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@slider1983 haha also as Phil Hunter in The Bill

Random fact but back when I was in sixth form, my mate didn't have a costume for Halloween so he decided to wear a suit with no tie and said he was dressed up as Phil from The Bill 🤣🤣

I think gta2 is legitimately the best game in the series. The first game was iconic and had lots of quotable lines but gta2 was incredibly addictive gameplay wise and progression through the story was really fun

Ring expansion sounds painful

Lol when will the internet start the Pierce Brosnan as Bond for Smash movement?

For some reason I thought skate and destroy was a legacy title/series that the PS1 game was a part of 🤔. Like a retro series or something. Not sure why!

I have a somewhat embarrassing memory of being a 13 year old (or so kid) in the UK spending hours on the phone to the Nintendo UK hotline, asking them what I would need to connect my GameCube online.

While I wasn't too interested in what was available, I was keen on Splinter Cell's (or possibly one of the sequels') online mode in an upcoming release. Of course this was in the days of magazines so I only had that information to go on.

I remember that the guy on the phone would say things like, "when the game is released then we will know more about what is required and if it will have an online mode". Probably repeatedly becoming more exasperated each time.

Alas, the game came and while I still had a blast with it, there was no online to be seen.

This was the first time I became aware of feature disparities between releases on different platforms.

I never did buy a GameCube modem. Didn't seem necessary at the time. Kind of wish I did when they were cheap so I would have one now for posterity. But oh well!

Baaahh all those 9 pins and the blimmin PS1 one was well cheeky!

I wonder if his company provided the arcade for the black mirror episode "San junipero" if they did work for netflix?

I worked on that as an extra and if I remember correctly, in between trying to get my ugly mug on camera in the background of a dance sequence, I mainly just spent a few days playing arcade games on the set they built 😂

@Mario500 download

There's a link to modern gaming here too with the McLaren Senna being the cover car for Forza Horizon 4! Could be an older model though, I don't know much about cars 😆🙈

Looks beautiful, I will give it a DL!

@Damo ah fair play, looks cool anyway! Simon Butler was the only name I could work out 😅

@Damo who is your Amstrad signed by?

Dune, Twin Peaks and Agents of Shield - one of my favourite movies and two of my favourite shows! Kyle is a legend!

Had no idea there were more games like Qix! Definitely will look into these!

@RetroGames ah wicked, that's great to know! Especially that the controls are all working well!

Glad to hear you've got it all up and running now! I'm curious to know if you can play it with a black background with the top screen zoomed into a full field of view (having to look down into the abyss for the touch screen).

Id actually love to play Ocarina of Time like that. To this day I still think that game had the best 3D of all 3DS games despite being a launch title and an N64 remake. It just felt so deep and it was like looking through a window into another fully realised world.

Maybe some years down the line I will track down a Quest 3 myself! No money for it and no time to research it all right now anyway

@RetroGames cool, fair play!

How do the touch screen controls work, if at all? Does the quest 3 have a motion controller that can be used as a gyro pointer or do use an analog stick to control a mouse pointer?

Will definitely be downloading this!

Hasn't it had ps1 games on it already that it was worth doing this for?

Separate question but does this system support button mapping on 3rd party controllers out of the box? I know it's not analogue but I've had some enjoyment mapping digital camera/movement controls to dual sticks in on ps1 emulators. While it's not true analog, it does make the older and more awkward control schemes for certain genres a bit more accessible

Now that is a bundle of games I'd buy on a console!

I've been wanting to play this for ages but was never able to work out the emulation side of it. I even tried buying and hacking an old N-Gage 2 supported handset and failing miserably.

So if memory serves me correctly, this was actually released for the N-Gage 2.0 platform which I don't think was a single phone like the original N-Gage. Rather it was a platform available on multiple Nokia phones of the era.

I don't think the ROM has actually been "lost" for ages, I managed to find it online during the start of the pandemic. But beyond hacking original hardware, there was no suitable emulator at the time that I was aware of.

I'm just really glad it's available now anyway and I will try it out!

So who owns the rights to this game? THQ?

I don't recall there being any GBA games on Rare Replay but id like to see them.

Maybe they could do a sequel collection if there's a lot more missing from it.

Come on King Chuck! Sign the rights over!

I wonder if he has collected mario Easter egg stuff. I had a few bits and bobs many years ago that consisted of a mug, a tin bucket and just like a suitcase style tin. They featured portraits that were kind of from the mario 3D world era.

for some reason they featured Waluigi along with the main cast over other more prominent characters. Which is okay with me because I love Waluigi!

I still use the tin bucket as a pen pot and the mug is also used as a pen pot. The case style tin is at my parents house I think. I used to use it to store smoking paraphernalia when I used to smoke so it's probably got a few rizlas and filters in it still.

I remember when I was really young, so like the early 90s, we had this mario mug that had "one lump or two?" written on it. I guess referring to sugar cubes.

I used to play a demo of THPS2 with my mum. Well I say with my mum, she just spent a lot of time in the room with me. I played that demo so much though and when THPS2 finally came out, I "bought it for my mum" for Xmas 😂

Oh and good on Hayter for finally playing it. It takes a huge amount of courage to separate yourself from a piece of art that you were excluded from when you were previously tied so intrinsically to it. I don't blame him for waiting this long because it must have hurt a lot but he is a true fan for finally giving it a crack.

@tameshiyaku when I first played through it, I'd totally forgotten that I'd created a character at the beginning of the game. I'd randomly made him look like Patrick Stewart so when the scene happened, I was like "who TF is that?!" 😂 But then I remembered.

When I played it through a second time during the pandemic, I made sure my created character was a reasonable facsimile of myself!

