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Kilazar posted:Also keep it to sub $30 games. So no one has to break the bank to obtain it. I would be ok with a day being spent on Illusion of gaia, or any long game. The idea is to get people playing these games. Even if you can't beat it in a day, if you can make significant story line progress that would be ok. IMO. Regarding a (thread) poll, that's out. The forum software is really weird regarding polls. You can only vote in one thread poll, so say if RGB puts up a poll and we all vote it goes well. But if he changes the poll (for the next month or to add a game), we can't vote in it again for some reason. A secondary thread might have to be made for each 'poll' but I don't know if we'll have enough people to make it worth it. I do agree we should probably keep it under $30. Even $31-60 is pushing it and mostly stuff like popular RPGS fall into there so it's just not a good range.
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Ineffiable posted:Regarding a (thread) poll, that's out. Is there a good, external polling site we could use and just link to it with the next months choices? We could keep everything in this thread. I don't think it will derail too much since this is after all the retro gaming thread. Maybe some kind of banner link to the poll/game of the month in the OP? That way no thread digging is needed to obtain this months poll/game choice? Or a banner/link on the wiki? *edit* Also, for score attack games, players should post pics of their scores for bragging rights  . I miss the days when score loving meant something. Maybe we can have a high score section on the wiki. And that months game scores can go up there for all to see. No scores will be added for that game after the play date. Or is that too much work?
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Kilazar posted:*edit* Also, for score attack games, players should post pics of their scores for bragging rights You have to include the system in the photo though so we can see that there's no Game Genie plugged in 
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triplexpac posted:You have to include the system in the photo though so we can see that there's no Game Genie plugged in ha! That is a good point. No god drat cheaters allowed. And no 30 life Konami codes!
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If you want to start a "book club" for retro games (and I think that's a really cool idea), keep it on a fixed schedule and start the vote for the next one the same time the current game starts. There are a ton of websites that let you setup your own polls quickly and embed them on your own website. I do think you could get away with longer games on a monthly schedule; it seems like a good sweet spot between score attack games you can beat in two hours and longer games that take 10-20h to complete. Lock polling a week or so before it starts so people have time to acquire the game.
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Katana Gomai posted:If you want to start a "book club" for retro games (and I think that's a really cool idea), keep it on a fixed schedule and start the vote for the next one the same time the current game starts. There are a ton of websites that let you setup your own polls quickly and embed them on your own website. Agreed on the poll start time. It makes sense, though I was hoping for a longer period than 1 week to obtain a game. 2 weeks would be good. 2 weeks of voting, and 2 weeks to obtain. I'm on a bi weekly check, and if we lock the poll a week in advance, the money might not be there to obtain a game. Say, the last saturday of the month is game day, and when the new poll goes up? or last Sunday? Sooo... uh.. any volunteers to organize this? I would, but with new baby I don't really have the time to dedicate to upkeep since most of my posting time is during work. I should be able to scrounge some participation time though since it's only going to be one day a month. Kilazar fucked around with this message at 17:24 on Nov 8, 2012 |
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Racketboy has a feature like that called 'Together Retro', and it's pretty popular.
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Silhouette posted:Racketboy has a feature like that called 'Together Retro', and it's pretty popular. It should preferably be a site that can get past websense 
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Is there any reason why SNES games on Half.com seem so cheap? There are a few games for like .75 that go for $5+ on ebay.
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triplexpac posted:Is there any reason why SNES games on Half.com seem so cheap? There are a few games for like .75 that go for $5+ on ebay. Half.com shows you the price before shipping. Every item gets an automatic $4 dollars to ship. (unless it's from the same seller, then it's like an extra $2) Ebay can show a price but include free shipping.
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triplexpac posted:Is there any reason why SNES games on Half.com seem so cheap? There are a few games for like .75 that go for $5+ on ebay. How are you getting it to ship to Canada?!
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Yeah, it's probably using the Amazon sellers strategy: pretend your game is cheaper than the competition, while getting the difference in shipping fees.
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midge posted:How are you getting it to ship to Canada?! Oh they don't ship to Canada? I haven't actually bought anything yet, I was just looking. Son of a bitch, drat you internet! haha Edit: Seems like they do ship to Canada... kind of? http://pages.half.ebay.com/help/seller/fulfill_can.html?helpsection=fulfill_can#toc-02 triplexpac fucked around with this message at 17:55 on Nov 8, 2012 |
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Saoshyant posted:Yeah, it's probably using the Amazon sellers strategy: pretend your game is cheaper than the competition, while getting the difference in shipping fees. Speaking of Amazon, here's the complete opposite of cheap! I always find it good for a laugh now and then. 
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triplexpac posted:You have to include the system in the photo though so we can see that there's no Game Genie plugged in
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Sexy Slippers posted:But we should let the flash cart people play because then we could do more rare, unreleased or expensive games. I'm not saying everyone has one but I thought a lot of people did? I don't and probably never will. I can sit out the flash cart months though, as long as they aren't every month I'd be cool with super rare/expensive games being chosen.Unless someone wants to donate one to me :P. I don't even know where to get the roms, and am not going to ask cause I'm not sure where that falls in piracy law these days. *edit* Also, I'm ok with flashcart people playing even the normal choices. I think even emulators are OK for those that do not like investing in the hardware. Just keep the games accessible to non flashcart/emulator users.
