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Star Man posted:It still saddens me whenever I look at my red bookcase and see my stack of PSX games missing. Depending how many there were you could always being the long slow painful process of rebuilding it in a seller's market.  Also that new Gotta Protectors game on the 3ds eshop is everything I ever wanted in an 8 bit beatem up. Everyone should play it. Or maybe I'm just a sucker for well done pixel art games: it captures the look and feel of a late Famicom game perfectly.
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I can't decide whether or not Sony would make their own console in this what if scenario, though I'm leaning toward them becoming a manufacturer of other companies consoles for a while, like how the 3DO worked with Panasonic and Goldstar. The other question is who would make the jump to a disc only based console first? My bet is Sega wanting to get there before Nintendo. I have nothing to back this up really, just pure speculation.
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Aug 13, 2016 23:48
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Oh poo poo I've been meaning to ask about which Hamtaro games are the good ones. I just played through Ham-Ham Heart Break and it was a good game especially if you don't mine cute, slightly simple, and short. Actually wan't expecting it to be like an old school adventure game (down to having a menu of action words even!), it was a very pleasant surprise. Which other ones in the series are like that as opposed to dumb mini game collections? I remember passing up one on GBA at a shop because it was mini game oriented. It probably was that Ham Ham Games one.
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Aug 14, 2016 19:52
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Huh good to know. I'll have to keep an eye out for the GBC Hamtaro after I finish my current collection weed out spree. And before anybody gets any hopes up no it isn't any worthwhile games, those were snapped up by a friend of mine. And yeah if I had to start over collecting today I would definitely flash cart it all or even stick to emulators, and I don't even have any of super rare games or expensive popular games like Conker's Bad Fur Day. I think Casino Kid 2, God Hand, and Splatterhouse 3 might be the "top tier" of my collection, and none of them are over $100.
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Random Stranger posted:That stuff that gets me with that is the RPG's. "Oh man, I've heard this RPG is really good. Now I just need to find time to... you know, gently caress it. I'll play some arcade game instead." Oooh oooh I can play this game too! With out looking at any of my lists or shelves I have Dark Cloud 1, Okage, Evolution Worlds, Last Story, Inuyasha and the Secret of the Cursed Mask, Chrono Trigger DS, Glory of Heracles, Legend of the River King, and Legend of the Ghost Lion. And that doesn't include the 3ds RPGS I've got sitting around too. I just axed Final Fantasy Tactics A2 and though not an RPG all my Warioland games from the collection because even though they are good games and loved by many they didn't click with me for whatever reason. They just didn't give me that gut feeling of wanting to play more of them.
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Aug 18, 2016 03:42
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Both of you, go play The Last Story this instant! I'm in the same boat as Random Stranger, except its 60 hour work/school weeks. But The Last Story did survive the test of five or so minutes of playing to decide if I wanted to keep it which is especially impressive since I went in expecting to dislike it. Which other big rpg series does the "run into the monster to fight" combat system, Ys? But it does feel good to clean out the games you'll never play. It lets you focus on the others you do want to get into.
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Aug 18, 2016 20:09
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Random Stranger posted:There's a lot more games that benefit from four ways than just twenty. 90% of stuff from before 1983 is a good start. Oh yeah, I know the feeling. Doing an accelerated program night school with classes from 4 to 10 pm straight, and most of it is lab time in the shop as well. Only 15 credit hours but when its condensed so it leaves little time for other things. Speaking of Repro carts, whose the go to for that these days? I keep toying with the idea of getting a Gun Nac cart. It's getting hard to find that one in general, never mind the price.
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Aug 19, 2016 04:00
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I know flash carts make more sense at this point, but I think its the shelf candy/ regret of not getting it cheap years ago when I had the chance thats eating me. Technically a repro wouldn't fill that void very well either since its not a "real" one. Sort of related, is anybody big into homebrews/hacks/etc? The only one I've ever bothered to shell out for was Water Margin: The Tales of Clouds and Winds on Genesis and I haven't even had the time to play it. I've considered many others before like Halo 2600 or one of the passable Pokemon hacks, but none of those are a clear ripoff of best game ever Streets of Rage 2, which was the tipping point on Water Margin for me.  Most homebrews seem kinda eh in general?
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Jesus I'm sorry I touched off a shitstorm. I considered a repro of Gun Nac as it's the cheapest short term option to have the game to shove into my NES, but definitely not the best long term option. Hell I am one of those cart loving freaks, I could buy a flashcart but I couldn't sell out the rest of my collection to do it (see my stack of NGPC games in addition to a flashcart). Plus I'm not sure I could handle the pressure of owning a $170 game. I'd be too afraid something would happen to it.Ineffiable posted:Now here's a new thing: how you guys feel about repro boxes and manuals? Works for getting shelf candy, just like repro carts. Like reproducing the originals or those universal plastic clamshell game cases? I don't mind the universal cases with a nice insert in the front but redoing the original packaging is kinda dumb and opens up a big can of worms. A good chunk of those game boxes were probably meant to be disposable anyway.
