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Someone was nice enough to post this in the Nintendo Power thread in GBS, and I knew for sure you guys would like it (and probably miss his post): http://imgur.com/a/PxHCr Binders the Nintendo Power game counselors used.
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Miyamotos RGB NES posted:Someone was nice enough to post this in the Nintendo Power thread in GBS, and I knew for sure you guys would like it (and probably miss his post): I knew the binders existed because of the Wizard.
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You watched The Wizard for the video game side story? I watched it for the heart-warming story of the kid from The Wonder Years and the girl from Rilo Kiley determined to help an autistic kid find himself in California, when he was where he belonged all along...in our hearts.
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For anyone in the Chicagoland area, Galloping Ghost is having a swap meet tomorrow starting at 11AM.Galloping Ghost posted:Join us on SATURDAY 02/02/2013 - Starting at 11AM I know I'll sure as hell be there. There is also currently a Groupon available for passes in lots of 2 for $14 or 4 for $24. I sure as hell bought THAT, too. Caitlin fucked around with this message at 00:24 on Feb 2, 2013 |
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I tried swapping gba shells. One of the screws on the motherboard decided it was going to stay put no matter how hard I tried to unscrew. I respected it's resilience and put the whole back together before I made things worse. Nes shell or not, the ags 101 screen is super-sweet.
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Very happy with my first SFC cart haul from Amazon via Tenso. Most of these were listed as "acceptable" condition and they're practically pristine.
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zari-gani posted:Very happy with my first SFC cart haul from Amazon via Tenso. Most of these were listed as "acceptable" condition and they're practically pristine. In japan complete boxed games are far more common so anything missing usually slashes the price fairly decently.
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zari-gani posted:Very happy with my first SFC cart haul from Amazon via Tenso. Most of these were listed as "acceptable" condition and they're practically pristine. That's a nice selection for avoiding the high US prices there. I wouldn't be shocked if the entire haul plus shipping was less than 1/10th what you'd pay for a loose Earthbound cart these days.
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Yeah a lot of marketplaces will require you to list a game as only Acceptable at best if the game is being sold as cartridge or disc only.
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Miyamotos RGB NES posted:Out of curiosity why is the audio better when not tapped from the headphone jack? I gotta admit I do kind of like that I can control the volume to my TV with the volume slider. To expand a bit on what flyboi said, the audio going through the headphone jack passes through an amplifier circuit that's likely not of especially good quality. And 3.5mm headphone jacks aren't the best quality since there's just a tiny little tab of metal to bridge the connection (2x connections actually, since it's stereo) -- more surface area = better conductivity (e.g. compare to red/white RCA audio plugs, where each channel has its own connector, and the plugs are designed to let a lot of metal come in contact). And the volume slider is another "moving part" for the circuit to traverse where fidelity can be lost.
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Install Gentoo posted:Yeah a lot of marketplaces will require you to list a game as only Acceptable at best if the game is being sold as cartridge or disc only. Amazon's guidelines has something like this. Of course, Amazon sellers don't follow this at all 
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Also the amplifier circuit is notorious for causing the audio to distort when you crank the audio on a model 1
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h_double posted:To expand a bit on what flyboi said, the audio going through the headphone jack passes through an amplifier circuit that's likely not of especially good quality. And 3.5mm headphone jacks aren't the best quality since there's just a tiny little tab of metal to bridge the connection (2x connections actually, since it's stereo) -- more surface area = better conductivity (e.g. compare to red/white RCA audio plugs, where each channel has its own connector, and the plugs are designed to let a lot of metal come in contact). And the volume slider is another "moving part" for the circuit to traverse where fidelity can be lost. And just when I settled on trying to find a model 1 and a headphones-to-component adapter to have the best Sega sound possible.  flyboi posted:After a lot of fighting my stupid new model 1 it's finally modded properly with s-video and rca audio coming directly off the audio chip instead of through the headphone jack. It sounds way better and looks just as sexy. Now if only there was a way to get a Mega Everdrive with a shell So how do you do the audio part, and are there instructions somewhere?
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Uncle Jenkins posted:If that's true would you be willing to part with the spinning module? Right now a local friend has dibs for it to help decorate a fancy World of Nintendo retail case he's got. If he falls through on it though, I'll let you know.
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Caitlin posted:For anyone in the Chicagoland area, Galloping Ghost is having a swap meet tomorrow starting at 11AM. Dammit to hell. This was new glasses/taxes/rent paycheck or I would be there, oh well I'll keep it in mind for next year.
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Giant Bomb mentioned the Halcyon game console on their live stream today: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halcyon_(console) Anyone ever see one? Anyone have one? Seems like it's probably the rarest console brought to market. I could see it being a good holy grail target for collecting.
