I was in an indie store today and my heart skipped a beat upon seeing Densha de Go! 3 on PS2. It was £29.99 though so I didn't buy it. Kinda regretting it now but I might go back tomorrow. I didn't even know there was a Densha 3 - kinda surprising as I thought I had just about every version.

They also had a US import of King's Field 2 on PS1 for a tenner. Again, I thought about it and left the store. I think I'll go back

Graphics look quite a lot better than my Dreamcast version of Densha 2.

My Spectrum 128k has just been given a new lease of life. The RF modulator is dodgy and was distorting the screen if it was on for more than a few minutes. I discovered the other day that it has an RGB socket that can be connected to a scart socket. A quick search on ebay and I now have a cable that bypasses the dodgy modulator and gives a nice clear picture. I've been trying out converting files from World Of Spectrum's games archive to wav format and loading them direct from my PC. I've needed to use a low pass filter in Audacity to get the tone right but I can now relive those days of waiting 5 minutes plus (15 for a 128k game) for a game to load before realising I forgot to plug in the joystick interface.

I will probably be offloading some of my original cassettes now but they don't seem to go for much on ebay. One of the buyers of some Crash magazines that I sold recently was the Game On touring exhibition run by the Barbican Centre. I might see if they want a donation.

optimark_prime wrote:

Just won a copy of Ranger X for Mega Drive on eBay. It cost me £10, but that was peanuts compared to most of the BiN prices.

Quite a good game too.  A bit floaty perhaps, but an enjoyable rental for me back in '93ish.  You can't go wrong with mechs that turn into bikes.

l33t

You are one massive motherfucker, Billy.

Moot_Geeza wrote:

optimark_prime wrote:

Just won a copy of Ranger X for Mega Drive on eBay. It cost me £10, but that was peanuts compared to most of the BiN prices.

Quite a good game too.  A bit floaty perhaps, but an enjoyable rental for me back in '93ish.  You can't go wrong with mechs that turn into bikes.

It came out about the same time as Gunstar Heroes, a game I much preferred.

I only bought it because the copy I already had didn't have an instruction manual.

Billy you can fuck off with your SNES collection.

I just sold my spare copy of Alien Soldier, and I'm now watching a game that'd pretty much complete my collection... if I win it! (please keep your fingers crossed that it doesn't go to 'stupid money')

Awesome game

Snes/super famicom has aged so well it's ridiculous.  If you got a super famicom with a clean RGB21 output, put through an upscaler it just looks lovely.  They still sound great too.

I got burned last year by a guy on ebay who didn't send me 'Out of this world' (Another World) for super famicom, git.

u 2 Reg x

Mal0wner wrote:

My Spectrum 128k has just been given a new lease of life.

How do I do this?  I secretly want to play old Spectrum games again, but I don't have an old TV or anything to do it.

@Elmlea
The 128k Spectrums have an RGB socket on the back as well as the traditional coaxial cable socket. Search for Spectrum and Scart on ebay and you should find the cable you need for about 12 Great British pounds. There are 2 types available depending which model you have . Plug it into the scart socket on the TV, select the AV channel (no more tuning it in) and off you go. I've only got an old CRT TV for now so I can't vouch for the quality on a modern LCD but there is a video on youtube with it working.



The 16k and 48k rubber key models don't have the RGB socket so you can't use this method with them.

Just repaired my cassette player so I can load my Spectrum games the old way. Loading I, Ball right now (a Crash Smash according to the inlay). For a true authentic 80s experience I will be loading some games from 5th generation copies on a TDK C90 next. Tape loading errors here I come.

You do have the pleasure of staring at an 8 colour loading screen with a flashing border while you wait.

'Crossbows & Catapults'... wow, that's a name from the past.