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[Off-Topic / Re: The Video Game Years]

i really like the concept of the this show but I always felt like it was missing something. Perhaps if it stays around long enough it will hit its stride. I agree that the "video game babes" and "should have been a game" segments need to go. Even if they are meant to emulate those VH1 shows, that's a poor reason to keep a segment that doesn't really work.

[General Gaming / Re: Konami officially pulling out of releasing console games.]

It's kind a weird state to be in where I've always thought of myself, and been thought of by others as the "gamer" and now more and more companies aren't making games for me. Mobile games, by nature of the controls, just aren't as good and yet that is where the money is I guess.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Darkwing Duck - Angry Video Game Nerd]

Pretty funny, not too over the top. I wonder how the game would be w/o all the hit detection issues. Visually it looks pretty good.

[Off-Topic / Re: Fitness]

I've lost about 25 pounds since Nov '14. My wife's neurologist put her on a Keto diet and I did it too, to lose weight but also to support her. A keto diet is a low carb diet.  We do have a "splurge" day on Saturday that keeps us sane. It's very important to keep the splurge day to just one day a week though. Basically our diet consists of meat and vegetables. Once you break away from the carb addiction(it literally is an addiction) it gets easier. I also dropped Coke and bought a Sodastream, now I just drink the carbonated water. At the same time in Nov. I started jogging now I'm up to 3miles/5k  almost every single day.

[Off-Topic / Re: FCC sued again for Net Neutrality rules]

I'd have to search for the article again, but Verizon received tax dollars as a "common carrier" to build out its network but then didn't want to get regulated like a common carrier. Pretty disgusting really. I'm against heavy handed regulation too, but the regulations are already in favor the Telco's/Cable companies and something needed to be done.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: 1000 Post Raffle! Elemental Gearbolt]

That's interesting about the gun wanting a video feed to operate.

The Guncon plugs in to the composite video jack. If you're using a video source without composite like my cheap SCART cable then you're SOL.

You're not completely SOL

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00004UBWT/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1431363638&sr=8-1&pi=SL75_QL70&keywords=PlayStation+guncon+adapter

[General Gaming / Re: The 1st Video Game You Ever Purchased.]

I think the first game I bought on my own was Wild Arms for Playstation but it might have been Final Fantasy 7. That was around the time I got my first job at Dairy Queen and started to make money on my own. Before that it was all presents and renting. I wasted so much damn money renting games I could bought a few goods ones.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: 1000 Post Raffle! Elemental Gearbolt]

Please include me in the raffle. I actually have all the inserts for this game and I've been looking for a loose copy for a long time. Also F.Y.I the guncon's video pass through plug will work on the green wire of ps2 component cables. My wife and I love to play gun games together.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Zone Direct website on the internet archive]

Being the lifelong gamer that I am, I used to pop by TZD and drool over stuff that I wanted but never could afford. Does anyone remember a game website called cart-mart.com?

Edit found it on the internet archive:
wayback.cart-mart.com/shop/product.asp?pf_id=2200100117D01NYY

[General Gaming / Re: Gamestop to start buying/selling retro games again]

This rumor has persisted for a awhile but I think its just a rumor.

When GameStop started offering some retro stuff for GameStop reward points they mentioned that they had an entire distribution center full of stock that they no longer sell in stores and that they may look into selling it in the future.

They probably think they are sitting on a gold mine, when it's just 500,000 copies of Genesis sports games.

They used to sell Super Mario/Duck Hunt for 5¢. Now I see people asking $10.

[General Gaming / Re: Gamestop to start buying/selling retro games again]

Don't they have a ton of old FUNCOLAND stock just sitting somewhere?  I know they are buying up PS2's now as well.

This rumor has persisted for a awhile but I think its just a rumor.

[General Gaming / Re: Gamestop to start buying/selling retro games again]

I've said this before but I worked for GameStop for 5 years and was a store manger for 3. I HATE GameStop. When I was a manager I would give people who bought the last one 10% off.

[General Gaming / Re: Gamestop to start buying/selling retro games again]

What's interesting about it?

For one thing I'm curious what a more static price structure would do to rising game prices. Obviously this would take awhile to come into effect, but if there is a large scale, big name source for certain   games then people may be more hesitant to pay rising eBay prices.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Stupid boulders in Legendary Axe]

I just flip on the rapid fire and the boulders all die easily. Because they were actually alive to begin with, I guess.

Ha, that's a line right out of Gamesack, you should use that.........but then you'd have to pay royalties to the thread creator or something.   


Anyways, I know this has been talked about a million times but I always feel like using the rapid fire for something like that is cheating. Maybe that's why I don't get very far in Legendary Axe.

[General Gaming / Gamestop to start buying/selling retro games again]

I'm sure a lot of you have seen this on Facebook already but just in case:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/04/15/gamestop-to-offer-classic-consoles-and-games

Pretty interesting really.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )]

The Wii, using component outs on a CRT produces some amazing emulation result. I think it's the closest thing you can to the real thing while also having the benefits of emulation.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Recommend me a good PC Engine platformer]

I recently played the translated Aoi Blink, was a pretty fun game although I know nothing about the property. I'm assuming it's based on some anime/manga?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Insertion marks]

If it really matters that much get an everdrive and just leave it in. There, problem solved and you just saved a ton of money.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Dragon's Curse]

I finished it a month or so ago on my everdrive. It really is an amazing game that doesn't get the credit it's due.

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

First time in a while that I bought anything. I'm pleased.

nice finds. onimusha 3 is a great game. love how you can travel back and forward in time.

I remember wanting to play it when it came out but I didn't get the chance. When I saw it for $3 complete, I couldn't say no.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo facts]

The second listing on Google when searching dragon Wang
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Dragon+Wang

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

I was very surprised to find "the church"

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

Yeah that MD boxart is nice. I had a good day today I even picked up a few vinyl records.

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

First time in a while that I bought anything. I'm pleased.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Vertical screen rolling on some games]

Solved my problem, although not in the way I was hoping. Oh well my Duo is looking great now an my sync issues are resolved.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Vertical screen rolling on some games]

Well, I ordered some 8 pin din connectors to make myself an RGB to component cable. The sync is now working  fine, but I don't get any green. Red and blue look fine but anything green is showing as grey.  I know that component doesn't actually carry green but instead uses the difference between red/blue to determine green, but I'm not sure how that plays into my issue.

I blame the Philips

You don't like Philips? It hasn't been a bad tv and the picture looks pretty good on it. Of course I only paid $5 for it at a yard sale. Also, it's of the flat tube variety.

[General Gaming / Re: Snes repair]

My original SNES had the same graphical problems, garbled is exactly how I described it lol. It was really weird in that some things worked fine and others were just completely jacked up.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )]

Is this relevant? I wonder if this is the bubble, and if someday this will burst?

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/TheGreatComicsCrashOf1996

I think their are some parallels, such as people buying Amiibo's or special edition 3ds' just to hold and possibly flip.  But I think that, just like the "actually rare" comics, the "actually rare" games will continue to hold their value.

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Anearth Fantasy Stories - Translation Project Thread]

https://www.tg-16.com/anearth/pirate.html

Welcome to Pilates Island!

Those screen shots look great, I'm very excited to play this game!

[General Gaming / Re: Worst video game mispronunciations/bungles you've ever heard]

I have no idea how many things are pronounced because I don't have any friends and never here these pronounced lol.

[Off-Topic / The “What-Did-You-Buy-Today?” Thread]

Japan score, Alcahest for Super Famicom. This game was previously evading me real hard!
Yeah it may have a Squaresoft logo (predominantly a HAL Laboratory game) on it, but it's not an RPG,  rather a stage based overhead action game
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I was just playing this the other day in my sd2snes pretty fun game.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo facts]

For the life of me, I will NEVER understand why people call Kieth Courage the worst pack-in game.  Even ignoring less commonly known pack-in games like Gyromite, are there people who think that Altered Beast is some fantastic work of gaming literature?  Honestly, that game is boring and bad.  I've never understood why people seem to think that it's better than Kieth Courage.

Although, I agree with you about the quality of Altered Beast, as a game it was visually striking and at least had an arcade presence. I'm with Blacktiger that R-type would have been best, if not for name recognition alone. I think the biggest hurdle to the Tg's success was how long they took to get it out in the U.S. I think even 6 months before the Genesis would have gone a long way for building mind share among the gaming public.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Is Duo's CD driver supposed to load this slow?]

When I was messing with xak3 I think that imgburn ripped it as cue/iso which I thought was strange. I'll verify that this evening when I get home from work.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: WTB Doujindance PC Engine Duo R]

I too have a doujindance duo-r with RGB mod. I haven't had any issues but after looking inside he used some nasty brown glue on everything making it very difficult to redo should the need arise. I echo the comments of others to get on from either turbokon or Keith courage.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: The Magical Component Video Box]

The US GameCube doesn't do RGB out and the component requires a special chip that is included with the cable. That is why GameCube component cables are so expensive now. The best option is to get a backwards compatible Wii and use the component cable for that. Since the Wii has all the actual GameCube hardware it is literally the same thing.

[Off-Topic / Re: Resize images using BBCode you shipwads...]

I started using an app simply called photo resizer. Yes it's an extra step but its worth it.

[General Gaming / Re: You gotta love digital purchases]

I have a few digital purchases on steam because they were super cheap on sale but I have the hardest time giving up my right to resell.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )]

How much eBay cares:

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Vertical screen rolling on some games]

Well I don't have any monitors that can accept scart but I did try something else. I have a SNES that I put one of Turbokon's component boards in.  This is how I normally play my SNES, well I instead hooked it up with the scart cable and loaded up a Konami game and the screen started rolling. My problem must have something to do with the scart to component box.

On a side note I wished I had joined the forum prior to buying my DuoR. It's a mess in there. Doujindance put all this brown glue crap inside it.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Vertical screen rolling on some games]

It is doing now on my Genesis although I don't remember it doing that in the past.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Vertical screen rolling on some games]

I bought it already modded  so I don't know how it was done. I'll pop it open tomorrow and take a look.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Vertical screen rolling on some games]

The 1k resistor made it completely unplayable.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )]

Yes don't underestimate shill bidding to prop up the "value."

I'm convinced this is a much bigger problem than people give it credit for.

Read through the first couple hundred pages of this thread and you'll find lots of cross referenced proof of specific people doing it in an ongoing basis.

At the same times you'll also see plenty of collectards complaining that we're just insecure whiners who just wish that prices weren't "legitimately" high and that we "just want free games".

I was speaking of the population at large as opposed to the astute members here. Sadly, EBay has become the determiner of value for almost everyone from second hand stores to flee markets. I've seen people print off sold ebay  listings and display them at garage sales for maximum profit.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Vertical screen rolling on some games]

I already have some 1k resistors so I'll give that a try. Should there be resistors anywhere else? Doesn't the SNES usually have three?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )]

Yes don't underestimate shill bidding to prop up the "value."

I'm convinced this is a much bigger problem than people give it credit for.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )]

Not ebay but I found this interesting.

http://page11.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/n146988388

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Vertical screen rolling on some games]

Well the resistor did improve picture a little it seems but it is still rolling and doing the tearing thing. Here is a picture after the 220ohm resistor. The first block of the color looks better, although it may be hard to tell from the pictures.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Vertical screen rolling on some games]

Thanks. Hmmm I wonder if my local radio shack is open.....

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Vertical screen rolling on some games]

OK, I opened up the cable and there is a resistor inside, it is soldered to pins 8 and 16.
Is that where it should be?

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Vertical screen rolling on some games]

A white screen will do it for sure but it doesn't have to be. While in the 240p test suite the "white & RGB screen" test will do it every time. I also have another issue as seen in this picture.