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Midnight Raider posted:And just when I settled on trying to find a model 1 and a headphones-to-component adapter to have the best Sega sound possible. If you search YouTube there's a really good video that explains it. Basically on the Sony dac (it's right next to the headphone slider) pin 1 is left and pin 8 is right audio. Then you just need a common ground and you have line out. Just be aware the audio is completely unamplified so it will be quiet compared to any other system. The idea is you run it through your receiver or amplifier for a cleaner signal compared to the clipping that occurs with the headphone jack. Edit: sorry for the mobile link but here's the video http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OBalxMi20Yc Edit x2: if you just want svideo/RCA out ignore everything but pins 1 & 8 on the dac and 15 & 16 on the video decoder as well as the 5v line. That's all you need aside from common ground flyboi fucked around with this message at 03:37 on Feb 2, 2013 |
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Chainclaw posted:Giant Bomb mentioned the Halcyon game console on their live stream today: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halcyon_(console) According to Google Images it looks like an '80s stereo with a keyboard: 
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Wotalt posted:According to Google Images it looks like an '80s stereo with a keyboard: It was an 80s stereo with a laser disc player.
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I found a good thread on Digitpress on it http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?89038-RDI-Halcyon-Exposed-with-Pics-(lots-of-pics-56k-beware) Looking up the price in inflation calculators, it released at $2500 in 1985, which is about $5500 in today's money. That is just insane. Here's a trailer for the console http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4HyBLgmRlw Here are trailers for games never released for it Shadow of the Stars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1QVh22keuc Orpheus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJmdbk9kOrw Voyage to the New World http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozNrWg7hwGU The Spirit of the Whittier Mansion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJMoTC_yqZk
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Can someone help me locate a powered scart splitter that isn't 100$ shipped to USA? I want to use one input going to my trinitron and also to the XRGB-mini at the same time. I found one but it was in Australia and would cost me a bill. 40 OZ fucked around with this message at 04:05 on Feb 2, 2013 |
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40 OZ posted:Can someone help me locate a powered scart splitter that isn't 100$ shipped to USA? That's the unfortunate downside in using SCART in the US. At least for a decent SCART switch that won't have crosstalk and signal degradation. 8-bit Miniboss fucked around with this message at 04:09 on Feb 2, 2013 |
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SneakyCracker posted:OK, so... old consoles. I have them. NES, SNES, N64, etc and modest game collections for them (20 - 40 games each). My problem, like most people with old consoles these days, is how do I go about playing them, what with no CRT TVs left in the house? Due to the layout of my living room and the distances involved between my TV and couch, I'd prefer to figure out the best way to simply hook consoles up to a spare 15" LCD monitor in my office via VGA, or though my PC somehow. To be honest, if you've got the space I'd go find a CRT TV, preferably one with S-video. It'll look better than an LCD, and you won't have any input delay. They're pretty cheap about thrift shops or Goodwill-like places.
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40 OZ posted:Can someone help me locate a powered scart splitter that isn't 100$ shipped to USA? Does it need to be powered? There's a very good one for around $70 USD that has no signal degradation . Wotalt posted:According to Google Images it looks like an '80s stereo with a keyboard: Has Krikzz started working on a flashcart for it yet?
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Chainclaw posted:Giant Bomb mentioned the Halcyon game console on their live stream today: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halcyon_(console) Someone in the Reddit gamecollecting group spent a few months researching the RDI Halcyon and ended up deciding to not count it as a "released" console for his collection. I didn't see a whole lot of information floating around about it when I was looking out of curiosity, but it looks like the only existing consoles are in the hands of certain former shareholders and maybe Rick Dyer. None of the people this guy contacted are even remotely interested in selling. EDIT: He did end up contacting one person (I don't believe it was Rick Dyer, but I could be wrong) who apparently has all of the major software assets for the few existing RDI games. He's definitely not sharing or selling it. It's unlikely that any of this will ever show up on the collecting market. featurecreep fucked around with this message at 05:54 on Feb 2, 2013 |
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I know there's a ridiculous trailer for it (dude talking to the console in his weird futuristic living room) on the Dragon's Lair 20th Anniversary box set but that's about it.
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I dunno, the unreleased atari games eventually found a way to get reproductions made. However nobody has any clue what happened to the Sword Quest rewards.
