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  3. Posted

    If they've toned down the police state of Liberty City, I just might give it a play tonight. I realized the difficulty of trying to kill the pidgeons as you can only shoot them. As you know, even thinking about firing a gun in GTA4 gets you a wanted level.

  5. Posted

    Try RetroForceGO! over on www.destructoid.com. It's one of the few I listen to regularly. The recent episode was Disney games but they spent most of their time singing Disney songs...:ponder:

     

    I tried the lenghtly destructoid.com podcast today. The first 20 minutes were some story of drunken antics. Nothing to do with the podcast topic. Some of these podcasts really need to tighten up on their content. Of course, the swearing every 20 seconds is unavoidable.

     

    I'm not saying go all-out, but have your podcasts not be "let's listen in to you & 2 of your friends for an hour having a convo", which sadly what the benheck ones are like.

  6. Posted

    With growing bored of my MP3s, I decided to embark on gaming-related podcasts. Many are from video game related websites which you know are a dime a dozen. Here's what I found:

     

    1. retronauts - Not a bad show. They talk about video games after the Atari era. So it's like Japan. Okay, sometimes pre-crash era things are mentioned, but it's mostly 8 & 16 bit games.

     

    2. We Talk Games - One one the hosts is a serious wacko, reminding me of The Space Boss. Downside: Some episodes are almost THREE HOURS LONG. Cap it to an hour.

     

    3. Xbox 360 fanboy - It's okay(see below). hey, it's 360 talk.

     

     

     

     

    Oddballs:

     

    1. Some french video cast with episodes 3 minutes long. Im not at home, so I don't know the name offhand. I don't speak a lick of French, but its fun to watch. He focuses heavily on pre-crash items. GamerOne maybe?

     

    2. Awesome Video Games - but you knew that already. Still more entertaining than anything on G4.

     

    3. Benheck's podcast. Nothing about his video game console hacking work. Not worth subscribing to, sadly.

     

     

     

     

    The "oh just please podcast it already won't you?" list

     

    1. Retro Gaming Radio - Haven't listented to it yet, but imagine how easy it would be if you listed it on Itunes.

     

     

     

     

    Conclusion:

     

    There's a saturation of podcasts from 20-somethings talking about xbox 360 achievements and stuff. Really. Let's spice it up a bit. C'mon I would rather hear the Secret Illuminati of Jaguar Owners podcast, that is if I knew the secret members-only handshake to find the RSS feed. There's only two retro gaming related pocasts? I guess that will have to do.

  7. Posted

    I'm curious if that "upgrade kit" that comes with a 60 gig HD, headset, etc for $100 will work on my 20gig system, where it's intended for the Arcade system. The HD cable transfer kit offer by Microsoft seems intended for a 20gig - 120gig system transfer, requiring TWO serial numbers, for one which I do not have.

     

    You better let me upgrade to the 60 gig drive via that kit. I don't need an extra headset, but I won't mind a spare.

  9. Posted

    I turned on the Cheats and tried to play Super Bagman. Somehow i got the wheelbarrow stuck on one of the slightly descending floors at the top of the screen. No win situation. This arcade game was destined to fail for players, just like The Pit.

  15. Posted

    Had I any lockpicking skills, I would switch it back to regular play mode.

    I owned a super pac and I remember getting in through the back pretty easily. If you can get to the rear door, you should be able to use a screwdriver (or maybe even another key) stick just the tip in and try turning it very slowly. You should be able to feel when it will open and the back door will open right up. It is just one of those cheap style locks they use in cabinets, etc.. That is unless they upgraded the lock which is highly possible. This should give you access to the PCB. You can't get at the quarters through the back though :D

    BTW - A Super Pac in your work breakroom!! Way cool :cool:

     

    Isn't the service switch toggled via somwhere inside the coin door? I also noticed there were two recessed buttons on both sides of the coin door, which do zilch when I press them.

     

    I can't access the back, sadly. It's pushed into the corner of the room.

     

    It's not really so much of a breakroom. It's a room for the office building(for all the businesses here) that's as big as a bathroom, housing only the PacMan & the vending machine. The building I work in looks like it was made in the 70s.

  16. Posted

    The negelected arcade machine has hit my new workplace. In the "breakroom", there's a snack vending machine and a Super Pac Man machine. A super pac man, not the usual Ms. Pac Man.

