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poo poo POST MALONE posted:That's what you get for writing the word whilst He's the only one allowed. But that's all he gets. He doesn't get a single 'tis' or 'twas' but mf can say 'whilst'. That's what we all agreed on.
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Aug 3, 2020 18:21
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I'm really glad I got my analogue pocket order in. It's my first FPGA hardware and it'll be nice to replace all these game boys I've got.
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Aug 3, 2020 18:28
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Null of Undefined posted:He's the only one allowed. But that's all he gets. He doesn't get a single 'tis' or 'twas' but mf can say 'whilst'. That's what we all agreed on. Tis true.
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Aug 3, 2020 18:28
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The whole Pocket thing seems.... weird. Like they are taking preorders for something not produced yet. Wouldn't the smart idea be to take the money from everyone that wants to buy one and then produce that many plus x amount of extras? That is what most places that do something like this does, it's effectively free money to pay for extra stock.
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Aug 3, 2020 18:30
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Managed to pre order without any hiccups (Apple Pay) and I’m pretty excited. Listing out all the old GBA games I want to play and forgot how much was released on it outside of all the incredible first party stuff Max Payne Baldur Gate Dark Alliance Tony Hawks/Dave Mirra Sonic Advance Riviera Dragon Ball RPG’s Jet Grind Radio Tactics Ogre
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Aug 3, 2020 18:32
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Djarum posted:The whole Pocket thing seems.... weird. Like they are taking preorders for something not produced yet. Wouldn't the smart idea be to take the money from everyone that wants to buy one and then produce that many plus x amount of extras? That is what most places that do something like this does, it's effectively free money to pay for extra stock. The most likely explanation is there's some specialized chips in limited supply and they're only confident they can secure x amount of chips and ship by may 2021. So they've set a pre-order for x amount of units too.
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Aug 3, 2020 18:35
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Djarum posted:The whole Pocket thing seems.... weird. Like they are taking preorders for something not produced yet. Wouldn't the smart idea be to take the money from everyone that wants to buy one and then produce that many plus x amount of extras? That is what most places that do something like this does, it's effectively free money to pay for extra stock. It all seems odd, like how do you sell out of screen protectors and charging cables so quickly.
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Djarum posted:The whole Pocket thing seems.... weird. Like they are taking preorders for something not produced yet. Wouldn't the smart idea be to take the money from everyone that wants to buy one and then produce that many plus x amount of extras? That is what most places that do something like this does, it's effectively free money to pay for extra stock.
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Aug 3, 2020 18:36
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Ineffiable posted:The most likely explanation is there's some specialized chips in limited supply and they're only confident they can secure x amount of chips and ship by may 2021. So they've set a pre-order for x amount of units too. Maybe, but why would you use something so specialized in a mass produced item? It is a very stupid move. Granted Analogue has never seemed to be the smartest in terms of production or business. hatty posted:It all seems odd, like how do you sell out of screen protectors and charging cables so quickly. Well that is a simple one, after the pre-order systems are filled those that wanted extras would have bought them with the systems. Granted as badly as the site was running I am sure a lot of people who would have added stuff to it didn't, but I understand the way of thinking.
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Aug 3, 2020 18:39
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hatty posted:It all seems odd, like how do you sell out of screen protectors and charging cables so quickly. I bet some folks just got whatever they could once the console sold out
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Aug 3, 2020 18:40
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ExcessBLarg! posted:There's probably a supply constraint on one of the components they need (screen?), and so they're taking preorders for the number of units they know they can produce timely. Yeah it's probably the screen, ultra high resolution 4:3 panels aren't exactly common so it's probably a custom part.
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Aug 3, 2020 18:44
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I think whoever provides their shipping calculator couldn't handle the amount of people trying to order. Other than forced scarcity, that's all on Analogue, that was the thing that prevented most complaints I see.
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Aug 3, 2020 18:46
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How much are pre-orders being flipped for on eBay? Analogue stuff is nuts.
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Aug 3, 2020 18:51
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poo poo POST MALONE posted:I bet some folks just got whatever they could once the console sold out I was thinking about grabbing at least the dock just in case, but their shipping tends to be high enough that I would really only want to do one order. I might wind up either modding a GBA or building a PiBoy in the meantime. GBA would probably be nicer, but I kinda want NGPC too and there don't seem to be as many screen options for those.
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Aug 3, 2020 18:59
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pzy posted:How much are pre-orders being flipped for on eBay? Analogue stuff is nuts.  Lol
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Aug 3, 2020 19:04
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Top bidder: FrodoYolo-69420
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Aug 3, 2020 19:15
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hatty posted:
I hope people are reporting that poo poo. How are you gonna sell a thing you're not gonna get until next year to then ship to a buyer.
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Aug 3, 2020 19:31
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8-bit Miniboss posted:I hope people are reporting that poo poo. How are you gonna sell a thing you're not gonna get until next year to then ship to a buyer. There are already 5+ sold preorder auctions on eBay all sold for 500 US dollars+. Cmon people.
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Aug 3, 2020 19:58
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Desperately looking up skies of arcadia Who wants to half 
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Aug 3, 2020 19:59
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repiv posted:Yeah it's probably the screen, ultra high resolution 4:3 panels aren't exactly common so it's probably a custom part. It's most likely using the same display panels as the Valve Index VR headset, which uses 1600x1440 LCD panels.
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Aug 3, 2020 20:29
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Leal posted:Desperately looking up skies of arcadia Sigh, I sold a few of the games I knew were high value a while back - Cubivore and Pokemon Box were definitely two of the GameCube ones I sold - but I'm pretty sure I gave my 9 year old nephew my Skies of Arcadia in a box of GC & Wii games. Not sealed obviously, but I'm sure it still had the case and manual, and probably all the little insert cards too. I should still have the DC version kicking around somewhere, and I know that was one of my non-burned games, maybe I should track that down at some point.
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Aug 3, 2020 20:41
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SoA:L in particular is probably my fave game of all time and I will never give up my copy My box/manual/disc are beat to all hell though
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Aug 3, 2020 20:55
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Djarum posted:Maybe, but why would you use something so specialized in a mass produced item? It is a very stupid move. Granted Analogue has never seemed to be the smartest in terms of production or business. The system is literally not possible without FPGAs and those are expensive and come from very few sources. Then there's the screen - it's a very high end screen especially for a handheld device at that pricepoint.
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Aug 3, 2020 20:56
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40-Degree Day posted:There are already 5+ sold preorder auctions on eBay all sold for 500 US dollars+. Cmon people. I'm bummed I missed out, but not bummed enough to buy a preorder off someone for asking price, let alone 500. TVs Ian posted:Sigh, I sold a few of the games I knew were high value a while back - Cubivore and Pokemon Box were definitely two of the GameCube ones I sold - but I'm pretty sure I gave my 9 year old nephew my Skies of Arcadia in a box of GC & Wii games. Not sealed obviously, but I'm sure it still had the case and manual, and probably all the little insert cards too. One of my college roommates disappeared with my copy. I'm glad I picked up a second for 25 bucks a couple years later.
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My only retro game regret currently is that I didn't buy blood will tell. I actually bought one for $40 complete years ago but it got lost in the mail and I never bought another (got refunded). Now it's way too expensive for me. I have so many pricy ps2 games except that one.
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Aug 3, 2020 21:27
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40-Degree Day posted:i am a game historian now Retro Gaming Megathread: i am a game historian now
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Aug 3, 2020 21:32
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Playing through some old PSX games, I loved MediEvil and it still has charm. I miss Dino Crisis, it's hammy as gently caress but I loved Resident Evil with raptors and the second game was a fun action romp.
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Aug 3, 2020 21:37
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look at me40-Degree Day posted:i am a game historian now
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Aug 3, 2020 21:50
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if I have a history degree and play too many old video games can I call myself a video game historian? i'm gonna start doing this.
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Aug 3, 2020 21:59
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40-Degree Day posted:if I have a history degree and play too many old video games can I call myself a video game historian? i'm gonna start doing this. You should make a youtube channel called Gaming Historian and talk about world history, but like, you're wearing a mario hat or smth.
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Aug 3, 2020 22:04
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TVs Ian posted:Sigh, I sold a few of the games I knew were high value a while back - Cubivore and Pokemon Box were definitely two of the GameCube ones I sold - but I'm pretty sure I gave my 9 year old nephew my Skies of Arcadia in a box of GC & Wii games. Not sealed obviously, but I'm sure it still had the case and manual, and probably all the little insert cards too. I'd strangle my younger self for neglecting or outright destroying old games. Null of Undefined posted:You should make a youtube channel called Gaming Historian and talk about world history, but like, you're wearing a mario hat or smth. Be sure to put a bookshelf with all your Gamer Gear to prove your Gamer Credit and you aren't just a fake gamer in frame.
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Aug 3, 2020 22:09
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I knew about the Holocaust and have a degree in history but it never felt real to me until I saw a picture of Kristallnacht with a distressed Crash Bandicoot photoshopped in.
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Detective No. 27 posted:I knew about the Holocaust and have a degree in history but it never felt real to me until I saw a picture of Kristallnacht with a distressed Crash Bandicoot photoshopped in. you know, I haven't checked this thread for a while so I just hit last post and 
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Aug 3, 2020 22:12
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Leal posted:Be sure to put a bookshelf with all your Gamer Gear to prove your Gamer Credit and you aren't just a fake gamer in frame. This is my favorite gamer youtube thing. I'd rather people not even show their face.
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Caitlin posted:you know, I haven't checked this thread for a while so I just hit last post and For context:  (I don't have a history degree)
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Aug 3, 2020 22:18
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I do, and that image makes feel so much second hand embarrassment to have one and like MLP
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Djarum posted:Maybe, but why would you use something so specialized in a mass produced item? It is a very stupid move. Granted Analogue has never seemed to be the smartest in terms of production or business.
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But it was marketed like a new playstation or xbox. The marketing leaked into mainstream gaming news so the demand was mainstream.
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40-Degree Day posted:a lot of people are mad! i thought analogue would be better at this by now. It's me, I'm mad about it. As someone who has a Mega SG, Super NT and NT Noir on the way... gently caress them. You start the hype for this thing almost a year ago, then tell people they have to wait almost a year to get it, and then you sell out within 10 minutes. All of their other products, including the special editions, have been up for sale for at least numerous days. So if you were paying attention at all, you could have gotten every single one of their products. ( Except the Mega SG cartridge adapters. ) So even though I thought it was excessive and figured it would at least be available for a few days if not longer since it's not shipping for almost a year, I stayed awake all night for the pre-order and my bank marked it as a fraud purchase and I didn't get one. If it was really this limited, it should have been one per person. Overbite posted:I was gonna sell Magic Knight Rayearth for saturn, which is going around $800 at the moment. I was worried about people doing paypal then doing a chargeback or using a stolen card or something. If it was some $20 game I wouldn't be worried but I don't want to lose this. I actually don't know if this would help if there were an issue, but when I ship expensive items I video the whole process with my phone. Packaging it with the buyers address label, the drive to the post office, me giving the item to them and showing the tracking info. So at least if they say they got the wrong item I have something to show. I've never been screwed over on Ebay as a seller yet, but there's always some risk. As mentioned, I wouldn't sell to anyone with no/low feedback and make sure they have a confirmed address.
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