|
Your average crook's main tool of the trade is still a lovely saturday night special that shoots some mouse caliber and all the above the ground gun stores only carry hunting guns.
|
#
?
Nov 7, 2016 18:59
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 4, 2024 04:54 |
|
|
Co-op heists would include the North Hollywood Shootout.
|
|
#
?
Nov 7, 2016 19:07
|
|
|
KozmoNaut posted:It's really hard for me to care about MRAs (sadsack neckbeards) or the new Ghostbusters movie (mediocre at best).
|
|
#
?
Nov 7, 2016 19:12
|
|
|
KozmoNaut posted:So here's a game series I just finished collecting (no, I am not getting the portable/mobile-only games, because they suck. I do own RDR and Bully, though). Excuse me, but Chinatown Wars is a far better game than either LCS or VCS.  The drug dealing minigame alone makes it a really neat little experience.
|
|
#
?
Nov 7, 2016 21:19
|
|
|
Ruflux posted:Excuse me, but Chinatown Wars is a far better game than either LCS or VCS. I tried the DS version, and it sucked. Maybe the PSP version is good, though
|
|
#
?
Nov 8, 2016 08:02
|
|
|
The iPhone version of Chinatown Wars is probably the easiest of the series to play when using the lovely onscreen controls.
|
|
#
?
Nov 9, 2016 02:17
|
|
|
So I found back a giant box labeled playstation games. It was full of not only PS games but 50 Nes games, a dozen genesis games, 9 snes games a few game genies and a super gameboy. Along with some sega cd and retro pc/mac games. Windows 3.1 floppies sealed etc.. I will post pics when I get decent internet. I know I have more boxes than this and the Snes organizer I already posted, I need to keep looking for the rest. Big find was my Snes earthbound cart. Now I have the manual and cart and just need to find the box. Should I try the game or just replace the battery first? my turn in the barrel has a new favorite as of 04:45 on Nov 9, 2016 |
|
#
?
Nov 9, 2016 04:42
|
|
|
Just wanted to add... Added a Bluetooth-serial module and RS232-TTL level converter to the inside of my Apple IIc last night. I also finished Retrobrigting the entire case and monitor. I can now wirelessly send disk images to/from the IIc using ADTPro on any bluetooth enabled computer, at a speedy 115,200 baud!
|
|
#
?
Nov 9, 2016 19:21
|
|
|
I got a chance to upload some pics of the box labeled Playstation games Not exactly a correct label  I tended to save boxes and reciepts  And inside the Rev X box was a bunch of manuals  But on the tech relic front, who remembers ordering Netscape by mail?  Or getting sampler discs of PSX games  Weird Internet providers  And promo Cd singles  I must have gotten this when I worked at bestbuy 
|
|
#
?
Nov 10, 2016 17:12
|
|
|
I traded in all my NES/SNES/N64 games to get an original Xbox. At the time it was great because I modded it and had all those games on the drive anyway, but nowadays I miss my haul  Also it turns out I had at least 1 game that today would sell on eBay for enough to buy me an Xbone Elite (Snow Brothers NES, complete in box) soooooo
|
|
#
?
Nov 10, 2016 17:18
|
|
|
my turn in the barrel posted:But on the tech relic front, who remembers ordering Netscape by mail? Oh man I sold boxed copies of Netscape to customers at my ISP. Had a whole shelf full of those $60 fuckers right by my head And I sold them like my life depended on it, because it was either that or allow my hapless customers to suffer under the yoke of MSIE, and call me with tech support questions because the websites I'd written didn't work
|
|
#
?
Nov 10, 2016 17:20
|
|
|
Millenials ruined garage sales. Used to find so many old video games and computer equipment and random poo poo like shoeboxes full of old Magic: The Gathering cards, but nowadays good luck finding anything even remotely fun if you get there after 9:05AM
|
|
#
?
Nov 10, 2016 17:22
|
|
|
I've never found anything worthwhile at a garage sale. I've found it's just easier to treat myself to Ebay once in a while.
|
|
#
?
Nov 10, 2016 19:10
|
|
|
Casimir Radon posted:I've never found anything worthwhile at a garage sale. I've found it's just easier to treat myself to Ebay once in a while. There used to be a guy who'd set up a massive vendor table at the University of Calgary every month or so in 2010-2012 with a million retro games and consoles. I was a grad student and could not afford any of them but man some of his selection was pretty amazing. I dunno if he's still doing it, but I doubt he stopped because college students eat that poo poo right up.
|
|
#
?
