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[Off-Topic / Re: Has summer started for you?]

That's a lovely looking house.

Thanks! It's soon to be painted, so those hail marks on the paint should be gone soon.

Hope it goes quickly for ya!  This is my second roof in as many years as well so I'm a bit peeved about having to pay the deductible again.  Here's my skylight :O

Yikes! Which storm was that? Did you lose any windows? I was 100% sure I was going to have busted windows and skylights from the storm that hit at the beginning of June up here, but by some miracle nothing shattered. I'd hate to have to crawl up on the roof after that and tarp that hole!

[Off-Topic / Re: Has summer started for you?]

Snow on the summit of Pikes Peak here...  Winter is coming!

I'm not ready for this.   My roof is still in shambles from the hailstorm and I need a new skylight 

My roof in is similar condition, though after 3 months the contractors finally started working on it today.



I'm definitely ready for fall though!

[Off-Topic / Re: Weight Loss Challenge]

I'm in! Sent my $ and an initial weigh in to Dean.

It's too bad we didn't start last month! Here's my fatness this year-to-date:

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Did I buy a fake!? Help!]

It was hard to get a good pic, but here's what my Cosmic Fantasy 2 looks like:

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: PC Engine Pixelization]

Isn't there a transparency effect in the background ?

that kind of makes me wonder how they did the shadow effects on magical chase stage 4.

I'm guessing it's all the same set of dynamic tiles, just a different palette for the shadowed areas.

[Off-Topic / Re: What do you drive…]

I finally decided to trade in my GTO for a Chevy SS last October. Yeah, it looks like a Malibu, but I'm actually ok with that. It's pretty amazing how much tech has changed in cars in years! A lot of it is cool, but I swear the thing is constantly chiming some alarm or another.



It has a HUD which I'm convinced is the coolest thing I've ever seen. DISCLAIMER: I've never seen a boob, but there's no way it's cooler than this.



I also had a 2004 Grand Cherokee which was awesome in the snow, but not so awesome in a collision with an F150 in a blizzard.



I'm probably going to have to find another 4WD/AWD for the winter, the SS is a lot of fun to drive, but absolutely terrible in any amount of snow.

[Fighting Street / Re: PCEFX Re-education]

[Off-Topic / Re: PCENGINEFX RAP BATTLES!!]

Relevant

Official Turbo Time Music Video

Video is private.

[Off-Topic / Re: What are YOU drinking?]

Love pumpkin beer! Dry Dock Imperial Pumpkin is my favorite this year.



Not pumpkin, but I miss the kriek! Though I hear rumors it can still be found in some obscure Denver locations.

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: request: PCE development 101?]

Of course, for copper bars and gradients

Ah. I could see that. Might be a pain changing the bg color every scan line, but I could see how it might work...

The sky, pipes, ground, there are lots of choices and that can be behind the tile layer and scroll at a different speed than the tile layer.

But this I don't understand. How would the background color 'scroll' ?
Maybe Bonknauts can weigh in on this, and outline how it might be done...

By changing which scan-line the gradient begins. This only gives you vertical scrolling, but it still looks pretty nice.  Watch the gradient behind the castle, but below the clouds @1:20:

But yeah, we need Bonknuts to weigh in!

EDIT: Tried to clarify.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Crafts!]

Found the original CubeeCraft TG16 characters! I put 'em on tinypic, but I have the original images if someone wants to rehost better. Please PM me!



Bomberman white
Bomberman black
Bonk
Zonk

[Fighting Street / Re: Topics that are started then locked]

Esteban, a couple things in your post that I take issue with.

...SNIP...

[Off-Topic / Re: Random Pictures Thread]

[Off-Topic / Re: Putting Galam Stencil to use....]

[Off-Topic / Re: Random Pictures Thread]

[Fighting Street / Re: PCE Cocoron - I have it]

[Off-Topic / Re: Explosions at Boston Marathon.]

Well, I swore to myself I wouldn't respond to this, and here I am.

I don't know the motivations of these two. I don't know if this was their attempt to lash out as pissed off kids, or their personal support for jihad. Hell it could be both. The reality is it doesn't matter. Whatever someone's motivations are for targeting innocents - they are evil.



To be completely honest, one of the things that pisses me off most about this is the desire to pin this on some group. Seriously, it doesn't fucking matter. Christian? Muslim? Hindu? Atheist? White? Black? Brown? It doesn't fucking matter. Trying to use this to prop up your own belief structure isn't ok. Look at what happened for what it is: a couple of fucks decided to kill innocent people.

