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  2. Posted

    Most of the "lesser known" bands on this, and the previous one are from Boston, since that's where Harmonix's offices are. I know most of these guys.

     

    They all post at a local music message board in Boston. There's some really funny stories behind all of this stuff. Especially the stuff about Graveyard BBQ from Guitar Hero 1 kicking their singer out of the band after he told a bunch of lies online about making huge royalties from GH and basically insulting everyone.

  3. Posted

     

     

    Wonderful news!

     

    (Now here's a request to all the excited 7800 fans, Please, please, please and pretty please!)

     

    Let's leave Mitch alone until he's got time in his life (which extends beyond Atariage) to give an update.

     

     

     

    Fuck that, I'm gonna ride his ass untill I got a MIA cart in my console. :P

     

    Is that some sort of homosexual euphamism?

  4. Posted

    Not to mention, with the OE custom firmwares, you can convert ALL of your existing Playstation 1 games/cd's/isos, and take them with you.

     

    If you're going to get one, get a used one, and make sure it has firmware 3.02 or lower. Otherwise, you can't downgrade it or install custom firmware.

     

     

    There's a decent emulator for pretty much every console system ever made up to the PSX.

     

    And some of the newer PSP games like Dungeon Siege, MLB 07 The Show, GTA Vice City Stories, Battlefront II, Virtua Tennis 3, Tekken Dark Resurrection, Ace Combat X, are really great.

     

    Plus - you can convert them to ISOs and run them from your memory stick pro duo as well.

     

    It's quickly becoming my favorite system of all time, since it does all of my previous favorites, any time, anywhere.

  5. Posted

    that what i wanna know is what is the best - snes, gba, gebby pc engine...

    it ried bunch but always get errors :(

     

    Here's what I'm using. Nearly everything is at or very close to 100%

     

     

    NES - Nester J 1.20

    GB/GBC - RIN v1.32

    GBA - gpSP v0.9

    SNES - SNESPSP_TYL ME Version v0.4.2

    Genesis - Dgen 1.70

    Turbo Graphx 16/PC Engine - HuE .07

    Atari 2600 - Stella 2.0

    Collecovision - PSPColem v1.0.8

    Remove that Stella 2.0 and use PSP2600 - it's much better.

     

    Then add:

     

    Atari 5200 - PSPAtari (800/800xl/5200)

    Atari 7800 - PSP7800 (Prosystem port)

    Sega Master System - MMSplus

    MAME - PSPMAME v0.4 (there are 7 different modules, based on Manufacturer, and a favorites one)

     

     

    also - just a note: the Dark Alex OE custom firmwares do allow the use of ISO backups of your PSP UMDs if you create an ISO folder on your Memory Stick's root.

     

    I know it allows piracy, and is probably frowned upon, but some of the existing UMD games benefit tremendously if your make an ISO backup of them and run them from the stick. Particularly the GTA series.

     

    Also if you're going to convert your old PSX games, I'd suggest using PSX2PSP ver. 1.2.

     

    Sign up for an account at the Maxconsole forums, since Dark Alex releases all his stuff there first.

     

    Also the tutorials on how to do any of this stuff at http://www.psp-hacks.com are the best, and they put them right at the top of the forum.

  6. Posted

    Yeppers... what he said above. I personally decided to stay at 3.03 OE...

    Eventually I'll upgrade. I'll more than likely wait for the 3.11 release though.

     

    I've used my PSP more than any system since Christmas. All because of the PS1 emulation and the amazing other things I can get that sucker to do. Buy a 4GB stick somewhere and have a ton of fun. I've got FFVII (disk 1) loaded on there as well as, Metal Gear Portable Ops, 300, Rocky, Space Invaders Evolution, GBA emulator, and a few other things. I threw TMNT on my other stick last night. Haven't tried it yet though.

    There isn't going to be a 3.11 release, because there weren't enough relevant changes from 3.10 to 3.11 for Dark Alex to bother.

     

    However, he did release a new version of his POPSLoader plugin to allow the use of the 3.11 POPS.prx files. The only real change in 3.11 was the addition of official Sony PAL PSX support, so if you have PAL Playstatino games, it fixes the screen alignment problems.

