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I don't think they rival Blu-Ray in quality, but they've got a few pros and cons versus DVDs, particularly the early ones that often suffered from compression artefacts and out-of-sync soundtracks. Crikey! My perception is that they were barely an improvement on VHS quality. I guess its part of the...

Was looking on the BBC Football web page and noticed the Champions League qualifiers start tonight. This particular fixture caught my eye... ... Rabotnicki v HJK Helsinki I've not heard of these before, it conjours up some comical images :lol: Perhaps the Champions League trophy is Chaos Emerald enc...

NickThorpe wrote:

thompson9980 wrote:

NickThorpe wrote:The reality of the last 8 years

n00b!

The wrong tree: you are barking up it

I'm just yanking your chain pal

See that Cosmic Microwave Background? I farted that... ...Still can't beat this though Still buy and use laserdiscs. :lol: I really don't buy many now, but if I see something cheap and it was never released on dvd never mind blu ray then I'm all over it if I want to watch it. :lol: We used to have ...

See that Cosmic Microwave Background? I farted that...



...Still can't beat this though

silvergunner wrote:Still buy and use laserdiscs.

NickThorpe wrote:The reality of the last 8 years

n00b!

The problem with the CD32 is that it fell between to two stools... The CD32 was just a stool full stop! Talking of stools, I'm going to vote for the Jaguar purely for nostalgia reasons, cos I had one. Probably the most expensive thing I ever had for Christmas when I was a kid. God bless my mum for ...

I really don't know why some people get so wound up by the 'what is retro' debate. Well, you had better take a long hard look in the mirror sunshine!.... ..Although My point is, I'm happy to read about any games on any platforms - the real question is balance. As long as the main focus (for now) st...

Sephiroth81 wrote:...I absolutely adore my Wii - its a box of tricks with all its emulators, homebrew, Virtual Console channels, and is reasonable for multimedia (albeit not HD)...

Out of interest, have you tried any Neo Geo emulators on the Wii? Or on the OUYA too for that matter (staying on topic )

Luis Suarez would eat the Undertaker for breakfast.

Anything newer than Colossus Mark 2 is NOT retro!
You can keep your compact magnetic tape doobries and your fancy dan integrated circuits.

Gary Lineker- for general all round smarminess. Glen Hoddle - for his transparent self-promotion on ITV as the future England manager. Both of these guys can do what they want for me as they were absolutely sh!t hot players. They don't owe anyone anything (Except maybe Hoddle for dropping Gazza in ...

Surely the post of a crazy man!

Sephiroth81 wrote:The SNES is the perfect games machine! Well, apart from it being originally white/grey therefore the majority of current SNES's in existence are that horrific discoloured yellow Like most Dreamcasts as well!

Its slowly trying to turn itself black. It has identity issues...

There's only one game in that list for me and its Doom.
Seeing the Cyber Demon in the recent teaser trailer, holy crap! I can't wait to see this game!

I freaking love Doom!