Post any time you get ANYTHING retro 3.

[tokyochojin]

Picked up a cheap N64 from mericari and now just need a Chinese overdrive.
I never had one as a kid, but a friend had wcw, Mario, goldeneye and lylat wars/Starfox and i played it almost as if I had, so I'm looking forward to jumping to those games as well as Conkers, etc.

Also, I think the system is underrated in the looks department. Simple yet elegant design that still looks great.

[importaku]

I see Mario is nervously looking at your vase of white twigs

[wakka]

Nice setup there.

I've always really liked the N64 boxart.

[importaku]

Doesn't get more retro than asteroids, my latest mini replica arcade arrived today. Tiny arcade shlowly growing in size.

[QuantumLeap]

Another one down just 3 to go now.

[danstan21]

Got my DC and first game today.



First impressions of the hardware:

+I didn't realise how small the units were! I really like the form factor.
+The boot-up sound / UI are very retro-futurism. They clearly put a lot of work into the Dreamcast's 'aesthetic'.
+The VMU is a neat addition - even if all I've seen so far is a cool Air Pirates logo

-The controller is a bit naff. What's with the stiff analog stick?
-The disc drive does make some nasty grinding-like sounds when loading.
-The VMU beeps on booting when it's out of battery. Who thought that was a good idea?!

I played the first 30 mins of Eternal Arcadia, and got a nice nostalgia buzz hearing the incredible battle theme again. Also fun, if a little jarring, hearing the Japanese VA for the first time for Vyse and Aika. I definitely need to invest in upgrading from composite though - I'm struggling to read some of the text!

[speedlolita]

They're certainly noisy old things between that fan, the disc drive and the bleeps and bloops.

[wakka]

+The boot-up sound / UI are very retro-futurism. They clearly put a lot of work into the Dreamcast's 'aesthetic'.

At the time that was just futurism!

An upgrade from composite is a must. A VGA cable is the ideal, but Skies doesn't support it sadly - but definitely get yourself an RGB SCART cable in the interim. DC has a really nice RGB output.

[danstan21]

At the time that was just futurism!

Hah!

I believe it's the reverse for NTSC versions of Skies - VGA support but not RGB.

All I have access to at the moment is a budget HDTV with nowt but HDMI and composite anyway

[wakka]

Ah, OK. Interesting, I didn’t know that about Skies. I’ve had good results on my DC using a Racketboy VGA box (unsure if they still sell them) and a NEET VGA to HDMI cable from Amazon. Total price for both should be in the region of £60.

[danstan21]

Bought these entirely separately at a secondhand store, turns out the orange controller was only released as a bundle with Chu Chu Rocket.

Sadly, it looks they never made a matching VMU.

[ZipZap]

-The VMU beeps on booting when it's out of battery. Who thought that was a good idea?!

It's close to a 20 years since I've had one with a working battery, but I have a feeling it beeps either way, it's just a longer beep when the battery is dead!

[fuse]

Had a bit of a splurge. Got some proper retro:



... and some slightly less retro.

[Yakumo]

Had a bit of a splurge. Got some proper retro:



... and some slightly less retro.

I approve of your retro buys. Well, except for fire Pro

[fuse]

I'm a Fire Pro newb, but it's slightly infamous one where the scenario was written by Suda51, and I've wanted to give it a look for some time now