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[Off-Topic / Re: Castlevania series coming to Netflix]

Anybody watch this yet? I just finished it. I think it's pretty good, but the season was way too short.

My only complaint is I didn't like how they cast Trevor, and I really dislike that they did not use any of the classic tunes that everyone loves.

I still think it has a lot of potential though.

I watched the first two episodes. While it has Castlevania characters, it doesn't feel like it inhabits the same world as the games do. A combination of the art style, background music and general feel make me think this was some sort of rejected FoxBOX pilot from a decade ago with adult language more so than something that was made from the ground up to be Castlevania 3 the anime.

[Off-Topic / Re: Castlevania series coming to Netflix]

I'm watching episode #2 right now

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

Hey dude, I actually do play my AES games....

I play mine as well, but I don't exactly have the best of the library.

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

I can't wait to hear some info about the NEO SD, I'll be bothering you about it often in chat if you don't make a thread post about it here.

Also gypsy have you played NHL 94 CD before? That's a cherished gsme on my shelf that has more memories than most Sega CD games. Best version of the third best hockey game of all time, enjoy man!

Besides the fact that some of the Neo Geo games have very high file sizes and can take a few minutes to flash. The Neo SD is a breeze to use and is a must have considering the prices of AES games for anyone who owns an AES to play games rather than collect.

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

You can get them here: https://theyetee.com/shop/detail.php?itemid=CUPHEAD-Plush

Yep, they're a little on the small end at 30.00 for the pair but I love the art style of the game so I wanted some merchandise for it.

With that said the NeoSD is a slightly more exciting purchase.

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

Related to what I posted in response to Nectarsis here's what I've had come in the mail that's gaming related in the past day.
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[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

Always loving Prime discount+free giftcard nabs

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It arrived yesterday for me as well.

[Off-Topic / Re: Canuck The Crow's attacks halt Vancouver Mail delivery]

Would YOU fuck with this crow?!?!

www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40436177



I feel like this should be in fighting street or something.

I feel like Brandon Lee did a better job of capturing the gothic look of the character compared to this new CG remake.

[Off-Topic / Re: What are you currently listening to?]

I've been watching some literal video music videos

[General Gaming / Re: SNES mini YO Americana's get on this NAO!]

I get the joke but this is what i'm talking about.Beside the fact how expensive the game has become.

Oh, you mean Pocky and Rocky. Not Rocky and Pocky

[Off-Topic / Re: Game Sack]

I don't think I've removed mine since I put it in.  Action Replay cheats, RAM expansion, extra save memory, region unlocking.  No reason to ever remove the thing. 

It can't directly save to the cartridge from within a game for one thing. If you have KoF or back in the day wanted to use the netlink there was another. Try playing Panzer Dragoon Saga US with that thing in.

[Off-Topic / Re: Game Sack]

I just leave mine in there at all times. No need to remove it, and I've never had any issues.

Yeah, I have.. a few Saturns..

I generally leave the memory cards in place permanently. I've been through 15 or so in the past 22 years, almost entirely changed out due to unusable cart slots (Funcoland used to have a year long warranty you could buy where they'd swap systems no questions asked, and believe me I had to use it as I switched between memory cards, netlink, action replay carts, etc).

[Off-Topic / Re: Game Sack]

Or just get an Action Replay cart. I agree, though, HotD is a great game, and the Japanese version is the way to go.

Just remember, Saturn cartridge slot reliability is like that of a grade A egg after playing catch using a slingtshot at 30 yards away.

[General Gaming / Re: SNES mini YO Americana's get on this NAO!]

For that matter no natsume games either like wildguns,ninja warriors,rocky and pocky wtf !?

Is that the boxing game where Sylvester Stallone eats cardboard flavored Japanese candy sticks?

[General Gaming / Re: SNES mini YO Americana's get on this NAO!]

Hahaha, let's hope they fixed Star Fox 2.

Ot it's a more complete build than the ones floating around ROM sites, etc.

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Super Bomberman 5 - Nuts and Bolts - PC engine cover]

Phew initially I thought this was a Super Bomberman game where instead of blowing things up you build lego cars.

[General Gaming / Re: The Gaming Adventures of Ed Semrad (Japanese Game Expo Videos)]

I had seen these from a poster on Sega16 as well.  He included a 4th one which was this:

NOT an interview with Tomio Takami at Sega of Japans' Headquarters (September 27, 1991)

This one is fun because it's basically them wandering around Japan in 1991.


I love stuff like this because is shows, exactly how it was, back then in the industry.  All the ludicrous stuff now at E3 and TGS and the like is quite the contrast. 

I was hitting my very first Summer CES's in 1991 and 1992 and while it was certainly a lot less busy I recall those events being much bigger and on par with E3 compared to whatever events they were attending in the videos.

