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#81
Retro News & Chat / Atari Marketing Video 1982
October 03, 2012, 15:18:06 PM
"Video Games: a Public Perspective." Arcades and video games corrupting our youth? This vintage 1982 Atari funded production tries to quell fears by having various public officials, clergy, mom&pops tell how arcades are cool. Great period piece with shots of vintage computer gear, arcades, Atari labs, university game research, 80's hair, wide ties, and leisure suits.
Cameos by Dona Bailey (Centipede), Owen Rubin (Battlezone), Don Osborne (VP coin-op marketing). Hosted by Frank Gorin, Jack Morton Production, VHS tape.

this is a lovely find..enjoy guys
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#82
Retro News & Chat / Midway Arcade Origins
September 19, 2012, 18:22:22 PM
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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is keeping the Midway brand alive thankfully, and today the company revealed that they are set to release a new Midway Arcade Origins collection for the PS3 and Xbox 360 for the Holidays.

Midway Arcade Origins features 30 of Midway's classic arcade titles, from Spy Hunter to Joust, and all of the titles will feature Achievements and Trophies along with leaderboards and local multiplayer.

Take a look at the trailer.

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[align=center:7muxa0q7]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2WT0h8KYcE[/align:7muxa0q7]

Looks dead smart, and this will be a given for me when it comes out :)
#83
after 8 years in home-brew development and ups and downs, BlackMesa has finally arrived into the wild, if you don't know what Black Mesa is..

 (formerly Black Mesa: Source) is a Half-Life 2 total conversion remaking of Valve Software's award-winning PC game, Half-Life.

Utilizing the Source engine, Black Mesa will reintroduce the player as Doctor Gordon Freeman, along with the original cast of memorable characters and environments seen in Half-Life. Black Mesa was built and founded on the basis that Half-Life: Source didn't fully live up to the potential of a Source engine port of Half-Life. As such, Black Mesa was founded to fully reconstruct the Half-Life universe utilizing Source to its fullest potential in terms of art detail, level sizes and code features. It should be noted that the project is being built from the ground up and is not a simple port of Half Life maps and models into the Source Engine. The idea is to remake the storyline used in Half Life into a new polished Source Engine version with new models, maps, soundtrack, voice acting and textures.

This total conversion will not require Half-Life: Source to play - only a copy of any Source Engine game installed on Steam. For more details, check the System Requirements.

The Game was completed on the 7th of September 2012 for distribution and not only is it the full game but they have bungled the rearranged soundtrack and all for free, which is utterly incredible for what thy have done here..

so get your asses over to http://release.blackmesasource.com/#/home

and pay your respects and if you can..donate these guys some cash of appreciation

enjoy ;)
#84
Retro News & Chat / Wikipad from Gamestop
September 09, 2012, 15:46:26 PM
Wikipad Available for Pre-Order Today at Gamestop; $499 Price Point

You remember the Wikipad, right?

It's the gaming-centric Android tablet that comes with a detachable "console-quality" gamepad controller. Gamestop will be offering the $499 device for pre-order today; it'll actually hit the marketplace on All Hallow's Eve (October 31).

In terms of a pre-order bonus...

And for those that purchase or pre-order a Wikipad at GameStop, their tablet will have access to valuable extras including exclusive free, full-length game titles.

That excerpt comes from the press release, the full text of which lies below.

As a quick refresher, here are some technical specs from the Wikipad:
-An Nvidia Tegra 3 processor (quad core)
-A 10.1" IPS screen
-1 GB DDR RAM
-16 GB Flash memory, which is expandable to 64 GB
-Supports PlayStation Mobile, Gaikai, more

WIKIPAD COMING TO GAMESTOP OCTOBER 31, 2012

LOS ANGELES, SEPTEMBER 7, 2012-GameStop (NYSE: GME), the world's largest multichannel retailer of video games, has partnered with Wikipad, Inc. to offer the Wikipad tablet, the first tablet with an attachable console-quality gamepad controller, through its stores and website. The Wikipad will be available October 31 to consumers at a retailer price of $499 USD.

"GameStop is the retail destination when it comes to video games. Nobody but GameStop provides gamers with the best gaming content on the market. And for those that purchase or pre-order a Wikipad at GameStop, their tablet will have access to valuable extras including exclusive free, full-length game titles. The Wikipad is powered by an Nvidia Tegra 3 processor and will support PlayStation®Mobile platform," said Fraser Townley, President of Sales for Wikipad, Inc.

Customers can pre-order the Wikipad now at GameStop stores nationwide or online at http://www.GameStop.com. Wikipads pre-ordered at GameStop will come with value-added extras including full-length titles and an issue of Game Informer Digital.

"We are thrilled to be partnering with Wikipad to launch this unique new gaming tablet," said Joe Gorman, vice president of GameStop's mobile business unit. "We love the innovation and know our customers are excited to see it in action."

Wikipad will launch in October with a full suite of games delivered by the latest video game platforms, including PlayStation®Mobile, NVIDIA's Tegra Zone, Google Play as well as several upcoming unannounced platforms. To bring the best gaming experience to consumers, Wikipad will offer a premium 10.1" IPS screen, ultra-light chassis, quad core processor, expandable memory and an attachable console quality game controller.

For more information on the Wikipad tablet, visit: http://www.wikipad.com.
#85
Arcade & Pinball Chat / Classic Starcade...yeah baby
August 30, 2012, 00:49:55 AM
While doing some research for my book on arcade games, I came across this wonderful piece of arcade tv show spender, this show ran from 1982 to 1984 spanning 3 seasons and was years ahead of itself in terms of arcade play offs and showcased the cream of the crop classic arcade games of the 80's With over 130 episodes  ;)
#86
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welcome to another Battle of the Bands, I thought I would kick off one of these myself , since Laird has been working over time here at the forum, top work man ..as usual :)
#87
yes that's right..you've only got 24 hours to get this little beauty of a remake, head over to http://www.rgcd.co.uk/ and click on the download link..enjoy

and thanx to the folks over at Psytronik Software and RGCD (Heavy Stylus)
#88
For anyone lucky enough to be able to afford one of these back in 1994-95 , will have remembered this to be one of the first 32 bit console preceding the playstation 1 by over a year, (edit: also noting the Amiga cd32 and the FM Towns Marty ) in it's time when the mega cd was produced dittered pixelated fmv games, the 3DO was able to deliver the quality those fmv games should of been as well with a few exclusive classics along the way, but died a death and consider a very under rated console to join the ranks of the dreamcast and the Atari jaguar, but then one day while emulation ran high on your pc and mac with all emulators covering virtually every machine in existence , the 3DO seem to be forgotten, but one emulator did appear , an emulator called FreeDO, and although an excellent emulator in it's own right, but it didn't have updates or improvements or further release after v1.0, they didn't even add joypad support and this was a console emulator??? You had to use your keyboard..lol

But after many years being dormant with no new versions or New and improved 3DO emulation, out of nowhere a Russian programmer of all people decided to begin to creat his own emulator to take on further from where FreeDO left of and created 3DOplay Wich get be gotten here : http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://3doplay.do.am/&ei=Wg2KT5OiGJK3hAf09eXcCQ&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CA8Q7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3D3doplay%26hl%3Den%26tbo%3Dd

But wait ..... The rabbit hole doesn't stop there...Earlier this year the programmer behind FreeDO decided to release his code as open source and another programmer has taken up the code to improve and add all the features this console platform deserved in he first place and has produced to be the best emulator for the 3DO thus far , even the Russian programmer from the above emulator mention 3DOplay has joined the ranks on helping produce the best 3DO experience to grace your PC .. Have given birth to 4DO and has just been released into the wild from beta stage and can be enjoyed here : http://www.fourdo.com/

You might be wondering why I'm very passionate about the 3DO? , I was one of those lucky people to have owned one back in the day and really do regret in getting rid of it in favour of the PS1, which was justified at the time, the ps1 was kick ass, but the 3DO introduced me to the first taste of 32 bit gaming, and never thought games could be this realistic at the time, where talking 1995 here, the snes and megadrive where the kings of the gaming world, but this simply destroyed that notion when I first saw it..the likes of Need for Speed blew me away..and with a great selection of titles, not all where fmv games, this machine really did have some amazing games for it and I urge anyone who hasn't ever experienced the 3do, this is your chance..

Now regarding emulation , you will need bios files as the 3DO had 4 variants from different companies etc..but you'll have to do a search, regarding games, the 3DO used cd-rom media and you have to Hunt down your games, but this emulator supports iso files and stuff..ohhh btw did I mention the amount of adult content that was released for the 3DO? Well yes their is allot of it, but you run the risk of hair growing on the pam of your hands and going blind or worse. Be found with your trousers down around your ankles in front of your monitor...again...lol

I just had to get this a mention, I loved this machine and games I can highly recommend if you've never played would be of course : Need for Speed, Return Fire, Gex, Demolition Man, Super Street Fighter Turbo, Samurai Showdown, Po'ed, this is small selection of a vast collection..

Grey.
#89
Retro News & Chat / APOV FANZINE For Amiga Fans
April 13, 2012, 15:07:36 PM
great fanazine called Amiga Point Of View , hasn't been updated in awhile, but well worth a read..they can of course be downloaded here..

ISSUE ONE


ISSUE TWO


ISSUE THREE


ISSUE FOUR


some great reading in here..so please enjoy..
#90
Retro News & Chat / Coin-Op: The Arcade Guide.
April 04, 2012, 09:33:43 AM
Coin-Op: The Arcade Guide is a first to take the YOU! down a nostalgic classic arcade trip, covering over 50 vintage arcade games in a onion skin peeled fashion with over 500 original aspect ratio screenshots in their native resolution along with a brief technical breakdown on the hardware used for these machines, classic games like Double Dragon, Dig Dug, Street Fighter and many more that defined gaming forever in the arcades in the 1980's and 1990's then this book is for you, I have spend many hours digitally and professionally remastering the likes of arcade flyers, screenshots and bring life to these great games and give some light and insightful person review on all these classic arcade games.Tthe book will have five dedicated chapters on Beat'em ups, Shootem'ups, Driving games, Action games and Misc arcade games and some extra content like "Did You Know" fantastic trivia about classic arcade games especially researched for Coin-Op: Arcade Guide not yet seen produced in a book of this nature and my personal story and history from an Arcader's perspective living in Dublin, Ireland during the arcade boom of the 1980's and 1990's. The book is now complete and awaiting a plan for publishing and production and distribution in physical form I hope I can address, but in the mean time I wanted to share with you and ask for your help in deciding what Cover design I should go for the book, my faith will be decided on it :) of course these are a Work In process and will either have elements added or removed based on the over all best voted cover design.

so please take the time to look at these three designs and post what you feel appeals to your most about them, you help is most welcomed.

and any Publishers out there interested in producing this, please contact me.

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Preview Content of the inside of the book.

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Rastan (Taito 1987)



Gauntlet (Atari Games 1985)
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[align=center:9s38fytb]Capcom's Strider (Capcom 1989)[/align:9s38fytb]
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[align=center:9s38fytb]Indiana Jones and the Temple Of Doom(Atari Games 1985)[/align:9s38fytb]
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[align=center:9s38fytb][size=140]Beatem'ups[/size][/align:9s38fytb]
[align=center:9s38fytb]Street Fighter[/align:9s38fytb]
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[align=center:9s38fytb]Double Dragon[/align:9s38fytb]
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[align=center:9s38fytb]Thanks for reading and hopefully this will be released real soon[/align:9s38fytb]
#91
as I was the main designer behind Nes-Bit magazine issue one, Lorfarius and me have had a major falling out, regarding this project, claiming I have no claim over it, excused of using simple screenshots and the likes, so because it was me who created the entire magazine, other than the article writings, I'm now releasing it into the Wild for free, if you have not read it yet and are a fan of Nintendo then here it is in all it's Glory

