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The last time I sold a piece of electronics on Craigslist, I just threw one of my UPSes in the trunk and we booted the thing up right in a parking lot. 
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Jan 16, 2015 22:59
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Tyson Tomko posted:I showed my wife the video last night and the first thing she said was "those guys are adorable!"  HOLY MOTHER OF GOD I GOT MY FRAMEMEISTER!! My Genesis looks amazing! I first thought I had a latency issue but soon realized that my original pack-in controller's A and B buttons aren't very responsive anymore. I have to push down hard for anything to register. Any ideas? Dammit, I need new controllers and want a Mega Everdrive now. This thing is sweet! edit: n/m opened it up and took a q-tip with 99% iso to the contacts. Works like new now 
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Jan 17, 2015 00:23
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xamphear posted:The last time I sold a piece of electronics on Craigslist, I just threw one of my UPSes in the trunk and we booted the thing up right in a parking lot. That is brilliant.
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Jan 17, 2015 00:25
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The fact that they recorded the actual mechanical sounds of the motors and buttons and other moving parts in the arcade machines just puts a big dumb grin on my face. Bought 3DABII as soon as I could yesterday and have played with those sounds turned on and it's totally unnecessary but totally rad.
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xamphear posted:The last time I sold a piece of electronics on Craigslist, I just threw one of my UPSes in the trunk and we booted the thing up right in a parking lot. When I moved, 7 years ago? we loaded my DDR machine into a U-haul, tossed a UPS back there, strapped it all down and played an entire set while driving across town. The battery died near the end of the last song, plunging us into darkness. 
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Jan 17, 2015 03:01
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I can't imagine why anyone would want to pay money for these, but this is neat nonetheless: Hamster Corp, the company that owns the catalogues of Jaleco, Nichibutsu and others, has been releasing old pre-smartphone mobile games on PS Mobile under the "Appli Archives" brand and they can be purchased worldwide on PSM-compatible devices, including Vita. Most of the games are terrible ports of arcade games and/or straight-up shovelware but it's still cool to see someone making an effort to preserve these old galapagos games in some fashion. PaletteSwappedNinja fucked around with this message at 03:48 on Jan 17, 2015 |
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Jan 17, 2015 03:46
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I still want to play this version of Valis sometime: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-oSs8rhfbY So hell yea porting weird mobile stuff.
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Jan 17, 2015 03:55
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:I can't imagine why anyone would want to pay money for these, but this is neat nonetheless: Doom RPG was ported to iOS and that's all that matters 
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Jan 17, 2015 03:57
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flyboi posted:Doom RPG was ported to iOS and that's all that matters Did they bring the first one over? The sequel sucked, but the first was fun.
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Chainclaw posted:Did they bring the first one over? The sequel sucked, but the first was fun. Unfortunately not 
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Jan 17, 2015 04:42
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It's been mentioned a couple times now but here's some footage of the latest version of gasega68k's "mode 7" Mega Drive homebrew: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCxu_dWOMW4
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Jan 17, 2015 07:36
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So I'm making a steady pace through Rockman 3 (only playing bits at a time, saving passwords when I've had enough), and have all 8 Robot masters done. Can I talk about how much I hate the 4 Doc Man stages, specifically, Needle Man's bullshit Rush Jet-required part of the level? Because I loathe it. I might cheat and max out E-Tanks, because this poo poo is painful. Just hitting a snag in the middle of my conquest to beat all 6 Rockman Famicom games. 
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Mace Bacon posted:So I'm making a steady pace through Rockman 3 (only playing bits at a time, saving passwords when I've had enough), and have all 8 Robot masters done. Don't forget that the Rush Jet only loses energy when you're standing on it. Jump constantly to make it last forever. My latest obscure game purchase is Circus Caper for the NES, which the label promises me is "the greatest game on earth". I wouldn't take PT Barnum's word for it, but it's amusing and all but forgotten.
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I just skipped nearly 4k posts in this thread (i shamefully haven't kept up after discovering the 3ds, but I plan to remedy that), so forgive me if its been posted, but is anyone going to the Midwest gaming classic this year? http://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/buy-tickets/ I missed it last year, but I'm going this time dammit! And I'm going to get all hella manner of 3ds street passes too 
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Random Stranger posted:My latest obscure game purchase is Circus Caper for the NES, which the label promises me is "the greatest game on earth". I wouldn't take PT Barnum's word for it, but it's amusing and all but forgotten. Man, gently caress this game. I've beaten it when I was a kid. But it's pretty bad.
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Random Stranger posted:Don't forget that the Rush Jet only loses energy when you're standing on it. Jump constantly to make it last forever. Circus Caper looks and feels like a game that was released circa 1986. I could not believe it came out mid-1990. Granted it was out about a year earlier in Japan, but still. It's got a little bit of that early NES game charm where everything is too drat hard and just a little broken. RadicalR posted:Man, gently caress this game. I've beaten it when I was a kid. But it's pretty bad. Yep. I've nearly beaten it by abusing a level skip trick where you jump up into the top left corner of the screen at the start of each stage. Forget how it's done, but I want to say you need to pick up an item (brick?) that enemies drop?
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Jan 17, 2015 21:33
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Anyone have a handle on Virtual Boy (console, stand, visor, controller, etc.) values these days? Price Charting and eBay seem to be all over the place.
