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This last page reminded me I have a copy of the good steel battalion and its online only sequel I need to offload. I have a question that has inevitably been asked before, but I skimmed the thread and have t found an answer. I have moved a couple of times and cannot seem to locate my SNES power cord. I have literally everything else but the wall wart. I looked into one of those 3 in 1 deals that are everywhere but Amazon is rife with 1* reviews saying they don't actually deliver enough power to the system. Am I better off searching eBay for a replacement original cable?
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Kthulhu5000 posted:I'd honestly get the actual OEM supply, for peace of mind if nothing else. Even if the third party supplies provide enough power (not guaranteed), the build quality on the one I got a long time back was kind of poo poo; really skinny cables and the case cracked open somehow. It's not worth whatever small amount of money (in the long run) you might save to buy one. Found one on eBay with pictures for $20 shipped, and with the knock off's being $10, I'm glad I looked into this more than impulse buying the 3 in 1 at the local comic shop for like $13. One more question. I regret selling my copy of Super Metroid back when I was a kid to Funcoland to buy a PSX and Final Fantasy 7 when it came out. I am noticing that the Super famicom version is like $20 cheaper at least, and from what I'm reading they are identical. Is there any real reason to get the US version other than that was what I had as a kid? I am ordering the silly bits that I need to open up carts/consoles from eBay as I had wanted to 'Mod' my N64 a while back and couldn't find the bits, for 1.49 and free shipping for both the 4.5 and 3.8 bits I figured why not. Drowning Rabbit fucked around with this message at 07:52 on Sep 24, 2016 |
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Sep 24, 2016 07:40
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Who is the rear end in a top hat that thought coloring component cables red, green, and blue was a funny thing to do when RGB output is a thing. I was looking up RGB Vs Component tonight to see what people are talking about and I had no idea they were legitimately completely different.
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Sep 26, 2016 03:13
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al-azad posted:Jesus, this is sooo scummy! "Other people steal so why make such a big deal?" They're basically pissing on the GPL and Creative Commons, which are legal licenses that can be upheld in court. In most cases the rights are retained by the creator but they allow distribution (a license) provided the modification of their software is under the same license. But I'm sure if you modified the Retron and redistributed it their lawyers would be knocking at your door the next day. I don't want to be 'That guy" but as a software developer that submits code to open source projects, this makes my stomach turn. I didn't realize the RetroN5 did this and it makes me even less likely to purchase one. As is I wasn't super sold on using that over an emulator, which I did in college. Not having the TV/Console/Controller meant I was a tourist with the games. It just doesn't have the same hook when there is 'no money on the game' maybe, or maybe it was simply the fact that there is that magic nostalgia to playing it on the old console. The experience just has a certain Je ne sais quoi, as the saying goes. As an aside, I just got gifted a older CRT TV for my use with my old SNES, and I was curious about updating the cables. I still only have the Composite cables, and I was looking into the RGB Vs. Component, etc. that spawned this entire discussion this page ( Sorry, not sorry ). I was curious if there is any difference between the S-Video cables up on eBay that are advertised for GCN/SNES/N64? I never had a TV that could use a S-Video cable as a kid, so it was never even on my radar. I see a bunch that are going for sub-$10 and then some that go for slightly more and look like they may be more official, then lastly the  Monster Cable style ones as well.
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Sep 27, 2016 02:40
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Monitor Burn posted:There's a lot of terrible cheap "S-Video" cables on Ebay that are just unshielded composite cables with S-video plugs. So glad I asked! Thanks bud.
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Sep 27, 2016 03:13
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Tyma posted:Finally got around to finishing construction of The Monolith, to house my collection of Music Games (and collection of snakes). So far, I'm at a full set of PSX and PS2 games, and aiming to finish the DS and Wii next, since they have the 'best' ones. I'm two years into collecting now, and would definitely recommend aiming to collect a genre of games, rather than a system. It's fun to be able to chart the development of a genre, and see how certain trends and gameplay conventions took hold, and how every game seems to lead into the next. Oh man, what a good idea, I should collect my favorite genre, SNES era RPGs! Oh wait... 
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Sep 28, 2016 03:39
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Got my SNES power cord in early today instead of Saturday. gently caress yeah! Plugged it into a new to me TV that I got from a cousin randomly, and nothing but a black screen  my heart dropped.So my square soft games FF3 and Secret of Mana worked fine, but for some reason MMX, Zelda LttP, and Super Mario World didn't work for me. I ended up hitting them in a little more securely and now they work without issue. It made me concerned for the pins though. I have heard about replacement pin sockets for NES, I assume there are ones for SNES? I assume that my 12 year old self was rather rough with plugging games in, then doing a hard "tap" on the top to socket it in. I always loved the eject lever though.
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Sep 29, 2016 02:45
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Monitor Burn posted:Yeah its just gunk on the cartridge contacts; switching them out that much scraped enough dirt off for them to work. I'd recommend cleaning all your carts with alcohol and q-tips. Good to know. They have been in storage in my basement in New England for years, so it's not that surprising. Is there a good place to order the plastic SNES sheathes that came with most of the games originally? I have them for all my games but 1, and I was hoping to grab a flash cart soon, so I pull be down 2. I assume eBay, but was hoping there were alternatives.
