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Heran Bago posted:Does anyone have a Casio PV-1000? Casio's competitor to the NES and Sega Master System didn't do so well. I pulled it up on youtube and I never thought I'd see a worse version of Pooyan. Christ, how many other consoles were there that released at the same time as the Famicom for the same price as a Famicom but with substantially worse hardware? Between that and recently being told that the SG1000 was released the same day, it's kind of baffling.
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Manchild King posted:Clearly the answer to protecting those shipping boxes is an additional outer box. And maybe one more additional box to protect the outer box. That's what I did (well, only one outer box) when I moved from Japan, but you couldn't actually get them to do that originally. You're not really meant to keep the box, you're meant to put its contents on display or whatever and then ditch it. It's weird. I'm almost certainly going to get rid of at least one of my ginormous sets (for Nausicaa), maybe the FF Advent Children one too, but things will have to get really loving dire for me to ditch my Alien head.
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Feb 28, 2014 18:39
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parasyte posted:Christ, how many other consoles were there that released at the same time as the Famicom for the same price as a Famicom but with substantially worse hardware? Between that and recently being told that the SG1000 was released the same day, it's kind of baffling. To be fair the original Famicom games barely looked better.
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Feb 28, 2014 18:48
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So my GF and I just signed a lease on an apartment, so that means it's time to re-organize and optimize my retro setup! I have 17 consoles I have 25 if you count duplicates, not including all the handhelds I have. Jesus, what's happened to me  that I want to have displayed.Does anyone have a suggestion as to an entertainment center that can hold that many consoles? I plan to mount my TV on the wall so to top surface can also be used to hold games. I'd like to keep it below the cost of 3x  . Pics appreciated.As an aside my gf and I have been dating for 3 years and we're really happy to get a place together. She loves retrogames too so there is going to be a lot of piles of burning money around the place.
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Feb 28, 2014 19:10
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parasyte posted:Christ, how many other consoles were there that released at the same time as the Famicom for the same price as a Famicom but with substantially worse hardware? Between that and recently being told that the SG1000 was released the same day, it's kind of baffling. Honestly? A lot. The world was hitting the true "lost generation" of consoles and bringing out revisions of hardware that easily beat the late seventies generation. All of these consoles except the Famicom would be dead within two years as the video game market dropped out. A lot of the Famicom's hardware wasn't actually better, either, they just put their effort behind things like the graphics chip instead of processor or adding memory and that paid off.
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The Orange Mage posted:I always chafe at the consensus that the Saturn failed because of bad hardware design and/or lack of 3D power. It's more that there were no "must-haves" or games that will sell an entire console. There was no real Sonic the Hedgehog game released for it. Imagine the Nintendo 64's console life with no Super Mario 64 (or Zelda:OoT, for fairness) and comparatively it looks like even Sega didn't really give a poo poo about the Saturn. Kinda late posting but it's not even the lack of an amazing Sonic that made the Saturn do bad in the USA. The USA got a piss poor selection of games. I remember the Toys'r'us near me stocked everything but NEC in great quantity so you could see everything. I remembered always being jealous of not having the Sega CD but the Saturn's selection looked so loving boring and unappealing for its entire life. There were some good games in there of course but overall the library was tiny and the same boring poo poo you didn't want to play. All the good poo poo never got translated into English or was too anime for 90's USA. As much as I hated the treatment the Saturn got in the USA... I still wish I owned my boxes and boxes of JP Saturn games  Peenmaster posted:So my GF and I just signed a lease on an apartment, so that means it's time to re-organize and optimize my retro setup! I couldn't tell you what model my TV stand has but I only have 8 consoles that fit in it and the rest are just not on the TV stand. It's a pretty small one though. Deepness is key and if you aren't going to get something like the Ikea unit 8bit Miniboss and a bunch of other people own, you probably want to figure what consoles can sit on top of other consoles safely and take that into consideration 
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Feb 28, 2014 19:30
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http://retroactive.be/tech_n64_hdmi.php Hdmi out mod for N64 coming out.
