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Anniversary: Power Stone, One Of Capcom's Forgotten Classics, Turns 25 Today

Time Extension about 3 months ago

A real gem.Capcom's arena-based fighting series Power Stone is now 25 years old – it launched on the Sega Dreamcast on February 25th, 1999, and came to arcades in the same month.Positioned as one of the Dreamcast's leading third-party exclusives, Power S …
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The Making Of: Suikoden, Yoshitaka Murayama's PS1 RPG Masterwork

Time Extension about 3 months ago

Following the passing of Murayama, we look at one of his most famous games.With the recent passing of Yoshitaka Murayama, the world has been robbed of a creative visionary. Friends and family have lost a loved one; fans of his work have lost an auteur they …
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SNES Hidden Gem 'Melfand Stories' Receives Full English Fan Translation

Time Extension about 3 months ago

The game was released in 1994 by Sting & ASCII Entertainment.The 1994 Japan-exclusive hack 'n slash title Melfand Stories has just received a new fan translation, allowing players to experience the SNES hidden gem entirely in English for the first time eve …

Old ITT Data Modem 1181 V21

VCFed about 4 months ago

Hello all. I bought this gem for 8 EUR. About the only thing that comes up on google is the auction where I bough this. It's missing the buttons on the front, also there was no power supply but the PCB text says 20V (AC) and using a US Robotics 20vAC PS …
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Feature: Is Quintet's Robotrek The Most Underrated SNES JRPG Ever?

Time Extension about 4 months ago

Too many people passed on this 16-bit gem.At Time Extension we love to look over old magazines, as evidenced by various features we've done on Super Play, Mean Machines and others. While espousing the positives, it's also worth casting a critical eye over …

FS: Mark-8 Build from Original Owner, Works.

VCFed about 4 months ago

Picked this gem up on eBay a few months ago for $1,500 - we're moving house, so not looking to make a profit & selling for what I paid. Will be listing on eBay this week. It's from the original owner & builder, who spent his first paycheck on the o …

Other Mainframe Topics, Off-Topics, FAQs. • The Time Span Does it Take to Wrap up a Injury Legal Case

zMainframes about 5 months ago

Absolutely awesome people! Can we talk about the brilliance of this website? I'm a personal injury legal counsel, and let me reveal you, finding a corner of the internet that dishes out hands-on, real-world legal insights is like discovering a precious st …

8-bit acorn hardware • Master 512

Stardot about 6 months ago

Hi,Somebody has offered me a Master 512. They want me to make them an offer as it belonged to one of their relatives and they don't have a clue as to its value. Unfortunately neither do I!I've viewed the machine and it appears to be working but doesn' …

Super Gem Fighters Mini Mix Capcom CPS2 A+B Board Conversion Tested JAMMA A+B

Arcade Projects about 7 months ago

uper Gem Fighters Mini Mix Capcom CPS2 A+B Board Conversion Tested JAMMA A+B ​ The auction is for a fully working. This is AVALUNCH rom conversion. That means that the suicide battery has been removed and the chips have been programmed with the c …

Do you think Tim Patterson infringed on DRI's rights with QDOS/MSDOS?

VCFed about 8 months ago

Those of you who used CP/M and then used MS-DOS, I wondered what your opinion on this was? From the books I've read and the interviews I've seen with Tim, I do not think that he copied any CP/M code into QDos. However, Gary Kildall threatened IBM with a la …

Windows 1.0x - changing the graphics driver (Olivetti M24SP OGC/DEB)

VCFed about 8 months ago

Hello, I got my Olivetti M24SP with GO329 / DEP (Display Enhancement Board) up and running. Now I want to see "something" different. I have a GEM installation and there I know that I have to swap one file to switch the graphics mode. This is the …

Other Mainframe Topics, Off-Topics, FAQs. • Investigating the potential viability related to melding wood together with various ground types for a distinct and effi

zMainframes about 8 months ago

Not long ago, I came onto this wonderful site and was be really motivated by its comprehensive and insightful materials. Each page appeared to provide valuable know-how, making it an incredible reference. I truly believe that my friends and family members …
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[Sell] Moded crashing CPC 6128 with Gotek in LONDON

