What retro things have you done today?

cee-S-dee · 26 Jun 2021 at 23:03

LewisRaz said:
Transport tycoon is up

Sounds really good mate! Mighty impressive for an onboard wavetable synth. ESS Cards have always been solid.

LewisRaz · 26 Jun 2021 at 23:25

cee-S-dee said:
Sounds really good mate! Mighty impressive for an onboard wavetable synth. ESS Cards have always been solid.

I have removed it as I didnt remove the noise and it shows now I have listened on headphones. Going to re upload it soon. It did impress me tho!

Edit: Reuploaded now

Firestar_3x · 27 Jun 2021 at 21:25

Back again to my retro buying ways, ATI 8500 inbound, decided I needed one for nostalgia reasons.

Now just need to find a Black Globalwin 802 OCUK edition with 4x 120mm fans.......

Princey · 28 Jun 2021 at 10:14

I have spent most of the weekend rearranging my games room to be more usable. Certainly running out of space here but I do like the 'busyness' of it.

The 'Retro Corner' has a 32" Sony Trinitron CRT, Mega Drive, SNES, Wii/Gamecube, PS2/PS1, XBOX and Dreamcast, all using RGB Scart.
The newer stuff is has a 55" LG C9 OLED, PS5, Switch and Series X. There is also a modded Gameboy Advanced SP next to the Switch with a backlit IPS screen.

LewisRaz · 28 Jun 2021 at 21:25

Thats a really nice games room!

Got the system shock - Medical theme recorded on the ESS wavetable and also the SW60XG for comparison.

cee-S-dee · 29 Jun 2021 at 09:49

LewisRaz said:
Thats a really nice games room!

Got the system shock - Medical theme recorded on the ESS wavetable and also the SW60XG for comparison.

You can definitely hear the quality difference in the Patch set, but I'm, still impressed with how good the ESS sounds. I've heard some other 1mb patch sets and they sound like garbage.

Ravenger · 29 Jun 2021 at 10:33

I had a 6mb soundfont set for my AWE32 back in the day, and that sounded amazing.

kinger8938 · 29 Jun 2021 at 13:15

Princey said:
I have spent most of the weekend rearranging my games room to be more usable. Certainly running out of space here but I do like the 'busyness' of it.

The 'Retro Corner' has a 32" Sony Trinitron CRT, Mega Drive, SNES, Wii/Gamecube, PS2/PS1, XBOX and Dreamcast, all using RGB Scart.
The newer stuff is has a 55" LG C9 OLED, PS5, Switch and Series X. There is also a modded Gameboy Advanced SP next to the Switch with a backlit IPS screen.

Love it

!bluetonic! · 29 Jun 2021 at 17:57

@Princey That is awesome.

It's difficult to tell if that room is actually retro or just a standard games room in West Mids.

Princey · 1 Jul 2021 at 11:52

I'm contemplating downsizing my CRT plus the picture is starting to degrade a little now, I've made all the internal adjustments I can to keep on top of it but I'm losing the battle.

I wonder if its worth taking a punt on one of these? - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/324487819072

watercooledman · 1 Jul 2021 at 11:55

Princey said:
I have spent most of the weekend rearranging my games room to be more usable. Certainly running out of space here but I do like the 'busyness' of it.

The 'Retro Corner' has a 32" Sony Trinitron CRT, Mega Drive, SNES, Wii/Gamecube, PS2/PS1, XBOX and Dreamcast, all using RGB Scart.
The newer stuff is has a 55" LG C9 OLED, PS5, Switch and Series X. There is also a modded Gameboy Advanced SP next to the Switch with a backlit IPS screen.

you must be single

Princey · 1 Jul 2021 at 11:57

watercooledman said:
you must be single

Surprisingly not! The girlfriend has a Disney themed office in one of the other spare rooms so we call it even.

watercooledman · 1 Jul 2021 at 11:58

Princey said:
Surprisingly not! The girlfriend has a Disney themed office in one of the other spare rooms so we call it even.

great when can i move in.

GR63 · 2 Jul 2021 at 10:52

Picked up a 2nd Atari ST, this time an STFM, and also an external Cumana FDD. All described as Untested/Parts but all working 100% and after a wash look great!

Spacedeck · 2 Jul 2021 at 12:16

Show off all your wonderful recent retro purchases!

I decided to purchase a Raphnet adapter, as it's the only adapter that can use the original N64 controller with rumble Pak support.

So over the past 2 days I have received the Raphnet adapter (Dual N64 controller to USB Adapter), a controller and a rumble Pak.

Also purchased some games on my GOG account

Firestar_3x · 2 Jul 2021 at 13:43

JudgeDeath said:
Picked up a 2nd Atari ST, this time an STFM, and also an external Cumana FDD. All described as Untested/Parts but all working 100% and after a wash look great!

Purchase influenced by RMC recent YouTube video?

GR63 · 2 Jul 2021 at 13:45

Firestar_3x said:
Purchase influenced by RMC recent YouTube video?

Nope, purchased 1st one 6 months ago and recent one a few days before RMC video but collected it recently. I actually put Neil on to an STFM with memory expansion to buy... U want an STFM ??

Firestar_3x · 2 Jul 2021 at 13:58

JudgeDeath said:
Nope, purchased 1st one 6 months ago and recent one a few days before RMC video but collected it recently. I actually put Neil on to an STFM with memory expansion to buy... U want an STFM ??

Cool, still got my original STe i've had from new, so nope.

GR63 · 2 Jul 2021 at 13:59

Firestar_3x said:
Cool, still got my original STe, so nope.

For avoidance of doubt, not offering one, not wanting to get into trouble about Members Market etc and sales....

Oh I also got a ST HDD emulator (not Satandisk/Ultrasatan) :-)

Firestar_3x · 2 Jul 2021 at 14:01

JudgeDeath said:
Oh I also got a ST HDD emulator (not Satandisk/Ultrasatan)

I could do with sorting something out with regards to storage. never really looked into the options.