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PokeCrysis posted:Thanks, I'll be sure to pick that up. I have an extra copy I could sell you... case has seen better days, but the rest is in great condish. PM me.
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Anatidaephobia posted:I think I've found the dreaded vertical line on my SNES I usually only notice it in dark scenes too but for some strange reason it's incredibly noticeable (to me) in Final Fantasy 6 and Yoshi's Island. But don't worry, I'm on the cusp of having a full guide to getting rid of it soon. I already found the fix for it over RGB, but it's a decent amount of work and requires the amp that's used in the N64 mod. Trying to figure out the capacitor fix with Tiido/TmEE for the 1CHIP models on Sega-16 and then of course I will post it. Just a little bit more experimenting and I'll have all the answers. Dr. Ohnoman posted:I still haven't found it on mine despite trying to look for it. Even if it is there, it hasn't affected gameplay in the slightest. I found the one linked from Amazon gave me the checkerboard patterns, too. I can 100% verify the Nintendo-made s-video cables do not show checkerboading, and neither do the purple Monster Cable brand ones (meant for Gamecube but works on SNES) but those are a drat fortune now. I am no engineer but I can usually look at s-video cables and can tell it will give checkerboarding. It's always the ones using pathetically thin wire for the s-video wire. I am 99% this cheap s-video cable will not produce checkerboarding: http://www.ebay.com/itm/MAD-CATZ-UN...=item35c908bc2b Interesting to note is I would get checkerboarding over RGB was well when using a cheap SCART switch.
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PokeCrysis posted:Guys, I'm about to buy a couple of Playstation 1 games on amazon, I've already picked Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy 7, Lara Croft, Spyro The Dragon (Nostalgia), Silent Hill, Resident Evil 1/2 and a couple more, does anybody have any last minute suggestions? Tenchu: Stealth Assassins is great fun. Not such a big fan of the sequel though.
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So retro Facebook group comes up with the goods once in a while, and I stumbled across some cheap Amstrad stuff. So I said gently caress it... DOS system disks Master Chess Roland On The Ropes Happy Writing Happy Numbers Wordhang Streaker Timeman One Welcome To Amsoft [Continuous Demo tape] Centre Court Tombstowne Redhawk Not bad for ~$15 Also pulled a bunch of leftovers from the old room and started...nesting...       The SNES is hiding out of shot since it's hooked up to the bigger CRT. The console shelf and wall are pretty bare, so I'm going to build some nice shelves to sit them on. Blue Warrior needs more shelves badly. H1KE fucked around with this message at 13:37 on Jun 27, 2013 |
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MediumWellDone posted:Tenchu: Stealth Assassins is great fun. Not such a big fan of the sequel though. A warning: the voice acting in this game is all kinds of special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCNEo1IdvrI I think I need to get headphone adapters for all my pre-PS2 CD consoles.
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Sizone posted:Does anyone know of a source for NeoGeo 150-in-1 carts? I gave up trying to find a 138-in-1 , now it seems I can't even find a 150-in-1. Hrm seems I can't find the 150-in-1 where I bought it previously. There is the 161-in-1 here http://www.excellentcom.net/detail.asp?catid=62776&Pdtid=492580 http://www.paradisearcadeshop.com/en/multiboards/303-neo-geo-161-in-1-0855742003037.html http://www.jammaboards.com/store/161-in-1-neogeo-multigame-cartridge-neo-161in1.html And the 150-in-1 is on ebay right now http://www.ebay.com/itm/SNK-NEO-GEO-MVS-Multigame-150-in-1-Series-1-Cartridge-Working-NICE-/151071133861 Does anyone know of any good retro shops around Minneapolis? I'm going there this weekend for pride and wouldn't mind stopping by one to check it out.
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Also there's really interesting thread in YOSPOS those especially privy to programming would like: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3555611 linking it because it's easy to miss since it's stickied which, if you're like me, your brain glazes over it assuming it's a FAQ thread you've already checked out ages ago. Check it out!!!
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PokeCrysis posted:Guys, I'm about to buy a couple of Playstation 1 games on amazon, I've already picked Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy 7, Lara Croft, Spyro The Dragon (Nostalgia), Silent Hill, Resident Evil 1/2 and a couple more, does anybody have any last minute suggestions? In the Hunt, any Capcom 2D fighter, Twisted Metal 1/2, LSD (  )univbee posted:A warning: the voice acting in this game is all kinds of special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCNEo1IdvrI The acting in 99.9% of pre-PS2 games could best be described as "special". Fortunately, sometime around 2000 game companies realized that they shouldn't just use people who were in the office that day as their actors. That's when the terrible acting rate dropped down to just 50%. 
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Miyamotos RGB NES posted:I am 99% this cheap s-video cable will not produce checkerboarding:    I guess I could try to find a cheap PAL S-video cable, but from what I've read you get all sorts of problems (overly bright image apparently being the most common one) using NTSC cables on PAL systems and I'm gonna assume the same applies to PAL cables on NTSC consoles.
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Bean posted:
I was REALLY considering sending you the tricorder itself but my inner nerd self refused to let me part with it. I did (I'm pretty sure) provide the tricorder "blueprints" that came with it though. Super Troll Island is trippier than trippy. I popped it in to test it before sending it out and next thing I knew 30 min had passed and brain had become warped. (I am posting my SS bounty tonight I promise, no matter what. I've had the pics taken for ages just have to actually upload them)
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zenintrude posted:I have an extra copy I could sell you... case has seen better days, but the rest is in great condish. PM me. PM you on what sorry? I don't have platinum, and have not done a great deal of online buying so I don't know if there is something I'm missing here, what do I PM you on? Sorry for being a newb.
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PokeCrysis posted:Guys, I'm about to buy a couple of Playstation 1 games on amazon, I've already picked Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy 7, Lara Croft, Spyro The Dragon (Nostalgia), Silent Hill, Resident Evil 1/2 and a couple more, does anybody have any last minute suggestions? Symphony of the night Erluk fucked around with this message at 15:38 on Jun 27, 2013 |
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Jun 27, 2013 15:23
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Erluk posted:Symphony of the night. Yes, I was thinking of buying PokeCrysis fucked around with this message at 15:49 on Jun 27, 2013 |
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Jun 27, 2013 15:26
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PokeCrysis posted:PM you on what sorry? I don't have platinum, and have not done a great deal of online buying so I don't know if there is something I'm missing here, what do I PM you on? Sorry for being a newb. Ahh, didn't notice that you didn't have plat... email me, zenintrude at gmail.com and I can send you some pics.
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zenintrude posted:Ahh, didn't notice that you didn't have plat... email me, zenintrude at gmail.com and I can send you some pics. Now that makes sense, thanks for clearing that up; I'll email you in a minute.
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Bushido Blade was always one of my favorite PS1 games, especially with two players. You could have your samurai duel last for three seconds or ten minutes depending on how you managed to hit each other, and occasionally after a huge epic fight you'd get into these situations where both of your guys were basically the Black Knight from Quest for the Holy Grail and couldn't do anything but weakly swing their sword in the general direction of the opponent.
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Jun 27, 2013 15:39
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PokeCrysis posted:Yes, I was thinking of buying IV but I can't find it anywhere for less than £20 used, and I've already played through it; so what's the point? Thanks for the suggestion though. Wait, isn't IV for the SNES? 
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Erluk posted:Wait, isn't IV for the SNES? It was, sorry, I misthought/typed. For some reason I remembered it as "Castlevania IV: Symphony of The Night" It's corrected now anyway. I suck.
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PokeCrysis posted:It was, sorry, I misthought/typed. For some reason I remembered it as "Castlevania IV: Symphony of The Night" It's corrected now anyway. Naw man it's cool. I've had SOTN on the brain recently since I saw a copy of it that was PRISTINE for $30.00, which is too much but god drat was it in great shape. Which brings up a good topic of discussion for everyone; how much does condition affect the price you are willing to pay for something? How much is the ability to inspect something before buying it (as opposed to just seeing pictures on ebay or what have you) worth to you? i.e. if you find something that is five bucks more in a physical store than it is on ebay, and it is in good condition, is that worth it?
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Erluk posted:
Yes. I used to go to Play N Trade even though their games were a few dollars more than eBay (and in all fairness, with a storefront you need to charge more) and I happily paid the premium because I got to make sure for myself that the labels were in acceptable condition.
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Dr. Ohnoman posted:Shipping and import charges: $28 I feel your s-video pain. I bought a ton of different kinds of cables and have been comparing the output on my TV with mixed results. Essentially what I found is that like 99 percent of the cables that include composite with s-video are rear end and cause painful checkerboarding. The problem is that it's hard as hell to find an s-video cable with JUST the s-video out. A lot of places that have a picture of a cable with just s-video will actually send you the one with composite attached and claim its the same thing. The cheapest of the cheap crappy cables will actually send composite over s-video... This is the only cable that I have with composite attached that looks alright: http://www.racketboy.com/store/featured/nintendo-svideo-cables.html It's still a cheap cable and, at least for me, there's a very small amount of checkerboarding that I have to press my face against the screen to see (probably because of poor shielding between chroma and luma). Its not bad for like 5 bucks though. If you're really concerned about quality you want to get a genuine Nintendo Gamecube s-video cable (You can get them from japan brand new here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00005QDJM/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new) or one of those ugly-rear end purple monster cables. They crop up on ebay from time to time and they're expensive as gently caress.
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Miyamotos RGB NES posted:Also there's really interesting thread in YOSPOS those especially privy to programming would like: Oh boy, I love talking about retro programming and homebrew for retro consoles!  Oh... wait. Its on YOSPOS. NEVERMIND. 
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Erluk posted:Which brings up a good topic of discussion for everyone; how much does condition affect the price you are willing to pay for something? How much is the ability to inspect something before buying it (as opposed to just seeing pictures on ebay or what have you) worth to you? i.e. if you find something that is five bucks more in a physical store than it is on ebay, and it is in good condition, is that worth it? Personally the quality of the exterior doesn't make a huge difference in my decision of whether to buy it or not. As long as whatever it is that I am going to buy works perfectly I wouldn't care (to an extent) what condition the exterior is in. That said, if I found out that somebody had taken a poo poo in the game box before shipping it it would somewhat curb my enthusiasm. I would suppose that is because I don't really fall into the "collectors" category of goons who browse this thread; I don't buy games to add them to my collection, I buy them because the games of my childhood hold a certain value to me, and I want to re-live the experience of playing those games as best as possible, which is probably why I play games that I missed out on on emulators (mostly) and games of my childhood on their original consoles. PokeCrysis fucked around with this message at 16:33 on Jun 27, 2013 |
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plasticbugs posted:Are you guys with xrgbs using the pack-in power adapter in your 110V US sockets or are you using a step-down converter? I ask because I'm plugging the 100V Japanese power adapter directly into my socket and it's warm to the touch, but not hot by any means. Am I risking a fire or possible damage to my xrgb? Yep, the packed in power supply works just fine in the US. If you feel the need for an alternate power supply, you can get the one listed in the wiki.
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bossy lady posted:If you're really concerned about quality you want to get a genuine Nintendo Gamecube s-video cable (You can get them from japan brand new here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00005QDJM/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new) or one of those ugly-rear end purple monster cables. They crop up on ebay from time to time and they're expensive as gently caress. I've been buying homemade SCART cables from assholes all over the planet that look great. I've got bins of hacked up cables and connectors. I can nick all kinds of multi-conductor lengths from work. If I wanted to go backwards and start using S-Video on my SNES again, why can't I just make a cable as good or better than anything anybody else can find on the net and post? Somebody tell me why a good S-Video cable for Nintendo poo poo is apparently so hard to procure. Edit: Thinking about it, it might be because these in types of cables the wires for the different plugs are almost always individually jacketed and sealed together side by side, so the four conductors for s-vid end up being two really thin coaxial conductors with foil between them shoved through a narrow jacket. Even in the possible case that the Nintendo cable actually does the best job of shielding between conductors in this situation I'm still not paying even the $40 for a used S-Video cable, when S-Video is not as good as RGB, and the system does RGB (or component) anyway, and S-Video is nearly extinct from modern televisions. Copper Vein fucked around with this message at 16:45 on Jun 27, 2013 |
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Thought this would be the best place to ask this - I recently dug out my old sega megadrive for a bit of retro fun and found my pristine copy of "alien soldier" (PAL) (in box with manual). I seem to remember a friend of mine casually mentioning that the game was fairly rare, and a quick ebay search seems to confirm this. So, just how rare is this game? what's the story behind it?
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Thanks to the awesomeness of Acid Police I'm the proud owner of the ever elusive (to me) SNES Jr., a sweet Famicom controller, a Super Gameboy and I was even given 4 (well really 9!) free Genesis games. I said I just had shoulder surgery so I wouldn't be able to enjoy them for a month when he gave me the best advice possible-- play Earthbound one handed. What a life saver! Thanks AP!
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So my NES puts out a weird picture over composite- it's like each pixel is kind of fuzzy on its own, like the NES doesn't finish drawing one pixel before moving on to the next. It's hard to describe, but the end result is that a "solid" block of color doesn't appear solid, it has lots of little gaps in it that are kind of staticy and inconsistent. It's not the cartridge connector because the game is reading the data just fine- I'm sure it's a video signal thing. Are there any common fixes for something like this? Maybe I need to replace the capacitor? I can get pictures tonight when I get home from work.
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Bonto posted:"alien soldier" (PAL) (in box with manual). Main factors : 1) Non-NA Release 2) Released late in the consoles life span 3) Treasure game
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Tyson Tomko posted:A few pages late but gently caress YEAH Princess Tomato. That's one of my favorite of the weirder games. I love it's Gumbyish rear end art to death. Yeah, Princess Tomato seems to be one of the more unique (in a good way) adventure games of its era.
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DeathBySpoon posted:So my NES puts out a weird picture over composite- it's like each pixel is kind of fuzzy on its own, like the NES doesn't finish drawing one pixel before moving on to the next. It's hard to describe, but the end result is that a "solid" block of color doesn't appear solid, it has lots of little gaps in it that are kind of staticy and inconsistent. It's not the cartridge connector because the game is reading the data just fine- I'm sure it's a video signal thing. Are there any common fixes for something like this? Maybe I need to replace the capacitor? I can get pictures tonight when I get home from work. I'd have to see a picture to be sure but it sounds an awful lot like something I noticed with my NES hooked up through my XRGB3. It's pretty much an unavoidable thing short of an RGB mod, but the XRGB3 and probably Mini too has a low-pass filter that kind of blurs the picture and pretty much completely fixes the issue.
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Ok, yeah, I'll put up some pics when I get home. If it's working as-intended for composite I don't mind too much, I just want to get the best signal it can put out without extensive modification. I don't mind doing a little mod here and there, though.
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Zaphod42 posted:Oh boy, I love talking about retro programming and homebrew for retro consoles! If people want to bring it up here that would be awesome; I think it's just that a SH/SC subforum would naturally attract more programmer-types.
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Copper Vein posted:$80-120 for a S-Video cable. S-Video. What in the- why the gently caress? Yeah, it's pretty ridiculous. A lot of people get fed up with the lousy cables so they spring for the "sure thing" with the genuine Nintendo or Monster cables. In reality, the one from Racketboy looks just fine. It's a huge improvement over composite and it's only a couple of bucks.
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Edison Carter posted:
These are really hard to find! If you ever decide you want some money or, I don't know, a trade for a gigantic box of other magazines from that time, just say the word. I've got tons!
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This is YMMV but if your looking to print up dvd/DS/GBA or basically any cover thats not a UGC check your local staples. Mine was clearancing epson paper I picked up a bunch of 50 packs of this for $3 a pop, normally $18. 50lb Matte. https://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/ProductMediaSpec.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=yes&infoType=Overview&oid=-17123&category=Paper+%26+Media
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I found an ebay listing for a bunch of SNES games, including some RPGs, for wicked low price. I felt like it had to be a mistake or something, so I went to double check some things, and then I was like "oh hell yes" and... the buy-it-now option was gone. Somebody bid on the thing.  Ended up finally selling for over $200 when the buy it now price was like $45. God damnit I shouldn't have hesitated. I guess at least the seller gets a fair price now, so... good for him or whatever.  There's pretty crap selection for retro games around here; too many savvy people. Anything that isn't crap gets bought up fast. The occasional Ebay snipe is all I have to look for. Yard Sales and Pawn Shops get my hopes up, but never deliver on the goods.
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Zaphod42 posted:ebay and crap for local retro stores You should check out shopgoodwill.com. It's nowhere near as unused as it used to be a while back but there are still some good deals to be had if you're willing to be patient. Also pay drat close attention to the shipping details. Depending on the location of the GW store you could pay for $2 in shipping or $25 in shipping for something as dumb as a jewel case. Some of my favorites lots have been from that site. I suggest searching for Nintendo, Sega, and even "video game" randomly for some great finds or at worst killing time.
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Today turned out to be pretty much the best mail call ever.   Got my Retrode for starters! It did not want to work at first, which turned out to be a problem with the mini USB connector not being long enough to fully connect with the port. Their troubleshooting suggested cutting a tiny snippet of rubber away from the connector, which did the trick, although it did occur to me after I'd started that that might look bad if I ended up having to return the thing. Now to figure out why the box has a tiny picture of a laptop hooked up to a mushroom and a vagina. And my SARGSGE gift arrived! All gifts courtesy of Absolutely Anything. Thanks, Absolutely Anything!  Woo! Hopefully Dreamcast #4 will turn out to be the charm. I'm sure I'm going to enjoy the hell out of Illbleed. Never played it before, but it looks like it hits all the right buttons for a DC game, coming from someone who first bought theirs to play RE: Code Veronica, House of the Dead 2 and Zombie Revenge. Bionic Commando is gonna be a blast too. I played the hell out of it back in the day but never finished it. I hope to have all of my giftee's stuff sent out tomorrow morning. Never done a gift exchange with a bunch of random strangers like this before and it's been a pretty awesome experience.  Edit: Oh my GOD! Chu Chu Rocket actually works!  Sega Dreamcast: come for the blood and gore, stay for the rescuing of adorable mice. 
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