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Trabant posted:It's also what makes it unforgiving if the record has a bunch of filler songs -- which they overwhelmingly do -- so throwing just anything on the player can be frustrating. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2VIw2_Yxa0 Flipperwaldt posted:If you absolutely insist, it's not all that hard to rip a cd into a single giant mp3 for a similar experience. I did this for disc 2 of Dream Theater's Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence. The disc is divided into tracks but I'll be damned if I'm ever listening to it fragmented instead of the intended uninterrupted 42 minutes 
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I saw Black Sabbath last year in Denver and their set list for that tour did not go into the Dio years or later. I know very little about Black Sabbath beyond their first two albums, but after reading about thwir discogrophy on Wikipedia, I am dumbfounded at how many records have that band's name on them.
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Iron Crowned posted:I haven't heard much of their post 
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era, but they were solid all around, I'd honestly say that Heaven and Hell is better than any of the Ozzy era albums
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Star Man posted:I saw Black Sabbath last year in Denver and their set list for that tour did not go into the Dio years or later. Black Sabbath was always Tony Iommi's band, no matter how much
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Iron Crowned posted:Black Sabbath was always Tony Iommi's band, no matter how much Yeah, I figured that out when I saw that Iommi was the only band member throughout the entire thing.
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Iron Crowned posted:I haven't heard much of their post lol get a load of this guy Star Man posted:I saw Black Sabbath last year in Denver and their set list for that tour did not go into the Dio years or later. They've retired from touring, right? Last chance I had to see them was in Calgary a few years ago. I was unemployed and broke so I couldn't make it 
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Flipperwaldt posted:If you absolutely insist, it's not all that hard to rip a cd into a single giant mp3 for a similar experience. Singe giant mp3 files are a tech relic themselves. It's how you dealt with the lack of gapless playback support.
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Mak0rz posted:They've retired from touring, right? Last chance I had to see them was in Calgary a few years ago. I was unemployed and broke so I couldn't make it Their last show was last spring at home in Birmingham. They've said through their official social media outlets that they've disbanded, but Iommi did say that they are open to doing one-off concerts or even another album in the future. I wouldn't be surprised if there's a show next year to celebrate the band's fiftieth anniversary.
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Mak0rz posted:lol get a load of this guy I know, I really need to get ahold their post Dio stuff. I will fight anyone who says Ozzy is the better vocalist though
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Stick Insect posted:Singe giant mp3 files are a tech relic themselves. It's how you dealt with the lack of gapless playback support. Those were dark days for goons like me who listened to prog rock every waking hour in college. There was a time where I painstakingly re-ripped all of my CDs as Vorbis files just so I can get them sweet segues and crossfades.
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Iron Crowned posted:I know, I really need to get ahold their post Dio stuff. I will fight anyone who says Ozzy is the better vocalist though Fight me irl
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Randaconda posted:Fight me irl I will!
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Star Man posted:Their last show was last spring at home in Birmingham. They've said through their official social media outlets that they've disbanded, but Iommi did say that they are open to doing one-off concerts or even another album in the future. I wouldn't be surprised if there's a show next year to celebrate the band's fiftieth anniversary. Maybe in the UK, yeah. I'm not sure if I can expect to see them in North America. Iron Crowned posted:I know, I really need to get ahold their post Dio stuff. I will fight anyone who says Ozzy is the better vocalist though Pick the time and place buddy. Randaconda posted:I may have posted this in another thread, but the fifth gen consoles took a few odd turns in the in the years before the release of the PS1 and N64 (and to a lesser extent, another of Sega's failures). What on earth is the monstrosity in the first image? Edit: Actually the only ones I recognize are the N64, Playstation, 3DO, Jaguar, and Saturn. What are the others? Mak0rz has a new favorite as of 18:42 on Jul 27, 2017 |
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Mak0rz posted:Pick the time and place buddy. I'll fight you both at the same time
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Iron Crowned posted:Black Sabbath was always Tony Iommi's band, no matter how much Agreed on the former, but on the latter... It becomes sooo much harder to strike that gold post-Sabotage. Or to put it in terms of my "play without skipping" approach: I'm a lot more likely to do that with their first 4 albums than anything that followed. (I've got your back on Dio being a better vocalist though) A relic:
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Randaconda posted:I may have posted this in another thread, but the fifth gen consoles took a few odd turns in the in the years before the release of the PS1 and N64 (and to a lesser extent, another of Sega's failures). I love how the PC-FX [bottom center] is this little baby ATX tower thing in a sea of flat wide traditional consoles. You do your thing, lil' anime FMV console!