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Feb 28, 2014 20:52
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RodShaft posted:http://retroactive.be/tech_n64_hdmi.php Hell yeah! I don't have any of my systems RGBed yet or anything but eventually will, but man hopefully this time next year I'm rocking some Blast Corps, MarioKart, and Paper Mario via HDMI! absolutely anything posted:Teleroboxer owns. It owns!! Yeah dude, and the VB controller is utilized perfectly for it in my opinion. Scrub Lover posted:*ahem* I believe you all are forgetting this gem I actually JUST got this game in the mail for the 32x last weekend. When you look at the game cover itself you can see how ridiculous it looks having a "real" face on a horribly digitized body. Don't get me wrong it's still a semi-cool game, but man pictures online don't do the awful cart art justice. Earlier today, when I was seeing when my mortgage would be paid off (so depressing) I thought to myself how much it kicks rear end living in the future. What I mean is most movies/tv/video games way back then thought the 2000s were going to be all flying car-esque and have cyborgs everywhere. I thought about BaseBall 2020, the 2020 Casino in Vegas Stakes, Mega Mans 20xx, Star Trek's WWIII in the 90s, and in random googling came across Raid 2020 which I had never heard of. It's yet another unlicensed game I never heard of (and now a must own) and watching some random youtube clips it looks like a poor man's NARC done pretty well.  How can I not buy this for the cover art alone c'mon.
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Feb 28, 2014 21:02
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I have a lead on a complete 32x set. I'm debating it since the machine and 99% of the games are loving terrible.
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Feb 28, 2014 21:12
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Tyson Tomko posted:
Wow! Multi-terrained! I hope it's swamps and hedgerows!
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Feb 28, 2014 21:15
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midge posted:I have a lead on a complete 32x set. I'm debating it since the machine and 99% of the games are loving terrible. If it includes Blackthorne and Spider-man and isn't horribly expensive, get it
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Feb 28, 2014 21:15
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RodShaft posted:http://retroactive.be/tech_n64_hdmi.php I'd be interested in adding HDMI to my consoles depending on price. It looks like the guy is calling it a HDMI mod, but the board has a DVI connector on it. What's up with that?
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Feb 28, 2014 21:22
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Scrub Lover posted:If it includes Blackthorne and Spider-man and isn't horribly expensive, get it Is Blackthorne good? I've been wanting to play that for a long time but I've never gotten around to it.
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Feb 28, 2014 21:24
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Random Stranger posted:Wow! Multi-terrained! I hope it's swamps and hedgerows! And wooden planks! We ARE in the year 2020 dude booyeah  Scrub Lover posted:If it includes Blackthorne and Spider-man and isn't horribly expensive, get it I am personally turbo pumped to have gotten Blackthorne CIB (if anyone is interested in buying the box/manual hit me up, I have too many) for a song a couple of years back at a Goodwill, but damnit to hell does it bum me out that I am pretty confident I'll never see a Deion Sanders Baseball or Spider-Man 32x in the wild. If you do pick it up totally shoot me a PM because I have plenty of that-caliber stuff I'd be willing to trade but not sell straight up. I will complete my collection one day. McFunkerson posted:I'd be interested in adding HDMI to my consoles depending on price. It looks like the guy is calling it a HDMI mod, but the board has a DVI connector on it. What's up with that? My guess (and hope really) is it does video only over DVI/HDMI, and still does audio out through the multiout connector.
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Feb 28, 2014 21:25
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midge posted:"Oh, the box is in decent condition. I'll get that to add to the display" This happened to me with my last C64  The funny thing is I thought about sending the seller a message like "hey please double box it!" but was like "nahhh, they wouldn't ship it in the original box."
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Feb 28, 2014 21:34
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Scrub Lover posted:If it includes Blackthorne and Spider-man and isn't horribly expensive, get it What's the guide price on "horribly expensive". I know Web Of Fire is hosed, but that's the only >$100 game. Bing the Noize posted:The funny thing is I thought about sending the seller a message like "hey please double box it!" but was like "nahhh, they wouldn't ship it in the original box." I did the exact same thought process. Couldn't file that paypal claim fast enough. You'd think me asking the question during the auction of "Can I get a better photo of the box, I'd like to see the condition of it" would have been enough of a clue.
