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Light Gun Man posted:And how could I forget, the best Zelda-ish game on the NES: Startropics! Please everyone play StarTropics. It is a really good game and I love it.
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So I just got a free random NEC fullscreen LCD monitor. If it was widescreen I'd consider using it for a random HTPC application but this 4:3 fullscreen has video gaming written all over it. I'm just not sure what I will use it for yet. It's only got VGA and DVI inputs, so the first thing that comes to mind is using it with a Dreamcast...but my Dreamcast is already VGAed into my living room TV. My question, are there any other consoles out that can output VGA and aren't obscenely expensive to do? I don't want to waste this monitor but I'm having trouble thinking of other options that wouldn't be financially stupid.
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Mar 12, 2015 20:30
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Speaking of Sega: 3D Outrun came out today and if you have a 3DS, tap to purchase now!! It's awesome!
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Tyson Tomko posted:So I just got a free random NEC fullscreen LCD monitor. If it was widescreen I'd consider using it for a random HTPC application but this 4:3 fullscreen has video gaming written all over it. I'm just not sure what I will use it for yet. It's only got VGA and DVI inputs, so the first thing that comes to mind is using it with a Dreamcast...but my Dreamcast is already VGAed into my living room TV. Og xbox + emulators.
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Mar 12, 2015 21:46
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RodShaft posted:Og xbox + emulators. Holy poo poo I had no idea the OG xbox could output VGA! This is so going to happen. Thank you! A month or so ago I found some really cheap monitor/small tv mounts on monoprice so I'm sure I can come up with something really creative here. If I get my hands on another OG xbox I may even make it into a garage and/or guest room machine so I can play random emulators OR music/videos.
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Mar 12, 2015 21:53
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Tyson Tomko posted:Holy poo poo I had no idea the OG xbox could output VGA! This is so going to happen. Thank you! Along these lines, since hacking the Xbox is super old at this point, I can't find any good pages telling me how the heck to do it. Does anyone have any resources for that?
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Mar 12, 2015 22:19
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The_Frag_Man posted:Is the 360 retro yet? I'm pretty sure it came out like 10 years ago now. I'd say it's at least very close. There are only 4 confirmed games for it pending release, and all of those will have next-gen versions (battlefield hardline, mortal kombat x, mgs5 phantom pain and rise of the tomb raider). The ps3 has more happening due to Japan and indies. I've been treating it as retro for a few years, if there's interest I can do a  megapost of sorts for it from a collector's standpoint.
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Mar 12, 2015 22:33
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Maybe you retro experts can help me out. I'm unloading quite a bit of retro gaming stuff and I was trying to get an idea of pricing. I checked the recent completed auctions on eBay. Is that a pretty good indicator? Some of the stuff seemed to fetch quite a high price (especially for SNES) and I wanted to make sure I wasn't misreading something. For example, the Gamecube component cable goes for over $200 now and Chronotrigger is $100 for just the cart. Is there a recommended resource for setting a price? Is this even the right thread for this type of question?
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Mar 12, 2015 23:33
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Jose Oquendo posted:Maybe you retro experts can help me out. I'm unloading quite a bit of retro gaming stuff and I was trying to get an idea of pricing. I checked the recent completed auctions on eBay. Is that a pretty good indicator? Some of the stuff seemed to fetch quite a high price (especially for SNES) and I wanted to make sure I wasn't misreading something. For example, the Gamecube component cable goes for over $200 now and Chronotrigger is $100 for just the cart. Those are somewhat accurate prices. It's a terrible bubble.
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8-bit Miniboss posted:Those are somewhat accurate prices. It's a terrible bubble. So I should sell sell sell before it bursts?
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Mar 12, 2015 23:36
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univbee posted:I'd say it's at least very close. There are only 4 confirmed games for it pending release, and all of those will have next-gen versions (battlefield hardline, mortal kombat x, mgs5 phantom pain and rise of the tomb raider). The ps3 has more happening due to Japan and indies. I've been treating it as retro for a few years, if there's interest I can do a Do it. There's enough interesting stuff on the 360 that has gone unnoticed. There's a bunch of good imports and even hidden gems exclusive to XBLA and surprisingly the terrible Indie store as well.
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Mar 12, 2015 23:38
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Jose Oquendo posted:So I should sell sell sell before it bursts? Only if you can live with the regret.  If you don't care, yeah gently caress it, sell it all.
