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Mon, 30 Sep 2024 17:23:55
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So you guys know how I've been loving Ganryu 2, a sequel 30 years later to the original Neo Geo game?

So I clicked the publisher on the eshop and they published another sequel (30 years on) to an old arcade shooter called Andro Dunos 2.

I checked some video reviews, it was only £1.79 and I tried it. Like Ganryu 2, it's awesome.

I checked out a video clip of Ganryu 2 a it does look very cool indeed. May try to get around to it sometime in the future. I also do enjoy Shoot ‘Em Ups as well so might check out

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I hope not. I didn't like the rumble MS added to the Xbox triggers. I certainly don't want my sticks to be rumbling either..

Rumbling triggers sound fun.
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I checked out a video clip of Ganryu 2 a it does look very cool indeed. May try to get around to it sometime in the future. I also do enjoy Shoot ‘Em Ups as well so might check out

It initially got average reviews as there were some technical bugs.

Thankfully I didn't see the reviews before I bought it for £2.50 and it turns out they fixed everything in the gap between release and when I bought it.
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Omg I finished Dual Destinies and started Spirit of Justice.

Is this the first time the crew have left Japan? I'm in fake Tibet and it's awesome!

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Mon, 30 Sep 2024 18:27:58
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anyone with additional real advice?

If you decide to get a TV, I recommend checking that it has a low latency "game" mode and check reviews regarding gaming on it.

If you get a monitor, they don't have latency issues like TVs do, but they also don't support 4:3 aspect ratios, so old gaming hardware will be stretched into widescreen without any way to change it via the monitor itself, if that bothers you.

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Get them a godamn CRT with wired controllers and make them sit on the floor like we used to.

I never had to sit on the floor to game. I had a nice bean bag chair. I still get nostalgic every time I see one at Walmart.

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Mon, 30 Sep 2024 19:39:46
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gamingeek said:

Get them a godamn CRT with wired controllers and make them sit on the floor like we used to.

I never had to sit on the floor to game. I had a nice bean bag chair. I still get nostalgic every time I see one at Walmart.

I still get nostalgic thinking about when we moved the SNES onto the floor to get more controller cord length. We sat on the floor playing R-type.

My brother got to the last level when our cat casually walked over and stepped on the reset button.

Rather than pause and stop the game he kept playing and let out slow "Noooooooooooo"

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Mon, 30 Sep 2024 19:45:34
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I still get nostalgic thinking about when we moved the SNES onto the floor to get more controller cord length. We sat on the floor playing R-type.

My brother got to the last level when our cat casually walked over and stepped on the reset button.

Rather than pause and stop the game he kept playing and let out slow "Noooooooooooo"

LOL cats know exactly what they are doing too.

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LOL cats know exactly what they are doing too.

I remember taking my snes and killer instinct to a sleepover.

I did a 64 hit combo on my friend who had never played the game before for more than 5 minutes. His face was like the suspicious Fry  Futurama meme.

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Mon, 30 Sep 2024 21:12:01
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If you decide to get a TV, I recommend checking that it has a low latency "game" mode and check reviews regarding gaming on it.

If you get a monitor, they don't have latency issues like TVs do, but they also don't support 4:3 aspect ratios, so old gaming hardware will be stretched into widescreen without any way to change it via the monitor itself, if that bothers you.

solid advice, thanks.
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Tue, 01 Oct 2024 07:52:26
After researching some more, I'm stepping away from a promising monitor I had seen. It was equal parts monitor and tv, with a slew of smart tv funcrionality and 4KHD, but the panel technology is VA, which can often suffer from excessive ghosting apparently.
VA use seems widespread in 'cheaper' monitors which is a bummer. Even worse is that with TV's it seems uncommon to mention the panel technology being used.

I might pass by an electronics shop and have a look at the different types of screen in real life, but I'm assuming monitors won't be displaying any gaming footage so ghosting might not be apparent anyway.
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Tue, 01 Oct 2024 10:23:11
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After researching some more, I'm stepping away from a promising monitor I had seen. It was equal parts monitor and tv, with a slew of smart tv funcrionality and 4KHD, but the panel technology is VA, which can often suffer from excessive ghosting apparently.
VA use seems widespread in 'cheaper' monitors which is a bummer. Even worse is that with TV's it seems uncommon to mention the panel technology being used.

I might pass by an electronics shop and have a look at the different types of screen in real life, but I'm assuming monitors won't be displaying any gaming footage so ghosting might not be apparent anyway.

That's why I avoided this Samsung 4k monitor. I kinda wish I had got it as 1080p these days is not great when you're sitting too close to it.

Samsung QLED isn't bad. It's nowhere near OLED tech bit it is more colourful than most normal tvs.

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Tue, 01 Oct 2024 14:17:49
Buying TVs 30 years ago was a whole lot simpler. Basically just pick a price and screen size. Done.

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Tue, 01 Oct 2024 14:36:42
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Buying TVs 30 years ago was a whole lot simpler. Basically just pick a price and screen size. Done.

Yeah, I felt rich when my wife and I had a 32 inch.

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Tue, 01 Oct 2024 14:39:32
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Yeah, I felt rich when my wife and I had a 32 inch.

The biggest CRT I owned was a 27 inch Toshiba with composite, S-video, and component inputs. Loved that TV.

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Tue, 01 Oct 2024 20:02:42
So I'm playing Strider Arcade. The first level is fine. The 2nd level reaches Ghouls and Ghosts level bullshit.

It appears I've massively over rated some of Capcoms old arcade games based on nostalgia.

I don't mind hard but fair games. But the game screwing you over every 5 seconds. I don't even know how a normal human could ever even beat the second level without infinite continues or rewind and save states.

Ghouls and Ghosts is actually easier.
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Tue, 01 Oct 2024 20:30:06
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Arcade games in the 80s and 90s were all about taking as much money from you as possible. That's why I mostly preferred console ports.

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Wed, 02 Oct 2024 07:39:42
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Ravenprose said:
Buying TVs 30 years ago was a whole lot simpler. Basically just pick a price and screen size. Done.

So true. Seems as distant as a Norman Rockwell painting these days.

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Wed, 02 Oct 2024 07:40:43

Besides work I've been in so much back pain I've struggled to even plays video games this week.

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Wed, 02 Oct 2024 10:36:58
aspro said:

Besides work I've been in so much back pain I've struggled to even plays video games this week.

Have you seen a doctor? Is it getting less painful over time?
There's a gel called Deep Relief, comes in a purple tube. It's pretty good, won a bunch of product awards.

Does it hurt in a specific area like a lump. Or is it more generalised like muscular pain?
When you hurt it was the onset of pain sudden like you tore something or cramped up?

If you lose control of your bladder or lose feeling around the waist/crotch area doctors recommend you go straight to Accident and Emergency.

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Wed, 02 Oct 2024 12:27:53
aspro said:

Besides work I've been in so much back pain I've struggled to even plays video games this week.

Damn. Sorry your still in so much pain, Aspro. I hope you get some relief soon.

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