately be right in the end).
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My brother just picked up a Nintendo 64 but it didn't come with a video cable. Are the aftermarket ones any good or should I look for an official multi-out? We just need composite for now.
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Random Stranger posted:I don't know how someone could write that with a straight face even in 1993. The Sega CD seems a dead end today, but it nonetheless moved two million units and lasted almost three years. It really wasn't a failure; if it had been, Sega wouldn't have redesigned it and attempted another peripheral with the 32X. And the Sega CD arguably WAS a major force in 1993, though not necessarily to a good end. It brought the FMV trend to consoles in a way that people couldn't ignore as easily as the TurboGrafx CD.
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The CD's coming to the console were a really big and cool thing, and people actually liked the loving FMV games back in the early 90's. The intended goal for the CD systems was more Soul Star, Sonic CD, or Rondo of Blood. People just decided that a FMV game was quicker money and easier to make.
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Mush Man posted:My brother just picked up a Nintendo 64 but it didn't come with a video cable. Are the aftermarket ones any good or should I look for an official multi-out? We just need composite for now. If it's just composite anything should work.
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Elliotw2 posted:The CD's coming to the console were a really big and cool thing, and people actually liked the loving FMV games back in the early 90's. The intended goal for the CD systems was more Soul Star, Sonic CD, or Rondo of Blood. People just decided that a FMV game was quicker money and easier to make. fmv games are godlike though. night trap is one of my favorite games of that era along with wirehead.
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Kid Fenris posted:The Sega CD seems a dead end today, but it nonetheless moved two million units and lasted almost three years. It really wasn't a failure; if it had been, Sega wouldn't have redesigned it and attempted another peripheral with the 32X. Two million units is terrible for a hardware platform in 1993 and the redesign had more to do with the absolute chaos in Sega management at the time than any playing off of success.
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Kid Fenris posted:And the Sega CD arguably WAS a major force in 1993, though not necessarily to a good end. It brought the FMV trend to consoles in a way that people couldn't ignore as easily as the TurboGrafx CD. TG16 CD wasn't really about FMV or ~multimedia~ though, it just added more storage and CD quality music, the vast majority of the games were still sprite based, maybe with some heavily compressed anime cutscenes in 8 colors
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Kid Fenris posted:It really wasn't a failure; if it had been, Sega wouldn't have redesigned it and attempted another peripheral with the 32X. Doubling down on failure was Sega's greatest defining characteristic.
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The intended goal for CD systems was to bridge the gap between multi-media video games and consoles which were limited by storage. It was already a niche but popular genre in arcades throughout the 80s so when the opportunity to port it to consoles became available it's a no-brainer business decision. Digital Pictures produced the bulk of Sega Cd's multimedia games and they got started by buying up Hasbro's failed VHS game console, Night Trap and Sewer Shark were filmed in the late 80s and shelved. And Data East's Time Gal, Road Avenger, Cobra Command, and Taito's Ninja Hayate are all from 1985. So Sonic CD and Rondo of Blood are the evolutions.
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Mush Man posted:My brother just picked up a Nintendo 64 but it didn't come with a video cable. Are the aftermarket ones any good or should I look for an official multi-out? We just need composite for now. If there is S-Video on the display your brother and you are using, this cable is generally recommended for it: http://www.ebay.com/itm/131782319627?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Otherwise, any general SNES composite cable should work OK, though official ones aren't too expensive (last I checked, anyway).
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Doubling down on failure was Sega's greatest defining characteristic. That can't be right, I was told Sega did what Nintendon't.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Doubling down on failure was Sega's greatest defining characteristic. The Titanic, much like Sega hardware was loving amazing, ahead of its time and sunk like a rock
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Kthulhu5000 posted:If there is S-Video on the display your brother and you are using, this cable is generally recommended for it: We haven't even decided where to set it up, haha. I know about video quality but it's not a priority at the moment. Is there somewhere online where I can buy the official cables though? Wasn't able to find them on my own.
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Mush Man posted:We haven't even decided where to set it up, haha. I know about video quality but it's not a priority at the moment. Ebay is your best bet though, um, your profile suggests you're Down Under? There's this Australian Ebay seller that says they're located on your continent, selling used but original cables: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/232006206553 Otherwise, pretty much anything you can find from a local retailer, OEM or not, should work well enough.