You can scream all day that the CST guys missed it. You are right, and I'm sure those guys couldn't feel worse about it. That doesn't mean they were in on it. You can cry that these two are part of the Chechen cell in the US. I don't think that stands to reason either.

Please guys, stop trying to make this something it wasn't.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Color Changing Led On My Duo-R !!]

Oh don't take what zeta says serious.... Have a look at his Xmas tree. Tee heee... Led lights

Is that a ball sack at the top?

Sorry, yeah, you are right. I shouldn't drag this anymore off track. Nec, that really is a cool mod! Merry Christmas all!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Ys 4 Manual In English]

EDIT!!!! UPDATED VERSION LATER IN THREAD, LOOK DOWN A FEW POSTS!!!!!

Translated rear insert:



Thanks faustie and mrs faustie!

[Feedback / Re: We have a case of defamation here.]

Here we go again 
Just as you said this shit is 4 years old and we'e all sick of hearing about it cause YOU are the one bringing it up over and over. Even when you made appearences in the chat last time with a room full of ppl who werent even around when this stuff happened all you did was complain about nat and kike and pcefx. I dont think you are capable of "just talking turbo"

Im perfectly capable thats what no one here understands.

The fuck you are. Your very first post on your new account is the same bullshit. It's the same bullshit you pulled earlier this year.

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys English Dub Patch Released!]

OK, last post on lightscribes I swear I wasn't happy with what I had last night, so I tweaked it a bit:

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Here's what it looks like burned:



...and here's a comparison between last night's disc, the PCE and tonight's disc:

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[Off-Topic / Re: Caption Contest]

Awesome

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys English Dub Patch Released!]

There already is one man. Here it is.  Lightscribe Image:



Here is what is looks like once burned to the CD. I know it's a bit blurry. My camera never takes good close up pics.

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I've been playing around trying to make my own lightscribe image the past couple days. Here's what I ended up with:

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tinypic.com/p4tuf.png

Here's what it looks like after burning 5 or 6 times over:

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Pretty good! 

Here's a comparison pic with the PCE version:

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As awesome as the English manual is (and it is fucking awesome), I wish the whole thing was more TG style. I'd like to see the back cover being the orange and black recommendations you typically see in US games. The inside front cover and back cover I wish were English too. I'm going to try to whip something up for that. Finally, the rear insert could use some TG-ification! I'm attempting to have that done now.

Anyway, thanks again to everyone that worked on this. Tremendous effort, awesome product!

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys English Dub Project.]

Just saw your letter art and request for help on the retronauts blog. Congrats!



Michael G. wants you to help him dub Ys IV! Go and give him a hand!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Funny things you've been told while buying a TG game or system!]

Excerpt from a buddy's web comic documenting my argument with a game store employee over Bonk's Big Adventure:



(click for full comic)

[Off-Topic / Re: Any Cool Retro Gaming Shops in Your Area???]

There's a 2 store chain around here called Doc's Video Games that I enjoy. I really like the people that work there, but I'll confess their prices are generally a bit high. The good news is that they'll work deals with you and have a selection of pretty hard to find stuff, like PC Engine, TG16, Neo Geo and of course SNES, Genesis, NES, etc. Here's a pic of a Vectrex they had:

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Bonk RPG]

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo cab!]

Pretty sweet, Sadler!  Are you sure it's a converted Galaga '88 cabinet?  The layout is wrong from the ones I've seen (button layout, monitor orientation, and speaker location), so maybe it's an original cabinet that was originally set up as a Galaga '88 huey.

Well, I've spent some time trying to figure out exactly what I've got on my hands. It doesn't help that I know nothing of arcade games, but I've found some interesting stuff. First, here's a link dump:

neo-geo forum thread with great pics
Manual for hardware
PCEFX thread from some guy that apparently got some portion of the hardware
Most recent PCEFX thread

To address the cab itself, you are right, I don't think this is a Galaga '88 cab. Google image search doesn't show anything like what I've got. What is clear though, is that at least some of this is the United Amusement stuff (more speculation on this later). Compare the controller in these pics:



to my controller: /2u6phz6.jpg

The button layout is the same, apparently left/right handed? My controller has a green stick, but that seems pretty minor. My marquee doesn't seem to match the marquee in those pics though.

