This might well be covered by that video, which I'm yet to watch, but I often wonder whether Ian Bell is bitter towards David Braben about his success or anything.
GazChap wrote:
This might well be covered by that video, which I'm yet to watch, but I often wonder whether Ian Bell is bitter towards David Braben about his success or anything.
Part 6 (starts about the 45 minute mark) - tries to cover the fallout from both sides of view
I'm quite sure all is not as it seems with this but interesting anyway
https://twitter.com/frankcifaldi/status ... 3888090112
https://twitter.com/frankcifaldi/status ... 3888090112
I have spent the last twenty years of my life trying to negotiate the line between video game collectors and video game archivists, so I'd like to consider myself an expert:
— Frank Cifaldi the Last (@frankcifaldi) April 26, 2019
If this story is true, this is an idiotic, short-sighted move. Thread:https://t.co/8b3ySKJnXu
If I hadn't already got a Pandora's Box thing, I'd be seriously tempted to buy this one
Thread (you'll have to click through the first tweet to read it)
https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1126996260026605568
https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1126996260026605568
Today's weird discovery:
— foone (@Foone) May 10, 2019
Pilotwings (1991) has a set of demos that play if you don't press any keys, and one of them acts differently depending on when your cartridge was made, basically.
Does the plane crash or not? pic.twitter.com/RN4lCBEjso
zaphod79 wrote:
Thread (you'll have to click through the first tweet to read it)
https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1126996260026605568
https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1126996260026605568
Today's weird discovery:
— foone (@Foone) May 10, 2019
Pilotwings (1991) has a set of demos that play if you don't press any keys, and one of them acts differently depending on when your cartridge was made, basically.
Does the plane crash or not? pic.twitter.com/RN4lCBEjso
I read that a couple of days ago and it reminded me of when snes emulation first started, and how Pilotwings (and Mario Kart) were amongst the games that didn't work because of the dsp-1 chip.
I remember visiting Daves Classics every day to see if snes9x or zsnes had been updated to support it.
Not sure I ever remember watching the demo though.
Joans wrote:
zaphod79 wrote:
Thread (you'll have to click through the first tweet to read it)
https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1126996260026605568
https://twitter.com/Foone/status/1126996260026605568
Today's weird discovery:
— foone (@Foone) May 10, 2019
Pilotwings (1991) has a set of demos that play if you don't press any keys, and one of them acts differently depending on when your cartridge was made, basically.
Does the plane crash or not? pic.twitter.com/RN4lCBEjso
I read that a couple of days ago and it reminded me of when snes emulation first started, and how Pilotwings (and Mario Kart) were amongst the games that didn't work because of the dsp-1 chip.
I remember visiting Daves Classics every day to see if snes9x or zsnes had been updated to support it.
Not sure I ever remember watching the demo though.
The order of the demos seems to be randomised too (or at least different between the two cart types). I have two copies of the game at the moment and the plane demo was the fourth one up and it landed fine. Second copy, the plane demo was third and it crashed.
Arcade Club's Leeds site will be opening this month. Still no exact date though.
On a smaller scale, Retroids in Worcester is expanding soon.
On a smaller scale, Retroids in Worcester is expanding soon.
It is pacman! In the stockholm subway
https://twitter.com/mjomark/status/1131282416495149061
https://twitter.com/mjomark/status/1131282416495149061
Peppar lite på Stockholms nya tunnelbanetåg. pic.twitter.com/BzkPXU3hIO
— Per-Ola Mjömark (@mjomark) May 22, 2019
Nice!
Ace.
That reminds me, there is a game I'm thinking of but I can't remember the name.
It was a single screen platformer like Snow Bros but your character had a back pack that would suck up the enemies.
It may have been an Amiga game now I think of it.
Any ideas?
That reminds me, there is a game I'm thinking of but I can't remember the name.
It was a single screen platformer like Snow Bros but your character had a back pack that would suck up the enemies.
It may have been an Amiga game now I think of it.
Any ideas?
TheVision wrote:
Ace.
That reminds me, there is a game I'm thinking of but I can't remember the name.
It was a single screen platformer like Snow Bros but your character had a back pack that would suck up the enemies.
It may have been an Amiga game now I think of it.
Any ideas?
That reminds me, there is a game I'm thinking of but I can't remember the name.
It was a single screen platformer like Snow Bros but your character had a back pack that would suck up the enemies.
It may have been an Amiga game now I think of it.
Any ideas?
Tumblepop
https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_deta ... e_id=10214
Hmmm.. It could be that but I think the characters were more cartoony. Maybe clowns?
Or maybe my mind is tricking me.
Or maybe my mind is tricking me.
Joe and Mac 2.
Didn’t Super Methane Brothers have sucky-up backpacks?
TheVision wrote:
Hmmm.. It could be that but I think the characters were more cartoony. Maybe clowns?
Or maybe my mind is tricking me.
Or maybe my mind is tricking me.
Some of the enemies in Tumblepop were clowns
And so was one of the bosses
Maybe watch a video of it being played and see if the music / FX remind you
I’ve won free admission for two people to Arcade Club in Leeds on their opening weekend, plus food and a couple of drinks each.
Annoyingly I may now have other plans for that weekend.
Annoyingly I may now have other plans for that weekend.
Congratulations... I reckon they'd be easy to get rid of though. 
TheVision wrote:
Congratulations... I reckon they'd be easy to get rid of though.
Yep, if I can’t make it, I’m sure a new home could be found.
GazChap wrote:
Didn’t Super Methane Brothers have sucky-up backpacks?
They did.... sort of. sucky guns, little in the way of backpacks.
A chum of mine has done a video review of Arcade Club. (This is the chap who made the intro for my channel, and he was one of the earliest members of the fruit machine emulation scene.)
