Awesome stuff you've just bought (+pics please)

[GaijinPunch]

What's so special about those cdrs?

[Obiwanshinobi]

Ageing optical drives have an easier time reading better-quality CD-Rs. Good not only for the sake of piracy, but also playing fan-translated games, homebrew, romhacks* and the likes on your vintage consoles.
Little as I pirate nowadays, my weary PS2 Slim likes my recently bought (in a fairly good shape by the way) Tokyo Road Race and Gradius V better burnt onto DVDs (keeps it quieter, too); then there's that Net Yaroze title Hover Racing (was it ever on any printed disc?) - to name a few times of late when quality DVD/CD-Rs came in handy.

*) Some hacks commonly sold in countries where more folks had a modded PSX than single kosher disk to play on it are legendary, such as Soul Reaver PL (it is in Polish, but written & voiced certainly NOT by native speakers - even more extreme than SotN or Castle Shikigami 2 US in that respect).

[system11]

Ninja Spirit POP, NOS:

[Heavy Viper]

Beautiful.

[RealPlumpBox]

More stuff that I do not need....


1Tb HDD from Newegg for my X1




One of the very few Amiibos I actually want. Also a new 8rnd. mag form my EDC.




New CD.




Started a new tattoo.




2 new Cards Against Humanity expansions. The Food one and the Fantasy one.




Dariusburst Chronicles.

[Bar81]

Ninja Spirit POP, NOS:

NICE

[jandrogo]

and a glimpse of a future japanese cab.. metal/etcc fully built from scratch, nothing was of a real "namco"...

http://hico-srv004.pixhotel.fr/sites/de ... namko3.jpg

http://hico-srv004.pixhotel.fr/sites/de ... namko2.jpg

Very interested in how turns out your "Namco Consolette DIY".
Do you have a blog about building process or pics? The bottom seems from a real steel cabinet, is it?
Don't forget to add the headphone jack in the bezel

[Obiwanshinobi]

"Captain Claw Predatory Edition" says on the box, boasting 20 additional stages. I wonder if extra content was created by Monolith (doubt it), or even such a release - approved by the makers.

[KennyMan666]

My AGDQ2016 shirts arrived yesterday.



Wearing the middle one right now!

[atheistgod1999]

"Captain Claw Predatory Edition" says on the box, boasting 20 additional stages. I wonder if extra content was created by Monolith (doubt it), or even such a release - approved by the makers.

Damn, that game looks awesome! I should get it!


EDIT: I meant the game on the left, not the one on the right.

[Skykid]

"Captain Claw Predatory Edition" says on the box, boasting 20 additional stages. I wonder if extra content was created by Monolith (doubt it), or even such a release - approved by the makers.

Damn, that game looks awesome! I should get it!

Confirmed for troll. Absolutely nobody indulges Obiwanshinobi's Euro fetishising.



^ worthy successor to Contra III

[Tarma]

[BrianC]

Galaxy Core Prime, some Valentines Day Candy, an official Genesis 6 button controller, Barker Bill's Trick Shooting, Sqoon, Goemon 2, and Rampart.

[Skykid]

Oh you didn't!

That game is really shit. I don't even want to know what you spent on it.

[Kaiser]

Confirmed for troll. Absolutely nobody indulges Obiwanshinobi's Euro fetishising.

And you are confirmed for a troll for absolutely enjoying pointing out people's tastes are crap. So i'm pointing out that doing that is definitely shit troll-material :> ALSO you picked the intentionally most shit screenshot, just fuck off Skykid you are fine when you aren't going at people other.

[Krimzon Kitzune]

Oh you didn't!

That game is really shit. I don't even want to know what you spent on it.

Skykid confirmed for bad taste.

[Skykid]

And you are confirmed for a troll for absolutely enjoying pointing out people's tastes are crap. So i'm pointing out that doing that is definitely shit troll-material :> ALSO you picked the intentionally most shit screenshot, just fuck off Skykid you are fine when you aren't going at people other.

Jesus... what brought that on? When did I ever say someone's "taste was rubbish"?

(Tarma's a self-confessed rarity collector, I'm pretty sure he's not fussed about how good a game it is, or isn't).

I own a copy of Iron Commando on SFC - it's crap. It seems playable until you get to around the end of stage two, where the sloppy, poorly constructed code really begins to set in. Have you ever watched this game being 1cc'd? It's been done (amazingly) and it's the most stringent workaround ever to combat the game's broken elements. I only ever saw one 1cc on YT and I'm pretty sure it wasn't TAS, but that's it. And the run is still far from flawless (getting constantly knocked about is basically unavoidable).

ALSO you picked the intentionally most shit screenshot

I don't even know what you're talking about here.

Skykid confirmed for shit taste.

Of course, of course.

Now would you care to explain what makes Iron Commando such a good game in your opinion?

[Tarma]

Now would you care to explain what makes Iron Commando such a good game in your opinion?

I'm still working on that...

[Skykid]

Now would you care to explain what makes Iron Commando such a good game in your opinion?

I'm still working on that...

Ha ha! It's balls dude, you'll play it a few times wondering why it seems to start off as a half decent Capcom Cadillacs & Dinosaurs meets The Punisher rip, and then frustration will really start to set in. Trust me, it's not you, it's a coding problem. The enemy AI is downright offensive and the damage levels are all over the place.

I know you're a collector of the big guns so I know it won't bother you much (like I said, I got a copy too) but I have no idea why anyone would rate it as a genuinely good game.

