Yet they also will be having AES/CD style gamepads you can use on it with the 2 controller ports supplied. Unless you have to hunch over it, just HDMI it to the TV and use a game pad. Problem solved.
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#2
General Gaming / Re: Pinball Arcade to lose rights to Bally&Williams Table
05/16/2018, 04:34 PM
Best bet at this point for the stuff outside of random early seasons on physical discs or the 3DS game card with 6 William's tables will be Steam(PC) and Android. Steam says if some company dies, they'll still support stuff and unlock them for use (just as if they fail, they'll unlock their DRM on the games too.) And for Android, there's a huge warez community for APK files and with that contract going to hell be certain someone will already have or will shortly upload every single table in one fat APK file or set of APK files to side load into the system.
That's the problem with digital, licensing, and companies just not wanting stuff out there after so long on a format. Once the hardware fails, even that promise of if you bought it means little too.
That's the problem with digital, licensing, and companies just not wanting stuff out there after so long on a format. Once the hardware fails, even that promise of if you bought it means little too.
#3
Off-Topic / Re: 3.5" floppies and old ram
05/16/2018, 04:31 PM
What's wrong with floppies?
I started using them again earlier this year off and on after finding an iomega external usb drive for a few dollars. It allowed me to pick up a few games and test an existing copy of one game I've had in the bottom of a box forever. GoG doesn't always get stuff, and the lame abadonware sites sometimes lack stuff or at least working copies of things too. Spare floppies would have a use if you had one of those old games and one of them died of old age, you could recover the disk online then copy back to the replacement disk.
I started using them again earlier this year off and on after finding an iomega external usb drive for a few dollars. It allowed me to pick up a few games and test an existing copy of one game I've had in the bottom of a box forever. GoG doesn't always get stuff, and the lame abadonware sites sometimes lack stuff or at least working copies of things too. Spare floppies would have a use if you had one of those old games and one of them died of old age, you could recover the disk online then copy back to the replacement disk.
#4
PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Akumajō Dracula X: Chi no Rondo (PC-Engine) Vs. Castlevania: Dracula X (SNES)
05/09/2018, 01:02 PM
Dracula XX is the SNES game, Dracula X is the PCE CD game. They're not meant to be the same, but two sides of the same coin, as XX is a side story style title. They mostly share the name, the general characters too, but outside of maybe some redrawn assets and redone audio they're two distinct games so they could peddle a solid Castlevania game on 2 popular formats. It's all unicorn farts when people attack the SNES title as just a watered down sad port as it's not.
#5
PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Is the PCE craze over yet?
03/19/2018, 12:47 AM
The posers and retarded fucked off to the TG16 and PCE stuff after they wrecked the NES and SNES stuff as that's where it got started. You scare people off one system, then they run to the next and the predators follow.
I guess I probably look bad with the new account writing that but I've owned off and on the stuff for 20 years now. I wish the whole mess would go pogs and beanie baby and just die off like some horribly dragged out fad where the foolish have that wtf epiphany and sell in bulk like all those dumb discs and plushies did. Due to all this I lost my cares in buying games complete as the prices get dumber I just buy loose.
I guess I probably look bad with the new account writing that but I've owned off and on the stuff for 20 years now. I wish the whole mess would go pogs and beanie baby and just die off like some horribly dragged out fad where the foolish have that wtf epiphany and sell in bulk like all those dumb discs and plushies did. Due to all this I lost my cares in buying games complete as the prices get dumber I just buy loose.
#6
PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: CD games on a Tubro Express
02/12/2018, 12:00 AM
What would be the best one to look at for a 3DS/N3DS based kit with the least amount of pain involved to get stuff running? Not so much concerned with running 3DS games but Temper PCE and the classics from GBA that grew up (Pocket NES, GOomba, etc stuff) would be fantastic.
#7
General Gaming / Re: Suggestions for starting off for NES/Famicom?
