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Miyamotos RGB NES posted:How the hell did that manage to happen? I understand the glue coming loose but how would the solder come off? Maybe the person just did the oven trick and hoped for the best? I suppose it's possible but it lasted for well over a year before issues started cropping up, and one of the eyes is still perfect. Also, it went from working to not working while sitting on a shelf, not being used, so it's not like the connections would have been jostled loose. Basically  until someone can open it up and peek around.
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Apologies for the double post, but this needs to be seen: http://www.ebay.com/itm/121062811693
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Feb 7, 2013 15:15
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^^ Earthbound box not in mint condition, 3/10. Seriously though that's quite the collection. Also just realized that the dude's in Italy; it's frankly impressive he got that much stuff systematically shipped in without it getting stolen. Weirdly, there seems to be a lot more 72-to-60 pin NES-to-Famicom adapters on eBay than the other way around; did everyone just spontaneously decide to get their adapter fix via that batch of official Nintendo converters? The only other ones I found come from Venezuela and are more expensive than getting the official NES converters unless I buy 100 of them (only 2 grand!) univbee fucked around with this message at 15:33 on Feb 7, 2013 |
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Feb 7, 2013 15:27
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ACID POLICE posted:By the way who recommended this adapter: http://www.amazon.com/Velleman-Comp...rsal+ac+adapter That was me, there should be an adapter that fits famicom in the set as I use it for my twin famicom.
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Feb 7, 2013 15:32
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retrogamecave also has adapters for famicom / av fami that are a little less and work worldwide (with appropriate regional adapter). He's also working on a duo one for the famicom and disk system
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Feb 7, 2013 15:39
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zenintrude posted:Apologies for the double post, but this needs to be seen: These are the depths of insanity I can merely aspire to  .I just can't believe he didn't attempt some kind of cataloging system just to avoid repeats or for organizational purposes alone. People look at me weird for alphabetizing my stuff from 2600 to 360 but at least I can find what I want when I want to. The master list is often a month or two out of date but keeping it still helps. No, I do not need Human Canonball, I already have it, excuse me while I rearrange my cartridges to fit in Discs of Tron and Burgertime  !
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Feb 7, 2013 15:52
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One of the best retro podcasts I ever listened to was the two-part SNES retrospective done by 8>4 Play. Look for it in their archives http://www.giantbomb.com/podcast/2/ And like others have said, Retronauts is also awesome. I just wish they'd update more regularly, it's been a while!
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Feb 7, 2013 15:59
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zenintrude posted:Apologies for the double post, but this needs to be seen: FFT came with a pack of playing cards and a clock. Xenogears had an Elly figure. Front Mission 3 has little Wanzer keychains, Saga Frontier II had a teacup/saucer/t-shirt. Oddly enough. Harlock fucked around with this message at 16:17 on Feb 7, 2013 |
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Feb 7, 2013 16:13
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loving hell, does Rakuten auction not let you use non-Japanese credit cards? I've tried three different ones on an auction to ship using Tenso and it's refused me every time. Am I missing something obvious or am I just SOL? Get an ESC-TRD-01529 at the last step with a Japanese message that basically says "Welp, this isn't happening" and doesn't give me further details.
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Feb 7, 2013 16:26
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univbee posted:loving hell, does Rakuten auction not let you use non-Japanese credit cards? I've tried three different ones on an auction to ship using Tenso and it's refused me every time. Am I missing something obvious or am I just SOL? Get an ESC-TRD-01529 at the last step with a Japanese message that basically says "Welp, this isn't happening" and doesn't give me further details. I use a Visa verified debit card as my primary (and only) way of online payment and it has not once bounced back. I've only ever bought stuff from Surugaya through Rakuten, though. Could it be an issue with your billing address and shipping address being in two different countries? I know I had trouble with using Borderlinx with US Amazon in the past and the reason was what I suggested.
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Feb 7, 2013 16:47
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Midnight Raider posted:I'm interested in the answer here as well, and I'll tack on my own supplemental question: What are some good retro game podcasts? Or maybe even not-so-good retro game podcasts. Podcasts are the only thing to keep me sane at work, so I'm desperate for as much time as can be filled by people talking about things I'm interested in, even if they're not great at it. There is a really good Goon-run podcast called Watch Out For Fireballs! which I would highly recommend. https://www.duckfeed.tv/watchoutforfireballs/
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Feb 7, 2013 17:04
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Sexy Slippers posted:Care to share where you got it from so I can one or three as a presents? Got them off taobao.com Good luck navigating that site. Unless you know chinese or have a chinese friend to help you, you'll need google chrome and have it automatically translate every page. And then you need an agent to order the stuff and send it to you (kinda like Tenso, I guess). I use zarmark for that.
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Feb 7, 2013 17:05
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So I'm going here today after work http://www.yelp.com/biz/people-play-games-chicago ...and I'm in Chicago so was wondering if anyone knew of other good places to check out for systems/games as I got a shitton of room in my suitcase.
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Feb 7, 2013 17:14
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jyrque posted:I use a Visa verified debit card as my primary (and only) way of online payment and it has not once bounced back. I've only ever bought stuff from Surugaya through Rakuten, though. Rakuten auctions are a separate thing. Surugaya is a Rakuten Storefront. For auctions you're probably better off getting a proxy bidding service like Celga. Also got word back from Tenso. They're blaming the packing mishap on US Customs and gave me a please and thank you for using the service. 8-bit Miniboss fucked around with this message at 17:42 on Feb 7, 2013 |
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Feb 7, 2013 17:40
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8-bit Miniboss posted:Also got word back from Tenso. They're blaming the packing mishap on US Customs and gave me a please and thank you for using the service. Well, I really doubt that's the US Customs fault, and they would never remove that kind of packaging. It's good that your item isn't damaged, but if this were, well, anything else it'd probably be hosed. There's no shipping company on this planet that wouldn't just fire someone outright for that packaging job.
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Feb 7, 2013 20:12
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flyboi posted:So I'm going here today after work http://www.yelp.com/biz/people-play-games-chicago I wouldn't count on it. Every time I go to New York to see the family I request a good retro game store no one replies :*( When is FF6 going to have something in the Millennium Collection? I need an excuse to buy another copy of that game.
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Feb 7, 2013 20:24
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Here's a quick video I made of the GB Boy Colour. It was kinda difficult to do, as I don't have a tripod. So, I sandwiched my iphone between two books, and that seemed to work. Also, my mouth breathing there is a product of Texas allergy season.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YwS42Kgsks&feature=youtu.be
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Feb 7, 2013 20:25
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Keyboard Kid posted:Well, I really doubt that's the US Customs fault, and they would never remove that kind of packaging. It's good that your item isn't damaged, but if this were, well, anything else it'd probably be hosed. I work at a company that works with a lot of major US freight/ground companies, and hoo boy let me tell you... I mean that's kind of extreme, but we've seen some seriously bad packing jobs. Of course a lot of it is the vendors not packing poo poo right and the shipping companies not really enforcing packing standards, leaving it up to us to follow up on when the customer is like "uhhh I don't recall ordering a box of broken glass and bent metal"
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Feb 7, 2013 20:29
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fatpat268 posted:Here's a quick video I made of the GB Boy Colour. It was kinda difficult to do, as I don't have a tripod. So, I sandwiched my iphone between two books, and that seemed to work. Also, my mouth breathing there is a product of Texas allergy season. God drat I wanna play one/crack it open/see what's on the board Just out of curiosity (and because I don't have a backlit SP) can you take a picture of a game on the two side by side? Bing the Noize fucked around with this message at 20:47 on Feb 7, 2013 |
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Feb 7, 2013 20:43
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Miyamotos RGB NES posted:When is FF6 going to have something in the Millennium Collection? I need an excuse to buy another copy of that game. They're about 13 years late one that one.
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Feb 7, 2013 20:48
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How many times have people here added stuff like package insurance to their import orders? Is stuff like that worth the 18 bucks extra if the package is just coming from Japan to America?
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Feb 7, 2013 22:12
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WendigoJohnson posted:How many times have people here added stuff like package insurance to their import orders? Is stuff like that worth the 18 bucks extra if the package is just coming from Japan to America? 18 dollars? It should be 50 yen per 20,000 yen. http://www.post.japanpost.jp/int/ems/service/damage_en.html
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Feb 7, 2013 22:14
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I've been testing all of my Dreamcast games for VGA compatibility and I plan on posting a bit about my findings later, but I'll preface it by saying that while Install Gentoo was technically correct that most DC games that aren't tagged to be VGA compatible can be tricked into bypassing their lockout screen, certain games are impossible to play on TVs with VGA ports due to their inability to display 240p over VGA. Specifically, games I've found that don't work are: Bangai-O - Licensed by Sega splash screen, menus take up top-right fourth of the screen, game sprites can be seen but background is glitched; unplayable Caesars Palace 2000 - Licensed by Sega splash screen, Producer/Developer movies play, but black screen displays before game can be played The Last Blade 2 - Licensed by Sega splash screen, but black screen displays before game can be played Plasma Sword - Licensed by Sega splash screen, but black screen displays before game can be played Testing everything also reintroduced me to Slave Zero which I'm finding to be quaint and a whole lot of dumb fun... what ever happened to colored lighting? [edit] If anyone could test these out on an actual monitor, that would be useful. Thanks. testtubebaby fucked around with this message at 22:51 on Feb 7, 2013 |
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Feb 7, 2013 22:32
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zenintrude posted:Apologies for the double post, but this needs to be seen: The fun part is trying to find holes in the collection. As far as I can tell from the pictures since the full list is down due to traffic, the following things are not included: Athena Virtual Bowling (Virtual Boy) Pikachu GB Printer Game Boy Camera: Gold Zelda version I didn't see a Mega Man X Gamecube controller but I probably wasn't looking hard enough for that.
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Feb 7, 2013 22:38
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8-bit Miniboss posted:18 dollars? It should be 50 yen per 20,000 yen. Well I didn't pick it from JGS because it was 18 bucks in total for their Shipping/Tracking/Insurance compared to the 12 bucks for regular shipping. I was only ordering like 30 bucks worth of stuff, it didn't seem like it was worth it for such a small order.
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zenintrude posted:
All of my TVs with VGA support happen to support odd VGA inputs fine, but then I did tend to get TVs that I knew were good at handling various VGA inputs. v  vOf note is that for all 4 games you listed, the PAL versions are completely incompatible with VGA while the NTSC versions will run with problems with the trick.
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zenintrude posted:Apologies for the double post, but this needs to be seen: univbee posted:^^ Earthbound box not in mint condition, 3/10. I came here to post that auction and to make an Earthbound joke, but I guess Zenintrude follows Chris Kohler on twitter too and Univbee simply spends more time in the thread than I do! What I want to know is how one amasses this much stuff. Of anything. Is this dude just clicking buy-it-now on eBay all day every day or what? Kohler also says that he won't get his asking price of $500k.
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Install Gentoo posted:All of my TVs with VGA support happen to support odd VGA inputs fine, but then I did tend to get TVs that I knew were good at handling various VGA inputs. v What brand of TV do you have that plays nice with 240p over VGA? I doubt I'm going to run out and buy one but I'd like to know what to look for when I'm out at the flea markets and Goodwills of the world. Antillese posted:I guess Zenintrude follows Chris Kohler on twitter too Eurogamer actually, but who's keeping track 
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univbee posted:The only other ones I found come from Venezuela and are more expensive than getting the official NES converters unless I buy 100 of them (only 2 grand!)
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zenintrude posted:What brand of TV do you have that plays nice with 240p over VGA? I doubt I'm going to run out and buy one but I'd like to know what to look for when I'm out at the flea markets and Goodwills of the world. A $400 Vizio I got at Best Buy a few years ago and a mid range Samsung from 2009. Both are LCDs of course, and both will take just about any old VGA signal you throw at them that a monitor would.
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Install Gentoo posted:a mid range Samsung from 2009  What the crap... that's literally what I'm using! Specifically the 1080p version of this.Maybe I need to upgrade my firmware or something.
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Antillese posted:What I want to know is how one amasses this much stuff. Of anything. Is this dude just clicking buy-it-now on eBay all day every day or what? Kohler also says that he won't get his asking price of $500k. Frankly, the asking price and selling it like that is a bad idea. A buyer can't even begin to make a proper appraisal when it's all thrown out there in one lump. Even more than the people who sell the giant complete lots have a better structure than this collection. That auction might as well be "I've got a giant pile of stuff. How about you give me... I dunno... five hundred thousand for it?" My back of the envelope calculations put his collection worth a bit less than $100k. Presumably he's just trying to get some attention but that's not really effective. People will look at the big lot and then promptly forget about him when he does more reasonable sales.
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My guess is that auction is some elaborate way of showing off while at the same time hoping he gets a crapload more money than the collection is worth by selling it to some dunce with a few extra mansions they can cash in.
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zenintrude posted:
Actually I guess mine is from 2007 because it's this model: http://reviews.cnet.com/search-results/samsung-ln-t3253h/4505-5_7-32306314.html I basically got it a couple years ago trading some computer and game stuff with a friend, so I had no idea what age it actually was. It happens to play nice with all kinds of VGA input for whatever reason.
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I love when new old stock of rare video games is found, the people who collect as an investment go nuts. http://www.wizardvideocollection.com/press-release.html quote:Also found in the collection were original boxes of the first horror video games on the planet, from Wizard Video’s sister company, Wizard Video Games. The Atari 2600 game boxes for Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Halloween will be released TBD 2013 from Full Moon. At the time of release, these titles were deemed too violent for children, and were either banned or sold by request-only, making them an extraordinarily rare find as well. Looking at eBay, original, non-repro carts of Texas Chainsaw Massacre go for about $70 to $200. Both games are about a "7" rarity on Atari Age's rarity scale http://www.atariage.com/company_page.html?CompanyID=42&SystemID=2600&SystemFilterID=2600 Looking at the press release, they might be charging $50 per game, which actually probably won't move many units. edit: Oh, watching this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsH_-XuPjlg&t=573s they are just the boxes for the games, no games.
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Chainclaw posted:I love when new old stock of rare video games is found, the people who collect as an investment go nuts. Didn't Halloween not have a box or label? I thought they all had sharpie labels with nothing else. Edit: guess I could have read the atariage link. But still, the halloween box has to be much rarer than the carts. wa27 fucked around with this message at 00:31 on Feb 8, 2013 |
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So nothing like opening a Game Genie and finding a whole egg sack of dead spiders. Whats the best tool to cut the plastic edges off so I can fit Super famicom games? I was thinking something simple like a toe nail clipper but the plastic is too thick.
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WendigoJohnson posted:So nothing like opening a Game Genie and finding a whole egg sack of dead spiders. Wire cutters should be enough for it.
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wa27 posted:Didn't Halloween not have a box or label? I thought they all had sharpie labels with nothing else. There's a lot of games released for the 2600 at the time just before and during the crash that would have boxes made but rarely if ever sent to retail with the carts. A result of all the panic and trying to dump off inventory before it got too late. WendigoJohnson posted:So nothing like opening a Game Genie and finding a whole egg sack of dead spiders. Can't you just yank the handle thing off the Game Genie's hinge and have Super Famicom games fit fine then?
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Install Gentoo posted:
Nah it's got the nubs that the interior of the SNES has too.
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