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zenintrude posted:Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?! Explain! Early Wii homebrew required you to re-pin a GC memory card to an SD reader.
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A quick  search found this: http://ngc.scorpei.com/GUIDE-SD_adapter.html which is just a guide on how to solder Gamecube's pins to an SD reader. Crazy poo poo!Also, the Gamecube 251-block cards were only 2MB in capacity, and $20 as of '06. Twenty bucks for two megs, at a time when you could get like a 512MB SD card for the same price, if I remember correctly. Bullcockney, and people complain about Vita cards being overpriced. (and they are still $17 on amazon today, drat playa get up all ins with da profits) gay skull fucked around with this message at 08:20 on Jul 18, 2013 |
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ohnoitschris posted:A quick http://dx.com/p/pega-sd-card-adapter-for-wii-wiikey-4980 This might work I guess? I have one of these kicking around.
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zenintrude posted:Would this or this be an acceptable S-video switcher, or do I need to go all If you are splitting to multiple sources, then you need the dist. amp. For a standard switch, either of the first two will work.
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ohnoitschris posted:A quick I have a few GCN memory cards but I'm gonna do this to my 251-block if it can take a 512MB and not freak out about the size of it.
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triplexpac posted:Didn't they release a newer version of FF7 PC not too long ago? I seem to remember them rolling one out that had achievements. Is it still finicky? By "Finicky", I meant "Requires a bunch of patches to even install or run, that can vary greatly depending on your OS, may still have things that don't work or crash, and good luck on it because you may run into mysterious problems on your box that nobody can help you with".  I stopped trying a year ago due to having more important things to do, but I still couldn't get it to play at all on my system. Between that and my early Mechwarrior problems, I suddenly realized how hard retro PC gamers have it.Naturally, that remake is infinitely less finicky just by virtue of actually working since they had to make it function on modern machines, but I don't know the details.
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Keyboard Kid posted:If you are splitting to multiple sources, then you need the dist. amp. For a standard switch, either of the first two will work. Cool, thanks... I was worried about signal noise/degradation, but I guess that's not too big an issue when sending to one source.
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zenintrude posted:Cool, thanks... I was worried about signal noise/degradation, but I guess that's not too big an issue when sending to one source. I had been wondering the same thing before, but it seems like it's not as much of a worry with S-Video as it is with SCART/composite switches since those two are inherently problematic interference-wise.
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I picked up an interesting piece of Mario history a few days ago at a Salvation Army for 99 cents. Again, 3DS camera isn't great, but... It's a Mario puzzle!  Oddly enough, it features Worlds A-1 and A-2, even though those were only in the Lost Levels and this puzzle was made in 1988.  As for Gamecube memory cards, I've got this 1019 one made by Interact that's kept the same saves for over 10 years. It came even before Nintendo's own 1019s! There's not only a space limit, but also a limit on the amount of saves, I ran into this in Tales of Symphonia because I saved on a different file every time. So, 512 MB seems like a bit of a waste.
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ultimateluigi987 posted:I picked up an interesting piece of Mario history a few days ago at a Salvation Army for 99 cents. Again, 3DS camera isn't great, but... It is genuinely impressive how there will always, always be another piece of ancient Nintendo merchandise that I never knew about. I'm sure by 2060 I'll still be seeing old Mario things that were sold in the 1980s that are new to me.
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h_double posted:Electronic Arts was incredibly innovative when they started out in the 80s (Atari 800 / Apple II / Commodore 64 era). Archon and M.U.L.E. are particular standouts, plus Pinball Construction Set, Racing Destruction Set, Realm of Impossibility, Seven Cities of Gold, Starflight, Bard's Tale -- all games which either defied genre or majorly pushed the envelope. Hell, look at Activision. They were the company founded by people that broke away from Atari because they wanted part of the money that was being made on their work, and actually wanted to get credit for the things they created. Hell, can you think of another game prior to Pitfall that actually flat out stated who was behind it?
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Edison Carter posted:Hell, look at Activision. They were the company founded by people that broke away from Atari because they wanted part of the money that was being made on their work, and actually wanted to get credit for the things they created. Hell, can you think of another game prior to Pitfall that actually flat out stated who was behind it? Adventure.  Actually there were quite a few in computer gaming...
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Random Stranger posted:I didn't know Madden '08 got released for the GameCube... Now I kind of want a copy but not at $10... The discount is applied in your cart.
