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Was there a point where Sega stopped making the plastic cases for Genesis games? I'm trying to find a complete copy of Golden Axe III but there isn't much listed on Ebay or Amazon, let alone a complete set.
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Golden Axe III wasn't released to retail in the US, so there is no case or anything. The Japanese version has a case and all. And yeah, there was a point when Sega switched from hard plastic cases to cardboard sleeves.
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Dec 28, 2012 06:29
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Well I'll be damned. I assumed it came out in the US since it was on some classics set for the PS2
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Dec 28, 2012 06:32
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Since getting the Makaimura LAI cab it set off memories of playing machines with friends and now I've got the bug. I'm hoping to add a cocktail [either pre built or build my own] and a lowboy / fatboy standup with a Gamesbox / Redbox or some other multi game JAMMA boards in them alongside anything else that comes up cheap, as well as the built ones above. A lot of people want too much for proper dedicated machines though, hence I'll build them myself. That and I don't have the widest doorways, so I figure building and painting ones myself that will be easily pulled apart again / designed to fit my doors is the best way to go. And for everyone who keeps asking on irc how I can fit multiple machines, I've got a big family room that we currently use as a lounge room. We've decided to use the lounge room as a lounge room again, and make the family room a huge gaming room. In the end I'll be spending very close to ten grand on refurbing the room and building / collecting machines, including a 55" LED with wall mount and HTPC for movie nights. It's a long term thing, so the money I can save building my own cabs will help. We're also not moving from here, possibly forever, so that's a bonus. If I do them up and get interest from the arcade forums I visit, I'm considering cutting and selling my designs flat packed on the side. Could be a good money spinner for people who want something different. I've also often wondered why most people don't build their own pinball, as it doesn't seem that pricey or restrictive in regards to setting one up. I've done a quick second hand parts list, found blank bumpers and flippers etc and the populated board [for something fairly simple 70's - 80's style] would run me $300-500 wired up. The biggest dollar factor may come from the controller board, but I've been thinking that over for a while and I'm yet to come up with a solution other than maybe a programmed Arduino or something, though I feel there will be other ways to do it. Just got a reply about this machine:  He was told it's a Pac-World but the screen isn't working, though sound is, and it's missing a button. $200 plus the price of hiring a van / ute to go get it. I've never seen one before, so thinking I'll take it as it sounds like a goddamn bargain. Oh and if I had $4950 I could grab two Daytona twins and a Sega Rally twin. That's four Daytona machines and two Sega Rally machines from my local warehouse. Resell value estimates that there is $15k odd worth of machines... 
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Dec 28, 2012 06:34
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Sega made the cardboard box for Sonic and Knuckles because of its weird shape. After that, they used it on tons of things because it was cheaper.
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Dec 28, 2012 06:40
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Crimson Harvest posted:Go all out and get Universal Game Cases! Feed your collector lust. UGC's aren't an option unfortunately. The only stores that offer international shipping are resellers, so I pay that extra cost and the ridiculous shipping costs too. I'd be paying hundreds of dollars for plastic cases and after spending that much money I wouldn't even get cases that fit my games correctly because you need to get spacers in order to properly fit PAL games. Technowrite posted:I have two from a purchase at a local game store. They work well for the most part, but I really don't see too much of a purpose for them. Yeah, not being airtight sort of defeats the purpose of getting them I guess. Keyboard Kid posted:They're also not airtight or anything so while they'll generally keep dust out they're not meant for long term storage. I think I'll look into some proper fitting resealable bags then. I should be able to get them over here and save international shipping costs. I would like to see your collection bagged up in them though so post pics!
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Dec 28, 2012 06:54
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H1KE posted:
What the hell? I've never heard of Pac-World nor seen such a contraption.
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Dec 28, 2012 07:15
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Seconded. Pac-Man World is a console game, there's no arcade game named Pac World, nor does there appear to be a Pac-Man game with a huge bulbous thing for a screen. I am dying to find out what it is now, though.
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Dec 28, 2012 09:10
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From the sounds of it, it may be Pac-Land. Also I have never seen one before either, so I am seriously interested in grabbing it, busted screen or not. Most likely be up there next week. Day trip of about 300km each way, so oughta be a nice day out.
