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OSI bean dip posted:http://shop.bresoftware.com/Sega-Dreamcast-Used_p_4654.html Jesus, really? I just bought one loose at a local church fair a few weeks ago for $5 with one controller and its hookup. And it had Soul Calibur inside it too when I got home and opened it up. I guess that's a good deal? e: wait nevermind it looks like I paid $2 for the console and $1 for the controller. So $3 total. And it looks like the controller has a memory card plus something that looks like a mini-gameboy in it.
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H1KE posted:You're a gem. I doubt it's something you'll want to do spontaneously, but eventually you'll tire of GnG.  Genpei Turtle posted:Jesus, really? I just bought one loose at a local church fair a few weeks ago for $5 with one controller and its hookup. And it had Soul Calibur inside it too when I got home and opened it up. I guess that's a good deal? Good deals are around if you look for them. If you need one today, yes, that's a good price for a known working system.
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That's well worth the price. Christ, what a console.
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Dec 8, 2012 03:15
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 Oh shiiit! Someone bout to have some mothafuckin' presents all up in theys grill
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Genpei Turtle posted:Jesus, really? I just bought one loose at a local church fair a few weeks ago for $5 with one controller and its hookup. And it had Soul Calibur inside it too when I got home and opened it up. I guess that's a good deal? You're asking if a Dreamcast is worth more than $3? Yes.
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Genpei Turtle posted:Jesus, really? I just bought one loose at a local church fair a few weeks ago for $5 with one controller and its hookup. And it had Soul Calibur inside it too when I got home and opened it up. I guess that's a good deal? $5 for a working Dreamcast with all its hookups and accessories and one of the best games on it? That's a hell of a good deal.
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ohnoitschris posted:I had one of those as a kid and it stopped working pretty quickly. It feels kind of cheap and crappy, too. That thing looks amazing. They're pretty cheap, so I'm definitely getting one whenever I buy an SNES again.
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That's right. It feels solid and can take a beating, has a little weight to it, and even looks much better than the ASCII Pad.
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Mill Village posted:That thing looks amazing. They're pretty cheap, so I'm definitely getting one whenever I buy an SNES again. Thanks for reminding me that this existed. I had one back in the day and really loved it. But I did not remember until I saw that picture. Definetley need to pick one up.
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Caitlin posted:Nickel City is still open unless it recently (very recently) exploded or something. I live near the Schaumburg GW so it's in pretty great repair, I just don't go that often. Upside is I get to play poo poo like Technika and Sangokushi Taisen. Oh cool ill have to check it out again. If i remember right all of their classic stuff is free play. Schaumburg GW is the one I used to go to also. Do they still have that deal on Thursday where you can play from like 7pm until closing for $20? zenintrude posted:
Look at Mr Fancy with his wrapping paper. I was considering it but I filled a large flat rate box pretty much to the brim. Don't think I could have crammed wrapping in as well. ChaiCalico fucked around with this message at 05:02 on Dec 8, 2012 |
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madpanda posted:Look at Mr Fancy with his wrapping paper. I was considering it but I filled a large flat rate box pretty much to the brim. Don't think I could have crammed wrapping in as well. Yeah, I'm not gonna wrap my Santee's stuff either (the last thing I ordered should be getting here any day), but now I feel like a shitbag for not. 
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Neddy Seagoon posted:$5 for a working Dreamcast with all its hookups and accessories and one of the best games on it? That's a hell of a good deal. Ah, OK. Dreamcast is one of the few consoles I never really followed so while I knew it was a deal, I was under the impression that because it never did so well there was a glut of them and they'd go for less in general.
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Final piece of my Secret Santee's stuff arrived today, I'll be wrapping it tomorrow night and hopefully sending it out Sunday or Monday!
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My Santee is either going to be creeped out, or laugh hard. Maybe both.
