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[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: WTB: PS2 Slim]

bump. Still looking..

I would maybe ask chop in the other chat. He could maybe hook you up with a modded one of sorts.

[Off-Topic / Re: Secret Santa 2017]

Well unfortunately I haven't been around here much lately because I've been in the process of starting 2 new jobs, but count me in please!! I'll get you my information later.

[Off-Topic / Re: Best 80s Comedies]

The Blues Brothers

The tall one wants white bread, toasted, dry with nothing on it. And the other one wants four whole fried chickens and a coke.

[Off-Topic / Re: Best 80s Comedies]

Different strokes

I get it.

[General Gaming / Re: Limited Run Games]

No announcement of any LE at all.

Read the second tweet:  "A Collector's Edition and a Standard Edition will be available. Pricing and contents detailed soon!"

My bad, totally missed that. I still sometimes get confused with how to read Twitter sometimes. I'm also not sure what would be involved in a Windjammers LE, but despite my former anti-LRG sentiments, I'll probably be a total hypocrite with Windjammers shit. Fuck.

[General Gaming / Re: Limited Run Games]

For both PS4 and Vita and in normal and LE versions.  Seriously, why in the fuck does Windjammers need an LE?

Does the Vita one support local multiplayer?  That'd be sweet for the PSTV.

https://twitter.com/LimitedRunGames/status/908042612090818560

Yes for PS4 and Vita. No announcement of any LE at all.

I doubt the Vita one will support local multiplayer, too. But it would be sweet.

[General Gaming / Re: Nintendo Switch Thread (previously NX)]

I probably won't get Doom or Wolfenstein on Switch since I have a PS4, but still pretty cool that it's even a thing!

I can't wait to try that Square RPG demo though!

[General Gaming / Re: Limited Run Games]

Windjammers announced on their IG. Fuck...

[General Gaming / Re: Your Daily Dose of Gaming.]

Bought the ICO and Shadow of the Colossus collection on PS3. I finished Shadow of the Colossus and while it had its flaws, it was worth the playing through.

ICO, on the other hand, probably won't get played again. I get that it's a great story and all, but the gameplay is irritating. It's annoying to be constantly helping the AI and waiting on her to move to my position. A great story is great if I'm watching a movie. I'm after great gameplay in a game.

Thankfully, though, with Ico is that despite its flaws, it's a pretty short game. So you can still go back and enjoy it without going through too much turmoil over many hours. SotC still holds up as a great game, too. Wonder if they'll fix controls in the remake.

[General Gaming / Re: Nintendo Switch Thread (previously NX)]

Recently picked up Cave Story and Has-been Heroes. Cave Story I really enjoyed. HB Heroes, not so much. Looking forward to Mario Odyssey and plan on picking up Skyrim when it releases. Been years since I played through Skyrim and want to give another run through. Splatoon is on my pickup list as well.

Personally, I feel the offerings for Switch has been less than great, but hope thing turn around next year. Year one always tends to be the low point for releases.

Cave Story was really great on the Switch. So many choices for soundtracks and it controlled really well. Plus it's getting (or already has gotten) updates for 2p mode and a few other things. Though, I'm still stuck on the final boss.

[General Gaming / Re: Limited Run Games]

I decided to stop giving these pieces of shit my money.

Same here. Posted that a few pages ago. Let's create our own exclusive Fuck LRG club that's super limited and only open to the public for 2 minutes before officially closing forever.

[General Gaming / Re: Limited Run Games]

I guess what I meant was that doing a 24 hour pre order period seems like the bare minimum (or maximum I guess) they could do in this situation so that they could still keep their "Limited" approach to everything.

[General Gaming / Re: Limited Run Games]

Yeah even this pre order business is still pretty shitty, it's just way better than what they had been doing, so it by default looks way better. But 24 hours to pre order a game? It's like they're trying to remain all semblance.

Once again, though, Ys Origin is available on Play Asia and I'm pretty sure (someone please correct me if I'm wrong) the Vita and PS4 versions are both English. Might as well just do that honestly.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Best PCE Sega game?]

Fantasy Zone, with turbo switches, plays so well on PCE that it's easily one of my favorite games for the system.

Though, I still have lofty dreams of getting the cyber stick and adapter for Outrun and Thunder Blade.

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

Just got back from AZ, did some local shopping and came up with:
PSX
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Final Fantasy VII (double, anyone need it?)

