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Prototypes, circuit boards and the story of how Analogue remade the Super Nintendo.

And the next in the records removed is a very in depth post on why Billy Mitchell's Kong hi scores have been removed

http://www.twingalaxies.com/showthread. ... g?p=946633

For some reason the direct link breaks but you want post 186 in the link above

direct link below if you want to cut'n'paste or if Grim... wants to look at why it does not link

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http://www.twingalaxies.com/showthread.php/176004-Dispute-Jeremy-Young-Arcade-Donkey-Kong-Points-Hammer-Allowed-Player-Billy-L-Mitchell-Score-1-062-800?p=946633&viewfull=1#post946633

The rise and fall of the London Trocadero and Sega World

Announced Today: The @internetarchive is now emulating handheld toys and games, building on the work of the @mamedev_org team. These are not "remakes" but emulations of the original circuits.

http://tedsegablog.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/the-rise-and-fall-of-london-trocadero.html

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The rise and fall of the London Trocadero and Sega World

In what is quite a shake up for the emulating world, Emuparadise has effectively been shut down.

https://www.emuparadise.me/emuparadise-changing.php

In Defense of ROMs, A Solution To Dying Games And Broken Copyright Laws

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Programming War Stories
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The story of NEMO, Hasbro’s console that never was

Author:	zaphod79 [ Thu Oct 12, 2017 14:54 ]
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DF Retro test every official console port of the original DOOM

Author:	devilman [ Thu Oct 12, 2017 14:59 ]
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Those last two posts make me reminisce for when I had that much free time. That Aladdin piece in particular must have taken an age.

Author:	GazChap [ Thu Oct 12, 2017 15:13 ]
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Pretty sure the bonus round mentioned in that Aladdin "teardown" existed in the Amiga version, I remember playing it. //edit: Yep, 5:45 onwards here

Author:	zaphod79 [ Wed Jan 31, 2018 0:43 ]
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Older story on this : https://kotaku.com/doubt-and-drama-stil ... 1796714894 Yesterday : https://retrobitch.wordpress.com/2018/0 ... -cheating/

Author:	zaphod79 [ Fri Feb 02, 2018 23:04 ]
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And the next in the records removed is a very in depth post on why Billy Mitchell's Kong hi scores have been removed http://www.twingalaxies.com/showthread. ... g?p=946633 For some reason the direct link breaks but you want post 186 in the link above direct link below if you want to cut'n'paste or if Grim... wants to look at why it does not link Code: http://www.twingalaxies.com/showthread.php/176004-Dispute-Jeremy-Young-Arcade-Donkey-Kong-Points-Hammer-Allowed-Player-Billy-L-Mitchell-Score-1-062-800?p=946633&viewfull=1#post946633

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Author:	zaphod79 [ Mon Feb 05, 2018 22:54 ]
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https://www.polygon.com/2018/2/5/169653 ... ce=twitter Quote: Prototypes, circuit boards and the story of how Analogue remade the Super Nintendo.

Author:	romanista [ Tue Feb 06, 2018 13:13 ]
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zaphod79 wrote: And the next in the records removed is a very in depth post on why Billy Mitchell's Kong hi scores have been removed http://www.twingalaxies.com/showthread. ... g?p=946633 For some reason the direct link breaks but you want post 186 in the link above direct link below if you want to cut'n'paste or if Grim... wants to look at why it does not link Code: http://www.twingalaxies.com/showthread.php/176004-Dispute-Jeremy-Young-Arcade-Donkey-Kong-Points-Hammer-Allowed-Player-Billy-L-Mitchell-Score-1-062-800?p=946633&viewfull=1#post946633 fascinating reading this (also the mini donkey kong score docu, correcting king of kong), but why was the switch of the dk/dljr boards useful in the first case.. to show he played two games in stead of just playing a video?

