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I just spent £12 on 59 Mega Drive games because reasons
What pathetic things have YOU bought recently? You can say Lexi Belle if you want
(I helped save b3ta! H.B.Mupps, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 13:55, archived)
Mario Kart 64 £30
Bomberman 64 £26
Was so out of touch with retro buying that a younger colleague of mine laughed in my face when I complained CEX don't sell them anymore.
(I helped save b3ta! keybo was imtypingonakeyboard, now I'm not, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 13:58, archived)
Classic games there, I played faaar too much Mario Kart 64 back in the day
Now to feel old - The release date of Mario Kart 64 is closer to the release date of the original Super Mario Bros. than the present day
(I helped save b3ta! H.B.Mupps, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 13:59, archived)
Compound that oldness with the fact that
Spice Girls' Wannabe will be 20 years old next Friday.
(I helped save b3ta! keybo was imtypingonakeyboard, now I'm not, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:04, archived)
If ya wanna be my caregiver...

(I helped save b3ta! Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:05, archived)
That's either excellent value, or a fair price for the one good game that you actually wanted, plus 58 rubbish games.
I bought a pack of hobnobs at the beginning of the week.
(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 13:59, archived)
As a big fan / massive nerd for the Mega Drive era of games I feel I got my moneys worth
Hobnobs = God Tier biscuits
(I helped save b3ta! H.B.Mupps, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:04, archived)
streets of rage 2 was like crack cocaine to me

(I helped save b3ta! $$ ✅, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:05, archived)
That's in there
This is what I bought
(I helped save b3ta! H.B.Mupps, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:07, archived)
doesn't have International Superstar Soccer Deluxe :(

(I helped save b3ta! $$ ✅, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:09, archived)
Or World Cup Italia '90 :(
But you can't have everything
(I helped save b3ta! H.B.Mupps, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:10, archived)
That and EA hockey were the bollocks on multiplayer.
I once got a mate so incensed he threw a discarded pot noodle carton and the dregs splattered all up his wall.
(I helped save b3ta! Slippery Mick ‏, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 16:31, archived)
Quite similar to the mega drive clone I got,
except that you'll get to play with proper controllers, rather than dodgy IR affairs.

Road Rash 2 and Speedball 2 are unforgivable admissions, and I really should pick them up from eBay (and some proper controllers).
(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:15, archived)
Unless I get some sort of USB converter it'll be a bit difficult to plug Mega Drive pads into a PC
But the Steam versions have Xbox controller support, not perfect but it'll do I guess
(I helped save b3ta! H.B.Mupps, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:18, archived)
That's what I meant.
Proper modern controllers. I'm not fancying my chances with ancient, worn out mega drive paddles from eBay.
(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:23, archived)
Yeah Mega Drive controllers were rubbish in hindsight, but its not like we had a choice back in the day
You're right as well, it's shocking that Road Rash, in any iteration, is absent from that bundle, I fucking loved the first one
(I helped save b3ta! H.B.Mupps, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:37, archived)
I used up most of my exam revision time playing Road Rash.
It helped make me what I am - a useless waste of space.
(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:54, archived)
new one out soon

(I helped save b3ta! manolith hooray for me, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 17:07, archived)
Might have to quit my job.

(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 17:40, archived)

ad o
(I helped save b3ta! Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:23, archived)
Roo Rash?
Was that an Australian farming/dating sim?
(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:26, archived)
I bought a Gigabyte BRIX after realising that my old netbook was shit as a CarPC
I can't remember when I last bought a computer game. Might have been Black and White around 2002 or sutin
(I helped save b3ta! Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:00, archived)
You aren't missing anything - it says a lot about the industry when the Steam sales roll around and the only games that interest me are from 20+ years ago
Either it's gone to shit or I'm a jaded nostalgic twunt
(I helped save b3ta! H.B.Mupps, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:06, archived)
oh, since you said steam, I might have paid money for half life 2 instead of stealing it from online sources

(I helped save b3ta! Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:08, archived)
That's normally my go to as well, although recently I've been more willing to pay for games I've pirated and played shitloads of
As they clearly deserve my money if I've derived enough enjoyment from it. Case in point Morrowind and Pathologic
(I helped save b3ta! H.B.Mupps, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:16, archived)
pride to my work

(I helped save b3ta! $$ ✅, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:03, archived)
dunno what that is soz
Unless you mean lions, in which case I applaud your bravery and skill with animal husbandry
(I helped save b3ta! H.B.Mupps, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:04, archived)
^ German

(I helped save b3ta! keybo was imtypingonakeyboard, now I'm not, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:06, archived)
U2 on the office stereo

(I helped save b3ta! drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:08, archived)
A 24 hour one handed watch

(I helped save b3ta! mongychops, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:14, archived)
what do you do with it the next day?