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Aug 20, 2016 21:32
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Ineffiable posted:Yeah its funny but I think ps2 is already too late. The turning point was when gamestop was clearing out about 3 years ago. And sadly, gamestop threw out a lot of cases and manuals and sold them as disc only to save space. Getting good ps2 game cases and manuals might be almost as rare as cart games which is funny because you'd think it'd just be an easy thing to get complete. We're in this situation now for DS games. The point in which you can get good ds games sub $10 at gamestop is over now only the shovelware crap is left in store. And again they chucked the cases to save space. DS game cases are currently cheap on ebay, but I suspect that will rise eventually, especially as Dumpster diver/gamestop employees/savvy trade in people run out of a steady supply of them.
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Aug 20, 2016 22:22
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bpc908 posted:Anyone have an opinion on the piko interactive games they sell on their store? I want to pick up a Super Noah's Ark 3d cartridge but have no clue on the quality they produce My half assed opinion is it seems okay-ish? They're using a snap together shell for the genesis games it seems, and I can easily tell where the sprue was for each half. The case was quite good at least. Still haven't had time to actually stick the game in the console though. So cheapish components but nothing thats made me worry about holding up to normal use as of yet. Edit: Oddly expensive PS2 games? Can some one explain why the .hack series is up there in price too? Is it because of Project X Zone? Surprisingly for some one who wasn't gonna get into PS2 games I've got about two dozen and just about everything I ever wanted for it. Turbinosamente fucked around with this message at 04:24 on Aug 21, 2016 |
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Anybody have any time to play a good game over the holiday weekend? I decided to finally start Legendary Starfy on DS as something short, quick and simple after finishing a disappointing RPG. And well, Starfy is also kinda disappointing. I'm two worlds in and Starfy doesn't seem to have a whole hell of a lot to offer game play wise. Maybe it's because you can swim just about anywhere on the screen rather than having to do traditional platforming and risk missing a jump. It'll be interesting to see if the difficulty ramps up at all by the end of the game. Guess I should have started with one of the GBA Starfy games, I've heard those are better. But on the other hand I don't find Starfy and his antics to be as cute or as full of personality as Kirby. It's really hard to not make that comparison though, perhaps I'm expecting too much of Starfy because Kirby is so good?
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Sep 6, 2016 02:49
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Starfy's just Kirby with all the passion sucked out, basically. Somehow I couldn't put it as succinctly as this. And I was wondering where something was wrong with me in thinking Starfy was kinda soulless. Welp I'll see if I can beat it in a couple of hours or if boredom settles in first. Then go mine the backlog for something better to play. Gunpey DS probably.
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Sep 6, 2016 03:22
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Well, gently caress. I do have a lot of Kirby games I've yet to finish instead. So much for my ability to pick a decent game to play, it's rapidly looking like this one is going to be tossed onto the trade stack anyways. The original question still stands though, anybody else find or start any cool games over the weekend? Can't do worse than me.
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Sep 6, 2016 04:29
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d0s posted:SMW is only bullshit easy because I think we all know where everything is and how to beat it in 20 minutes, exploring the game for the first time is an experience that no sonic game can touch, imo This is true, hell I remember being so proud of my self when I worked out the quickest route through the game on my own. Sonic on the other hand, meh. It's alright but I never got the same sense of accomplishment out of beating a level as I did exploring/beating them in SMW.
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Sep 18, 2016 01:20
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Zand posted:dont play it next to an smw playsession, the engine differences suck if you're used to owning super hard in smw. Oh thank god I'm not crazy this is why I can't get into SMB3, I played way, way too much SMW as a kid and it's surprisingly difficult to adjust to SMB3's feel. Maybe this is why Super Mario Land 2 is one of my Game Boy favorites: it seems much closer to SMW. And Quarth is cool and good, I should play it instead of weeding out my Wii games. Madworld was far dumber than I expected especially after following it with No More Heroes. Both games have over the top violence but it's more purposeful/relevant in Heroes versus Madworld's tryhard edginess. The train of disappointing games continues for me, I'm up to twelve games to get rid of. Feels good to clean out at any rate.
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Component exists because why bother convincing North America to switch to RGB when everything is coalescing into an HDMI singularity? I am slightly worried about a future that is HDMI hookups only. Side question that has nothing to do with anything, what are the good games on Gameboy Color specifically? I've been going through my collection lately and noticed that I have very few GBC games, roughly 8 or so, if I do not include black cart Gameboy games. Is this why GBC is lumped in with regular old GB? I'm having trouble thinking of a smash hit clear cart GBC game that isn't Pokemon Crystal.
