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Wizgot posted:Quick question. How would I be able to use headphones with a SNES. I have a PC monitor with a composite input for video only. This means that the two audio cables are left hanging and I'm unable to listen to the games I'm playing. Is there a cable I can buy with an audio adjuster that hooks up to these cables where I can connect headphones? Something like this, maybe? https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009JFF7A/
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^^^^^^^ SNES has constant line level that will be too loud. Wizgot posted:Quick question. How would I be able to use headphones with a SNES. I have a PC monitor with a composite input for video only. This means that the two audio cables are left hanging and I'm unable to listen to the games I'm playing. Is there a cable I can buy with an audio adjuster that hooks up to these cables where I can connect headphones? Get a RCA to 3.5mm stereo jack adapter, an in-line 3.5mm volume controller and plug in your headphones. Done deal.
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Oct 17, 2016 22:09
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Kthulhu5000 posted:As mentioned on the last page, those Retrovision component video cables should work with the NESRGB mod (so long as you use an SNES cable and also have an SNES-style multi-AV out connector installed into your NES with the mod board). As others have mentioned, the NESRGB mod involves purchasing some custom small-batch boards and having some circuit surgery and transplanting done inside the console. It looks like the guy who makes the NESRGB also has a component video board on his shop that can be installed with the mod, for what that's worth. That good to hear. I probably get the NES one at some point, maybe a cheaper solution then finding old Play in One motherboards. I do love the Retrovision cables from what I seen with the Genesis.
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Oct 17, 2016 22:13
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Shadow Hog posted:Game Gear's video is actually a bit better than the Genesis's; 4096 for Game Gear, 512 for Genesis. huh, no poo poo
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Oct 17, 2016 22:15
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Wizgot posted:Quick question. How would I be able to use headphones with a SNES. I have a PC monitor with a composite input for video only. This means that the two audio cables are left hanging and I'm unable to listen to the games I'm playing. Is there a cable I can buy with an audio adjuster that hooks up to these cables where I can connect headphones? Yeah you can get cables that go from stereo white/red to 1/8" audio jack. Check radioshack or amazon. 8-bit Miniboss posted:Get a RCA to 3.5mm stereo jack adapter, an in-line 3.5mm volume controller and plug in your headphones. Done deal. Some headphones already have volume controls 
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Oct 17, 2016 22:17
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Kthulhu5000 posted:Something like this, maybe? 8-bit Miniboss posted:^^^^^^^ This looks good. Thanks! I wish the SNES had an audio jack like the Genesis 
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Oct 17, 2016 22:18
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Rirse posted:That good to hear. I probably get the NES one at some point, maybe a cheaper solution then finding old Play in One motherboards. There is zero point these days to doing the Playchoice PPU swap to get RGB video for the NES. Not all Playchoice PPUs are compatible (last I checked), the usable ones aren't going to be cheap, and you're basically putting old parts into a system and decreasing the supply of usable arcade hardware. It's absolutely pointless and you shouldn't even consider it, not when the NESRGB is just as cheap (probably cheaper), becoming well-known to modders, is new manufacturing, and is also purpose-built for the NES.
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Oct 17, 2016 22:30
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Zaphod42 posted:Yeah you can get cables that go from stereo white/red to 1/8" audio jack. Check radioshack or amazon. But not all. 
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Oct 17, 2016 22:31
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Kthulhu5000 posted:There is zero point these days to doing the Playchoice PPU swap to get RGB video for the NES. Not all Playchoice PPUs are compatible (last I checked), the usable ones aren't going to be cheap, and you're basically putting old parts into a system and decreasing the supply of usable arcade hardware. It's absolutely pointless and you shouldn't even consider it, not when the NESRGB is just as cheap (probably cheaper), becoming well-known to modders, is new manufacturing, and is also purpose-built for the NES. Oh I thought that what was used for the RGB mod?
