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Shipped my gifts today! They're just going across town, so it should be there tomorrow or monday at the latest. Updated my tracking number on elfster so it should all be set.
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Fulfilled my Santa-y duties today and shipped out some gifts to my giftee today. Wrote some notes on each package, open them in order for maximum enjoyment!
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Dec 15, 2012 02:50
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madpanda posted:what a fantastic duck. We do love our duck around this neck of the woods. Our minor league baseball (previously hockey) team was named pretty much after it and the farmstand where it was. Not so lovely, It turns out the postal system screwed the pooch with my Mega Everdrive and sorted it with regular mail meaning I just initialized a wild goose (or duck) chase to find it in normal circulation. On top of a busted SNES in their hands earlier this month, they seems to be hiring more inbreds there beside the one I know for the holiday season.
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Dec 15, 2012 02:54
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madpanda posted:My secret santa box arrived today. Yay!  Glad everything arrived safely! You can thank the future Mrs. Restaurant for the wrapping, anything I wrap ends up crumpled and covered in hair and debris. Love that duck sculpture! Hope you enjoy the games, and hopefully kitty will like his (her?) toy too.  Awesome to see Monster Party getting a good home! Enjoy its psychotic splendor, Code Jockey!
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Dec 15, 2012 03:08
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Panic Restaurant posted:
Oh I will! I've wanted that game for ages and can never find it.
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Dec 15, 2012 04:13
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 A PACKAGE APPROACHES! A WILD SARGSS APPEARS! Keys! I choose you~! LET'S OPEN THIS poo poo UP!  Yessssss I got a letter for Christmas! It is a letter inviting me to RPG TOWN! I won't transcribe it word for word but it is a very nice letter and describes each of the games included. So now let's dig through the paper and see what I got!  Some lovely NES games I don't have! The Magic of Scheherazade is on the left and described by my santa as "very much like the original Legend of Zelda....with a middle eastern theme." Neat! Faxanadu on the left is "a much better game than Zelda II (in terms of being a sequel to Zelda)." Onward!  Elemental Gimmick Gear is apparently a 2D adevnture RPG with 3D battles where you wander around in a mech and do poo poo. This sounds cool! Now the bread and butter and the cockles of my heart, the Genesis haul!  drat YOU EXCITEMENT AND YOUR BLURRINESS  Starflight sounds like an RPG Star Command? Or maybe an RPG of....Escape Velocity? I have no idea but I'ma check that poo poo out! Shining in the Darkness I definitely have heard of since I own Shining Force 1 and 2, but I've never actually played it, so this is great to have the game that started it all! The other game is Light Crusader which is an adventure game by Treasure. I've heard of this one before too and I love Treasure so this should be loving great! Man, these are awesome, I am so glad I-...wait...what's this rattling around in the box?   HOORAY! I don't actually own and have never played Phantasy Star IV so this is an AWESOME gift! It was also out of the personal collection of my Santa so I really appreciate it! Santa "AwwJeah" is a super loving boss! Thanks for the gifts and the letter, dude!
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Dec 15, 2012 05:39
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Allen Wren posted:I know this is a weird request, but could you possibly scan one of the pages from that for me? This is mostly because no-one believes me that that guide suggests that the 1-up from Megaman 2 is an evil agent of the enemy. (It's in a caption under the screenshot of Quick Man's stage.)  My interpretation is that they're saying this particular 1-up is essentially luring players to their deaths.
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Dec 15, 2012 06:30
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Uncle Jenkins posted:
... which it is, right? Unless you use the Flash Stopper?
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Dec 15, 2012 06:43
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Uncle Jenkins posted:
I wonder if the information in that guide was translated from Japanese. Poorly.
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Dec 15, 2012 07:00
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You're a gentleman and a scholar, thanks.
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Dec 15, 2012 07:20
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Quidnose posted:Santa "AwwJeah" is a super loving boss! Thanks for the gifts and the letter, dude!  Glad you're psyched about Phantasy Star IV. I payed WAY too much for it before realizing it was just going to rot in my house. Glad it found a happy home! Let us know what you think of EGG when you get around to it. Super curious about that one. Enjoy yourself! AwwJeah fucked around with this message at 07:57 on Dec 15, 2012 |
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Dec 15, 2012 07:52
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Code Jockey posted:... which it is, right? Unless you use the Flash Stopper? No, you can grab that life very easily without risking death.
