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    What are you playing on your PlayStation 4?

    in Sony PlayStation 4

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    On 9/6/2023 at 2:04 PM, Cafeman said:

    I've had the PS4 sequel on my shelf for half a year and never even popped it into the machine yet.  Maybe when fall and winter hits and nights are longer. 

     

    I finally started to play HZD: Forbidden West!  It took over an hour to load both discs (data disc, and gameplay disc) onto my PS4 hard drive.  I'm not very far, Aloy has a chatty companion dude at first. I have not yet got a handle on the menus and controls. The graphics are quite good and so far I've seen different machine beasts, like diggers and cobra ones.  

     

    I also revisited my save file for Beach Buggy Racing, and I got a few more stars on races, Stampede levels, and Follow The Leader races. 

     

    I've been watching my son play Subnautica, too.  Stranded on the ocean of a new planet, you dive and collect food and debris/parts to save yourself.  

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    What are you playing on your PlayStation 4?

    in Sony PlayStation 4

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    HZD was a surprise to me back in 2018 when I got my PS4. I felt real apprehension as I'd encounter bigger, stronger, and meaner creatures.  I wonder if it would be as fun on a 2nd play-thru.  Those mechs in the Frozen Wilds were icing on the cake after playing through the entire game.  I don't play open world games often, so the sprawling hills, mountains, rivers, lakes, and forests simply amazed me at the time. Good mood, and the sci-fi storyline was interesting too, with great voice actors.    It was interesting watching one of my sons play it, he used totally different weapons and strategies than I had done. 

     

    However , I've had the PS4 sequel on my shelf for half a year and never even popped it into the machine yet.  Maybe when fall and winter hits and nights are longer. 

     

    ANYWAY, I did play my PS4 over Labor Day Weekend, for the first time in a month or two - I played all Genesis Compilaton games like ESWAT, Bonanza Bros, and Mean Bean Machine. 

    What have you actually PLAYED tracker for 2023 (Season 16)

    in Classic Console Discussion

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    Atari 2600

     

    - PAC-Man 15 mins

    - PAC-Man 8k 15 mins 

    - Go Fish 15 mins

     

    Genesis

     

    - E-SWAT 20 mins

    - Mean Bean Machine 30 mins

    - Bonanza Bros 20 15 mins

    - Biohazard Battle 30 mins


    I don’t think I have ever played ESWAT on Genesis. I thought I did but the levels were all new and unfamiliar to me. I think it’s a pretty cool game, like a mix of the first shinobi and RoboCop.

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    Atari 5200: How do you get your fix without the console?

    in Atari 5200

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    2 hours ago, -^CrossBow^- said:

    Provided your LCD has the ability to find and use analog RF it should be usable yes. But some TVs just won't work on these older consoles.

     

    That has been my experience for 20 years, neither of my flatscreens seems to pick up the weak Atari RF signal.  So, my solution was 5200 => RF Switchbox into my old VCR => which hooks up via Composite/RCA cables to my LCD or Plasma TV. Great static-free picture.   

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    Best use of a 5200 console.

    in Atari 8-Bit Computers

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    13 hours ago, gnusto said:

    test it with a pair of paddles - the joysticks are essentially two paddles representing x/y.


    Atari 2600 paddles use a different connector type than the 5200 uses for controllers. Not sure how you would test it with paddles.

     

    could you check local retro gaming or toy stores to see if they have any cheap 5200 controllers? Even if you get a cheap controller that doesn’t work, it isn’t hard to take them apart and clean them to get them somewhat working to at least prove the system works.

    Forum searching

    in TI-99/4A Development

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    32 minutes ago, Albert said:

    That is actually the default behavior for the forum.  For instance, if you search for "quadrun reproduction", it'll only return results that have both words, either in the title of the topic or for individual posts.

     

    Ok, I see that now. is there a way to use NOT to narrow result sets?  search on "quadrun reproduction"  but not if the word "Coleco" comes up in it, for example? 

    Forum searching

    in TI-99/4A Development

    Posted

    piggy-backing onto this question ... 

     

    Is there a way to search for  2 words that both must be in the search results?  If I search for "this and that" , I get hits on "and".  If I search for " 'this' and 'that' ", same thing. 

    ? 

     

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