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Sep 29, 2016 03:14
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I know it's a really silly accomplishment, but it took me 24 years: I stayed up tonight to get this done, and my 11 year old self is surely jealous. Happy Birthday to me 
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Oct 1, 2016 05:40
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DoctorWhat posted:Now get the Dragon Punch in X2! Don't own x2 or x3. Working on it. Hoping I at least get a SD2SNES for said birthday.
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Oct 1, 2016 06:25
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Kid Fenris posted:I'm looking forward to getting one, but I missed the preorder window (was it even open on Amazon?) so I'll have to wait until they're easy to find and people have dissected them like fake alien corpses on YouTube. Then went on sale ver like the summer? Sold out quickly and idiots were already selling their preorders early on eBay for ridiculous mark up. When preordering on eBay, the terms. Is eBay require it to be within 30 days of auction end, guess what July isn't within.
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Oct 4, 2016 04:55
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It happened today. I put in my old as dirt Super Mario World cart, and today it showed Empty x3. I used it like 2 weeks ago and it had the saves on it, but now... alas. My bits don't come in for another couple of weeks apparently.
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Oct 5, 2016 05:41
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TeaJay posted:Did the new firmware for the SD2SNES enable any games that didn't work previously? Doesn't look like it, outside of: quote:BS-X: new bsx page file by LuigiBlood! It was mostly dealing with in game hooks for the OS it runs.
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Oct 7, 2016 00:12
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Random Stranger posted:It may not be Snail Maze. There's at least three versions of the Master System hardware: one with nothing, one with Snail Maze, and one with Alex Kidd. wa27, turn the system on with no cartridge in and tell us what happens. That can't be all of them, as the SMS I had came with a motorcycle game that looked very much like Rad Racer with a bike ( Can't recall the name ) and another game that I believe was called Safari Hunt, which was a light gun game. Those were the two games you could play if you turned it on with no cart. E: Looked it up, my SMS had Hang-On/Safari Hunt, and apparently there was a code to get to Snail Game that I never knew about until today. Drowning Rabbit fucked around with this message at 00:35 on Oct 8, 2016 |
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Oct 8, 2016 00:32
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falz posted:That's an "or" list. The original console probably came with that cart though. Actually, I did not mean it as an or. My console was Hang on AND safari hunt.
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Oct 8, 2016 04:31
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I know it's not all that 'Retro' but I've always been fascinated by the Game Boy Micro. Anyone have one of these that could give some impressions? Screen too small to be useful? I keep considering it for games that I have yet to finish like Metroid: Zero Mission and Metroid Fusion. I have an old as dirt flash cart for GBA somewhere I know too.
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Oct 12, 2016 03:14
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Uncle at Nintendo posted:I have it and I really like it a lot. The d-pad is great, but it is "mushy" , even more than even the DS Lite. But it's good. The screen is FANTASTIC. I am a complete lunatic when it comes to image quality and screen stuff and for the longest time I assumed it was an OLED screen, yet it's not. I still don't know how it gets such amazing blacks/colors on a non-oled screen. Also the games look even better being on a smaller screen (higher DPI). I would say the only negative is dust tends to make its way onto the actual screen even with the cover on (but this happens with the non-SP GBA as well) and the speakers are really quiet, even at full volume. But it is a great little system. I beat Mother 3 on it.
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Oct 12, 2016 16:41
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So I saw it posted before, but the 8bitdo SNES Bluetooth receiver, any of you guys have any experience with it? Any input Lag? I did NOT realize that it works with most Bluetooth controllers on the market, like my Wii U Pro Controller or PS4 controller. I saw it in this video while browsing Youtube randomly looking up retro stuff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-nvlObxC5I He didn't really go into lag issues or anything though, and the community here seems to be rather well versed in this stuff and definitely not pulling punches. For $20 my interest is peaked. I figured I had to use their SNES controllers with it.
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Oct 13, 2016 20:16
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My Wife surprised me this afternoon in my sick stupor with a late birthday present. She got me a SD2SNES! Loaded it up and tried out some Adventures of Batman and Robin, found out I still can't beat the Joker, then had to fall back to my old standby, Donkey Kong Country. This cart is pretty amazing. Loaded it up with the latest firmware as well.
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Oct 15, 2016 23:39
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8-bit Miniboss posted:Load up some MSU1 patches. Definitely have to get that done next.
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Oct 16, 2016 00:51
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TeaJay posted:Also, the Link to the Past and Super Metroid MSU-1 patches are awesome. I found a site that had a lot of those patches pre-packed, but I don't know if it's alright to link. It shouldn't be hard to find.
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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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Oct 17, 2016 23:31
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Rirse posted:Yeah I was looking at the first link if I did it myself. Did you read the drama in the last page or so about the PSIO? Doesn't look like it's getting any updates anytime soon, and may be dead.