Yes!!

I beat it on the Vita, would maybe like to own a real copy.

[Off-Topic / Re: Advice: reliable external harrdrive]

I've been using WD for my PS4 and so far it's great. Advice to anyone who stumbles on this thread later (since the consensus right now is WD or gtfo) is to not go with Seagate brand HDs or External HDs. Their failure rate is much higher than others from what I've read (though I don't have a link currently to fully back that up).

[General Gaming / Re: Limited Run Games]

Wait I'm confused. Wasn't Ys VIiI already coming out in NA? Thought some pre orders went up on Amazon not too long ago.

[General Gaming / Re: Limited Run Games]

Is this the boarding line for the "Fuck LRG" train? If so, I want on!

Definitely with ya tweek!

Also, I can just play Night Trap digitally for like half the damn price and without the anxiety and guilt of supporting LRG. So I think I'll just do that and then seek out the actual SegaCD version. No qualms here.

[General Gaming / Re: Nintendo Switch Thread (previously NX)]

Does anyone else want to join our DoxPhile Splat squad? Right now we have four people but its hard to get all four on at the same time (usually 2 or 3 of us are on at once). If you are interested in joining just message me on this thread, pm or come by the DoxPhile chat and hit us up!

I'm in, we need to do a friend code swap?

When do you guys want to play? We need 4 people in order to squad up.


If you haven't done so already add me.. My friend code: SW-5856-7623-1108

Do you guys play team ranked battles or standard mode?

I only play turf war because I don't feel like playing ranked with randoms. I had too many random members screw our team over in ranked so I gave up.

The only kind of ranked matches I've liked so far are the Rainmaker ones. I don't care much for the tower defense games, but that may be because I also didn't care for my teammates.

Also have no idea what salmon run even is.

[General Gaming / Re: Nintendo Switch Thread (previously NX)]

Yes! Come by the DoxPhile chat if you can so that we can all swap codes and get our party started!

I don't think DoxPhile attendance should be / is required, my friends code is in my sig; why not post yours here tucci sirhc dicer?

If we are playing together we need communication so we either need a discord/skype/or DoxPhile chat.

Yeah that's definitely more of what I meant to say.

But also my Switch code is: 0241-7907-6414

[General Gaming / Re: Nintendo Switch Thread (previously NX)]

Does anyone else want to join our DoxPhile Splat squad? Right now we have four people but its hard to get all four on at the same time (usually 2 or 3 of us are on at once). If you are interested in joining just message me on this thread, pm or come by the DoxPhile chat and hit us up!

I'm in, we need to do a friend code swap?

Yes! Come by the DoxPhile chat if you can so that we can all swap codes and get our party started!

[General Gaming / Re: Limited Run Games]

The only way to stop LRG from doing stupid shit like not limiting certain numbers of orders per customers, or their inane philosophy of refusing to do pre orders and make it as hard as can be to grab any of their releases, is to just stop buying from them. I think some people buy their shit based solely on the fact that they know it'll be hard to find later. And obviously that's their whole point of existence, but why are we so drawn to this shitty practice?

Though, of course I have purchased DariusBurst in the past, and if they ever announced Windjammers you better believe I'd be as conflicted as ever (though I'd probably wind up buying it anyway). They just plain suck, and NecroPhile is right, they absolutely don't care about you.

[Fighting Street / Re: The TurboGrafx was no success, but I know that I can still Express]

Joe had previously been burned on the Sega Master System in the Winter of '87. When all of his friends were discovering the Mushroom Kingdom for the first time, he was stuck with Alex Kidd and an unfortunate walk to the console to pause for dinner time. His disappointment with video games made him swear off Sega, forever denouncing them as Feka (short for Fuck Sega, in his own words). Though, his quest to side with the underdog followed him soon after. Big Japanese hot shots NEC would release their TurboGrafx 16 just two years later, forever changing the landscape of video games, handheld gaming, and Joe's short lived life B.A.Z. (Before Alpha Zone).

In a last stitch effort to give video games one more shot, he begged and pleaded with his parents to buy him the ultra cool and ultra portable Turbo Express. But on one cool spring day with a full set of AA batteries, a copy of Keith Courage in Alpha Zones, a Crystal Pepsi, some baggy cargo shorts, a brand new Turbo Express, and a desire for some 'tude, his life would change forever. Read this harrowing, exhilarating, and undeniably radical tale of Joe and his total metamorphosis into The TurboMorph.



