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The Brawler 64 is amazing. The only N64 game I don't like it with is Sin and Punishment, and that's mostly a factor of that game's control scheme being weird as heck and me being used to the Wii VC controls for it.
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Heh, after getting my N64 with UltraHDMI and an Everdrive 64 I played Mario 64 for about 3 hours and haven't played it in at least a month now (mostly because of my PC backlog and kids..). Those controllers look pretty nifty though and I'll probably pick one up just to get back into things. I hate how difficult it is to get a well working N64 controller. I replaced the dome using kitsch bent parts which actually worked great, but something about it still doesn't feel like it did when I was a kid.
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+1 on the Brawlers. I have a gen 1 and a gen2, to go with two good condition official ones. But I pretty much always reach for the brawlers first.
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Speaking of the Brawler 64, does anyone have the atomic purple one and the OEM Nintendo atomic purple controller? I wanna see how close the colors are, but I can’t find any pictures of them together online.
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Jan 12, 2020 10:09
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Flea market dude has a Japanese N64 in box for $100 US. No ram expansion, all cables, one grey controller which I didn't get to test but the whole thing was sat on its side and the stick was centred so I'm assuming it's in OK condition. Good deal?
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Pretty good posted:Flea market dude has a Japanese N64 in box for $100 US. No ram expansion, all cables, one grey controller which I didn't get to test but the whole thing was sat on its side and the stick was centred so I'm assuming it's in OK condition. Good deal? No idea what a box adds to the value, but nah. I mean, I think N64s are probably worth about $50-80 depending on condition.
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Pretty good posted:Flea market dude has a Japanese N64 in box for $100 US. No ram expansion, all cables, one grey controller which I didn't get to test but the whole thing was sat on its side and the stick was centred so I'm assuming it's in OK condition. Good deal? For a moment I thought you meant a flea market in Japan for which that price would be crazy high. For the US, that's lower than eBay pricing but that's not saying a whole lot. My feeling is it's a bit on the expensive side but not insane.
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Is there anything a Japanese N64 can do that a U.S. N64 can't?
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mariooncrack posted:Is there anything a Japanese N64 can do that a U.S. N64 can't?
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Since we’re on N64 controllerchat, I will say the Interact Super Pad 64 Plus is as good as the brawler if you can get over the form factor, which I totally get that some people can’t do. The stick is amazing and super well built. I did a tear down of one a while back and the guts of the stick are just way overbuilt and beefy  The stick resolution is also fantastic https://youtu.be/d6gbEFTFmKM Beve Stuscemi fucked around with this message at 15:21 on Jan 12, 2020 |
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Jan 12, 2020 15:11
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Since we’re on N64 controllerchat, I will say the Interact Super Pad 64 Plus is as good as the brawler if you can get over the form factor, which I totally get that some people can’t do. I miss dodgy 90's gamepads  . Literally everyone had a different idea for how they should look, and none of them were remotely comfortable or sanely designed.
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My N64 controller hierarchy is as follows: 1) Brawler 64 2) Interact Super Pad Plus 3) Doc’s wireless controllers. The one on the right with the red stick. Very close to the GameCube stick. But those A/B buttons take it down a notch  4) Real N64 controllers
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Jan 12, 2020 15:43
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Those little baby Hori ones seem cool. I feel like the road placement has to be the worst of all time though.  Apparently retrobit makes a clone of sorts since thenHori ones are hard as hell to find for less than ~80
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Jan 12, 2020 15:52
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LODGE NORTH posted:Those little baby Hori ones seem cool. I feel like the road placement has to be the worst of all time though. Yeah the Horis are great. Super pricey though. I’m wary of Retrobit controllers, are the hori clones decent?
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mariooncrack posted:Is there anything a Japanese N64 can do that a U.S. N64 can't? The sole practical difference between the US and Japanese versions of N64 is some tabs at the bottom of the slot. Unfortunately, you can't just tear these out like the SNES, but a Game Shark or similar thing will let you get around that.
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Random Stranger posted:The sole practical difference between the US and Japanese versions of N64 is some tabs at the bottom of the slot. Unfortunately, you can't just tear these out like the SNES, but a Game Shark or similar thing will let you get around that. I definitely borrowed a copy of Sin & Punishment from my friend in high school and all he did was use a knife and a file to cut notches into the cartridge so it would fit in a US n64. Blew my mind. Then six months later he showed me GGX on a CD-R and we played it in my Dreamcast with no mods and I lost it.
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Is it safe to say the Dragon Quest ports on the Switch are just ports of mobile versions? The pics I've seen make them look like cheap flash games.
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They're the mobile ports. Converted for a widescreen aspect ratio rather than a portrait, obviously. That said, I think unjustly shat on them. I think they look pretty fine when you get used to them.
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Original n64 controller or nothing.  The superpad is what I gave to the fourth person playing Mario kart because I only had three real controllers.