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Chainclaw posted:Giant Bomb mentioned the Halcyon game console on their live stream today: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halcyon_(console) I have one of these! My uncle was friends with Rick Dyer back in those days, I'm not entirely sure as to how. I used the Halcyon LD box as my LD player in my bedroom from the time I was a kid in the 80's up until DVDs came out in the late 90's. I still have the game console box, the Halcyon system itself, and a beta version of the Halcyon speech box itself, all in working condition. I have Thayer's Quest and that weird rear end Raiders/Chargers game. This is coming from the uncle that my parents told I wanted a Super Nintendo for Christmas (we were poor at the time) and he went to CompUSA in Dallas and couldn't remember the name of the system so he bought me a Neo Geo AES with Magician Lord and Fatal Fury (the only games I still own for the system). I had a really weird console upbringing. All my old electronics are in storage at my parent's place currently.They are moving in the next 2-3 weeks and so am I. I'll now have room for all my old poo poo so I'll post some pics of this crazy loving system (and all my old cib consoles) soon. I never even knew how expensive the Halcyon was, I'd be interested in knowing what one CIB might be worth now, but I'd never part with it. in_absentia fucked around with this message at 06:36 on Feb 2, 2013 |
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shymog posted:Someone in the Reddit gamecollecting group spent a few months researching the RDI Halcyon and ended up deciding to not count it as a "released" console for his collection. I didn't see a whole lot of information floating around about it when I was looking out of curiosity, but it looks like the only existing consoles are in the hands of certain former shareholders and maybe Rick Dyer. None of the people this guy contacted are even remotely interested in selling. Holy poo poo, didn't figure it was that drat rare. I figured some people out in California or something would have a few floating around. I'm just a normal nerd in Jackson, MS.
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You were poor but got a Neo Geo? Do you happen to have an uncle who worked at Nintendo as well? :hmm:
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Got my FlashBoy+ in the mail today. The current guy in the UK who is manufacturing them started 3D printing his carts instead of killing donor carts which is really nice. Also got a MSSIAH for my C64, it's so good.
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in_absentia posted:Holy poo poo, didn't figure it was that drat rare. I figured some people out in California or something would have a few floating around. I'm just a normal nerd in Jackson, MS. I've never seen one, come to think of it I don't even know anyone who has seen one. I do know that I'd sell a car or two to afford one if I ever found one for sale though.
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The Orange Mage posted:You were poor but got a Neo Geo? Do you happen to have an uncle who worked at Nintendo as well? :hmm: The Neo Geo is what made his family poor.
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The Orange Mage posted:You were poor but got a Neo Geo? Do you happen to have an uncle who worked at Nintendo as well? :hmm: He said his family asked his uncle for a Super Nintendo for Christmas because HIS family was poor. That doesn't necessarily make his uncle poor?
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If I were a dad back when the Neo Geo was big, and I had to choose between it and feeding my kids, I would educate my children on the nutritional benefits of cardboard and polystyrene packing foam. The Neo Geo had a big box, right? Come on, Pulstar! Viewpoint! Last Resort! Pffft, people can go a long time without eating. I'll get another paycheck.  e. Also, my parents were llllllooooooowwwwwwwer middle class, yet bought me an SNES near-launch. My parents were unimaginably awesome, and that was probably a big sacrifice for them. They got me a Super Scope 6 also, because they were The Best Parents Ever.
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My single mother got me an snes with Donkey Kong Country and Link to the Past; and she spent her precious free time talking with clerks at local game shops about good games for the snes, before she decided to buy Lttp. My mom is the bestest mom. And my father got me a used original gameboy with no games for christmas; also he left the $15 price tag on. He wasn't quite as an impressive parent. vkeios fucked around with this message at 08:24 on Feb 2, 2013 |
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vkeios posted:My single mother got me an snes with Donkey Kong Country and Link to the Past; and she spent her precious free time talking with clerks at local game shops about good games for the snes, before she decided to buy Lttp. My mom is the bestest mom. My first console that was all my own was a Play it Loud Transparent Gameboy from my Dad. It came with that snazzy clear plastic case and the Game & Watch Collection. A few years later he got me an N64 with Star Wars: Pod Racer too. I've still got both, and they work as well as they did the day I opened the boxes  . Every console and game since those I saved up and bought myself with my meager pocket money in my teens. It's part of why I like to get the occasional Collector's Edition nowadays too - As a kid/teen I either didn't have the right machine, missed the preorder date, or it was just way too much for little kid me.
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vkeios posted:And my father got me a used original gameboy with no games for christmas; also he left the $15 price tag on. He wasn't quite as an impressive parent. My niece's father did similar. Between the three of them (they were 9, 11 and 13), their Christmas present was.. a hand-me-down Game Boy Colour that belonged to his step-children. No battery cover, big gashes in the screen, no games. Meanwhile his step-kids got cool stuff. This was in 2011. He's a real piece of poo poo.
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