Retro console and games thread

ShiWarrior · 2 Mar 2017 at 14:34

I thought perhaps it was Amiga Oriented

i did have a quick google last night and looked at it, but i need to sign up really

cheers fellas, ill give it ago

ShiWarrior · 2 Mar 2017 at 19:55

ive signed up to amibay just now
read the rules and they are a little bizarre, have to try and remember

Digital X · 2 Mar 2017 at 23:27

Beginning the painting of my C64

http://i.imgur.com/PnTef0t.jpg Just sprayed the primer on today, 24 hours for a hard dry.

NeoWave · 3 Mar 2017 at 09:16

Once a week I'll be streaming ZX Spectrum games and posting them on YouTube. Even though the ZX Spectrum is a home computer I was directed here & I see C64 talk above… this the right place?

Digital X · 3 Mar 2017 at 11:00

Should be fine mate, retro in the name

Unless I'm mistaken old consoles and computers can be discussed.

ShiWarrior · 3 Mar 2017 at 17:45

ive been banned from amibay even before thay accepted me ?

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Digital X · 3 Mar 2017 at 19:27

Got my Amiga 500, but Top Gear 2 won't run as it needs 1meg of memory, I only have a 512kb expansion card.. eep.

ShiWarrior · 3 Mar 2017 at 21:30

DOH !

im on amibay now, apparently when i registed i put oxfordshire (where i live) but on their side it was saying i was in essex (IP?)
so had to send them some ID !

Cavallino · 3 Mar 2017 at 23:09

digitalx said:
Got my Amiga 500, but Top Gear 2 won't run as it needs 1meg of memory, I only have a 512kb expansion card.. eep.

An Amiga 500 without the 1meg?

How DARE you...

barmyllama · 4 Mar 2017 at 10:29

Completed my PAL disk based HD remakes collection for PS3. The only one missing from the picture is Doom BFG, which a friend has borrowed.

Dead Space 2 has a HD remake of Dead Space Extraction on the Wii.
Doom BFG was a HD version of the original Xbox game.
No More Heroes and House of the Dead Overkill were also Wii remakes.
Tekken Hybrid contains a remake of Tekken Tag Tournement 2
Under Defeat HD was a Dreamcast remake

Most of the rest are Playstation 2 remakes.

And while rearranging some stuff I got the impression I like 2D shooters.

Looking to add Robo Aleste for the Mega CD, Zanac X Zanac for the PS1 and Thunder Force VI for PS2. Then maybe calling it a day.

https://flic.kr/p/S4xfML

Digital X · 4 Mar 2017 at 14:27

@Cava, I've no idea where to even buy one.. but top gear runs on my A1200 fine though thank god, just need the manual cos i cant play it.

ShiWarrior · 4 Mar 2017 at 15:33

i didn't realise they made wii remakes on the PS3

i knew this was going to happen, put a bid on a NES last night, and it ended early afternoon when i was in work, lost it by £2 !

looks pretty clean, had 7 games, 5 NES pads and a quickshot joystick

ShiWarrior · 4 Mar 2017 at 17:08

a guy just completed all 714 NES games
took him 3 years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8frHIoAS1g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUdQqEoT-Rk

kinger8938 · 4 Mar 2017 at 17:21

Nice Barmy!

I keep meaning to try some shooters of this style as it's a genre I've never delved to far into except modern stuff like Stardust HD etc

I believe you once recommended Thunder force on the MD so maybe I'll start there

ShiWarrior · 4 Mar 2017 at 19:41

GUYS NEED HELP

Just looking on the bay for Double Dragon Megadrive and noticed that some say that they are "repros"? how do you tell ?

if this a repro or the original ?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/double-dr...899690?hash=item2a7bfe736a:g:xCwAAOSw4CFYsdoe

thanks

kinger8938 · 4 Mar 2017 at 22:23

ShiWarrior said:
GUYS NEED HELP

Just looking on the bay for Double Dragon Megadrive and noticed that some say that they are "repros"? how do you tell ?

if this a repro or the original ?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/double-dr...899690?hash=item2a7bfe736a:g:xCwAAOSw4CFYsdoe

thanks

I've always been concerned about this too. I guess as this looks like it's aged and the box looks legit that it should be fine?

I'm no expert though and wouldn't mind knowing if there's any obvious tells. I don't know if they reproduce the box like that though, seems real to me but again I haven't a clue

I have seen some N64 boxes been reproduced and it says so on the back of the box usually where the bar code would be

ShiWarrior · 5 Mar 2017 at 12:02

i did have that game on the Genesis a few years back when i had my modded megadrive and im sure the one i had was the original, and this looks like it too, but im because i saw "repros" im a little concerned now

barmyllama · 5 Mar 2017 at 20:13

I've only had experience with Mega Drive reproduction games and it's pretty easy to tell them apart

If you buy on eBay and it turns out to be fake, then return under item not as described.

If you're buying face to face then the pictures I've uploaded will help. I strongly suggest buying a set of security bit drivers so you can open the cartridge up, because the reproduction boards will fit in an original cartridge. Or check the PCB thickness, the reproduction tends to be thicker.

Original

Repro

Original, some games have a single chip on them depending on the size of the game.

Repro

ShiWarrior · 5 Mar 2017 at 20:16

thanks for that mate !

so the case may not always be a repro if the PCB fits inside the same plastic casing ? i suppose the label could be damaged if it overlays both parts of the casing

barmyllama · 5 Mar 2017 at 20:34

Cartridge labels don't overlap the split on MD games so you couldn't tell if a fake PCB was in an original cartridge that way.

But I have seen original blank MD cartridge shells for sale on eBay in the past. So a shady seller could stick a fake PCB in an original shell with a reproduction label and it would look pretty authentic.

Like I said the best way is to open it up. That's the only way to be 100% sure. But the fake PCB is usually thicker, so you don't always need to open it up to tell.