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Oct 17, 2016 22:43
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Rirse posted:Oh I thought that what was used for the RGB mod? Originally it was, as a hack solution. Then some smart EE majors came along and designed new chips that would accomplish the same thing, had those fabbed, and sold them individually. As such there's no reason to gently caress with the arcade boards anymore, its a cruel waste since nobody's making new old arcade boards. NESRGB is an original design that accomplishes the same thing as the chip people were pulling from PlayChoice boards.
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Oct 17, 2016 22:46
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So good news is, looks like it's just the face plate that's scratched on my micro. Bad news it's a famicom one and it's looking impossible to even find a normal replacement face plate let alone a famicom one
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Oct 17, 2016 22:57
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Zaphod42 posted:Originally it was, as a hack solution. Then some smart EE majors came along and designed new chips that would accomplish the same thing, had those fabbed, and sold them individually. What happens to the cabinets those PlayChoice boards come from? It strikes me this should work both ways, so you might get a cab that was stripped for the parts and just RGB mod THAT to get a cheap Playchoice 10 cab....
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Oct 17, 2016 22:59
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Can anyone tell me what I need to split the scart signal coming out of my banbridge splitter to a framemeister and a PVM? edit: I already have everything hooked up to the PVM. Just trying to figure out how to split it off to the FM. SnatchRabbit fucked around with this message at 23:06 on Oct 17, 2016 |
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Oct 17, 2016 23:02
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SnatchRabbit posted:Can anyone tell me what I need to split the scart signal coming out of my banbridge splitter to a framemeister and a PVM? Presumably a SCART splitter? If your PVM has a RGB passthrough, then a BNC to scart cable? Console > PVM > passthrough > Framemeister
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Oct 17, 2016 23:07
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njsykora posted:Nostalgia bias is certainly a thing, I've been playing FF6 on my RetroPie the last week and it hasn't been grabbing me at all as someone who never played the SNES Final Fantasy games as a kid (Sega kid, Phantasy Star). I'm pretty much pushing through to see the opera scene then I'll probably drop it. I cannot fathom not being completely in love with Final Fantasy 6, but then again when I was a kid I asked for Final Fantasy 6 for my birthday, it was up against Chrono Trigger, but FF won out. I later got Chrono Trigger ( I think I didn't get it till the PS1 port? ) and love it too, however therer was one fatality. I saw all the ads for it, but never got around to Earthbound. Same for Super Mario RPG, and both of those games I just haven't gotten into at all later in life. I can still play through FF6, and Chrono Trigger for fun, but Earthbound and Super Mario RPG cannot keep me interested. Which I'm sure there are plenty of people who will be cringing about. Ambitious Spider posted:So good news is, looks like it's just the face plate that's scratched on my micro. Bad news it's a famicom one and it's looking impossible to even find a normal replacement face plate let alone a famicom one Too bad there isn't more of a scene for the GBA Micro, because I would think custom face plates would be pretty cool. At least different decal skins for it to be less cost prohibitive. On a semi-related note, is there any interest in Steel Batallion here? I happen to have the controller, both games and a working Xbox to run it if people are interested. I'm mostly looking to sell it off and buy a GBA Micro. E: Holy crap did not notice that this thing is now cresting over $100 -> $200+ Drowning Rabbit fucked around with this message at 23:34 on Oct 17, 2016 |
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Shlomo Palestein posted:What happens to the cabinets those PlayChoice boards come from? It strikes me this should work both ways, so you might get a cab that was stripped for the parts and just RGB mod THAT to get a cheap Playchoice 10 cab.... That's a solid idea. I'm not familiar enough with the specifics of NESRGB to know if it'd work but gotta figure its possible.
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I got way into Chrono Trigger and Mario RPG though, despite coming to them really late because Sega kid and also CT not being released in Europe. Earthbound I got really into as well when it came out on Wii U VC but all 3 of those are super unique in setting and tone which FF6 really isn't to my eyes. In other stuff, I spent some time on Ebay looking at PC Engine stuff and I'm sorely tempted to make a CoreGrafx my Christmas present to myself. I also got a laugh at a dude trying to sell the weird grey market PAL Turbografx for £370 when they were super common for about £30 a few years ago when I got mine. Though his has Blazing Lasers with it whereas mine had Vigilante.
