WoW subscription cancelled so I'll add this in now as I certainly won't be resubbing before the next expansion.
<99.99> Ten months of WoW subscription.
<99.99> Ten months of WoW subscription.
On the cutting edge as ever...
<13.50> Spectrum +2 RGB Scart Cable
<28> Amiga 600 PSU
<13.50> Spectrum +2 RGB Scart Cable
<28> Amiga 600 PSU
600 PSU was one of my favourite Amiga games. All time classic.
Red Dead Redemption 2 <49.99> ps4
Only fools and losers preorder
Oh yeah, I did that too.
I can't remember how much it was, though.
I can't remember how much it was, though.
<£59.99> Red dead Redemption 2
<£12.99> XCOM2: War of the Chosen
<£7.99> XCOM2: Alien Hunters DLC
<£3.99> XCOM2: Anarchy's Children DLC
<£7.99> XCOM2: Alien Hunters DLC
Fucking XCOM.
<£12.99> XCOM2: War of the Chosen
<£7.99> XCOM2: Alien Hunters DLC
<£3.99> XCOM2: Anarchy's Children DLC
<£7.99> XCOM2: Alien Hunters DLC
Fucking XCOM.
<1.99> on the new 'beach' area in Hidden Folks.
<64.99> Second-hand Retro Freak. Multi-system thing.
ZOMG Spoiler! Click here to view!
That looks quite nifty, can you play entirely legal dumps of your own cartridges on it?
Hearthly wrote:
That looks quite nifty, can you play entirely legal dumps of your own cartridges on it?
It says you can install games from cartridge, but I don't know if you could add your own ROM files directly, although if you were going to do that, you might as well be using a Raspberry Pi I guess. I'm mainly going to use it to test games on as it covers more formats than my trusty Retron 5.
<60> Red Dead Redemption 2
devilman wrote:
Hearthly wrote:
That looks quite nifty, can you play entirely legal dumps of your own cartridges on it?
It says you can install games from cartridge, but I don't know if you could add your own ROM files directly, although if you were going to do that, you might as well be using a Raspberry Pi I guess. I'm mainly going to use it to test games on as it covers more formats than my trusty Retron 5.
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At least it's smaller than the Retron 5, which is handy considering my lack of space here.
Also..
<106.69> GPD XD Gaming thingy
I have a GPD XD and it's brilliant! You'll want to flash the Rom on it though. Have a look on YouTube as I followed the tutorial from Retro Rob. That was the easiest one I found.
Also, I've got some big purchases coming in the following months... I think I may have over spent this year a little. Whoops!
Also, I've got some big purchases coming in the following months... I think I may have over spent this year a little. Whoops!
<450> Xbox One X plus games, extra controller and Live Sub
<15> Twin docking station and rechargeable batteries for Xbox One
Phew!
<15> Twin docking station and rechargeable batteries for Xbox One
Phew!
What's the capacity on the rechargeables? The ones GAME gave me with my 1X were fucking abysmal at 600mAh or something. I quickly went back to decent normal alkalines. (Which clock in at 2500mAh.)
Hearthly wrote:
What's the capacity on the rechargeables? The ones GAME gave me with my 1X were fucking abysmal at 600mAh or something. I quickly went back to decent normal alkalines. (Which clock in at 2500mAh.)
Y'know, I didn't check. Google says 700mAh.
They might get through an evening, as long as you're not using a headset.
Mine were so bad I literally threw them in the bin along with the charger after a week.
I don't know how batteries work insofar as do you add the capacities together? i.e. 2500mAh + 2500mAh equals a total capacity of 5000mAh, against a total capacity of 600mAh for the rechargeable? Either way, normal alkalines last ages whereas the rechargeables were fucked by the end of an evening. I just buy JCB alkaline AAs from Battery Force in bulk, they're rebranded Duracells and are excellent. (And cheap!)
Mine were so bad I literally threw them in the bin along with the charger after a week.
I don't know how batteries work insofar as do you add the capacities together? i.e. 2500mAh + 2500mAh equals a total capacity of 5000mAh, against a total capacity of 600mAh for the rechargeable? Either way, normal alkalines last ages whereas the rechargeables were fucked by the end of an evening. I just buy JCB alkaline AAs from Battery Force in bulk, they're rebranded Duracells and are excellent. (And cheap!)
There’s plenty of AA rechargeables that run 2500-3000 mAh. For example:
Panasonic Eneloop Pro AA 2500mAh Eneloop NiMH Ready to Use Rechargeable Battery BK 3HCDE/4BE (4 Eneloop Pro Batteries) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00JWC40JY/ ... 2BbJ84D8Q3
Panasonic Eneloop Pro AA 2500mAh Eneloop NiMH Ready to Use Rechargeable Battery BK 3HCDE/4BE (4 Eneloop Pro Batteries) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00JWC40JY/ ... 2BbJ84D8Q3
Oh for sure decent ones exist, but the ones GAME sell are total bullshit.