"I remember the TurboGrafx 16." --Tony Hawk

"I think around '87 I was writing Misery or just finishing it. I can't remember, I was doing a lot of Cocaine. So I have no idea what a turbographics is" --Stephen King

"There are no facts, only interpretations. But it is fact that the TurboGrafx was robbed of true success in America" --Friedrich Nietzsche

"I THINK THE TURBO GRAPHIX GAME OUT IN 1993 BECAUSE THATS WHEN I FIRST SAW IT AND DID YOU KNOW THAT THE GAMES ARE ON THESE CHIPS CALLED HU CARDS HOW COOL IS THAT? I JUST BOUGHT ONE YESTERDAY AND GOOGELD THE WIKI PAGE. IT ALSO HAS A TURBO SWITCH ON IT" --some guy on YouTube

"My dog could produce better literature than this" --Margaret Atwood

[Fighting Street / The TurboGrafx was no success, but I know that I can still Express]

Found this on my phone.

[General Gaming / Re: Limited Run Games]

Pretty sure wonderboy sold out this morning in 1 min 30 secs

Yeah it definitely did. I sat at the paypal loading screen forever. I think I'm going to stop trying with LRG. I know this has always been their thing since their inception, but sometimes I feel pretty damn gullible racing to get this shit. I don't know, it all seems pretty stupid.

[Off-Topic / Re: TurboFest Tour 2017 - Second Stop VGS on July 29th!!]

Well I'm bummed I couldn't stay longer, but I'm glad I was still able to make it for some of the fun festivities! Was worth it to see some dude trying to sell a PCE LT for $1400 untested and uncapped, and an as-is untested Duo Monitor for $400.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: great price on a laseractive on ebay]

Time Gal and Road Buster are a load of fun. I *do* like LD games, the problem is that none of the Bluth ones made it. Also, those two games and an LA will cost you like $3000 which is fucking crazy. I could own a couple of LD arcade machines for that.

I called Triad Stone Powerstone again. I think anyone who has played it can forgive me though

Yeah I was going to say the same thing. Triad Stone is really damn cool and Road Blaster was the best version I've played, for obvious reasons. I could be wrong, though. But either way you may barely ever even see those pop up on eBay for anything even remotely reasonably priced. That's why I decided against this one at the moment.

POWER POWER POWER

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: great price on a laseractive on ebay]

Pretty good price, debated all morning! I had to pass since he doesn't say whether or not it's recapped or even works properly. Hope someone here gets it, though.

Thanks for posting this regardless and making me contemplate dropping $300 on a glorified Laserdisc player

[General Gaming / Re: Limited Run Games]

good news!
they dropped the cover art variants on Night Trap.
now it's the blue stripe and red box covers, and they're reversible, rather than having a 3rd variant.

Wow that's pretty logical. I'm shocked they wouldn't want to sell each individually and make people buy both. Reversible is sweet!

[General Gaming / Re: Limited Run Games]

I'm definitely going for that Wonderboy (Dragon's Curse) physical release!

Same here, I can't wait to try that. Any idea when that's going up for sale yet?

[Off-Topic / Re: TurboFest Tour 2017 - Second Stop VGS on July 29th!!]

Can't wait and hope I can make it for a few hours this year! If only to gang up on Dan and take him the hell down.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: PCE Games for sale]

Might be interested in Download 2. You going to add prices or do we hash that out privately?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Race is on B1tches! - How many have you cleared?]

Hell yeah keep it alive punki!

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: For Sale: Games, other stuff]

Fuck I was just about to ask for Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2. Put me next in line if Esteban decides he doesn't want them please!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Long time lurker, new here!]

Funny you mention that Turbo Express in Enemy of the State. One of our members here actually acquired one used in the film.

Here is the thread about it, though it's lacking pictures.

However, I found a cool picture of it from his Instagram.

[Localizations, Games, Apps, Docs / Re: Anearth Fantasy Stories - Translation Development Blog]

Let us plebs who just want more of these to happen know what we can do. This is awesome news! This was always one of those lofty RPGs to one day be translated, and now we are inching closer!

[General Gaming / Re: The Dangers of using 3.3V Flash Carts in Retro Consoles]

Maybe I can do a special group buy for the first group I did where we all got the V1 

[General Gaming / Re: The Dangers of using 3.3V Flash Carts in Retro Consoles]

Well shit, I have my V1 ED going strong. I'll have to read this article more when I get home.