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Drowning Rabbit posted:I can still play through FF6, and Chrono Trigger for fun, but Earthbound and Super Mario RPG cannot keep me interested. Which I'm sure there are plenty of people who will be cringing about. I can get your feeling about Super Mario RPG. It's graphically nice and the gameplay seems pretty solid, but I think Mario's kind of weak in his story appeal if he's placed too far from the Mushroom Kingdom or has to share the spotlight with other main characters. It also came out near the tail-end of the SNES' heyday in 1996, so I don't think it got nearly the same amount of polish and care put into it since the N64 was in the pipe and due to be released that year. Nintendo probably had bigger priorities than games for its well-outmoded 16-bit hardware by that point. I think you can skip it and live a full life. But I'm kind of the opposite of you - I haven't been able to get into the Final Fantasys and Chrono Trigger (I've never been much of a fan of swords and medieval-themed fantasy), but I dug the poo poo out of Earthbound. It shows off what the Japanese game industry can do if it steps away from the well-tread path of "us too" game settings (in this case, the aforementioned medieval fantasy thing) and actually tries to create something fresh from scratch.
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njsykora posted:I got way into Chrono Trigger and Mario RPG though, despite coming to them really late because Sega kid and also CT not being released in Europe. Earthbound I got really into as well when it came out on Wii U VC but all 3 of those are super unique in setting and tone which FF6 really isn't to my eyes. *cough cough* https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3791392 PM me and we can discuss it further if you're possibly interested...
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8-bit Miniboss posted:^^^^^^^ 
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FF8 came out around the same time as Fallout 1-2 did. (Plus the Baldur's Gate engine family.) Not only was FF8 bad on it's own, compared to what Fallout was doing it made it look even shittier. Such a bad game I swore off JRPGs for years because of it. Course it was more a nail in the coffin after stuff like the Communist Choices in Suikoden 1 which was an entire game filled with BUT THOU MUST non choices from NES Dragon Quest. (Only you know, over 10 years later and 2 more console generations during the time where computing technology was advancing at an absurd rate and each new generation of consoles and computers tended to blow the goddamned doors off the previous one even in first generation software. As opposed to now where it isn't remotely like that. The layperson aint really gonna be able to tell a PS3 Souls game from a PS4 one. Even us geeks need to actually pay attention to tell in screenshots or videos that aren't doing super taxing levels of stuff on screen.) But I generally prefer to create my own character and roleplay in my RPGs. Don't care as much in SRPGs though. I do like them to be good and not have a brilliant concept let down by execution though.  Operation Darkness
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Allen Wren posted:huh, no poo poo Yeah it's a quirk of what video hardware was available at good costs for Sega to use, while still being close enough to Master System hardware for easy porting. The Atari Lynx's palette was big too at 4096 colors. And 16 colors per scanline, which meant you could do a lot of colors at once if you were careful.
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And UN Squadron will straight up blow out your headphones 
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Ended up making this over the weekend with my own two hands, gimp, some sprite rips and a shadow box from Michaels:  
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Oct 18, 2016 00:42
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Wise Fwom Yo Gwave posted:Ended up making this over the weekend with my own two hands, gimp, some sprite rips and a shadow box from Michaels: Nice.
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Super Mario RPG will forever be my favorite because it's absolutely bonkers how much Nintendo let Square flip the franchise upside down. Bowser is the villain lol j/k he's actually a sad sack who teams up with Mario and basically everything about his personality was established here. You think Peach is going to get damsel'd away but nope she joins Mario and holds her own! Luigi's cameo is in the shadow of his brother, again establishing his character for the rest of the series. Same with Toad who is excitable and aggressive but small and ineffectual. I just think it's crazy that SMB2, SMRPG, and Donkey Kong '94 (establishing Mario's acrobatics) are the most defining of the series' cliches.