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Jan 17, 2015 23:54
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kynikos posted:Anyone have a handle on Virtual Boy (console, stand, visor, controller, etc.) values these days? Price Charting and eBay seem to be all over the place. Are you looking for spare parts? No idea about the parts separately, but a full system that works should cost $55-75
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:I just skipped nearly 4k posts in this thread (i shamefully haven't kept up after discovering the 3ds, but I plan to remedy that), so forgive me if its been posted, but is anyone going to the Midwest gaming classic this year? Is this big enough to be worth traveling for? I'd be coming from DC, but it's over my birthday weekend, so it might be a fun present to myself to go check it out.
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Agrias120 posted:Is this big enough to be worth traveling for? I'd be coming from DC, but it's over my birthday weekend, so it might be a fun present to myself to go check it out. I know some people from this thread went last year and i think a few flew in. I've never been so I can't tell you if its worth it, but this thread seemed to have a fun time there. The goon who's really good at splatter house (can't remember their name) was there I think, and a few others from SA, maybe they can chime in. I'll be there this year with some friends, but it's a 20 minute drive for me
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Started playing through Super Metroid, the first Metroid title I've ever played. I'm pretty poo poo at platforming and the boss battles have been giving me trouble, but it's so drat satisfying making progress in this game.
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Jan 18, 2015 01:57
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Nintendo Kid posted:Are you looking for spare parts? I'm actually trying to sell mine and have everything needed. It seems like the spare parts go for quite a bit on their own. Go figure.
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Why is Kirby: Return to Dreamland (or whatever the wii game is) so expensive? We have it from gamefly and I'd like to buy it but drat, the eBay prices are nuts for a mediocre wii game.
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:I just skipped nearly 4k posts in this thread (i shamefully haven't kept up after discovering the 3ds, but I plan to remedy that), so forgive me if its been posted, but is anyone going to the Midwest gaming classic this year? I always get excited when I hear that name since I live in the midwest, but then I remember that for some reason the general US definition of "midwest" is actually really far north and east. v  v So it's surprisingly a bit too far out of my way, sadly.
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New doujindance modded PCEngine Duo-R. You should jump on this if you don't have one. http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEC-PC-Engine-DUO-R-RGB-TG16-model-New-Lens-/201266560616?ssPageName=ADME:B:FSEL:US:1123
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Bean posted:Why is Kirby: Return to Dreamland (or whatever the wii game is) so expensive? We have it from gamefly and I'd like to buy it but drat, the eBay prices are nuts for a mediocre wii game. It's from a semi-major Nintendo franchise so has demand, but is a few years old and not a Mario or Zelda game so it's Out of Print.
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If it's got Nintendo on it and you're in the western world, if it's not belonging to a scalper yet you better jump on it.
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I held off on Kirby: Return to Dreamland because I was waiting for it to go down to bargain price. Guess that didn't work.
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So annoying when you solder in some ICs to find your gently caress rear end reproduction gray screens. To the trash with you!!!!
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Nintendo games almost never get marked down on their own, you usually need to cash in on a buy one get one general sale or such. And if it doesn't have Mario or Zelda on it it's likely to go out of print
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The Milkman posted:Nintendo games almost never get marked down on their own, you usually need to cash in on a buy one get one general sale or such. And if it doesn't have Mario or Zelda on it it's likely to go out of print Sure they do, but it's the games outside of the big franchises. I just bought a copy of Trace Memory for $1.50, for example.
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Kirby games always have low print numbers, especially in Europe. Don't wait if you want to get them at all. Saoshyant fucked around with this message at 21:59 on Jan 18, 2015 |
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Jan 18, 2015 21:53
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Epic Yarn actually dropped in price and is pretty easy to find. Return to Dreamland came out a bit later and kind of when the Wii was on its way out. Mass Attack is also pretty easy to find. Both of them weren't quite traditional Kirby games, though.
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What are my options for video quality if I've got a 1CHIP SNES without getting into any in-depth modding? I'm not looking for any ways to electrocute myself, I just want to know if I can do anything without spending tons of money or learning how to actually solder things. I'm using a CRT that does have an RF port, if that matters.
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DoubleDonut posted:What are my options for video quality if I've got a 1CHIP SNES without getting into any in-depth modding? I'm not looking for any ways to electrocute myself, I just want to know if I can do anything without spending tons of money or learning how to actually solder things. I'm using a CRT that does have an RF port, if that matters. The RF port is the opposite of what you want for video quality. If you're just using that TV, then I hope you have SVideo or Composite at least. Otherwise, get a PVM or something and use BNC I guess. That's not my realm of expertise.
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8-bit Miniboss posted:The RF port is the opposite of what you want for video quality. I don't know what a PVM and BNC are but thanks I guess? Also I have SVideo and Composite on the TV, but the only cable I actually have for the SNES is the RF adapter; I wasn't sure if I needed to buy anything fancy besides the cable itself.
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DoubleDonut posted:What are my options for video quality if I've got a 1CHIP SNES without getting into any in-depth modding? I'm not looking for any ways to electrocute myself, I just want to know if I can do anything without spending tons of money or learning how to actually solder things. I'm using a CRT that does have an RF port, if that matters. DoubleDonut posted:I don't know what a PVM and BNC are but thanks I guess? If it's a full-size SNES of the 1CHIP variety and not a SNES Mini, then the full range of options are available to you without any modding at all. Since you have a normal CRT with S-Video, that will be your best option, without getting into any PVM nonsense, however, there's a certain issue with getting S-Video cables for the SNES/N64/Gamecube... The good ones that don't have crosstalk problems are all popular and as a result suffer price gouging on ebay and such. I believe someone was making good new ones recently for a reasonable price but I can't remember who it was now.
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DoubleDonut posted:I don't know what a PVM and BNC are but thanks I guess? Then get a S-Video cable (random ebay, no idea on quality but might be better to shop around). That'll be the highest quality you can get with that TV.
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