Anyway, moving on to United Amusement. Anyone know more about these guys? The Galaga sticker on my cab reads "United Artists Theatre Amusements". Is the similarity in name just a coincidence?

/2uemdc1.jpg

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )]

I typically don't post pictures of the more expensive stuff I buy, just because I never wanted to come off that way.  Even if my intentions are just to show something, I do feel guilty when I get something more higher priced.

That's why I usually only post pictures of my Street Fighter Penis Pills.

Honestly the past couple pages in this thread inspired me to post my more expensive stuff in the rare thread. Fuck the haters.



For the record, I enjoy seeing people's stuff. Like the other guy said, I like seeing how they have it stored. What they've done with loose hueys. What stuff they've got that I've never seen before, etc etc...

[Off-Topic / Re: Random Pictures Thread]

Fixed that Neo ad to better represent the truth.

...hilarious pic removed...

Well done!

[Off-Topic / Re: Random Pictures Thread]

...hilarious SF2 pic...

Not as good, but still funny:

[Fighting Street / Re: Time until teh ban]

It's also very interesting and very sad how those people affected your pathetic little lives so much.

...says the guy that posts 30+ times a day in FS. Pathetic indeed.

[Off-Topic / Re: Frozenintears is Dave Medina/Nintega]

makes these pussies dedicate their whole lives to me and FS.

Says the guy averaging 30+ posts a day in FS who has to keep swapping IPs to satisfy his fix of internet attention. Here, let me help you:

[Fighting Street / Re: S.I.C]

[Fighting Street / Re: frozenintears will never be banned and will remain on this forum forever]

[Fighting Street / Re: frozenintears is a giant bitch and...]

[Off-Topic / Re: Frozenintears is Dave Medina/Nintega]

and I am your mother too

[Fighting Street / Re: THE MODERATORS HERE]

[Off-Topic / Re: Random Pictures Thread]

[Fighting Street / Re: Shrapnoid]

Might as well....

fucking twat

congratulations Elabit! You finally made it!!! you are oficially the 9th member to have a privledge of being on my scum ignored list. Your weak attempt to insult me has resulted in me.....skull fucking you with a Burger King happy meal toy. You have officially been pimped!

I'd like to join the SIL as well! You are hands down the biggest bitch I've ever seen on this forum or any other. If only your skin was as thick as your mom's calloused cunt. I hope you choke on a bag of dicks you worthless fucking pussy.

[Off-Topic / Re: Great News!! I'll be out of here soon...]

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Plays Well With Others: Legend of Xanadu]

Alright, let's talk about check points. I think the first should be the first boss. Here's a map of the first area:



See that cave in the upper left? There's a locked door in there. Behind it is the boss.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: US TurboGrafx boxed question..]

My Fighting Street and Monster Lair spines are Lime-Green. Yellow is suposed to represent RPG's.

I've recently been collecting pics from around the web to see just exactly how many of the cases were done with the classic orange and black labels so I can make a list of them.

The orange and black brings back a lot of the nostalgia for me.

I suppose Fighting Street and Monster Lair might have a slight green tint. I wouldn't put a whole lot of stock into colors representing genres. I don't consider Gunboat an RPG.

[Off-Topic / Re: Random Pictures Thread]

[Off-Topic / Re: The Beer Thread]

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Pictures of your turbo/pc engine collection]

Nice collection! Your cat seems thoroughly unimpressed by the TurboExpress.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: One Ported Game?]

Arcade Card - Secret of Mana

Hudson/ NEC developed, Square licensed.   What could have been.....

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: 1up.com: Saving the System - TurboGrafx-16]

 

I guess I should attempt to actually contribute something to this thread. When I think back to the games I wanted to play in the 16 bit era, it really was platformers like Bubsy and Earthworm Jim, RPGs like Secret of Mana and Final Fantasy, run 'n guns like Contra, fighting games like SF2 and beat 'em ups like TMNT. I was never too excited about Loom and Beyond Shadowgate or even OotG and Might and Magic. I had games like those on the computer, I wanted "console" games.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Traveling Duo Catalogue]

So we are now the Brotherhood of the Traveling Catalogue?   

Do I want to know how you've heard of that before?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Pictures of your turbo/pc engine collection]

Here's a pic of my little Turbo Area:

I'll post a detailed gallery on my website and link to it here shortly. 

Very cool! I used to have that TG16 encyclopedia book back in the day, wish I knew what happened to it!