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RIP old thread, you served us well. All hail the new thread. EDIT: I second the Tetrisphere recommendation. I loving love that game. Every time I show it to someone new it always starts with, "What? What is this. Why would I play this instead of...  ".
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Someone is selling a NGCD with two controller pads and SamSho 1-3 for $160 locally. I'm really loving tempted to buy it for some strange reason, despite having a Neo Geo Candy MVS setup. I think it's just the controllers, they look so familiar and yet somewhat alien to what I'm used to.
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d0s posted:What model is it, there are three versions and the front loader should be avoided Also the pad controllers are really great when they work but their sticks have a failure rate that makes the N64 stick look reliable, so you should be looking into getting normal neo-geo arcade style sticks anyway because there's pretty much a 100% chance the pad sticks are dead or dying It's the top loader (non-CDZ), and that's good to know about the pads, I didn't realize their failure rate was so high. In any event, I'm going to pass on it, because I can't justify picking it up when I've already got an MVS setup. I was just surprised it popped up for sale in the area, and at a reasonable price. There's a good chance this will drive me to finally buy either the PSX or Saturn port of the SamSho RPG and slog through it once and for all, though.
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d0s posted:speaking of the samsho RPG does anyone remember the huge drama surrounding the NGCD fan translation that ended with the creator having a huge meltdown, telling the N-G forums he would finish the patch and never release it to anyone but himself, and posting a photo of his dick? those were good times God bless the N-G forums, a never ending cesspool of poo poo and drama.
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Would playing Pokemon G/S/C via GoombaGBC on the GBA Everdrive result in a working RTC, since the GBA Everdrive has RTC support built in? I played it for a while on the GBED, but it was too much of a pain in the rear end with the RTC not working correctly.
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Sep 11, 2016 17:07
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Harlock posted:Segue into good video gaming podcasts? Retronauts. For non-retro stuff I really like 8-4 Play, but it relies heavily on you liking the personalities of the hosts.
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falz posted:Anyone know much info about Neo Geo cabinets? I see one available locally-ish for a reasonable price, it appears to be the one that takes 4 carts. It has a 150 in one multicart in one which sounds sane. I'm sure you could rig up a switch, but swapping what is installed takes like 1 minute, especially since you're already familiar with arcade guts. I keep a CPS board inside of my neogeo candy, along with the MVS motherboard. If I want to play one or the other, I just open it up, swap the wire from one to the other (I just leave the adapter on the end of my CPS board) and then restart.
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Oct 3, 2016 17:42
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falz posted:I guess that's not that bad, I'm just tight on space in that rolling the cabinet out far enough to do that would be a chore and would greatly reduce its usefulness. Ah, yeah, I forgot you'd be dealing with a door on the back. My cab has one on the front, so it's easy to access.
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Oct 4, 2016 00:19
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Light Gun Man posted:I think my Sega PAC is for realz dead now. My Laseractive won't do anything if I turn it on with the PAC inserted. Still plays LDs at least, as long as I eject the PAC. Oh hey, I have the opposite problem. My PAC is fine, but my Laseractive won't play LDs or CDs and literally everyone around my area laughs at me when I call to ask if they repair LD players. We should combine to form a working Laseractive.
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Oct 11, 2016 14:34
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Light Gun Man posted:I remember getting a quote from a user on digital press years ago on a PAC recapping for 100 bucks. I put it off, forever. If there is a cheap person, hell yeah let me know. Agreed, I would also like to know of this person. Shipping an entire LaserActive to them would probably cost a billion dollars, but it'd be better than it not working.
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Oct 11, 2016 19:48
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d0s posted:I think this was it, I remember the hilarious 1995 website http://www.laserdiscservice.com/ This site is everything I'd want a laserdisc repair service to be. I hope the fact that they haven't updated in 3 years isn't a bad sign.
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Oct 11, 2016 23:31
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:Every one of my TVs looks like poo poo over composite. I have a few CRTs, including a Trinitron. I know what to expect. I just don't have the space or want to set up a CART in my small living room. I've moved on. I kickstarted them and have an SNES and a Genesis one I use with my CDX. I used them both on my Mitubishi DLP and it was a night and day difference. Since moving and having more room, I have them both going into a CRT now and they look magical. The cables are nice, and they're nice and cheap alternatives to dedicated scalers, etc. The only downside I see is that they're heavily targeted (only work on a specific console, etc) but if it works for you then it works for you.
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beaver_cheese posted:Does anyone here own a Dreamcast USB-GDROM? Good, bad, better alternative? EDIT: Ignore this, it's been a long day and I didn't look at the linked page close enough. I've got the GDEMU, the "old" USB one.
