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Yeah, it's an awesome controller, but I can't believe how much they go for these days.
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Kramdar posted:Stop it. Please. What's done is done. Water ruins everything. nnnoooooo
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Apr 30, 2017 18:48
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no one wants your musty-rear end wrinklefucked manuals. by trying to keep it alive you tarnish whatever collection it is a part of. any game it is paired with can never truly be CIB
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Apr 30, 2017 18:56
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No one wanted NES cartridges twenty years ago, and now an old Panic Restaurant, its label worn by soda spills and its casing festooned with rental stickers, can buy you a yacht.
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Apr 30, 2017 19:25
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I got one of those as soon as they came out and while the larger directional pad is nice overall they suck almost as bad as the regular GameCube controller because of the button placement, but because the body is shaped like an SNES pad they're always talked up like they're God's Gamepad. EDIT: Indirectly related, LMAO Smash... http://compete.kotaku.com/smash-god-drops-out-of-tournament-because-his-controlle-1794769487 The example is really weird to me, like I could back dash/run/etc. whenever on Soul Calibur 2, CvS2, etc. on the GameCube and as much as I love fighting games I suck at them. I know Smash obviously plays very differently but is there a gap in execution or something where people get used to letting go of the stick after each movement in Smash only? Neo Rasa fucked around with this message at 20:02 on Apr 30, 2017 |
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Apr 30, 2017 19:36
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This is the only way playing Panel de Pon on the Nintendo Puzzle Collection disc seems at all feasible.
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Neo Rasa posted:Indirectly related, LMAO Smash... This is so dumb quote:The amount and type of PODE can change any time, so at the moment, the competitively best GCCs are inherently unreliable. So, so dumb. But competitive smash is dumb all the way down, so... yeah.
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Apr 30, 2017 23:40
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Gorgolflox posted:Wait, what? Is there a way to fix water damaged booklets? My small collection of CIB Saturn/Sega CD games got damaged in a flood a few years ago and I've stubbornly held on to them. Been thinking about replacing or just getting rid of some of them but Dragon Force is pretty expensive so if I could repair the booklet that'd be swell What type of magic device to dry cleaners have? Maybe that would do something.
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May 1, 2017 00:13
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Unrelated to that ^, I've just flashed a Saturn Action Replay with Pseudo Saturn Kai. Used swap trick to boot to the flasher, it went surprisingly well. Anyhow, does this somehow marry the action replay to your device? I have two saturns, I did this in what I will call the jankier one (scratched up, loud disc moving noises, etc). When I move the Kai'd Action Replay to the other Saturn, it doesn't seem to detect it at all, it just asks as if it's not inserted. Is this normal, or does my other Saturn maybe just have a screwed up cartridge slot?
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May 1, 2017 00:15
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Gorgolflox posted:why is Virtual Hydlide going for $40+??? Because it's legendarily terrible & US Saturn (and retro in general) prices have been jumping up over time.
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May 1, 2017 00:27
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Water damage absolutely makes the thing not salvageable and in no way is it worth "doing" unless you're talking about something which is literally in a museum (a real, prestigious museum, with government employees). A friend of mine works in a company that sells bulk paper (like, giant rolls weighing literal tons with massive price tags) with tremendous cash flow, and they extensively tried to find ways to "salvage" rolls that got soaked but this was effectively found to be more or less impossible and now they just hang onto rolls with such damage as training material for newly-hired forklift drivers since it's not as if they can gently caress up those rolls any harder in any way that matters. You want to fix it? Put $15 in your Paypal account, go on eBay, replace it.
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May 1, 2017 00:51
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Paper has memory. I bought a long rear end poster years ago that I could never get to stay flat and would always try to roll itself back together. I ended up throwing it away because where I was storing it had some water leak in and ruined it. All damage to paper is permanent.
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May 1, 2017 00:54
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falz posted:Unrelated to that ^, I've just flashed a Saturn Action Replay with Pseudo Saturn Kai. Used swap trick to boot to the flasher, it went surprisingly well. Anyhow, does this somehow marry the action replay to your device? I have two saturns, I did this in what I will call the jankier one (scratched up, loud disc moving noises, etc). The cart isn't tied to the Saturn. It's just that Saturns have notoriously bad cart slots. Just keep on trying till it works. Cleaning probably wouldn't hurt either. You also have to power off between each attempt. It's not hot-pluggable. azurite fucked around with this message at 00:58 on May 1, 2017 |
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May 1, 2017 00:55
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There are methods to fix up water damaged paper, but it's some real "you happen to have access to a museum-grade restoration lab and a few million bucks" stuff.