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This is driving me crazy. I have my PS2 hooked up to an HDTV with component cables and all my PS1 games look like this: Any idea what's going on here? PS2 games play fine.
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Douche Bag posted:This is driving me crazy. I have my PS2 hooked up to an HDTV with component cables and all my PS1 games look like this: PS1 games can't output to component video. Best you can do is S-Video. (Which your PS2 component cable should have as well, and if not you can get one that does for reasonably cheap).
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Hey, do any of you still use a C64 regularly? I'm considering dropping a JiffyDOS ROM in my C64c but am a little worried about doing so even though the install procedure doesn't look very hard 
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Neddy Seagoon posted:PS1 games can't output to component video. Best you can do is S-Video. (Which your PS2 component cable should have as well, and if not you can get one that does for reasonably cheap). wrong wrong wrong wrong Your tv is to blame, it isn't handling 240p over component correctly (putting the 240 lines into the top half of the screen.
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A Yolo Wizard posted:wrong wrong wrong wrong It is a cheap rear end Insignia. I think I have an old CRT tv laying around somewhere. Might have to hook it up to that.
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Douche Bag posted:It is a cheap rear end Insignia. I think I have an old CRT tv laying around somewhere. Might have to hook it up to that. Since you're using component already you could always grab a HD Box Pro
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zenintrude posted:Would this or this be an acceptable S-video switcher, or do I need to go all These are all fine. I used to buy the cheap Pelican brand s-video switches all the time. For some reason, they don't typically mess with the picture quality like scart switches do. ohnoitschris posted:A quick I think the 1024 Nintendo brand Gamecube cards were supposed to have a high failure rate for some reason. I am not sure why but I think those compressed the files and they'd get corrupted easily.
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Miyamotos RGB NES posted:I think the 1024 Nintendo brand Gamecube cards were supposed to have a high failure rate for some reason. I am not sure why but I think those compressed the files and they'd get corrupted easily. There was an issue of them corrupting if you plugged them into a Wii. If you only used them on the GC, then you were fine. ohnoitschris posted:A quick It won't work. SD cards may be electrically compatible, but the GC won't recognize it. SD Cards on the GC are primarily used for homebrew purposes.
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ACID POLICE posted:Since you're using component already you could always grab a HD Box Pro I'm not at all familiar with those. How exactly does that work? I hook up my PS2 component cables into the back of it?
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So I'm hooking my consoles up and I realize that I'm missing a Sega Saturn cable. Before I turn to the ebay and/or the shops, I was wondering if anyone had a spare one that they could happen to give away.
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Douche Bag posted:I'm not at all familiar with those. How exactly does that work? I hook up my PS2 component cables into the back of it? The upscaler which is responsible for managing picture size in your TV is terrible and is loving up your image so you get a better upscaler to do it for you. Yeah that's the basic idea of it. It's a basic upscaler that turns your low resolution picture into something that looks good on your HDTV because it properly converts it to 720p/1080p/whatever crazy poo poo you're trying to do. You put in component cables and you get VGA out, so if your TV doesn't have VGA you'd have to either find a different upscaler or get an adapter for that too. e: Look what I got to go with my new C64 SD adapter  I got both for less than one usually goes for on eBay!
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It's really something just how much 75% can be. Most all of the cool poo poo had been had on gamestop's site but I managed to get some decent games for virtually free: All Star Baseball 2003 - Used $1.99 World Series of Poker $1.99 Lord of the Rings: Return of the King $4.99 Top Gun: Combat Zones - Used $4.99 MVP Baseball 2005 $1.99 NHL 2003 $0.99 NHL 2005 $2.99 Bionicle: The Game - Used $5.99 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 $1.99 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 $0.99 * 8 $7.92 WTA Tour Tennis $2.99 Army Men: RTS $9.99 Just a hair over $12! Next Christmas everyone is getting a copy of Tiger Woods golf randomly, who doesn't like golf games? I'm excited because I never heard of that Army Men game and with my recent infusion of GBA games my GC has been getting more play lately.
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ACID POLICE posted:The upscaler which is responsible for managing picture size in your TV is terrible and is loving up your image so you get a better upscaler to do it for you. Appreciate the help 
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Tyson Tomko posted:It's really something just how much 75% can be. Most all of the cool poo poo had been had on gamestop's site but I managed to get some decent games for virtually free: Yea, but they're all sports games. That isn't necessarily bad, but why would you want both nhl 2003 and 2005? Why not just 2005?