     

     

    The dang thing is stuck in service mode. My manager said it was broken, but I know a service mode screen when I see one. You can try the different sounds in it. It's been like that for weeks. Had I any lockpicking skills, I would switch it back to regular play mode.

  17. Posted

    Billy Mitchell is all about Billy Mitchell and only Billy Mitchell. The arragance he puts off is just pathetic. I mean for god's sake you got a mullet buddy your not cool.

     

    Excuse me, but...

     

    Billy Mitchell Billy Mitchell Billy Mitchell Billy Mitchell Billy Mitchell Billy Mitchell Billy Mitchell

    Billy Mitchell

     

    Billy Mitchell

    Billy Mitchell Billy Mitchell

    1. Billy Mitchell
    2. Billy Mitchell

    • Billy Mitchell
    • Billy Mitchell

     

    Billy Mitchell

     

     

    PS.

    Billy Mitchell

     

    On a more serious note, did Topps run out of things to make trading cards about? No trading cards for 17th century French impressionists? Or did Billy Mitchell pay Topps to make the cards, with dollar bills with his own face on them?

  19. Posted

    I miss that dumbass old T.V. show.........can't remember what........had a dumbass host who skateboarded into the room and give you silly tips on how to beat NES games........basically tips you already knew.

     

    I remember he showed a tip on how to beat a boss in Ninja Gaiden 3 and whoever was playing was getting their ass kicked and I kept thinking, "I'm supposed to take tips from that guy." I guess there were no second takes.

    You mean "Video Power" with Johnny Arcade, or "Gamepro" with J.D. Roth

     

    Or the modern day equivalent: "Awesome Video Games".

  20. Posted

    Why do most NES games not have vertical scrolling? I assumed that was an issue resolved by an MMC, but I don't really know much about the NES.

     

    Most have both in some point of the game, but yeah it's less so than horizontal scrolling game. The short answer is that without using the corresponding mapper, you'll get some color artifacting at either the very top or the very bottom (depends on the scrolling direction) because the smallest color change areas being effected are 16x16. Though most likely the artifacts at the top and bottom will be partially in overscan area.

     

    The NES has a virtual 512x512 tile map, but the system only came with enough ram for half of that. The system mirrors the other half either vertically or horizontally unless a cartridge provides the additional ram. The mirroring is a hardware feature of the PPU set by cartridge. MMC1 chip introduced switching vertical and horizontal mirroring on the fly as previous chips had this fixed to vertical or horizontal.

     

    Megaman 1 is an example of a NES game that has vertical scrolling but with a mapper that's fixed for 512x256 horizontal tilemap (lower half is mirrored).

     

    Trust me, that's the shorter answer ;)

     

     

    Does that explain why on my OneStation(the NES core is on the cartridge) the vertical scrolling games often show a flickering line of junk on the top? Not enough to be annoying though.

  21. Posted

    I have always enjoyed AVGN's reviews. If you take out all the swearing and such out of the reviews, you still have an in-depth review of a video game that goes into the innards of play. He has exposed a lot of unfair things that game designers put into a game(falling rocks, respawning enemies and generally impossible situations) that would make anyone steamin' mad. Imagine paying $50 for some of the games he reviewed, only to get frustrated with it after a day, and chuck it into the closet.

     

    He does direct record videos of the gameplay. He slows things down & darkens out backgrounds to show you specific detail. You can hear what he says. There is good editing & flow. He puts skits in between things to keep it fun.

     

    Now look at the rest of the video game reviews on YouTube. You have hyperactive 12 year olds with a speech impediment trying to show a game being played, with his epileptic 12 year old brother holding daddy's camcorder at the screen. Lots of "errs" and "uhhs" and no substance really. That's not to say all of them are, but many of them are.

     

    Heck, my YouTube videos suck by comparison. I tried doing voiceover reviews and it came out horrible.

  25. Posted

    What's sadder;

     

    1. still rampant Jaguar fanboyisms in the year 2008

    2. the big watermarks on the pic of a tv screen images(j/k)

    3. at one point, you had to register with a website to see such images

     

    I'm popping some popcorn up to hear about the non-release of the source code of these games.

     

    Somewhere out there, a man is blessing his dead uncle with a Jaguar console, thinking it will bring his relative back to life.

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