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Post by Sonnington on Feb 19, 2022 2:53:05 GMT
I replaced the ribbon and it still doesn't work properly. In fact, it works worse now than it did before.
Two theories I have:
1. This is the second Saturn in a year to die while using Terraonion Mode. Mode gets as hot as the surface of the sun when it use. It's possible the heat buildup did something to something in the machine. The first Saturn worked fine for a long time with Mode. However, I never put the top back on the Saturn so the internals were exposed and had great ventilation. Once I put the lid on it died. The second Saturn died much more quickly and it may because I put an HDD in there with the lid on and it probably heat the system up very quickly.
2. These two Saturn were just getting old and perhaps they need new caps and crystals? The issues I'm having seem to be similar to the 'Extreme video fluctuation/crashing when reading discs' thread.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
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Post by Sonnington on Feb 12, 2022 3:22:16 GMT
What happens if you remove the MODE and put back the original CD drive? I don't have the disc driver anymore. However, I hooked up the Rhea and I'm having the same trouble with it. I noticed the cable has a little singe mark or indentation. I believe the cable has always had that mark on it. It seems familiar, but I'm not sure.
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Post by Sonnington on Feb 12, 2022 0:32:00 GMT
So I'm on a model 1 Saturn and I'm using Mode ODE. This is my first Saturn I've had since ~2001, so it's a real bummer if it dies.
I'm going to use Sonic Jam as an example. I've been playing Sonic Jam this week with no problems. Today, when I load up Sonic Jam it shows the home screen for less than a second and then blinks to black. It immediately then goes into running demos of Sonic games which play with varying quality. If I press start/a fast enough I go into the game select screen which looks and plays fine. I open up Sonic 2 and the first zone plays pretty well. There is some weird slowdown and not just when I get hit while carrying 100 rings. Just random slowdown. When I get to Chemical Plant it just starts blinking to black constantly. The access light goes crazy. The Mode's access/hdd lights start flickering too. If I stand still Sonic comes back on screen for longer, maybe a half a second at a time. When I move the screen stay black for longer.
Any ideas, friends?
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Post by Sonnington on Feb 3, 2022 19:10:18 GMT
So, I figured out what was wrong. I had NiGHTS in regular mode rather than 3d controller mode. So the analog stick was working like a d-pad. WHOOPS!
It feels a lot better now.
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Post by Sonnington on Nov 20, 2021 0:46:40 GMT
I ordered one. Do I need to update it right away before using it? Let me know what you think. I basically haven't used it with the ds4 analog stick at all. Sometimes I'll use it for the dpad. The other buttons are great. It feels -way- more responsive than the 3d controller.
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Post by Sonnington on Aug 11, 2021 6:57:32 GMT
Bump! Was thinking about this game the other day and something occurred to me… is Die Hard With A Vengeance the first ever 3D open world driving game? Word on the street is that this game is the first 3d open world driving game. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehj019sa3GcIt's so weird. Looks absolutely terrible.
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Post by Sonnington on Jul 29, 2021 20:18:04 GMT
Some people love this game and the graphics are really cool looking. I've sat down a few times and told myself even if the controls are crap I'm going to play this until I get used to it and I've quit every time.
So how is it possible to competently control Sonic R?
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Bug!
May 31, 2021 8:27:55 GMT
Post by Sonnington on May 31, 2021 8:27:55 GMT
Finally finished Bug Too! Damn good game, the difficulty was all over the place but still enjoyed it. Interesting seeing how far I was almost 3 months ago, World 5 was pretty tough. I was wondering if there were any toys, figures since I've become enamored with the Bug franchise. Sure enough in the late '90s an Ecco, Sonic, Knuckles, and Bug set were given away at a US fast food chain! Found one on Ebay for a decent price so I feel that's a good memento after playing the games. I never even thought about Bug! merch. That's awesome! I've been holding off finishing Bug Too! It feels like it's going to be one of the last games I can get really excited about on Saturn.
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Post by Sonnington on Apr 1, 2021 1:03:33 GMT
Yeah, Dark Savior is absolutely a platformer. It's a really good platformer too. The combat was unfinished. It's there... sometimes, but it doesn't really work. And there's a story of some sort.
But the artstyle is gorgeous and the music is the bomb.
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Bug!
Mar 2, 2021 6:56:34 GMT
Post by Sonnington on Mar 2, 2021 6:56:34 GMT
Sonnington Those are some keen observations! I wanted to wait on the sequel as well since I didn't like the first level of Bug Too when I tried it immediately. Read nothing but great things about the second one, so I dove in again a month or two after finishing the first. I've been trucking along with Bug Too whilst doing the Community Playthrough, loving this game but it is getting tough. Antennae Day's(World 3) Scene 1 was a pain enough but I could not get past Scene 4. The lightning bug jumping sequence I had to have tried 50 times with the main character before I finally had the idea to try the others. Finally got through it, now gotta do it again and master the end of Scene 5 to get to World 4. I finally finished it! Between freezes and my own dumbassery, I finally finished it! And, man, I'm done with these mechanics for a while. I've played some Bug Too back in December. I got through the first 3 levels and it really is a different feeling game. Bug is more about the maze and timing puzzles. Bug Too is more about discovering secrets. At least, from what I've played it is. I can't believe these games arent more highly rated. Definitely some of the best I've played in the 32 bit era.
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Bug!
Feb 12, 2021 6:04:03 GMT
via mobile
Post by Sonnington on Feb 12, 2021 6:04:03 GMT
Don't mind me, just another dear diary about Bug! God, I love this game. There are -a lot- of Sonic parallels.
First you have the bonus stages throughout the game. The locations you enter the bonus stage also act as recall markers when you die.
You also have mushrooms that you jump off of.
When an object jumps you into the air Bug does a spin jump just like sonic.
You also have the anthropomorphic animals.
Lastly, there are several instances where Bug has to jump on enemies in a sequence to act as a bridge to pass a chasm. I don't remember this in previous Sonic games, but I sure remember it in sonic games made in the future, namely with the homing dash.
Anyway, just few cool observations. I took a break for a bit and I'm finally on the last level so you won't see my bumping the thread soon enough... I almost want to wait on Bug 2. Once I beat that one the saga is over...
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Post by Sonnington on Feb 9, 2021 4:02:04 GMT
Interesting. Is there any way to buy replacement membranes for the 3d controller?
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Post by Sonnington on Feb 9, 2021 3:59:58 GMT
retrolove It's that expensive eh? It makes sense, insofar. The game looks and runs like a dream. It's a crime against history they never made a full game out of the engine.
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Bug!
Feb 9, 2021 3:51:44 GMT
via mobile
Post by Sonnington on Feb 9, 2021 3:51:44 GMT
I just turned the volume on for the first time. Wow. Did they pay the sound effect guy in mouse pads? The sound is painfully bad.
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Post by Sonnington on Feb 6, 2021 0:05:25 GMT
I just discovered this game and what a little treasure this one is. The game looks gorgeous and the framerate is very smooth. It's like road rash, but you're just avoiding obstacles and when you hit something and wipe out you get some weird Japanese thing to happen.
This game really caught my eye due to how good the engine is and the track editor. I can't believe they didn't make a full fledged game with this. It has some much potential. Here's a little back story about it from segaretro
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