I also don't know why Kaiser went off like that either, but whatever. Rushing Beat probably thinks it's good because he likes Rushing Beat.

[Tarma]

Now would you care to explain what makes Iron Commando such a good game in your opinion?

I'm still working on that...

Ha ha! It's balls dude, you'll play it a few times wondering why it seems to start off as a half decent Capcom Cadillacs & Dinosaurs meets The Punisher rip, and then frustration will really start to set in. Trust me, it's not you, it's a coding problem. The enemy AI is downright offensive and the damage levels are all over the place.

I know you're a collector of the big guns so I know it won't bother you much (like I said, I got a copy too) but I have no idea why anyone would rate it as a genuinely good game.

I also don't know why Kaiser went off like that either, but whatever. Rushing Beat probably thinks it's good because he likes Rushing Beat.

Didn't get any for Valentines?

I'll pay out if I have to, granted, but I do play what I buy and if I don't like it I will get rid of it rather than let it gather dust or use it for dick swinging contests.

I only played it for an hour or so the other day and I am wondering why I bothered getting it... lol

I don't like Rushing Beat.

[Skykid]

I'll pay out if I have to, granted, but I do play what I buy and if I don't like it I will get rid of it rather than let it gather dust or use it for dick swinging contests.

Good man! That's what I like to hear.

Now we've got that covered you'll have to tell me what you paid for it. And then I'll tell you what I paid for mine.

I only played it for an hour or so the other day and I am wondering why I bothered getting it... lol

An hour is usually long enough to figure that one out. Alas, I was swayed by opinion several times to go back to it, and it doesn't get any better.

I don't like Rushing Beat.

Controversial as this may be, I actually think the first Rushing Beat is the best one. It's got terribly ropey collision detection in it that you need to workaround, but beneath it's roughness is a fairly enjoyable belt scroller with a few neat tactics. It's also got beautiful backgrounds and doesn't overstay its welcome.

Rushing Beat 2 & 3 are bad though, getting progressively worse. Technically cleaner but also more sterile and lacking and meaningful system depth. They're so drawn out and so boring its like watching pixels dry.

[BIL]

official Genesis 6 button controller

Looks a beaut. Even lovelier than the Saturn pad, imo... same laser-precise dpad with a chubbier profile in the hands.

Sqoon

Aww yee Derangedly cute submarine hostage rescue STG with LED function!

I didn't know Konami published FC Rampart, interesting. Tengen <3

[Tarma]

I'll pay out if I have to, granted, but I do play what I buy and if I don't like it I will get rid of it rather than let it gather dust or use it for dick swinging contests.

Good man! That's what I like to hear.

Now we've got that covered you'll have to tell me what you paid for it. And then I'll tell you what I paid for mine.

I only played it for an hour or so the other day and I am wondering why I bothered getting it... lol

An hour is usually long enough to figure that one out. Alas, I was swayed by opinion several times to go back to it, and it doesn't get any better.

I don't like Rushing Beat.

Controversial as this may be, I actually think the first Rushing Beat is the best one. It's got terribly ropey collision detection in it that you need to workaround, but beneath it's roughness is a fairly enjoyable belt scroller with a few neat tactics. It's also got beautiful backgrounds and doesn't overstay its welcome.

Rushing Beat 2 & 3 are bad though, getting progressively worse. Technically cleaner but also more sterile and lacking and meaningful system depth. They're so drawn out and so boring its like watching pixels dry.

I watched several videos on youtube and it didn't look that bad... and I read some realtively positive reviews, so I thought I'd take the plunge seeing as scrolling beat 'em ups are one of my fave genres. Knew it wouldn't be SoR 2 or FF good, but its not even Crest of Wolf good.

[BrianC]

I didn't know Konami published FC Rampart, interesting. Tengen <3

They did more than publish it. It's completely different from the US version. Rather than a straight port of the arcade, it's a different take on Rampart with enemies on all sides and varied level themes.

I didn't realize that Riot Zone had a different name in Japan. I just assumed it was same since the arcade game it's based on is called Riot City with the same title for Japan. I never actively looked for the game, though.

[BIL]

They did more than publish it. It's completely different from the US version. Rather than a straight port of the arcade, it's a different take on Rampart with enemies on all sides and varied level themes.

Imma check that out! I'm always snooping around for more good FC arcade+ ports...

[trap15]

Rushing Beat 2 at least is fun in the kusoge way. Every attack hits OTG so you can get some hilarious combos and shit going.

[snes_collector]

Nice scoop on Iron Commando. Love the art style in that one, and it is a pretty fun trek with a second player. I always enjoy it whenever I try it, never been able to beat it though.

[Tarma]

Nice scoop on Iron Commando. Love the art style in that one, and it is a pretty fun trek with a second player. I always enjoy it whenever I try it, never been able to beat it though.

Thanks! Still trying to get into it.

This arrived today:



On a real laserdisc kick at the moment

[BrianC]

Imma check that out! I'm always snooping around for more good FC arcade+ ports...

I like the NES one too. It doesn't have anything unique to it like the FC port, but it's from former Atari Games/Tengen staff and closer to the arcade. As far as I know, the NES version lacks the extras of the SNES port from the same developers, though. The FC version is very much Konami and definitely has their feel, especially with the music (though it still has the familiar building tune).

[atheistgod1999]

This arrived today:



On a real laserdisc kick at the moment

Cool. I need a Laserdisc player.