Giles N
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I liked
the Evercade,
but the hardware could have been more solid; better screen, better-hdmi-mini-to-hdmi
- melikes the collections of games, so far (with a exceptions), but hope for a broader representation all over
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Is it only me who feels
as if
old-school Arcades
reminds me of
family-holidays,
like no-worries, no hurries,
just fun and freedom?
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It's interesting...many of my memories of family trips to the Lake of the Ozarks, or holidays at the local water park, or trips to Florida to visit family at their beach house often include fond memories of the arcade that was there that me and my brothers and sisters would always make sure to steal away to for at least part of an afternoon.
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Totally get it;
- the fun of arcades - such a wonderland or ... dangerous-adventure-land...(to qonquer!!)
I hope I’m only diving into this medicroatialy personally or psychologically
The point is that it gave me a lesson about fun and chivalry...
(in the sense if how C.S.Lewis or Tolkien would have used the concepts)
— all good
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RF- into HDMI-mini ... just didn’t work man, didn’t work... it didn’t even fit physically... even remotely so ...?, but I need the connection to happen for operational information-flow to pass on unhindered ... !
For what? For what purpose, you say?
For common work. To be commonly usable and commonly functional ... within its own category, its own frame of reference.
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I got this. It needs to go from RF to the TV. Now set up a camcorder to record the output of the TV. Just put it back there somewhere on a tripod and aim it at the set. Now take the RCA outs of the cam to an S-Video to SCART converter, run that to a SCART TO VGA adapter and then a VGA to HDMI Upscaler. Simple as Pi! Record the audio on a Certron cassette!
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Thanks @GoldLeader for advice, but the setup you describe is my standard setup for all videogaming...
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I think the only (<- reason) the 5200 made it sub-par, was its controllers; this will rectify it.
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I got the Evercade with 10 game-carts at my door today! So, what do I think? 1) Much games for the dosh, 2) whoah... potential for the Retro-Future (yeah, yeah... may sound contra-intuitive... at first, but then traditional gaming gets to our core), 3) Atari have a future RIGHT HERE, 4) ... still waiting for Q3 releases, 5) the world of homebrews can never be replaced, but continuation of retro-games are awesome... (for my hobbyist-part needing a chill-out in the evening).
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Very good to hear you got it working!! — These contacts... to be de-oxidated; so important!
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As different background-tile-sets as possible for each different World would be nice. — One Boss (the Armoured thingy) should be kept for the final battle, applying the sub-boss (the super-spook) as end-of-World bosses until last World... — Fair ‘noug; my opinion...
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It would be cool to have ‘worlds’ with categorically different appearances; different tile-sets for every World, even using some enemies solely on a single World until the last one...
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What are your top Atari 5200 to get hold of but haven’t yet?
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Fair ‘nough & no sweat... Just asking what you’re after... — For my own part it’s the actual gaming-experience that matters... -
What are your top Atari 5200 to get hold of but haven’t yet?
Giles N replied to Giles N's topic in Atari 5200
Is original ‘print’ of importance to you? Perhaps, a reproduction-cart here at AtariAge would do it...? -
If someone should make a Blockbuster movie of Robotron 2084, a) who should direct it, b) write it?, c ) act as hero, last-family-on-Earth, villains, d), make the special effects (and in what style)?
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I’d opt for Basil Poledouris to
do the score: no-one like him
to compose adrenaline-infused, neo-romantic, heroistic, lavish music for the Silver Screen...
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If Bruce Campbell were still young (25-40), I think he’d make a cool hero..., but only if the franchise would take a more lighthearted, humorous or ‘self-ironic’ turn... (with tons of action-comedy)
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If to be a deadly serious ‘Humanity to survive its own
destructive designs-movie’, I’d opt for a more, hmm, ‘serene’ actor...
... but who’d still be capable of inducing the necessary adrenaline...
As such, Matrix (1) was fortunate to have the serene, charismatic and utterly energetic - adrenaline-inducing -, Keanu Reeves to do the main-role
I’d go for some actor who’d be in that direction... serene (to the mission), and intense (to the action)...
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Just my thoughts
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What are your top Atari 5200 to get hold of but haven’t yet?
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@0078265317 How many titles have you gotten now? -
Your best childhood/adolecent.... COIN-OP/ARCADE
memory...?
I’m all ears.
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In 1979 I was hardly old enough for anything but toddlers picture-books, much less heavy metal mags.
But the game looks impressive for 1979, really.
I’ve seen YouTube vids of enthusiasts playing it, getting it, restoring old original
cabinets.
It can be done but is probably much, much work!
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Metal (within my own quite narrow choices of subgenres/subcultures),
was not something I spent time, money or energy on until 2001/2002 onwards. So, I’d be only familiar with the modern sound coming from the late 90ies, throughout the 00’s and until recently 2018/2019.
Ok, not the topic of the thread, but since you mentioned those mags.
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@Giles N Yeah...Heavy Metal Magazine did have a music component, but many of us read it for the sci fi/fantasy art/stories in it. You can get a taste of the perfect melding of music, culture, and art in the movie that came out when I was a kid:
It's a whole series of most scenes from the movie:
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Ha ha - looks like the inspiration (almost) for Xenophobe
🙂
Wierdo-aliens kicking instruments and breaking into singing: cool stuff!
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If anyone here are into doing a Pac-World game-design, - using the parameters given in Bentley Bear - but with novelty; please do post your input of graphic, sound, level-layout, background-design, playability-ideas here... Even using the Bentley Bear-Engine, - novel designs may work wonders ...
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Good Deal Games ... on vacation..?
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I really do not agree with every review Video Game Critic do for the 7800... it’s like sometimes ‘yes, yes’, other times ‘what the heck were you thinking’...? Rikki & Vikki is definitly a top game. A minus, puts it among the top games, so I’ve no problems with that. Should it be A minus, A, or A plus...? That is the question. I haven’t gotten around to play it thoroughly enough ... yet... (as I’ve tons of retro-game-titles to go through, either on original platforms or mini-and-emulated versions). — Actually if you have a 7800, just get it, and share your opinion here.
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Sounds promising! I look forward to getting mine in the mailbox/at postoffice!
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Looks precisely the same. Clean the contacts, let it run for a few hours and do the gentle insert-remove for 2-5 mins , and see if it improves. I’ve gotten lots of old (mostly used 7800 carts up and working this way, but also NES and Sega Master). I have actually been pretty lucky with my 5200 carts...
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These contacts are what needs cleaning: If your cart is like mine, you don’t need to open anything.
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Try the a),b)c) mentioned above when you have time.
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This is how the underside of my Frogger 2 looks like; the metal-things can here be easily cleaned by using a folded stiff common paper with isopropanol.
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Good point. You may try to ask around all these ol’ timers with tons of experience... Anyway... if you get it to run; let the console and game be on for several hours; it’ll restore connectivity to some extent. You may also try to insert/remove the cart gently for 2-5 minutes.
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... no, but perhaps we’ll at least see a decent run of everything not bound to film-licenses: warbirds, stun runner, etc, etc, ie Lynx collections 3-6 (at least)...? Could be sorta cool...
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So, what do you think so far?
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Many old carts, unused for perhaps decades, may need to be a) inserted, pulled out gently for 2-5 minutes (20-50 times), b) have the circuits cleansed with isopropanol c) when working, have console and cart on for several hours so electricity and/or connectivity will be restored. All these metals accumulate thin layers of oxidations/rust, which often must be cleansed away or ‘burned away’ (having the console + cart on for several hours). However, you may have been unlucky and gotten carts that’re damaged on the inside... ... then its unfortunately not that much to do about it ...
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