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Over the weekend I got a shelf for Famicom stuff at a thrift store.

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"Inland Professional 240GB 3D MLC NAND SATA III 6GB/s 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive"

On sale: $40

http://www.microcenter.com/product/485911/240gb-3d-mlc-nand-sata-iii-6gb-s-25-internal-solid-state-drive

Get SSD speeds and inject new life into your laptop or desktop PC with a solid state drive from Inland Professional. With a fast, reliable Inland Professional SSD, you will experience quicker boot-up and shutdown, quicker application response and data transfer speeds than with a typical hard disk drive without purchasing a new computer.

Specifications

Endurance: 175 TBW
Color: Black
Capacity: 240GB
Read Speed: 550 MB/s
Write Speed: 490 MB/s
Interface: SATA 3.0 6.0Gb/s
Form Factor: 2.5"
Architecture: 3D TLC NAND Flash
Random Read 4K: 42,000 IOPS
Random Write 4K: 80,000 IOPS

I bought this a year ago, but I'm really happy with the product and I know some people here shop at MicroCenter which is where I bought my first home PC (Compaq Presario) in 1996 so wanted to pass the deal along. Great computer/electronics store, so many great gadgets wind up in there some times for dirt cheap, especially with open-box markdown sales when items are returned. So anyway, I recommend the SSD upgrade if you're still using a 7200 RPM spinner in your desktop or tower PC...

Had I waited a year or so though, I would've purchased the next model up for 480GB which is more comfortable while still using a secondary 1-2TB spinner for long-term storage of videos, photos, music, projects, backup, etc.

The 480GB is also on sale for $70!

http://www.microcenter.com/product/503405/480gb-3d-tlc-nand-sata-iii-6gb-s-25-internal-solid-state-drive

I go to Microcenter here and there but their sale items are usually long gone if they're a good enough deal

[Off-Topic / Re: That movie you just watched]

Does anybody care about the new SW tale, "Solo: A Star Wars Story" ?? Will you "help Solo out" at the box office ?

Word on the street is that relative to Star Wars standards Solo is bombing, BUT, if you alter the standards by judging it as "some heist movie" instead (as some spinmeisters suggest), well, then it's the greatest opening weekend for such a genre... ;)

Personally I just can't get too excited after seeing the last one at theaters (I like Rogue One the most though)... So yeah, I'm not gonna help Solo out myself... I'll happily wait till it hits video. Sorry Solo/Disney, just not feeling it anymore (Star Wars magic), gonna sit this one out, but good luck all the same! :/

http://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/solo-star-wars-story-manage-break-box-office-record/

After the horror that was the Last Jedi this is the kind of movie I might watch on Netflix with friends to sit and make snide comments and make fun of. I wouldn't pay to see this in theatres.

[Off-Topic / Re: TurboFest Tour 2018 - Second Stop VGS on July 14th!!]

Maybe next year we can update the flyer pics!

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Holy shit that bonk is nightmare inducing.

It looks like he's gonna stick you in the hole and make and Edgar suit out of you.

HahahahHaha.

Yeah, it's horrendous.

There is a video of that CES with a camcorder... Bonk actually "harasses" folks... it makes you feel really bad for the performer inside the stoopid costume.

There was an Air Zonk costumed performer there too!

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I bought a Windows 7 Professional Product Key for only $2.53. Now that they're dirt cheap, as Win 7 support is good for another 2 years and the free Windows 10 upgrade period is over, I said why not to fully complete my upgrade from Vista finally. I didn't trust these key sellers, I didn't think Windows Activation was gonna work, but it did so purty cool to get that out of the way!

I think Windows 7 was the cleanest OS Microsoft produced, all the best of XP & Vista and less of the worst. Windows 8.1 moved the OS into the tablet craze of interface design, same with Windows 10 but with more spying like Google's Android, pretty much moving it to that model.

Well, I dunno how long I should stick with it, but I'll see how it goes in the next 2 years for my home PC. All my tablets are Windows 10 now (up'ed free from 8.1), and my phones are Android, so I have them all at my disposal to continue learning from on occasion.



Listing was quickly deleted after seller finished off his batch, but you just eBay search "windows 7 key" to find others.

Was this 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 7 at that price?