Added in edit: For video context just look https://youtu.be/0BMnZYyz74Y

[Off-Topic / Re: So I Have A Shitty LD Player And I'm Looking For A Better One]

Yeah I definitely will. As I said in addition to old movie formats, I'm going to see how it cleans up my PCE composite. I've noticed a weird noise scroll. It might be the cord, I sure hope it isn't the system. So I'll definitely get some use out of the DPS-235.

The 50pro is pretty damn nice. I use it for DVDs in terms of really putting it to work, but I also pass through my HDMI systems and BD player with it. I've actually been stink-eyeing some newer Lumagen units, but I'm not sure when I'll actually take the plunge and buy one. I'm not sure how any of these newer Lumagens handle composite, but I'm only planning to use it with component and hdmi.

Yeah man it's a really nice TV. I'm only the 2nd owner and I got it for free off CL. I've already put so many hours on it. Before I got the PVM I was using it as my main set for RGB. It's still got plenty hooked up to it though. Just a beast.

I've been doing LDs on my PVM 3230 for the past few years over svideo.

[Off-Topic / Re: So I Have A Shitty LD Player And I'm Looking For A Better One]

If you were in a more urban area I'd say just check around thrift stores, yard sales, etc. A friend of mine picked up a DVL-919 for me a couple years ago at an estate sale. I also found a Pioneer CLD-D504 at a goodwill for 3.99 a little bit before that.

They're out there, but the very high end players are unlikely to be found outside of looking online at this point.

[Feedback / Re: Any chance the chatbox will return?]

So, I'm on there now, but it seems that it requires friends

Damn 90s sitcoms, I hate that show.

[Off-Topic / Re: Anyone going to Too Many Games in Oaks PA next weekend?]

No, I like games. But that's just too many!

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

I think in the US of A it's called Help Wanted

what a weird premise but HudsonSoft!  A meteor is gonna crash into the earth.  You must get a job and earn enough money to buy anti meteor gadgets off the shopping channel to save the earth and your family.  You have a few days to make enough cash and but whatever shit they selling on the shopping channel

official trailer by hudson ?

You Can tell this game is for foreigners. I mean seriously no American would want to do this.

[Feedback / Re: Any chance the chatbox will return?]

Arkhan suggested

So go to Mibbit.com and connect from there, lol.

Or use kiwi irc.

They provide a button to generate a widget if someone wants to embed it somewhere.  You can specify the channel/server.

#pcefx on irc.rizon.net

 

Have Aaron embed a Mibbit or Kiwi IRC chat widget pointing to my IRC channel right where the old shoutbox used to be.

It's only a few clicks to create said widget.

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

What is this Job Island all about?

I don't know but it doesn't appear to have been released in the US.

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

been building up wii collection again.  Also for nostalgia TwinP's

Have you been watching the new episodes?

[Off-Topic / Re: Exploiting fear and ignorance, Part ____ (does it matter anymore?)]

OFFICIAL TALLY:

Soy = -8,000 pts.

Operation Mindcrime = 10,000 pts.

You may go back to sleep now.

Soy should have been titled "Operation Food Crime"

[Off-Topic / Re: Exploiting fear and ignorance, Part ____ (does it matter anymore?)]

Soy bacon, tofu chili, cheese fries = AWESOME.

This is the perfect example of subtraction by addition
Bacon = Awesome
Soy = nauseating

Chilli = Good
Tofu = What Tofuh is this terrible tasting?.. oh it's soy again. Mother f.....

[Off-Topic / Re: Exploiting fear and ignorance, Part ____ (does it matter anymore?)]

Personally, any recipe that involves French Fries = awesome.

So bacon, beef chilli, cheese fries are right up your alley then?

[General Gaming / Re: Sega Forever Marketing]

Damn, you didn't find the first film entertaining?

I did.

Nope,
It has all of the same terrible tropes that I despise in modern animated CG movies.

First off giving animals celebrity voices and or adding accents to characters not from a particular place (example Vin Diesel is a tree thing, a Raccoon with a New York accent, get it because that's the joke).

Pop music used heavily in place of an original score.

Basically to me it felt like a meld of knock-off Star Wars mixed with some Dreamworks garbage.

[Off-Topic / Re: Exploiting fear and ignorance, Part ____ (does it matter anymore?)]

Yes, exactly!

Well, I can save you the trouble of potentially committing a thought crime, the mere title of the book is a lie and nothing would be edible.

[Off-Topic / Re: Exploiting fear and ignorance, Part ____ (does it matter anymore?)]

Instead, I give you:

"Under the new laws, it will make it illegal to plan to commit 277 criminal actions, from arson to copyright infringement."

