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Kazvall posted:And now I'm going down the rabbit hole of RGB/Scart port modding the fv310. Please, help me! The mitsubishi should have native rgbs support i’d imagine.
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Just beat Belmont's Revenge which is now the second Castlevania game I've completed, even though I had to abuse save states. Pretty sure I could never complete a game legitimately, props to those that can.
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What's the other one? Rondo and Symphony of the night are quite beatable without any cheats.
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falz posted:What's the other one? Rondo and Symphony of the night are quite beatable without any cheats. Bloodlines. I've been tackling games from the Castlevania Collection on the Switch. Do the recent Rondo & Symphony ports on current consoles have save states or a rewind feature?
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Was looking up prices for Genesis related stuff on EBay and while a lot of it has relatively sensible prices, the CDX is ridiculous, is it really that rare? Also I've now seen pics of what a CDX looks like with either the 32X or Power Base Converter plugged in and it is incredibly silly looking(and is probably 90% of the reason I'd want a CDX now) Lastly I know we've talked about it before but I forget the specifics(and am feeling too lazy to dig through the thread for the last time we talked about this), was there a reason why SEGA never tried doing an attachment to play Game Gear games on a Genesis?
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BisterdDave posted:Bloodlines. I've been tackling games from the Castlevania Collection on the Switch. Do the recent Rondo & Symphony ports on current consoles have save states or a rewind feature? Symphony's never added anything of the sort, but the game is extremely easy even if you don't figure out most of the ways to break it and miss most of the items.
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drrockso20 posted:Lastly I know we've talked about it before but I forget the specifics(and am feeling too lazy to dig through the thread for the last time we talked about this), was there a reason why SEGA never tried doing an attachment to play Game Gear games on a Genesis? The Game Gear has a larger color palette that the Genesis can't display. EDIT: That is, unless they can pull some shenanigans like the 32X, but at that point, it's supplying its own video and can be its own console. azurite fucked around with this message at 00:48 on Mar 20, 2020 |
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Gnoman posted:Symphony's never added anything of the sort, but the game is extremely easy even if you don't figure out most of the ways to break it and miss most of the items.  I tried playing Symphony on PS1 and could never make it past the Minotaur and Werewolf boss fight. Haven't played it since.
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KingEup posted:The mitsubishi should have native rgbs support i’d imagine. True but it's not powering on for any number of reasons. I'll drop some pics in the thread on sunday. drrockso20 posted:Was looking up prices for Genesis related stuff on EBay and while a lot of it has relatively sensible prices, the CDX is ridiculous, is it really that rare? My guess is because most of the Game Gear games are SMS games already?
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drrockso20 posted:Was looking up prices for Genesis related stuff on EBay and while a lot of it has relatively sensible prices, the CDX is ridiculous, is it really that rare? Yeah they never made a ton of CDX units, same as the Nomad which coupled with how fragile the units are in general explains their rarity and prices. The reason why Sega never made a Game Gear attachment is multifold. The Game Gear has a funky resolution 160x144 compared to 256x192 on the SMS. Now the 160x144 is a window within the 256x192 SMS but using the Master Gear adapter, the 256x192 SMS display is shrunken to fit, which can result in image artifacting. Technically you can run Game Gear games in the PBC or a SMS. But the GG has a better VDP that does 12-bit colors and double the video ram so when it runs you have incorrect colors. The last and biggest issue is that the Game Gear has a Start Button and an extra register for PSG stereo. The Start button is a separate register, not part of the controller, which prevents Game Gear games from being run on Master System without modifications. So to create a GG attachment they would effectively have to do the Super Gameboy route; put the hardware into an adaptor. I assume Sega looked at that costs and realized that it would be far too high for too little of an audience.
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azurite posted:The Game Gear has a larger color palette that the Genesis can't display. That is definitely crazy that the Game Gear actually had an area where it was superior to the Genesis Djarum posted:Yeah they never made a ton of CDX units, same as the Nomad which coupled with how fragile the units are in general explains their rarity and prices. That makes sense
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BisterdDave posted:Bloodlines. I've been tackling games from the Castlevania Collection on the Switch. Bloodlines is one of the hardest Castlevania games. I don't know if I'd go with absolute hardest, but it's pretty tough. Play Super Castlevania IV. It's got the style of the classic games without being brutally difficult.
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Mar 20, 2020 02:32
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Gnoman posted:Symphony's never added anything of the sort, but the game is extremely easy even if you don't figure out most of the ways to break it and miss most of the items. I dunno about extremely but it's well balanced and has save areas and seems just right to me. Re: My Rondo recommendation earlier is a harder game to learn patterns and stuff, but you can save per level at least. And it's fun as hell.
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So if I wanted to do a Retropie, what would be the best way of doing that, should I just buy one of those kits that come with everything or buy everything separately? Or should I just be cheap/lazy and just buy one of those discounted PlayStation Classic systems off Amazon and just modify/hack it to fulfill my needs for an emulation device?