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I got this

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[Off-Topic / After 20+ years it has come true]

Nickolaus Cage is.... SUPERMAN


 http://www.comingsoon.net/movies​/news/929827-nicolas-cage-is-supe​rman-in-teen-titans-go-to-the-mov​ies

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I crowdfunded this a while back and it arrived

I saw this when it started, but didn't have a 64 at the time.  Let us know what you think of it

I just played through Star Fox 64 (not its intended use with fighters) and I like the controller so far.

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I crowdfunded this a while back and it arrived

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Wow, that is kind of a weird setup, I wouldn't call it wireless, but "less wires" ;)

But I guess if it works who cares!

EDIT: Just got a new thing!



The Summon Night 6 Wonderful Edtion for the Playstation Vita is here!

Released by Gaijinworks this LE is pretty amazing, and they definitely set the bar high with this one when it comes to production values. 

Besides the game itself there is a double-sided poster, character plush, full CD soundtrack, coaster set with headshots, and a 200 page hardbound artbook! To keep it all together it comes in a heavy chipboard box with full color printing all over and magnets to keep it closed and with a helpful pull ribbon for opening.

It was a long time coming, but man was it worth it. 

I got a gray plushie with my PS4 one.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The story behind Keith Courage]

DE is so painfully generic but now when I look at it I wonder if it was more ineptitude or rather some misguided attempt at evoking cubism?  Whether or not the style was intentional, it doesn't get me pumped for exploring dungeons.

I hear the lady who did it went on to do greater things in the art world.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: The story behind Keith Courage]

Shitty artwork wasn't limited to the TG16 - so we can't really claim victim status on this one.

[Off-Topic / Re: Tom Petty]

My yearbook theme in HS was "Running down a dream" so yeah...

RIP Mr. Petty you were awesome.

It's kind of interesting to see how much he impacted culture to where Yearbook designs were Tom Petty themed and a solid 15 years after he first hit it big.

[Off-Topic / Re: The Anime Thread: Finding Good Anime]

First Lupin and now Nausicaa!  How cool!

It's like the episode of Lupin where Nausicaa rides around in one of the robots from Castle in the Sky.

[PC-FX Discussion / Re: Galaxy Fraulein Yuna FX taikenban]

These things don't have a proper back insert thingy, so I made my own.

Before:




After:




You can also see my translated spines for the other games too.  When I figure out how to make a pdf of Yuna and not have the quality go to complete shit, I'll share with y'all. 

Your picture makes me wonder how many games came in Jewel cases and how many came in clamshells. I only have five games and 40% are clamshells. I suspect most are jewel cases.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Has anyone tried this?]

This experiment was a success

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

i dont post in this thread often, but i thought this was a pretty neat find.

I love that movie, that's a great LD to have.

[Feedback / Re: Any chance the chatbox will return?]

CHAT DIED ON MY BIRTHDAY. AWESOME GIFT. BEST YEAR EVAR. THANKS TAPATALK.

I've captured its final state.

[Off-Topic / Re: Canuck The Crow's attacks halt Vancouver Mail delivery]

Would YOU fuck with this crow?!?!

www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40436177



I feel like this should be in fighting street or something.

I feel like Brandon Lee did a better job of capturing the gothic look of the character compared to this new CG remake.

[General Gaming / Re: SNES mini YO Americana's get on this NAO!]

I get the joke but this is what i'm talking about.Beside the fact how expensive the game has become.

Oh, you mean Pocky and Rocky. Not Rocky and Pocky

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

I think in the US of A it's called Help Wanted

what a weird premise but HudsonSoft!  A meteor is gonna crash into the earth.  You must get a job and earn enough money to buy anti meteor gadgets off the shopping channel to save the earth and your family.  You have a few days to make enough cash and but whatever shit they selling on the shopping channel

official trailer by hudson ?

You Can tell this game is for foreigners. I mean seriously no American would want to do this.

[NEC Console Resource / Re: Greetings!]

Well, I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a HuVIDEO today.

Well no one likes those soy "hamburgers" so I can see why.

[PC-FX Discussion / Re: Tengai Makyou Dennou Karakuri Kakutouden: How to play?]

Forget about the moves.

Just look at the character design in this print ad:



https://archives.tg-16.com/Dengeki_PC_Engine_1995_04.htm

Wrong game!

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

Those Euro pads are more than just a little improvement over what you guys Stateside received. 

Just about anything short of the 5200 controller would be. With that said the little disc you plugin doesn't make that pad any less stiff and the two action buttons are small.

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   I already have a couple of Game Cubes but never had 1st Party Controllers, they are so much better than my shitty 3rd party units I bought from 5 Below.  I paid $20 for this total which I feel is good.

You may want to get replacement sticks as the tops of all of those analog sticks appear to be missing.

And a CD32.






Advertised as having "issues reading certain discs". Tested it with a few games as well as with some unofficial CD32 ports. It plays everything fine.

What I did find on occasion though was that sometimes it would give me a kind of error message like "cannot execute file, not enough memory". Pressing the reset button though seemed to do the trick, and the game would load and play fine afterwards.

Some of those Amiga ports to CD32 bug up due to the fact that someone hacked them to run off CD. It's likely not your system but just the port.

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oXbox lot for $30,

Nice lot,
I'm not sure how uncommon the European version is, but Outlook Coast to Coast is one of the most sought after US OG Xbox games.

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[General Gaming / Re: Favorite controller per system]

Yes! Really liked those as well.

And what a coincidence. lol It's exactly 10 years to the day that those first became available.

TBH, though, I mostly used this one,

I recall the classic controller came out maybe a month or two after the system launch rather than being available on launch day.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Has anyone tried this?]

mickris can describe how to cut a couple dpots on the TII shell to make it fit on a TG-16. He's posted pics and it looks the same visually.

It came in the mail and I can confirm it works with RGB (haven't tried saving anything).

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Got this lil gem of a receiver today...

Sounds crystal clear and it's in tip-top shape for it's age.

Nice about a month or so ago I picked up a big ass Pioneer stereo receiver at a thrift. It's now in use with a basement PVM setup I have.

[General Gaming / Re: Saturn AV issues]

You had me worried there but I checked my emails and i think I ordered the right one.
It's already been dispatched so should hopefully arrive tomorrow or Saturday.

Yep,
I think the issue is you have cables intended for a PAL system presently. Composite lines the pinout is the same.

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my recent stuff

I'm envious of your getting DQ VII a day early

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: PC-FX systems for sale]

Just gotta buy the peroxide in bulk and have some patience!  The PC-FX is a bit of a pain though to get the panels and stuff off compared to like a Saturn or PC-Engine though.

Gotta do the goo.
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[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: PC-FX systems for sale]

It's time to get some crap out of my house.



I have five PC-FX systems that I bought "broken" and fixed by increasing the power of the lasers via a tiny turn of one potentiometer. Each one has performed without error during half-hour tests, and I'll test each one again before I send anything out.

Obviously, this isn't as good as having a system that works with the original setting. There is also the fact that each system comes alone and, aside from one of them, all have yellowed to varying degrees. That's why I'm going to price them low: $20.

The dingiest looking one on the left with the memory-card door broken off, I'll let you have for $15.

The pretty one, I will combine with the box/manuals for my own system and offer for $40. Note that this still comes without a controller.

If you would like a controller, I might be able to source you a brand-new one. The supply looks limited, and it will have to be shipped to me first, but you can have it for $20 total. Please understand that this is the only source I'm willing to go through to provide a controller.

The system weighs 2.9 kilograms according to the spec sheet, so shipping from Japan to the US via EMS will probably be 8000 yen. That lets us go up to 4.5 kilograms, which we'll want for packaging. If you want a controller or the pretty one with the box, let's go with 8700 yen just to be safe (that allows 5.0 kilograms). Economy air mail looks like it will be around 6500 yen. Surface mail (2-3 months) is about 4000 yen.

Shipping might be slightly stalled while I search for suitable packaging from free sources. If you would like me to hurry, consider adding $2 so I can just buy a box at the post office. Padding will be newspaper; if you want something more fancy, that's fine, but it might incur its own fee.

If it sounds like I'm being stingy, just remember that my profit margin on this is next to nothing, and I could go in the red very easily if I get hit for a couple of dollars on each system.

I'll ship to any country, as long as you pay the cost.

If you're interested, let me know via PM. Thank you!

I'm interested. PM incoming

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: TG-16 arcade joystick: Durability? Like it? Use it?]

I picked up a Innovation Multi-system arcade stick somewhat recently.  I was never in the market for a joystick but I picked it up because it was cheap and surprisingly it's compatible with the Turbo Duo/PC Engine. 

Probably not talked about much since it's kind of hard to find and basically a generic brand.  I'll give my opinion on the Innovation stick if anyone cares to know.   

I usually prefer controllers, so I don't have a lot of experience with various console joysticks.  I've never used the TurboStick or NES Advantage so I don't know how those compare.  I did grow up playing SFII and Neo Geo fighting games in the arcades.

The Innovation stick seems good, but probably far from the best.  It does use micro switches. Best feature is that it works with 4 consoles: PC Engine, SNES, Genesis, and Neogeo. Also has turbo and slow motion functions.  Negatives: the overall weight is light(all plastic case) and the overall size seems a bit small.  Buttons feel a little flimsy/loose and the button spacing is kind of wide. 

Plays well with the SFII ports and fighting games that I've tried on the PC Engine, SNES, and Genesis.  Fighting moves and combos are easy to pull off.  I haven't tried too many other types of games but for the most part the stick controls well. 

With shooters, action or other type of games I'll still grab a controller instead because that's what I'm used to. For me, a joystick is not an essential piece of hardware, but having the Innovation stick is great for casual use with my fighting games that it works with.

I bought one of these off of Amazon a few years ago. Several buttons were totally dead. I wound up returning it at a loss for shipping.

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

Found an ancient el-cheapo LCD projector.
I tried it in a room that's decently lit. Unsurprisingly, it really needs a darkened room to be effective.

Those bulbs do weaken over time. A new bulb might yield better results.

[Off-Topic / Re: Yellow to white, oh yeah :D]

I did a bit of retr0brighting a few years ago

After multiple treatments took a yellow famicom from this to this





And with one shell being ruined along the way took a brown Super Famicom from this to this

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

I got some goodies in the mail over the past two days

[Off-Topic / Re: Let's talk toys.]

 

This is the same premise as using retrobrite.  I normally use 20% vol liquid from Sally Beauty per the king of peroxide Arkhan.  I will also buy the higher concentration stuff and then just dilute it myself with water.  I've actually got a N64 peripheral sitting in some right now while I'm at work.

Yep, I've done some retr0brighting.
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[General Gaming / Re: Caption Contest 26]

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

There was more that came with this, but I'm so goddamn excited for the game boy player.

That's very cool, other than looking very nice and playing DVD's what other benefits are there over a regular GameCube.

Its reflective surface acts like shiny keys being waved around amazing your pets, blonde neighbors and more.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Your favorite piece of turbo swag!]

Is that the video where the kids are rocking out to the TurboGrafx CD-ROM and generic midi music?

[General Gaming / Re: Caption Contest 24: From mii to U]

[General Gaming / Re: Caption Contest 24: From mii to U]

[General Gaming / Re: Was there a PAL turbografx 16/PCE released in Europe?]

Anyways,  I bought one cheap a few years ago and is the one I use to play. What intrigues me is that the system didn't have RF antenna, and not much TVs had AV back in the early 90's.

The accessory box came with an RF switch.

[Off-Topic / Re: LaserDisc Video Capture - Best Options?]

So patience was the key here.  I was keeping an eye out at the thrift for these kinds of units and have mixed luck until last night when this bad boy showed up:



It's a Panasonic DMR-EZ48V and my initial tests with it show it will work quite nicely for what you recommended, I am going to need to spend a bit of time figuring out how it fully works though.  I tested it last night a bit with a couple VHS tapes though and it looks quite nice.  I also tested external input with a game system and it was playing fine.  Time to get some DVD+RW discs and start messing around!

Did you get a remote with it?

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

I've been waiting for the US DVD release of this for ages. And sure enough it was waiting for me in my mailbox.

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

I've been on an AES roll recently.  I got this Bad Boy for FREE, very nice seller.

That's one heck of a freebie.

[General Gaming / Re: Best Japanese-to-English Mistranslations? (aka ENGRISH)]