Retro console and games thread

kinger8938 · 24 Sep 2017 at 17:33

digitalx said:
PS2 to HDMI..? Is that expensive? I'm using composite still.

Like £10-15. I think they all do the same really just different names and models! Amazon have a fair few I just went for the one with the best reviews

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0...s=ps2+hdmi&dpPl=1&dpID=41D02Bfb4qL&ref=plSrch

It does stick out the back by like 2 inches once you have a cable in the end of it too. Not bad just have to have it brought forward on my desk a bit.

The way it's designed also means you can't stand it up vertically due to the usb cable that powers it sticks out the bottom.crap design in that sense!

This is one of the points for people giving it a negative review.

Also any reviews claiming it doesn't work tend to be from users not understanding the set up properly. Before you use it, with your current cables plugged in, go in to the settings and switch from RGB to the other mode in display settings! Can't remember what it is, starts with Y.

Then turn it off, plug the HDMI in and you are good to go

If you just plug it straight in without changing this setting first you just get a blank screen

Digital X · 24 Sep 2017 at 17:37

Yeah just checked, tempting!

andshrew · 24 Sep 2017 at 18:04

Does it work if you play PS1 games on the PS2?

kinger8938 · 24 Sep 2017 at 18:09

andshrew said:
Does it work if you play PS1 games on the PS2?

I don't think it does

I heard that the component signal doesn't support ps1 games so neither will this mod. So I haven't thrown the RGB scart out just in case I ever want to play ps1 on it

kinger8938 · 24 Sep 2017 at 18:10

digitalx said:
Yeah just checked, tempting!

I would have thought it would be a nice bump over the standard composite cables. The ps2 only goes so far though, so I don't know if the results would blow you away but it's probably about the best the system can do.

steve5424 · 24 Sep 2017 at 23:55

DIABLO said:
The bots are going at it hardcore on the preorders literally sold out with in seconds of going up on the sites, really hope the scalpers get burnt.

I have one ordered but think I might have to cancel due to cash shortage. Just don't want to risk not being able to buy one even though they say they will be on sale till next year.

WatchTower · 26 Sep 2017 at 19:20

It's been while but I've finally been able to add a new game to my arcade pcb collection.

steve5424 · 26 Sep 2017 at 19:40

Well looks like I've missed out on a SNES mini. Smyths tried to take payment yesterday and I won't have the funds till Thursday so they said they will haveto cancel my order as they can't keep it till then

really not happy!!

DEL 707 · 27 Sep 2017 at 19:59

Was in Budapest for a wedding so I decided to visit the Pinball Museum.
Your have to excuse the poor pictures, crappy phone and poor lighting in there.

Was fantastic fun.
Loved some of the older games/pinballs, simplistic but there's something really satisfying about the buzzing/clacking noises they make.

kinger8938 · 28 Sep 2017 at 10:50

I haven't played pinball since I was a kid! Looks like an amazing place to visit, bit jealous

barmyllama · 28 Sep 2017 at 12:55

My Holy Grail is an Addams Family pinball machine.

Not that I'll ever have the money or the room.

DEL 707 · 28 Sep 2017 at 19:21

Yep, they had Addams Family there, right next to Terminator 2!

steve5424 · 29 Sep 2017 at 08:03

Well I got lucky after Smyths cancelled my SNES Mini order I complained and they emailed me saying my local store will keep one for me today.

kinger8938 · 29 Sep 2017 at 17:19

steve5424 said:
Well I got lucky after Smyths cancelled my SNES Mini order I complained and they emailed me saying my local store will keep one for me today.

Oh that's good then, glad you can get one. Pretty good for them stock wise to be able to promise that too

kinger8938 · 30 Sep 2017 at 18:27

I grabbed a Wii last week strictly for GC gaming.. picked up Mario Galaxy 2 today. Always wanted to play it. It remains one of the highest rated games of all time so why not.

Probably the only actual Wii game I will play though

billyboyd · 1 Oct 2017 at 10:17

.....and that was the last we ever saw of Kinger (Well, for a couple of weeks anyway)

Some very good games on the Wii, you got to root through a lot of crap to get to them though.

Digital X · 1 Oct 2017 at 12:59

Einhander should be with me around 7th October. Waiting 2 weeks so far from Japan.

Thank god for disc swaps it was dirt cheap!

steve5424 · 2 Oct 2017 at 10:00

Got my SNES mini on Saturday and spent hours on it. Such a great little machine.

Super Ghoul N Ghosts is still super hard!

HeX · 2 Oct 2017 at 10:13

With all the talk of SNES mini I decided to go into the attic and dig out my SNES original. Spent the afternoon playing this lot with my little'uns

I'm missing a box somewhere though, can't find my Mario Kart and Donkey Kong Country games anywhere... think i'm going to have to venture deeper and see if I can find them later!

Thesnipergecko · 2 Oct 2017 at 11:31

I lost hours of my youth playing Pilotwings just trying to hit that damn target!