He has also challenged me to a game of Point Blank, which he will lose because I am toweringly magnificent at Point Blank. And also modest about it.
He has also challenged me to a game of Point Blank, which he will lose because I am toweringly magnificent at Point Blank. And also modest about it.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andyrobert ... announced/
Two new arcade 1-up cabs announced
Two new arcade 1-up cabs announced
Quote:
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will feature two games:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989)
Turtles in Time (1991)
The Marvel Super Heroes machine will provide three games:
Marvel Super Heroes,
X-Men Children of the Atom,
The Punisher
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989)
Turtles in Time (1991)
The Marvel Super Heroes machine will provide three games:
Marvel Super Heroes,
X-Men Children of the Atom,
The Punisher
Says here they’re about 4’ tall.
https://toybook.com/arcade1up-brings-cl ... wars-home/
Next 1up cabinet is the classic Atari Star Wars games
Next 1up cabinet is the classic Atari Star Wars games
That's interesting. Something you can't play properly on Mame is way more tempting
Is it a proper vector projection screen, or is it rasterised?
DavPaz wrote:
Is it a proper vector projection screen, or is it rasterised?
If it includes ROTJ it can't be Vector
Dr Zoidberg wrote:
DavPaz wrote:
Is it a proper vector projection screen, or is it rasterised?
If it includes ROTJ it can't be Vector
Shame. I didn't think it would be, of course but we can live in hope
TheVision wrote:
Yesterday I went to the Arcade Club in Bury and had the place to myself for reasons.
I went there today! I enjoyed the mental Japanese table-flipping game.
I played Chase HQ and Turbo Out Run for over an hour last night, I think they're two of the most perfect arcade games ever.
I can often finish Chase HQ on a single credit, but not always, sometimes the traffic patterns just screw you up and cause mistakes to be made.
Turbo Out Run I've never finished but I'm getting better at it and I think I'll be able to complete it soon. (Continues aren't allowed.)
Continental Circus is one I can endlessly replay as well. (TRIVIA - It should have been called CONTINENTAL CIRCUIT but something got a bit lost in translation....)
I can often finish Chase HQ on a single credit, but not always, sometimes the traffic patterns just screw you up and cause mistakes to be made.
Turbo Out Run I've never finished but I'm getting better at it and I think I'll be able to complete it soon. (Continues aren't allowed.)
Continental Circus is one I can endlessly replay as well. (TRIVIA - It should have been called CONTINENTAL CIRCUIT but something got a bit lost in translation....)
This has all the hallmarks of being a record sale price for a Speccy game:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Robocop-III- ... 4368943025
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Robocop-III- ... 4368943025
Ashens !
He’s also doing the DYKG Extra this week too. He painfully reads out reams of text from Alien Breed until I stabbed cotton buds through my ear drums.
zaphod79 wrote:
Ashens !
I thought that was pretty shit actually, I've enjoyed Ashens stuff in the past but this just didn't work for me
No idea if it's any good, but The King of Arcades was added to Amazon Prime Video this week. Might be of interest to some.
Out chinny Chinnyvision with 17 different versions of Outrun
Got 1 minute and 53 seconds into that video and knew it wasn’t for me. Amateur hour. Literally an hour.
New candidate for the first easter egg in a video game (same year as Starship 1 but probably beats it by a few months)
https://selectbutton.net/t/i-found-an-e ... -1977/8828
https://selectbutton.net/t/i-found-an-e ... -1977/8828
That's really cool zaphod, cheers for the link 
I love stuff like this. (The nerdier the better.)
I love stuff like this. (The nerdier the better.) Hearthly wrote:
That's really cool zaphod, cheers for the link I love stuff like this. (The nerdier the better.)
I love stuff like this. (The nerdier the better.)I like that the game author's son also posts in the thread.
https://twitter.com/circuitbeard/status ... 3968285697
Video run through of my completed Outrun Deluxe inspired bartop arcade. Check out my Instagram account for all the progress shots leading to up to this https://t.co/XwSbLqZcg1 #retrogames #retrogaming #sega #nintendo #RaspberryPi #arduino #picade #outrun #arcadecabinet pic.twitter.com/25bp8bDlqB
— CIRCUITBEARD (@circuitbeard) August 24, 2019
https://twitter.com/arstechnica/status/ ... 2750991366
Collector unearths long-lost 8-bit Konami games, dumps them for emulation https://t.co/d6q4qSsqMz by @KyleOrl
— Ars Technica (@arstechnica) August 29, 2019
Quote:
The video of the playable demo version of R-Type Final 2 showcased at TGS2019
I will buy that.
That looks perfect. I’m in.
https://twitter.com/DavidXNewton/status ... 5304381440
It’s the 30th anniversary of @jmechner ‘s Prince of Persia! Here once again is my investigation of twelve of the many conversions.https://t.co/Ybl0kRjga3
— AUTOEXEC.BUN (@DavidXNewton) October 3, 2019
Quote:
This week I have another great interview from 1988 with Fukio "MTJ" Mitsuji, the legendary developer of Bubble Bobble and Rainbow Island! He discusses the design of both games, as well as his lesser-known early titles Super Dead Heat and Halley's Comet. http://shmuplations.com/bubblebobble/
https://twitter.com/shmuplations/status ... 8000248832
This week I have another great interview from 1988 with Fukio "MTJ" Mitsuji, the legendary developer of Bubble Bobble and Rainbow Island! He discusses the design of both games, as well as his lesser-known early titles Super Dead Heat and Halley's Comet. https://t.co/LDZ5ZFhipa pic.twitter.com/mJWYS6zYxt
— shmuplations.com (@shmuplations) October 8, 2019