Author:	zaphod79 [ Wed Feb 07, 2018 12:43 ]
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https://readonlymemory.vg/a-brief-histo ... edrunning/ A brief history of speedrunning

Author:	zaphod79 [ Mon Feb 12, 2018 18:22 ]
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http://tedsegablog.blogspot.co.uk/2017/ ... adero.html Quote: The rise and fall of the London Trocadero and Sega World

Author:	TheVision [ Tue Mar 06, 2018 9:50 ]
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Yesterday I went to the Arcade Club in Bury and had the place to myself for reasons. It is a brilliant place! So many games and all working. The top floor is the traditional arcade section with stuff like Outrun, Star Wars etc. The second floor is more modern with some new Japanese games and loads of consoles. They also had this crazy monitor!

Author:	DavPaz [ Tue Mar 06, 2018 9:53 ]
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Looks amazing... but you're not alone. There's a large hairy man in there with you!

Author:	TheVision [ Tue Mar 06, 2018 9:58 ]
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You are right! That's Andy. He owns the place.

Author:	devilman [ Tue Mar 06, 2018 10:03 ]
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It's a shame to see it that empty. Hopefully it at least gets busy at weekends. I haven't seen a sit-down Star Wars cabinet since my childhood holidays to North Wales. There was a particular arcade that had Star Wars and Spy Hunter and I'd always go seeking them out.

Author:	Hearthly [ Tue Mar 06, 2018 10:03 ]
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I'm gutted I didn't get to go there when I was over last year, it's literally up the road from where we were staying. It was shut for some reason or we were there on the wrong days when he doesn't open, I can't remember the details but we couldn't go Sit down Ridge Racer, I'd be all over that. With the 'Rare Hero' soundtrack chosen, of course.

Author:	DavPaz [ Tue Mar 06, 2018 10:11 ]
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I remember having a go on Full Scale ridge Racer in a Stockton bowling alley, maybe late 90s. It was basically an actual car. Ace

Author:	zaphod79 [ Fri Apr 13, 2018 10:36 ]
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So from what was posted before the main thing here is that the version of Donkey Kong that he was using for the videos was emulated (with an early version of Mame) and was not an original DK board So that could be that he did not know It could be that he used MAME and recorded the inputs and played them back in to replay difficult parts or use savestates or any other features which would not have been available on an original board. The removing of all his scores seems a bit extreme - especially for some of them which were done back in the 80's in front of audiences on real hardware that was still 'new' in the arcades (and long before emulation was possible) - however that's up to Twin Galaxies

Author:	Hearthly [ Fri Apr 13, 2018 13:28 ]
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If you watch some of the analysis videos he's clearly a cheating asshole who's finally got his comeuppance. Not just the emulation side of things but the way he plays very risky sub-optimal strategies that miraculously seem to work out for him, and that kind of thing. I've watched loads of stuff on this and I'm convinced he's a deliberate cheat.

Author:	romanista [ Thu Apr 19, 2018 14:56 ]
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Reading that thread someone posted up a while ago seemed to contain all the evidence you needed, they really proved he was using mame using the videoprocessing of the original hardware.. meahwile...atari is releasing a netflix box for 300pounds https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018 ... th-the-vcs did anyone see an update on t4k? https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017 ... lishing-it

Author:	TheVision [ Tue Mar 06, 2018 10:16 ]
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It was empty because it was actually closed. I was there doing some filming with some friends of the owner. Apparently on the days it's open, it gets really busy!

Author:	GazChap [ Tue Mar 06, 2018 10:26 ]
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Yeah, it's crazy busy whenever I'm there Jem, Zeppo and I were supposed to be there on Saturday for a friend's birthday party but the snow kinda screwed that up.

Author:	Dr Zoidberg [ Tue Mar 06, 2018 13:57 ]
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I’m heading up again soon. Great place.

Author:	Dr Zoidberg [ Tue Mar 06, 2018 21:15 ]
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Andy has posted photos of them knocking down walls on Floor 1, so Arcade Club is expanding!