02/09/2018, 04:23 PM
The 150in1 is one of the better, but there is an even nicer one, and in Famicom format can cost you like 1/2 the price of that. The Super Games 500in1. It has maybe 330~ unique games with NO repeats, and the other are subpar lesser than homebrew quality pure garbage from who knows where.
The 500in1 has a lot of those $50-1000 Famicom/NES era stuff people go stupid over with their wallets now so the selection is a fantastic slice of goodies. It does lack some of those games people go nuts over, but they tend to be chipped games by the maker. Things like the Konami VRC line of stuff (Twinbee 3, Gradius 2, Yume Monogatari Penguin, Castlevania III, Crisis Force, Bio Miracle Bokuette Upa, and others aren't on it.) But you do get the nasties like Adventure Island 4, Little Samson, Bubble Bobble 2, Contra Force, TMNT Tournament Fighters, Rescue Rangers 2, Gun Nac, Flintstones 2, and others. I'd go find a list and skim it as it's crazy.
The 500in1 has a lot of those $50-1000 Famicom/NES era stuff people go stupid over with their wallets now so the selection is a fantastic slice of goodies. It does lack some of those games people go nuts over, but they tend to be chipped games by the maker. Things like the Konami VRC line of stuff (Twinbee 3, Gradius 2, Yume Monogatari Penguin, Castlevania III, Crisis Force, Bio Miracle Bokuette Upa, and others aren't on it.) But you do get the nasties like Adventure Island 4, Little Samson, Bubble Bobble 2, Contra Force, TMNT Tournament Fighters, Rescue Rangers 2, Gun Nac, Flintstones 2, and others. I'd go find a list and skim it as it's crazy.
#8
PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Super SD System 3
02/09/2018, 04:17 PM
There is when we're talking NeoGeo games. Use a NeoGeo. 
I have no interest in arcade cards because I have a couple arcade cabinets, one is a Neo Geo and I'd rather play on that. Sure I could go cheap and easy and double dip with Switch $6 releases but haven't.
My sole interest in non-HuCard based stuff with the PCE would lie mostly with the CD/SCD games I used to own and to try a few beyond that. It's another reason I'm not hard up entirely on the SSS3 because I was HuCard deprived in the 90s because the turbo chip library mostly sucked and now I have access to a PC Engine instead. Just so much more to do there that I couldn't in the past.
I have no interest in arcade cards because I have a couple arcade cabinets, one is a Neo Geo and I'd rather play on that. Sure I could go cheap and easy and double dip with Switch $6 releases but haven't.My sole interest in non-HuCard based stuff with the PCE would lie mostly with the CD/SCD games I used to own and to try a few beyond that. It's another reason I'm not hard up entirely on the SSS3 because I was HuCard deprived in the 90s because the turbo chip library mostly sucked and now I have access to a PC Engine instead. Just so much more to do there that I couldn't in the past.
#9
PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: CD games on a Tubro Express
02/09/2018, 04:14 PM
That reminds me of the awesome PCEAdvance for GBA by flubba/loopy back a good 10-15 years ago now easily. I used to run that on the original run of the EZFlash4 and a F2A device before that. It was fantastic as it ran almost all stuff at 100% speed with sound, a few did get the occasional dip maybe just 10% off. It would take ISO files on that little handheld and run them in pure style.
I'd keep Dracula X, Ys Book 1+2, Gate of Thunder and a few others on there along with a nice supply of HuCards. I never did get a DS/3DS era kit as they seemed so sketchy for long it put me off that stuff. First needing a GBA card with the DS one, then you had Nintendo going firmware happy knocking them around in a push and shove match I just ignored it.
If there was a really cheap yet really stable DS/3DS card around that Nintendo can't firmware slap around at this rate I'd buy it and throw my little PCE collection on it with some discs too probably.
I'd keep Dracula X, Ys Book 1+2, Gate of Thunder and a few others on there along with a nice supply of HuCards. I never did get a DS/3DS era kit as they seemed so sketchy for long it put me off that stuff. First needing a GBA card with the DS one, then you had Nintendo going firmware happy knocking them around in a push and shove match I just ignored it.