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#92
Arcade & Pinball Chat / Arcade Video Vault Area
March 13, 2012, 20:43:15 PM
[align=center:2d3yfypy]Hello Retro fans, and welcome to the Video Vault Portal[/align:2d3yfypy]

this is the ultimate collection video gaming game play video for your enjoyment, if not for the nostalgia, then for the ulitmate insight to classic arcade games in action..so please enjoy them..more will be added soon :)

First up we have the Arcade Video Vault Introduction Here

Arcade Games beginning with the Letter A Here

Arcade Games beginning with the Letter B Here

Arcade Games beginning with the Letter C Here

Arcade Games beginning with the Letter D Here

Arcade Games beginning with the Letter E Here

Arcade Games beginning with the Letter F Here

Arcade Games beginning with the Letter G Here

Arcade Games beginning with the Letter H Here

Arcade Games beginning with the Letter I Here

Arcade Games beginning with the Letter J Here
#93
I was on a bit of a research regarding some ST related material and came across a new point and click adventure on the PC called "Ambers Blood The Eighth Carol Reed Mystery" created by a developer called MDNA Games , at first glance it looks like one of these detective style point and click adventures and though blahh, the usual, untill I came across this



said to my self ..wait a minute, there Atari ST's there, so whoever was involved in this game thought it was important to show a messed up room with Atari ST components littered all over the place.

The games premise:

"Carol's Long-time friend Stina is going through her dead father's belongings and finds her grandfather's obituary. According to the obituary, Stina's grandfather died much later than she had been lead to believe.

When continuing to explore what her father left behind. Stina sprains her ankle when falling while reaching for a box on a shelf. She asks Carol to look into the matter.

Carol's investigations soon reveal that there is much more to Stina's suspicions than simply a misprint in an obituary, and that Stina's family history is darker and more twisted than either Carol or Stina could ever have imagined."

    Ambers Blood is the eighth games in the Carol Reed Series.
    The game is mouse driven and features a classic adventure game interface
    There is absolutely no need to have played any of the previous Carol Reed games to fully enjoy Ambers Blood. The game starts with an interactive tutorial which explains how to play. And dont worry about getting stuck. The game features a hint system which you can consult any time.
    The game takes place in Sweden, but is in English. All dialogue has optional subtitles.
    The game contains no graphic violence or strong language. It has no action sequences, and is suitable for all ages. You can't die in the game.

Site : http://www.justadventure.com/shop/61/amber%27s-blood-the-eighth-carol-reed-mystery

could be good, and it's only €12.99  about £10, just thought I'd share this with everyone :)
#94
Nintendo Chat / Nintendo SNES Must have games
February 29, 2012, 12:07:41 PM
Allot of us here have at one stage played on the Super Nintedo System, and I didn't see any listing for this great and powerful console, so I decided to list some of the greatest titles on this platform for those who haven't  played them, and now thanks to emualtion, we can all experience them again or play them for the first time, so my top 20 SNES games are as follows, and to mention I didn't list any Mario Games, as this list is based on other games outside the Mario World (although Super Mario is epic on the SNES too :) )

1. 7th Saga
Classic RPG and played well against the Final fantasy series

2. Act Raiser 1 & 2
Arcade with a mixture of RGB elemnets with amazing music

[size=100]3. Adams Family[/size]
a great mixture of platform action to be had, but it's a tuff game, created by Ocean Software

[size=100]4. Adventures of Batman and Robin [/size]
a beautiful Platform game based on the hit TV show, a must have game, created by Konami
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5. Aladdin [/size]
Disney enters the platform with this brillaint game created by Capcom
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6.
Alien 3[/size][/size]
although released on the Megadrive aswell (probe software), the SNES version was more darker and more maturer, then the megadrive counterpart, if you have not played this..you should, it's creppy

[size=100]7. Arkanoid - Doh It Again[/size]
we all love abit of ball and bat action don't we, this is no exception, Arcade perfect port and excellent control, considering your using a joypad, top stuff

[size=100]8. Axelay[/size]
this is a shootem'up with a different, created by Konami, the Mode 7 effects in this games where absolutely amazing back in the day, with pure Arcade style bosses, this should be in everyone's collection.

