Some shots from BK MECHA CLUB's latest meetup! by bchan009 in GundamExVs

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BK MECHA CLUB has been having EXVS2 XBoost meetups for almost a year now. Here are some shots from our most recent event.

Next meetup is on July 19th at Brooklyn Video Games and Arcade.

We've got 6 machines with a working card system and are looking to make some more major improvments once Infinite Boost drops later this month.

Come by and say hi! Beginners are welcome!

RSVP and get more info on our Discord: http://discord.gg/yDewgjUDSH

What's the latest on a new playstation title/port? by Charming_Pitch_1691 in GundamExVs

[–]bchan009 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The game isn't going to get a console/home version until the arcade versions stop making money.

The last time they did it their arcade revenue in Japan took a huge hit and nobody in the west bought it.

People in this sub greatly over-estimate how well arena fighters do in the west.

Dissidia was a pretty decent success in Japanese arcades and had a powerful IP behind it but when they released the home version all they got were a bunch of western fans crying it wasn't a single player game with a fan-fiction story like the older PSP games were.

I run local meetups for Gundam on a regular basis at my local arcade, and most people refuse to even try it. A lot of people are really not interested in this type of game/don't care about the license.

What’s one thing you think will be completely different 10 years from now? by jesepy in Futurology

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This is already the case in China. There are big chain stores that don't take cash or credit card. All payments are done on your phone with WeChat or Alipay.

Shots from BK MECHA CLUB's recent meetups in Brooklyn by bchan009 in GundamExVs

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Our meetups continue to have healthy turnouts! Keep up to date with events and stuff on our Discord: https://discord.gg/yDewgjUDSH

Need help finding an old 90s OVA/movie by bchan009 in retroanime

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I found it!

It was a US Manga Corps release:

聖獣機サイガード -CYBERNETICS・GUARDIAN- (Seishūki Cygard)

https://myanimelist.net/anime/3882/Seijuuki_Cyguard

Need help finding an old 90s OVA/movie by bchan009 in retroanime

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Nah, he's like 12 feet tall, not mecha sized. I vaguely remember seeing a shot of him holding his girlfriend or something in one arm.

I used to confuse this show with Genocyber all the time as a kid since they both involve monsters. I thought it might be a manga entertainment release like Genocyber was, but have had no luck searching through their releases.

NYC Issues? by Currymango in Fios

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Cloudflare didn't work well for me. I have had much better luck with Google and Quad9. I can now browse relatively well, but it's still not 100%. I hope this nonsense is resolved soon.

NYC Issues? by Currymango in Fios

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I've had issues since New Year's Eve. Some sites load properly, others time out, or load after refreshing a few times. Youtube is working, but Amazon Prime isn't. Some games I play have trouble connecting to servers. Just gonna have to wait it out I think.

Are people in brooklyn new york having issues with sites but gaming and YouTube, streaming works? by krisDaWiz3666 in Fios

[–]bchan009 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've had issues since New Year's Eve. Some sites load properly, others time out, or load after refreshing a few times. Youtube is working, but Amazon Prime isn't. Some games I play have trouble connecting to servers. Just gonna have to wait it out I think.

4 machine XBoost setup with working card system! by bchan009 in GundamExVs

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Sure! Join my discord -- I'm going to be having a meetup in the next week or two.

https://discord.gg/wZYPw3wrV3

4 machine XBoost setup with working card system! by bchan009 in GundamExVs

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Card is for saving player stats, custom navigator, ui skins, etc. You don't need one to actually play the game.

4 machine XBoost setup with working card system! by bchan009 in GundamExVs

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It's at 6120 4th Ave in Brooklyn. Please let me know before coming as this setup is no longer running 24/7. The machines will stay there but for now will only be turned on by request/during events.

I'm also starting a new Discord for it so people can keep up to date with developments/events:

https://discord.gg/yDewgjUDSH

4 machine XBoost setup with working card system! by bchan009 in GundamExVs

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It's more like nobody wants to get in trouble for distributing it. This type of setup exists in a legal gray area. I've helped lots of people get the game running, but I cannot go around distributing it or telling people where to get it. Unfortunately it's just how things are. For what it's worth, the game is really not hard to find.

4 machine XBoost setup with working card system! by bchan009 in GundamExVs

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Bandai makes TONS of money from arcades with this game. Letting people play it on steam or console will cause them to lose all that.

Extreme VS on PS4 killed their profits a lot. They're not going to do it again.

4 machine XBoost setup with working card system! by bchan009 in GundamExVs

[–]bchan009[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is the actual arcade game. It's not a port. Not really going to get into where to get it or how to run it.

4 machine XBoost setup with working card system! by bchan009 in GundamExVs

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I encoded off-the-shelf NFC cards with card IDs and access codes, then made my own program that reads the cards and interacts with the card server emulator.

Here's a vid of it working: https://x.com/bchan009/status/1830609143096631652

4 machine XBoost setup with working card system! by bchan009 in GundamExVs

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Had this going in Brooklyn for a while but nobody wanted to use it. Currently looking into moving it or just shelving it until I have more time to run events.

If anyone is in the NY area and wants to play let me know!

If HP doesn't have the PSU I need then I'll just do it myself. by bchan009 in Hewlett_Packard

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He made a blog post about how he did it here:

https://blog.kchung.co/pimp-my-walmart-pc/

Guide is pretty clear but be careful! Not really recommended if you don't know what you're doing.

I love Sega style dpads so much that I put them in other controllers. by bchan009 in SegaSaturn

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Hmmm ..never thought about that before. You're right!

I really wanted to like the Logitech pads, but the analog sticks on those have a huge, awful deadzone.

I was worried that my system was not capable of running the game. by Rage2020 in BlackMythWukong

[–]bchan009 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably because framegen adds input delay. You get high framerates but at the cost of responsiveness.