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univbee posted:I've been treating it as retro for a few years, if there's interest I can do a Yes please! That's why I was asking. I just picked up one recently and have started researching the exclusives.
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Jose Oquendo posted:Maybe you retro experts can help me out. I'm unloading quite a bit of retro gaming stuff and I was trying to get an idea of pricing. I checked the recent completed auctions on eBay. Is that a pretty good indicator? Some of the stuff seemed to fetch quite a high price (especially for SNES) and I wanted to make sure I wasn't misreading something. For example, the Gamecube component cable goes for over $200 now and Chronotrigger is $100 for just the cart. I'm in the midst of doing this myself. Check out http://videogames.pricecharting.com/ if you haven't already.
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kynikos posted:I'm in the midst of doing this myself. Check out http://videogames.pricecharting.com/ if you haven't already. I tend to use rarityguide.com myself.
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Welp, with the current pricing on 16bit/32bit games, I've decided it's time to start collecting for the Sega Master System. Pretty excited to grab one, mod it for s-video and FM audio and play the poo poo out of it. E: Just got a Game Genie, Sword of Vermilion, and Advanced Daisenryaku World War to test some region mods on the Genesis.  This looks AMAZING. Kazvall fucked around with this message at 01:20 on Mar 13, 2015 |
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A challenger to Drakon appears!!!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDPd50h2jcs Trigger warning: horrible mod job. Guy takes composite from the NES, shoves it through one of those cheap lovely eBay HDMI upscalers and sells it as a hdmi NES  mmmmmm dem pixels
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Mar 13, 2015 02:25
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al-azad posted:Do it. There's enough interesting stuff on the 360 that has gone unnoticed. There's a bunch of good imports and even hidden gems exclusive to XBLA and surprisingly the terrible Indie store as well. The Indie store is really excellent. Every game has to have a demo so you can actually try it. And the user ratings work rather well.
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univbee posted:I'd say it's at least very close. There are only 4 confirmed games for it pending release, and all of those will have next-gen versions (battlefield hardline, mortal kombat x, mgs5 phantom pain and rise of the tomb raider). The ps3 has more happening due to Japan and indies. I've been treating it as retro for a few years, if there's interest I can do a That's actually normal, because we're in the pre-e3 radio silence stretch up to May/June now.
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flyboi posted:A challenger to Drakon appears!!!!!! Ouch! I think I cut my eyeball on those jagged pixels 
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Kazvall posted:Welp, with the current pricing on 16bit/32bit games, I've decided it's time to start collecting for the Sega Master System. Pretty excited to grab one, mod it for s-video and FM audio and play the poo poo out of it. I didn't think you could make Churchill look more smug, but there you go.
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Shlomo Palestein posted:Along these lines, since hacking the Xbox is super old at this point, I can't find any good pages telling me how the heck to do it. Does anyone have any resources for that? Are you asking for info on modding an original Xbox or info on the VGA aspect of it? I've been a huge follower of the xbox modding scene since back in the day and would be happy to hook you up. The site http://www.xbox-scene.com/ is still around but (can be a pain to sort through it all) should have all the info you could ever want in the tutorials/forums. Anyway before I/we go on rambling just want to make sure this is what you were asking about.
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Tyson Tomko posted:Holy poo poo I had no idea the OG xbox could output VGA! This is so going to happen. Thank you! Wamdoodle posted:Ouch! I think I cut my eyeball on those jagged pixels
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After some searching around I'm not sure if the OG xbox over VGA will happen or not. If the cables are out there they're not easy to find and probably not cheap. It does component well enough so maybe I'll use that 4:3 monitor with a laptop or computer something instead. Something to think about regardless and I'll keep on looking at what I can find. I'm sooooo glad I've been too lazy to grab my credit card and put cash on my 3ds eshop account. I've been meaning to buy the Phoenix Wright Dual Destinies game for a while but have been putting it off. It FINALLY went on sale for 40% off so I pounced on that poo poo. It's the first "new" game I've bought in quite a while. Loving it!
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If we're still recommending Zelda-likes, Crusader of Centy for Genesis. Good luck finding a cheap copy.
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iastudent posted:
Hell yes, I love Toaplan. Their latter games are especially goregeous. Hopefully they're not too expensive to acquire.