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poo poo POST MALONE posted:I definitely borrowed a copy of Sin & Punishment from my friend in high school and all he did was use a knife and a file to cut notches into the cartridge so it would fit in a US n64. I buy $1 sports games and switch the backs of the carts, myself. wa27 posted:Original n64 controller or nothing. It makes my hand cramp up and it grinds itself apart.
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wa27 posted:Original n64 controller or nothing.  Pure retro gaming, no my palms aren't scarred!
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For the N64 you can 3D print a new part that goes inside swapping the Japanese cart holder. It allows you to use US/Jap carts without the need to file down anything or swap game backs, or use a game shark etc. The plastic piece is like $2. I think you could actually file it down as well, but then you're just ruining poo poo. https://www.retrorgb.com/3d-printed-n64-region-mod.html XtraSmiley fucked around with this message at 13:01 on Jan 13, 2020 |
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i took a hacksaw to mine, a file won't get the job done like it would for a super nintendo
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Djarum posted:You did those in balsa wood right? I am going to have a laser cutter perfect for doing that in a few weeks and that was one of the first things I thought of doing with it. It's Glowforge's Draftboard.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aALarJayOWE I only found out about this being a thing now. Maybe someone posted about this here previously, but for those unaware like I was until moments ago, the infamous cut content from Soul Reaver 1 has been found. This video is just a teaser and more is going to come out, presumably very soon.
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Since we’re on N64 controllerchat, I will say the Interact Super Pad 64 Plus is as good as the brawler if you can get over the form factor, which I totally get that some people can’t do. That Super Pad was my 4th controller as a kid from the great controller shortage. Nobody wanted that thing then, I can’t imaging it’s good now. I might pick up that Brawler64 just because of all the good reviews. Even though it’s not the original form factor, I never had a problem with it... but half the Amazon reviews on knock offs complain about it not working.
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The super pad has a really good stick. You have to want that bad enough to overlook the goofy design
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The Milkman posted:+1 on the Brawlers. I have a gen 1 and a gen2, to go with two good condition official ones. But I pretty much always reach for the brawlers first. If I get a Brawler how do I know if it's gen1 or gen2?
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Chumbawumba4ever97 posted:If I get a Brawler how do I know if it's gen1 or gen2?
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Yeah, it's my understanding that they're all Gen2's at this point. If you want to be super sure, any transparent colored shell is a gen2.
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Yeah the Horis are great. Super pricey though. I’m wary of Retrobit controllers, are the hori clones decent? I bought one in November. It seems fine.
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So I decided to buy a 2nd hand 100Hz 480p CRT TV on the weekend for lag testing and general curiosity and I ended up with some pretty good PQ:    I hadn’t set out to buy a flatscreen crt but it had a db15 rgb input so picked it up anyway. I’m yet to figure out what kind of rgb signal it accepts. I get no image using my go to hdmi to vga convertor at 480p so maybe either only vesa 640x480 or rgbs in which case I will need to hook up my dvdo.  My girlfriend threatened to leave me tonight if I brought another tv into the house but I calmly explained that I felt there was definitely room for one more, especially once she was gone. KingEup fucked around with this message at 14:46 on Jan 13, 2020 |
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KingEup posted:My girlfriend threatened to leave me tonight if I brought another tv into the house but I calmly explained that I felt there was definitely room for one more, especially once she was gone. King
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Casimir Radon posted:They're probably all Gen2 if you buy them now. I don't know that they changed much outside of making sure the shoulder button doesn't interfere with the stick out of the box. Agrias120 posted:Yeah, it's my understanding that they're all Gen2's at this point. If you want to be super sure, any transparent colored shell is a gen2. Thanks! Just bought a transparent one to be safe. Had to go with green because sadly they don't sell the purple one on Amazon and it's out of stock on the retro fighters website. I read it does not support the transfer paks so there is in fact a reason to keep your old n64 controllers around.
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Chumbawumba4ever97 posted:Thanks! Just bought a transparent one to be safe. Had to go with green because sadly they don't sell the purple one on Amazon and it's out of stock on the retro fighters website. I'm guessing that's because the Transfer Pak draws a lot of power from the controller compared to the other Paks. (That's entirely speculation for the support reason.)
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KingEup posted:My girlfriend threatened to leave me tonight if I brought another tv into the house but I calmly explained that I felt there was definitely room for one more, especially once she was gone. Amazing. It probably would have taken me a solid week to come up with that.
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The purple Brawler64 is noticeably darker than the Atomic Purple N64 one. It's more grape, if I had to name it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOVbxL3wGmA LODGE NORTH fucked around with this message at 19:48 on Jan 13, 2020 |
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LODGE NORTH posted:The purple Brawler64 is noticeable darker than the Atomic Purple N64 one. It's more grape, if I had to name it. That's..quite dark. I wonder why they did that to such a classic color.
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Bank posted:That's..quite dark. I wonder why they did that to such a classic color. Probably because it wasn't worth trying to get a factory to 100% replicate the dye job of a 20 year-old piece of plastic
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Big Scary Owl posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aALarJayOWE holy poo poo. wait, they got original files somehow? havent seen alot of those shots before but then again its been awhile since i was obsessing over lok.
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