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Sep 26, 2016 03:44
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Now if Merkinman's brother was into 8 tracks.... Re GBC chat: I am a dumb for forgetting about Oracle of Ages and Seasons along with some of the other big hits. But is there anything outside of the major titles everyone posted worth playing on GBC? All I have worth mentioning is Magical Drop, Crystalis, and Hamtaro: Ham Hams Unite and two out of three are ports. My problem is I should know better to try and find a cool game (GBC or otherwise) in a game shop in early fall: immediately after peak season. Also Also, if anyone doesn't mind ports and remakes plus needs their Kunio-kun fix The physical copy of River City: Tokyo Rumble went live on Amazon. Maybe I'll finish this one, finally.
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Sep 27, 2016 01:39
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The Merkinman posted:Well why don't NES carts still get produced? Do we need some movement to say those games are ~warmer~? Pretty much that. There's a difference in jumping from an analog record to a digital CD. An NES game was digital to start with so there is little difference between playing the game on an original cart, everdrive, emulator, what have you. The game program remains the same. Even game companies themselves re release their back catalog on to different formats. This is how I own four copies of Sonic 1 over three systems without even trying. There still are NES carts made as either reproductions, bootlegs, or the occasional homebrew but its pretty niche outside of bootleggers looking to make a buck on fake games.
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XYZ posted:Cram a screen/speaker into one and rig it to play your favorite arcade game's attract mode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY7olqQF8iM Think smaller yet.
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Sep 29, 2016 23:29
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 After bitching about it for so long, today was a good day for thrift, $5 xenophobe and 99 cents for the Gameboy games. Thank you, local Amvets for having no clue how to price old video games. Okay one bitch: why is it that I keep getting GBC games with broken solder joins coming from the leads on the rom chip? At least I can fix them but still hardly worth opening up Rampage to do it because, well, Rampage. (It's better on the n64)
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I first played Yoshi on a TI-84 where it's called Dino Puzzle, and the symbols come from the side instead of down from the top. It was boring then too. But who cares when you've got 99 cent Turtles 3 to play! Sometimes I miss Konami, this is one of those times.
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At least Kirby's Star Stacker get the "stack things between two specific things" formula right.
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I just have my games listed semi-alphabetically by console in an Excel spreadsheet. I did start highlighting ones I've beaten/not beaten in green and red respectively, but that's about the extent of it. I've never really bothered to keep track of the price outside of my own memory and a stack of game store receipts, I really don't want to depress my self thinking about the hundreds of dollars I've spent on it all. And yes, all price stickers must come off, clean(ish) carts forever! Oh yeah this reminds me I've got to check off Adventure Time: Hey Ice King Why'd you Steal our Garbage. It was a lightweight and short Zelda 2 clone that's a nicely done fluff sort of game, it doesn't do anything to excite really. Thus far its the most "kiddie" like game I've played out of the more kid oriented games I have. I should have played something like Battle of Olympus instead really.
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You can scour thrift stores for PS2 component cables as well. they do show up from time to time especially if your store has a good pile of cords in the electronics section. That's how I wound up with a Monster branded one. It seems to work pretty well.
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Wizgot posted:I was thinking about getting Pat's Ultimate Nintendo Guide to the NES Library but wanted to know people's opinions on it first. How are the reviews? Are they very biased and do they seem fair? etc. I recommend this one for the overall history of Vidja Games. I enjoyed it more than the Ultimate History of Video Games, which I found to get really dry during the latter half especially around the 90s lawsuits. Replay also touches very lightly on what the Europeans were doing too most books don't even mention it. And if you want an okay coffee table book there's Supercade which is pretty pictures and some info about early arcade games.
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Here's a dumb question for the thread, are there any significant differences between the various Mr. Driller games? As in if I didn't like the DS one would I find the original PS1 game easier/nicer learning curve/better balanced? If I remember the internet consensus right it was that the DS one is the worst, the GBC version is the best, and the others are okay, but I have no real idea why.
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rdbbb posted:The first game is a good intro to what it's all about -- no bells and whistles. I don't know where you heard the GBC one was "best" -- it's great for GBC, but the PS1/DC versions are obviously better ports of the original. Thanks, I'll take the plunge on getting a PS1 copy. At least this confirms that I'm not totally nuts for thinking that the DS port (remake?) is not nice to beginners. Perhaps I confused GBC with GBA in terms of which was best? Oh well. And that Pi Gameboy is totally rad, and probably one of the best form factors you could have for a portable emulator box. Its hard to beat a classic design, though the GBC is probably my favorite game boy shape, if that makes any sense.