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d0s posted:I loving love everybody who hacks roms Aside from translation, I don't think Lunar 1 was as hosed in as many obvious ways as Eternal Blue. Was it?
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Stone Age Gamer just opened up orders for HDMI-modded Gamecubes for $250. I didn't know that was a thing.
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d0s posted:Yeah with that game I feel like they just picked the cheapest JRPG out there for them to license and thought "slap a fancy box on it and our nerd fans will buy anything lmao". It's not some horrible kusoge but definitely seems like something that should would have been a barebones budget release, if released here at all. On the other had I'm not a big RPG guy so maybe it has some hidden greatness that I missed because I've seen big fans and it even got ported to the iphone years ago when porting a retro game to the iphone was kind of a big deal I liked Vay when it came out, but I was also an RPG-starved kid and would play almost any console RPG I could get my hands on. When SoMoGa brought it out on iOS I played through it and it was really only then that I realized how bland of a game it is. It's not terrible, but it doesn't do much to stand out.
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https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/vgm/5994944786.html Sorry to resurrect the PVM chat, but these just popped up locally and i have no idea how a PGM differs from a PVM, or if this PGM model is any good. These are just down the road from me, are they at all worth picking one up? I'm just using an old non-flat CRT at the moment.
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Yeah, sadly the PGMs were all taken. I reached out to the seller right after I posted but they said they got an overwhelming response. I did notice they posted this in the time it took me to get home, though: https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/vgm/5995370526.html
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Oh poo poo, the guy e-mailed me back and someone backed out of a multi-buy, so I can snag one of those PGMs if I want to. edit: But, yeah, it looks like it only does 31Khz, so no 240p I guess. That might make it less worth it for me (I also don't have an xrgb or anything). Agrias120 fucked around with this message at 01:32 on Feb 9, 2017 |
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flyboi posted:I want to hack the game but it's ide and I need more ram so nudie games is about all I can do Why would you ever play anything besides erotic photo hunt???
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Day one of the Midwest gaming classic was good times I bought this hat from Windy back when he first sold them. I wore it a bunch leading up to the inauguration, but now it just seems too real.
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I'm late to post this, but I bought FireMrshlBill's PVM last week, and it's been amazing so far. It looks like a loving dream with my HD Retrovision component cables on SNES and CDX. I'm both happy and sad that I foresee myself getting my 64 and NES RGB modded in the near future.
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Lower power consumption and a soft reset are enough to get me to double dip for the X7, I think.
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I was trying to google this but having a difficult time--do you need to worry about burn-in on PVM's? I figure you don't, but since you do with arcade monitors I figured it's at least worth checking.
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Thanks for the quick responses! I'm mostly just being overly paranoid about leaving a game paused for 30mins or so without turning the TV off.
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XtraSmiley posted:I've been doing a lot of traveling lately, and I always stop by the local "retro game" store. Today I'm at Dulles, so I stopped by https://www.estarland.com which was literally across the street from where I'm staying. Yeah, like a couple others, this is a local store for me, too. I used to work a few minutes from there and would go by to look around at lunch. I haven't bought anything from there in years (10+ years ago they were in a smaller location in a strip mall and had much more decent prices/import selections). They host some cool swap meet events, but buying actual games from the store sucks. I also loving HATE that they don't price things and I have to use a kiosk in the store to search for games on their website to find a price.
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XtraSmiley posted:OK, those of you local to that store... any good places to eat? I love Mexican and BBQ, no chains please.. Where are you staying? If you're closer in towards DC/Arlington, District Taco is the best you can get. It's a local chain (started a food truck here, and has blossomed into a couple of locations in the area--the menu is based off the founder's mother's recipes), but super delicious. Texas Jack's is my favorite local BBQ, followed by Dixie Bones, then Rockland's (though I know a lot of people prefer Rockland's over Dixie Bones).
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FireMrshlBill posted:I wouldn't recommend paying an arm and a leg for a PVM. Set up craigslist saved searches for a PVM in your area so you get alerts if any are posted and wait for a deal. In the meantime, a 20"-27" Trinitron (or other decent brand AND model CRT) with composite+s-video+component will be plenty. As I said a few pages back, I sold my 14" PVM because I was just using my 27" Trinitron pretty much exclusively anyway (admittedly because sitting on the couch in front of a 27" was much more convenient that the setup around a 14", and the difference in picture didn't make the loss of comfort worth it). I agree with all of this. I bought my PVM (the one FireMrshlBill sold) because the price was right and I had a new setup that had space for a PVM but not space to use my big CRT. I was tired of going up to the top floor to play stuff on the CRT when I could just play on the PVM at my desk while on conference calls, etc. I think PVMs are great and I don't regret getting mine at all, but I think they have a very specific use case that makes them worth it.
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