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Feb 28, 2014 21:44
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midge posted:What's the guide price on "horribly expensive". I know Web Of Fire is hosed, but that's the only >$100 game. I think I may have misunderstood, I thought you were talking about a big lot with the entire 32x library (which would be awesome) You shouldn't pay more the 40 for the system, I don't think.
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Feb 28, 2014 21:50
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Scrub Lover posted:I think I may have misunderstood, I thought you were talking about a big lot with the entire 32x library (which would be awesome) Nope, you didn't misunderstand. The entire collection of games. I'm trying to figure out what a good price is.
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Feb 28, 2014 21:55
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McFunkerson posted:I'd be interested in adding HDMI to my consoles depending on price. It looks like the guy is calling it a HDMI mod, but the board has a DVI connector on it. What's up with that? DVI and HDMI are the same signal with different pin and port configuration. The only difference is that DVI doesn't pass audio. I believe it said on the page that he'd be keeping the audio on the multi-out.
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Feb 28, 2014 21:58
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NES collecting is probably pretty boring to y'all, but my new collection just grew in three awesome ways  :
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Feb 28, 2014 22:01
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Tyson Tomko posted:
That's correct. He says the board doesn't touch audio, so with this one chip it can do HDMI, DVI, or VGA.
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Soul Glo posted:NES collecting is probably pretty boring to y'all, but my new collection just grew in three awesome ways By all accounts, you just got yourself two-and-a-half NES games right there. (Yes, I'm being mean to Fester's Quest, as I feel it's basically the top-down of Blaster Master remixed)
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Feb 28, 2014 22:17
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Bing the Noize posted:This happened to me with my last C64 As someone who orders a lot of board games you would be surprised how many people tape the box and slap a loving sticker on it. I thought it was exclusive to board games but holy poo poo, that's just lazy and awful. Charge me an extra $5 for handling if you need to buy a cardboard box or brown paper, I don't care.
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Feb 28, 2014 22:33
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G-Prime posted:DVI and HDMI are the same signal with different pin and port configuration. The only difference is that DVI doesn't pass audio. I believe it said on the page that he'd be keeping the audio on the multi-out. Yeah I get that the video signals are the same, i just thought it was odd that he'd call it an hdmi mod, but then go with a larger dvi port and make hdmi require an adapter. Also, am I wrong in thinking that if hdmi normally carries sound it going to be hard for most people to select hdmi for video and a separate composite in for audio?
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McFunkerson posted:Yeah I get that the video signals are the same, i just thought it was odd that he'd call it an hdmi mod, but then go with a larger dvi port and make hdmi require an adapter. Eh, it wouldn't be that bad. You can get devices that take DVI + Audio and convert them to HDMI for like $40 from Monoprice.
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Feb 28, 2014 22:51
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WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE Just got this in the mail, awesome game, awesome series. Still need to find III for the Genesis at a reasonable price.
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Feb 28, 2014 23:07
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Little more Retron 5 stuff from Stone Age Gamer, though I thought they said they were under NDA about it. But whatever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsTSiPwAPRQ Edit: Master System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQK4LuikR08 8-bit Miniboss fucked around with this message at 23:16 on Feb 28, 2014 |
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Feb 28, 2014 23:09
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Soul Glo posted:NES collecting is probably pretty boring to y'all Hey, who would say NES collecting is boring around here. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to finish installing these sweet spinning rims on my Colecovision controllers. They go great with the spoiler I put on it.
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Peenmaster posted:
If it makes you feel any better, I'm buying 10 as-is model 1 Genesis decks on Sunday.  And another one with a few controllers on Saturday if the seller ever gets back to me. Soul Glo posted:NES collecting is probably pretty boring to y'all, but my new collection just grew in three awesome ways Nope. Always post more NES. I find it kinda heartwarming to hear about people picking up old games. And get a controller with a turbo fire option if you want to play Fester's Quest for any length of time. Quiet Feet fucked around with this message at 00:05 on Mar 1, 2014 |
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Quiet Feet posted:If it makes you feel any better, I'm buying 10 as-is model 1 Genesis decks on Sunday. Lemme know if you get any with a Signetics CPU!