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univbee posted:IIRC a VCR should be able to make this work using its built-in tuner. You set the channel on the VCR and it'll output correctly to the TV using composite. I don't think any consoles that use RF will carry a stereo signal, so if you can get a mono VCR for cheaper just get that. That's what I hoped. I looked through a few old manual scans online but it never mentioned if you ABSOLUTELY needed the coax-out hooked up to a TV if you wanted to use the coax-in. RCA leads were mentioned in passing but nothing specific. Thank you, this should work fine  !Code Jockey posted:I've got a few PC TV capture boxes that do it, or should anyway [never used an RF box with them, just RCA, but they have coax ports for TV input]. Possibly. I have an old Pinnacle box but it only supports composite and s-video at an exhilarating 30 frames per second! Interestingly I tried replacing it with a more modern card but that thing has all sorts of neat visibility issues. It flatout won't see the NES most of the time (but not ALL the time  ) and the colors it renders the Genesis in are bizarre. I just run all of the composite and s-video signals to it through a DVD-R machine which converts everything to component. That DVD-R's going to be a godsend when my current LCD TV dies... s-video inputs are getting rarer, so I've heard  ...Sexy Slippers posted:You want an Ambery RF Demodulator They also sell them on eBay and with shipping it'll set you back If it's reliable and the VCR adventure doesn't work, drat the expense, it'll help keep me sane. I was looking into similar VGA products but their performance is sketchy at best. This one looks perfect  !
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ohnoitschris posted:I had one of those as a kid and it stopped working pretty quickly. It feels kind of cheap and crappy, too. You just reminded me I had this beast sitting in my wardrobe:   (to be fair it was this beat up when I bought it off a buddy in the 90's if I recall) I agree that they feel pretty solid (from what I remember), as for taking a beating I'm not so sure judging by the state of this. The macro function is gimmicky, but handy for doing Spinning Piledrivers in Street Fighter 2, which is why this pad ended up being banned when me and my chums used to play SF2 back in the day, that or they'd hit the slow button and piss off the opponent to no end. Ah, good times. jpg fucked around with this message at 15:24 on Dec 8, 2012 |
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Third party controls back then were so weird. I remember having a Genesis controller with a "turbo" button that apparently never did anything for any game.
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ohnoitschris posted:I had one of those as a kid and it stopped working pretty quickly. It feels kind of cheap and crappy, too. To be fair, I'm not as used to how SNES SSF2 plays and I didn't play it for too long to get a real good feel for it, so there's a good chance it's just me. 
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jpg posted:You just reminded me I had this beast sitting in my wardrobe: Hell yeah now that's what I'm talking about. We used to have one of these and it could be programmed to even do fatalities or complex moves in Mortal Kombat...and it would show you the arrows/buttons pressed on the screen. Definitely a cool rear end controller, one day I will find our original if it's still in my parents' place. ALSO I've got all of my SS stuff completely ready to go and packaged up. I have never packed a flat rate box this full before, it's awesome. I will be mailing it out Monday, and since my SS apparently lives a few hours north of me it will guaranteed be there Tuesday or Wednesday. Tyson Tomko fucked around with this message at 18:44 on Dec 8, 2012 |
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Tyson Tomko posted:
PM sent very kind sir.
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My SS stuff went out today. I hope the recipient enjoys the choice selections.  Also while stopping at the retro store, I was lucky enough to finally find an official N64 controller with a stick not completely turned into plastic dust, and a copy of Cruis'n USA. Now I can tear through my home state in bug-splatter POV all over again.
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My SS stuff in packed up and the label is printed. It will be sent out monday whoever you are. Also my secret santa sent me stuff and I got it this week. Its pretty cool! Move the gently caress over Wii U  I think the box text is Thai and the console text is Cyrillic? I also got this stuff which is pretty cool. The handheld is a famiclone and has 80 games or so (including Angry Brids 3 and Fast Bros II). His wife makes the perlers. 
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I finally came into enough money to do some Christmas shopping, so I ordered my SS stuff today. I'll be shipping it out ASAP once it gets here and I can wrap/pack it. I think my Santee will appreciate it.
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OSI bean dip posted:PM sent very kind sir. Responded, and you're also getting a copy of Wave Race because I found a dupe. iastudent posted:...and a copy of Cruis'n USA. Now I can tear through my home state in bug-splatter POV all over again. CRUSINNNNnnnnnn Yeahh......CRUSIN USA. YEAH! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpIXV-h52yY&t=25s I remember getting that game for my birthday way back when and loving it. The cop car is simply the best. It wasn't long after I got my copy of Shadows of the Empire too. Man, launch 64 games and early gen ones were badass. Tyson Tomko fucked around with this message at 22:57 on Dec 8, 2012 |
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I finally read this entire thread. I'll have more to add later but I just wanted to start by saying that I still own my first console (Atari 5200) and a bunch of games that weren't rare when I bought them but apparently are now. I also still own the worst and most obscure console I ever bought (original Panasonic 3DO). Lots of cool games for that too. I kinda want to dig them out of the attic and set them up now. To add to one of the current discussions: When I first bought my SNES I had it hooked up through the RF modulator since my TV didn't have composite hookups. One day I had an idea and bought an SNES composite cable. I ran the composite cable into my VCR and ran coax from my VCR to my TV. That cleared up the signal so much that I just sat there and stared the first time I started it up like that. It probably didn't look as good as running composite straight to the TV but it definitely looked a lot better. I'm guessing it was because the RF modulator was out of the picture?