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So I just got the Cross and Dracula's Ring in Simon's Quest. Nothing left to do but beat up that jerk. It might be stockholm syndrome but I think I like this game. It's kind of cool to see a sort of proto-SotN. Castlevania 1 is definitely more fun though.
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May 1, 2017 01:54
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Gorgolflox posted:why is Virtual Hydlide going for $40+??? ProJared, a decently popular youtuber, did a video on it a while back and that probably drew some attention to it. Combine with a small print run and... yeah.
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worthless. posted:So I just got the Cross and Dracula's Ring in Simon's Quest. Nothing left to do but beat up that jerk. It might be stockholm syndrome but I think I like this game. It's kind of cool to see a sort of proto-SotN. Castlevania 1 is definitely more fun though. I like to think of Simon's Quest as Zelda 2 done right. The world is great, lots of action that flows well. The real problems with the game (as opposed to the standard complaints which don't reflect the game) are that the "bosses" just don't work and the day/night system would be better if it didn't interrupt constantly and lock you out of doing anything in town. Also, the gold knife is absurdly overpowered to the point that it breaks Dracula, but I like to think of that as a feature.
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I like Zelda 2 more.
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Was browsing Ebay and what in the actual gently caress? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dark-Souls-II-Sony-PlayStation-3-2014-/112374191639?hash=item1a2a061617:g:gPcAAOSwTM5YxZW5
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Quiet Feet posted:Was browsing Ebay and what in the actual gently caress?  what is this some kind of fake cheque laundering scheme? What in the actual gently caress...lol if that guy just uploaded the wrong images
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Random Stranger posted:I like to think of Simon's Quest as Zelda 2 done right. The world is great, lots of action that flows well. The real problems with the game (as opposed to the standard complaints which don't reflect the game) are that the "bosses" just don't work and the day/night system would be better if it didn't interrupt constantly and lock you out of doing anything in town. Also, the gold knife is absurdly overpowered to the point that it breaks Dracula, but I like to think of that as a feature. I mean pretty much every weapon breaks Dracula.
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Zaphod42 posted:
The text in the description is pretty cryptic too. I'm guessing it's something to do with an ARG.
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Zaphod42 posted:Composite is awful Thanks for all this! I've kept up with this thread so I've heard all about the glory of the Framemeister, but as of right now that's definitely out of my price range. I'm gonna give the S-Video + Upscaler combo a shot next paycheck. I actually have a set of Dreamcast S-Video cables laying around already, so I'll grab the SNES/N64 ones and hopefully Jaguar and I'll be in a good spot.
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Quiet Feet posted:Was browsing Ebay and what in the actual gently caress? Scrolling through all those pictures and having the last one actually be the game made me laugh out loud.
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I wrote off those manuals a long time ago, I was only holding on to them because I never got around to replacing them. Was thinking of replacing the cases with Jewel or DVD cases too since the Saturn/CD ones crack if you look at them wrong.LORD OF BOOTY posted:ProJared, a decently popular youtuber, did a video on it a while back and that probably drew some attention to it. Combine with a small print run and... yeah. drat youtubers 
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May 1, 2017 06:44
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Speaking of Castlevania 2, the great big ol' overhaul patch makes it much more tolerable, the clues are genuine rather than cryptic or misleading, the day/night transition is less obtrusive, etc.
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Asbrandt posted:Speaking of Castlevania 2, the great big ol' overhaul patch makes it much more tolerable, the clues are genuine rather than cryptic or misleading, the day/night transition is less obtrusive, etc. I can't even begin to understand which of the radio buttons to click, apart from the one that sets the page into english
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Light Gun Man posted:Timesplitters PC ports when?? https://www.tsrewind.com/index.php/en/ It is a authorized fan version for the PC Zaphod42 posted:Also Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles connects to game boy advances but you gotta get all the hardware together. I have done it once, I typically just run it with GC controllers.
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fastbilly1 posted:Eventually: It's also multiplayer-only.
