GRcade Retro Gaming Chat 2.0

I got a small collection of PS1 titles today for £7 from a pawn store I visit theyd took them in as a job lot with other things and wanted rid and know im into this stuff.

I got

Tomb Raider Chronciles boxed complete
007 racing boxed complete
Z (The Bitmap Brothers) boxed complete
Kart challenge boxed complete (cracked case hinge)
Break Point boxed complete
Liberograde boxed complete
WWF Attitude boxed complete (cracked case hinge)
Gran Turismo 2 boxed complete
warzone 2100 (value series) boxed complete (crack across case)
Austin Powers pinball boxed complete (crack across case)
Hidden and Dangerous boxed missing manual
Worlds scariest police chases boxed missing manual (crack across top of case)
Total Drivin boxed complete
Fighting Force disc in empty cd case


The real Jewel here is Z as it sells for a decent whack usually

Do people have/had XFiles for PS1 knows if it has subtitles or not?

I assume not, but thought I'd ask.

I'm sure someone will know. The truth is out there.

I have it but it's at my Dad's and I honestly don't remember if it has subs or not sorry I couldn't be more help

Seven wrote:Do people have/had XFiles for PS1 knows if it has subtitles or not?

I assume not, but thought I'd ask.

Just booted it up in an emulator and it doesn't appear to have them.

Nothing in the options and the dialogue in the opening FMVs at least was un-subbed.

Cheeky Devlin wrote:

Seven wrote:Do people have/had XFiles for PS1 knows if it has subtitles or not?

I assume not, but thought I'd ask.

Just booted it up in an emulator and it doesn't appear to have them.

Nothing in the options and the dialogue in the opening FMVs at least was un-subbed.

Cool cheers, that's what I thought. As much as I love PlayStation I knew why I used to and still prefer Nintendo 64 to PlayStation - good bulk of games have subtitles and text! Granted not many have voices but still.

If I ever find it for cheap I'll grab it, but I backed off on bid because it was getting high for my liking esp with no subtitles.

kerr9000 wrote:I have it but it's at my Dad's and I honestly don't remember if it has subs or not sorry I couldn't be more help

Sorry didn't see this, no worries I appreciate it

Just seen a copy of Keio 2 Flying Squadron for the Saturn on eBay listed at £300.

I'm interested to see if it sells as I have a similar condition copy myself.

Edit: 'Mine' actually belonged to my brother and was without the manual, he sold it for £65 a few years ago having originally paid £1 for it.

I grabbed some loose Gameboy carts today

Konami GB Collection Volume 3 for £4
Rescue of Princess Blobette for £3
Wizards and Warriors Fortress of fear £2
Micro Machines £2
Pokemon Red £5
Terminator 2 Judgement Day £3
Burai Fighter Deluxe £3
Kid Dracula £5

I really want a loose GBA cart of Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town to replace the one I lost (I still have the box, manual and other gubbins) but the eBay prices are ridiculous for the PAL/EU version.

Score, I got Resident Evil 2 complete ps1 for £16.30 Also got bunch of other PS1 games on the way :eyes:

Got myself a Trinitron over the weekend. Does anyone know/have experience with somewhere reliable for RGB scart cables for SNES/Gamecube? retrogamingcables.co.uk seems to hardly actually have anything in stock.

EDIT: The snes only cable seems to be in stock - I was looking at the universal one. People's experiences with buying cables for their older consoles would still be handy though.

Seven wrote:Score, I got Resident Evil 2 complete ps1 for £16.30 Also got bunch of other PS1 games on the way :eyes:

It's a blooming great game, I still wish Capcom would officially do a resident Evil 1.5 though and use all the old abondened RE 2 assets and in particular the games original female character ( I think she was Eliza Walker unless my brains picked that up from something else).

Ironhide wrote:I really want a loose GBA cart of Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town to replace the one I lost (I still have the box, manual and other gubbins) but the eBay prices are ridiculous for the PAL/EU version.

My local cex has/had a loose pal cart for £15 if that tickles your fancy?

coldspice wrote:Got myself a Trinitron over the weekend. Does anyone know/have experience with somewhere reliable for RGB scart cables for SNES/Gamecube? retrogamingcables.co.uk seems to hardly actually have anything in stock.

