[Berzerk Recharged coming soon from Atari]

Nothing wrong with the Recharged version but I want to know if they are going to release the original arcade versions of both Berzerk and Frenzy.

[Atari Paddles and Trackballs and Spinners: wilk they work on Flashback PS4/X1/NS online games?]

The compilations need to be programmed to accept them through either an adapter such as the 2600-Daptor,  the newer ICode adapter (which I happen to have), or having them converted to USB and I do not think they have unless it is something of an Easter Egg similar to the hidden encoder feature in Tempest 2000 (Jaguar). With that said, they can be patched if there is enough interest.

[Karateka Getting the Atari 50 Treatment]

12 hours ago, Tanooki said:

I only found out about the non-karateka titles after posting that, and one not both of them reading a few comments elsewhere.  The remasters of the old titles I hadn't seen anything solid on about other than they existed, most nerds seemed to dive into how nice the emulation and choices were of the originals which is nice.  I can do the original, have Karateka on some FC multicarts(vintage, and modern) and could do the same with the GB one too.  I'm not a big fan, but it's nice to pop the game up on occasion to see how far I can get before I get sucker punched as it's unique in a better way with a Prince of Persia meets the non-suck bits of Karate Champ.

 

I hope they do this for Prince of Persia as I'd be well way over the point of even questioning buying that.  I've enjoyed the DOS, NES, GB, and GBC releases of that one.

In the early 90's I spent a year gametesting for Broderbund Software and I helped test both the DOS and Amiga versions of PoP. I'm curious to see how they could do this if Ubisoft would let them. Fun fact: one of the other testers was bored with the game and he decided to try to play the game only using the sound cues from the built-in speaker and with the monitor turned off thus going in blindfolded. I believe that he made it about 75% of the way through.

[Oops, I did it again ...]

Is it of Britney Spears?

[Why is Gaming declining?]

[Absolute Must Play Games for the Playstation 2]

Since you listed the GTA games I also recommend Bully which is also done by Rockstar Games.

[The Official Playstation Thread]

I got one of these too with hopes of maybe getting it to work with T2K on the Jaguar some day.

[Holographic Gaming When?]

[Wii u undeservibly failed because it was a great innovative systemsystem]

Have you looked at the Wii U modding scene to see if they've had success in getting around some of these problems? I've also heard that there are some who are trying to use modded Switches in place of the tablet but I have not read up on that lately.

[Cure for Squeaky UMD Drive]

Or you could just softmod it and put everything onto a Micro SD card with appropriate adapter so you would no longer need to use the UMD drive. However, I also understand that there are those who wish to keep theirs stock so this is helpful for those with this problem. Personally, I now use my PS Vita with Adrenaline to play all of my PSP games.

[Is there any reason to actually play the original Xbox?]

The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay had a Director's Cut version on the PC that included additional stuff not on the OG Xbox version. The Director's Cut was given a remastered treatment when it was bundled with the sequel Assault on Dark Athena that is only available on the X360 and PS3.

[What to do with modern controllers that have stick drift?]

What I like to know if it is possible to switch them out with the new hall effect sticks that are being used in the new third party controllers that have been coming out recently.

[Female protagonist games]

The only one I can think of that hasn't already been mentioned is Lollipop Chainsaw.

[PS2 repair?]

I wish there was a board that could be put inside that hooks up to the main board that would allow you to use USB based external DVD-ROM drives and replace the junky internal drives.

[New Atari Jaguar Emulator with tons of options I believe it is the one from 50th Anniversary]

I have a Mac also but I would rather for someone to make a Mac port of this once all of the major kinks are worked out on the Windows side of things or perhaps make a core of this for RetroArch.

[How is your town with retro gaming?]

12 hours ago, wongojack said:

Dallas (and kinda Ft Worth) is incredible.  I think we are probably the hidden capital of the retro-gaming world (in the Western Hemisphere).  Not only do we have multiple retro game shops (both chains and mom n pop), but we also have the Free Play arcade chain as well as a handful of other arcades that specialize in classic games.  We've also got multiple cons in the area every year AND the National Video Game Museum.  On top of all that, the area is big enough and populated enough that if you are willing to put in the work on Facebook marketplace, Offer Up, Craigslist etc, there are still genuine deals to be found "in the wild."  Sure, the Nintendo stuff gets soaked up fast, but I once got Intellivision Sears Backgammon and Checkers here for like $20.  I bought my Astrocade and Vectrex for criminally low prices, and there is TONS of second-hand retro computer stuff changing hands all the time.

