DF Retro test every official console port of the original DOOM
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.
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
//edit: Yep, 5:45 onwards here
Older story on this :
https://kotaku.com/doubt-and-drama-stil ... 1796714894
Yesterday :
https://retrobitch.wordpress.com/2018/0 ... -cheating/
https://kotaku.com/doubt-and-drama-stil ... 1796714894
Yesterday :
https://retrobitch.wordpress.com/2018/0 ... -cheating/
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
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
https://www.polygon.com/2018/2/5/169653 ... ce=twitter
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Prototypes, circuit boards and the story of how Analogue remade the Super Nintendo.
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
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
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?
http://tedsegablog.blogspot.co.uk/2017/ ... adero.html
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The rise and fall of the London Trocadero and Sega World
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!
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!
Looks amazing... but you're not alone. There's a large hairy man in there with you!
You are right! That's Andy. He owns the place.
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.
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.
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.
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
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!
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.
Jem, Zeppo and I were supposed to be there on Saturday for a friend's birthday party but the snow kinda screwed that up. 
I’m heading up again soon. Great place.
Andy has posted photos of them knocking down walls on Floor 1, so Arcade Club is expanding!
https://twitter.com/textfiles/status/975407921000599553
http://blog.archive.org/2018/03/18/some ... e-archive/
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
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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/
developments in the donkey kong trial https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018 ... ce-emerges
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
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
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.
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.
I think we should wait for all the evidence before we call anyone a Plunkbat
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
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
zaphod79 wrote:
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
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.
I always preferred the Namco Zone by the Thames, but I believe it's gone hugely downhill.
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.
It is super, isn't it?
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
http://classicadventurer.co.uk/
"The Classic Adventurer" - PDF's of issue 1 and 2 are currently free.
"The Classic Adventurer" - PDF's of issue 1 and 2 are currently free.
In what is quite a shake up for the emulating world, Emuparadise has effectively been shut down.
https://www.emuparadise.me/emuparadise-changing.php
https://www.emuparadise.me/emuparadise-changing.php
TheVision wrote:
In what is quite a shake up for the emulating world, Emuparadise has effectively been shut down.
https://www.emuparadise.me/emuparadise-changing.php
https://www.emuparadise.me/emuparadise-changing.php
Some of the comments are amusing. A lot of entitlement and zero empathy...
There have been a few different crackdowns on sites over the last few weeks (specifically those hosting NES roms) which if you consider the best selling home console last month in the US was the NES mini does sorta put things a little more into perspective.
https://kotaku.com/in-defense-of-roms-a ... 1828340811
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In Defense of ROMs, A Solution To Dying Games And Broken Copyright Laws
https://aarongiles.com/programming/war-mame/
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Aaron Giles
Programming War Stories
MAME & Emulation
Programming War Stories
MAME & Emulation
billy fights back http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/1 ... kong_score
Splendid new Nostalgia Nerd video, about the Atari Falcon. This is a computer I was aware of existing, but really not much more than that.
Fascinating watch!
Fascinating watch!
Indeed it is fascinating. I love his videos.
https://twitter.com/BBCArchive/status/1 ... 6017364993
#OnThisDay 1981: Video Focus had news of all the latest arcade cabinet transfers in the Aberdeen area. This is eSports coverage before eSports; preSports? pic.twitter.com/tX2sLGYqOA
— BBC Archive (@BBCArchive) October 30, 2018
https://www.polygon.com/features/2018/1 ... rk-turmell
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The story of NEMO, Hasbro’s console that never was
