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Re: "I Wouldn't Change A Thing" - Nostalgia Nerd's Crowdfunded Arcade Bar 'Barcadia' Is No More

NoirConceit

That's dodgy if the staff didn't get paid. Hospitality staff are generally low-paid as it is. That would make it especially cheeky since they mentioned, "the margins in hospitality which were already incredibly tight, were just getting tighter and tighter, meaning something had to give".

They can romanticise it however they want, but I really hope that it is not being done whilst having screwed their staff out of pay.

Re: Resident Evil Just Got A New Arcade Game, But You'll Have To Travel To Romford To Play It

NoirConceit

@GeneJacket And still the author of that strategy guide didn't bother to check with Capcom, very clearly. Yeah except all of those are licenced media, or in the case of RE Resistance was a nickname given to the character by another character done as a nod to fans, not as an official naming, otherwise you're also saying that the same character is officially named "Trenchy" too for the same reason.

In RE2 Remake the enemy is listed in the model viewer as "Tyrant".

The question of who cares is answered easily, evidently yourself given your reply.

Re: Resident Evil Just Got A New Arcade Game, But You'll Have To Travel To Romford To Play It

NoirConceit

This is a brilliant idea, pretty much a remake of the RE2 parts of Umbrella: The Darkside Chronicles, but with the assets of the RE2 remake!

Just a shame the article's author referenced a character who doesn't exist. There's a character called Tyrant, but they've never had the name "Mr. X", that was some fake name given by a US strategy guide because the author couldn't be bothered to look up the character's actual name, and has been falsely parroted as their official name ever since.

Re: "It's Just Not Working" - FreePlay Arcade Will Close Its Doors Later This Month

NoirConceit

@nocdaes I've literally never heard of Hollywood Bowl before today. Having just looked them up, they look *****, like the ticket arcades which make up the main roads on seaside resorts. The fact is that Arcade Club is very obviously profitable at multiple venues (unlike the place in this article, sadly), so they have no issue, other than the ones you're inventing.

Miss me with the "leaving money on the table" garbage, we see that from the idiots in modern day gaming all the time. If Arcade Club charged per play then they would become unprofitable overnight, as the appeal of the Arcade Club venues is the combination of one-price-on-the-door-free-play, the sheer amount of choice in games available, and with the range of games offered being from brand new stuff to all of the retro classics.

"an entire day playing arcades is not a big market!", said the clown who has never stepped foot inside Arcade Club.

Re: The Cost Of Owning A MiSTer FPGA Is About To Come Down Dramatically

NoirConceit

@vicviper001 In a word, yes, if you use the widely-available UpdateAll script which downloads everything you need to get started and all of the arcade ROMs it supports. Just add your own games into the appropriate folders, define your controls, and off you go.

I ditched my Pis for the same reason, and although my experience with the Pis helped for setting up a MiSTer, once it was set up I've had no issues whatsoever as long as I periodically run the aforementioned UpdateAll script which grabs any new cores or core updates released.

Re: Do You Remember Scavengers, The Alien-Style UK Game Show From The '90s?

NoirConceit

Trust a YouTube video to make up things which were not true in reality.

Fact check time.

1. The series was not taken off-air midway through its run. It was originally two series one shown in 1994 and the other in 1995. That was always the plan.

2. The second series was not placed at 9:25am, at least not in the Granada region where it was shown at the usual Sunday evening slot.

Additional things the YouTuber missed because they've probably only seen what was uploaded to YouTube:

1. The champions of both seasons returned for one final champion of champions episode.

2. In that episode, Android was moving around the complex giving the mission briefings after the command centre they usually occupied was attacked.

Re: 'Tricky Madness' Is An Exciting New Indie Game Inspired By SSX Tricky

NoirConceit

"Back in February, Dearth tried to crowdfund the project's development on Kickstarter but unfortunately failed to raise half of his £3990 goal. Despite that, he's continued working on the game ever since"

Because it wasn't about crowdfunding, it was about taking pre-orders for a game which may never be delivered.

If it were actual crowdfunding then development wouldn't have continued despite missing their fundraising goal.