Copyright infringement.

So your simply thinking about copying down the contents of the pages from your recent library checkout "How to cook vegetarian meals that won't make you vomit" would soon be a crime.

[General Gaming / Re: Sega Forever Marketing]

If I was in a cynical mood, I would say this was just a transparent attempt to milk nostalgia from old folks (me), cater to hipster youth (you) whilst aping mainstream pop culture trends (Guardians of the Galaxy).

Anything aping Guardians of the Galaxy is worthy of scorn.

[Off-Topic / Re: RIP Mr. West]

So until then, shut the fuck up and watch this:

Written by Conan O'Brien and Robert Smigel. It's great

[General Gaming / Re: RetroBlox : Another new Play-Everything "Retro" Console]

The DC didn't do Neo cart emulation very well because of a lack of ram, but the DC had plenty of ram for CD games so the CD versions ran perfectly.

Yeah, I remember the main problem being the redbook audio level to sound effects levels being a bit off. Beyond that they ran fine.

[NEC Console Resource / Re: Greetings!]

Well, I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a HuVIDEO today.

Well no one likes those soy "hamburgers" so I can see why.

[NEC Console Resource / Re: Greetings!]

A little olive oil goes a long way...

Or so says Popeye.

[NEC Console Resource / Re: Greetings!]

I tossed those videotapes a few years ago.

Like a salad

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

Well Last Blade is one of the worst loading games there is besides KOF 99

if you think that's bad wait til you see Last Blade 2!

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

I hear your point but even the top loader loads ok.  I use the cdz which is on par with the PS1 in terms of load times.

You and I have different definitions of "ok" https://youtu.be/M4NKvno7B7U

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

Samurai Shodown IV.  Amazing game for the CD and incredible Grafx/Animation.  So many different fighting styles to keep the replay value for years.

Is the years in your last statement to there emphasize how long it takes to load before you can actually control your character?

[NEC Console Resource / Re: Gamedude.com still in business?]

Yeah my best was getting Fire Emblem Path of Radiance many moons ago for $6. It got me hooked on FE like a crack addict. At the time I think it was only about a $30 game.

I had some other gets there as well but nothing comparable to PoR in terms of enjoyment and discovering something new.

It wasn't anything "new" to me in the sense that I had played a lot of grid style strategy RPGs before it. I also made the mistake of not leveling up Ike's sister so when you get to the battle before the end battle she got picked off pretty quick.

[NEC Console Resource / Re: Gamedude.com still in business?]

They used to clear out their games for cheap, but that doesn't seem to happen anymore at the locations near me. They seem to have some kind of system for pricing now and some games are as much as $40 (lol).

Maybe 13-14 years ago, before it got reprinted I picked up a used Gitaroo Man there. At the time it was one of the more sought after PS2 games.

[NEC Console Resource / Re: Gamedude.com still in business?]

Yeah, I feel like that's a big part of how they stay in business. Because who the eff rents movies anymore.

I'd like to say I do.
But I don't... with that said I have gone there and picked up previously rented blu-rays.

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Snatcher English translation?]

This rant needs to be the next spoof you guys do at the end of each episode.

Are you sure that's a spoof? ;)

[NEC Console Resource / Re: Gamedude.com still in business?]

Also the ones I've seen have a crappy pizza place inside too. Well the main one I pass by does, I think the one in a town I don't go to nearly as much has something else in the building too but I don't remember.

I never see many people there when I pass by, but yeah they seem to be making it.

I've seen subways attached to them as well, again since they own the lots it gives them more flexibility to do what they want with any extra space they have.

[General Gaming / Re: RetroBlox : Another new Play-Everything "Retro" Console]

Even a Dreamcast can play Neo CD games with one of those emulator boot discs, not too surprising.

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

We need a seal breaking thread

Or a seal clubbing thread.

[NEC Console Resource / Re: Gamedude.com still in business?]

Hell yes.



I just remembered that I own a few of those standalone "rewinders" to save wear-and-tear on VCR.

I packed them during a move and now, multiple moves later, I don't remember unpacking them.

Those standalone rewinders could often ruin tapes since it didn't slow down the rewinding process towards the end of the tape.

[NEC Console Resource / Re: Gamedude.com still in business?]

I just watched a video on TubeYou (in last two weeks) about a Blockbuster that was still operating in ALASKA (lack of broadband to stream video = viable rental video business).

There's a chain called Family Video that seems to be surviving in part because they own their own physical lots of land, so no issues with leases, etc.

[NEC Console Resource / Re: Gamedude.com still in business?]

http://www.businessinsider.com/blockbuster-still-exists-in-a-couple-of-places-2017-4