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Kthulhu5000 posted:Ebay is your best bet though, um, your profile suggests you're Down Under? There's this Australian Ebay seller that says they're located on your continent, selling used but original cables: Thanks a lot. Yeah, was about to edit in that I'm in PAL/AUS.
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PAL N64s don't do S-video for... some reason, so unless you get the thing modded you're gonna be stuck with composite anyway.
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Doc Morbid posted:PAL N64s don't do S-video for... some reason Because it was cheaper that way  .
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Random Stranger posted:Two million units is terrible for a hardware platform in 1993 and the redesign had more to do with the absolute chaos in Sega management at the time than any playing off of success. Two million units (I've seen six million elsewhere) and two hundred titles is actually pretty good for a peripheral system, considering how those often go over. d0s posted:TG16 CD wasn't really about FMV or ~multimedia~ though, it just added more storage and CD quality music, the vast majority of the games were still sprite based, maybe with some heavily compressed anime cutscenes in 8 colors FMV games figured prominently into the initial TurboGrafx CD push in North America, though. Look at the ads circa 1991 and you'll see It Came From the Desert and Sherlock Holmes promoted more than Valis II or Ys. Kid Fenris fucked around with this message at 14:57 on Oct 7, 2016 |
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Oh hey, many years later, Saturn Policenauts got a translation patch. Readme with notes/changes: http://policenauts.net/english/files/Policenauts_Readme_English_Sega_Saturn_V1.0.txt
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This past weekend I saw someone selling a Sega Genesis on Craigslist for $30 and I couldn't pass up on it. I used to have a Model 1, but I sold it to my older brother to pay the bills back when I was going to university. Unfortunately, that one doesn't work any more, but my brother is letting me borrow all the games I sold him and in fact is trying to sell them back to me. The Genesis I bought came with the console itself, one controller, and five games - Sonic 1, Sonic 2, Decap Attack, James Pond, and that horrible US Gold Winter Olympics '94 game. The rest of the collection was brought over by my brother:  Unfortunately, I don't have end tables, so I have things set up on a chair I wasn't using. I'm storing the cartridges in old Gunpla boxes so if I'm to spend more money I think my first priority should be getting some kind of better encasement rather than picking up rarer things the collection is missing. I don't really care for boxes, but some of the carts are in bad enough condition and I want them to be playable. I know this is missing a lot of really great Genesis games like M.U.S.H.A, the first two Shining games, etc. but I'm very happy with the collection so far. Here are all of the games (except for NBA Jam which is in its box):  There are two copies of Sonic 2. The one without the sharpie in the top left is the copy we already had. The one with the sharpie is the one that came with the Genesis. It is a Blessed Cart and it has always worked the first time I put it in the console. I haven't tested a few games, but I've been able to get all of the ones I have tested to work so far, with some persistence. Oh, my brother also brought two more controllers and a Game Gear copy of Sonic 2. Only one of the three controllers works rather well so I need to pick up more of these, too.  What does a good price sound like for the rest of the games, if I'm to buy them off my brother?
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Finally got my hands on a High Definition Graphics Genesis model 1 (VA6), and now I'm being bugged by how it overhangs my model 2 Sega CD. I check ebay and all the auctions for the extender and plate are more than I paid for the console. 
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Zonekeeper posted:Finally got my hands on a High Definition Graphics Genesis model 1 (VA6), and now I'm being bugged by how it overhangs my model 2 Sega CD. I check ebay and all the auctions for the extender and plate are more than I paid for the console. In the same boat. I'm toying with the idea of buying one with the extender plate and just selling off the console. 
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I mean, the extender is just a piece of plastic you set under the Genesis, go get a black box.
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kirbysuperstar posted:Oh hey, many years later, Saturn Policenauts got a translation patch. If anyone actually does the patching, could you do a "for-dummies" type of guide? I'm reading the official guide, but I can't get the patch running. I get an error like this: "file open failed: read: POLICENAUTS_1-1.iso: The system cannot find the file specified." Even though I have named the file exactly like that. e: Disregard, I'm an idiot who names his files file.iso.ISO This is pure Kojima though, haven't got past the opening movie yet. TeaJay fucked around with this message at 21:15 on Oct 7, 2016 |
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