It is. The Plus/DX version is brilliant too but it's a bit more hard core so thought the "plain" CE version would suffice for office gaming.

Usually use a projector but instead I have it rigged up to a rather nice 55" panel. Looks great.

Our Virtua Tennis tourney had to be abandoned this year - we had to evacuate our top floor in June because of a pigeon and mite infestation.....so for a month or so we were split over 2 buildings and the logistics wouldn't have worked.


Has anyone tried Pacman Battle Royale? Looks an interesting multiplayer proposition.

Usually do Tetris at Christmas as a 2 player versus knockout affair. First to 25 lines with garbage attacks on. Might go for 40 line sprint mode this year though

Thinking about a shooting game comp too - going to pick one that has a 2min or 5min caravan mode (Star Soldier or something like that). I reckon a Mr Driller Survival Mode event would be good too - games with a rapid turn-around are best.

Pacman CE leaderboard: (I got 112K but keeping myself out as noone had played this before)


Keith     79350                               
Ryan      74630                           
Simon B   72180                       
Barry K   69660                          
Paddy     55390                          
Jonny S   54090
Lynn      49720
Suzanne   33650
Natalie   31150
Mark McD  27700
JP        24060
Mark L    14667
Claire K  12200
Conor (JP’s kid!) 11630
Eric   8420


Eric getting some abuse as JP's kid is 5 and was in visiting daddy at lunchtime! This game went down extremely well. A lot of hilarity arising from people not being used to the joystick. The top table adapted quickly though.

That's a good call. It's a scary looking game though - might put my crowd off.

To us perhaps.

My daughter plays it who is very girly so there's hope for it I guess.

If you have a Wii U you could do Luigi Ghost Mansion game on Nintendoland which is 5 player with the gamepad? Not sure how you could make it into a competitive format though.

You could possibly use Zombies (Ate my Neighbours) 2 player score attack, who can save more Neighbours etc?

Kororinpa 2 (aka Marble Balance Challenge) has some lovely Haunted House themed levels - might be worth a time trial if one of them is accessible enough.

Games night in the office and we've got Stepmania, dance mat and a MASSIVE 80s dance hits song pack. Black Box let's do it!

Pumped.

Nice, there was a few of them on PC Engine right? Or am I thinking of a different series?

Dreamcast Daytona USA 2001 time trial up next. Will be running this over 2 days this week (Thur & Fri).

Using the the DC version because I have a wheel (the XBL version is lovely - but no wheel). The wheel adds to the experience and it sorts out the control issues reviewers complained about. With a standard pad it is far too sensitive and needs adjusting in the options - but the wheel default setup is fine.

Time attack mode - Dinosaur Canyon track - best single lap time.

Aye. powersliding's the key skill. You can do it with the brakes too which is a bit easier but you obviously lose speed. I'll just be selecting auto-transmission for accessibilty though.

The XBL version is very good in that there is a series of challenges that act almost as a training mode re powersliding etc. There's a shortcut in 777 speedway I didn't know about - you can cut a corner if you drive along the very edge of the pit lane - one of the challenges lays cones along the line and you have to knock them all down to earn that achievement. It's a nice job.

Yep. Pretty sure that's an XBL feature. A bit of a labour of love that version.

What were the three girls called? Holly, Clarissa? and....?

What was the guy called, Alphonso?

Can only find Flag Guy listed online. I can't be the only one this bothers.

Alberto and Jennifer apparently.