If there was a really cheap yet really stable DS/3DS card around that Nintendo can't firmware slap around at this rate I'd buy it and throw my little PCE collection on it with some discs too probably.
#10
PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What is a good pc engine controller?
02/09/2018, 10:06 AM
Fair enough and good to know. I don't have tiny hands, not sure they're large either. I find the way I hold a classic NES controller the tips poke into where my finger first bends at the knuckle but I can ignore that so this should be alright.
Now to try and source one from the US or Japan and figure out a fair value I won't exceed. Yamatoku has one closing for $25 ($14 shipping) though he also has Xevious I'd like at $12 and he does at some point combine shipping but refuses to say how much (alone is +14 which sucks.)
Now to try and source one from the US or Japan and figure out a fair value I won't exceed. Yamatoku has one closing for $25 ($14 shipping) though he also has Xevious I'd like at $12 and he does at some point combine shipping but refuses to say how much (alone is +14 which sucks.)
#11
PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Super SD System 3
02/09/2018, 10:04 AM
Quote from: guest on 02/09/2018, 09:35 AMI'll have to look into that then. I don't care to get into arcade card stuff. I wouldn't bother with that frameister device but that OSSC is tempting the more I've looked at that. So it would I guess come down to the cost of OSSC+SSS3 vs UG2+ED+DVI2HDMI. This still assumes if people would start reviewing it if the UG2 even works well with discs.Quote from: VmprHntrD on 02/08/2018, 09:31 PMHow are people feeling about this device now with that 2nd version of the UpperGrafx out recently? It seems aside from hucards you have the same basic feature set but comes in clean clear modern HDMI.The price of the UperGrafx is too high. If you factor in the cost of an Arcade Card and Everdrive (and DVI to HDMI adapter if you really want HDMI) to get the same capabilities already built-in to a SSD3, you could buy a SSD3 and nice upscaler and have a more compact system and an upscaler to use with other devices.
#12
PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What is a good pc engine controller?
02/09/2018, 09:57 AM
Alright that's fair. I come from a Nintendo background and really enjoy the style/feel of the SNES controller. That said though, I don't care if a PCE controller is squared off like an NES controller (though it is less pointy) or rounded off like the dogbone/snes style.
A bad D-pad that is wonky in response or gets painful in time is a deal breaker, same with buttons that can be a bit off in feel as it can ruin a game, not corners.
I guess I'll just try and source the Ave6 since it seems to cost like $10-20 less than the Hori. I'm looking to snap up a copy of SF2 and I'd like to get an Everdrive too, so it would be needed. I was thinking of that SSS3 but it's looking a bit messy now and that UperGrafx is tempting if it gets evaluated positively by some buyers as reviews don't seem to exist.
A bad D-pad that is wonky in response or gets painful in time is a deal breaker, same with buttons that can be a bit off in feel as it can ruin a game, not corners.
I guess I'll just try and source the Ave6 since it seems to cost like $10-20 less than the Hori. I'm looking to snap up a copy of SF2 and I'd like to get an Everdrive too, so it would be needed. I was thinking of that SSS3 but it's looking a bit messy now and that UperGrafx is tempting if it gets evaluated positively by some buyers as reviews don't seem to exist.
#13
Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Happy 2018 New Years Street Fighter II Contest!
02/08/2018, 09:39 PMQuote from: esteban on 01/28/2018, 08:49 AMHa! There are a bunch of new folks here who should totally want this game!I know I would, but I don't have 200 posts yet. I just don't see the point in rambling everywhere repeatedly in a hurry to get a number bigger by the second. I've only experienced this game using Magic Engine back in the 90s and it was truly what appeared to be a fantastic conversion really on a quality level that smoked the Genesis and had some solid effort at parity with the SNES release.
ENTER NOW!
Also: ergot is sending me his dissected HuCARD! It will be starring in an upcoming project.
