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I was looking at Gran Turismo 7 on the PS5 yesterday (video of it) and it looked AMAZING, and it was VR-2, but at 350 - 529 for the VR headset, it's way way out of my range, even as a pay in 3 it's beyond what I can afford. But it still looked stunning. Normally, I am not overly fond of management style games where customizing is a huge part of it, this I liked. Will snag a look at the Auto Mod game. Like you guys, I just look and laugh at game prices now, as Richie says, it might be rare, but the game can be a real crap fest, yet some nutter wants a gazillion quid for it. It only takes one mug, sorry, buyer to pay the huge price and the trend sticks.

 

Nice Dreamcast set up oop for grabs in Hull, fellas.
No idea if this is good value or the guy's going for top dollar but you seem to get quite a bang for yer buck:

Dreamcast with games and accessories
£200






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I do like Zelda - Wind Waker, I have the GameCube original and the Wii U HD remake.I also have Madworld for the Wii. I don't have Okami on the Wii but I do have in on the Switch. I am thinking it was called Red Steel. You had a samurai sword ( Wii remote ) and pistol ( Nunchuck ) I think it was by Ubisoft.
Prices for Dreamcast's vary a lot these days but I think Shenmue 1 & 2 can be expensive. I would like one in the future but not just yet.

 

Go for it Al, XIII is just different enough to make it catch the eye. I think it was on one of the XBOX's when I played it..Good fun..

 

Yup, sounds like Red Steel.

I have Wind Waker on the GC, brought it the second it landed. Same with the Metroid games on the GC, hell, got a US import of Prime, well that and an Action Replay to play it via. We had just got back from Orlando and they had a playable demo in the now gone HUGE toyshop on International Drive. I was in love, Cindy offered to buy a US Gamecube and the game, but I thought I would get hassle from customs, so got back and got it from an import shop. One nice Zelda thing we have is the Zelda big old art book. Not cheap, but it was when Serena was in Hospital. Lovely book as well.

Although I own a Wii I normally just play them on Dolphin, nice that you can use a Mayflash optical board (just the IR board from the real Wii but usb) with your real Wiimote and nunchuck. Also paired up a PS4 controller (with drivers) to use on the PS3 emu, Resistance 3 has parts where you turn the controller like you are driving, to unlock barriers.

Great fun...

 

Oops, I did it again
A couple of new to me additions to the cave on the console front today. I'll try and post some pictures up if I get a chance tomorrow night. In the meantime, guesses on the back of a postcard. Anyone who guesses correct gets our version of the Golden Joystick. It's called the Golden Joyshite and has been kindly donated by Paul as he couldn't manage to flush away his latest monster

 

Oddly, I sold those but never tried one out (slightly lapse in recommending a product you have not used). Loved Ridge Racer, used to got to a rival shop to play on their import version of Ridge Racer, we could not have those as an official supplier.

If you want a real retro printer that was all over the place at the time, get an Epson FX-80, the one with the graf-trax chips in. That my not be the correct spelling. I didn't know anyone who had a different printer, apart from the Atari own brand..

 

Came home from work today to find that the DDI-5 for my Amstrad had finally arrived. Left on the doorstep by lovely Mr Postman....





For those of you who might not know it's a Gotek floppy drive replacment for the 464 that also comes with Parados and a built in 512k ram expansion. Had it up and running after a couple of minutes, and my oh my some of those Amstrad games are lovely looking on original hardware with the colour monitor. I'm still thinking about selling the kit, but playing stuff like Arkanoid Revenge of Doh and Pinball Fantasies on this makes it a difficult decision.

 

HANG ON TO YOUR VALUABLES, AL!
Tis a beauty the old 464 and doesn't it play Pinball Fantasies as well as a 16bitter?
Lovely bit of kit you've acquired today, buddy - enjoy it to the max, mate.

 

Hey, I had a BJ as well, I'd pretty much forgotten about it till you said the name. Nice little printer too. I'll look and see what Negcons go for..A little bit of analogue control never hurt anyone.

 

Andy you deserve to be flamed for that pun....

 

Nice work, Al. Some great titles there for the ol PS - for some reason the Wrecking Crew title artwork reminds me of the Americana/US Gold Atari tapes from the mid-80s - anyone else get the same feel? Maybe just me!

Hope you have loads of fun with the greaseweazle interface and creation of image files too - just up your street, mate.

PS, Totally off topic, sorry, but would you say, fellas, that this is an example of crappy AI imagery - it thinks it's so clever yet gets it so utterly wrong when you start to look at the little details? I think Paul drew attention to this kind of thing the other week:

 

It was the cover of Wreckin Crew that made me buy it Andy and yes, I did think Americana too when I saw it at first

I've found a very neat program that integrates ST/Amiga floppy disks into the Windows shell so have already recovered a couple of old catalogue disks and created a floppy of Sensible Soccer from an ST image file.

That picture just doesn't do it for me. Way too fake looking.

 

Agreed, Al - the pic is sickeningly fake as it TRIES to engage with our sentimentality of these golden times but fails all hands down by being totally inaccurate.
Fancy you also being reminded of the old Americana label too - bizarre!
I really like the sound of the neat util you're using to integrate ST/Amiga floppies - could you share some screenshots / the process with us?
Have a top weekend all and still no sign of the MUCH DELAYED Evri Atari Anniversary edition console, fellas.
I've now raised this as an issue with the seller and will raise it with Feebay next if the seller does not apply any heat on that pile of shit courier company...
Cheers, guys.