Even worse is that I can't sell this one knowing I'll be giving someone else potential problems. Bummer.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: WTB Supergrafx top Cover]

I actually got an extra shell with mine, though the top part of the shell had a crack in it as well. It was smaller but towards the front. I can get you pictures tomorrow if you want. Sounds like yours might be cracked a little more than mine.

[General Gaming / Re: Your Daily Dose of Gaming.]

back on the wii platform and playing between Little Kings Story which although fun can be really frustrating.. so when the frustration levels rise its Xenoblade Chronicles.

I've been playing Xenoblade Chronicles on the 3DS and I feel like I'm not quite getting it yet. The story is great and I enjoy that, but I don't necessarily care for parts of the combat. More interested in finishing it just for the story.

Only managed to get up to Gaur Plains which has some amazing 70's sounding dance music but the bit past that where you have to enter the mines and fight the boss down there well I failed several times so taking a break from it. The battles imo take too long and you have to grind a lot.

I just played all morning to power through and I'm starting to like it less. I just finished that underground ether mine place, so only about 15 hours in, but the battles do take way too long and you don't really do anything. Just hit A to do an occasional special ability. So far it really hasn't lived up to the monumwntous hype. It's just sort of been a pretty good game as opposed to "the best jrpg of the past 10 years!!!"

The music and overall world are what keep me coming back, though.

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

I was just about to post about Tokyo Xanadu because I know it just came out. You guys have to post back in that thread what you think about it. I'm getting more and more interested and I'm not sure if I want to try this out since it's new or just go for Persona 4 on Vita. I've heard Tokyo Xanadu described as a sort of Falcom Persona but with some Ys thrown in.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: PC Engine Mini coming to Jipang only in 2018!!]

Ys I & II
Dawn of Ys
Far East Of Eden II Manjimaru
Far East Of Eden Fuun Kabuki Den
Legend of Xanadu
Legend of Xanadu II
Neo Metal Fantasy
Cosmic Fantasy 4 Chapter 2
Neo Nectaris
Seiya Monogatari
Gulliver Boy
Sword Master
Louga II
Cobra II
Private Eyedoll
3x3 Eyes
Gate of Thunder
Lords of Thunder
Sapphire
Dracula X

Dangerous Journeys

Not a single Bonk or pinball game? Yours is pretty PCE/RPG heavy, but still!

[General Gaming / Re: Your Daily Dose of Gaming.]

back on the wii platform and playing between Little Kings Story which although fun can be really frustrating.. so when the frustration levels rise its Xenoblade Chronicles.

I've been playing Xenoblade Chronicles on the 3DS and I feel like I'm not quite getting it yet. The story is great and I enjoy that, but I don't necessarily care for parts of the combat. More interested in finishing it just for the story.

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

Haha you even talked him down, nice! I'm pretty shocked you found a Duo R locally period, that's nuts.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS: Atlantean]

Description says Turbob.



Who's man enough to beat the shark? 

There still hasn't been too many people who have said here that they beat the game. I'm sure they're out there, but among those that even bothered to post in the high score thread, there may be less than 10

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Turbo Express FOR SALE--SOLD]

So I have a recapped Turbo Express that I'm looking to sell. Works great, screen and sound work just fine. Comes with an AC adapter as well (3rd party).

If anyone is interested shoot me a PM.

$200 shipped CON US Anywhere else we can discuss.

Pictures coming soon.

SOLD

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Castlevania X68000 CIB]

Ah damn gredler you should have bought it! Ultimate piece of shelf candy, even for those who do actually own an x68k unit.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Castlevania X68000 CIB]

Ohh this is tempting. I usually just play it preloaded on my system, but owning the real thing would be sweet. I may consider this and sell some stuff. 

[General Gaming / Re: Your Daily Dose of Gaming.]

I beat the main story missions in MGS V the other day. I was able to run through the whole series finally! And it only took me about 9 months to do so

9 Months !? I assume you did allot off grinding to level up the soldiers for better weapons etc.

Nono I meant 9 months to play 1-5 including Peace Walker. I was in school and played a couple of games in between along the way.

[General Gaming / Re: Your Daily Dose of Gaming.]

I beat the main story missions in MGS V the other day. I was able to run through the whole series finally! And it only took me about 9 months to do so