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Dec 15, 2012 14:08
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Do the model 1 and model 2 genesi use the same power brick? I just got given two model 1's with no power bricks. But no stickers on the bottom for voltage.
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Dec 15, 2012 15:31
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Kilazar posted:Do the model 1 and model 2 genesi use the same power brick? I just got given two model 1's with no power bricks. But no stickers on the bottom for voltage. no http://www.gametrog.com/GAMETROG/Ho...22_aa-s95j.html
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Dec 15, 2012 15:34
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This says the Dreamcast cable is super common. I need one to test if that's why my Dreamcast won't turn on, but I don't think I have a spare at all. Does anyone know where to get one for cheap? I tried looking on Monoprice but searching 'power cable' isn't too useful there.
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Dec 15, 2012 17:26
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elf help book posted:This says the Dreamcast cable is super common. I need one to test if that's why my Dreamcast won't turn on, but I don't think I have a spare at all. Does anyone know where to get one for cheap? Dreamcast really does use a super-common power cord. You can use the one that works on the fat PS2, the original XBox, the original PS1, amongst others. That being said, it's incredibly unlikely the power cord is bad. Kilazar posted:OHhhh, that is worth something. One of my biggest gripes about most recliner items, they take up more space even when not reclined. Because you have to plan for the reclining aspect. I think you just shot this chair to the top of my list good sir. Sure thing! Due to this thread I now must own Elemental Gimmick Gear and ponder how the hell I never heard of it before. You Santee's rock! Chumbawumba4ever97 fucked around with this message at 17:35 on Dec 15, 2012 |
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Dec 15, 2012 17:32
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AwwJeah posted:Ain't nothin but a thang, fella! Egg is something that's along the lines of the older 2D Zeldas, but with higher production values and a mech customization system. If you like the old Zeldas, it ranks right up there with the best of them.
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Dec 15, 2012 17:48
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Miyamotos RGB NES posted:Due to this thread I now must own Elemental Gimmick Gear and ponder how the hell I never heard of it before. You Santee's rock! This is a really good Dreamcast RPG and everyone should play it  I can't wait to do secret santa next year. My game collection was not at its healthiest state this time around, but I'll have so much to give out next year.
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Dec 15, 2012 18:02
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Santa came this week! (Sorry for the crummy pictures!) Hot drat! A fat Game Boy! I haven't wrapped my grubby mitts around one of these in years - I forgot they had a contrast wheel! Also: Robocop, Cosmo Tank (with a DIY label, maybe?), Wheel of Fortune, Metroid II, Killer Instinct, Pokemon Red, NFL Blitz, Powerpuff Girls, Driver, Blade and perhaps the most unusual GB game I've ever played: Dragonheart.  Some Batman figurines and a classy coaster!  Oh poo poo! A weird LCD game, a classic Capcom compilation for GBA, and a mystery GBA game! The suspense is killing me! But what, there's more...   A motherfucking N64!  Thank you so, so much! That is rad as hell. And with a first party controller with a good stick, too! Castlevania 64, Wipeout 64 and WWF Wrestlemania 2000, too -- drat, drat, drat, dude.Wait a minute, what's this last thing...  You cheeky bastard. Thanks for making Christmas this year so awesome. I can't wait to start tearing into these oldies. 
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Dec 15, 2012 18:04
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My Santee should be getting his today. I EXPECT PICTURES.
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Dec 15, 2012 18:30
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Chainclaw posted:Ummmm, I Robot is first gen 3D graphics. It was released 10 years before Star Fox. I, Robot is pretty awesome. It's such an eccentric little game with a great design aesthetic, and it's the only arcade game with a paint mode. When you drop in your quarter you have a choice between playing the actual game, or diddling around for ~3 minutes in a funky MS-Paint style canvas with animated 3D polygons. Of course, I, Robot was predated by vector 3D games like Battlezone and Star Wars, but as far as I know it was the first shaded 3D game. Virtual Fighter 4 for the PS2 has Virtua Fighter 1 included as a bonus/easter egg mode, and it's a great study in contrasts and "wow that used to look so good". Also I'm not sure I realized they made Virtua Fighter for the 32X: 
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h_double posted:I, Robot is pretty awesome. It's such an eccentric little game with a great design aesthetic, and it's the only arcade game with a paint mode. When you drop in your quarter you have a choice between playing the actual game, or diddling around for ~3 minutes in a funky MS-Paint style canvas with animated 3D polygons. I have VF for the 32x and it is pretty much unplayable today.