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drrockso20 posted:So if I wanted to do a Retropie, what would be the best way of doing that, should I just buy one of those kits that come with everything or buy everything separately? Mine are from those power + heatsink + case + pi kits, it's a handy way to buy them. As soon as there's proper support for the pi4 (and people get the retrotink RGB board working better with the 4), gonna buy one of those kits. Always was worried about not buying the right power supply for the pi, but haven't gone wrong with the kit supplied ones so far. The PS Classic question comes down to how much tinkering you want to do / want to be able to do, I guess. I assume the PS Classic, like the other classic systems, can be hacked to run any system that it's powerful enough to run?
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Code Jockey posted:Mine are from those power + heatsink + case + pi kits, it's a handy way to buy them. As soon as there's proper support for the pi4 (and people get the retrotink RGB board working better with the 4), gonna buy one of those kits. Honestly it probably does come down to cost more than anything as basically any decent Pi kit I can find seems to be at least 80 bucks or more, while I could get the PlayStation Classic for just over 40 on Amazon, and even taking into account I'd need to get a couple other things to make it work right, it still would probably be the cheaper option
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drrockso20 posted:Honestly it probably does come down to cost more than anything as basically any decent Pi kit I can find seems to be at least 80 bucks or more, while I could get the PlayStation Classic for just over 40 on Amazon, and even taking into account I'd need to get a couple other things to make it work right, it still would probably be the cheaper option So, I'd recommend going with a platform that has a thriving community and developer behind it, like rasp pi or odroid or a rockpro64. It all depends what you want to emulate. If you want to have a dedicated ps1 emulation station that looks like a mini ps1 and is made by sony then get the ps1 classic. The ps1 classic is a bit of a chore because you'll need to use an external hd to load games from, and that will take your second usb port, so then you'll need to get a usb hub and some analog controllers and try to map all the functions through whatever OS you've chosen. If you want to emulate more stuff I think something like rasp pi will have not only more options for OS's whether it's like raspian or ubuntu or retroarch, but also much better community support. I have a cool little project I need to finish which is a rockpro64 inside of a custom case that looks like a super famicom. They make little carts that plug into the top like a game, but are actually SSD's you can load with games. Pretty cool!
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I think it more comes down to what are you really wanting out of a device. Are you just wanting something to occasionally play an old game every couple of months? Then the PS Classic is probably a good choice. If you are wanting something more robust and/or to play more often than a Pi solution is the better choice. If you end up needing something more than a Pi then you either go to a PC based solution, I particularly like NUCs for this. Or you can go hog wild and get a MiSTER setup.
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Random Stranger posted:Bloodlines is one of the hardest Castlevania games. I don't know if I'd go with absolute hardest, but it's pretty tough. I did play as Eric, which I heard is essentially the game's easy mode. It wasn't that bad actually from what I remember. Right now I'm playing through the first NES game, but I'll check out IV afterwards.
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Behold what my partner got me for my birthday (even more fitting now that we're locked inside due to COVID19):  It's a used unit, but in excellent condition overall. Only the fan is a bit noisy, but I guess that's normal? Are there silent fan replacements that anybody can recommend? Google points me at a thing called "Noctua Fan Mod" which involves 3d-printed parts. Is that any good?
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Hardest Castlevania is probably Haunted Castle, followed closely by Vampire Killer for MSX. I cannot recommend either one.
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Sectopod posted:Behold what my partner got me for my birthday (even more fitting now that we're locked inside due to COVID19): Yeah that noctua fan mod is good for making it sound not like a jet engine. Let me know if you can't find a place to get it printed and I can send you a bracket.
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Is it possible to replace the video in port on my saturn? 8 think it's dieing as sometimes it'll make the picture go yellow  I tried Snatcher it was OK but it's not for me... Never liked adventure games though. I guess I'm looking for a rpg. What do you all suggest between saturn and dreamcast?
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Grandia II Skies of Arcadia Shenmue Record of Lodoss War
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poo poo POST MALONE posted:Yeah that noctua fan mod is good for making it sound not like a jet engine. Heresy.
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If you dont hear *BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP* *BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT* *WHIIIRRRRRRRRRRR* when you turn the power on, are you even playing dreamcast?
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Between the noctua mod and the gdemu, my Dreamcast is superpan levels of quiet.
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Empress Brosephine posted:Is it possible to replace the video in port on my saturn? 8 think it's dieing as sometimes it'll make the picture go yellow poo poo POST MALONE posted:Grandia II
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poo poo POST MALONE posted:Yeah that noctua fan mod is good for making it sound not like a jet engine. Let me know if you can't find a place to get it printed and I can send you a bracket. Thanks for the offer. Further searching shows that some places sell complete kits for not too outlandish prices. Also local ebay has people selling just the printed parts, which is probably the route I'll take. quote:If you dont hear *BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP* *BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT* *WHIIIRRRRRRRRRRR* when you turn the power on, are you even playing dreamcast? The GD-ROM drive makes enough funky noises for the nostalgia feels, the fan is just a tad too loud and too high pitched.
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Thank you both so much. So much to play. Maybe I'll tackle panzer saga
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The good thing about Panzer Dragoon Saga is that it's unlikely to lose its value anytime soon. What I did was buy it off eBay, finish it, and quickly resell it for about the same price. Worth the hassle imo, it really is great.
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I can't afford it otherwise I would buy it. Dunno if that makes me a bad person or not but welp  gotta put this pseudo saturn to use
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I mean couldn't you just burn it onto a CD, or does Saturn have some funky copy protection?
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drrockso20 posted:I mean couldn't you just burn it onto a CD, or does Saturn have some funky copy protection? The Saturn does have copy protection (I believe it's the word SEGA written on the outer layer of the disc or something). You would need a mod chip or hacked Pro Action Replay.
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Shadow Hog posted:Albert Odyssey This is one of the blandest, worst JRPGs I have ever played, and not even Working Designs being Working Designs could make it interesting. quote:Mystaria/Blazing Heroes From what I recall, Mystaria is probably good enough if you don't expect anything better than knockoff Shining Force, but the enemy AI is memorably bad. I remember the opening battle has you fleeing from an enemy army down a winding path, and they don't follow you beyond the first corner because they keep running into the wall trying to walk in a straight line toward you. Shadow Hog posted:[*]Shining the Holy Ark (first-person dungeon crawler) I liked this, but I remember it being rather slow and grindy, and I reached a point where I took too much time off from the game and couldn't remember where I was or what I was doing. It's definitely a RPG with substance, though. quote:[*]Magic Knight Rayearth (manga/anime adaptation, plays even more like a Zelda. Warning: Working Designs, so it's harder than the Japanese original, but apparently also runs better?) This was a decent enough action RPG, and is the sort of goofy anime stuff that plays to Working Designs' strengths. quote:[*]Legend of Oasis/The Story of Thor 2 (prequel to Beyond Oasis/The Story of Thor on the Genesis/Mega Drive; sort of "what if Streets of Rage was a Zelda") It feels a bit less Streets of Rage-y than Beyond Oasis did. Honestly, I love this game, and I think it rivals Alundra as the best not-quite-Zelda game of its era. Has a hidden co-op mode where you can summon a clone controlled by the second player, and you can stand on each other's head and sequence break the hell out of the game. This seemed to be strangely ignored for years despite being one of the best titles on the system, but collectors seem to have finally caught on, as it's as expensive as everything else now.
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Empress Brosephine posted:Is it possible to replace the video in port on my saturn? 8 think it's dieing as sometimes it'll make the picture go yellow The saturn uses a 10 pin din port which is a non-standard port. I'm having trouble finding one for sale. First I'd just open the saturn up and check on the solder for all the through hole pins connected to the din. If none of the joints look broken/cracked or dry/tacky/oxidized, then perhaps the din itself is to blame. Look at all the metal pins connecting to the port, is there any visible damage, or a pin that's bent back out of socket? If you really think the av port needs to be replaced, well I'd probably slap a sega genesis model 2 av port in there if you don't need S-Video. Because the main difference between the genesis 2 av port and the saturn port is the saturn doesn't carry a mono audio signal and instead has luma and chroma. E: The genesis 2 port would not be soldered to the board of the saturn but rather need to be wired up, as it's not the same pinout.
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Kazvall posted:The saturn uses a 10 pin din port which is a non-standard port. I'm having trouble finding one for sale. First I'd just open the saturn up and check on the solder for all the through hole pins connected to the din. If none of the joints look broken/cracked or dry/tacky/oxidized, then perhaps the din itself is to blame. Look at all the metal pins connecting to the port, is there any visible damage, or a pin that's bent back out of socket? as someone whose a idiot itd prob be easier / cheaper to just buy a japanese saturn then....thanks for the help though i'll look either way. This is a model 1 uS saturn so its old.
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Random Stranger posted:Bloodlines is one of the hardest Castlevania games. I don't know if I'd go with absolute hardest, but it's pretty tough. Yeah, I wouldn't begrudge anyone for using savestates on Bloodlines (well I wouldn't begrudge anyone for savestates in general play however you want idgaf). It just has so many gauntlets of bullshit. It definitely is worth playing though, just because it's so loving weird and it keeps throwing new gimmicks at you. And the gimmicks are fun unlike SCIV's "LOOK AT WHAT THE SNES CAN DO  " as a bunch of ugly sprites rotate at 8 fps.Wise Fwom Yo Gwave posted:Hardest Castlevania is probably Haunted Castle, followed closely by Vampire Killer for MSX. I cannot recommend either one. Yeah, that's probably the objective answer, but as you said you just don't need to bother.
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So I was playing Super Hang-On for the Genesis just now, and I accidentally got the game to glitch out by crossing the finish line with 0 seconds left on the clock. I had 0 seconds left, so it flashed "Game Over" while it was also trying to show the victory scene, so it showed some graphical corruption in the middle of the screen. It counted as losing the race, but in my book, finding a glitch in a video game is better than actually winning the game.
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rujasu posted:So I was playing Super Hang-On for the Genesis just now, and I accidentally got the game to glitch out by crossing the finish line with 0 seconds left on the clock. I had 0 seconds left, so it flashed "Game Over" while it was also trying to show the victory scene, so it showed some graphical corruption in the middle of the screen. It counted as losing the race, but in my book, finding a glitch in a video game is better than actually winning the game. Finding glitches like this is the best thing. 
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