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Classic Video Games / Re: DOS Games

« on: July 30, 2014, 04:07:41 pm »

Wing Commander, any of the starwars xwing games, Rise of the Triad.

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Classic Video Games / Re: I want to start collecting big-box PC games... where do I start?

« on: July 18, 2014, 03:12:58 pm »

If you don't want to spend the time or money trying to find good condition old parts to build a computer your best bet would be to use dosbox. It will let you play the old dos based games on a modern computer.
check out the link if you want to learn more about it.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/239399/how_to_use_dosbox_to_play_classic_games.html

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Modern Video Games / Re: Fatal Frame

« on: July 18, 2014, 03:00:32 pm »

I hope they bring it here or at the very least some one will patch it with english like they did for the wii. When my friend and I played it back when it first came out we referred to it as resident evil snap! Those backward bending ghosts freak me out every time!

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Classic Video Games / Re: Your number 1 game of all time?

« on: July 18, 2014, 02:56:06 pm »

Final Fantasy VI!

More than 7 and 4?

Yep. I really enjoyed 7 and 4 was a good game but I think it comes down too is that I played VI at just the right age. I was around 11 at the time it came out so I had tons of free time to play it. It was really my first RPG that I remember playing. I just have really fond memorys of the game and its my go to game for when I'm feeling down. When 7 came out a few years later I had started getting into music (playing clarinet in the school band and learning guitar and bass and just listening to new stuff)and that was taking up more of my life at that point so I did not sit down and play it for long periods of time and bond with that game. 4 I didn't play until i was an adult so I'm not sure if I've even gotten through that one.

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Classic Video Games / Re: Your number 1 game of all time?

« on: July 17, 2014, 03:00:59 pm »

Final Fantasy VI!

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Classic Video Games / Re: Best jrpg you have ever played?

« on: July 16, 2014, 01:43:27 pm »

Chrono Trigger.  I'm not an RPG fan, but I love this game.  The time travel, the different endings, and the New Game + made this a favorite of mine. I still play through it every couple of years.

Honorable Mentions: Dragon Warrior, Mario RPG and Final Fantasy III (or VI if you want to be an uppity bitch about it)
                             

Final Fantasy VI (yes I will be an uppity bitch about it  )

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Hardware and Tech / Re: Playing PS3 games with a DS4 (PS4) controller; quick 'n' EZ

« on: July 09, 2014, 04:55:28 pm »

I think the PS4 controller is more comfortable that the PS3 one.

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Off Topic / Re: Worldcup Football :)

« on: June 23, 2014, 04:54:49 pm »

I USA game lastnight about gave me a heart attack!  :'(

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General / Re: What are you playing?

« on: June 17, 2014, 04:53:06 pm »

Batman: Arkham Origins.

Though after hearing a character call an electronic hacking device a "Pwnbox", I kinda want to burn my computer. ARGH, WHO WRITES THIS CRAP.

Actually that's not too far off. There was a NPR story about nsa monitoring and they used a device called a "PWN PlUG" to capture the data.
People that made the device
https://www.pwnieexpress.com/
Link to the article
http://www.c2meworld.com/flink/ars-technica-npr-spy/#.U6Cp2fldU6w

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Off Topic / Re: Worldcup Football :)

« on: June 13, 2014, 06:50:54 pm »

We'll that was a hell of a game! That sure shut me up about the Netherlands! 

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Off Topic / Re: Worldcup Football :)

« on: June 13, 2014, 03:41:15 pm »

Well this American has played football most of his life and is a U.S.S.F. certified referee, so I know more than your average 'Muriacan. 
You have a good team its just I think facing Spain again for their first game and if they lose will really shake them and give Chile an opening to score more points and move on with Spain. Of course who knows what will really happen. I have Spain and Germany in the finals with Germany wining.

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Off Topic / Re: Worldcup Football :)

« on: June 12, 2014, 03:29:48 pm »

Im hoping to catch most of the games but work gets in the way. As much as I would love the USA win im going to be slightly more realistic and pick 1st Germany 2nd Spain 3rd USA.

Sorry I dont have the Netherlands moving out of their group. 

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Off Topic / Re: Recently Added to Other Collections

« on: June 10, 2014, 12:13:38 pm »

Do any of those come apart as the individual lions?

And I want to see more of that sweet handheld shelf!

The very bottom one (the little figures on the top shelf actually will fit in the lions cockpits), the middle one on the middle shelf and the 2 large ones one top all come apart into the separate lions.
The gameboy shelf is my wife Amauriels gameboys. Ill see if she can get a good picture of it up on here.

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Off Topic / Re: Best Audio...

« on: June 10, 2014, 10:32:49 am »

One of the cards I use to use back in that era was the Sound Blaster Pro 2. Should do what you need with dos and windows 3.1.

http://support.creative.com/kb/ShowArticle.aspx?sid=5800

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Modern Video Games / Re: Arcade Fight Sticks

« on: June 10, 2014, 10:07:39 am »

I've been looking into getting one of those too, unfortunately it's all American style. I don't know if you have a preference but if you like Japanese style, check out the Hori V3 it's great for the price

With the xarcade stuff you can install HAPP joysticks with out moding the system. So you can pick up a Japanese style HAPP joystick and install it with out an issue. Now japanese style buttons take some drilling but its possible but at that point you can order just the xarcade pcb and make your own control layout.