Awards Moderator Onyx2 Posted December 18, 2023 Awards Moderator Share Posted December 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Merzbow said: I find her A-Z videos are great for putting on in the background, they're not as information heavy as the documentaries but still really well done. She completed the "wheel of Mega drive" last week, playing all 900-odd on stream (including Greendog). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted December 18, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted December 18, 2023 I love the documentaries on her wrestling channel as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRooster Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Some GBA recommendations as promised. It can be a pain in the arse to collect for given the high prices and even higher proportion of counterfeit games that flooded the market, but I'm sure there are other ways to play some of these...(if there are legal ways of playing them, I'll try to highlight them) Go! Go! Beckham! - Adventure on Soccer Island It's David Beckham meets Yoshi's Island meets Yoku's Island Express. The first two of which I'm not much of a fan of, but in spite of that, the game is actually pretty damn good. As a result, it can be pretty expensive on eBay, although the odd loose cart appears every now and again for a much lower price. You explore the levels of Soccer Island carrying your football, which you also use to kill baddies. As far as licensed properties go, this is a really strong effort; but given that it's based around a person as opposed to a property, I think the chances of a port are incredibly low. Which is a shame, because it's a lot of fun. Astro Boy: Omega Factor I actually bought this game for around £10, boxed from Gamestation. I thought I was doing well when I sold it for £20, but as it turns out boxed copies are now going for several hundred pounds online. That said, had I not sold it, I'd be tempted to keep it as it's just sensational. It's made by Treasure, which is a seal of quality in itself - and given their apparent focus on rereleasing their back catalogue right now, even though this is a licensed property, I hold out hope that it'll end up released on a modern console. It's an excellent beat-em-up - one of my all-time favourites - with a killer soundtrack to match. I can't even watch YouTube lets plays without feeling sad that I don't own this anymore. Final Fantasy VI Hardly an obscure game, but I'm going to recommend it - and all of the GBA FF ports - because they are, in my opinion, the definitive versions. There's extra content that has not been ported over in subsequent versions - you can only play it here - including extra summons, dungeons and also a bestiary. The same is true for most of (perhaps all of) the other GBA ports. If you're in the mood to replay these games, or if you're looking to experience them for the first time, this is the way to do it. VI has aged particularly well. Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure This is actually available for a relatively low price on eBay, which is good news, because it's a great game. It takes the PS1 Crash Bandicoot experience and translates it into a 2D form in a way that feels right; that feels like you could be playing a mainline Crash Bandicoot game. The soundtrack is also great, really capturing the 'feel' of the series. The final boss is one of my favourites of the entire series - without spoiling anything major, it consists of a chase that feels pretty thrilling - like you're running away from the monster in a monster movie, and when you succeed, it's air-punchingly satisfying. I've not played the other CB games on GBA, and I'd love to see them ported as part of a collection, if only to play this game again. Sabre Wulf I had to check to see if this had made it on to the Rare Replay collection, but sadly, it doesn't seem to have. It's by Rare, so it's possibly no surprise to hear that it feels like it could be a lost Donkey Kong Country game. The soundtrack is great, the platforming is fun and it's available online at an affordable price, if you're willing to buy it loose (and pay up to £40 for a loose cartridge) - while it's probably my least favourite of the games listed here, it's a Rare platform game that most people have long forgotten about. It's worth your time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 I thought some of the group might like German Peter, I've been watching his videos on German censorship recently. Most are older games, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Sorry for the double post but we're still finding out new things about the classic AKI games, this time there's actually running grapples in Revenge but they were turned off but can be turned back on when hacking wrestler parameters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted December 29, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted December 29, 2023 Has anyone tried this mod out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 I played the first version of it and it looks excellent, I get a few emulation glitches and had to jank about setting it up but aside from that it's the best N64 mod I've seen so far. I don't know how feasible it is to add a story mode but that would make it just perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted January 1 Paid Members Share Posted January 1 https://www.gun4ir.com/pages/about-the-gun4ir® A friend has been using the Gun4ir system to make his own light guns. He's signed up for a license which allows him to do make the circuitry required. The results are quite impressive. With his assistance I'll have a couple of these myself soon. I'm planning on using them with a Raspberry Pi setup. VID-20231231-WA0056.mp4 VID-20231231-WA0061.mp4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hallicks Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Some kid just completed Tetris: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-67871775.amp Absolute scenes at the end, understandably. I’ve never really tested the waters when it comes to watching esports, but I’d watched about 20 minutes of this before I knew it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted January 4 Paid Members Share Posted January 4 https://togetter.com/id/gaug888/t/ミニチュア This guy makes miniature versions of Sega Arcade machines. I haven't quite figured out if they're playable or just video screens on a loop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB6937 Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 26 minutes ago, BigJag said: https://togetter.com/id/gaug888/t/ミニチュア This guy makes miniature versions of Sega Arcade machines. I haven't quite figured out if they're playable or just video screens on a loop. Damn they're amazing. I want them. I assume he only makes them for himself? My Japanese is rubbish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scratch Posted January 5 Paid Members Share Posted January 5 CEX are selling original PlayStation consoles for £25 if that’s your thing. Yes you can play the games on other hardware, but it’s never quite the same. https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/sony-playstation-ps1-console-grey-digital-controller-free-cc-4274781 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TibBo Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Does the bloke on the market still chip them for a tenner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merzbow Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 It was the guy in the Evening Telegraph here, he'd openly advertise in there but he was a machine at getting anything and everything including weird beta copies of games like WWF Attitude. The one I bought of him is a version I still haven't seen listed on those sites that archive such things.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Sean McNallys older brother for us. I remember the first time I played his copy of MGS it was in black and white because I wasn't running the PS through a scart cable. I didn't even realise it was wrong until I saw a mate playing his. Syphon Filter for 50p. Halcyon days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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