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elf help book posted:This says the Dreamcast cable is super common. I need one to test if that's why my Dreamcast won't turn on, but I don't think I have a spare at all. Does anyone know where to get one for cheap? http://www.monoprice.com/products/search.asp?keyword=figure+8+power
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Dec 15, 2012 19:18
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Technowrite posted:My Santee should be getting his today. I EXPECT PICTURES. I did get it today.  I like how you cut out different letters for the words. I wonder what's in it?  Alright! Dr. Mario, Buck Bumble, and Midtown Madness 3!  You even sent me a Christmas card!  Thanks for the gifts!
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Santa came today! He even left a note!  And of course games:     But wait, what's this? NOOO!!!!  Phew!  Awesome haul. Thanks much Lepecard 
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tvb posted:Santa came this week! That Cosmo Tank I bought from a grocery store around 1999 for $5 and it came shrink wrapped to a piece of cardboard. It's a pretty cool game for sure and that's how the label has been since day one. One of these days I'll spend 2 seconds searching and see what the actual cover looks like. Also the mystery GBA game should be drive enough to get a fatty DS and/or GBA to continue the quest. Glad everything arrived in one piece and enjoy!!
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Dec 15, 2012 19:55
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Ambitious Spider posted:He even left a note! This wins the creepiest present of the thread.
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elf help book posted:This says the Dreamcast cable is super common. I need one to test if that's why my Dreamcast won't turn on, but I don't think I have a spare at all. Does anyone know where to get one for cheap? You can use any power cord that'll fit. I have a ton of them from old boomboxes and poo poo. They work for any console with an internal PSU.
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Silhouette posted:You can use any power cord that'll fit. I have a ton of them from old boomboxes and poo poo. They work for any console with an internal PSU. And I'm pretty sure I have none, I've looked around. I think my last cable box had one but I don't own it anymore. wa27 posted:It's usually called a figure 8 cable. Thanks!
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Anyone know what would make a Super Famicom/Super Nintendo not display video (both from AV and RF)? Audio comes through just fine. I have several systems, tools to open them, a multimeter and a soldering iron.
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Dec 15, 2012 20:12
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Mill Village posted:I did get it today. You're welcome. Now scurry off to enjoy them.
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ACID POLICE posted:This is a really good Dreamcast RPG and everyone should play it Yeah the Dreamcast has a really good solid RPG library. Then again I think it's entire RPG library is 4 games. Skies of Arcadia, Grandia II, EGG, and Shenmue. Allthough I have no idea why Shenmue is dirt cheap where as either version of Skies of Arcadia goes for 40+. 
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WendigoJohnson posted:Yeah the Dreamcast has a really good solid RPG library.
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AwwJeah posted:The Evolution series is also awesome. From what I played of it 4-5 hours in, it seemed very middle of the road. I never picked up Evolution 2 so I can only comment on one.
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Ambitious Spider posted:Santa came today! Gah, looks like the tape almost gave out on most of those. Also, sorry for that weird mark on Castlevania, the guy on Craigslist failed to mention it until I already had met up with him to pick it up! Still, I hope you enjoy them! Ineffiable posted:This wins the creepiest present of the thread. It was actually a lot creepier! The package was originally wrapped in brown paper with more cut out letters for the addresses(but done neatly) and even tied with twine but they said it was almost guaranteed to be flagged and opened so I had to remove the outer paper and just go with regular old ink  EDIT: Holy poo poo, I wasn't the only one to use cut-out letters!?
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Lepecard posted:Gah, looks like the tape almost gave out on most of those. I'm not a huge stickler for minor defects. So much so, that I didn't notice until you pointed it out. quote:It was actually a lot creepier! I think if you had done that and it had made it here, I would have been way too frightened to open it. Anyway, I'm especially pumped for UN Squadron. It's a game I've heard very good things about but have never played and I never remember to look for it either.
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WendigoJohnson posted:Yeah the Dreamcast has a really good solid RPG library. The Dreamcast had a few more RPGs than that. Aside from AwwJeah's mentioning of Evolution 1 and 2, there's also Armada, Phantasy Star Online, Phantasy Star Online Version 2, Record of Lodoss War, Time Stalkers, and Segagaga. I never played Dragonriders of Pern or Silver, but both of those look like RPGs, too.
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