 

Sorry to hear that Never-ri are just scumbags, sounds like one of the drivers has helped themselves but will claim to have 'lost' it. When they were Hermes we had a young woman doing the deliveries, she was great (and very easy on the eye), always got our gear and really polite. When it became Evri she was gone and stuff started going wrong.

Enjoy the busy weekend you have there Andy, you seem to have the weather as well...Nice one..Hope you and Bev have super time.

The gear that Al has simply plugs into the PC, you run a reader software and it examines the disk bit by bit, I think it then saves a file out, and then you run a file builder for the machine it's for. I'd been keen to see the process and software on screen myself.

PS, when I mentioned the weather, it was blue sky here, now it looks rough, hope I have not jinxed it

 

I was planning on posting some pictures or a little video at some point. The latest software available makes it really straightforward.

 

Lovely to hear about that great outcome with your bargain Dragon, Richie. Like most on here, I lurve a good underdog story and the Dragon is very similar to the Oric in its well-documented history and those who do have time for it truly do enjoy exploring its potential and celebrating its strengths. Great stuff and nice to hear of your console gaming enjoyments too as you compare the FMV strengths of various systems. I am sure Paul and Al will have more to contribute on that score. Always good to get your thoughts and it would be great guys if we can get perhaps a late Aug/early Sept video link up again of the retro renegade Atari Owners once more so we can flick things at the monitor and shout obscenities at our Evri courier etc. Just a thought, fellas if there's any interest?

 

Congrat's on the purchases Richie. Please please please keep me in mind if you decide to move the Dragon 32 or Commodore 16 on (especially the latter). Apart from the 800XL the only other 8-bit micro I owned growing up was a Plus/4 so have a soft spot for it but like you prefer the C16 design. A tricked out C16 with 64k and an SD drive is something I've always had a hankering after.

Andy, I'd be up for a video call between us all at some point. Hoping to have the cave here sorted out in the next week or so, fingers crossed.

 

Since getting the Sega Master System a couple of weekends ago I've picked up the odd unboxed game from CEX.
So far we have Transbot (£1.50), Ms Pac-Man (£3) and Sonic the Hedgehog (£2). Can't really beat that for value and they are all pretty decent games, Ms Pac-Man is my favourite so far. Now keeping my eyes open for any other CEX stock at a couple of pound of less to add to the library.

 

Thank you for the kind words, I think our secret is that we always have been into the same stuff even before we met, we always have something to talk about. We have had stressful times, but we try not to take it out on each other and remember we have a daughter to think of. There's always a lot of laughter between us all. It really helps.

Glad to hear you got the wonga back...

I hate to think what those cashew things would do to either of my cats tummies...

They will just go in the bin as I'm the only meat eater here, sometimes my lot have the odd twiglet, the naughty Vegans..

Not sure what Jap sporty number you mean, must have missed part of a thread..

So folk, Ya 'all enjoy the weeeeekend...

 

Cheers, Paul.

Sounds like you and Cindy have been a match made in heaven, mate - you're true friends, soul mates and great partners for one another - a bond and lurve that is rare to find so I salute you guys for giving the rest of us hope that we can all get through the tough, trying and testing times we all often face and we need to treat our loved ones with the respect, kindness and patience that their love for us truly deserves.

As for the Jap sporty reference, yes, me and Al were discussing a retro sports car in some thread - was it on here, Al? Anyhow, I'm looking to sell our little Fiat and old Yaris, Paul, and put some fun back into our lives/driving and gan for one of those Mazda MX5s - a friend I do some gardening for has one stuck in his garage doing nowt and he's gonna let me have it for a bit of a bargain price so there we go - that's me boffday gift sorted at the end of the month

Take care, guys, and enjoy a relaxing fun weekend.

 

Congrats on the car, you go enjoy yourselves..PS Happy Birthday in advance..

All I can say is having a laugh is key with us, there's always a giggle going on between us all. Keeps the mood happy and we just take stuff as it hits us, just like all of us.

 

Can't remember if it was on here or Messenger Andy, looking forward to seeing it though

Drove down past Manchester today to pick up the retro Raleigh Mustang bike I won on EBay. Cost me almost as much in petrol as the bike itself! 500 miles later it's tucked up in the garage awaiting some fettling. Doesn't need much done just the saddle properly tightened on the rails and the front wheel put on the right way. It's amazing the amount of bikes I see that the owners don't realise there is an arrow on the tyre (just like a car) to show which way it should be fitted for the tread to do it's work. This is very much going to be a fun day and sunny day local cruiser.

And she already has a name... Mustang Sally of course

 

How are you getting on with the Master System @Vyper68? Got a MK1 a couple of weeks back and picked up some cheap unboxed cartridges for it. It's a lovely little system with some very playable titles.

Be interested to hear more about the 600-in-1-cart. I have been thinking aboug getting an Everdrive for it but they can be a bit pricey.

 

@Vyper68 The SidecarT has a hard drive emulator in the lastest beta firmware. I thought I would take a quick look tonight. Don't really know much about ST hard drive protocols but once I updated the firmware it was as simple as putting some HD modified games and utils into a new folder on the SD card and then SidecarT saw it as a hard drive. Worked really well and loading games fine. Tomorrw I might tackle a couple of word processors and see if I can get some printing done to the LC10.

If you haven't already got a SidecarT I can highly recommend it. Rom cart emulation, real time clock, floppy emulation, wifi downloading of games, and now hard drive emulation. It costs about £50 including the Raspberry Pi Pico. https://sidecartridge.com/