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Going through the formats systematically, here's another list of suggestions... ***PS1*** Adiboo & Paziral's Secret The Adventures of Monkey Hero Jersey Devil Jinx Jumping Flash MediEvil ***N64*** A Bug's Life Blues Brothers 2000 Charlie Blasts Territory Daffy Duck: Duck Dodgers Earthworm Jim 3D Starshot Space Circuc Fever Taz Express ***DC*** Floigan Brothers: episode one The Grinch MDK2

You're most welcome. It's a shame that it wasn't any of those but at least that's a few more down to cross off. Also, I noticed that in your list of consoles you have some games which could have been on GameCube or Xbox so I guess those are platforms to consider as well from the same era. Yes, nostalgia most certainly is great at times but deadly at other points in time. If I think of any other games, I'll be sure to post them here.

Also... Donkey Kong 64 on the N64 just to throw that one out there as it doesn't seem to be on the list. Oh and Rocket Robot on Wheels can't forget that one.

Hi @Azalus and welcome to N-Europe. I can sympathise with you wanting to find a game that you played during your childhood but just can't think of the name, it has happened to me a good few times over the years... the one which eluded me for a while was this side-scrolling shmup that I played on the Megadrive over at my late Grandparents neighbours house, which featured a really significant boss battle in a lava stage which featured a mutated angler fish and some of the greatest music I've ever heard in such a title. That game of course was Darius II... I know that now, but at the time, I couldn't think what it was, possibly due to it being an import copy I think. Anyway, back to your quest to find this 3D platforming type game, which I can see already has a rather large exclusion list of games you've already checked and I must commend you on the amount of research you've done as at least we have a lot to work with, so I will try to help you find out what this game is called. My first thought was Super Magnetic Neo as that one is kind of obscure, fitted the bill and I only realised what type of game it is very recently... but that's on the list. The only title I can think of right now is... Space Station Silicon Valley on the N64 purely because it's so odd and it doesn't seem to be in your list. It's a starting point at least.

I really feel that having a strong Single-Player component would be a decent option for this game in addition to the DLC they are currently working on. If this happens at E3 followed by a soft-relaunch with a free software update soon then I wouldn't be too surprised. Failing that... revive Project Dream in its original form, that had Pirates and at the moment I'd much rather play that and it's kind of what I was hoping this game might end up being more like.

Just in case anyone else is going down the RGB Scart route... I mean, it's not anything that hasn't already been covered on My Life In Gaming but, I still found this useful as it reinforced why I ended up going with fully shielded, C-Sync Packapunch Pro cables with optional seperate audio from Retro Gaming Cables. No, I still haven't set it all up yet but I will in time.

And now the sun has reversed the damage it contributed to, along with the help of the peroxide of course... it's almost poetic. Anyway, that Wavebird and the Dreamcast look like they cleaned up very nicely indeed, I may end up performing this method on some consoles but I'm not too keen on using hydrogen peroxide. Has anyone else tried Magic Erasers on old yellowed plastic? It's a Melamine foam which usually comes in a block, you use it for cleaning around the house, apparently it works on light yellowing but you have to be careful as it will take off certain logos as well, so just keep away from those parts with it, but the magic eraser may be good if you don't want to take anything apart. In fact... I may try that out on one of my Wavebird receivers which is noticably yellow compared to the rest as a test.

All I meant with regards to the hologram is that the official Pokémon games on the GBA tend to have that shiny foiled label, this might look different on fake cartridge possibly. The issue with games coming up as "Unknown Cartridge" does happen, it's like that for me whenever I'm playing my original cartridge of Phantasy Star IV on the Megadrive, it still plays fine though and it's great to have that extra save backup on the Retron so that I can carry on with my save file even if the battery is gone. If you're thinking of getting more retro games to play on your Retron 5 then check out the General Retro Discussion thread if you're looking for *inspiration or just a place to post pictures of your retro game setup etc, we're always happy to offer advice there as well. *Disclaimer - the General Retro Discussion thread is not responsible for any additional retro purchases you may end up making after visiting there.

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I approve wholeheartedly of this name for a Tortoise. Hopefully you'll get to keep him and all goes well.

Congrats on picking up a Retron 5, I've had one for many years and I've found it to be a pretty decent system for what it is, £100 is a fair price you got it for too. Now, as for the Pokémon games... I'm no expert but it could be that Fire Red is a copy, though it doesn't look like one at first glance. Is the label a proper hologram like on the other two carts? That's often a giveaway, if the labels are all holographic then, next thing to check is the contacts on the cart but I would assume that you've checked all of this already, especially as you work in a videogame store. I'm not trying to be cheeky or anything, it's just that these are the first things I would be checking myself if a cartridge wasn't working properly. Anyway, if you want to take a few more pictures of the carts in an area where they catch the light, so you can see the labels close up, that might give us more clues to see if the Fire Red cart is genuine or not, I wouldn't like to say for definite either way but I'm happy to help figure out if it is or not. If you want any other advice on the Retron 5, don't hesitate to ask either, it's a pretty nice system with some decent features, I don't use it as much as I used to but it's definitely handy for playing certain games, especially those which have a battery inside the cart which might be on the way out as you can keep playing them on the Retron 5 as it has ways of backing up the saves plus it remembers where you last left off for each game.

