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Post by WukaChopSuey on Jan 17, 2014 0:32:53 GMT
I used to play Outrun 2 in my local cinema before Jaguar knocked it down so their factory could have a bigger car park... -_-
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Post by BauleyCivic on Jan 17, 2014 2:54:28 GMT
Watched this last night on Amazon prime...terrific film for anyone into retro gaming. The film is called The Space Invaders: In Search of Lost Time.
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Post by NeoGeoNinja on Jan 17, 2014 23:51:48 GMT
Whilst I was recently on holiday in Florida, I kept a keen eye out for any Arcade cabs I could find. The hotel where my GF's parents were staying at had a good few. I'll see if I can get some photo's up in a day or two (we took a lot). In that hotel lobby alone there was (off the top of my head) San Francisco RUSH 2049: Special Edition (2p Link) *YESSS!!!!* Cruis'n Exotica (2p link) Maximum Force Some Sports Gun game with transparent light guns (  ) An Atomiswave Shooter with 2x Shotguns Ms Pacman Galaga Kept me entertained  - HOWEVER... The REAL entertainment came when I visited Disney's: DisneyQuest. It's basically a 5 floor building with various different types of Arcade style games on each floor. One floor was dedicated SOLELY to arcade racing games - mostly new ones. It was AMAZING though. Again, I have photo's so I'll be sure to share them out here when I get them all uploaded to my computer etc. Although we have one "down the road" in Blackpool (Coral Island), I managed to play on H2Overdrive again whilst there. So good. I'll add more info when I see those pics as a refresher... |
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Post by segaste on Jan 18, 2014 8:03:43 GMT
The first time I went to Disney Quest I loved it! The second time I went two year later, not so much. All the games were the same but a lot were broken. I still enjoyed it though but spent most of my time on the basketball games.
Looking forward to your pics, Neo.
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Post by superdeadite on Jan 23, 2014 14:31:50 GMT
Rotary Supergun get!  |
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Post by NeoGeoNinja on Jan 23, 2014 14:46:53 GMT
Rotary Supergun get! Looks cool. What arcade titles is this best suited for then? (aside tempest, of course)... |
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Post by superdeadite on Jan 23, 2014 14:58:16 GMT
No, no, Tempest uses an analog spinner, this is a digital rotary stick, totally different tech, designed by SNK.
Compatible Games:
SNK:
T.A.N.K./TNKIII
Ikari Warriors
Victory Road
Ikari III: The Rescue
Guerrilla War
World Wars/Bermuda Triangle
SAR: Search and Rescue
Battlefield/Time Soldiers
Touchdown Fever
Touchdown Fever 2
DataEast:
Gondomonia
Heavy Barrel
Midnight Resistance
Seta:
Downtown
Wanted one of these for years just for SAR alone. Fantastic game.
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Post by Yart on Jan 24, 2014 4:22:47 GMT
Man I played Heavy Barrel today (emulator). Game is really bad, but still awesome in its own way.
I tried Ikari Warriors on a rotary stick once. I can't get the hang of it.
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Post by MIK on Jan 24, 2014 6:04:33 GMT
XYBOTS uses the same idea aka left/right twist stick. An alternative is to just use an 8 way joystick and add the two left/right switches in the stick as dedicated buttons. As XYBOTS is 3D and an early form of DOOM it's easier to understand the implementation of it and works well.
There was no need for it really with some games as Ikari Warriors later showed with it's great ports made for home, such as the (PAL) Commodore 64 version.
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Post by superdeadite on Jan 24, 2014 12:02:55 GMT
None of the Ikari ports are really the same game though. Ikari is one of the boards I have, and I'd forgotten just how intense the game is, a true classic. Overall I'd say SAR is the best game though, badass, gory, and atmospheric as hell. Talk about a forgotten gem.
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Post by superdeadite on Feb 26, 2014 13:20:05 GMT
Suicide Battery? YES 25 Year old floppy disk? YES 25 Year old floopy drive? YES Medium Reso (24khz) monitor required? YES Non-JAMMA pinout? YES Worth it? FUCK YES.   |
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Post by Yart on Feb 27, 2014 14:37:23 GMT
YES!!
Crack Down is awesome. Me and a buddy were playing it the other day actually!
That hardware is majestic. I didn't realize the game was on floppies. You should make a backup of that disk!
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Post by superdeadite on Feb 27, 2014 15:25:50 GMT
Already have, my original Sega issued floppy was actually an NOS conversion kit. The system has a backup feature built-in. You can make as many copies as you want, it's the battery backed CPU that's the main issue really.
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Post by Yart on Feb 27, 2014 16:38:24 GMT
Nice.
There's no Phoenix type thing like the CPS-2 boards?
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Post by superdeadite on Feb 27, 2014 17:38:57 GMT
Most Sega games can be revived with a CPU and unencrypted ROM swap. However here it's a little different as no ROM chips, it's data on a floppy disk and uses a custom format. Also the Sys24 is fairly unpopular, so not much demand. I do believe the hack is done it's just a matter of the floppy disks getting made. I seem to have found someone that might be able to do it though. Worst case Scramble Spirits doesn't use a suicide CPU, so can always convert it to that if nothing else. Would love to have hacked floppies for GainGround as well, as that game is sublime, but costs an insane amount especially for the Japanese version (2-players, world version is 3).
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