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Oct 18, 2016 23:48
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So for the folks with RGB SCART hook ups, are you using a special TV that actually has those inputs? Or are you using a converter of sorts with it? Being from the US, I have literally never seen a TV with SCART, and it appears from what I'm reading to be mostly popular in the EU?
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Oct 22, 2016 05:31
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Monopthalmus posted:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTNBVisVMbSRW6GIFybpOJbjU65T8eFVM Thanks for the info everyone 
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Oct 22, 2016 06:36
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One other question regarding CRT's, my father still has an old as dirt Toshiba flat screen 480p CRT. I'm inheriting it, and was curious if that would give any better picture than the small crap TV that I have that at least has S-Video? I can't get up to 480p out of my SNES as is I assume, and it won't do progressive scan. This stuff is just super old tech that I haven't had to deal with since I was a kid, and back then I didn't bother with this.
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Oct 22, 2016 06:52
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al-azad posted:Legend of Mana is the best in the series I've wanted to play this for years! Is this PS3 only or can I get some of this on my 4?
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Nov 17, 2016 03:29
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kirbysuperstar posted:There is currently no way to play PS1 games on the PS4. Ell pits. The store is so badly organized that I can never find what I want. Guess I was just on the wrong console this time!
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Nov 17, 2016 04:36
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Ambitious Spider posted:Einhander really needs to get released on psn. I didn't like it when I came out, but that was before I got into shmups. It's been on the PS3 Jpn store for years.
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Nov 19, 2016 04:14
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Xenomrph posted:If I want to open up a SNES, I need a special screwdriver bit, right? I saw some on eBay, but I saw two sizes - 3.8mm and 4.5mm. Which one do I need? Both? Old carts ( NES ) need 3.8mm, you need 4.5mm for SNES hardware.
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Nov 23, 2016 00:59
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mariooncrack posted:I think it's on Amazon Video. I don't recommend watching it, it wasn't all that interesting and the lead has some mental health issues that he should probably address. Yeah, I watched it for free on either Netflix or Amazon prime video, and was glad I didn't pay extra money to sit through it. (
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Dec 1, 2016 02:54
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Wise Fwom Yo Gwave posted:Apparently you can catch the boomerang in Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros 3. I did not know that when this happened: Is that you streaming? Maybe I am misinterpreting, but it sounded like you were telling chat to be E+, which I took as family friendly, then managed to curse several times right after catching the boomerang? Seemed a bit odd is all I'm saying. REGARDLESS, that is pretty wacky, I never played the Advance editions of Mario, but something like that seems way out of left field for the game. Did we just not realize it could be done in SMB3?
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wa27 posted:e+ is referring to the e-reader levels in Mario Advance. There is a literal e+ made out of coins on the screen at that moment. Well that makes a hell of a lot more sense!
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Dec 9, 2016 02:20
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falz posted:It should look pretty much exactly like the ones on Krikzz' site This is exactly what it should look like, mine is gray though. It's a Super Famicom cart with the grooves added to fit in a SNES just as well. Looks fine in my SNES, but I'm betting it'll actually look better in a SF due to the curves and fitting more snug.
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I got my SD2SNES as a gift and it had the grey cart, I kind of want to replace it with another cart to get rid of the gaudy SD2SNES, but don't want to mill a SD slot. Then again, I actually liked the look of the red translucence case. That sticker though.... needs some work.
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Jul 20, 2017 13:45
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Rirse posted:Wish it would speed up a little. That one of the things that makes the SNES Classic more enticing then the NES Classic is a lot of the major games that are not playable on the SD2SNES are playable there. This is exactly why I'm buying a SNES. Almost all of the games that I have any interest in playing on my SNES that I don't have the carts for anymore and can't use my flash cart for are on the Classic. Except Stunt Race FX, but that's more of a curiosity. I played it once in a TRU back in the day as a kid and thought it was interesting at the time.
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Jul 23, 2017 02:19
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Wise Fwom Yo Gwave posted:Having owned this game as a kid: the correct answer is anything other than this game = best skateboard game ever. Another acceptable answer is Skate Or Die. 720* was a great skateboard game. I knew how to do a lot more poo poo in that than Skate or Die. However the half pipe was still a crap shoot for me.
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Jul 25, 2017 02:44
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BigRed0427 posted:Hey guys. Not sure if this is You can literally buy a mini nes case on Amazon for a Pi. You will need a memory card for it as well, but that is kind of a given. Along with whatever controller setup you want :x
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Uncle at Nintendo posted:Any goons in these cities can score an NES Classic for retail price. Unfortunately I live nowhere near any of them My buddy who lives in TX just picked one up this afternoon!
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How has nobody recommended Jet Moto? Those games were mindless racing fun! Of course Castlevania: Symphony of the Night as well, I don't think I saw that mentioned, but holy poo poo. It isn't really a 'Hidden Gem' though. Then a lot of the recommended games I wouldn't consider hidden gems like Guilty Gear and Einhander. Definitely great games, both of which I own and love, but they weren't 'hidden', I grew up playing the poo poo out of these ( In High School at least ).
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