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d0s posted:Don't just install every rom at once (you need a higher autism level for this to be fun), make a curated collection at first and enjoy that stuff. treat it like buying games and building a collection only you're putting them on your piracy thing. use youtube longplays and emulation to make your "purchasing" decisions, and find out what companies or teams developed games you liked on other systems and research what they did on your new system as a jumping off point This is what I've done with Everdrives. I first add some of the games I know that are good, then just go adding individual ones based on recommendations. I'd imagine loading a full romset might be a bit overwhelming. Thanks for that PCE list though, there's some games I haven't tried.
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TeaJay posted:This is what I've done with Everdrives. I first add some of the games I know that are good, then just go adding individual ones based on recommendations. I'd imagine loading a full romset might be a bit overwhelming. My approach is quite opposite. I load them all and then spend my idle evenings picking random games and seeing what they are. Naturally, I put the ones that really impressed me into a favorites folder to be enjoyed with a more focused approach and eventually buying the real deal, but I do enjoy going through a system's library and seeing what it had to offer. I find it fun and relaxing.
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There are also the smokemonster sets that include everything but also have folders of selected games, sorted by genre or as a Top 100.
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Is flat-screen CRTs bad for this business or should I go ahead a get a flat-screen Wega Trinitron? Someone told me "the geometry is hosed and it's hard to adjust properly" but for gently caress's sake probably still better than my blurry curved Philco CRT.
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Negrostrike posted:Is flat-screen CRTs bad for this business or should I go ahead a get a flat-screen Wega Trinitron? Someone told me "the geometry is hosed and it's hard to adjust properly" but for gently caress's sake probably still better than my blurry curved Philco CRT. I’ve never found a wega without distractingly bad geometry or corner convergence issues. Happier with my 1997 JVC D-Series. But they are all so cheap just get one and see if you like it.
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Negrostrike posted:Is flat-screen CRTs bad for this business or should I go ahead a get a flat-screen Wega Trinitron? Someone told me "the geometry is hosed and it's hard to adjust properly" but for gently caress's sake probably still better than my blurry curved Philco CRT.
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It seems like someone in this thread at some point said the best time to get an SD2SNES was Black Friday. Or did I imagine that? Also are there any decent aftermarket extension cables for the SNES, or should I try to get ahold of the original ones?
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Casimir Radon posted:It seems like someone in this thread at some point said the best time to get an SD2SNES was Black Friday. Or did I imagine that? Yeah krikzz discounts them as do SAG and other vendors.
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Also they almost never go on sale any other time. It's pretty much your only chance for a good deal.
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Casimir Radon posted:How long before someone starts a cottage industry that builds CRTs? there will be a kickstarter for this
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financially racist posted:there will be a kickstarter for this Shipping will only be $85! What a deal!
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Casimir Radon posted:Also are there any decent aftermarket extension cables for the SNES, or should I try to get ahold of the original ones? I have the tomee 6ft ones and they're fine.
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Casimir Radon posted:Also are there any decent aftermarket extension cables for the SNES, or should I try to get ahold of the original ones? I've always had good luck with products from this guy, he's helped me figure out some stuff via email too and generally seems friendly and whatnot. https://console5.com/store/nes-6-ft-extension-cable-tomee-1.html
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Negrostrike posted:Is flat-screen CRTs bad for this business or should I go ahead a get a flat-screen Wega Trinitron? Someone told me "the geometry is hosed and it's hard to adjust properly" but for gently caress's sake probably still better than my blurry curved Philco CRT. It's going to be way better than what you have now. I've had the same 27" Wega since 1998 and it's been fine with no severe geometry problems (there will always be some with these TVs, but the picture quality makes it worth it)
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So I went to play some Mario Sunshine earlier today, only to find that my Gamecube was floating in a puddle of unknown sour-smelling blue liquid. The system still works, but the eject button is stuck and one of the memory cards seems to be sealed in by ectoplasm. I'm assuming the system is done for, but does anyone have any idea what the hell the liquid could be? Maybe something battery related? Should I be worried that I've been sleeping (for who knows how long) in the same room as a pool of noxious Nintendo Juice?
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WrathOfBlade posted:So I went to play some Mario Sunshine earlier today, only to find that my Gamecube was floating in a puddle of unknown sour-smelling blue liquid. The system still works, but the eject button is stuck and one of the memory cards seems to be sealed in by ectoplasm. can you take pictures
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That goop is what powers the gamecube. RIP
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Is there some sort of capacitor that can leak? I can't imagine there would be one large enough to make a puddle though.
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Is it maybe something that dripped on the GameCube? A PS2 I once had in storage was covered in sticky orange goo, but it was just some goo dripping from a box above it and it worked fine once I cleaned it.
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Neo Rasa posted:One thing I will say for Gradius II is it's one of those ports that surpasses the arcade version, besides the awesome CD soundtrack it has an entire extra level. So if you do dig Gradius it's a must own. There's a very good Salamander port available also. A couple details about PCE Gradius 1 & 2: Gradius 1 is quite nice in the video/audio department, but there is a ton of slowdown. Like, it's unplayable (for me) with more than two options. I always overclock the emulator when playing it, but flash cart users have no such solution. Gradius 2 soundtrack is merely a rip of the arcade FM+PCM audio. It's nice but if you're expecting full Falcom-style rockband arrangements, you will be disappointed. Both games have bonus levels, and they are cool. I also recommend Salamander. There is far less slowdown than in Gradius 1 (although it's still there in some places) and improves on the arcade original in several aspects. There are also ports of Detana Twinbee and Parodius Da, but I'm not as familiar with those. d0s posted:this might be stupid childhood memories but I kinda remember way back in the mid-late 80's stereo was seen as something you primarily benefited from with headphones, like "wow it's in stereo gotta get some headphones for the correct experience". like the Game Boy having "stereo sound" printed on the cover but a single mono speaker Can confirm Belmont's Revenge was goddamn amazing with headphones.