  7. Posted · Edited by Danno

    so I bought me a 1.5 psp for all the emulators. Dudnt realize there was alot > just wondering for the psp owners, which are the best emulators for each system ? and or the best firmware to run stuff in ? thanks

     

    Since you have a 1.50 PSP - it's best to upgrade to 3.10 OE a'.

     

    You can get that here: http://dax.lan.st/

     

    You'll need the official Sony eboot.pbp files for the official updates to run this which you can get as downloads here: http://www.psp-hacks.com/

     

    It's Dark Alex's latest Open Edition hacked Firmware. It runs every emulator out there, it runs the cracked version of the built-in PS1 emulator, so you can convert all your old PS1 games to run on your PSP.

     

    For all otehr system emulators and other homebrew goodness go here:

     

    Atari Emulators: http://zx81.zx81.free.fr/serendipity/

     

    All others: http://psp-news.dcemu.co.uk look at the long menu on the left side of the page.

     

    I'm sure you know where to get the Roms. ;)

  8. Posted

    My enthusiasum for this game is mixed since i've read that there might be some in-game advertising involved.

     

    It just seems like developers would rather spend time looking for places within the game world to try to sell me

    things that I wont buy, rather than using that time to make a mediocre game into a great game.

     

    the more money they have from advertisers, the bigger the budget to make the game great.

  9. Posted

    but 7800 centepede is pretty damn good, especially with 2 players.

     

    You should get a CX-80 Trak-Ball and find a way to get Kenfused's Centipede-TB running (either with a CC2 or make your own cart.) It's damn near arcade perfect.

     

    Also - the Big reason to keep the 7800 is the homebrew/hack scene. Pac-Man Collection, Beef Drop, Q-Bert, Frogger, and a few others in the works.

  10. Posted

    The 5200 Ms. Pac Man is not to be missed. A very good version.

     

    If you're a Pac Man fan, it is worth it.

     

    Do this, grab the Pac Man Collection rom image here, on the forum...

     

    Download a 7800 emulator...

     

    And see if you like it enough to buy it.

     

    What 7800 emulator do you recommend?

    Prosystem 1.1

  11. Posted

    Paddle games? No. It won't work with paddle games at all.

     

    With the 2600, the Trak-Ball doesn't funciton as a true Trak-Ball. It works more like a joystick that you roll.

    Actually, there should be a switch on the underside of it (which is kind of hard to find because it's inset in a little hole) that lets you choose between joystick mode and trakball mode. In trakball mode, it should function as a true trakball, except I don't know if any 2600 games were actually ever done for that. In joystick mode it will work for any game that uses a joystick.

     

    Michael

    None.

     

    None commercially anyway.

     

    there are two Hombrew games that use "Trak-Ball" mode though. TJ's Missle Command conversion, and Kenfused's 7800 CentipedeTB conversion.

  12. Posted

    Eh...just give me two sticks. Hey, or a way to hook it up to my TV (of coruse, I say that abot all portables) It's just that the thing is really powerful, it's better than the PSX or 64, but while it's close to modern consoles in capability, it's missing the second stick still.

     

    There has been an adapter to connect the PSP to a TV for some time now. It attaches to the screen itself rather being an ordinary plug. Some auctions on eBay start them at 99 cents and others got a Buy It Now price of 16.67.

    They sell them at best buy.

  14. Posted

    Oh - and before I forget - you use the female spelling of the name Shawn.

     

    Men spell it Sean.

     

    Nobody who spells their name like that is tough. Nobody.

     

     

    Wow,. And no I don't want hair pulling,ect. I just want it to be full contact. The female way of spelling my name eh? I don't think so. Your a fucking goof danno. I hope you get hit by a truck crossing the street as soon as possible.

     

    You're calling me a "goof" in a thread where you're claiming to be a "real life tough guy" and offering to fight other geeky video game fans on the internet.

     

    Shawn - I think you need help. Or possibly prison.Eeither way, the only person you sound dangerous to is yourself.

     

    The fact that you're sitting here monitoring this thread like an angry puppy is really fucking sad.

