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  1. I need to find a Hard Drivin' eeprom so it'll work with my MAMEUI64. Why does no one have this?

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    2. Keatah

      Keatah

      Here in MAME, though, it isn't too bad.

       

    3. retrorussell

      retrorussell

      Thanks again for your help.. back to normal, I'm guessing "Paddle" in Analog controls means the steering wheel..? Trying to change the steering sensitivity so I don't completely spin out of control!

    4. Keatah

      Keatah

      I use the Input(this machine) and Analog controls to get my set up rolling.

       

      I believe these would take precedence over the input(general). A fine point which I never payed much attention to. if any conflicts show then I'd start by nulling out the input(general) stuff. I haven't had to do that in my rigs.

  2. Up yours, Photobucket. You and your "pay us to allow 3rd party pictures" is utter bull. What's a better picture/video uploading website?

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    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I was banned from photobucket in '06 but never realized it until my friend that worked there told me LOL,...I've used tinypic, but there is an ad before you upload...

    3. retrorussell

      retrorussell

      Wow, thanks for all the responses! Thanks for giving me other options to explore. I will look into it-- really pissed that all my pics from the "make your own label" thread are screwed up now. I downloaded them all from PB and closed my account with them. Good riddance!

    4. NoelleAmelie

      NoelleAmelie

      Imgur works pretty well for photos.

  3. Trying all the Playstation emulators and none work. Got all the plugins/shaders/renderers/bios and followed all the troubleshooters I can find; none work. I have a PS2 but I don't want to shell out a ton of money for the Namco Museum games.

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    2. LionHearted78

      LionHearted78

      ePSXe and PSX are the two PS1 emulators that usually work great on PC.

    3. supercoupe91

      supercoupe91

      Volumes 1 and 3 are like $5 but ya they get expensive after that.

    4. Flojomojo

      Flojomojo

      If those Namco Museum discs are worth all that, I might just need to have a sale.

       

      The whole line is available on PSN for $6 each. That's certainly more convenient.

       

      Why not just play them in MAME? They'll be more accurate that way.

  4. Bought a new cpu after my last one crashed nonstop. Found out it was a busted HDMI/VGA cord. Oh well, needed an upgrade anyway.

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    2. Keatah

      Keatah

      These comments are as tall as a tower case!

    3. jmetal88

      jmetal88

      I generally build my own desktops, so when you said "CPU" I thought you were actually referring to your processor, not your whole machine. I realized what you meant only after the second comment.

    4. OldSchoolRetroGamer

      OldSchoolRetroGamer

      lol OK OK point taken no need to post it so many times.....YEP just having fun again, as I said I knew from the first post what was actually meant, I assisted in a few Computers for beginners courses, always corrected people, it's a sore point with me. I agree, a lot of other people DO think of CPU standing for Computer.......they are WRONG. And yes I freely admit to being an outright ASS about it, I make no apologies.

  5. What's your favorite weapons in video games? I love the Crissaegrim from Castlevania: SOTN. The game is esentially over when you get it!

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    2. Trebor

      Trebor

      Shadow Warrior - Rocket Launcher with Heat Seeker Card and Nuke.

    3. deepthaw

      deepthaw

      I originally played through SotN in Japanese, and when I got the Crissagrim I no longer needed to look up what any of the items did. Just run forward and murder.

    4. RJ

      RJ

      The first upgrade to your mech's gun in Epidemic

  6. It absolutely sucks when you work your ass off at your workplace and other people are lazy as sin and get away with it scott-free.

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    2. jd_1138

      jd_1138

      I think a lot of bosses like underlings like this. It's job security for themselves. :( The lousy and bad bosses will dole out an unfair amount of work to the competent ones like you. Bloody shame.

    3. atarian63

      atarian63

      sounds like a government job or a bank

    4. RickR

      RickR

      Totally look for another job. Then watch the boss squirm when the only guy that gets stuff done leaves.

  7. Which is worse-- Superman N64 or Superman the 80s arcade game? Both are pretty awful.

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    2. jd_1138

      jd_1138

      Urban Champion (NES) is worse. It's so bad that it transcends its category and moves into the superhero genre where it blows chunks there, too.

    3. NostAlgae37

      NostAlgae37

      Superman 2600... Or any Superman game for that matter, aren't they all pretty bad except that cool NES one by Kemco?

    4. Elvis

      Elvis

      I love the Arcade game. And want the Xbox orginal game as well.

  8. Anyone else think that BUBBLES isn't really that good a game?

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    2. retrorussell

      retrorussell

      Played it multiple times, thinking I'll eventually start to really like it.. nah.

    3. save2600

      save2600

      Was unique at the time, but never really got into it or ever thought of it as a classic.

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I thought it was OK as a game on a Williams comp...Not so great to play at an actual arcade spending actual money...Then again I've only seen it on my friend's 5 in 1 Williams cab...