#14
PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Super SD System 3
02/08/2018, 09:31 PM
How are people feeling about this device now with that 2nd version of the UpperGrafx out recently? It seems aside from hucards you have the same basic feature set but comes in clean clear modern HDMI.
#15
PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What is a good pc engine controller?
02/08/2018, 09:30 PM
There any particular reason when it comes to the six button controller why people tend to rip on the Avenue and suck up to the Hori one instead? I mean I get the Hori one looks like a SNES controller, d-pad and all, but is that it or is there some comfort or defect issue with the other?
The price difference kind of sucks and I'd like to get one so I can handle those 3-6 button games better.
The price difference kind of sucks and I'd like to get one so I can handle those 3-6 button games better.
#16
PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: UperGrafx PC Engine 720p DVI Widget
02/08/2018, 09:20 PM
Reading back a few days I see the PR disaster that is the NG forum brought up and they really do suck and take it too far taking digs at innocent new users.
Nightwolve is right, those assholes do erase and doctor plenty of stuff. I had no idea about the uppergrafx due to those ass clowns erasing that post. I only learned about it from a space like this, a neutral party that won't protect a fragile baby of a developer and an already destroyed rep about a shady board. They also love to rip the hell out of that darksoft neo geo kit too considering the creator of that device got into a fight with them over their garbage some years ago too I read. Not that he's without blame making up stories to sell his unfinished kit either. At least the Japanese guy with his kit seems to be on the level.
I was going to buy that TO device due to the CD ability along with the memory card, but detested the stock video output. Uppergrafx though doesn't handle the everdrive end of things, but it does do the rest with HDMI. I'm right on the fence now of just waiting it out and seeing how things progress while picking up an everdrive instead. I've gone as far as bulletproofing another of my devices to HDMI and have another setup when I can get the kit to do so. It just makes more sense as CRT is dead and component/composite more or less is too.
Nightwolve is right, those assholes do erase and doctor plenty of stuff. I had no idea about the uppergrafx due to those ass clowns erasing that post. I only learned about it from a space like this, a neutral party that won't protect a fragile baby of a developer and an already destroyed rep about a shady board. They also love to rip the hell out of that darksoft neo geo kit too considering the creator of that device got into a fight with them over their garbage some years ago too I read. Not that he's without blame making up stories to sell his unfinished kit either. At least the Japanese guy with his kit seems to be on the level.
I was going to buy that TO device due to the CD ability along with the memory card, but detested the stock video output. Uppergrafx though doesn't handle the everdrive end of things, but it does do the rest with HDMI. I'm right on the fence now of just waiting it out and seeing how things progress while picking up an everdrive instead. I've gone as far as bulletproofing another of my devices to HDMI and have another setup when I can get the kit to do so. It just makes more sense as CRT is dead and component/composite more or less is too.
#17
PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: CD games on a Tubro Express
02/08/2018, 09:05 PM
My understanding is that pin issue. If you wanted a portable PC Engine CD playing thing you'd need to go full Ben Heck on the mess, make a new frame, drop a PC Engine GT into it, with a nicer modern screen given the effort, then cannibalize one of those TerraOnion devices into somehow a smaller form factor and mash all that into a newly made plastic comfortable handheld shell.
It would be a huge task with a huge expense, not really doable without just starting from scratch. If you were going that far into it, one would probably figure it easier to make a FPGA device that is keyed to duplicate the guts of for all things TG a SuperGrafx on a micronized scale. Add a lower power usage modern screen and speaker, plus a lithium ion battery to recharge it. And then with the added capabilities of the Terra Onion SSS3 device, yet still retain both a HuCard and a SD/MicroSD card slot for your disc dumps. But hey if you can do it, I'm sure there's a market for it. I know if it wasn't like something over $300 shipped I'd buy it as I'm more into handhelds.