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Please excuse the Instagram, but I just wanted to share my new acquisition... a strange Russian Play n' Watch style handheld called Autobahn (I think, anyway). Date on the back is 1989. I love it. It even has the little metal arm on the back for standing. Wait no I finally found something I think it's called Autoslalom maybe, possibly by a company named Electronika... either way it's swell. SUCCESS it is Autoslalom by Elektronika so now I actually know what batteries this son of a bitch takes. LR44 or SR44! 
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fatpat268 posted:Yea, but they're all sports games. That isn't necessarily bad, but why would you want both nhl 2003 and 2005? Why not just 2005? I got both versions of NHL because I've never played either one. Who knows if 2003 is better than 2005, but I will try them both out at some point. Most of these games can totally fit the background game to leave on all night deal when some of my non-gamer friends are around. I love all Golf games too. Also to be brutally honest sports games and movie themed games (Madagascar, Shrek 2) are all that were still available.
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ACID POLICE posted:e: Look what I got to go with my new C64 SD adapter Oh snap. You going to destroy Daley Thompson's Decathlon! That styling is great with Russian text.
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Are there any goons or goon recommendations for folks who mod original game boy advance consoles with back-light screens? It's by far the most comfortable of all my gameboys and I'd play it a lot more if I didn't struggle with light angles. Any light you mount on top of it just takes away any comfort it had.
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Caitlin posted:Please excuse the Instagram, but I just wanted to share my new acquisition... a strange Russian Play n' Watch style handheld called Autobahn (I think, anyway). Date on the back is 1989. I love it. It even has the little metal arm on the back for standing. Elektronika actually specialized in pirated Soviet versions of Game & Watch titles. What you have is not one of their Nintendo knock-offs but I suspect that it's still not original. The case, of course, is directly taken from the Game & Watch widescreen series. It's a very cool find.
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StellarX posted:Are there any goons or goon recommendations for folks who mod original game boy advance consoles with back-light screens? It's by far the most comfortable of all my gameboys and I'd play it a lot more if I didn't struggle with light angles. Any light you mount on top of it just takes away any comfort it had. I could certainly do it but the parts would come from china, since I don't have extra on hand. Also, the cable and screen would come out to $50 alone before modding and installation.
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I have to say, one of the most difficult things to collect for are older PC games that haven't had digital releases. I know this comes up a lot, but I'm having a hell of a time tracking something down right now. I'm poking around, looking for a copy of Metal Fatigue, but there are no copies currently on eBay (the last one sold about a month ago, CIB for $65), and the two Amazon sellers want over $100 each. I know there are a few online stores that specialize in older PC game software, but I can't remember any of them.
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You're probably thinking of Good Old Games, but they don't have it. What about something like Abandonware?
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Random Stranger posted:Elektronika actually specialized in pirated Soviet versions of Game & Watch titles. What you have is not one of their Nintendo knock-offs but I suspect that it's still not original. The case, of course, is directly taken from the Game & Watch widescreen series. It's a very cool find. It was $18 shipped from Czechoslovakia Also thank you for providing slightly more information about Elektronika than I had before because I'm really just kind of in love with my Soviet Play n' Watch wannabe. 
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I did pretty well at the Gamestop sale today. No component cables though... Considering Baldurs Gate was the most expensive game by far at $2.99, not bad.
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I went to a very uninteresting looking yard sale and asked the lady if she had any old video games. She brings out an N64 with three first-party controllers, several memory carts, a RAM pack, and a bunch of games including a gold Ocarina of Time. I asked $20 to which she agreed, then took a closer look after bringing it home. There's a not-for-resale Super Smash Bros, N-F-R Mario Kart 64 and N-F-R Mario Party 3. I feel bad for pricing it so low now.
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ACID POLICE posted:I did pretty well at the Gamestop sale today. No component cables though... No cases? The only reason why I'd even bother at this point with Gamestop's sale, is to get some nicer looking cases, because some of the ones I have right now are pretty beat up from their previous owner.
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Caitlin posted:It was $18 shipped from Czechoslovakia Yeah, I had to do some research on Game & Watches last night so it was fresh in my memory. From what I can tell Elektronika seemed to specialize in copies of the G&W widescreen series. That makes sense since it was the most popular line. They pirated Octopus and Chef directly along with a few other ones from Nintendo. If you want communist Octopus the title to look for is "Mysteries of the Ocean"...
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