  9. Damn, that puppymonkeybaby ad was the worst Super Bowl ad ever. No contest.

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    2. supercoupe91

      supercoupe91

      I agree it was appalling. But it seems to be the one commercial people are talking about so it's obviously working.

    3. Random Terrain

      Random Terrain

      It's only working if people will also buy the product. I wouldn't drink regular Mountain Dew, so there's no way I would even take a sip of that crap.

       

      http://www.polygon.com/2016/2/8/10937524/mt-dew-super-bowl-puppy-monkey-baby

    4. frankodragon

      frankodragon

      I wonder if the advertisers whom made those commercials were on crack? Not just the KickStart one, but all of them?

  10. Am I the only one that thinks Super Street Fighter II isn't that great a sequel?

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    2. Random Terrain

      Random Terrain

      Never liked any of those punchy-kicky games.

    3. BillyHW

      BillyHW

      I cried when I first saw Super Street Fighter II. I knew my childhood was over.

    4. mmertes

      mmertes

      Street Fighter 2: Turbo has always been my favorite out of the bunch. Super felt like a step back.

  11. Damn!  How do you get your buckets to NOT stick at the edges in KABOOM! on Stella emulator?  Frustrating..

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    2. Keatah

      Keatah

      I would have reported it for you, but, I'm not having the issue and the devs will likely have questions.

    3. retrorussell

      retrorussell

      Thanks; I'll post and see what they say.

    4. Keatah
  12. I used to love those old CBS cartoon bumpers with the video game or spacey motif. Especially the last one leading to the show's credits, with the rainbow landing in the Big Dipper. Completely daft but beautiful.

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    2. Grig

      Grig

      I have that exact one on my youtube channel

       

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUPjyElEi4U

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      ^Awesome! I still have some VHS recordings from back then!...I also remember those "In The News" sounds and FX.

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Or the robot in the maze...We now return to Blackstar!

  13. Cosmetic surgery tomorrow.. out of work 3 weeks.  I will be an ugly SOB for a while (black eyes) but it will be worth it in the long run.  Plus; no work!

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    2. retrorussell

      retrorussell

      ^ Removal of eye bags/puffiness around the eyes.  I hate the look of it and it's gotten worse within the last 5 years or so.

    3. OldSchoolRetroGamer

      OldSchoolRetroGamer

      Ah fair enough, I have had that exact issue my whole life, dark circles, "bags" etc, it is literally from my mother's side, I cannot be bothered to do anything cosmetically as I am married 15 years + and I am 51 so as long as my wife loves me screw everyone else (here is a rough quick image to show I am not just lying, sometimes it can look better than this image and sometimes worse) but you have your reasons and best of luck, you do what makes you feel best. Hell 20+ years ago if I was in the financial position I might have considered it, lord knows I had enough of people saying "You look tired, get enough sleep last night?" in my life ?

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    4. retrorussell

      retrorussell

      ^ I completely hear you.  It had just gotten worse within the last 5 years or so and I had saved up enough, so I took the plunge.  I look even worse today than I thought I would.  The eyes are black, crusty and swollen and have tape all over them.  Hideous!  But they're not getting teary as bad as before.  Just gotta take pain meds here and there.  The tape comes out Sunday.  Gonna be another week and a half or so before it looks presentable.  Right now, I will completely avoid going out or looking in mirrors.

  14. I wish a .gif file could be pronounced "giff". JIF is peanut butter!

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    2. Nathan Strum

      Nathan Strum

      I pronounce it "giff" because (as already mentioned) it stands for Graphics Interchange Format. I'd never heard it differently until my habits had already been permanently set.

       

      To really annoy people, you can pronounce it "gifffffffff" and really drag that f out.

       

      Or, start calling another file fomat "j-pej".

    3. DragonGrafx-16

      DragonGrafx-16

      Hold on I need to get my peanut butter changed at Giffy Lube...

    4. Random Terrain
  15. Doing a 1987 arcade video series-- coming down to Blasteroids and Twin Cobra, which to leave off my list?

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    2. Steven Pendleton

      Steven Pendleton

      Kyuukyoku Tiger is an incredible game that literally changed shooting games forever with its introduction of the cycling red/green/blue/yellow powerup icon, as it was the first shooter to ever have that, and now that cycling powerup is common in many shooting games. Twin Cobra, the international version of Kyuukyoku Tiger, is significantly different from Kyuukyoku Tiger, as well, so definitely consider checking out the differences. Kyuukyoku Tiger is way more difficult than Twin Cobra is, though...

    3. LS650

      LS650

      Blasteroids > Twin Cobra

    4. retrorussell

      retrorussell

      @GoldLeader @Keatah @Steven Pendleton @ls650 Thanks for the suggestions!  I will make Blasteroids #20 on my top 20 list.

