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I decided to rewatch a few of the amazing my life in gaming videos as I figure out just how I'm going to eventually hook everything up. There's plenty of good information in both of these videos... This one is more about setups... ...Whereas this one is more focused on Switch boxes. Both highly advised viewing just generally for getting good picture quality out of your retro consoles.

Something tells me we aren't going to be finishing on Piranha Plant Pipeway... I called it!

Uh Oh... ... well, that happened! And a Comm Error at the Airport... Another new challenger appears!

At least I'm giving the God of War series a chance now... I never had a PS2 in the early days so I missed out on all that buzz when the first couple of games were released, yes I know... I own them on PS3 and I did at least try the first game, so maybe I'll go back to them. Though I think it's likely that the series will get a PS4 HD collection so... maybe I'm better off waiting?

Even I've never played through the earlier God of War games but I'm genuinely excited for this one.

I think, watching this video has definitely cemented in my mind that the Framemeister was the right choice for me. In summary... there is a supposed price difference but I got my unit for a good price, the Framemeister has loads of downloadable profiles whereas OSSC is still work in progress. Those were the main points, obviously Framemeister isn't being made any more but if I can make the unit last then this won't be a problem. A bit of a learning curve on the settings with the Framemeister but I'll be careful plus I have the English remote overlay, the OSSC does have that handy screen though. I still like the look of the Framemeister more as well, even if you need a dongle hanging out the front to use RGB Scart that'll be tucked away anyway. Either way, it looks like the future is looking good for upscaler boxes and line-doublers, not even taking into account the number of consoles which are gradually getting HDMI. That reminds me, I have got a GC Video Plug and Play 3.0 on order (HDMI dongle for the GameCube) so I'll be testing that out when it arrives.

Iconoclasts is coming to Switch later this year. With extra content too.

Well, I haven't played a Spider-Man game since The Amazing Spider-Man Vs The Kingpin on the Sega Mega-CD, I haven't watched a Spider-Man film since the original modern Spider-Man 2, I've never really properly read any of the comics since... a while ago; and I'm actually considering buying this game. Maybe not on release, but at some point, if it turns out to be the 9/10 excellent Spider-Man game that I think it will be.

Sweet, out of those Xbox Original games, the notable top three I already have and want to play or play again are... Breakdown - A first-person, sci-fi/horror title featuring seemingly in-depth combat and an intruiging storyline, it's a Pal copy, European language, office sample from Namco purchased in a lot of Xbox games and I've been waiting to play it. Conker: Live & Reloaded - Firstly, if you've never played Conker's Bad Fur Day then... what's wrong with you? Secondly, if you've never played this remake then... well I can understand because the multiplayer is completely different but the single player mode had completely redone textures etc and it looked amazing back in the day, but through Xbox One BC with further possible resolution upgrades? It's a must purchase digitally if you either don't own Rare Replay (again why you wouldn't if you own an Xbox One is beyond me) which has the original or if you don't own the Xbox disc for this version. (Yes I like Rare, Yes I'm a biased Conker fan, Yes I have two Conker plushes in my Rare collection... what of it?) Panzer Dragoon Orta - It has been too long! Finally! I'll get to play one of my favourite Xbox games of all time from one of my favourite series of all time, hopefully this time in non-glitched form! Because of the poor handling of BC on the Xbox 360, I have not properly played this amazing game since it originally came out on the Xbox *looks longingly at the back of the box of the original game* in 2003! The game is an impressive on-rails shooter with the difference being that you can fire in any direction in 360 degrees, it also has Dragons in it, sublime graphics which are timeless thanks to its art-style, a stunning soundtrack and quite challenging gameplay. Please play this is you have any interest at all in the Panzer Dragoon series. Obviously honourable mentions go to most of those Star Wars titles (Kotor 1&2 especially) plus Destroy All Humans and pretty much every other title which @Hero-of-Time highlighted above. Today is a good day for games.

That's what I was wondering... I've yet to invest in the game series at all. Maybe that will change with the series being on the Switch? I'm still not sure though. I like the idea behind it all but, I just think the series could do with leaning a bit more into the Yo-Kai stuff, in a way that might give it more of a mature theme perhaps? Obviously not too mature so as to not lose the audience they've gained but I don't know, it will just be interesting to see if they take a slightly different direction.

Remembering WiiWare #4 Written by Hero-of-Time There we are, I said the fourth edition would arrive sooner rather than later. Both reviews are excellent reads as well @Hero-of-Time so it was a pleasure to put them upon the main page. It also reminds me that I've got all these WiiWare titles to play now... Maybe I'll get around to writing one or two WiiWare reviews myself when I hook up my Wii again via RGB Scart.