[size=100]9. Batman Returns[/size]
Konami again strike gold with this wonderful beatem'up, beautiful graphics, capturing the style of the movie perfectly, and the control where ace, beating up thugs as Batman has never been so good.

[size=100]10. Bomberman[/size]
created by Hudson Soft now (RIP), brought everyone one of the first mutli-player action title to the mass, with a multi-tap up to 4 players could join in at blowing each other up, and with the power up in the game, made this a devilish game..fantasic stuff

[size=100]11. Blackthorne[/size]
a great platform adventure created by Buzzard software of the warcraft fame, similar in styles of Out of this world and arcade action, fanatsic animation and over all brilliant game.

[size=100]12. Castlevania - Vampire's Kiss[/size]
what list wouldn't be complete with a Castlevania game in there, brillaint platform action, great music, ridiciously hard and all round fantastic SNES game, if you haven't played this one, your missing out on something very special

[size=100]13. Cybernator[/size]
again Konami seems to appear allot in this list due to the fact that they where one of the best companies working on titles for SNES, this game has you in a Mech, blowing things up, and then in sideways shootem'up action, cathering for all in a game.

[size=100]14. Donkey Kong Country Series[/size]
Created by RARE software for Nintendo, showed the world the SNES could infact do next generation style gfx on an aging platform, brilliant mini-games, fabulous music and amazing platform, play it today!
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15. E.V.O. Search for Eden[/size]
this is one of the first style RPG games to allow you to envolve from a micro cell to a full human, incredible gaming mecanics, look at it as the Sims many years before they arrived.

[size=100]16. Equinox[/size]
wonderful RPG game, amazing music created by the Follin brothers, and some very clever puzzle elements too..well worth a look
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17. Final Fantasy Series[/size]
before Final fantasy 7, the SNES versions where the number one place for your RPG fix, and had incredible story telling, music and gameplay.

[size=100]18. Final Fight Series[/size]
Capcom's port of the Arcade hit beatem'up, arrived on the SNES and was IMO near arcade perfect, other than a missing charcter "GUY", but Capcom later released "Final Fight Guy" which he appeared, what's not good to say about this game, well there isn't, having an Arcade experience on your telly rocked .

[size=100]19. Super Starwars Series[/size]
When this appeared, i think every Star Wars fan, shat themselives, i for one was one of them, Finally a StarWars games that played so good and captured the movies so well, this is one of the best trilogies of a movie to game ever made.

[size=100]20. Street Figher 2 Series inc. Super[/size]
this game is proof that a pure 100% arcade port was complelely possible on a 16-bit console, Street Fighter 2 was so good, that some Arcade vendors complained to Capcom on loss of earnings on there purchased arcade machines and demanded refunds, when the SNES version appeared, everyone, everywhere was playing this game on their lovable SNES

I know there are many more SNES games not mention here, but then the list would be huge, these are just some of my most favorite one..hope you've enjoyed it.
#95
Retro News & Chat / Some graphical pieces
February 25, 2012, 18:10:42 PM
thought I'd share some retro related stuff I've done of the years..so hope you all like it :(



and a front cover too :


also did allot of wasted work for Retro Fusion magazine aswell, some nice stuff here too



index page :


some poster work :(


Project X mag preview article



and some logo design work for our firends here : Retroplay



hope you liked the stuff

all the best ;)
#96
Introductions / greetings from the Topics of Ireland!
February 25, 2012, 14:42:13 PM
Hi everyone  ;D

then moved to the Atari ST range in 1986 and thought this was the best thing since sliced bread, Loved it!, and when LSD Compacts came along (for those of you, will know what I'm talking about here :)