  16. Ugh.. the special moves in the first Street Fighter game never seem to work in MAME. Sucks!

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    2. bubufubu

      bubufubu

      @DeathAdderSF

       

      Did you make that comment on one of my YouTube videos years ago? This is only the second time I've ever seen someone else make that "Go to Heaven!" comment.

    3. bubufubu

      bubufubu

      @retrorussell

       

      It looks like there's a character limit in this section cause I think one of my comments got cut off. Anyway, you just gotta stick with it. The moves work. It's all about finding what works for you and the specific controller you use.

    4. DeathAdderSF

      DeathAdderSF

      @bubufubu

      I did not.

  17. Something about those Jack In The Box Ultimate Cheeseburgers.. nothing fancy to them but they're BIG, full of cheese and goopy! YUM! Also, their egg rolls are really good!

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    2. doctorclu

      doctorclu

      Jack in the Box is my favorite restrarant, and yet it has no retro video game... hmmm... :D

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Our local Burger Inn had Zaxxon and later Tutankham...Oh wait that was almost 20 years ago!

    4. Eltigro

      Eltigro

      Man, I haven't had Jack in the Box in probably a couple years, and now I'm really wanting some.

  18. Just watched PIECES for part of my Halloween-ish viewing. Man, is it bad. What scary flicks are you folks watching this final week of October?

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    2. Inky

      Inky

      I'll probably watch Tremors, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, the original Nightmare on Elm Street, and Night of the Living Dead.

    3. accousticguitar

      accousticguitar

      The stock market.

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      ^Me too! HORROR is right!

  19. What is with this crappy Summer weather?? Overcast most of the time..

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    2. zylon

      zylon

      Lol, we only have 2 seasons here: summer and christmas :)

    3. LS650

      LS650

      Today here it was sunny :) ... and 13c (58f) :( ...

    4. DZ-Jay

      DZ-Jay

      It's been HOT! This sucks. I thought Global Warming was going to bring more unseasonable snowstorms. I don't see it!

  20. Another Rob Zombie movie forthcoming about the Firefly family (House of 1,000 Corpses, Devil's Rejects).. Uh.. thanks?

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    2. GoldenWheels

      GoldenWheels

      I think his Halloweens are easily his best movies....not a troll

    3. Master Phruby

      Master Phruby

      I typically go from scaried, to grossed out to laughing hysterically by the end of the movie. I start doing MST3K riffs have way through the movie.

    4. Stephen

      Stephen

      Sweet - will his wife be nearly nude in this one as well?

  21. You're living in your own Private Idaho!

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    2. retrorussell

      retrorussell

      Don't go on the patio! (use the restroom)

    3. NE146

      NE146

      You're supposed to break the song :).. else plenty of places to read Blondie & B52 lyrics :P

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Sorry I was in my own private state of mind...Thought we were talking about a movie...Bad GoldLeader Bad!!

  22. Thinking of dropping MAME. Just won't stop with the Visual C++ errors. No other emulator of mine has this problem.

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    2. JamesD

      JamesD

      The only VC++ errors I ever see are due to an uninstalled runtime library.

    3. TheTIGuy

      TheTIGuy

      Re-Install vc++

       

    4. TheTIGuy
  23. Never underestimate the healing power of a good b.m. at least once a day.

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    2. LS650

      LS650

      Git offa my lawn!

    3. Bryan

      Bryan

      Extra points if you make it to the toilet first!

    4. frankodragon

      frankodragon

      "Who does Number Two work for?!"

  24. It saddens me that any pair of shoes I buy last around a half year or less.  Toe comes apart, sides split, heel wears out, etc.

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    2. BydoEmpire

      BydoEmpire

      Maybe try Altras - they feature a wide toe box, which is excellent and IMHO is the way shoes should be. I can't wear them anymore because after about revision 3 they started to make the uppers too narrow.  Earlier on they were perfect.  They're made for runners so they might last a little longer.  Worth trying some.

    3. retrorussell

      retrorussell

      @BydoEmpire  I will look that one up; thanks!

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      The thing on Any shoe is,...Buy multiple pairs and rotate them.  If you wear any shoe every day it will wear out quickly, but even buying 2 pair and giving it a day off makes them last longer, (I've always heard)...Seems to work for me...Hell I've still got some British Knights in my collection from 1996!

  25. Buffalo can lick my nut sack. Pathetic.

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    2. DoctorTom

      DoctorTom

      Thanks for apologizing instead of countering with something rude. THAT was classy. ;)

    3. Bryan

      Bryan

      I had a Buffalo router. It worked pretty well.

    4. SoulBlazer

      SoulBlazer

      I feel bad for them being in the same division with my Pats. :) The Jets and Fins are not cakewalks anymore either.

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