@Anti-Matter I was too nervous to try doing that. Also since we can only reasonably replace the back, I think I will leave mine be. If I could replace the whole shell, I might have considered it.
Nintendo Switch FC: 4867-2891-2493
Switch username: Em
Discord: Heavyarms55#1475
Pokemon Go FC: 3838 2595 7596
PSN: Heavyarms55zx
@ReaderRagfish Awesome, sounds like mine! Of course all you see in the front are the claw games...that's how it's always been!
@Heavyarms55 The news sells negativity for profit. Like "gaper delays" when there's a car crash, everyone tries to get a look so everything slows down more....people somehow are addicted to looking at misery. So...the news exists to turn a profit selling what people want to buy. In some spheres the worlds is even worse than the glossy shiny depiction of misery the news presents. In some areas it's better. But the news is just canned, groomed, pruned and polished misery for easy digestion to keep people returning for more. Not too bleak, not too bright, just the right misery to consume daily.
" stories about parts forgetting their children in the car, in summer, are far more common than they should be..."
Well, it's understandable. I mean things are busy and it's pretty unlikely you'll remember them back there unless the duct tape and tranqs wore off before you got to your destination. Plus duct tape isn't cheap, so it's really a net savings in the long run!
There’s an old expression in pro wrestling: Red equals green. If people know they’ll see some blood, they’re more likely to buy a ticket/pay to see it.
@HobbitGamer - Unless that alien is Spock, and the match is an ancient, ritualistic blood duel against Kirk on the Vulcan planet. One of the most confusing and emotional moments of my youth. Like when The Mega Powers exploded, or the Hulkster rassled Ultimate Warrior.
Question.
I just wonder about how do you think about me.
Do you think it's very Unusual / Extraordinary to find a gamer with mindset and favorite things like me ?
I mean, a very different gamer.
Sometimes, i feel lonely to be myself that so... Different.
@ThanosReXXX I'm really good at managing to injure myself with ostensibly harmless objects!
Imagine what you could do with those annoying hard drives...
"gaper delays"
Over here, they have a name for people that do stuff like that: in general, they call them sensation seekers, but more often than not, the label used is "disaster tourists", for the exact same reason you mentioned: they form a line/queue to watch accidents, instead of actually helping and/or moving along if there's nothing they can do.
As for the duct tape thing and children in cars: that's just a waste of good tape. Everybody knows that velcro is FAR easier to use, especially with little tykes...
@bimmy-lee Well, if you're even remotely interested, and you also play games on PC, then I can highly recommend using the wonderful Amiga emulator WinUAE, which simply stands for Windows Ultimate Amiga Emulator. And it really is, by the way. Very user friendly and highly configurable and compatible.
The emulator is available for just about every platform, including the Nintendo DS/3DS and the Wii and Wii U. So, if you still have a soft-modded Wii lying around, it's even easier. All you need to do is download the emulator (this specific version is called UAE Wii), find some games (most of which are by now not hurting any company in any way whatsoever, if you download them for free) and you're good to go.
On the Amiga home computer, you'll find plenty of exclusive titles, but also quite a lot of multi-platform titles from the 16 bit era, seeing as a lot of games of that generation were also published on the SNES and Sega Genesis. However, since the Amiga was an actual home computer, with far more advanced sound and graphics chips, those versions of the multi-player games were often far superior to their console counterparts.
Just take game music (& sound) for example. Here's a little game called "Cannon Fodder", which features a title song. Except on (most) consoles it's only music (the exception being the Panasonic 3DO and the Atari Jaguar, but then again: hardly anyone ever bought these systems, so far as I'm concerned, they don't really count), whereas on the Amiga, it's an ACTUAL song, with lyrics AND music:
Time table, so you can fast forward:
You'll also need the so-called "Kickstart ROMs", which are basically just the Amiga version of a console's bios ROM, which you will need, to start up your virtual Amiga computer on your PC.
From the list in that link, you'll only need three essential ones:
(you can also add CDTV and CD32 support by downloading " CDTV Extended-ROM v2.7 (1992)(Commodore)(CDTV).rom" and "CD32 Extended-ROM rev 40.60 (1993)(Commodore)(CD32).rom", but those aren't needed for most games)
Once you've got these three, rename them to kick130.rom, kick204.rom and kick310.rom, and put them in the "roms" folder of the installed Amiga emulator.
Well, after that's done, all you'll need is digital versions of the games, which always came on floppy disks. You need to look for so-called "adf" images (adf simply stands for "Amiga disk file"), which can be found literally everywhere across the internet, such as here and here...
Oh, and to give you an idea of which games to try, here's a top 75 video of the best of the best Amiga games, both exclusive titles and multi-platform:
And this video shows some of the best looking games on the Amiga:
And instead of bombing this thread with too many videos, I'll just link to another one,
showcasing the 10 best Amiga-only games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uEgk_mZ0JU
EDIT:
I just came across an even more user-friendly version of WinUAE, with all the necessary files already included: https://fs-uae.net/
Here's another "how-to" for that version of the Amiga emulator as well: https://www.myabandonware.com/howto/amiga
@Anti-Matter - Ha, that’s a very on brand question to throw out there. I’ll tell you that I can remember when you first started posting comments. I was a regular reader and occasional lurker, but as soon as I saw some of your comments, I started reading the comment sections a lot more. I value your uniqueness. I think you’re earnest and funny.
@ThanonReXXX - Wow, thank you. There’s a lot to digest there, but I look forward to making my way through it. Is the software within the realm of public domain? I’m a bit of an original equipment person, so it would be a little heartbreaking to play the games without the iconic controls for the system. I can imagine how great that keyboard sounds while using it.
You're welcome.
And no, not Public Domain, but Abandonware. A lot of these companies either don't exist anymore, or they have released their old catalog to be freely distributes, such as Gremlin Interactive and Team 17, a large part of their library is freely available with their consent, from Lemon Amiga, the first of the two links I posted in the "here and here" part of my previous comment. It sounds like Public Domain, but on the Amiga, Public Domain games were more games made by what we would now call indies, with the exception that most of their games weren't commercial, and were distributed either as Freeware, or as Shareware, which gave you partial access, and full access upon paying a small fee.
It's called Abandonware because a lot of these companies don't exist at all anymore, nor have they been taken over by any other, still existing company, meaning there's nobody left to distribute the rights to, or lend the rights from, hence the title "Abandonware". Besides all the larger companies like the previously mentioned Team 17, Gremlin Interactive, and other larger companies, the entire catalog of the Amiga, which exists of well over 3500 games (!), largely consists of these non-existent types of companies, meaning that there's a lot up for grabs. Of course there's also a lot of crap, so no worries about having to rummage through all those 3500 titles, but at least half of them are perfectly playable.
Especially Team 17's titles are pretty much all must-haves, so you can hardly go wrong with any of their games, and they made titles in all genres, so there's probably something there for almost everyone.
As for the hardware: I understand the sentiment, but in the case of the Amiga, which was a home computer after all, the difference in keyboard feel is negligible, when compared to the average PC with your bog standard keyboard. Most titles on the Amiga supported keyboard and mouse, and all you'd really be missing, is the actual joystick, to get that authentic feel.
The two best ones were either the Suzo Arcade stick, or the Competition Pro joystick. Both digital, microswitched arcade sticks, which were probably some of the most robust controllers ever made.
And yes, I know both of these gadgets say "Sega adapter", but that's the nice thing: back then, several systems shared the same connector type, so if you had an Amiga system, you could for example use Sega Genesis controllers and Atari 2600 controllers.
I myself actually used a programmable Sega Genesis pad to play Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter with. Hated having to manually perform some of these nearly impossible combos...
And if you're really serious about Amiga gaming, then the previously mentioned Suzo Arcade stick, which is actually a Dutch brand, is pretty much a must-have, and there's still retro game shops that buy and sell them. They aren't the cheapest, but they are the best, and are of the highest quality. This used game store also ships worldwide: https://classiccomputershop.eu/Webwinkel-Product-284886285/Su...
But if you don't wanna go for one of these original joystick + converter type of solutions, then you might be interested in a newer version of the Competition Pro controller that the company themselves have released last year, to celebrate its 20th birthday.This version has a USB connector, so it's compatible with PC as well as the Amiga emulator, straight out of the box: https://www.speedlink.com/en/Gaming/PC-Gaming/Joysticks/COMPE...
You'll probably have to send them an email, to find out if they also ship to the US, but if not, perhaps they can tell you where to get them in the US. I checked Amazon, and they were sold out, but they should still be available somewhere, so you could check some other stores/web shops that you know of.
P.S.
Just in case you're wondering why the Suzo Arcade stick only has one button, and the Competition Pro has four: actually, the Competition Pro's two smaller buttons are just extra buttons, like start and select, but in this case, I believe they are turbo buttons, and the two big buttons are the exact same button as on the Suzo Arcade stick, except Competition Pro wanted to cater to both right- and left-handed people, so you can choose which button is more comfortable to use, which of course depends on with which hand you're holding the stick...
@ReaderRagfish That's pretty impressive indeed, but the sound is absolutely atrocious, so I'd never count that as a serious competitor in the comparison. And obviously, the comparison was only of the Amiga version vs home console versions, not vs handhelds. All in all, across all these systems, the Amiga version is still the clear winner. Even the now almighty PC was inferior back then, as that comparison video clearly showed.
'The console wars are like boobs: Sony and Microsoft fight over which ones look the nicest and Nintendo's are the most fun to play with.'
@ReaderRagfish Not hard. I was able to do it despite being a total novice. The tricky parts are the tiny ribbon cables and the ZL and ZR buttons which snap into place and can easily break if you push too hard.
Nintendo Switch FC: 4867-2891-2493
Switch username: Em
Discord: Heavyarms55#1475
Pokemon Go FC: 3838 2595 7596
PSN: Heavyarms55zx
@Anti-Matter Dude, just be you! There's no such thing as "normal" as the exact definition varies from person to person. Embrace your uniqueness. There's a reason we aren't exact copies of each other. 😁
Granted, part of that is accepting the fact that others may have different opinions on certain subjects. Regardless of any conflicting views, that person is still a person. Sometimes we must just agree to disagree on X thing.
Question.
I just wonder about how do you think about me.
Do you think it's very Unusual / Extraordinary to find a gamer with mindset and favorite things like me ?
I mean, a very different gamer.
Sometimes, i feel lonely to be myself that so... Different.
I dont think youre as different as you think you are. I mean, you found certain hobbies and games that attract you which means there's clearly a market for people who like the same stuff you do. Do you like different stuff than i do? Sure... But that just means were different than each other. Which brings me to another point, were all different and that's fine. Be yourself anti..
Forums
Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread
Posts 29,641 to 29,660 of 97,845
Please login or sign up to reply to this topic