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new QUAKE trailer

  On 8/5/2016 at 11:06 AM, bitroast said:

new QUAKE trailer

 

Welp, I knew a new Quake was in the works but I was hoping for a franchise reboot as they did with Doom, not a Q3Arena mk. 2 :(

Still looks fun !

i'm kind of okay with Q3Arena mk. 2 tbh. 

i'm still cautious but tbh i'm kind of looking forward to it :^) 

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look at the bottom of the last page. get a rasp pi 3 and you'll be emulating through ps1 and be able to use ps3/4, xbox controllers, etc. a whole rasp pi kit can be had for <$60 if you watch for deals which includes an sd card that will easily hold all of the games you could possibly want (unless you really go nuts downloading every ps1 game). the entire computer in a case is about the size of a deck of cards. it probably weighs less than the cables you'll be connecting it with and you can also use it as a media center. there's a handful of custom os's built for flashing that are dedicated to emulation:

Thanks for all the info juicec, that actually sounds like a good idea.

It makes me wonder if there's a market for rasp pi's preloaded with specific things, such as all retro games from snes to mame to ps1 (I guess still not dreamcast or original xbox at this point) or anything else.

  On 8/5/2016 at 11:47 AM, Brisbot said:

It makes me wonder if there's a market for rasp pi's preloaded with specific things, such as all retro games from snes to mame to ps1 (I guess still not dreamcast or original xbox at this point) or anything else.

Bioshock 1 is definitely worth picking up if you haven't played it. Great atmosphere, gameplay is fun (though combat is a tad wonky at times), good story, and I love the concept of Rapture.

2 is good if you just want a bit more of 1. Infinite is, in my opinion, dreadful, but the unique setting is probably worth checking out.

Quake Champions is looking pretty good, I'm just hoping they don't focus entirely on the unique hero abilities stuff. Gimme good old symmetric arena FPS.

  On 8/5/2016 at 11:47 AM, Brisbot said:

 

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look at the bottom of the last page. get a rasp pi 3 and you'll be emulating through ps1 and be able to use ps3/4, xbox controllers, etc. a whole rasp pi kit can be had for

Thanks for all the info juicec, that actually sounds like a good idea.

 

It makes me wonder if there's a market for rasp pi's preloaded with specific things, such as all retro games from snes to mame to ps1 (I guess still not dreamcast or original xbox at this point) or anything else.

 

If not, there should be - hell, depending on how my RetroPi build comes out, I might consider doing something like that (sans the copyrighted games, of course), ideally making it dead simple for someone to pop in a SD card of their "legally acquired ROMs" and play.

To be honest it pretty much is like that, you download 'burn' the RetroPi .img onto an SD card, FTP the roms over to the relevant directories(or drag and drop if you've an OS that can read ext3/4 partitions) and you're done !

well that's the trick isn't it? the os that allows you to play roms is housed on the same sd card/flash drive with all the "legal" roms that you'd be playing =\

maybe you could sell them anonymously on craigslist

  On 8/4/2016 at 9:18 PM, QQQ said:

BioShock 1 has some of the best (if not the best) atmosphere I've experienced in a game.

Infinite's is just as good, if not, better. The world was so immersive; I could almost smell it.

That first section of the game was quite the experience.

  On 8/6/2016 at 12:33 AM, valleyinaire said:

 

  On 8/4/2016 at 9:18 PM, QQQ said:

BioShock 1 has some of the best (if not the best) atmosphere I've experienced in a game.

Infinite's is just as good, if not, better. The world was so immersive; I could almost smell it.

 

That first section of the game was quite the experience.

Agreed!

It's a lot more realized than Rapture which is saying a lot!

picked up doom on half price, set it up to difficult, im playing with a 360 controller on my pc and im getting absolutely fucked. i tried it with my mouse and keyboard temporarily and i was doing alot better, but i just cant be arsed playing games at a desk any more. they are something i do when im splayed out, relaxing after work or studio time, but yeah. controller is not good enough to be good at it.

amazingly fun game though, ive been looking for a pure FPS for a while. 

  On 8/6/2016 at 1:21 AM, Squee said:

 

  On 8/6/2016 at 12:33 AM, valleyinaire said:

 

  On 8/4/2016 at 9:18 PM, QQQ said:

BioShock 1 has some of the best (if not the best) atmosphere I've experienced in a game.

Infinite's is just as good, if not, better. The world was so immersive; I could almost smell it.

 

That first section of the game was quite the experience.

Agreed!

It's a lot more realized than Rapture which is saying a lot!

 

Exactly. The fact that it's graphically superior probably helps a little, but I think a lot of it is down to the impeccable sound design. It really brought Columbia to life.

  On 8/6/2016 at 12:28 PM, valleyinaire said:

 

  On 8/6/2016 at 1:21 AM, Squee said:

 

  On 8/6/2016 at 12:33 AM, valleyinaire said:

 

  On 8/4/2016 at 9:18 PM, QQQ said:

BioShock 1 has some of the best (if not the best) atmosphere I've experienced in a game.

Infinite's is just as good, if not, better. The world was so immersive; I could almost smell it.

 

That first section of the game was quite the experience.

Agreed!

It's a lot more realized than Rapture which is saying a lot!

 

 

Exactly. The fact that it's graphically superior probably helps a little, but I think a lot of it is down to the impeccable sound design. It really brought Columbia to life.

 

Right! Also, I really love the unnatural fades between the interior and exterior environments. The crossfade is almost instant. When you enter a store or something like that all the outdoor ambience turns into dark windy drone. It sounds amazing.

^ agreed, the Columbia environments were stunning. I just felt like there wasn't enough broody atmospheric time to really soak it all up. in Rapture, you could really take your time stalking the halls of the city and there wasn't a pressing need to push on (coming partly from an ever-present companion).

but yeah, I heart Bioshock in its entirety. I still haven't played Burial At Sea.

I'm thinking the Mini NES will be pretty popular with gamers this holiday season

  On 8/6/2016 at 2:57 PM, Rubin Farr said:

I'm thinking the Mini NES will be pretty popular with gamers this holiday season

 

:)

Really though, I want one so hard. Probably won't buy, but who knows...Santa, are you listening?

  On 8/6/2016 at 2:57 PM, Rubin Farr said:

I'm thinking the Mini NES will be pretty popular with gamers this holiday season

 

I think I'm gonna make a Raspberry Pi emulator and see how that works out before buying the Mini NES

good call. with a pi 3 and the stable 4.0 releases of either retropie or recalbox i'm pretty sure you'll be more than pleased

OK...now this is Nintendo-related news I'm actually stoked about: http://kotaku.com/brilliant-fan-remake-of-metroid-ii-arrives-just-in-time-1784929739?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Facebook&utm_source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow

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wow this is .. quality !! ?? 

has a real nice dos-y vibe to it as opposed to snes for some reason ?? but i like it. 

Reminds me a lot of the GBA metroid games:

Careful with the Pi 3, emulation is apparently okay with Retropie, but if your expecting flawless playback you might be disappointed. If you have a laptop that is half decent with hdmi out, I would'nt bother with the Pi. 

I'm hooked on Late Shift, really well produced choose your own adventure. All filmed in HD and takes place in London at night. So far I've tried blindly trusting everyone and helping those who need it, and then playing thru as a total ass and being as selfish and untrusting as possible. 180 different branch points with 7 endings. I'm curious if anyone else here plays it, what is your strategy and the outcome. I'm playing on Apple TV and it looks gorgeous. Recommended.

Late Shift by CtrlMovie AG

https://appsto.re/us/uf110.iI'm

I'm stuck in the snowstorm section: