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  1. Posted

    I've never understood this hang up with generations of consoles. Sure, the most successful consoles tend to come out every few years in 'competition' with each other but the only fact I see is that consoles (failures or otherwise) come out in a steady stream pretty much constantly... Kind of like tellys. I never hear people talking about (and spending nearly 5 pages on a forum!) what generation their telly is though! :P

     

    To me, there are two 'generations' of consoles: Old and Not-so-old - and that definition changes on a daily basis depending what mood I'm in. :)

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    Atari didn't change my world in the early days. By the time I was interested in computers and games there were already plenty of other systems out and about and, in fact, I would say it was the Vic 20 that changed my world back then. However, about 10 or so years ago Atari (more pertinently, the 2600) did change my gaming world. Being jaded by what I saw as the impending future of video gaming and the state of the PC hardware arms race I had pretty much given up on gaming. Then I 'discovered' the 2600 and the community around it that was still alive and well. The maturity that prevails in these forums and the sheer quality and quantity of new software and hardware has reinvigorated my gaming world. There really is no other 'games scene' that has the world wide appeal and age gap spanning power and general approachability of the lowly 2600*... :)

     

     

    *IMHO

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    Thank you very much for coming back to this game RT. I, for one, really appreciate it. It will be on my Harmony within about 3 seconds of hitting the post button for this post. :)

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    My PAL Jr RF signal is as near perfect as I could hope foron my CRT. There's never any static. My composite modded Jr is even clearer though I actually miss the colour bleeding and slight blur when using it though the mod's needed for todays LCD tellys. Bleeding and blur on a CRT are a part of the beauty of old RF systems. I've found over the years that the telly itself tends to be the cause of most RF distortion and static. As has already been suggested I would also recommend running the RF lead directly to the telly and adjust the colour settings and the like. You might be surprised just how pretty you can make the picture. :)

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    Last night I fell into the no-sleep trap. This time it was the Streets of Rage Remake. I downloaded the game and decided to have a quick blast to make sure it was working okay. Then I realised I would have to play it to the end a couple of times to unlock the shop. 5 am came and went, went to bed around 6 and now I'm up again at 10. This is the first game to grab me like that (apart from Doom) in years even though I've played it a million times before!

  20. Posted

    Well a few years ago I bought a VCS and a NES. I then sold the NES as it didn't really offer me anything every other console and computer offered (SNES, Megadrive et al) and, to me, had a really dull palette. I still have the VCS and it's still hooked up to my telly. So, for me, the VCS won / wins...

     

    I love it's raw simplicity in the GFX department and I love the dirty lo bit cacophonous sound it produces. Also, as I'm crap at games, completing games on the NES was a no-go for me - it just left me frustrated only getting to see half the game I paid for. However crap I am on the VCS I can always improve my score. The games are also more suitable to my lifestyle. Just switch on, shoot things, switch off then go to work...

     

    PS: My number two 8 bit console would be the SMS. It's just a little more vibrant than the NES. :)

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    What High Score Saver are you talking about? Link?

     

     

    I don't have link to hand but I was thinking of the one the was (is?) being sold by Golden ax (looks like a keyring). Are there others? I don't suppose it matters much as implementing such a thing in the Harmony would require it's own development as it couldn't utilise the second joy port. The games that would (in theory) support it would be writing back to the Harmony cart itself rather than another piece of hardware... :)

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    This issue is the very reason I gave up using 360 controllers on my PC. It happened with both of my white controllers, my black one and finally with my limited silver one with the adjustable d pad (I foolishly bought the last one thinking they must've fixed the issue after addressing their shocking d pad). Perhaps the issue is more noticeable on PC? Regardles, I now use a Logitech controller and never had the issue once.

     

    Thanks for the heads up on the Hori pad. I'll keep an eye open on eBay. :)

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  24. Posted

    Just wondering if the hardware upgrade has been finalised? The reason I'm asking is that I would love to have a cart that would contain a modern (and easily obtainable) version of the High Score Saver. I realise that the High Score cart plugs into the second joystick port but surely some industrious programmers in the future could utilise a HSC built in to the Harmony? It would also give all you ubiquitous ROM hackers another thing to hack into all those old ROMs! Just a thought. I've always loved the idea of saving my scores for Space Invaders et al to cart. :)

  25. Posted

    Woah! It looks like he's plummeting to his death! Still, it's a good start. I'm not a coder but I'm sure if you've got that far there must be a smooth way to scroll slower. As for the transition from sky to building; maybe you could have a 'bank of clouds' so that the sky goes from blue scroll to a white screen with a couple of cloud holes then on to the building. Would that work?

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