It would be a huge task with a huge expense, not really doable without just starting from scratch. If you were going that far into it, one would probably figure it easier to make a FPGA device that is keyed to duplicate the guts of for all things TG a SuperGrafx on a micronized scale. Add a lower power usage modern screen and speaker, plus a lithium ion battery to recharge it. And then with the added capabilities of the Terra Onion SSS3 device, yet still retain both a HuCard and a SD/MicroSD card slot for your disc dumps. But hey if you can do it, I'm sure there's a market for it. I know if it wasn't like something over $300 shipped I'd buy it as I'm more into handhelds.
#18
Off-Topic / Re: Old School Gamer Magazine
01/25/2018, 11:48 AM
I thought they were handing out all sorts of ways to get a free digital sub? I know if you had a gamegavel account it was done automatically.
#19
PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Super SD System 3
01/25/2018, 11:45 AM
If you'd bother to check out the official response posted at the Neo-Geo forums as Alex made an entire thread and breakdown on it with admission of guilt, break down of the issues, both picture and video evidence, appreciation and thanks given to the specific person with technical skill that got the breakthrough you'd see a few things.
It's not a piece of shit. It's technically not even broken exactly, unless you're into going through an RGB connector from the looks of it. They've not only used their own further research and that helpers, but have already corrected the problems, created a whole new updated PCB, and they've mailed that off to their hardware people who manufacture the boards. They'll have them in hand in February.
Any existing people with a unit can ship them back. They're already setting up bulk mailers in heavy buyer countries (USA has one already) to return for replacement. Furthermore until they get the boards and assemble them into shells all shipments are halted, any existing orders are on hold.
They've handled it like gentlemen and pros, no buck passing, no being a bitch about it, even admitting fault where it lies, where they failed to properly test on specific games (like Bonk 3 which showed it well), and what their financial losses are estimated into the 1000s of euros to do the recall and recreation.
I don't think the snark is warranted.
It's not a piece of shit. It's technically not even broken exactly, unless you're into going through an RGB connector from the looks of it. They've not only used their own further research and that helpers, but have already corrected the problems, created a whole new updated PCB, and they've mailed that off to their hardware people who manufacture the boards. They'll have them in hand in February.
Any existing people with a unit can ship them back. They're already setting up bulk mailers in heavy buyer countries (USA has one already) to return for replacement. Furthermore until they get the boards and assemble them into shells all shipments are halted, any existing orders are on hold.
They've handled it like gentlemen and pros, no buck passing, no being a bitch about it, even admitting fault where it lies, where they failed to properly test on specific games (like Bonk 3 which showed it well), and what their financial losses are estimated into the 1000s of euros to do the recall and recreation.
I don't think the snark is warranted.
#20
PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Yamatoku-Classic Combined Shipping
01/24/2018, 11:38 AM
I got a Core Grafx II setup with some games shipped out a the end of last year, arrived here earlier this year and it was a $150 shipped bundle and no fee there. I imagine if there is a threshold it has to be probably notably higher doing a quick glance here and google. Maybe $500-1000 or more. Not really sure, but it sucks balls paying $14 on a 3oz GB game or a loose HuCard.
And that's not even getting into this guy having a couple shill bidding accounts too which is well known and documented on many gaming sites pissed at the seller. I was watching 3 games and a controller yesterday that ended and each one were low for awhile and all them got bid from the same user account kicking it up to a heftier value.
I'm betting some of that $14 charge that guy starts at is to line his own pockets, passing off loss prevention expenses onto other buyers from lost goods, ebay buyer scammers, etc.
And that's not even getting into this guy having a couple shill bidding accounts too which is well known and documented on many gaming sites pissed at the seller. I was watching 3 games and a controller yesterday that ended and each one were low for awhile and all them got bid from the same user account kicking it up to a heftier value.
I'm betting some of that $14 charge that guy starts at is to line his own pockets, passing off loss prevention expenses onto other buyers from lost goods, ebay buyer scammers, etc.
#21
PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What is a good pc engine controller?
01/24/2018, 11:30 AM
Currently I just have one core grafx II controller, that's it, and I so love that built in turbo as a choice.