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Dec 28, 2012 10:31
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H1KE posted:From the sounds of it, it may be Pac-Land. Also I have never seen one before either, so I am seriously interested in grabbing it, busted screen or not. Most likely be up there next week. Day trip of about 300km each way, so oughta be a nice day out. That's what I'd think but that control panel is all wrong for Pac-Land. It used three buttons and no joystick for it's control. Maybe Pac-Mania?
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Dec 28, 2012 11:07
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Random Stranger posted:That's what I'd think but that control panel is all wrong for Pac-Land. It used three buttons and no joystick for it's control. That's the game I thought they meant when they wrote Pac World, but I've played that (Front Entrance, Shop-Rite, Stroudsburg, PA, mid-90s shout-out) and it certainly didn't have a hemispherical dongle. http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8961 <---Also, the stick is in the wrong position, and it's got the wrong art on that panel. hexwren fucked around with this message at 11:17 on Dec 28, 2012 |
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Dec 28, 2012 11:14
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Random Stranger posted:My surprising retrogame revelation of the day: Kid Icarus was developed by TOSE, the infamous terrible game company that likes to remain anonymous, for Nintendo. That explains so much... I wouldn't be surprised if TOSE did the Game Boy game, though. Anyway, here's some end-of-an-era-y news: Sony have officially ceased shipments of Japanese PS2s. Granted, the PS2 may not count for this thread yet, but holy poo poo it's been actively sold for 12 years. That's crazy! Not Famicom crazy, but crazy none the less.
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I'm thinking it's gotta be Pac Mania or Pac-Land judging by the look of the machine. He says he was told Pac-World, but the only Pac-World arcades are way too late to be used in this machine, unless someone changed it out. I need to setup a JAMMA bench test setup for testing PCB's. I have a box that would be perfect to help keep the cats away from PSU wires etc, so I might end up doing that. Also Aidyn Chronicles just sold for $120.  Looks like a pickup since he's only 20 minutes away. I had it for $150 OBO, but that's the best I got. Now to consider wether or not to keep my DK Game And Watch double screen...
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Dec 28, 2012 13:17
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JJJJJS posted:Long post ahead. Why do I remember this commercial so well? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTuIlIlvuHs Probably because even as a kid, I thought it was weird for a game to be sold over an 800 number. Hell, game advertisements were rare to begin with.
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Gammatron 64 posted:...The power adapter. Ah. You know, the original power adapter on mine is long gone. The wire frayed until it wasn't usable anymore. Where it is now, no one knows. So I got a 3rd party adapter afterwards that can be used on multiple consoles. US Robotic modem power adapters are a quick fix for the NES. They are a lot better than 3rd party ones too.
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Dec 28, 2012 15:48
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I think rather than try and bend the pins on my 72-pin connector, I went ahead and ordered a new one for $13 and hopefully that will do it. Mine looks pretty bad. Almost rusty.
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Just started editing my goofy retro video youtube Let's Play oh-god-not-another-one project. This turned out to be a practice run so we only have about 2:30 of actual usable humorous footage. But, I'm already excited! Lord Dudeguy fucked around with this message at 23:33 on Dec 28, 2012 |
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Dec 28, 2012 16:11
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Gammatron 64 posted:I think rather than try and bend the pins on my 72-pin connector, I went ahead and ordered a new one for $13 and hopefully that will do it. This reminds me: My newish (I put it in last summer) 72-pin connector is acting kind of wonky. I have to do that thing where you stack 2 carts on top of each other to get it to connect. Did I just get a bad one? I did it order it from some random ebay guy, so, maybe. If so, what's a reputable 72-pin connector dealer?
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H1KE posted:Since getting the Makaimura LAI cab it set off memories of playing machines with friends and now I've got the bug. I'm hoping to add a cocktail [either pre built or build my own] and a lowboy / fatboy standup with a Gamesbox / Redbox or some other multi game JAMMA boards in them alongside anything else that comes up cheap, as well as the built ones above. A lot of people want too much for proper dedicated machines though, hence I'll build them myself. That and I don't have the widest doorways, so I figure building and painting ones myself that will be easily pulled apart again / designed to fit my doors is the best way to go. Why is the screen a large black ball right out of Event Horizon?