It is kind of worth a second play through after some time if you really liked it because the cut scenes change/get added too/subtracted from depending on the order that you do things in the game so it's kind of cool to see different characters present for certain events on a different play through. IIRC as well, a lot of the self-farming resources are tied to your account on the server rather than locally so you get a massive boost in resources earlier in the game from your previous save when you start a new save.

I'll be honest, if Hayter had played a certain other role in this game then the voice switch for Venom would have made sense story-wise with the plot twist 'n all.

Honestly though, I love The Phantom Pain. It and Ground Zeroes are brilliant sequels to Peace Walker (and Peace Walker should absolutely be played first, the story massively enriches the plot of V as well as getting you used to the style of play - and to further that, Portable Ops will get you used to the style of play for Peace Walker!). MGSV as a whole is an absolutely brilliant addition to the MGS canon!

I've got the motorhead greatest hits in the CD changer in the car at the moment so I've been rocking out!

Does the evercade VS support button mapping and third party controllers with analog sticks?

I had that toy depicted in the first picture with the crashable car and the two figures!

@Andee 🤣

Please deposit 40 Quarters

Worms 2 was wicked, used to play it loads on PC when I was a kid!

@wizzgamer it might be a blessing in disguise for me anyway, I've got enough tat!

I don't think I see it mentioned in the review but do you load games on to a micro SD card for this device? Is there a size limit of SD card that it can read?

FIFA 2000 is my favourite FIFA game and I don't really like FIFA or football but I think it's a genuinely fun game.

I was still playing it with friends over a decade after release.

I remember trying to find Robbie Williams as a playable character in game (as the marketing implied) and just never could!

Interestingly, Rag Doll Kung Fu was mainly developed by Mark Healey while at Lionhead Studios before he went on to co-found Media Molecule who brought us LittleBigPlanet, Tearaway and Dreams!

I think my dream DS/3DS emulation machine would have massive, tablet sized screens with the ability to connect it to a TV so you can put either the top or bottom screen up there. Bonus points for supporting 3D TVs and VR headsets

Glad we've seen the back now and that answers my question about out of the box compatibility with CRT TVs!

I'll save some money and just get the replacement paddles and maybe a joystick

@KainXavier it's been a few months since I tested it but I definitely remember a jitter. I also seem to remember that maybe one of them moves whatever is on screen at a speed so fast it's imperceptible to humans (or it just skips a bunch of increments 😅). I think one of the paddles might just not work at all.

I thought about opening them up and cleaning them but disassembling the dial assembly seemed like too much of a fiddly job that I didn't have time for at that point. As well as the concern that 40 year old plastic might be deteriorated and if a broken piece that's being held in place just falls apart during disassembly, I wouldn't be able to source a replacement/I'd have to leave the project disassembled somewhere while I wait for a replacement to arrive and also have a second lot of time to fix it. Which I don't have the long term space for.

It's good to know the new paddles work with the old hardware. It's definitely the cheaper and easier option rather than attempting to repair the old ones.

As for the new system, it'll certainly save me a 100 quid if it doesn't have a legacy display output. But it's a bit of a shame. I currently have the Atari Jr and it's in pretty bad nick and only has an RF output which is run through a VCR which is connected to the CRT with a SCART lead. This is iffy at best. Most first party and the larger 3rd party games are fine-ish but some of the more random titles will just completely drop signal as soon as the system is turned on.

It would be good if the new system had an output that has a cable with SCART on one end to solve my display output woes. Not sure if the original 2600 had this anyway but the Jr revision definitely only has the RF output

I hope for a full suite of reviews for this and all its accessories after launch!

Paddles could be a good shout for me because my paddle controllers are just awful. I think they must be broken inside somewhere. Would love to see a review of these and how they compare to the originals

I assume everything works on the original hardware? Will the new compilation carts work on old Atari's?

Does the new system have old display connections as well as HDMI? Will I be able to hook it up to a CRT without using any adapters?

This is a long shot but I'd hope they redesign the carts slightly so you don't have to ruin a label to open them up to clean them

I had/have a PS1 controller that looks really similar to this Saturn pad. I either bought it for a quid in Poundland or my grandad might have found it in a bin at work. I seem to remember it had rudimentary gyro controls built into it

What other platforms is Papers, Please on? I know it's on Steam and Vita...

New sonic Lego line might be a good shout for this page

Ahhhh, wish it had a number pad

I needed to ENTER DATA!!!!!!!

I'll be honest, one guy buying 4 PS3s isn't really that bad in terms of scalping. I don't really have an issue with it like I wouldn't have an issue with someone who had multiple ps5 pre orders fulfilled who then decided to move the spare units on at their current and inflated value.

The problem I have is when people/groups use bots to buy every unit available and it becomes an "operation" rather than just some poor sod trying to make a quick buck. That is bang out of order.

I think the two behaviours would reflect the market value too, surely if every available ps5 was bought by a scalping operation, the price would increase dramatically (which it did). But if that didn't happen and the odd PS fan had a spare unit to sell then scarcity would be lower and the second hand price would reflect that accordingly

@Damo oh yeah I figured! Just wanted to put the info out there because at least 2 of the games are still playable on the latest hardware.

I did get a bit confused though because I was thinking that if a 360 game was BC then a digital version is knocking about somewhere on MS' network (even if you can't buy it digitally like MGS HD/50 Cent/Orange Box) but I realised as I was writing that Devastation is a One game so it's entirely possible there's no trace of it on the network if it can all be installed from disc.

I don't know the ins and outs but I would have assumed that if the disc versions of the 360 games are available then they could rip them and put them through their emulator at the very least and make them available digitally in a bare bones state. Obviously that means no features that one would expect from a remaster made from the lost source code but it's better than nothing I suppose!