That said, I asked around and read around about a 6 button controller, and I'm not certain really why but I see people dump on the Avenue 6 (and 3) for not being so great while the Hori Fighting Commander is top notch. It has backed me off considering the avenue even if it does cost like $5-10 less.
That said, I asked around and read around about a 6 button controller, and I'm not certain really why but I see people dump on the Avenue 6 (and 3) for not being so great while the Hori Fighting Commander is top notch. It has backed me off considering the avenue even if it does cost like $5-10 less.
#22
General Gaming / Re: Suggestions for starting off for NES/Famicom?
01/24/2018, 11:23 AM
It's kind of a cop out saying this, but sticking to stuff the US didn't get at all (or is now grossly overpriced ($100+) there is a fairly safe way to go with it.
Arcade conversions, console conversions from other systems (Bonk NES =300 loose, 20~ on FC), and the unique Konami releases are great places to start looking for some pretty solid quality. Second to that, if you're using a rom box (android tablet/phone, retron, retrofreak) that can run translations or a SD card using kit -- head over to romhacking and find any 97-100% translation patches. People rarely waste 100s of hours on hot garbage.
Arcade conversions, console conversions from other systems (Bonk NES =300 loose, 20~ on FC), and the unique Konami releases are great places to start looking for some pretty solid quality. Second to that, if you're using a rom box (android tablet/phone, retron, retrofreak) that can run translations or a SD card using kit -- head over to romhacking and find any 97-100% translation patches. People rarely waste 100s of hours on hot garbage.
#23
PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What is a good pc engine controller?
01/22/2018, 12:09 PM
I read the Avenue 3/6 pads are garbage, to go with Hori.
#24
PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Yamatoku-Classic Combined Shipping
01/18/2018, 12:37 AM
So if I order from them since their base shipping (like a on Gameboy game) seems like a $14 ripoff, if I were going with just stand alone HuCards, how many would keep you out of the shipping bump?
I know with the case you're probably cutting that amount to probably 1/3 or 1/4 of that with the case and manual there.
I know with the case you're probably cutting that amount to probably 1/3 or 1/4 of that with the case and manual there.
#25
PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo games you should like that you don't. My example (Forgotten Worlds)
01/18/2018, 12:17 AM
I know in Ys circles Ys III often gets bashed since it was the bastard child of the family not being like the others as a side scrolling platformer but I've always enjoyed it. It's a little strange but it handles well enough. Maybe I shouldn't like it as it's cool to hate on it, but I think it's fine.
#26
PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Super SD System 3
01/03/2018, 01:55 AM
Factoring out the free games angle with it, the price is very well set for it given how many systems on that FPGA setup or whatevers going on in there under the hood is allowing for. Then it also doubles as a big fat non battery waiting to die memory storage too for save games, and it has a few other uses too. It's a real solid option, and the total lack of moving parts you get with those disc systems known to be problematic on top of the ratty caps issues it just makes sense. It's just $200US~ more than an everdrive that just handles HuCards alone.
#27
NEC Console Resource / Re: Hey thanks
01/03/2018, 01:50 AM
I'm on the mix of play the games and the /go the mix route. One of my favorite games from the region overseas is basically Super Dodgeball. I saw a lone card pop up recently for around $15 so I snapped it up. The system coming has 3 other games with it that are enjoyable and varied enough too.
I just need to either go all in with the big boy toy for $300 or the lowly Everdrive route for a 1/3 of the price and have many cards to mess with. A lot of my fun back then came from a mix of both so I'm leaning towards just enjoying a few cards, and when I break that $300 barrier ponying up for the meaty kit. I still believe in owning games, so I can wait on some random lots of goodies, or whatever rolls by as long as I don't consider the pricing too asinine (which to me is paying more than a game retailed for more or less.)
I'd feel more lost on this or maybe different had I never owned the Duo for so many years and enjoyed it from around roughly 1997-2005. I even had a few burns then too, but most my discs were legit and all the cards were. N64 being jacked by Sony drove me into 2 things, being more of a handheld gamer, but also one who would own other than 1 console and that 1 was the Duo.