EDIT: The snes only cable seems to be in stock - I was looking at the universal one. People's experiences with buying cables for their older consoles would still be handy though.

Can't really speak for anywhere else to be honest. RGC is the only place I've gotten them from.

Worth the wait though. Sign up for stock alerts if you want a specific cable from them.

Cheeky Devlin wrote:

coldspice wrote:Got myself a Trinitron over the weekend. Does anyone know/have experience with somewhere reliable for RGB scart cables for SNES/Gamecube? retrogamingcables.co.uk seems to hardly actually have anything in stock.

EDIT: The snes only cable seems to be in stock - I was looking at the universal one. People's experiences with buying cables for their older consoles would still be handy though.

Can't really speak for anywhere else to be honest. RGC is the only place I've gotten them from.

Worth the wait though. Sign up for stock alerts if you want a specific cable from them.

Yeah, I'm trying to avoid the cheap crap that floods amazon/ebay, so I'll wait for stock. Any other general tips on getting the best out of a CRT?

I'm honestly surprised how good some stuff looks, even with the standard cables. I connected my Wii to it to test and chucked in some GameCube games and the difference simply having a good CRT makes is crazy.

coldspice wrote:

Cheeky Devlin wrote:

coldspice wrote:Got myself a Trinitron over the weekend. Does anyone know/have experience with somewhere reliable for RGB scart cables for SNES/Gamecube? retrogamingcables.co.uk seems to hardly actually have anything in stock.

EDIT: The snes only cable seems to be in stock - I was looking at the universal one. People's experiences with buying cables for their older consoles would still be handy though.

Can't really speak for anywhere else to be honest. RGC is the only place I've gotten them from.

Worth the wait though. Sign up for stock alerts if you want a specific cable from them.

Yeah, I'm trying to avoid the cheap crap that floods amazon/ebay, so I'll wait for stock. Any other general tips on getting the best out of a CRT?

I'm honestly surprised how good some stuff looks, even with the standard cables. I connected my Wii to it to test and chucked in some GameCube games and the difference simply having a good CRT makes is crazy.

If you're going for RGB then you're already doing the best thing you can for your picture quality.

But CRT's are great. Older stuff looks really good on them, even on lower quality cables like composite.
Really masks some of the rougher edges on some games and makes them look great.

Do you find that dithering effects that rely on crappy CRT signals are lost with the extra clarity from RGB cables? Like the Sonic 1 waterfalls, etc?

Personally, I think I'd prefer to run composite as that's closer to how I remember them looking back in the day, but it takes all sorts.

kerr9000 wrote:

Seven wrote:Score, I got Resident Evil 2 complete ps1 for £16.30 Also got bunch of other PS1 games on the way :eyes:

It's a blooming great game, I still wish Capcom would officially do a resident Evil 1.5 though and use all the old abondened RE 2 assets and in particular the games original female character ( I think she was Eliza Walker unless my brains picked that up from something else).

I owned it on Nintendo 64 and despite being scared as strawberry float with it, it's still one of games I will love even if no subtitles, I also own NTSC version on PS3 (via EU PSN) but wanted to own physical PS1 copy, black label preferable and I got it now

I'd like to get N64 version too but not for good while! As of Resident Evil 1.5, yeah It's Eliza Walker, unless my memory plays tricks with me. There's prototype game out on internet but it's not finished as expected. Would be nice to have it as non-canon official game though. (think like Starfox 2 for SNES)

Chocolate-Milk wrote:Do you find that dithering effects that rely on crappy CRT signals are lost with the extra clarity from RGB cables? Like the Sonic 1 waterfalls, etc?

Personally, I think I'd prefer to run composite as that's closer to how I remember them looking back in the day, but it takes all sorts.

This is a school of thought that’s gaining traction, particularly in the US, where composite was common. I remember Sonic waterfalls as being crisp RGB lines because I used an RGB Scart cable, even in the early 1990s. I found that once I’d experienced the clarity of RGB I couldn’t go back, and I hate composite video to this day.

I can quite believe that some games were coded to take advantage of the bleeding picture provided by composite, but things like the Nintendo Playchoice 10 arcade systems (and the SNES and Megadrive equivalents) output in RGB, so even as far back as the 80s there was an optimal way to output video game content.