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A quality gamecube scoop if I do say so myself.
Getting that boxed is a pretty nice thing.
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Getting that boxed is a pretty nice thing.
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A few puchases over the past few weeks. Not really going hard in shopping, mainly just fixing a lot of my consoles up these days.
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Got my new Retro-Access SCART cable and RGB upgrade board from RetroRGB hooked up and into my brand new Retrotink 2X SCART last night. I thought the component output on the Omega was okay (pretty crisp but still had some noise and wasn’t compatible with my Retrotink 2X).
Very pleased with the output! Super sharp and the scan lines from the RT2X look great. Played some Neo Turf Masters to check it out.
If you have an Omega and use SCART I highly recommend it (you’ll need a Genesis 2 SCART cable though since it ditches the proprietary one from ArcadeWorks).
How are you liking the upgrade? I installed one a few months ago and the picture looks the exact same as the stock board.
Tested it on my OLED and my PVM and my AES has a much better picture.
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I noticed less noise in solid colors, that was one thing I noticed on the Omega previously. So that was an improvement.
Thierry Henry
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16mm projector. Found it a garage sale. The previous owner (an older gentleman) had kept it in great shape.
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16mm projector. Found it a garage sale. The previous owner (an older gentleman) had kept it in great shape.
I remember setting up a projector in elementary school so we could watch nature, health, and documentaries in class.
Did it include films?
Thierry Henry
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Yeah there were 6 films together with it as well as a few spare reels.
I was watching an early Michael Caine film. Play Dirty (1969). The color has faded in that one but still very watchable. I haven't had a chance to check out the others yet.
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Layer Section is fantastic, and an easy 1CC
Naika
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Cool! I've heard it's a lot easier than some of the other saturn shmups out there.
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You know not having at least one watermarked pic for a few pages in this thread weirds me out. Come back, Ultra4thReich.
I bought a GBS8220 and a wifi board to do the famous GBS Control cfw mod, should be a fun little project to solder when it arrives. Like a true n00b I always did composite because A: I didn't know RGB -> Component YUV was easy, cheap and lag free and B: Prices on Meisters and Tinks were always a bit too rich for my blood, especially considering the current exchange rate I'm subject right now and C: thinking RGB was the only way, I dreaded having to hunt some PVMs or mod a consumer TV. I have a SCART cable and two different RGB->Component converters on their way, and as I said, the GBS board with some misc stuff and the wifi board.
I just wish I knew about this stuff sooner. When all this shit arrives I'll post watermarked pics for your pleasure.
I bought a GBS8220 and a wifi board to do the famous GBS Control cfw mod, should be a fun little project to solder when it arrives. Like a true n00b I always did composite because A: I didn't know RGB -> Component YUV was easy, cheap and lag free and B: Prices on Meisters and Tinks were always a bit too rich for my blood, especially considering the current exchange rate I'm subject right now and C: thinking RGB was the only way, I dreaded having to hunt some PVMs or mod a consumer TV. I have a SCART cable and two different RGB->Component converters on their way, and as I said, the GBS board with some misc stuff and the wifi board.
I just wish I knew about this stuff sooner. When all this shit arrives I'll post watermarked pics for your pleasure.
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Where'd you read this? You're way off.
It really isn't.
Anyways, I'm not really a fan of dead or alive, but I remember being pretty impressed with saturn doa's graphics.
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I could be off because I played Galactic Attack, I'm not sure if it was neutered for the US market. It's one of the very few shooters I've had a 1CC on and that was years ago, so I attributed it to that.
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I don't think I'll ever get a 1CC on this. I'm too amazed by the graphics to know what's going on and then I die, blown to smithereens in the dark vacuum of space.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but based on a lot of your recent posts, you've kinda just begun to have a serious interest in shooters (and the saturn)?
I would write his Layer Section anecdote on an ice cube. It's not the ideal game to cut your teeth on if you're looking to build your chops/cement the experiences that make the genre so addictive to play. I'm not claiming that he's lying, but trying to clear a game like Layer Section will not just happen by accident. Batsugun? Sure. There are plenty of easier arcade ports of shooters out there. But a title like Layer Section demands a solid understanding of the game and mannnny hours of practice.
My real point is, it always sucks when someone gets discouraged when a game is described as "easy" or "hard" and the truth is either firmly in between, or worse, the truth lies in the opposite polarity of it's original description.
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I don't doubt ASIDs analysis at all, so I can concede that I may have misspoken. I recall putting a fair amount of time into Layer Section, and the overall gameplay with the lock on mechanics clicking with me, which probably explains why I spent so much time with it.
Worth the playthrough regardless and a solid title, I'd love to hear what you think of it.
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Good choice, I set one up about a year ago. It takes no time at all and the output looks great. Just be careful of PSU choice if you're tapping power off of the GBS for the ESP8266 - I originally used a 12v PSU out of convenience since the GBS takes in 5v-12v. It worked great for awhile but it eventually fried the 8266 (good thing replacements are so cheap lol). I think what's recommended now is to just split power to both boards separately, but the Shmups thread is huge and hard to find concrete info in now.
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Thanks for sharing dude. I've had my fair share of shmups via the PC Engine though not great at them (Star parodier being the only one I finished, the rest like Gate of Thunder and Final Soldier I've only gotten to the last stage). After playing Layer Section, it will def take some practice but it's gonna be fun practice for sure. Definitely not a walk in the park.
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pulstar is being annoying to find tho
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It's alright we can just google it.