Nov 10, 2016 19:39
|
|
|
there's a guy at this flea market in Vermont we've been going to since I was a kid who has a whole stall of retro games. He's been there as long as I can remember and I'm almost 100% sure he's selling NES/SNES/Genesis games for more than he was selling them 15-20 years ago  Casimir Radon posted:I've never found anything worthwhile at a garage sale. I've found it's just easier to treat myself to Ebay once in a while. I never really hit the motherlode but I've picked up a few guitars on the cheap (mostly broken stuff that the early birds dismissed because it's not instantly-flippable), some other musical gear like effects pedals and such, some really awesome CDs, and the occasional retro PC thingy. When I was a kid, though, there'd be 8/16-bit consoles and games all over the place at garage sales. eBay suffers from the exact same thing, honestly. It's really hard to find deals on certain things, because everyone knows what everything is worth, etc. Like I definitely get sweet deals on random poo poo on eBay all the time, but as far as like old music gear or video games and such go, it's next to impossible to get anything cheaper than whatever arbitrary price is set on half-decent NES platformers and such Like, $250+ for a cart-only copy of Snow Brothers? game was fun but it wasn't that fun.
|
|
#
?
Nov 10, 2016 19:49
|
|
|
I've found really amazing things at garage sales and thrift shops. EBay and a lovely economy has made finding deals harder and harder. One of my favorite places is church rummage sales. It's old ladies who have no idea what anything is and are not computer savvy selling poo poo that got dumped by other old ladies. But you need to go the first day in the AM or all the good poo poo is gone. Sometimes the last day can be worthwhile because they need to get rid of everything that didn't sell.
|
|
#
?
Nov 10, 2016 20:00
|
|
|
Kelp Me! posted:$250+ for a cart-only copy of Snow Brothers? game was fun but it wasn't that fun. $10K for Metal Slug X for NeoGeo MVS.
|
|
#
?
Nov 10, 2016 22:09
|
|
|
KozmoNaut posted:$10K for Metal Slug X for NeoGeo MVS. Was going to reply saying that was a steal for a NeoGeo game. Then I saw the K 
|
|
#
?
Nov 10, 2016 22:17
|
|
|
Neito posted:Man, I miss playing terrible calculator games. Anyone remember DrugWar? I know this post is a few days old but DrugWar was how I found about Something Awful in the first place.
|
|
#
?
Nov 10, 2016 23:46
|
|
|
KozmoNaut posted:$10K for Metal Slug X for NeoGeo MVS. There's a pretty big difference between a throwaway NES game and an actual arcade board for an iconic version of an iconic game series
|
|
#
?
Nov 10, 2016 23:51
|
|
|
my turn in the barrel posted:I got a chance to upload some pics of the box labeled Playstation games You should get in touch with someone involved with TCRF or Jul and see if they want rips of those demo and preview discs. A lot of times there's leftovers development stuff or unused content in those that isn't in the finished game. If nothing else it's cool to see what changed from one build to the next.
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 00:19
|
|
|
Kelp Me! posted:There's a pretty big difference between a throwaway NES game and an actual arcade board for an iconic version of an iconic game series iconic
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 00:26
|
|
|
EVIL NOONER posted:iconic ...yes?
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 00:30
|
|
|
Kelp Me! posted:There's a pretty big difference between a throwaway NES game and an actual arcade board for an iconic version of an iconic game series Yes, but it's still ridiculously expensive.
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 01:22
|
|
|
Jerry Cotton posted:Only 90s kids will remember penis inspection day. I was *this close* to forgetting that grown men made me take my pants off twice a year in elementary school.
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 02:23
|
|
|
I got out all of my Commodore 64 stuff. Keyboard and what I think was a lockout chip for World Class Leaderboard golf. My memory may be faulty the purpose of the red thing. The black thing in the background is a massive power brick.  Startup screen. I was trying to load a user-programmed version of Breakout. The disk drive didn't want to cooperate, however, and get past its warm-up into actually attempting to load. The monitor is not the original one, that being monochrome and a color I can't remember. My father decided he wanted to go fancy, though, and drove us 2.5 hours to Tallahassee, the nearest place with what he was looking for.  The drive's being finicky, but the cartridge slot is not! Commodore produced this game and I have a handful manufactured by Atari.  Guides, cleaner, a box containing Richard Petty's Talladega and a complete basic version of the Incredible Musical Keyboard.  You couldn't do much with the basic IMK, but the demos on the disk for the full version are fantastic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxyAe0vWE0M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl51dHcDdo8 Games! And word processing stuff.  Board for Suspended, a Commodore-produced text game.  More manuals.  The PrintMaster. I can't remember if it was separate or came with the printer. You could print in color, but the ink tapes were much more expensive and the color was awful.   