I didn't run to Sega and sure as hell Sony then given things. Both were slimy manipulators in the print media and lied fairly well in ads and interviews too so I washed my hands of both until around 99(Dreamcast) and 01 (PS1+2.) Not a pro-Nintendo thing, I still won't drink Pepsi or buy other things due to similar tactics.
I just need to either go all in with the big boy toy for $300 or the lowly Everdrive route for a 1/3 of the price and have many cards to mess with. A lot of my fun back then came from a mix of both so I'm leaning towards just enjoying a few cards, and when I break that $300 barrier ponying up for the meaty kit. I still believe in owning games, so I can wait on some random lots of goodies, or whatever rolls by as long as I don't consider the pricing too asinine (which to me is paying more than a game retailed for more or less.)
I'd feel more lost on this or maybe different had I never owned the Duo for so many years and enjoyed it from around roughly 1997-2005. I even had a few burns then too, but most my discs were legit and all the cards were. N64 being jacked by Sony drove me into 2 things, being more of a handheld gamer, but also one who would own other than 1 console and that 1 was the Duo.
I didn't run to Sega and sure as hell Sony then given things. Both were slimy manipulators in the print media and lied fairly well in ads and interviews too so I washed my hands of both until around 99(Dreamcast) and 01 (PS1+2.) Not a pro-Nintendo thing, I still won't drink Pepsi or buy other things due to similar tactics.
#28
NEC Console Resource / Re: Hey thanks
01/01/2018, 12:27 AM
Thanks. That's what I meant about the terraonion device. I'm also a Neo Geo owner so I'm familiar with the NeoSD crew(Terraonion) and knew of that device and I believe it is actively for sale right now. Converted to the local money with shipping it would set me back $300 vs $100 for the Everdrive.
Given what the disc drives costs, their fragility, and the media in general due to how things have escalated horribly in the last near decade it seems almost financially responsible to buy that thing.
Given what the disc drives costs, their fragility, and the media in general due to how things have escalated horribly in the last near decade it seems almost financially responsible to buy that thing.
#29
PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Super SD System 3
12/31/2017, 12:40 PM
I just snapped up a Core Grafx from Japan to get back into this. I'm strongly considering this thing given I just want to have some fun and not go broke at the same time.
20 years ago I bought a Duo but it has been gone due to loss for over a dozen years now, and I really enjoyed the HuCards but some CDs were just fantastic so this really caught my eye.
One thing that I've noticed it appears they don't accept paypal which is a problem unless I'm missing something?
20 years ago I bought a Duo but it has been gone due to loss for over a dozen years now, and I really enjoyed the HuCards but some CDs were just fantastic so this really caught my eye.
One thing that I've noticed it appears they don't accept paypal which is a problem unless I'm missing something?
#30
NEC Console Resource / Re: Hey thanks
12/31/2017, 12:37 PM
Thanks for the heads up.
I popped that cherry finally the other night from a nice deal from Japan. I had this $100 gift card so it was just $50 shipped. Got a CG2 in excellent shape with no parts or accessories missing, also came with 3 HuCards too in little plastic slips (Galaga, Doraemon puzzler/action, and Space Invaders.)
The emulator? You speak of everdrive or terraonion device as physical emulation, or actual computer emulators? I actually own a copy of Magic Engine still I got back when it first released 20 years ago~. Problem is that one won't run an ISO/CUE file as it likes to be pure but I know burns work.
By the way how long am I going to have to keep answering those dumb questions and doing that verification junk every time I post?
I popped that cherry finally the other night from a nice deal from Japan. I had this $100 gift card so it was just $50 shipped. Got a CG2 in excellent shape with no parts or accessories missing, also came with 3 HuCards too in little plastic slips (Galaga, Doraemon puzzler/action, and Space Invaders.)