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Dec 28, 2012 17:34
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RagingHematoma posted:Why is the screen a large black ball right out of Event Horizon? I think the game is projected onto it and scrolls around like a globe.
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Dec 28, 2012 17:38
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Dammit, you guys, what have you done to me?! My aunt is getting rid of a 27" Sony Trinitron and I said I'd take it despite my back spasming from phantom pains at the mere thought of hauling that thing.
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Dec 28, 2012 18:16
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A friend has offered me a 32" Trinitron. I am seriously considering it despite the fact I have no goddamn place to put it.
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Dec 28, 2012 18:27
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Lord Dudeguy posted:Just started editing my goofy retro video youtube Let's Play oh-god-not-another-one project. This turned out to be a practice run so we only have about 2:30 of actual usable humorous footage. The LP community here will tear you apart if you keep that cam in the corner.
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Dec 28, 2012 20:08
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Peenmaster posted:The LP community here will tear you apart if you keep that cam in the corner. Why? (Explanation: No that won't be there permanently, but there will be PiP transitions where we're the large frame and the game is the small frame, and vice versa. Think Continue?.)
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Dec 28, 2012 20:28
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Thanks to a fellow goon, I now have this sitting on my desk: This is a lot smaller then I thought it would be and is going to be fun installing.
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Dec 28, 2012 20:31
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Lord Dudeguy posted:Why? It's an unwritten rule of sorts. Unless it adds to the LP (one goon played Super Mario 64 exclusively with his feet and used the camera to showcase this) people care about the game, not you and your friends on the couch. The camera overlay is seen as a dirty youtuber thing. The LP forum is its own beast so post whatever you're doing in Sandcastle first and just be aware that people will probably react very harshly to it no matter how good you actually are.
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Dec 28, 2012 20:41
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al-azad posted:It's an unwritten rule of sorts. Unless it adds to the LP (one goon played Super Mario 64 exclusively with his feet and used the camera to showcase this) people care about the game, not you and your friends on the couch. The camera overlay is seen as a dirty youtuber thing. The LP forum is its own beast so post whatever you're doing in Sandcastle first and just be aware that people will probably react very harshly to it no matter how good you actually are. This is pretty much why I avoid LP entirely.
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al-azad posted:It's an unwritten rule of sorts. Unless it adds to the LP (one goon played Super Mario 64 exclusively with his feet and used the camera to showcase this) people care about the game, not you and your friends on the couch. The camera overlay is seen as a dirty youtuber thing. The LP forum is its own beast so post whatever you're doing in Sandcastle first and just be aware that people will probably react very harshly to it no matter how good you actually are. Oh. I see where my miscommunication is. This isn't going to be a LP in the SA goon sense. I don't plan on making a LP thread about it or anything like that. This is more of a fun project among friends to throw up on YouTube. It's going to be short (this one, the test run, only covers one of us attempting the first Rocketbelt stage in Pilotwings) and it's going to have silly animations and transitions as comedic relief. Having never actually made an edited video before, this is a bit of an adventure for me so I thought I'd share the progress.
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Innominatus posted:For what it's worth, I've been tinkering with my NES for the past week or so. It had been just about completely dead for 10+ years- all of my games would give me nothing but a yellow/orange screen. I opened it up, cleaned and reseated the pin connector, and cut the lockout chip, and it helped a little, but wasn't much of an improvement. I could get most games to work by holding them in at an awkward angle, but if they got jiggled at all, they'd glitch out and reset. Can we get this added to the OP and maybe get a console care/ minor repair section? Not anything to in depth mind you, but the basics would be good  Like killing the lockout chip.
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Lord Dudeguy posted:Oh. I see where my miscommunication is. This isn't going to be a LP in the SA goon sense. I don't plan on making a LP thread about it or anything like that. If you can manage it, "dudes playing old games (and possibly being drunk in the process)" would make a fine twitch.tv stream, even if it wouldn't make a good LP.