RC and Moon Pie has a new favorite as of 04:24 on Nov 11, 2016 |
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 04:18
|
|
|
RC and Moon Pie posted:I got out all of my Commodore 64 stuff. If you haven't touched this stuff in quite awhile or haven't serviced your disk drive, then it's a good chance your drive is finicky cause the drive belt has disintegrated or gone gummy.
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 05:09
|
|
|
I'm the Computer AIDS. Those Memorex and Kodak branded floppies are bringing back serious memories.
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 05:23
|
|
|
RC and Moon Pie posted:I got out all of my Commodore 64 stuff. Oh my god this post is my jam  I have that exact same PrintMaster manual somewhere, and I am so envious that you have a full Incredible Musical Keyboard. Powered Descent posted:Those Memorex and Kodak branded floppies are bringing back serious memories. This, but the Commodore disk sleeve. gently caress I love Commodore's aesthetic. quote:I'm the Computer AIDS. Same. e. What's the make/model of that monitor, anyway? Is it composite or chroma/luma?
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 06:14
|
|
|
KozmoNaut posted:Yes, but it's still ridiculously expensive.
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 06:26
|
|
|
Code Jockey posted:
Magnavox Color Monitor 40 and chroma/luma. About half of those games were purchased from Sears. The MECC disk is interesting in that it has not just Oregon Trail, but Furs and Voyageur. One of the Kodaks has a ton of really simple little games on them, such as Lemonade. What were the origins of these? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ug19DaoaPB0
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 07:48
|
|
|
my turn in the barrel posted:I got a chance to upload some pics of the box labeled Playstation games "...Aerosmiths car!" Humphreys has a new favorite as of 14:15 on Nov 11, 2016 |
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 08:20
|
|
|
Humphreys posted:ReV X GO ON run to MOMMY! God has sent us a sign https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3SqZItY9gk&t=93s my turn in the barrel has a new favorite as of 08:41 on Nov 11, 2016 |
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 08:38
|
|
|
Arms_Akimbo posted:I was *this close* to forgetting that grown men made me take my pants off twice a year in elementary school. Am I being trolled here or did you go to Catholic school or something?
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 09:34
|
|
|
I sunk so many quarters into those light gun games at the arcade in my time. Lethal Enforcers, Virtua Cop, Time Crisis, House of the Dead, Mad Dog McCree, Silent Scope, Area 51, and yes, Revolution X. Because in Revolution X, music is the weapon! *destroys school bus with flaming CD's while "Eat The Rich" plays on a perpetual 4 second loop* Lucky & Wild was also sick as hell, because 1 person could play as the driver of the car, and the other person shot the lightgun at the screen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RqqaqUHsuU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2h6c8mvATI
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 09:46
|
|
|
Somebody in this thread has posted how terrible garage sales are sometimes, with people needing to expressly state that they don't want early birds there. It's insane for me to think that someone would just show up at a house before the opening times just to see if he can score some sweet nes games. Does anybody have any specific stories of this?
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 10:14
|
|
|
Jerry Cotton posted:Am I being trolled here or did you go to Catholic school or something? WTF were they "checking" for if this was indeed a real thing?
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 10:16
|
|
|
Robnoxious posted:Yeah, I always thought penis inspection was a 4chan lulz bit. I have Bulgarian friends who told me of both penis and anal inspection in school. Despite jokes about it, it did not seem to have been an elaborate prank or a child abuse ring. Our theory was government monitoring abnormalities, probably in light of Chernobyl.
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 10:35
|
|
|
Non Serviam posted:I have Bulgarian friends who told me of both penis and anal inspection in school. Despite jokes about it, it did not seem to have been an elaborate prank or a child abuse ring. Our theory was government monitoring abnormalities, probably in light of Chernobyl. So, this never happened in the US, right? I don't recall school officials looking at my genitals during that hearing/vision/health test thing they did in elementary school.
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 10:41
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 4, 2024 04:54 |
|
|
Grand Prize Winner posted:So, this never happened in the US, right? I don't recall school officials looking at my genitals during that hearing/vision/health test thing they did in elementary school. In South America I went to a poor school in elementary school, and we had lice check. On our heads. Nobody looked or touched my genital or Anus. Edit. Not even in Catholic school! Heyooo
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 10:49
|
|