The emulator? You speak of everdrive or terraonion device as physical emulation, or actual computer emulators? I actually own a copy of Magic Engine still I got back when it first released 20 years ago~. Problem is that one won't run an ISO/CUE file as it likes to be pure but I know burns work.
By the way how long am I going to have to keep answering those dumb questions and doing that verification junk every time I post?
#31
NEC Console Resource / Re: Hey thanks
12/29/2017, 08:14 PM
Thanks for the fast reply. I get the CD argument and I'd be there with it, if I were to snap up a TG16 instead but the PCE side has triple the titles and a lot more fun stuff to dig into.
As I said I once had a vast collection that's mostly gone. Lost my Duo in 2005, tried to get another about a few months too late in 2011 when everything went into orbit price wise out of nowhere.
The Everdrive is something I'm strongly looking at, but also the Terraonion device since it can handle discs too.
Back in the day I had a solid mix of US and many JP games, some people go bonkers over still like Dracula X, Macross, shooters like Rayxanber 2 and 3, Panic Bomber, Godzilla, Cotton and more. I'm on a humble budget so going in on that simulator of discs would be most practical since it ticks off HuCards too.
Up front though I'd like to just get the system, maybe a few loose HuCards with it, and perhaps an everdrive just to pop a toe in the water first and see how it is again after so long.
I have that problem you do too about there just being too much at once and getting all ADHD about it and enjoying nothing. I'd almost think that going with the big toy (Super System CD 3 device) and a small sized card would be best as there'd be little room to blow out a lot on there forcing usage of a limited amount of things.
I have everdrives for the SNES and Gameboy, also that RetroHQ kit for the NGPC too. Believe me I know the value of translations but also slick homebrew (like the recent GBC only SimCity clone uCity.)
And yes R-Type is insane. Damn that game is hard, but the one version I found least annoying about it was the TG16 card of the game. I've tried it on Sega, Gameboy Color, etc and they lack.
As I said I once had a vast collection that's mostly gone. Lost my Duo in 2005, tried to get another about a few months too late in 2011 when everything went into orbit price wise out of nowhere.
The Everdrive is something I'm strongly looking at, but also the Terraonion device since it can handle discs too.
Back in the day I had a solid mix of US and many JP games, some people go bonkers over still like Dracula X, Macross, shooters like Rayxanber 2 and 3, Panic Bomber, Godzilla, Cotton and more. I'm on a humble budget so going in on that simulator of discs would be most practical since it ticks off HuCards too.
Up front though I'd like to just get the system, maybe a few loose HuCards with it, and perhaps an everdrive just to pop a toe in the water first and see how it is again after so long.
I have that problem you do too about there just being too much at once and getting all ADHD about it and enjoying nothing. I'd almost think that going with the big toy (Super System CD 3 device) and a small sized card would be best as there'd be little room to blow out a lot on there forcing usage of a limited amount of things.
I have everdrives for the SNES and Gameboy, also that RetroHQ kit for the NGPC too. Believe me I know the value of translations but also slick homebrew (like the recent GBC only SimCity clone uCity.)
And yes R-Type is insane. Damn that game is hard, but the one version I found least annoying about it was the TG16 card of the game. I've tried it on Sega, Gameboy Color, etc and they lack.
#32
NEC Console Resource / Hey thanks
12/29/2017, 07:34 PM
I read it can take time to get access but it went quick which is a nice surprise. Thanks.
I used to have an online presence heavily back in the back half of the 90s and then some only to recently resurface. Long ago I had a Duo along with a nice library of goodies between formats and decided recently I'd like to get back into things, but at a smaller scale to start with a Core Grafx.
I heard this was a nice resource of information and I've forgotten a lot, and my old favorite places like tzd.com and others appear long dead.
I used to have an online presence heavily back in the back half of the 90s and then some only to recently resurface. Long ago I had a Duo along with a nice library of goodies between formats and decided recently I'd like to get back into things, but at a smaller scale to start with a Core Grafx.
I heard this was a nice resource of information and I've forgotten a lot, and my old favorite places like tzd.com and others appear long dead.
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