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Fallout 1 and 2 are the best PC RPGs ever made. I will fight people on this. I got addicted to those when they came out in a way that'd make peak WoW players look down on me. I somehow managed to play through them both without triggering the horrible scripting problems, too, but this might be helped by the fact that I never really did stuff like using the car's trunk in Fallout 2. Fallout was like the perfect opposite of BUT THOU MUST illusion-of-choice bullshit. The player could build themselves out how they wished, and if they were smart, most builds were viable I think - some were harder, but the ability to end Fallout 1 by talking the Master into suicide, or using a high science trait to trigger the nuke and kill him, or just fighting him in a "traditional" way still blows my mind. The aesthetic was perfect. The low-res graphics just served to help the gritty environment look even grittier, and the location design was amazing. Great characters too. So good. So good. I've bought at least four copies of both over the years - launch copies, probably two replacements of each since, and then on Steam. Alucardd posted:And UN Squadron will straight up blow out your headphones As it should, such a good soundtrack
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http://www.moddb.com/mods/fallout-15-resurrection Then this is for you Code Jockey. Its drat good. loving hard though. Also I picked up some stuff at Retroworld Expo yesterday:  I made one seller a bit salty because I wouldn't buy a Genesis game without the manual but for me? SMS and Genesis games must be CIB or they aren't worth buying. Anything less is heretical heresy. Same for any plastic case game really. But especially those two platforms.
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Captain Rufus posted:http://www.moddb.com/mods/fallout-15-resurrection Then this is for you Code Jockey. Its drat good. loving hard though. AWESOME THANK YOU I forgot this existed, I need to give it a try when I'm done with VA-11 Hall-A. Thanks!
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Everyone knows the best Final Fantasy is The Spirits Within because Roger Ebert liked it better than most video games. Question: what's the silliest piece of video-game merchandise you've bought? Don't count stuff you got as free promotional trinkets; this would be something you specifically sought out and purchased. I ask because I bought this and want to feel better about it.
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 Advertising your hint books in the save screen is a lost art. Kid Fenris posted:Question: what's the silliest piece of video-game merchandise you've bought? Don't count stuff you got as free promotional trinkets; this would be something you specifically sought out and purchased. Random Stranger fucked around with this message at 01:24 on Oct 18, 2016 |
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Oct 18, 2016 01:22
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Kid Fenris posted:Everyone knows the best Final Fantasy is The Spirits Within because Roger Ebert liked it better than most video games. Cloud body pillow.
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Kid Fenris posted:Everyone knows the best Final Fantasy is The Spirits Within because Roger Ebert liked it better than most video games. Talking Cave Johnson portrait.
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:Cloud body pillow. So jealous. For me, in terms of modern video game merch, I have a shirt with the Beatmania Pendual bootup self-test screen on it. It was impossible to explain it to my wife without feeling overwhelming shame, but I think it's funny. For retro gaming, I know I have sillier than this, but probably the little stuffed Pain Elemental from Doom 2 I have sitting on my desk at home. He was too cute to pass up!
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Code Jockey posted:the little stuffed Pain Elemental from Doom 2 I have sitting on my desk at home. He was too cute to pass up! I require a picture.
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He better be monster buddies with the caco plush 
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Wise Fwom Yo Gwave posted:Ended up making this over the weekend with my own two hands, gimp, some sprite rips and a shadow box from Michaels: Oof. Right in the bulls. azurite posted:Talking Cave Johnson portrait. I'd get this even if it only had the Lemon Rant.
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Wise Fwom Yo Gwave posted:Ended up making this over the weekend with my own two hands, gimp, some sprite rips and a shadow box from Michaels: I'm imagining this done with Ninja Warriors, the full triple-screen. If I had me a printer..
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Captain Rufus posted:http://www.moddb.com/mods/fallout-15-resurrection Then this is for you Code Jockey. Its drat good. loving hard though. Eh, I don't blame you. It's like PS2 and other disc based games. It shouldn't be that hard getting a case/manual. Don't settle for less when it's not that uncommon.
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Kid Fenris posted:Everyone knows the best Final Fantasy is The Spirits Within because Roger Ebert liked it better than most video games. Duke Nukem Forever: Balls of Steel edition.
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