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WrathOfBlade posted:I sopped up the puddle pretty much immediately but I did have the presence of mind to take a picture of the sticky, corroded underside (+ bonus neon-blue paper towel soaked with Nintendoplasm) whatever that is it did not come from the gamecube
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Maybe you're a smurf and you peed on it in your sleep.
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WrathOfBlade posted:I sopped up the puddle pretty much immediately but I did have the presence of mind to take a picture of the sticky, corroded underside (+ bonus neon-blue paper towel soaked with Nintendoplasm) I know what's happened here; The runed chalice holding the tortured fetus at the heart of your Gamecube has cracked or shattered, spilling its life-maintaining neoplasma and allowing the poor damned soul to escape its damned existence through the peaceful bliss of oblivion.
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falz posted:I've always had good luck with products from this guy, he's helped me figure out some stuff via email too and generally seems friendly and whatnot. Perhaps a silly question but to extension cables like this introduce any kind of lag? I use SFC controllers and the cables are so drat short, even sitting on the floor right in front of my CRT they are a pain in the rear end.
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Only if you chain like 4 of them together, the controllers don't do complex signaling so it's pretty reliable for a small extension.
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Elliotw2 posted:Only if you chain like 4 of them together, the controllers don't do complex signaling so it's pretty reliable for a small extension. Even then it's not "lag" so much as the signal being distorted to the point of being unrecognizable by the console some of the time. (The biggest culprit there is going to be some loss of current at each junction and the increased resistance of the cable which might start getting long enough to actually be a factor at that point... and holy poo poo I'm actually using the electrical engineering crap I took an exam on this morning.) Now, if you had 75000km long extension cord you'd actually notice lag, but then people get annoyed that you're using their space elevator as a controller extension cable and frankly it's not worth the hassle. Random Stranger fucked around with this message at 01:15 on Nov 7, 2017 |
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Random Stranger posted:Even then it's not "lag" so much as the signal being distorted to the point of being unrecognizable by the console some of the time. Look at this loving amateur that isn't using fibre cable and soldered SFP's for their orbital SNES controller extension  . How else are you going to beat Contra III via video relay huh? 
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Random Stranger posted:Even then it's not "lag" so much as the signal being distorted to the point of being unrecognizable by the console some of the time. (The biggest culprit there is going to be some loss of current at each junction and the increased resistance of the cable which might start getting long enough to actually be a factor at that point... and holy poo poo I'm actually using the electrical engineering crap I took an exam on this morning.) https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html
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WrathOfBlade posted:I sopped up the puddle pretty much immediately but I did have the presence of mind to take a picture of the sticky, corroded underside (+ bonus neon-blue paper towel soaked with Nintendoplasm) Do you have roommates that could have drunkenly spilled on it? My N64 had some mystery red liquid on it that caused the reset button to stick for over a decade before Monitor Burn sanded it down when they did the RGB mod. I think it was a college roommate spilling juice/koolaid/mixed drink on it because it was in our common area. My OG NES had some yellowish smelly liquid stickiness on it. I cleaned it up but that didn't help the smell (it still worked fine). However, years later the smell went away and I finally opted to get it from my parent's house finally. I am thinking my cat had peed on it after she went senile before she was put down because it smelled like cat piss. Who knows, maybe Nintendo consoles just leak mystery liquids.
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Random Stranger posted:Even then it's not "lag" so much as the signal being distorted to the point of being unrecognizable by the console some of the time. (The biggest culprit there is going to be some loss of current at each junction and the increased resistance of the cable which might start getting long enough to actually be a factor at that point... and holy poo poo I'm actually using the electrical engineering crap I took an exam on this morning.) Haha...I'm basically wondering if an extension cable or one of the 8BitDO controllers would be better.
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FireMrshlBill posted:Do you have roommates that could have drunkenly spilled on it? is it time to post ps4_cockroaches.jpg?
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:is it time to post ps4_cockroaches.jpg? I think you'll find that we prefer our consoles old and full of spiders.
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Pegnose Pete posted:Perhaps a silly question but to extension cables like this introduce any kind of lag? I buy knock off Chinese cables on eBay for $2 shipped and they work fine. Got NES, SNES, and PCE ones so far. Sometimes a wire won't work, but drat, for $2 SHIPPED for two cables, it's not a big deal.
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I know bootlegs are shittily built and useless if you have a flash cart but there’s something so enjoyable about slamming SUPER MARIO WORLD 64 into your Genesis and playing fifteen minutes of a terrible game you’d never otherwise consider. We actually just got this one yesterday and it kind of feels like what Super Mario’s Wacky worlds probably would have been if that got finished, with the weird sound effects, bad controls, and replacements for mechanics they didn’t feel like programming like the expanding lines of blocks in 1-3. The remade 1-3 is actually 1-2 in this game, and that’s as far as me or the wife could make it due to the death mushrooms that are exactly as fast as you and start following you instantly as soon as your jump crosses them.    d0s posted:also why are these guys always happy to ship their atrocities freight but the people selling candy cabs (always in california) are strictly pickup only, gently caress yooooou. being on the east coast sucks balls PM me and I can put you in touch with someone who can import you a candy and ship it
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On a whim I bought a random N64 controller last night. It’s a wireless unit by a company called DOCS. There appear to be two different versions in the wild: The left version, which has a standard looking n64 stick, and the right version, which has a GameCube looking stick. I picked up the version on the right. Anyone know about these? Oddly, the stick is clickable, leading me to believe it’s an off the shelf stick from another controller type, considering no n64 games can even take advantage of a clickable stick.
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