Author:	zaphod79 [ Mon Mar 19, 2018 15:22 ]
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https://twitter.com/textfiles/status/975407921000599553 Announced Today: The @internetarchive is now emulating handheld toys and games, building on the work of the @mamedev_org team. These are not "remakes" but emulations of the original circuits. Announcement is here: https://t.co/yuKihutxVs spread the word widely. pic.twitter.com/fCjzNCMFBR — Jason Scott (@textfiles) March 18, 2018 Quote: Announced Today: The @internetarchive is now emulating handheld toys and games, building on the work of the @mamedev_org team. These are not "remakes" but emulations of the original circuits. http://blog.archive.org/2018/03/18/some ... e-archive/

Author:	romanista [ Thu Mar 22, 2018 9:53 ]
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mr biffo about the vertex <3 https://www.digitiser2000.com/main-page ... f-all-time

Author:	romanista [ Fri Apr 13, 2018 9:28 ]
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developments in the donkey kong trial https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018 ... ce-emerges

Author:	MaliA [ Fri Apr 13, 2018 13:34 ]
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I think we should wait for all the evidence before we call anyone a Plunkbat

Author:	RuySan [ Fri Apr 20, 2018 17:04 ]
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zaphod79 wrote: http://tedsegablog.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/the-rise-and-fall-of-london-trocadero.html Quote: The rise and fall of the London Trocadero and Sega World I was in London in 2009 accompanying my wife on a work trip. Since i was by myself all day long, I would just explore the city at a leisure pace. I remember visiting this place really early (maybe around 9.30am) and the whole place looked deserted and eerie (the early hours didn't help). I had no idea of the significance and history of it for arcade gamers until now.

Author:	Dr Zoidberg [ Fri Apr 20, 2018 17:58 ]
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I always preferred the Namco Zone by the Thames, but I believe it's gone hugely downhill.

Author:	Mimi [ Fri Apr 20, 2018 21:02 ]
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I hung around the Trocadeo A LOT in my youth. Also used to go to a Sega place in... I want to say Colindale... though I’m not 100% on that. There was ashopping centre there called something like Oriental City! It had the Sega arcade place, a huge oriental supermarket, a shop that basically just sold Hello Kitty stuff, a big aquarium shop and, for true awesomeness, a big Japanese £1 shop which was just amazing. The most amazing stationary, and millions of things you never knew you needed in your life until you saw them. All in bright happy bubblegum colours. It was the best.

Author:	zaphod79 [ Sun May 20, 2018 21:38 ]
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Early Atari concept art https://arcadeblogger.com/2016/02/13/at ... he-future/

Author:	zaphod79 [ Fri Jun 01, 2018 11:47 ]
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https://retrobitch.wordpress.com/2018/0 ... s-the-eye/

Author:	zaphod79 [ Tue Jun 05, 2018 10:57 ]
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Space Invaders at 40 https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/ ... -interview

Author:	Findus Fop [ Mon Jun 11, 2018 11:21 ]
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This Twitter account is excellent and relevant https://mobile.twitter.com/yorecomputer

Author:	MaliA [ Mon Jun 11, 2018 11:50 ]
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It is super, isn't it?

Author:	zaphod79 [ Mon Jun 11, 2018 11:59 ]
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https://twitter.com/motherboard/status/ ... 4692672512 70 long-lost Japanese video games have been discovered in a folder on a private forum https://t.co/kUxutlfYQV pic.twitter.com/2w98q8ZvB6 — Motherboard (@motherboard) June 5, 2018

Author:	zaphod79 [ Mon Jul 02, 2018 10:54 ]
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https://arcadeblogger.com/2016/05/13/arcade-factory/

Author:	zaphod79 [ Mon Jul 02, 2018 11:20 ]
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http://classicadventurer.co.uk/ "The Classic Adventurer" - PDF's of issue 1 and 2 are currently free.

Author:	TheVision [ Wed Aug 08, 2018 13:53 ]
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In what is quite a shake up for the emulating world, Emuparadise has effectively been shut down. https://www.emuparadise.me/emuparadise-changing.php