Super davy pm dropped...

I was never going to pre-pay for the supposed new Atari console but it's getting clearer that it was a good move not to.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/AMP/2019/09/25/atari_retro_console/

Never even heard of it to be honest.

Not my genre but looks stupendous. I used to play these casually with mates and they are a riot but as a 1CC thing (which is very much my bag - I rarely get satisfaction from progress based games) I could never get on with that type of game.

I love the souped up 2D 16bit look.

Busted 57K on Asteroids Dx yesterday.

Hadn't powered the game up in a fortnight. Just felt right. Sometimes I power it up and it feels like it is in beligerent mood. It's one of those zen games and sometimes you know a score is on , others when you know you just need to walk away. 

Wifey was badgering me for a lift - if I had been left alone I may have broke 60K....sigh.

Yep, that's the one.

It's another SNES game that's gained popularity post market like Hagane, and is now expensive to pick up.

Artwork for the Amiga version is good, reminds me of my treasured Ninja Turtles graphic novel.

Enjoyed Hagane on SNES. It isn't a genre I'm massively into. I also had First Samuari for SNES which was a real early one. Liked it too. But. Sold 'em off. Hagane was cart only but still worth a pretty penny. I would have probably kept it if it was complete in box because I loved the real import feel to it and its baffling attract sequence.

I still prefer arcade Shinobi to them all. I'm also fond of arcade Rolling Thunder although that's more like an Elevator Actions style of game.

Analogue have posted a teaser for an announcement on 16 October with a Game Boy colour scheme - seems like it might be the Analogue Pocket they trademarked the name for recently.

Has anyone here dabbled in everdrives at some point?

Tempted to pick up a RGB modded NTSC N64, sell the PAL collection and just get an Everdrive 64.

I'd make a tidy profit and save some space, even though the NTSC console and Everdrive would set me back £180.

This is the one I was looking at, a newer one apparently.

https://gamesconnection.co.uk/products/everdrive-64-v3-ultra-cic-ii-grey

An N64 mini seems to becoming more and more unlikely and N64 emulation still isn't up to scratch, so this seems like the best solution to me.

It's all gone quiet on the Ultra Retron too, I was quite hopeful about that as the retron5 done a good job imo.

Just passed by a shop window with some retro stuff. The prices they're trying to charge are scandalous.

€35 for cart only PAL MK64.

ChopperByrne wrote:

Just passed by a shop window with some retro stuff. The prices they're trying to charge are scandalous. €35 for cart only PAL MK64.

Some N64 games have gone up a fair bit tbf.
I sold a cart only MK64 on eBay for not far off that a few months back, so add in the shop premium and that is about going rate.

SM64 is another one that has shot up. That was always a cheaper game because of the volume of them out there but it can go for about £15 now.

I'd be content if I swapped my PAL N64 games for either CIB US or JP copies of my favourites. It would involve ending up with a smaller collection but it wouldn't bother me.

I always assumed CIB US N64 games would be easy to get but it doesn't seem to be easy compared to JP versions - so far at least.

I've picked up cart only US New Tetris so I might just plonk it in the PAL box and be content doing that. Not sure though - for games with lots of menus I'd prefer the US version even though the JP packaging is superior. But I'd sell PAL games CIB if I get them US or JP CIB.

Of course some PAL games with lots of text might not have got a US release so I'd consider keeping my PAL console for those even with the inability to play them using RGB SCART.  But most games I like don't have a lot of text as my tastes are arcade style stuff so it probably doesn't matter that much if I go all in on JP where I can.