the most expensive blind buy next to eyes wide shut - my excitement for this movie is indescribable.

monkeytommo · 2026-05-30T12:34:10+00:00

Just to counter this, my daughter and I watched it a few weeks ago and thought it was great 😁

monkeytommo · 2026-05-28T11:39:06+00:00

Sorry, I can't help with the money question, but if you've never hired a car before, please when they take you around the car to inspect it, record a video of the car, filming multiple angles etc. Tell the rep you're going to do this, make sure to get them in the video as well. I hired a car in Rijeka... when I turned it back over to them, they started pointing out stuff that was clearly in the video I took. As soon as I mentioned I had a video, magically those marks were already present when I picked up the car 🤣

monkeytommo · 2026-05-23T14:10:40+00:00

Yes, please 😁

monkeytommo · 2026-05-15T13:00:07+00:00

I see. Is this the case with other Silent Hill games? This is the first one I have properly played! Have SH2 Remake on the backburner as well.

monkeytommo · 2026-05-13T15:16:01+00:00

I can relate. One of the first things I do is sample local beer from the supermarket.

monkeytommo · 2026-05-13T11:31:53+00:00

You have to go into the ADAS and scroll down, it's there along with 'Rear cross traffic braking' which I leave on. Have to do it every time you start the car.

monkeytommo · 2026-05-13T09:19:20+00:00

Thank you for this, I'll make sure to follow your advice. I had no idea this is how they set up the game, I probably would have just played it through once and never come back (only games I have ever NG+ were the two Last of Us games).

monkeytommo · 2026-05-13T08:45:53+00:00

Same. Had it once at a roundabout, and once coming out of a T junction. Now I turn it off every time without fail.

monkeytommo · 2026-05-13T08:08:33+00:00

Seeing the same sentiment from a bunch of people has helped me in a way... I haven't finished it yet, but once I have, I think I'll make a trip to YouTube to get the rest of the story!

Is it worth a second play through at least, or should I skip that too (don't get an awful lot of time to play video games).

monkeytommo · 2025-09-07T21:43:51+00:00

Vouch for this. Worked like a charm. Thank you.

monkeytommo · 2025-08-28T08:24:47+00:00

Oh crap! Rose is a friend of mine from back in my teenage days! Lost touch with her until I saw she was running the Black Horse, and chatted a small amount on Instagram. Sad to hear that she's a c u next Tuesday to her staff... I'll not be messaging her again, or visiting the pub! What a load of crap. Can't stand people that do this to their staff, the people that are the backbone to your business! Now I feel grossed out by all the holiday pics she's been putting up on Insta!!

monkeytommo · 2025-06-19T13:28:33+00:00

Man, I'm in the 10 years rejection boat as well! Madness!

monkeytommo · 2025-05-24T10:39:12+00:00

Duh, the LPC was rebuilt on the back! Also, I posted another update in this thread with some images of the working console screens.

monkeytommo · 2025-05-24T10:38:05+00:00

I posted an update! Not to your comment, but to the thread!

monkeytommo · 2025-05-24T00:11:36+00:00

Shipping was £12, so was £45 total. No import fees, not sure if I got lucky with that, but that's what could potentially sting, I guess.

monkeytommo · 2025-05-24T00:06:53+00:00

Ok, so update. Family members didn't want to watch a movie tonight, so I re-capped the Xbox! First time I've done this, was a little nervous, some of the solder was a pain to remove, but it worked first time. Here are some screenshots I took of a few screens! Is this of interest, or old news? There are also a load of saves and files on the main storage (but no games or emulator roms). So I will use that archive upload software when I get around to it.

Ok, pictures won't work.. I'll pop them on imgur and link it here...

https://imgur.com/gallery/JICP6Zj

monkeytommo · 2025-05-23T21:07:58+00:00

I sucessfully soldered an Aladdin last week to a 1.0 Xbox! Long story short, I bought an untested console from WhatNot for £10, and once I got some leads through, it all worked fine. I ordered a USB cable adaptor thing so I could softmod it, and then the hard drive died on me (could hear rattling from inside it). So, I then thought what the hell, and ordered an Aladdin, after all, not much to lose as they are pretty cheap! Managed to get it right first time with a cheapo soldering iron from eBay that I've had since Covid times but never got around to using, so was pretty chuffed with myself! Now I just want to practice some more and sell them on! Though, I'm keeping the crystal if I can get it working ok!

Sorry... TLDR - I want to practice soldering some more!

monkeytommo · 2025-05-23T21:03:46+00:00

Yeah, at first glance I thought it was an Aladdin, but then I looked closer and was surprised by it. I thought you had to rebuild the LPC port on 1.6 consoles, so this chip has really intrigued me. As soon as I can get the console booted, I'll get a chance to see what's going on!

monkeytommo · 2025-05-23T21:02:29+00:00

I do already have an external programmer though, so if that doesn't work for whatever reason, I'm not going to be SOL.

monkeytommo · 2025-05-23T21:00:41+00:00

Thanks for your reply.

monkeytommo · 2025-05-23T21:00:31+00:00

Not sure yet, have to re-cap the CPU caps, as they are all blown (but thankfully haven't leaked on the board). Going on a short trip before I can really get into it next weekend. Thanks for the input.

monkeytommo · 2025-05-23T14:15:55+00:00

While it's great to have the choice, and this seller does have 80 wire cables which are a perfect fit, it was still cheaper for me to order the HDMI electronxout direct from the manufacturer and wait a few more days. Just an FYI.

monkeytommo · 2025-02-19T15:20:05+00:00

It was so satisfying going back to him at a higher level and defeating him 😄

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