I like the convenience of just popping out the dying batteries and popping in new ones on the fly, with the rechargeables I'd need a spare set ready to go, and historically I found they tended to lose charge quite quickly if sat unused after being charged.
I like the convenience of just popping out the dying batteries and popping in new ones on the fly, with the rechargeables I'd need a spare set ready to go, and historically I found they tended to lose charge quite quickly if sat unused after being charged.
That's where modern ones are much better, like those eneloops. There's no good reason for alkalines now really, I tend to put them in the central heating thermostat but that's about it.
markg wrote:
There's no good reason for alkalines now really.
How about when you've got around 250 batteries in various electric animals around the house at any given time? Not quite sure I'd like to take that on with rechargeables at £12.50 a set.....
As such we always have loads of batteries ready to go in the utility room (AA, AAA, C and D), so it seems daft to provision rechargeables and a charger separately just for my XBox pads. (There are over 200 AAs in the utility room at the moment.)
If you've got an insane amount of toys that all need to be ready to go and have horded alkaline batteries as if for doomsday then yes that's a scenario where it might make sense to use them.
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High drain devices — anything with a battery life measured in hours instead of years — fuck up alkalines. You’ll get noticeably better battery life out of NiMHs.
https://lifehacker.com/5364516/know-whe ... -batteries
https://lifehacker.com/5364516/know-whe ... -batteries
As long as they last from about 7pm until about 11pm, I'll be fine. Thanks for your concern, Hearthly!
Buy a big long lead and live that 90's life.
DavPaz wrote:
As long as they last from about 7pm until about 11pm, I'll be fine. Thanks for your concern, Hearthly!
I wouldn't bet on it if you're using a headset, those things fuck batteries like Ron Jeremy.
Send me your xbox and i'll stream it to you, tell me down the phone what buttons to press and which way to turn, and i'll cover the cost of the batteries.
Hearthly wrote:
DavPaz wrote:
As long as they last from about 7pm until about 11pm, I'll be fine. Thanks for your concern, Hearthly!
I wouldn't bet on it if you're using a headset, those things fuck batteries like Ron Jeremy.
Ron Jeremy doesn't fuck batteries, he fucks laydeez.
<1.19> Scanner Sombre (PC)
<88.99> 1388-in-1 Pandora's Box 6S
Some odd additions to the games list from the 4S what I've seen so far and not the snazziest of designs, but it'll take up less space than my two-joystick 4S.
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Some odd additions to the games list from the 4S what I've seen so far and not the snazziest of designs, but it'll take up less space than my two-joystick 4S.
<£15.99> Tekken 7
<13.29> Superhot VR (Steam Version). I had it through the Oculus store, but it's less faff through steam
<1.99> PAKO 2 (iOS)
<30.99> 8GB DDR3 1600MHz (PC)
Lonewolves wrote:
<30.99> 8GB DDR3 1600MHz (PC)
Wot no LEDs?
Trooper wrote:
Lonewolves wrote:
<30.99> 8GB DDR3 1600MHz (PC)
Wot no LEDs?
Not really for gaming, more that with two browsers with 10 tabs each was making my PC grind to a halt with 99% memory usage, but I'm guessing it'll help anyway.
Browsers will expand to fill all available RAM. All your doing is feeding the beast. 
Edge doesn't, in fairness. Chrome and Firefox can be pretty shocking though.
<509.96> 4K PC monitor for the ultimate Hearthstone and Fruit Machine Emulation experience.
<25> Beat Saber (PSVR)
Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
<25> Beat Saber (PSVR)
Finally!
<9.99> Rez Infinite (PC)
<5.49> Heat Signature (PC)
<7.74> Eleven: Table Tennis VR (PC)
<5.49> Heat Signature (PC)
<7.74> Eleven: Table Tennis VR (PC)
Lonewolves wrote:
<9.99> Rez Infinite (PC)
<5.49> Heat Signature (PC)
<7.74> Eleven: Table Tennis VR (PC)
<5.49> Heat Signature (PC)
<7.74> Eleven: Table Tennis VR (PC)
Steam sale?
I like Heat Signature.
DavPaz wrote:
Lonewolves wrote:
<9.99> Rez Infinite (PC)
<5.49> Heat Signature (PC)
<7.74> Eleven: Table Tennis VR (PC)
<5.49> Heat Signature (PC)
<7.74> Eleven: Table Tennis VR (PC)
Steam sale?
Yep!
<49.99>PlayStation network 12 month as it aurorenewed.