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...! posted:To add to one of the current discussions: When I first bought my SNES I had it hooked up through the RF modulator since my TV didn't have composite hookups. One day I had an idea and bought an SNES composite cable. I ran the composite cable into my VCR and ran coax from my VCR to my TV. That cleared up the signal so much that I just sat there and stared the first time I started it up like that. It probably didn't look as good as running composite straight to the TV but it definitely looked a lot better. I'm guessing it was because the RF modulator was out of the picture? It's most likely your VCR put out a better RF signal than your SNES. I remember doing the same thing with my NES twenty years ago and getting similar results.
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After changing the battery in my NES copy of Zelda, the game now has severe graphical glitches. The pins are clean as can be and I don't see any excess solder or anywhere I may have damaged it. Did I simply get the circuit too hot and permanently damage it? :/
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Look for cold solder points and re-flow them or re-solder them, if necessary; you may have flexed the board (even slightly) and now the solder and the pads are no longer connecting. Did you slip the iron across the board (pressing too hard)? Leave a mark? Did it possibly cut a trace? I assume other games still work fine (just to rule out the NES)?
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I got my turbo everdrive deluxe today  Now i just need an actual pc engine
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Robolizard! posted:I got my turbo everdrive deluxe today Everything Stone Age Gamer makes is hideously expensive but looks so very good. I will own a SD2SNES deluxe one of these days.
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Is this where we post silly retro gaming purchases we made? At a highly portable 110 lbs! I actually felt bad buying it from Goodwill, apparently it was on sale so I only paid  .edit: According to the internet, in order to get rid of the "Video 2" in the corner, I need a remote with a button called "Display". The universal remotes I'm seeing on Amazon don't seem to have that, though. Does anyone have any suggestions? Cicero fucked around with this message at 08:48 on Dec 9, 2012 |
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Robolizard! posted:My SS stuff in packed up and the label is printed. It will be sent out monday whoever you are. I've got that heart perler too, it's awesome, also send me your keyboard tia
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Cicero posted:Is this where we post silly retro gaming purchases we made? Almost any Sony remote will do such as this one or this one. The first one is probably a better bet, since it is specifically a universal remote.
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Agrias120 posted:Almost any Sony remote will do such as this one or this one. The first one is probably a better bet, since it is specifically a universal remote.
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Cicero posted:edit: According to the internet, in order to get rid of the "Video 2" in the corner, I need a remote with a button called "Display". The universal remotes I'm seeing on Amazon don't seem to have that, though. Does anyone have any suggestions? I've got a nice Logitech Harmony 600 controller. You can get one for $40 now and probably cheaper than that if you get refurbed. It will control anything that has an IR receiver and use every single function controllable. It's more expensive than your typical universal remote but a good investment.
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Bit curious about buying an SD2SNES. What's the best way to know when they're instock? Do they normally sell out quickly? Also interested in the genesis or master system flash carts, anyone had any experience with them?
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Well, finally beat Pokemon Blue. That was... ridiculously easy. 1. Take Bulbasaur 2. Grind Bulbasaur a little on early fights, plow through everything with vine whip 3. Get the TM with body slam, give to Bulbasaur 4. One-shot every loving thing in the game with Bulbasaur/Ivysaur/Venussaur dropping body slams, occasionally switching to razor leaf if I run out of PP or find something more vulnerable to razor leaf Seriously, every single trainer and the Elite Four went down like nothing. I had to revive/dump healing items into Arse the Bulbasaur near the end because some of the Elite Four battles were tricky, and he ran out of PP during the very last fight and I ended up using struggle a few times [which still shaved off like a quarter of the last battle's HP each shot]. He ended up high-level-70s by the end. I know there's already a Let's Break of Pokemon Blue, but jesus, I feel like I managed to break it just playing it the best way I knew how!
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