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One of us, one of us...
Zweii, Virtual ON, and House of the Dead are pretty cheap on the import side. I wouldnt recommend GH or Saga in a language you cant read though.
Two months later and your collection will be ten times bigger (and your personal economy close to defaulting).
davidwhangchoi
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oh nice, you like the same combo. played some last night. what's semi neat is if i max out a weapon and change numbers it's still maxed out even if i die. if i change back to that number.
NormalFish
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There's a pretty amazing guide to the game that explains the somewhat odd power up mechanics. Might be on shmups, I know the author posts there.
davidwhangchoi
Member
let me take a look around. i'm pretty interest in reading it.
davidwhangchoi
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sixteen-bit
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NormalFish
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not the typical retro faire, but I've got a SD2Vita adapter coming in this week and looking forward to loading up my vita with all the retro games I had been using my PSP to play on the go.
sixteen-bit
Member
tower of babel portable
cyborgnumberblue
Member
we were talking messy setups before; I reworked my setup a bit today. Now that I've got some Retrovision component cables, I've moved my Toshiba CRT in there and consolidated mostly all my consoles to one area, as well as rerunning my cables to my SCART switch and distributor.
Here's a nice panorama of chaos.
Almost at Yes Boss status
Here's a nice panorama of chaos.
Almost at Yes Boss status
Laevateinn
Member
Randomly Mega Man X2.
cyborgnumberblue
Member
I suppose I could use my old SCART to YUV converter out of my distribution amp and run some component cables to that TV to get Vampire Savior on all four screens, but I got the Retrovision cables hooked up to it.
Still, all Capcom flavor.
Ha! I actually setup my CRT corner again today. Basically the same but was playing on them.
davidwhangchoi
Member
What game is that bear from? Looks bigHa! I actually setup my CRT corner again today. Basically the same but was playing on them.
With HxC firmware, the Gotek drives work superbly on a PC-98
follow those instructions : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2qVgBJUI5U
Thanks!
True lies chilling on the side like
Just recently discovered this game, I love top down shooters like this.
Yeah its 50hz trash, definitely need to search out an ntsc-version! Seriously though, it is old-style, not the ones mentioned in the article luckily.
Probably
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Such a good answer.
Laevateinn
Member
I know what I'm doing in November or December.
You should check the list of supported file formats for the HxC firmware, I wouldn'T be surprised to see both MSX2 and X68k in there too.
The great thing with Gotek drives is that they are just as good as everdrives while beeing 15$ only (just grab the yamaha ones, you're going to reflash them anyway, no need to pay an arm and a leg for pre flashed versions, just flash them yourself, the flash card is only 2$ anyway)
Edit http://hxc2001.free.fr/floppy_drive_emulator/
Yep, MSX2, FM Towns, X68k, PC-88 are all supported
Laevateinn
Member
My X68k has a SD card hard drive replacement. The floppies work perfectly too so I have no desire to stop using massive 5 1/4 inches.
Problem is my PC98 won't accept IDE flash cart drives for some reason? It's possible that I just can't get it to image properly since I don't have Windows. I'm not sure.
I might look into this for my MSX too but most MSX stuff is cartridge right? I'm not sure if there's much advantage in this for an MSX.
Still, I have too many projects on my backlog so it's going to be a while before I get around to this.
Problem is my PC98 won't accept IDE flash cart drives for some reason? It's possible that I just can't get it to image properly since I don't have Windows. I'm not sure.
I might look into this for my MSX too but most MSX stuff is cartridge right? I'm not sure if there's much advantage in this for an MSX.
Still, I have too many projects on my backlog so it's going to be a while before I get around to this.
Yep, that game fucking sucks.
Floppies fail. Especially the more you use them. Wit the insanely high costs of X68k games, I wouldn't risk them tbh. But it's your call obviously
RadarScope1
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Ha! I actually setup my CRT corner again today. Basically the same but was playing on them.
Aw, yeah. That is a lovely scene.
Laevateinn
Member
Floppies fail. Especially the more you use them. Wit the insanely high costs of X68k games, I wouldn't risk them tbh. But it's your call obviously
Well, I do have a SCSI-SD Card setup with just about everything I'd need or want but I still prefer playing with floppies. I love it from the giant boxes to the -- not just one but two! -- massive floppies at a time to the noise that the drive makes. It's a big part of what makes the X68000 one of the greatest gaming platforms. Just getting the thing turned on is impressive. It truly is the arcade equivalent of a computer.
Funny you mention that, there are mods for the Gotek drive to replicate disk drive sounds depending on the computer you're emulating the floppies for.
I can see the appeal (but honestly, I'm fine with the lack of sound
)Laevateinn
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Funny you mention that, there are mods for the Gotek drive to replicate disk drive sounds depending on the computer you're emulating the floppies for.
I can see the appeal (but honestly, I'm fine with the lack of sound
Oh my god. I'll have to get one sooner.
Those wii's get any use?
RadarScope1
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I am likely to get a 32KV300 Trinitron in the coming weeks. I have a guy holding one for me a couple hours from where I live. If I go that route, I will be looking at component as my main input rather than RGB on a much smaller PVM. Which got me to thinking about a Wii and virtual console, classic compilations, light gun and rhythm games, and even GameCube. I take it you enjoy Wii on a 4:3 CRT just fine? Ever use it for stuff that's not VC or GameCube?
Each GBI version has different features. The regular GBI has the most options. Low Latency mode has a few less options. And Ultra-Low Latency mode (which is what I use) has no options.
Nice, i actually was hoping to get some input on pce games on wii. I have a few pc engine / cd games on mine and to me they look / feel good but i never owned the original system before so i dont know how accurate they actually are. Wish i had the cash to buy one + games haha
Your wife is a lucky woman.Ha! I actually setup my CRT corner again today. Basically the same but was playing on them.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
What lady isn't down with the Schbibinman?
I bought the X5 today along with a PC Engine Everdrive since I ordered a PC Engine to be modded with RGB and a Genesis 2 output to use my Retrovision Cable with.
I think this is a pretty sound conclusion but some people just want to see the world burn, ergo we get idiotic posts saying YOU MUST DESTROY YOUR EVERDRIVES RIGHT NOW
Personally I have the Famicom N8, SD2SNES, Mega Everdrive X7 and Turbo Everdrive v2.3. I will report if any of them start acting up.
socksfelloff
Member
Agreed. I have just about every everdrive and havn't had any issues yet.
Hell I accidentally plugged a 18v power supply into a twin famicom and it started smoking like crazy. I unplugged it, blew the smoke out of it and plugged in the proper adapter. Going on a year or so now and it still runs like a champ!
That poor Twin Famicom.
Laevateinn
Member
Tobidase Panibon looks like a lot of fun.
socksfelloff
Member
I had a 600VAC disconnect blow up on me and I suffered 3rd degree burns and nerve damage in my fingers. Im good as new now a days though, I guess I'm lucky it wasn't an everdrive that got me!