+McCallister Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Slightly off topic, but given the discussion of modern tv's and old games, I've found the Sharp Quatro to be a pretty nice one. When you put it in GAME mode, it even blurs things back to smooth hue. For instance, the fireballs on SF2 look like they would on a CRT instead of the lines they become on a regular LCD. I didn't notice any lag when in game mode, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoyx Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Looks like your PF85U is a 1080p projector. The following happens when receiving/showing a signal: 1080p in = image can be shown as is (this is most likely what your Xbox and PC are sending) 720p in = must be resized to 1080p before being shown composite = must be digitized to a 640x480 image, resized to a 1080p image, and finally it can be shown An additional wrinkle with composite is the signal is assumed to be 480i (interlaced) at 60 fps. The digitizing process will merge two frames together in order to create a 480p signal at 30fps. That's fine for TV, but Classic video games systems output a 240p signal at 60fps. By assumign 480i, the merging of two frames still occurs, resulting in 30fps. More derailing. Looks like one fix (not really a fix... improvement) for the above is to get Framemeister-mini or similar. It upscales your 240i or 480i image more efficiently than your display does, so less lag. It's not cheap - http://www.amazon.com/DP3913515-Framemeister-Micomsoft-Upscaler-Import/dp/B006H39XJS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roryjr Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Ok. I sat down and used the suggestions for level 9. I got through it and I'm working on level 10. The game is on so I go to pause with the B/W switch. (Not sure if that does it, but it was worth a try.) In my haste to get back to the game, I flipped the POWER switch! Aaaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuggggggg!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted January 19, 2015 Author Share Posted January 19, 2015 Ok. I sat down and used the suggestions for level 9. I got through it and I'm working on level 10. The game is on so I go to pause with the B/W switch. (Not sure if that does it, but it was worth a try.) In my haste to get back to the game, I flipped the POWER switch! Aaaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuggggggg!!!!!! Guess you get to practice Level 9 again! ..Al 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SpiceWare Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Ok. I sat down and used the suggestions for level 9. I got through it and I'm working on level 10. The game is on so I go to pause with the B/W switch. (Not sure if that does it, but it was worth a try.) In my haste to get back to the game, I flipped the POWER switch! Aaaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuggggggg!!!!!! Fire button will unpause. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevEng Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 The Videogame Critic reviewed Stay Frosty 2 and Byte Before Christmas and gave both B+. I had to laugh at his comment about the Naughty List buildings. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 That Display Lag site has a page about their Testing Method where they mention the ratings based on lag: 00-20ms = Excellent 21-41ms = Great 42-62ms = Okay 63+ms = Bad So your projector goes from Extremely Bad to just Bad when turning on game mode. We bought one of the lag testers for use at work, and I brought it home to test my HDTV. Mine hovered around 47ms. Not quite "great", but for 2007 model, not bad. As I was testing it - I did notice it still had some processing "features" still turned on, so I went through and shut those all off. The Atari 2600 looks noticeably better now. One of the monitors we use for video editing at work was only 9ms. May have to try it out for gaming sometime, and see if my scores improve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 We bought one of the lag testers for use at work, and I brought it home to test my HDTV. Mine hovered around 47ms. Not quite "great", but for 2007 model, not bad. As I was testing it - I did notice it still had some processing "features" still turned on, so I went through and shut those all off. The Atari 2600 looks noticeably better now. One of the monitors we use for video editing at work was only 9ms. May have to try it out for gaming sometime, and see if my scores improve. Exactly why I suggested using a PC monitor for gaming... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Exactly why I suggested using a PC monitor for gaming... Some of those a lagging quite a lot too. You need a dedicated gaming monitor. For the real experience, nothing beats a CRT. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Some of those a lagging quite a lot too. You need a dedicated gaming monitor. For the real experience, nothing beats a CRT. I use a CRT for the retro consoles, ASUS 23" 1080p monitor for the modern HD stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 I have boxes for some of these games now -- will be making them available soon.. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 ...and Star Castle Arcade too! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+FujiSkunk Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 You people are trying to bankrupt me. And I'm falling for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+HatNJ Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 DEF in for Star Castle and the boxes for Astro Blaster and Stay Frosty 2 They all look great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Star Castle ftr... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimlockDESTROY Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 I have to have one of those Stay Frosty 2 boxes!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodyshots Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Where will the boxes become available? @ the Store? ETA? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodyshots Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 How is everybody else doing? Any other bonus rooms found? I didn't order my copy at the beginning like everyone else did so I've only been getting in to it when time permits. Playing late night, I did discover a second bonus room. It's actually not too hard to find, and may or may not be on a screen that you would suspect it to be on Im guessing it may be the same for further levels of the game. Another Hint… opposite of down is ? Not sure what level it is, but haven't got past the big fire melter yet. I made a couple attempts at it with continuing, and I think I am on the right track. One day a friend came by, and wanted to purchase my main darth vader that I play in the garage late nights. I have a Jr. to test out that I found at a garage sale, and plugged in my Sega Genesis controller to play Stay Frosty. One thing I noticed playing on my Jr. is that if you are on your last life, and you die, I hold down the right directional d-pad button before the continue screen comes on. My frosty then drops from the top left of my screen and the score increases repeatedly until the 10 seconds are up. I am unable to exit stage right (snagglepuss) to continue the game and then Stay Frosty returns to Attract Mode. I don't recall this occurring when playing on my Darth Vader model. Glitch? I have not found a way to continue when doing the controller trick this way. Tried exiting left… nada! Trapped! My current high score, I'm sure I'll get 6 digits soon! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodyshots Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Read 200 times since last post, anyone else encounter this glitch? Or maybe it isn't a glitch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 One thing I noticed playing on my Jr. is that if you are on your last life, and you die, I hold down the right directional d-pad button before the continue screen comes on. My frosty then drops from the top left of my screen and the score increases repeatedly until the 10 seconds are up. I am unable to exit stage right (snagglepuss) to continue the game and then Stay Frosty returns to Attract Mode. I don't recall this occurring when playing on my Darth Vader model. Glitch? I have not found a way to continue when doing the controller trick this way. Tried exiting left… nada! Trapped! Yep - it's a bug. I ran into it once after the game had shipped. Not sure if I triggered it the same way you did, since I couldn't make it happen again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDCecil Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 Will there be a 2015 Holiday Cart this year? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Will there be a 2015 Holiday Cart this year? Why... have you beaten the last one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Will there be a 2015 Holiday Cart this year? Well we got two last year so kinda makes up for it. You forgot The Byte Before Christmas! https://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1041 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 15, 2015 Author Share Posted December 15, 2015 No, not this year, but we'll have to see what happens next year. ..Al 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 No, not this year, but we'll have to see what happens next year. ..Al Bummer, but understandable. You have been a busy boy this year. - Thanks again for providing the community with all that classic gaming goodness, throughout this years various Expos. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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