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liquid courage posted:drat, those commercials really make me want an Atari and an Intellivision... and I know full well they can't do smooth animations or rotoscoping. Same here, though when I had a 2600 I remember how quickly I got bored with the games. It can be hard to go that far back sometimes, especially when you have no nostalgia for it. I do however love that early illustrated cartridge label art so I think I might pick up this coffee table book on it. Has anyone else gotten it? Probably shouldn't mention this but lawyer lady in Sakura Wars? Does Rufus mean Maria? (I still mourn the death of the Sakura Wars PS2 LP, yet don't have the dedication to struggle through the Japanese myself (or play my copy of Sakura Wars 5, apparently).
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Ah derp, you can tell I haven't bothered playing 5, and it didn't occur to me he wasn't going through one of the previous 4, given the anime rant. Atari wise I just picked up a couple Activision and Atari Collections on PS1 and DS to satisfy that need. Still have a couple carts hanging around for decoration and just in case I do have a change of heart about owning an Atari console. Turbinosamente fucked around with this message at 20:08 on Oct 31, 2016 |
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Jesus Neo Geo is a hell of a system to want to jump into when you're on a budget. I'm just glad that I got SNK Arcade Classics on PS2 and went small with the NGPC, love me some Gal's Fighters. So who's going to be first in line for the NES Mini? Probably not me since I keep wavering on bothering with it. I already have a good chunk of the games on it, and the rest I have no particular feelings about one way or the other. Realistically it'd probably wind up being shelf candy because it's cute and miniature. Also, Ofecks posted:Did it actually die? I've been following it for a long time, and he's taken literally years-long hiatuses before. Old rear end thing to drag up but the Sakura Wars LP by Spirit Armor? He hasn't posted since 2014 and the same goes for the thread which has since passed into archives. I'd consider that pretty drat dead.
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 Dammit I wasn't going to get back into SNES, but this could not be ignored on the shelf at Goodwill yesterday. It looks like hell but it works, and will be my Gradius 3 machine for the near future. For this this time around of collecting SNES I'm leaning more towards getting an everdrive rather than jumping into collecting the carts, given how hosed that market is.
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Though I'm sure I could go digging deeper on other sites, looking at SFC games on ebay still makes a basic everdrive real appealing. Even if I spent more and bumped it up to the DSP series of chips option that's a lot more games vs getting a couple of random cart lots with the usual chaff in them. I'm 80% to 90% sure I can live without the games with more exotic chips in them.
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fruitpunch posted:Do all the PS2 ports on PS4 run like poo poo or is it just Dark Chronicle? Open up Oracle of Ages and look for broken solder joints around the chips on the board with a magnifying glass. Then reflow the busted joins (or all of them if you really feel like it). I've had it happen to two GBC games myself and I hear its common to happen to Ages and Seasons specifically too.
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I'm surprised that guy hasn't moved on to Ebay or something for more exposure in selling that warehouse overstock. But then again, fees. In poo poo no one cares about news I've been spending a little time this weekend trying to cut down on the amount of games I have so I've been playing New Super Mario Bros and Kirby Super Star Ultra on DS and both seem kinda eh to me. I don't know if I'm jaded or plain old nuts or what but it seems like there are better games I could and should be playing in those franchises. Or in general really.
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Kinda glad now that I got NSMB way later on the cheap as opposed to back in the day when it was (full price) brand new. I remember the the chief complaint in reviews was that it was too short. Even so I might not even bother to finish it, its been pretty dull. So far I'm up to world 3 I think? My underwhelmed reaction to Kirby Super Star is mostly due to the way it's split into distinct sections, I'm not a fan of the compartmentalization. drat gorgeous game though.
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I aim lower and use the "cheaper than buying a brand new current gen game" excuse.
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UnhandledException posted:I would love an NGPC, but that garbage screen has to be frontlit. Has anyone made a replacement backlit screen for it more like the AGS-101? As far as I know the only lighted screen mod is to take the frontlight (and film) from an AGS-001 and cut it down and cram it in there. Which is why I am thankful for my desk lamp with a strong compact cfl bulb in it because drat it looks like a fiddly mod to say the least.
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al-azad posted:I have a dilemma! Going back a ways bringing this up, but you might be in luck getting an NES Classic, Best Buy is apparently having a small restock of them on December 20th. If you haven't dug up an alternative by now that is. And on the current topic I am not surprised that a lot of people making an MSU-1 mix don't understand why you can't just slap an orchestral version of a song in. I vaguely remember reading on OCRemix when they did the soundtrack for one of the Street Fighter 2 remakes that it was a learning curve for some of the remixers to make a song that's not too long or too short, and loops well among other criteria needed for back ground music.
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 Today has been a really good day for old video games, as much as I hate to condone Gamestop. But getting this is good as I need a nice palate cleanser after subjecting myself to Dream Chronicles on the DS for some reason. How did most adventure games turn into the much lamer hidden object game?
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