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RodShaft posted:I vaguely remember something about certain ones not able to output vga, but that may be a decade old hooey memory. OG XBox does not have vga out http://www.gamesx.com/avpinouts/xbox.htm ...but it does! (with a patched bios) Details here http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?/topic/603901-frostythesnowmans-vga-biosevox-m8plus-patcher-v08-bugfix/ flyboi fucked around with this message at 03:58 on Mar 13, 2015 |
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Cloks posted:If we're still recommending Zelda-likes, Crusader of Centy for Genesis. Good luck finding a cheap copy. I'd like to think that Sega bought out Atlus for the sole purpose of re-releasing Centy.
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Ofecks posted:Hell yes, I love Toaplan. Their latter games are especially goregeous. Hopefully they're not too expensive to acquire. I got those from various arcade forums which tend to price things more fairly than eBay, but even on there those particular boards aren't too much more. Sadly, much of Toaplan's other games are overpriced nowadays.
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Cloks posted:If we're still recommending Zelda-likes, Crusader of Centy for Genesis. Good luck finding a cheap copy. You missed the boat on that buddy, one of the first games I recommended. 
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Was watching Game Sack today during a break at work and found a Sunsoft game for some reason that flew completely under my radar and I'm sure the rest of the thread will be like "duh, idiot." Hebereke / Ufouria: The Saga I guess this game never came out in the states and according to Game Sack the PAL release is expensive as poo poo. Good thing I have an Everdrive! Checkmate, retro bubble  Anyways it plays like baby's first metroidvania with quite a large map  You start as a dude who can't do much of anything but stomp on bad guys but as you progress through the game you remind your friends through suggestive means that they should be helping you which unlocks other abilities such as swimming/high jump and can switch freely between characters like Little Samson. On top of this there are items all over the place which can be collected and all that fun stuff. And the art is really good  If you're as stupid as me and never played it I highly suggest giving it a whirl as it's pretty fun.
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Just ordered a Sega Master System with a copy of Shinobi. Any other games you guys would recommend? I've never owned or played a Master System before so I'm not sure exactly what to get right off the bat.
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Ufouria's on the Virtual Console but be warned: the VC version is the PAL version running at 60HZ, but because Sunsoft used unusual techniques to create their signature bass sound, and because they actually retimed the music for the PAL release, the music is all hosed up when played at 60HZ.All Frogs posted:Just ordered a Sega Master System with a copy of Shinobi. Any other games you guys would recommend? I've never owned or played a Master System before so I'm not sure exactly what to get right off the bat. Phantasy Star, Golden Axe Warrior, Wonder Boy in Monster Land and/or Dragon's Trap, Alex Kidd in Miracle World, hmm...
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Ufouria's on the Virtual Console but be warned: the VC version is the PAL version running at 60HZ, but because Sunsoft used unusual techniques to create their signature bass sound, and because they actually retimed the music for the PAL release, the music is all hosed up when played at 60HZ. http://www.romhacking.net/translations/1798/ Good thing the Japanese version has a translation patch!
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flyboi posted:Was watching Game Sack today during a break at work and found a Sunsoft game for some reason that flew completely under my radar and I'm sure the rest of the thread will be like "duh, idiot." "Duh, idiot."  It's a great game, but I definitely recommend the Famicom version over the European version. It's not cheap, but 4000 yen is better than $200. While it's part of a fairly extensive series, I think the first game is the only one worth playing. Sunsoft seems to have tried to use the characters as mascots and slapped them onto a bunch of games that are just kind of okay.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Phantasy Star, Golden Axe Warrior, Wonder Boy in Monster Land and/or Dragon's Trap, Alex Kidd in Miracle World, hmm... Thanks! I'll keep an eye out for them.
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All Frogs posted:Just ordered a Sega Master System with a copy of Shinobi. Any other games you guys would recommend? I've never owned or played a Master System before so I'm not sure exactly what to get right off the bat. The Shinobi port is pretty nice and stands apart from the arcade version, so you're off to a good start. Similarly, Alex Kidd in Shinobi World is the only Alex Kidd game worth playing. Golvellius is Compile's answer to Zelda and plays a lot like The Guardian Legend. All of the Wonder Boy games are pretty cool. Kenseiden is extremely difficult and reminds me a lot of Castlevania.
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All Frogs posted:Just ordered a Sega Master System with a copy of Shinobi. Any other games you guys would recommend? I've never owned or played a Master System before so I'm not sure exactly what to get right off the bat. In a couple days we'll be SMS buddies! I'm basically in the same boat as you. Never owned a Master System before. Have you considered doing the FM sound mod? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISECbbAoBlw
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