 

I keep trying to tell people that DFW is a destination for retro gamers.  An awesome long weekend would be to come here for the Texas Pinball Festival or the Let's Play gaming Expo (or both).  I think most people would go home having seen more retro game stuff than they have in their entire lives.  I get to experience it every year. 

 

. . . I should go to an arcade today

South Texas here has the Game Over stores (three here in San Antonio and three more in the Austin area) plus at least one GameFellas (Austin), and the Pinballz Arcade (also in Austin). Game Over also hosts the Game Over con every July at the Palmer Convention in downtown Austin every July. San Antonio used to host PAX South until they gave up on us during the pandemic.

[Amazing score in a free pile by the curb!]

This truly must be the age of Aquarius.

[PlayStation 1 S-Video Cable]

22 hours ago, youxia said:

Have you actually compared the image they produce side by side?

Years ago I had a Power Macintosh with S-Video ports in the back for limited video recording. At that time I acquired a Nintendo S-Video Monster Cable and was doing a little playing around with the recording feature using my N64. I used the regular Nintendo brand S-video cable for some Turok 2 and the image didn't look too great. I then switched out the regular cable with the Monster Cable and it looked pretty close to RGB and looked great. I would later acquire the Monster Cable versions of the PS S-Video, PS Component, and OG Xbox Component. Whenever I need to use my systems on my old TV I use these.

 

The regular first party Sony S-Video cables should do the job for your purposes but I wanted to share my knowledge and information on the Monster Cables with everybody here as they are the absolute best for the consoles they are made for. BTW, considering that these cables were limited run and they are of high quality I think $40 is a good price for one. Certainly beats several hundred dollars for the official GameCube Component Video cable.

[PlayStation 1 S-Video Cable]

In my experience the Monster Cable is better than the official Sony one due to thicker, better wires, better plugs, and, most importantly, better ground shielding which eliminates a lot of interference.

[PlayStation 1 S-Video Cable]

I have a Monster Cable PlayStation S-Video cable. It has the best build quality of any cable that I have used for my PlayStation units and that translated to outstanding video quality. But that one is going to be hard to find and expensive to boot. Still, if you happen to stumble onto one and the price looks good, snag it, you won't regret it.

[Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration compilation will include Jaguar games]

Can it really do the math?

[Check out my New (used) PSP 3000.]

Yep, those should do although 128GB may be way more than you'll need but it is always good to have more than enough depending on how far deep the PSP rabbit hole you're going to go down.

[Check out my New (used) PSP 3000.]

6.38? That's unusual. The vast majority of PSPs are on 6.60. But there should be something for that firmware for softmodding. I believe that internet is no longer supported on the PSP but you don't need it for softmodding purposes. As I pointed out earlier, it is very easy to install the programs you need since the PSP is also a Memory Stick reader. But, before you start your softmodding journey, I highly recommend acquiring a Memory Stick to Micro SD card adapter as this will make things much easier and cheaper. Memory Sticks only went up to 32GB and they are very expensive. But you can do that and much higher and much cheaper with an adapter.

 

As for dumping UMDs, you don't need a special dumper. Once you have the unit softmodded and the softmod activated there is a special "service menu" that is activated by the Select button. When you hook up the PSP to the PC it will only see what is on the Memory Stick, as per Sony's design. However, once you enter this special menu, you can select what you want the PC to see once you hook up the PSP and that includes the UMD drive. Select it, put a game in the PSP, and hook it up to the PC. You should now see what is in the UMD drive and you can copy the game to the PC. You need to rename the game once it is on the PC because they all use the same name on the UMDs. Once you have all of your games on the PC then unhook the unit from the PC, go back into the service menu, and re-select the Memory Stick. Put the unit back onto the PC and you should see the contents of the Stick once again. Create a new folder on the top layer called ISO (all caps) then dump your games into it. Unhook the PSP, reboot it, then restart the softmod (most softmods require that you start it manually when you turn on the unit). Go to your games and they should all be there ready to play.

[Cannon Fodder on Jag vs other systems]

To be fair, this is the same on the Amiga version. But that version has the mouse controls that the Jag doesn't.

[Favorite game to pause and enjoy the BGM?]

GoldenEye and GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony.