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janitorx posted:When I worked at CompUSA back in the day, employee discount was cost+5% I think, i could get a $60 external SCSI cable for around $8. Margin on cables has always been excessive.
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Hillary Clintons Thong posted:i used to have a genesis, super nintendo, and nes RF adapters daisy chained behind the old behemoth console television I was just glad that the Atari 2600 used the same kind of RF adapter as the Coleco Vision, so I just had to reach next to the TV and plug in whichever system I wanted, instead of needing to crawl back there and fiddle with a screwdriver.
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Powered Descent posted:I was just glad that the Atari 2600 used the same kind of RF adapter as the Coleco Vision, so I just had to reach next to the TV and plug in whichever system I wanted, instead of needing to crawl back there and fiddle with a screwdriver. I think at some point I figured out that I could do this with at least the NES and SNES.
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That N64 RF adapter really hits home for me, because my dad somehow managed to get me an N64 for my birthday (it's in December) along with Waverace, and to this day I still appreciate the fact that he probably stood in line for loving hours with a bunch of cranky Christmas shoppers to get it. I had that same issue of not having RCA ports on any TV. We never did get the official one, but he took me to Radio Shack the same day to get a 3rd-party one. ...Doesn't really contribute much to the thread but it's kind of funny how an accessory dongle for a long-dead symbol can carry so much emotional weight  
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Hillary Clintons Thong posted:I think at some point I figured out that I could do this with at least the NES and SNES. And N64 + GameCube IIRC!
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drunk asian neighbor posted:That N64 RF adapter really hits home for me, because my dad somehow managed to get me an N64 for my birthday (it's in December) along with Waverace, and to this day I still appreciate the fact that he probably stood in line for loving hours with a bunch of cranky Christmas shoppers to get it. I had that same issue of not having RCA ports on any TV. We never did get the official one, but he took me to Radio Shack the same day to get a 3rd-party one. I had a third party one (I think Mad Catz) and it was loving garbage. Green, blue, and red colors bled all over the screen and the sound crackled. It sucked.
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Mak0rz posted:I had a third party one (I think Mad Catz) and it was loving garbage. Green, blue, and red colors bled all over the screen and the sound crackled. It sucked. Gotta always check for that Nintendo seal, mang
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Everything made by mad catz is terrible. The only reason they continue to exist is no one can find the company CEO's phylactery. I don't know who they are, but I'd happily punch them in their dusty balls for the mad catz Xbox 360 steering wheel.
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Iron Prince posted:wait mad catz still exists? They were responsible for this hearty chuckle from a while ago, 
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Return Of JimmyJars posted:The only reason Best Buy didn't go into bankruptcy is their CEO figured out you could sell floor/rack space in your big box store to vendors. http://fortune.com/2014/06/10/best-buy-stores/ . They likely make more money subleasing to Samsung, Apple, etc than they make in actual sales. Half the people in store work for the stores within the store and not best buy directly. Appliances also make bank, and they're the 3rd or 4th largest appliance retailer in the US.
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Iron Prince posted:Gotta always check for that Nintendo seal, mang Yeah buddy tell that to my dad. You can't convince him the official one is worth the extra $10
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ishikabibble posted:They were responsible for this hearty chuckle from a while ago,
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ishikabibble posted:They were responsible for this hearty chuckle from a while ago, i have no words
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ishikabibble posted:They were responsible for this hearty chuckle from a while ago, lmfao god drat
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ishikabibble posted:They were responsible for this hearty chuckle from a while ago, holy moly haha
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Not gonna lie I want that control panel for Elite and Mechwarrior ishikabibble posted:They were responsible for this hearty chuckle from a while ago, Oh man
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ishikabibble posted:They were responsible for this hearty chuckle from a while ago,  I somehow missed this when I made my last post. Goddamn
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Well there goes my weekend... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzIPGpKo3Ag Might try it on a 65" Rear Pro and see if it works
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I think I was using RF cable adapters up until the GC/PS2/Xbox era.ishikabibble posted:They were responsible for this hearty chuckle from a while ago, I'm actually kind of impressed that the comment is rather reasonably written. I think Madcatz actually got big into the fighting game community with supposedly high quality sticks and fightpads, which seemed like a real brand mismatch. The Madcatz name is more or less toxic to gamers, no one will take anything with their logo seriously. They should have just rebranded the company and start over again. Original_Z has a new favorite as of 13:33 on Aug 31, 2016 |
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Original_Z posted:They should have just rebranded the company and start over again. They ruined Saitek as well, though the jury is still out on their latest flight stick.
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Carth Dookie posted:They ruined Saitek as well, though the jury is still out on their latest flight stick. Probably going to be just as lovely. I watched a review video and the guy took the throttle apart. It is built the exact same way as earlier models and will probably break in the same fashion.
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The jury isnt still out; its a POS. Last good Saitek stick was the X52 Pro.
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I bought a Mad Catz combination rumble pak/memory card for N64 once, and it only deleted all my saves once!
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drunk asian neighbor posted:I bought a Mad Catz combination rumble pak/memory card for N64 once, and it only deleted all my saves once! That's what you get for buying something that's called mad.
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Last Chance posted:And N64 + GameCube IIRC! All the way to the Wii, I think. They all had the same plug in the back.
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Captain Yossarian posted:For the record I would kill a man for GameCube component cables. So loving expensive it's nuts Dude just buy a Wii. You can get them for like £10 in the UK and the component cables are on amazon for under £5.
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Quote-Unquote posted:Dude just buy a Wii. You can get them for like £10 in the UK and the component cables are on amazon for under £5. Yeah but then you still need to keep the Gamecube for Gameboy games. And then the Wii is completely redundant because you want to be playing Wii games via HDMI on a Wiiu.
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Captain Yossarian posted:For the record I would kill a man for GameCube component cables. So loving expensive it's nuts Holy poo poo you ain't kidding. Auctions on eBay successfully selling for $300. Quote-Unquote posted:Dude just buy a Wii. You can get them for like £10 in the UK and the component cables are on amazon for under £5. AFAIK the Gamecube component cables actually had some sort of signal converter built into them, and therefore playing GC games on a native component connection still looks way better than playing them on a Wii with component.
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Weren't the 1st-party component cables for the Wii pretty hard to find for a while too? Not like $300 hard to find, but I remember people charging (and selling!) like $40-50 for them back in the day. I just used a Gigaware component switcher. $20 and it came with a switch, and component connections for PS2/3, X360 and Wii
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drunk asian neighbor posted:AFAIK the Gamecube component cables actually had some sort of signal converter built into them, and therefore playing GC games on a native component connection still looks way better than playing them on a Wii with component. I was wondering, because I recall Nintendo consoles having the exact same type of plug for their component cables from at least the SNES onwards.
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mind the walrus posted:I was wondering, because I recall Nintendo consoles having the exact same type of plug for their component cables from at least the SNES onwards. You're thinking of the composite cables:  The Analog A/V out in that image is composite, and was the same for the SNES/N64/GC. The Digital A/V out is the component connection, and I'm also pretty sure they removed that connection entirely on later models of the GC.
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Jerry Cotton posted:Yeah but then you still need to keep the Gamecube for Gameboy games. And then the Wii is completely redundant because you want to be playing Wii games via HDMI on a Wiiu. dolphin has full speed wii u emulaton. you still cant emulate ps2 at any reasonable speed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXG73UWzcCQ but the wii is cracked wide open and probably the cheapest/best standard-def set top box you can buy.
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drunk asian neighbor posted:Holy poo poo you ain't kidding. Auctions on eBay successfully selling for $300. This is correct. There was an article online maybe... a year ago or so that someone reverse engineered the chip but I've heard nothing since. Sorry I should have specified I want to play the GBA player on my behemoth CRT HDTV, in HD (a fool's errand probably).
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drunk asian neighbor posted:You're thinking of the composite cables: Hah oh yes. drat. My mistake.
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Jerry Cotton posted:Yeah but then you still need to keep the Gamecube for Gameboy games. And then the Wii is completely redundant because you want to be playing Wii games via HDMI on a Wiiu. Oh I forgot about the GBA on GC thing. Also did all the weird hardware tricks on Eternal Darkness work on the Wii?
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