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Mak0rz posted:Maybe in the UK, yeah. I'm not sure if I can expect to see them in North America. I wanna say the first one is that CD-I version where you could buy addons to play either Genesis or TG16 games. Bottom right is the doomed from the start Commodore 32, bottom middle is the PC-FX (follow up to TG16) and I have no idea what the middle top is. Randaconda has a new favorite as of 19:00 on Jul 27, 2017 |
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Trabant posted:Agreed on the former, but on the latter... It becomes sooo much harder to strike that gold post-Sabotage. Or to put it in terms of my "play without skipping" approach: I'm a lot more likely to do that with their first 4 albums than anything that followed. I'll agree that Technical Ecstasy and Never Say Die! aren't as good as their previous efforts, but they're far from terrible, and a lot better than people give them credit for. I think the problem is that everything before them was really tight and solid and had a similar sound where as TE and NSD have a different sound and feel to them. Trabant posted:(I've got your back on Dio being a better vocalist though) My man!  
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Randaconda posted:I wanna say the first one is that CD-I version where you could buy addons to play either Genesis or TG16 games. I thought the PC-Engine was the TG16  E: oh Code Jockey already identified it as the PC-FX Trabant posted:Or to put it in terms of my "play without skipping" approach: I'm a lot more likely to do that with their first 4 albums than anything that followed.  but also including Sabbath Bloody Sabbath.
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Top middle is a japanese only hosed up psuedo PC that used outdated architecure compared to the rest of the japanese market when it launched so it died real bad. It was intended to be installed in your car and do GPS functions and poo poo instead of just be a console. Edit: look up a picture of a Nuon for a truly hosed console controller. Also for a long time the home to the best version of Tempest or so im told. Barudak has a new favorite as of 18:57 on Jul 27, 2017 |
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Mak0rz posted:I thought the PC-Engine was the TG16 PC-FX, my mistake
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Randaconda posted:I wanna say the first one is that CD-I version where you could buy addons to play either Genesis or TG16 games. Amiga CD 32 actually. My brother has one. Played Bump 'n' Burn on it recently (a MarioKart ripoff). It wasn't very good. Worst thing about it is that it slows down visibly when trying to play it in two player mode, probably something to do with the console rather than the game. Pinball Fantasies was pretty good though.
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Barudak posted:Edit: look up a picture of a Nuon for a truly hosed console controller. Also for a long time the home to the best version of Tempest or so im told. This thing?  Looks like something I would have killed for back when I tried emulating N64 games and got frustrated and quit because trying to play N64 games with a controller with four face buttons is a pain in the rear end.
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Randaconda posted:I may have posted this in another thread, but the fifth gen consoles took a few odd turns in the in the years before the release of the PS1 and N64 (and to a lesser extent, another of Sega's failures). That was also the convergence period where CD-ROM and the nascient internet were promising Truly Immersive Interactive Movies and the consoles wanted to compete / be the odd accompaniment doodad.
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EvilTaytoMan posted:Amiga CD 32 actually. Well, poo poo.
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Mak0rz posted:Maybe in the UK, yeah. I'm not sure if I can expect to see them in North America. That's the Philips Laseractive, it was laserdisc based and had both Mega Drive/Genesis and TG16 modules (sold separately). Isn't the top middle the FM Towns Marty?
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Dewgy posted:That's the Philips Laseractive, it was laserdisc based and had both Mega Drive/Genesis and TG16 modules (sold separately). Isn't the top middle the FM Towns Marty? Pioneer LaserActive
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Randaconda posted:poo poo, I don't know him personally, just him in the videos doesn't bother me. Short list of things Mike has done: 1. Made a review of Elmo in Grouchland that sucked enoughbon its own. But he further tainted it by doing a bad impression of a female muppet who is supposed to be child aged talking about sucking dicks. 2. Uploaded a dick pic to the AVGN subreddit 3. Drew a bunch of racist comics when he was almost 30 years old. 4. Drew a comic of Mrs. Potato head getting gang raped in an alley. James needs to cut him loose.
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Mak0rz posted:This thing? Im phone posting but no, there was a different ergonomically hosed version that came with some of them that i had the intense displeasure of holding once. Its on the wikipedia page for it Its seriosuly like a lovely batarang Edit: Oh god its the predecessor to the PS3 Boomerang.
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Iron Crowned posted:I haven't heard much of their post Heaven and Hell is the only black sabbath record I own. I found it in an antique store years ago and bought it at random. I regret turning down an offer to go see Dio when he came around like 10 years ago or so.
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Iron Crowned posted:I'll agree that Technical Ecstasy and Never Say Die! aren't as good as their previous efforts, but they're far from terrible, and a lot better than people give them credit for. I think the problem is that everything before them was really tight and solid and had a similar sound where as TE and NSD have a different sound and feel to them. NSD is loving terrible, it's so awful that they just replaced Ozzy on one song and it's really no better or worse than any other song on that album. TE is pretty bad too, but it sounds more coherent, anyway. My most disappointing Sabbath experience was when Ian Gillian sung for them, both the album(Born Again) and live show was pretty poor. Motörhead opened though, so it wasn't a total loss. I can go either way on the Dio/Ozzy question, both have their merits. I just wish I'd have bet some serious cash in about 1986 that Ozzy would outlive RJD, I woulda had no trouble finding takers.
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Barudak posted:Im phone posting but no, there was a different ergonomically hosed version that came with some of them that i had the intense displeasure of holding once. Its on the wikipedia page for it Its seriosuly like a lovely batarang This loving thing 
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JnnyThndrs posted:I just wish I'd have bet some serious cash in about 1986 that Ozzy would outlive RJD, I woulda had no trouble finding takers. Ozzy and Iggy Pop: 
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JnnyThndrs posted:My most disappointing Sabbath experience was when Ian Gillian sung for them, both the album(Born Again) and live show was pretty poor. Motörhead opened though, so it wasn't a total loss. Apparently Gillan himself even said something along the lines of "I have no idea what the gently caress they were thinking when they asked me to sing for them." XYZ posted:This loving thing The button layout doesn't seem too bad but that D-pad looks pretty atrocious and there's no way that stupid devil horns design is comfortable to hold.
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Mak0rz posted:The button layout doesn't seem too bad but that D-pad looks pretty atrocious and there's no way that stupid devil horns design is comfortable to hold. It also has, as I recall, a completely weightless cheapness to the whole thing with poorly fitting and responding buttons so for the 25 seconds the Merlin's Racers sounds fun your hands are actively begging you to stop playing.
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The active is for the amount of times you have to get off the couch to change or flip discs (well as far as early movies that is)
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Humphreys posted:The active is for the amount of times you have to get off the couch to change or flip discs (well as far as early movies that is) We had a laserdisc player back in the early 80s, and I think you generally had to only flip the disc once about halfway through. Mind you, we only had three movies (Star Wars, Airplane! and Raise the Titanic), and I was only allowed to watch one of them, so I could be wrong.
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Early DVDs used to be like this before they were dual layered. Which is why they have a warning that they will skip midfilm as they change layers.
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