(I helped save b3ta! Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:18, archived)
I approve of the hand gesture they're modelling

(I helped save b3ta! Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:24, archived)
I can see it living in a draw to be honest but I needed a quick fix

(I helped save b3ta! mongychops, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:27, archived)
My Dad's retirement watch lived in a drawer
and he was really annoyed that it had stopped every time he wanted to wear it, so he took it back to the shop to complain and they told him it was a kinetic one.
(I helped save b3ta! Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:42, archived)
my friend wound her automatic watch for years, same story, it stopped, took it to get the battery replaced and was laughed out of the shop, my daughter wants a battery watch as she hates having to set hers if she doesn't wear it, sadtimes

(I helped save b3ta! mongychops, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:54, archived)
The universal gesture for "wanker" might have been more appropriate.
That's only slightly more useful than a watch that only displays Hex.

[Edit: no offence intended, mongy.]
(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:29, archived)
It tells the time ok, I want an hour jump watch but got distracted

(I helped save b3ta! mongychops, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:32, archived)
I've had to Google what that is,
and now I can't decide if that's a better or worse idea for a timepiece.
(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:36, archived)
load of history behind the hour jump, and i like the quirkiness they have, not sure i want to chuck a couple of grand at one yet tho

(I helped save b3ta! mongychops, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:41, archived)
These all seem to miss the point of analogue watches - that you can tell them time just by glancing at them.
Thought about going full steampunk and getting
a portable sundial?
(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:53, archived)
meh, you want belt drive
www.devonworks.com/
(I helped save b3ta! mongychops, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:56, archived)
Only if it's the Darth Vader one!
Is it fair to say that we perfected the watch idea years ago, and all these "innovations" are just different ways of fucking it up?
(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 15:01, archived)
people who make watches are like mad professors showing off their engineering skills, thats why they all still try and make watches with the most complications, even tho a cheap digital can do the same

(I helped save b3ta! mongychops, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 15:04, archived)
The local watch bloke round my parents way has a sideline working on the gubbins in guns.
He's got an apron that he buttons to the underside of his desk to stop all the pingfuckits going everywhere.
(I helped save b3ta! Slippery Mick ‏, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 15:24, archived)
i couldn't even get bones out of operation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfNOgWGME_c
(I helped save b3ta! mongychops, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 15:29, archived)
Nor me. My dad was an electronics engineer and the stuff interested me but my shovels were always to rubbish for soldering. Still are.

(I helped save b3ta! Slippery Mick ‏, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 15:32, archived)
there you go, one for sale
www.chrono24.com/en/devon/devon-star-wars-limited-edition--id3958111.htm
(I helped save b3ta! mongychops, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 15:06, archived)
Might hold out for a Hello Kitty branded one.

(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 15:39, archived)
i'll keep my eye on the big names see if they release one, at the moment it's snoopy from omega or mickey mouse from rolex

(I helped save b3ta! mongychops, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 15:46, archived)
Which hand?

(I helped save b3ta! H.B.Mupps, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:19, archived)
I have pretty small wrists, but I've never had a watch that'd fit on both at once.

(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:23, archived)
George Plimpton's Video Falconry

(I helped save b3ta! $$ ✅, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:23, archived)
^ son wanted Bonestorm

(I helped save b3ta! monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:30, archived)
Got Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge instead

(I helped save b3ta! $$ ✅, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:35, archived)
He was one of the people that wrestled Bobby Kennedy's assassin to the ground
Trufax
(I helped save b3ta! keybo was imtypingonakeyboard, now I'm not, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:33, archived)
I thought he was the one that could fart out of the alphabet up to the letter M

(I helped save b3ta! $$ ✅, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:37, archived)
Now THAT looks like a good game

(I helped save b3ta! H.B.Mupps, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 14:38, archived)
Bottle capping machine and VWP steriliser.
A used copy of The Psychopath Test for about £2.
(I helped save b3ta! Slippery Mick ‏, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 15:14, archived)
Getting on the old homebrew eh?
I've wanted to give it a go, but worry that I'll end up with kegs of undrinkable guff
(I helped save b3ta! H.B.Mupps, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 15:29, archived)
I figured it was worth a punt. Plus I'm not very fussy.
They did try and sell me nicer/more expensive stuff with the kit but I figured the first batch was highly likely to be shite regardless.

The stuff has been going since Sunday and is hovering around 18 degrees. Which is a little low. If it tails off I might need an aquarium heater.
(I helped save b3ta! Slippery Mick ‏, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 15:34, archived)
bottom get

(I helped save b3ta! $$ ✅, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 15:23, archived)
Ah, but did it cost you anything?

(I helped save b3ta! H.B.Mupps, Thu 30 Jun 2016, 15:30, archived)