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Speaking of hardware stuff. I finally upgraded my genesis from r/f to composite, and my snes from composite to s-video. The genesis stuff looks good, but Yoshi's island with s-video is just gorgeous.
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Oh! I have an odd question. Is it possible to back up your saved games on cartridges to PC and then get them back to the cartridge? I need to change out the battery on my FF3 soon. But I don't want to lose my 99 hour full completion save . Or is there an easy way to keep power to the cartridge battery slot while changing the battery?
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Saoshyant posted:Yeah, it's probably using the Amazon sellers strategy: pretend your game is cheaper than the competition, while getting the difference in shipping fees. At least Amazon will always sort by the price+shipping, even if you still have to add them together yourself to get the total price. Amazon sucks for anything older than PS2 though.
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Kilazar posted:Oh! I have an odd question. http://www.retrode.org/about/ BAM
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You good sir, are a god!
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Oh god, they're here!   E: For the uninitiated, these are Wizardry Choose-Your-Own-Adventure books printed only in Japan, but I was lucky enough to find a US reseller on eBay carrying them. I'll get some more pics of the insides later. iastudent fucked around with this message at 18:55 on Nov 8, 2012 |
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About the retro game book club, doesn't this seem real similar to retro game masters? There is a thread for that: (http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3512313&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=12) Or is it kind of a different idea or what?
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That's more about difficult game challenges, isn't it? The idea people are talking about here seems to be more about just getting people to play some old (and possibly obscure) games and talk about them.
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Adam Bowen posted:That's more about difficult game challenges, isn't it? The idea people are talking about here seems to be more about just getting people to play some old (and possibly obscure) games and talk about them. This is less of a challenge and more of an exposure I'd say. More for discussion of the game and to get you playing it. You don't have to complete the game. If I am wrong, feel free to correct me.
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I propose that Scooby Doo adventure game mentioned on the past thread. Shouldn't be too long.
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Anybody have experience with http://www.dkoldies.com ? I'm suspicious because their NES selection seems pretty broad for one retailer given how (mostly) fair their prices are. All the negative reviews I've found just complain about their refurbished NES consoles not working.
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Tobaccrow posted:Anybody have experience with http://www.dkoldies.com ? Order something cheap from them and find out!
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So that they are easy to locate in the thread, should we have a format of some kind for the game proposals? Or are we going to start a "Retro Bookclub" thread to keep track of it, similar to the Masters thread? Month:Month currently voting on Game: Game name System: System game is on. Info: link to info of some kind Estimated cost: Link to price or good purchase location Thoughts?
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Wow, small world. I've still got one of those Nintendo branded TV stands from the picture. I'm using it as my bedside table. Now that I know they exist I kinda wished I'd have bought the matching Nintendo stand back in the day.
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Kilazar posted:So that they are easy to locate in the thread, should we have a format of some kind for the game proposals? Or are we going to start a "Retro Bookclub" thread to keep track of it, similar to the Masters thread? Could we use the wiki for this? Maybe it would encourage people to go to the wiki more. We could also keep an ordered list of games and maybe high scores (if that's a thing we are doing)
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Erluk posted:Could we use the wiki for this? Maybe it would encourage people to go to the wiki more. We could also keep an ordered list of games and maybe high scores (if that's a thing we are doing) I would be ok with that! Just need a volunteer to kick start this. I don't have the time and would lose track of it really fast with the new baby.
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zenintrude posted:Either that or this.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRx682z39vU
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Y'know I just thought of another probably not too obvious advantage to emulation. Computer emulation, anyway. I've been teaching myself Commodore Basic for the hell of it. Have any of you tried typing on a C64 keyboard after decades on a PC keyboard? poo poo ain't fun, yo. Emulation lets me use my normal keyboard, and that's pretty drat nice. I just need a proper mechanical keyboard to really round out the experience [asking for one for christmas ]
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Son of a Vondruke! posted:Wow, small world. I've still got one of those Nintendo branded TV stands from the picture. I'm using it as my bedside table. Now that I know they exist I kinda wished I'd have bought the matching Nintendo stand back in the day. When I was in grade 5 I had to get glasses. I picked out a super 90s pair, in retrospect, so huge and metallic. Anyway, after having them a couple weeks I looked at the inside of the arm, and sure enough there was a Nintendo logo on there. Somehow I had picked out Nintendo brand glasses without even noticing.
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I remembered a while back that I had this (apologies for the lovely cell phone camera): Case has a crack on the back of it but the manual and all 4 discs are present and accounted for. Should be getting a Dreamcast soon.
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Zeether posted:I remembered a while back that I had this (apologies for the lovely cell phone camera): How rare/pricy is a complete Shenmue in the US, out of curiosity?
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Not bad at all. You can find one in a used shop, CIB for $12-20.
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So I just got a big haul for free. Someone gave me an Apple II with a few dozen games with it, complete with the old as hell Apple printer and monitor. There's roughly 7 boxes worth of stuff but there's a load of Adventure games on 5 1/4 floppy disks.
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triplexpac posted:When I was in grade 5 I had to get glasses. I picked out a super 90s pair, in retrospect, so huge and metallic. Anyway, after having them a couple weeks I looked at the inside of the arm, and sure enough there was a Nintendo logo on there. Somehow I had picked out Nintendo brand glasses without even noticing. In Second grade, I had to get glasses, and mine were Nintendo Glasses too. They were red framed with a wire ear...thing. Mine only had a sticker over the lens, and I had to peel it off. I still don't know what those had to do with Nintendo.
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