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Lord Dudeguy posted:Oh. I see where my miscommunication is. This isn't going to be a LP in the SA goon sense. I don't plan on making a LP thread about it or anything like that. Then go hog wild! You'd think there would be a larger audience for bros-sitting-on-couch-playing-old-games. The only one I can think of is Game Grumps and listening to those farts talk frustrates me.
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Dec 28, 2012 21:21
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al-azad posted:Then go hog wild! You'd think there would be a larger audience for bros-sitting-on-couch-playing-old-games. The only one I can think of is Game Grumps and listening to those farts talk frustrates me. Speedrunners usually get a good number of viewers with this.
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al-azad posted:It's an unwritten rule of sorts. Unless it adds to the LP (one goon played Super Mario 64 exclusively with his feet and used the camera to showcase this) people care about the game, not you and your friends on the couch. The camera overlay is seen as a dirty youtuber thing. The LP forum is its own beast so post whatever you're doing in Sandcastle first and just be aware that people will probably react very harshly to it no matter how good you actually are. I'm going to start doing LPs once I buy VAC but I don't think I'm going to fool with posting them here in the Let's Play area because they seem very picky on how they want it done and I think I'd rather do my own thing like Lord Dudeguy than have a thread here about it. Although I do think the Sandcastle thread has good information in it. This raises the question does anyone care if you post a random plug for your youtube if you start doing a nonSA let's play? I'm not saying you should update us on every post but a hey guys I'm doing this over here just an FYI seems ok to me. HKR posted:Thanks to a fellow goon, I now have this sitting on my desk: Glad you got it! I wanted to install it but after goofing around with stuff I realized it's out of my league and got a flip top lid instead to play imports. I can use FreeMCBoot to load swap magic elf and there you go!
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HKR posted:This is pretty much why I avoid LP entirely. No kidding. Between the excessively  people freaking out about somebody doing something different and folks who won't shut up while doing videos (even when talking adds nothing), I don't bother with it.
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al-azad posted:Then go hog wild! You'd think there would be a larger audience for bros-sitting-on-couch-playing-old-games. The only one I can think of is Game Grumps and listening to those farts talk frustrates me. The people who would enjoy this just play games with their friends instead. Watching LPs is pretty much the dullest thing I can think of, games are meant to be played. GameCenter is the sole exception, and very (VERY) rarely a good picture LP that uses the game to write a great alternate story (Animal Crossing) or highlight things about the game that are new to me (let's break Pokémon).
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Sexy Slippers posted:This raises the question does anyone care if you post a random plug for your youtube if you start doing a nonSA let's play? I'm not saying you should update us on every post but a hey guys I'm doing this over here just an FYI seems ok to me. Whoa, whoa, so you want to talk about old games?? ;-)
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Sexy Slippers posted:I'm going to start doing LPs once I buy VAC but I don't think I'm going to fool with posting them here in the Let's Play area because they seem very picky on how they want it done and I think I'd rather do my own thing like Lord Dudeguy than have a thread here about it. Although I do think the Sandcastle thread has good information in it. This raises the question does anyone care if you post a random plug for your youtube if you start doing a nonSA let's play? I'm not saying you should update us on every post but a hey guys I'm doing this over here just an FYI seems ok to me. I used to have a swap magic disc for PS2 but I hated swapping discs (It also had problems with certain games for some reason). I just want to put the game in and turn on the system and play. The nice part about the chip is that it should support all import PS1 games too, which is problematic with swapping and will be a nice advantage once my modded PS1 1001 unit finally dies.
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Lord Dudeguy posted:Why? I've never seen this thing before but it looks loving awful. Please don't try to copy it. I have no clue why you would want ~wacky~ comedy in your videos. If your game and your commentary isn't enough to hold viewers, then you might just need to reconsider your project. If you're just aiming this at the general Youtube audience then be ready to take some flack from the folks here. I'm not saying you can't do this for your own fun, but you might want to take some tips from the LP/speedrunning crowd who does this kind of thing, even if you don't agree with their somewhat snobby 'refined' ways.
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RagingHematoma posted:Why is the screen a large black ball right out of Event Horizon? If you look closely, you can see the screen inside the globe. Why the hell it's built that way I don't know. It seems to be about a 10" screen or so. I'm getting more and more excited about getting this now.
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