Half of those characters in the trailer are probably getting edited if this arrives over here. Personally, I really hope it does make it over here though, I'd buy it. For a moment, I thought this was a collection of the entire series for Switch and while I'm not disappointed as the 3DS is where this series lives, it took me a while to work it out. Though... I'm still not sure if I follow completely, so this isn't a substitute for playing the entire series but more like a Monster Hunter Generations situation?

As luck would have it, I'm pretty sure I picked up a copy of Destroy All Humans in with a lot of Xbox games, so that's another title I can play. I might see about grabbing a copy of Morrowind before the price goes sky high. As for Sega games, I pretty much picked up most of the Sega games on the machine that I'll ever need, at least twelve so far, so I'd love for those to be added. It feels odd to be speculatively buying Xbox Original titles, just in case they are made backwards compatible for the Xbox One but I do like the concept of being able to play them. Otogi and Otogi 2 next please!

I think there's a way to force VGA mode on those kind of games... Essentially... start it in TV Mode on the box, turn on Dreamcast, wait for the swirl and then press the button when you hear the Dreamcast has finished loading. It takes a litttle bit of practice but once you've got the timing down, it's fine... I had to go through this so that I could play Cannon Spike. Worth it.

Remembering WiiWare #3 Written by Hero-of-Time I had meant to have this up sooner but there was that mad scramble for WiiWare and then time just muscle-marched on. Thanks again @Hero-of-Time for writing these and I'll get on putting up #4 a lot sooner. Has anyone else got points in their account still out of curiosity? I've still got 10,000 to spend... ...because of course I have.

Thanks, that's what I thought, I double checked everything and got an adapter to go over the Japanese style pins so that should be fine. Now I've just got to get around to setting everything up, got another Expansion Pak and Power Adapter to go with my RGB modded N64 the other day, so I'm good to go. Just all of the clearing up/tidying which needs to be done before the setting up and testing each console... I might be properly set up by the time I have my next holiday... ...you never know, maybe even before. It'll be worth it though I'm sure.

Yeah, I did consider an OSSC but the Framemeister can still do a heck of a lot, plus it's all contained in one neat little unit. I don't really like the way that the OSSC is kind of "open" with the board/chips etc exposed even when installed in a "case"... perhaps there's a reason for it, it still looks cool but I just figured that surely it would be a dust magnet, even if it can do quite a lot. It also seems to be creeping up in price for one with a case, about £200 it seems, I got my Framemeister for under £300 with about £100 worth of cables. Maybe I've made the wrong choice? I won't know until I start using it I suppose but in the meantime, I don't think it will go down in value at least and it seems to have ample connections. It just seemed easier to get into than the OSSC as well, the place where I got the cables from has had ones which are compatible with the Framemeister for a while now and while they also surely support the OSSC too, I guess I've just gone with what seems to be the more stable and known platform... a bit like going Windows 7 over Windows 10 I suppose... (that might be a rubbish analogy, I don't know) I'm happy with my decision at the moment though. Are you thinking about getting an OSSC then?

"La-la lala la-la la lalala la-la lalala!" "G-I-A-N-T E-G-G!" *Chicken noise*

Tendak do some very good HDMI Splitters... I have one which carries HDMI signals to two different monitors and for one which has lots of ports for displaying many sources on the same display, I would advise picking this one up... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0734SYLJL/ref=pe_3187911_189395841_TE_dp_1 I haven't tried it out myself yet properly but it is a solid build quality, powered, comes with a small remote (optional as it has switches) and it just seems to be good all round, if you need more ports you could always run two together as well. I bought a Framemeister recently along with a load of those PackaPunch RGB cables for most of my consoles, so I'm intending on hooking up that splitter, the Framemeister and an RGB scart box at some point soon, so I'll let you all know how I get on. I also ordered an RGB modded N64 recently, so there's that to add into the mix as well, but in theory once it's all running through my AV system and capture device... I should be pretty well set up, I hope. It certainly is daunting though... I might do my own guide as I set it up, I may need to just so that I can figure it all out as I go along.

Oh yeah, I agree that the games do seem to be very well crafted and polished. I'm certainly not outright dismissing them entirely, it's just that with so many games, choices have to be made sometimes so I won't be picking any of them up when they come out, even the ones that I have a fair bit of interest in as I just won't have the time. True enough, Jim is retreading a lot of old ground, I do think he's right on some level though, not all the time though and nothing is absolute. I may well play Far Cry 5 one day, it looks fun but I just can't justify buying it currently.

True enough but still, I've got to post this episode of The Jimquisition here because it definitely strikes a chord with me... It probably explains why I haven't bought any of these games since... probably the last Assassin's Creed game on the Xbox 360. They are all good games, but they just aren't for me... and I'm fine with that. I'm glad to see that they still sell well and that many people still enjoy them though, it's not even that I feel like I'm "too good" for these games, it's purely prioritisation. I might play them when they are on Plus or Games with Gold.