CPCwiki about 9 months ago

Selling this little gem of a computer. It crashes randomly though. Centronics connectors.32 Pounds for creator (fanzinemaker, demomaker, etc...). 192 Pounds for collector.464 Pounds for speculator.I can put back an original 3" floppy disc. …

Current Projects - 2023

VCFed about 9 months ago

Have not even posted anything for this year yet. So here's what's been going down.... - #SEPTandy is already filmed, and I filmed a little too much this year...almost every day of September is going to have my Tandy 1000 recorded on it in some way. - #D …

Victor 9k / Sirius 1 Software

VCFed about 10 months ago

Dear all, I lately purchased a V9k Mod. 264 with 20 MB Harddisk and one Double sided Floppy Drive as this was the first Comuter my dad brought home as those were made redundant in the Mid-80's in his Company. The Computer starts up, screen works, if the Ke …
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General • "Quantum Link" calculator

Lemon64 about 10 months ago

While cleaning out some old Commodore boxes, I found this little gem.A "Quantum Link" calculator. I know I got this from Q-Link, it was called a wallet or credit card calculatorbecause of the size. Does anyone have more information on these?I couldn't fin …
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Video • MCGA Games (PC/DOS) - LCD vs CRT

Vogons about 10 months ago

Hello everyone,It just happened that I've thought of an old topic about MCGA hardware..MCGA monitor at 15 KHz?That's when I started to wonder "How would MCGA games have had looked on an actual 15 KHz monitor ?"So I decided to do a little bit of experiment …
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Ultimate Guide: Nuon, The DVD Player That Tried To Be A Games Console

Time Extension about 10 months ago

An obscure gem, or forgettable footnote?The Nuon is a fascinating system. Released in 2000 and positioned as a DVD player that came packed with relatively powerful 3D hardware inside, it promised to put a games console inside every living room – often wi …
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Oceanhorn 2 finally splashes on PlayStation's shores

Portable Gaming Roundup about 10 months ago

The original Oceanhorn from Cornfox was a cracking Zelda-esque adventure (review) on the Vita and Switch among many platforms thanks to publisher FDG. It featured crystal clear seas, treasure-filled islands, a fun plot with lots of mostly isometric/top-dow …
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PixelFX Reveals The Retro GEM, The Only HDMI Upscaling Mod You'll Ever Need

Time Extension about 10 months ago

Update: Dreamcast, PS1, N64, PS2 and more!Update : PixelFX has revealed that its latest HDMI mod not only has support for PlayStation 2 but can also be fitted to Dreamcast, N64 and PlayStation 1.The company has also revealed that it is working on adding su …

Journey to the Source: An Expedition along the Yangtze River

CD-ROM Journal about 10 months ago

"When drinking water, think about the source"—or so says the old Chinese proverb. When explorer Wong How Man's parents told him this as a child, though, they couldn't have imagined that it would take him 6,300 kilometres up the Yangtze. CD-ROMs ha …
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Arcade classics GunForce, GunForce II, and Air Duel join the irem Collection Volume 2

Old School Gamer Magazine about 10 months ago

– Limited boxed versions available for pre-order – ININ and Strictly Limited Games, in partnership with irem and Tozai Games, are delighted to announce the pre-order start for exclusive and highly limited boxed editions of irem Collection Vol. …
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General Old Hardware • Old floppy disk restoration

Vogons about 11 months ago

Hi all!Has anyone experience with restoring data from unreadable floppy disks?I got this gem today, but my drive cannot read them. At the first attempt, the first disk could be readed but copying was impossible. The second attempt was a already failure. I …
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General Old Hardware • Supermicro X7QC3 - Quad-socket 604 build thread

Vogons about 11 months ago

I saw this weird and interesting board on eBay for 120€ and just had to get it.I have a thing for obscure old hardware - as most of you people here probably do, too. ?Filenamex7qc3-top_lowres.j... size1.19 MiBViews89 viewsFile commentSupermicro X7QC3 …
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Arcade Raid! Nashville Barn Haul

The Arcade Blogger about 11 months ago

Finding larger stashes of classic arcade cabinets is becoming an increasingly rare event these days. Outside of individual cabinets listed on eBay, Craigslist and Marketplace, arcade “raids” of the type written about on this blog seem to be a …