Re: !! Full Throttle now on GOG !!
Posted on 2017-03-18, 15:00
Heard good things about Full Throttle. Didn't play it though, as I always suck at adventure games. How difficult is it?
Re: Gaming "war story"/"tavern tale" thread
Posted on 2017-03-17, 15:48
Balancing Act http://i.imgur.com/odtPfiK.jpg Game: The Global Dilemma: Guns Or Butter. Developer: Chris Crawford. Publisher: Mindscape, Inc. Release: 1990 It wasn't an easy job as I, King Kreshna III of House Statum, had to balance between improving the economy and building up a military …
Re: Artistic depiction of "Verschlimmbessern"
Posted on 2017-03-16, 15:16
In 2006, a Serbian man named Zeljko Tupic was rushed to the hospital after he inserted a pencil through his penis hole to improve his erection. Apparently the plan backfired when the pencil shifted during sex and became lodged in his bladder. Does it count as "Verschlimmbessern"? (Not to mention the …
Re: AMD drops the mic
Posted on 2017-03-13, 16:01
gdjacobs wrote: Building Better Worlds Indeed. Filename Xenomorph.jpg File size 6.03 KiB Views 1243 views TELVM wrote: Haven't you heard Kreshna? AMD has been acquired by Weyland-Yutani ryzently. […] Show full quote Haven't you heard Kreshna? AMD has been acquired by Weyland-Yutani ryzently. What …
Re: AMD drops the mic
Posted on 2017-03-13, 15:03
TELVM wrote: Ryzen from the Ash-es 🤣 Weyland-Yutani? 😲
Re: Ebay doesn't allow European watches to be sold from the US to Europe
Posted on 2017-03-13, 15:00
keenmaster486 wrote: I AM SMUGGLING SWISS WATCHES ACROSS THE BORDER!!! LOOK AT THEM ALL! CAN'T YOU SEE THEM? ARREST ME NOW HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH 😁 It seems Ebay wants to keep you from smuggling Swiss watches to Swiss. 🤣
Re: Note FM Tracker
Posted on 2017-03-13, 10:44
Correct me if I'm wrong, but unlike sound font, FM has no "present bank", doesn't it? You're free to create your own waveform, enabling impressive music aka that of Dune of Laser Squad, am I correct? Yes, you're free to create your own FM sound, but in the range of physical possibilities and …
Re: Do anybody collect other retrto stuff, not computers)
Posted on 2017-03-13, 04:05
With normal use, how long a CRT would last?
Re: Recommend me my next retro RPG
Posted on 2017-03-13, 03:44
How about Dark Sun? The music is sparse, but the opening intro is pretty good.
Re: Retro phone Nokia 3310
Posted on 2017-03-13, 03:43
Among the phones I had during the "dumb phone" era, my most favorite is this one. Easily the smallest mobile phone I've ever had.
Re: Your old CD-ROMs are probably rotting
Posted on 2017-03-13, 03:37
Richo wrote: the cheapest cd's from ALDI (the dutch might still remember those cd's) Aldi? You mean Albrecht Discount?
Re: Ebay doesn't allow European watches to be sold from the US to Europe
Posted on 2017-03-13, 03:35
GSP is a complete BS anyway. I once asked a seller using it about a really small item weighting less than 100g if there was some error because it had a shipping cost of ~60 euros. Seller's answer was "Yes I agree, ebay's Global shipping pricing has no weight structure and covers from 0g to 20kg as …
Re: Your old CD-ROMs are probably rotting
Posted on 2017-03-12, 15:42
I have some 95/96 CD-Rs still being perfectly readable, but the later cheaper variants failed in the early 00's already. Could this be related to the burning speed as well? I always tended to burn my media on (much) slower settings than the max burn speed that I could do. About reading speed, I …
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2017-03-12, 05:26
Got this from a local Goodwill for $1.99. It works. I tried it with Kilrathi Saga and Forsaken. I am not sure how to make the 4 base buttons to work, they do not seem to do anything in those 2 games but I presume that is because of the games. It is set up as a 2-axis 2 button joystick in Win 98 (on …
Re: Do anybody collect other retrto stuff, not computers)
Posted on 2017-03-12, 04:52
I have a bit of a tv collection going on these ones are for my gaming setup the huge sony trinatron (very rare to me) is for my modded ps2 and wii and the sony pvm is for my sega genesis, N64, SNES and soon to have ps1 and the pvm has the best picture quality. I have a total of 5 tv's in at my …
Re: Ebay doesn't allow European watches to be sold from the US to Europe
Posted on 2017-03-12, 04:51
Funny thing about GSP: sometimes an item with cheaper price has way more expensive S/H cost than the same item with more expensive price. And yes, the two item are the same item with basically the same condition, same size, same weight, same packaging, etc. I mean, huh?
Re: Ebay doesn't allow European watches to be sold from the US to Europe
Posted on 2017-03-11, 17:56
GSP is pure bs. Unfortunately, ebay has been very successful in strongarming sellers to use GSP programs. This is what my most favorite PC game seller has said . Hey Thepc_gamer here. Kreshna mentioned this link to me and I just noticed this problem myself a few weeks ago when someone from Germany …
Ebay doesn't allow European watches to be sold from the US to Europe
Posted on 2017-03-11, 17:34
Yup, this is golden. You can read it here. Ebay and their stupid GSP program. . The seller would never know they lost a buyer unless the buyer queries it. GSP is supposed to encourage international sales, but it is doing just the opposite.
Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today
Posted on 2017-03-11, 16:39
I listen on a set of MDR 7506s. Certainly high fidelity reference gear can be quite unforgiving, but I certainly prefer it to more flabby generic audio equipment. LA synthesis is technology limited to a point. I do notice that having good cans makes me much more discerning over GM/GS sound fonts. …
Re: Do anybody collect other retrto stuff, not computers)
Posted on 2017-03-11, 16:27
TAG? Nice! Thanks. It's an old model --the Heuer 1000 series, which isn't produced anymore, is it? It originally belonged to my late dad, but he rarely used it because he couldn't dive anymore due to a hole in his eardrum. Now, diving isn't my hobby, but he gave me the watch several years ago. And …
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