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Show posts MenuQuote from: guest on 07/19/2011, 01:29 AMRecently my disposable income has been at an all-time low and I broke down and bought a SNES controller-to-USB adapter so I can play a few ROMS in comfort. Still, even with the computer wired to my CRT and stereo speakers, I don't really like it and I've spent all of 30 minutes using the stupid thing.Doh, I hear ya man. The emu's never get the audio right. And the flicker is missing. And the slowdown.
QuoteTo be clear, in the case of vintage video games I'm not concerned the creators might be out some cash if I don't buy a legitimate copy. It's the principle of the thing.I used to feel that way too. Then I read about how copyright used to be limited to like 30 years... (exact limit I'd have to look up) and how Congress keeps extending it for the big companies everytime Mickey Mouse's Copyright is about to expire, just to keep Disney profits up. The same Disney that makes $billions off stuff in the public domain, because back then, the Copyright expired... (winnie the pooh, snow white, cinderella, the list is pretty extensive...) Copyright was never meant to make $$ for a corporation forever. It was meant to allow an author (a person) to profit from their creations for a limited time. Apply the same theory to these 20+ yr old games... and I honestly don't feel like I'm doing anything wrong, even in principal. If I can't still get it new at close to MSRP or less from a retail outlet, then in my mind, the author has made his go of it and I'm in the clear.
QuoteThere is, however, something to be said for the "complete package" when buying a game. I like to have a real-life, paper manual I can hold and flip through, among other things.Agreed, tho with a lot of my purchases, I find myself having to print up old manuals, because buying the games "complete" costs so damn much.
QuoteZeta touches on another good point, one that I wanted to mention in my earlier post but I ran out of time. There are two kinds of "collectors," really. Those who collect games they like to play, and those who collect games because of perceived value.maybe. I'd argue that the ones "collecting" because of perceived value are not really collectors, more like investors, or resellers. If you have no intent to keep it, it's not really collecting.
QuoteI've never purchased a game because I thought it was worth money. I never plan on selling any of them, so value never enters the equation for me. Sure, I do end up selling games here and there when I pick up duplicates or get something I really hate, but I'll often sell to the first person who makes an offer, and rarely do I even try to ascertain "current market value" before doing so.I definitely have. Trading and flipping games and systems here and there is how I fund the purchases of the ones I want. I don't have a huge disposable income, much like many folks here, but I do have enough sense to know that if I can get a good deal on something I don't particularly want, then sell it, and then use the funds to buy something I do really want, I'm not doing anything wrong. I think the wrong comes in when you mislead someone into giving you the good deal in the first place. I've made several offers on the large lots in the buy/sell threads, but every time I've been up front that I would be keeping only a couple of the items, and reselling the rest.
QuoteWE'RE AGAINST PRICELISTS BECAUSE PRICELISTS RUIN THE MARKET FOR GAMERS.I don't really think the people claiming to be in it for the gaming would care much about pricing on original chips?
Quote from: csgx1 on 07/06/2011, 03:28 PMQuote from: hoobs88 on 07/06/2011, 02:12 PMhttp://cgi.ebay.com/All-Star-Power-League-Gold-HuCARD-88-PC-Engine-PCE-/130542233674?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item1e64ec684aQuite rare indeed. That's a pretty cool looking sleeve with the Hudson logo on it.
Quote from: guest on 07/02/2011, 01:41 AMhahahaha... fools market!!!! bid, bid, bid!!!!!How much were Super Air Zonk and Dynastic Hero going for on Ebay 5 years ago?
I have 2 games left to complete my US collection.... Super air zonk and Dynastic heroooooo.... been looking for at least 5 years.... hahhaah...will make it another 5 years cause ebay can lick my left nut as i have other things in my life to keep me occuppied.
<<sips wine and washes it all down with a king can of bush beer>>
Quote from: SignOfZeta on 06/30/2011, 02:26 AMThat's just the kind of crap my wife would say. Making things up and going on random nonsense tangents. You took me saying "I don't like that I can't read JP" to mean that I don't like Japanese. Quite the opposite. I'm ashamed of the fact that I don't know any other languages and I rather respect cultures that make learning other languages a priority. The Japanese language (and pretty much every other language but my own...) does hurt my head...Quote from: kattare on 06/30/2011, 01:10 AMI like that there are JP options out there... especially all the sweet stuff that didn't make it this side of the pacific. But I don't like that I can't read JP. What's an ignorantpowhitetrashsmalltownhomeboyallgrowedupwithajob to do?If you hate Japanese so much then how is it you can stomach playing their games? I mean, that must drive you nuts. I mean...these are Japanese as hell games we're talking about here. They started there, they were manufactured there, etc. I find it impossible to forget.
Ok, obviously with bomberman the language barrier isn't going to keep you from playing, but it kinda irks me still. I don't want no JP up in my game if I can avoid it. It hurts my brain. ;-)
BTW, many PCE games are %100 English. The Soldier series, for example. Bomberman usually has about 5 words in the whole game to begin with, with about half of them already being in English.
Quote from: guest on 06/28/2011, 11:24 AMOr people with credit cards and no impulse control.Quote from: SignOfZeta on 06/28/2011, 11:04 AMWho even can come up with that much money at once for something so trivial?People with jobs and the ability to save their pennies.
Quote from: blueraven on 06/28/2011, 04:30 AM... I'm fairly certain that anyone that does the math ($55 minus $ebay minus $paypal minus $parts = $shit/hr) is not going to want to compete. Definitely doesn't qualify as gouging unless peeps are expecting you to work for free.Quote from: Keith Courage on 06/28/2011, 03:53 AMAfter basically being treated like piss the first time around I felt no need to contribute any info on my cd rom fix especially to the people who were rude to me in the first place(who seem to be the same ones who keep asking me about it).No one was initially rude to you, it was only after we found out you were gouging and then lying about it.
Quote from: BlueBMW on 06/27/2011, 07:34 PMDoh. Missed that part. I'm with Blue... it'd be cool if you are the dude sellin' repairs on ebay if you could write up a howto. Not like it's going to take away from your ebay business much. It's two different audiences I think...Quote from: kattare on 06/27/2011, 07:23 PMNuthin' wrong with listing it here and on ebay at the same time. Who cares?Thats not the point....
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Quote from: SuperDeadite on 06/14/2011, 12:51 PMWell, it takes up less space then having a MD/MCD and PCE-DUO sitting next to each other.That's true. I hadn't thought of the sega side of things.
The LD games are composite native (live all LD videos), so it's impossible to get RGB without
using some kind of video processor, but it wouldn't look any better then the composite would.
Quote from: thesteve on 06/14/2011, 02:28 PMseperating the comp back to RGB and mixing it is simple.What kind of signal degredation would you see on the LD side of things with the color decoder? Sounds like it might be a pretty nice mod to do.
you just need a color decoder chip from an old tv to seperate the colors.
6 resistors to mix it.
an rgb amp to output it and your done.
Quote from: bartre on 06/06/2011, 02:23 PMI know for a fact that it goes back to NES at least.Q: What consoles will it work on?
here's some more info
http://shoryuken.com/forum/threads/the-official-cthulhu-and-chimp-thread-try-our-new-dreamcast-flavor.46572/