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#11

Retro Gaming and Hardware / Holiday Marathon!!! TG16 & PCE

Last post by retro junkie - December 23, 2025, 02:35:35 PM

I did a mini gaming marathon this morning. Using the Turbo Grafx 16 mini and the Retron GX. Started with Lords of Thunder. The rule for the marathon is....don't let them see you cry...

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Beat me into the ground will ya......


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Then jumped into Darius.....
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things are just not working for me today...

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Then some Super Star Soldier....got slapped around...

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Paranoia.......this one is really wild...
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then some Son Son.......
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finally Down Load.....and got burned.....
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it has been a day of humiliation. But it has been a while so I did deserve everything I got. It was still fun. I did play Victory Run in there somewhere too. But I have realized that I am going to need to get back into some of these Shmups before a marathon feels more like a victory. It is interesting that the day I was testing games on the Retron GX that I really had my game on. Everything was hitting just right and I didn't want to stop and go to the next game.

#12

General Discussion / Re: Video Game Awards 2025

Last post by BLUEVOODU - December 23, 2025, 11:12:53 AM

That's how I felt as well. Was really hoping for a Half-Life 3 announcement, only to be duped by a Mega-Man announcement, lol. 

LOL!  That's hilarious.   Yeah... I don't know if it's me changing or what.   I don't get into the ridiculous monsters screaming at the screen (spitting... screen everything else shaking).  It's just over played.  That stuff was somewhat cool back in the day when it was introduced.  It seems people are still into it though. 

Every game seems to have that "look" now where they will have a team of __________ fill in the blank pose, and light up some sort of magical attack.   Reminds me of Yelena (Black Widows Sister) calling Black Widow "such a poser" LOL     Then she tries it once and is like "ugh." LOL 

#13

General Discussion / Re: What Gaming Trends Have Yo...

Last post by BLUEVOODU - December 23, 2025, 11:06:22 AM

Getting good Ram and a video card now costs more than what I've paid for several cars. Its sickening

@targetrasp that's just insane to think about... I mean, items (food, tech, everything) has really jumped hard in price... especially this year.  We have seen an insane amount of jumps.  The local coffee shop we go to has just brought up their prices.  They were trying to not do this, but their coffee has jumped $3 per pound since April due to tariffs and inflation.

I am guilty of buying a new laptop before some of the increases.  This replaced my 2018 laptop... which has seen better days.  However, it still works!  The ram I replaced (32 for 64GB) has jumped 3x as mentioned in the other Ram price thread.  This might be a good time to unload that 32GB ram LOL!

I never was a fan of overclocking.  Tried it a bit... just didn't do it after that.

I'm growing more into a trend of games that I can enter and exit quickly ... outside @targetrasp's and I Sniper Elite Platinum Trophy sessions haha (these Sniper 5 levels are hard!).  We need to do that again soon. Holiday times are hard with everything going on.

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General Discussion / Re: Hawkeye revisited

Last post by BLUEVOODU - December 23, 2025, 09:13:11 AM

Hawkeye was a good holiday binge since it is all about Christmas season!

Heck yeah @Grindspine --> The Hawkeye series  has been added to the Christmas movie list for sure!

It's a shame they may not have a Hawkeye 2... I might create a topic on this.

#15

General Discussion / Re: First World Problems

Last post by BLUEVOODU - December 23, 2025, 09:11:04 AM

LOL It definitely is a 1st world problem, @CreepinDeth !

Yeah... I don't know if it's the HDR or what on the Switch 2. I'm not talking about battery life though.  We played several games side-by-side and while there may be a difference, it really wasn't significant.  It wasn't like when I upgraded my LG Plasma to LG HDR OLED C1 (because my plasma died  ). I do wish the Switch 2 was an OLED. However, the Switch 2 as it is... I was super surprised at the colors and the screen.   

Maybe there are other games we didn't play that show a big difference?   Some of the Switch Titles tested between Switch 2 and OLED Switch --> Metroid Dread, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Mario Tennis, Tetris 99, a couple shooters, a couple Nintendo store titles, and a few other games.

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General Discussion / Re: First World Problems

Last post by CreepinDeth - December 22, 2025, 09:57:46 PM

I agree with you.  However, the 1 thing on my mind is the comparison I performed.  With the Switch 2 screen... I couldn't really tell a huge difference between the OLED Switch and the Switch 2.

You're one of the few people that I've seen say can't tell a huge difference. I don't have a Switch OLED but I do have OLED products like a phone and the Switch 2's lackluster screen was immediate to me.

But that's okay though, it's not a dealbreaker. It's a first world problem. 

#17

PC Rigs, Builds, and Peripheral Devices / Re: The Linux Topic

Last post by CreepinDeth - December 22, 2025, 09:54:24 PM

My question is... does that 3% increase include those that still have Windows?  IE those users may buy an extra device (Steam Deck...etc) that is Linux dominant... but they still use their Windows device.

I'm willing to bet that it doesn't. I don't know if that's something you can ever capture through telemetry in the OS. Would be a fun survey to see. But I would say that the 3% accounts for all PCs that are running Linux for a certain amount of time and people who use both probably doesn't affect that number.

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General Discussion / Re: What Gaming Trends Have Yo...

Last post by CreepinDeth - December 22, 2025, 09:48:09 PM

@CreepinDeth I've always thought running your hardware wide open (or for those dissenters, to its fullest potential) and even worse overclocking absolutely takes its toll.

It does, and the main culprit most of the time is heat. I would always try to target 60FPS and would drop some settings here and there to achieve it and to not push my hardware too much. Usually my GPU utilization would be around 70% and if it goes above that that's when I start to dial back. I also make sure my GPU and CPU don't hit more than 70 degrees celsius. But now I'm going even further and I'm dropping down to 30 and if I still can't then drop the resolution as well. I have no problems playing in a smaller window rather than full screen either.

I don't think I'm going to go 4K any time soon because of this.

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General Discussion / Re: What Gaming Trends Have Yo...

Last post by targetrasp - December 22, 2025, 07:22:24 PM

@CreepinDeth I've always thought running your hardware wide open (or for those dissenters, to its fullest potential) and even worse overclocking absolutely takes its toll.

Contrary to that line of thinking, it seems like my hardware has persevered beyond its usefulness prior to EOL no matter how I treat it. I don't go latest and greatest at all anymore. All the computers in the house are still that AM4 socket that's been around for the last decade or so.

I'm not reckless, anything pushing any kind of heat has big Noctua headsinks and fans or an AIO watercooler but half my computers have the fans that came with the cpu. I've not noticed difference between the kid's computer running multiple monitors at 2k vs the work computer still hooked up to early 1080p, pre display port monitors. All but the laptops run 24/7 on top of all the other abuse.

Despite all the anecdotal evidence refuting hard use being, I have become painfully aware of hardware prices and have since been trying to be a little more careful with things. Getting good Ram and a video card now costs more than what I've paid for several cars. Its sickening

#20

Gaming / Movie / Media Deals / Re: Cotton Reboot!

Last post by targetrasp - December 22, 2025, 06:58:07 PM

Wow @BLUEVOODU, I thought cute 'em ups was common vernacular! I think if you look it up in the dictionary it mentions cotton. It's those bright colored shoot 'em ups that replace space ships with cupcakes and icecream cones that shoot what looks like sprinkles at you. Twinbee was the first one I played, but most think Cotton when you mention it.