I don't have a problem with Sega re-tooling their IP's for modern audiences, including VR platforms, so long as they follow the Rez model and make it optional. Especially with something like Panzer Dragoon if it comes to fruition, because if they are taking the time to redo all the assets in HD then they should look the best on a big screen and decent enough on the various headsets, which we know have their resolution limitations. They seem to mostly be going for games which can be played either way so far, which seems fine, because quite honestly... why limit your market to just VR? Even if it is a growing one, making the game playable on conventional HDTV's will almost certainly ensure more sales. So I'm all for Sega making Panzer Dragoon VR... just don't exclude the rest of us who would relish the chance to play a modern version of a Sega Saturn classic, so long as it's done right.

Oh right... that. Yeah... I have nothing to say in my defence apart from... It was the Fire Flower demon! He made me do it! I had no control over my actions. (please forgive me) *ahem!* sorry about that... it (probably) won't happen again. (I promise) Yes please, I would still like to maintain my 100% attendance, if possible. By the way, I just wanted to say, thank you for the effort you put into hosting this league, this week's theme was exceptional as well.

What unspeakable deed might this be? I've genuinely just removed all memory of the last race from my mind. We'll just have to wait for the highlights, but I'm going to tentatively say... it was *possibly worth it... just a little bit... to come joint-second place. *Opinion may vary after viewing back the highlight footage, apology possibly incoming, release date TBA 2018.

Comm Error, GP 2, Race 2... Just after I'd placed 3rd in the previous race, of course.

Absolutely... it's at the top of the pile on what I am now calling my Sealed Switch Shelf of Shame because I just haven't had the time to replay either of the Bayonetta titles. I'll play them again closer to the release date of Bayonetta 3 most likely.

It's almost certainly a port of the more recent PC release. I think for the Switch, it will be pretty amazing to see Ikargua running on it, especially in portable mode. This will also open up the floodgates for PS4 and Xbox One versions most likely, as it has already been trademarked for PS4 which is pretty huge as that would make it the Playstation debut, because it has already appeared on Xbox Live Arcade which featured online co-op (unfortunately too lag-ridden to be useful) and of course as you mentioned, we've had Ikargua on a Nintendo platform once before on the GameCube, which was a huge deal at the time and it even featured an exclusive training mode. Of course there was also the Dreamcast version which released in Japan only because the original arcade Ikaruga was developed on Naomi hardware, I have played it... this was my first original exposure to Ikaruga, I loved it at the time but didn't fully appreciate it until that all-important GC release which was life-changing in terms of shaping my taste in videogames.

Ah so that's the white PS4 with the same coloured controller presumably... OK then that's maybe not launch, but apparently that shouldn't matter. I found this... http://community.eu.playstation.com/t5/PS4-Support/You-can-now-exchange-your-PlayStation-4-and-DS4-controller/m-p/22270313 ...which seems to suggest that you can send the controller in quite easily for repair, I think... there's also instructions on how to try a reset if needed but it might not help. Anyway, keep me updated either way, if you have any joy or not because I upgraded to a newer wired PS4 controller last year which I seem to use exclusively, so I have a newer PS4 controller from when they originally released the aqua blue and magma red controllers - it's the blue one - that I could spare... it has had... maybe a hundred hours use? if that... it's in good condition, (though obviously I'll clean and test it if it turns out you need it) and has a pair of those thumb stick covers (optional) which preserve the control stick rubber pretty well and make the pad better to use I think.

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Is it a launch model controller which came with the system? If so then apparently Sony will replace them, might take a month though. If it's one of the newer coloured controllers (red, blue etc) then I don't know, you might have just been unlucky or it has just happened over time. I might be able to help you out if Sony can't or won't.

On a dedicated vertical monitor of course like everyone else. Nah, I know I've perhaps gone the extreme route recently with my setup but I think that playing the Switch in tabletop mode, on a stand, vertically will be enough for most. But if you do have a monitor which is designed with verticality in mind with a rotating stand then, you're really in for a treat with this game. I'm not saying that everyone should suddenly rush out and buy a vertical display just for Ikaruga but, if you like vertically scrolling shmups and you intend to play more in the future, then in that instance I think it's worth it personally. There are already more than a handful of vertical shmups available just for the Switch, let alone the load that are on Steam etc. Just for this game though, if you only intend to buy it on the Switch then I would say that Tabletop mode will be fine and that vertical with borders on a standard horizontal screen is fine for most gamers, especially if you're not that into the genre to begin with or are just unsure.