regmcfly wrote:

GameCube HDMI is on the way

Did you not see this mate?

retroking1981 wrote:

@regmcfly

Same, wired controllers would be a risk.

cockbeard wrote:

I guess this foits as well here an anywhere else http://www.digitiser2000.com/main-page/shooting-sacred-cows-10-overrated-classic-games Made me chuckle a bit, and he's going to get pelters off some very earnest 'gamerz' online

Quake was totally saved by its multiplayer and openness to modding; WipEout's devs were unhappy with how its ships glued themselves to walls instead of grinding, but ran out of time and fixed it in 2097; and though Street Fighter II endured because of its difficulty, it could be played by anybody (like, it's the only game that my mum ever won a match in; with Blanka, obviously).

Agree with the rest, especially the frequency of Halo's alien Munchkins. It doesn't help that Master Chief looks like a McDonald's-tier robosoldier from John Carpenter's latter films, but in a game about Yescombe-booshing badman blasting, they're the final, undermining straw. Had they been intentionally lame as a comment on such badman endeavours...

It felt as if Bungie had watched Starship Troopers for inspiration without realising its satire. And I'm sure it was Gillen who pointed out (to me, at least) the genius of subtle direction markers to navigate its copy-and-paste levels.

Nice!

retroking1981 wrote:

Could anyone here help me with a NES and SNES not powering up please? I have two AC adapters and both power up the consoles but temporarily. If it works ok once I unplug it and reinsert to try again it doesn't always work. Sometimes they power up but more often than not they won't. There's doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it. Had them since 1988 and 1992 and they've been well looked after, I have no idea what's happened.

I'm sure this gave none of you sleepless nights but I thought I report the update.

It was indeed the AC adapters not the consoles like some of you suggested.

I discovered this by shaking the brick part (I forget the correct terminology) of the adapter. It would go on/off intermittently and if I placed it carefully down when it was on I could play fine.

Obviously thats not good so to eBay I went. Ordered one, never turned up, ordered another didn't work at all. Got refunds on both thankfully.

Got another from Chilloutgames in great condition and it works perfectly, so a thumbs up to them from me.

Out of interest does anyone know about the ac adapters workings and why they would develop a fault?

I find it strange that both of mine broke in storage at the same time.

Have a decent sized collection all CIB - mostly PAL but I have about a dozen JP CIB games now. Some are upgrades to NTSC (F-Zero X, Wetrix, Yoshi's Story, 1080) others are games I avoided due to poor PAL porting or just missed first time around (Waverace, Mario Kart and Excitebike). Have a few JP only games - Star Soldier Vanishing Earth, Tetris64 , Fire Electric Pen and Sin & Punishment.

Fire Electric Pen is one of the most unapologetically tough games I've ever encountered. It's so unfriendly it's actually funny. Worth a google.

Longer term I intend to upgrade most games to NTSC but I might get the US versions where there is a language barrier since the console will work with those too (it only needs a physical mod to the cart port apparently).

JP only wise - I'd still like to get a copy of Bangai-O. I'll always keep a few PAL games and the PAL console for sentimental purposes.

davyK wrote:

Longer term I intend to upgrade most games to NTSC but I might get the US versions where there is a language barrier since the console will work with those too (it only needs a physically mod to the cart port apparantly).

It is a piece of piss mate, same as the SNES which I did myself. You just have to cut away some plastic from the internal cart slot.

YouTube will definitely have a diy guide.

retroking1981 wrote:

Out of interest does anyone know about the ac adapters workings and why they would develop a fault?

I know a man I could ask, and I'm pretty sure I know his answer: an electronics essay.

@Escape haha, fair play mate.

Seems a shame to bin them as I'm not sure if they're fixable?

Escape wrote:

retroking1981 wrote:

Out of interest does anyone know about the ac adapters workings and why they would develop a fault?

I know a man I could ask, and I'm pretty sure I know his answer: an electronics essay.

Isn't an AC adaptor basically an iron core around which electric wire is looped many times? The more loops there are the lower the voltage becomes. I think it works the other way too if you want to step up a voltage (could be wrong there though)

Thing is it generates heat and I suspect over the years it's wear from that.

I remember the C64 one getting really hot, was huge too.

cockbeard wrote:

I preferred the DC version of Bangai-O, and would definitely own it given the chance, probably in my all time top 10. Really must try the remakes at some point, always thought a proper dual analogue rebuild would be amaze

Also Sin and Punishment, not played that in years, quality game, but I'm a bit of a Treasure freak

Love DC Bangai O - I believe the N64 game has different rules re powering up etc so it would be interesting to try it out. Should probably try emulating it I suppose.

I wish they'd make the XBLA Bangai-O HD backwards compatible so I could double check if it really was insanely difficult early on.

davyK wrote:

I tried Sin & Punishment on Wii VC. It was obvious that the original game needed the N64 controller so I picked it up when a bargain presented itself.

If any pad needed a re-release for use with the VC it's the N64 one.

We've had an official means of using the original pads for every Nintendo system with the VC apart from the N64, such a crime.

Some are better than others, anything that used all 6 face buttons is a mess on VC.