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Allen Wren posted:I can't even begin to understand which of the radio buttons to click, apart from the one that sets the page into english After hitting the english button, if you use a flashcart or emulator, change the "chipset" option from MMC1 to MMC4, everything else is already set the way you (probably) want it.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:It's also multiplayer-only. I do not have the hate of controllers for FPS's, unless I cannot remap my buttons.
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Light Gun Man posted:Timesplitters PC ports when?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fCzAXuLibk
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I just bought an SNES and I'm having a great time with it so I'm thinking about buying one of those flashcarts and filling it with a ton of games, but I'm wondering about them. Do games on these flashcarts perform *identically* to the real deal? If I'm going to the trouble of playing an original SNES on a CRT in 2017, I'd kinda prefer the authentic experience at least. GreatGreen fucked around with this message at 16:22 on May 1, 2017 |
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GreatGreen posted:I just bought an SNES and I'm having a great time with it, and I'm wondering if I should buy a flashcart and fill it with ROMs but I'm wondering about them. Flashcarts perform identically, because all they are is a SNES cart with a menu and a shitload more storage space than an official cart sending the same information to the processing hardware. You're thinking of console emulation. The only games that won't work are ones with the fancy cartridge chips like SuperFX.
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GreatGreen posted:I just bought an SNES and I'm having a great time with it, and I'm wondering if I should buy a flashcart and fill it with ROMs but I'm wondering about them. As soon as the ROM is loaded, yes, with the only two "maybe" exceptions being Megaman/Rockman X2 and X3 on an SD2SNES, as its extra Cx4 processor may be running slightly faster than on legit carts but I'm not 100% sure what the status on that is now. Some shogi games which run an extra processor also will "work" but if you don't also have the ROM file for that extra processor in the right place, the AI will make the "first" move its logic tree comes up with as opposed to actually applying any strategy since the processor handling said strategy is absent, but if your ROM is in the right place you're fine. The above-listed games require an SD2SNES and won't work on the much-cheaper Super Everdrive. The only special chip the Super Everdrive supports, and that's if the board actually has it (so make sure it does, it should say) is the DSP-1 chip, which also had a few revisions and may hypothetically be very very slightly inaccurate if the cart is using a newer DSP-1a or DSP-1b chip if the game was never officially manufactured using the newer chip, but I don't think this is in any way noticeable. The only two major games you need to concern yourself with for this chip are Pilotwings and Super Mario Kart. SuperFX and SA-1 don't work on anything, so no Star Fox, Super Mario RPG, Yoshi's Island and a few other games. Star Ocean has to be specially expanded on the SD2SNES to work (also works on the SNES Powerpak), but won't work on the Super Everdrive. Street Fighter Alpha 2 isn't supported on any flash cart either. Lastly, the SD2SNES supports specially-modified games using a theoretical chip called the MSU-1, which gives you the equivalent to CD Audio and other features a Super NES CD expansion might have employed.
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Only Shallow posted:Microsoft tried but we all gave them poo poo for it this is one of my most hated controllers. I do in fact have tiny hands, but also those super oval/oblong buttons with convex surfaces are THE WORST. e : I AM THE TOILET posted:I play Overwatch with a controller on PC because lmao gently caress everything. accurate post/username combo
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No fuckin way, holy poo poo.
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I thought I'd go ahead and point out that one of those pay what you want bundles currently has some retro computer games in it: https://www.indiegala.com/retrogems Fortunately the only game in the bundle that's actually worth it is in the $1 tier. Bloodnet is kind of a weird mashup of Neuromancer and Vampire: The Masquerade. Also, Requiem is a perfectly adequate late 90's FPS, though not something that's really worth going out of your way for. Okay, the sims weren't bad for 1990, but sims are right up there with sports games for titles that age badly.
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Motherboard just posted an article about NESticle and its author and other people who were involved along the way. Apparently there was a Great NES Emulator Source Code Heist of sorts back in the mid 90's. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/the-story-of-nesticle-the-ambitious-emulator-that-redefined-retro-gaming The end bit about Fight Night Round 2 is pretty great 
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Mak0rz posted:Motherboard just posted an article about NESticle and its author and other people who were involved along the way. Apparently there was a Great NES Emulator Source Code Heist of sorts back in the mid 90's. I still miss the NESticle feature where you could gently caress with the graphic tables right on screen during gameplay, and save out your graphics hacks to a new rom.
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