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d0s posted:WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE Yeah dude this game is all kinds of fun. I love how stuff comes at you from all sides of the screen, like when big rear end ships come down from the top. I love when games pull off making stuff feel big. -- Also holy poo poo I haven't seen the water droplet mousepad in forever!
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Tyson Tomko posted:-- Also holy poo poo I haven't seen the water droplet mousepad in forever! Weird, here at least it's one of the few mousepads you can still find anywhere. I think most people just don't use them anymore but my table screws with the laser like crazy so I have to. EDIT: Tyson Tomko posted:Yeah dude this game is all kinds of fun. I love how stuff comes at you from all sides of the screen, like when big rear end ships come down from the top. I love when games pull off making stuff feel big. Then you need to check out Rayxanber III, which is pretty much all about that and has a ridiculously cool style to boot. d0s fucked around with this message at 00:31 on Mar 1, 2014 |
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d0s posted:Weird, here at least it's one of the few mousepads you can still find anywhere. I think most people just don't use them anymore but my table screws with the laser like crazy so I have to. I guess I'm jaded because all I ever see on a daily basis are work/company related ones. And yeah people poo poo on mousepads a lot but I still use one at home too. I've got one that has a little wrist rest on it that I've had since the late 90s that I plan on having it well into the 2090s. d0s posted:Then you need to check out Rayxanber III, which is pretty much all about that and has a ridiculously cool style to boot. drat! I jumped to around the 9 minute mark and holy poo poo, my jaw literally dropped from the action and the music. Thank you sir, thank you.
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So here's something weird: my toaster NES (supposedly has a new pin connector) doesn't like loading games if I push them down like how you're supposed to. However, it's booted everything first try if I just leave the game in the "up position." Playing games like this won't, like, damage the console somehow, right? Only noticed this when I turned the console on, played Simon's Quest, quit and went to remove the game and found it wasn't pushed down.  Also, yeah, Fester's Quest is hard as balls, but I'm enjoying Metroid way more than when I played it on the 3DS. Original hardware makes a difference. 
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Soul Glo posted:So here's something weird: my toaster NES (supposedly has a new pin connector) doesn't like loading games if I push them down like how you're supposed to. However, it's booted everything first try if I just leave the game in the "up position." Playing games like this won't, like, damage the console somehow, right? It's actually the opposite: pushing the games down WILL damage the pins. Replacement connectors are designed this way because they last longer.
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univbee posted:It's actually the opposite: pushing the games down WILL damage the pins. Replacement connectors are designed this way because they last longer. Huh! No idea. Thanks. It's nice that my console is suddenly about ten times more reliable all of a sudden.
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8-bit Miniboss posted:Little more Retron 5 stuff from Stone Age Gamer, though I thought they said they were under NDA about it. But whatever. It looks alright. I assume the video filter can be turned off for sweet blocky pixels? Also lol 4:3 stretched to widescreen.
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univbee posted:It's actually the opposite: pushing the games down WILL damage the pins. Replacement connectors are designed this way because they last longer. You have to ask yourself what Nintendo was thinking but I'm sure designing a system to act like a VCR was part of the intentional "this is a toy not a game system" marketing.
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al-azad posted:You have to ask yourself what Nintendo was thinking but I'm sure designing a system to act like a VCR was part of the intentional "this is a toy not a game system" marketing. I thought their marketing system was "This is hardcore AV equipment, not a game system", since the NES looks more like something you'd see in a 1960s news editing room than a toy.
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univbee posted:It's actually the opposite: pushing the games down WILL damage the pins. Replacement connectors are designed this way because they last longer. This is the main reason I haven't replaced my connector. I just wanna play games like I did as a kid 
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