  16. Posted

     

    Ummm, ya, you don't know a damn thing about me. I'm not an "idiot" as you put it, It's not "macho" talk it's just how it is. Not a "fourth grader" either by any means. I only have one thing to "prove" in this matter and it is quite clear, kick the shit out of buddy to finally put him in his place and shut him the fuck up, It's really easy to talk smack hiding behind a monitor but when it comes down to the real deal and your face to face 9 out 10 times you will find there is a totally different way of the walk. I am in the 1 in 10 that doesn't change. What you see is what you get. Real men avoiding fights I understand that is the best route in most situations if not near all of them but this is not one of those times or situations.

     

    That's just about the gayest, lamest attempt at sounding tough on the internet I've ever read.

     

    You're acting like a bully on a retro video game forum. That's like being the toughest guy in your Church's Special Olympics Cub Scout Troop.

     

    dude, Stop. You're making the internet dumber with every ensuing post.

  20. Posted

    Erm... There are really two things Sony would have to do to make the PSP popular. Drop the price about $100 and get some GOOD games for the thing. :ponder:

    There already are a ton of GOOD games for the PSP. Everybody wants to be a Nintendo Fanboy though.

  22. Posted

    when i saw it i figured if it didn't work i'd just gut it for a mame trak ball. but it works so i want to try to find a way to leave the guts and run both.

    has anyone tried one of those 2600 to usb adaptors with the trak ball?

     

    i'm not fallowing Danno

    I gutted it, and wired the optics to a Mitsui Serial Mouse, and use it as a Trackball for Mame,

    are you saying you used the serial mouse(as in serial port?) and jumped the optics from the atari trak-ball pcb to the mouse's optics on its pcb?

    or did you do somthing else?

    how does it work for mame?

     

    so far the best game i've played with it is starwars emipre strikes back you have so much precision it makes it almost to easy :)

     

    I unsoldered the optics from the Mitsui Serial Mouse, filed down the Atari Pcb to disconnect the optics from the rest of the atari circuitry, and then jumped the Trak-Ball optics to the PCB of the Serial Mouse.

     

    To do this properly on the Original Atari CX-22 - you need to file down the Trak-Ball PCB between teh optics and teh rest of teh circuits, so that the optics contacts aren't connected to the CX-22 circuitry anymore. You cannot run it as an Atari Trak-Ball and a Serial mouse simultaneously. The circuits on the Atari PCB cause the Mitsui serial mouse to fail, and your PC to hang when wired parallel with the Atari CX-22 circuits still connected.

     

    Incidentally - the CX-80 (with CX-22 circuitry) from Best Electronics has the optics on separate PCBs, with a 4 connector wire attaching them the the Trak-Ball's mainboard. It's MUCH easier to modify one of these to be a Serial/PS2 Trackball mouse. You can even wire in switches to leave it intact as both, but taht was more work than I was willing to put into it.

     

    I just bought Two. One for the Atari, which I left alone, and one for the PC to use as a Trackball for mame. It's an AWESOME MAME trackball, and should cost about 1/4 of the HAPP or X-Arcade ones.

  23. Posted

     

    Here is another point of interest. I have delved into the coding side of reading the CX80 vs the CX22 trackballs and it seems likely that the CX80 trackball would have much simpler hardware than the CX22 (also BTW the CX80 is 'compatible' with the driving controller and the Atari ST mouse)

     

     

    You do know there are two different version of the CX80, right? Only one of them is Atari ST mouse compatible.

     

    Mitch

    The other is a CX-22 in a CX-80 case. These are the ones that Best Electronics sells.

     

    I have one of these, and a real CX-22, with a BLACK bottom, not a white bottom. It also has the trak-ball/joystick switch removed, but the hole covered up on the casing. I gutted it, and wired the optics to a Mitsui Serial Mouse, and use it as a Trackball for Mame, and Saved the CX-80(22) for use with my 7800. Centipede-TB is awesome.

  25. Posted

    I don't even think adding a pokey is necessary.

     

    If someone with a little TIA knowledge could just replace the sounds in 7800 DK with the sounds from the 2600 DK port, it would be just fine.

     

    Add the original 4th level, and it would be the best home port there is.

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