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#1
Quote from: NightWolve on 01/10/2019, 12:42 PMYeah, I have a whole drawer of USB PlayStation knockoff PC gamepads, nothing came close to the originals, but maybe it was my fault for settling at a $19.99 pricepoint when I saw one...

The 8bitdo SNES30 really is the best unlicensed counterfeit I ever bought - the weight, the texture, the concave/convex buttons between top/bottom rows, all match the original SNES pads. Feels weird for the first time to get a console "feel" with my Windows PC box, I can play a game so much better (until my thumb pinched nerves kick up, that is)...

One thing, I did buy a $4 SNES knockoff that let me fix my original SNES pad that broke, the Left side button just stopped working one day, the IC/chip just died as there was no physical damage. So I bought a $4 knockoff from a Chinese seller for parts, soldered out the chip from that and actually fixed my original! Hard to believe that it worked, but I pulled it off.

Anyway, my TurboDuo pad works, I even went to the trouble of soldering an extension wire years ago when I was more active. It's cool to see new pads still being manufactured for others if needed. Definitely would be nice to see maintenance packs with just the rubber/foamy material for the buttons and d-pad to swap it out if control/contact is not as good anymore from wear (I'm sure that's already available, just never looked).
I've seen aftermarket pads with the magnets affixed to the back of buttons or the d-pad to replace the rubber insert that makes contact with the board. So you have a much less responsive controller. These kinds of corner cuts are common. That's not to say ALL aftermarket controllers are bad, but most are made as inexpensively as possible. I've seen brand new Genesis after market pads with plastic as soft as a fast food drink cup and frayed wires coming out of the shell.
#2
Quote from: NightWolve on 01/09/2019, 05:41 PMIf it works and feels close to the original, then great. I'm wary of knock-offs though after the experience with SNES pads until I bought an 8bitdo SNES30 which really comes close to the feel of an original pad only with much better features!
Most modern aftermarket third party controllers are cheap crap made with shortcuts taken throughout the entire process. I'm hoping this is a quality product as a TG16 pad with a convertor cable is no longer nearly as inexpensive as it was just a few years ago.
#3
Quote from: NightWolve on 01/07/2019, 10:07 PM
Quote from: Flare65 on 01/07/2019, 06:25 PMThe boob physics are amazing!  lol
How is such a game not right up your alley, Dan ?? :lol:
Well, I was skeptical until I heard that the those physics were amazing, be it Dead or Alive or just about any version of Mari Shiranui I didn't think it could improve from here.
#4
Quote from: NightWolve on 01/07/2019, 03:45 PMSounds like a game...DragonMasterDan would love to play, heh heh.
Because it had the word Dragon in it ?
#5
Quote from: Flare65 on 01/04/2019, 01:42 PMBack on subject......I've decided to sell this Xbox 360.  Anyone looking to buy one?  PM me.
They aren't worth much, on half price books half off day we were seeing slims and smaller models for under 30 bucks with a hard drive, controller and cables. I'd honestly recommend holding on to it.
#7
I'm not big into watching Streams but it seems like Twitch is the big platform for that. Since I'm into watching streams, I don't watch Twitch much. So I would actually say YouTube but I am not your target demographic for streaming videos.
#8
Quote from: TheClash603 on 01/01/2019, 01:19 AMSomehow Kid Dracula and Splatterhouse are harder than any of the other games in their series, despite the friendly looks.  Or maybe I just suck at those games.
I've beaten Splatterhouse Wanpaku Graffiti. Kid Dracula has just enough Japanese text to where I've not put as much time into trying to complete it as I probably should.
#9
Quote from: NightWolve on 12/31/2018, 02:00 PMSpeaking of GameStop, it's been in the news lately due to an Angry Grrrrr GamerThug about to pull a can of whip ass out for being called "sir..."
"Marthafocker, take it outside and I WILL GIVE YOU A SIR!!!! SAY SIR ONE MORE TIME!!! SAY SIR ONE MORE TIME!!!!!!"
I'm just imagining the call to GameStop corporate
Gamestop Rep: "Thank you for calling GameStop corporate how can I help you?"
Freakout Star: "Hi, I would like to levy a complaint"
Gamestop Rep: "And what complaint may that be sir?"
Freakout Star "WHY DID YOU CALL ME SIR?"
#10
Over the weekend I got a shelf for Famicom stuff at a thrift store.
IMG
#11
Quote from: majors on 12/13/2018, 08:11 AMHmmm...dunno about that one Dan-O. I'm pretty sure it got panned across the board. Don't get me wrong, I picked it up also but it's not high on my list. Uninspiring gfx, repetitive enemies and "Euro" shooting mechanics(take too may shots to kill normal enemies) just send the game to sub mediocre. Plus Konami was on full DLC get-rich-quick mode with it...I'd love to have the castlevania girl but I'm not paying $5 with the game being so dull.
It has umm.. charm and is a worthwhile pickup at a low price.
#12
Quote from: BigusSchmuck on 12/07/2018, 09:37 AMAfter watching this video I really don't know why anyone would waste their time with one considering a pc will have most of the big games on it.
There's a lot of dirt cheap games that can be bought physically at very low prices. Gamestops are closing left and right and last gen stuff for 360 and PS3 is about as cheap as it's going to get. Get the deals now while you still can if you want to physically own copies of these games
#13
Quote from: Flare65 on 12/01/2018, 11:34 PMMy  brother- in-Law gave me his xbox 360.  He isn't much of a gamer and gave me a stack of worthless sports titles along with it.  In the stack was Red Dead Redemption and Bioshock.

I really don't know much about the system I have never had an xbox console before.  The system does work and I played Bio shock for a bit.  I don't think he used it in over four or five years.  I have a couple of questions for any owners of this system.

How important is an internet connection and microsoft account for this system?  I have no interest in any multiplayer games (I assume the multiplayer community is dead since there is the xbox One now).  Does this thing have wireless internet or is it Cat5 cable connection only?  Being a Microsoft product, I assume a lot of games need patches.

Any must have games?  Not looking to spend a lot of money on expensive chase rare titles but quality games that I can pick up on the cheap.  Platformers and shooters are my go-to games.
Check around local gamestops, some games you might like would be Deathsmiles, Akai Katana, Otomidious Excellent and there's a lot of other very solid games for it. Unfortunately, 13 years after its release the online store and what not doesn't have quite as much content up as it used to. The original models are ethernet only so you need to plug it in somewhere you can run a cable to.
#14
Quote from: nectarsis on 11/22/2018, 02:01 AM/nectarsis/20181122_001807_zpsoc0yhgqk.jpg
Those old Jim Lee penciled X-men comics bring back such good memories
#15
Off-Topic / Hudson fans might want this
11/21/2018, 11:14 AM
I saw this for sale and thought Hudson fans might want this as I don't see plushies of him as often as other famous video game characters.

https://www.fangamer.com/collections/bomberman/products/bomberman-plush
#16
Off-Topic / Re: Divisive Topic.
11/19/2018, 06:27 AM
Back in the day I remember buying used games at Blockbuster video. Bizarrely enough the codes were still in the cases and I was able to download the added DLC that was designed to be a premium for people who bought the games new.
#17
Quote from: Flare65 on 11/16/2018, 12:48 AM
Quote from: DragonmasterDan on 11/04/2018, 05:25 PMYeah, lower level between  the escalators.
Yep, I remember it well!
#18
Quote from: nectarsis on 11/13/2018, 08:02 PMOne of my LRGs (plus NISA) LONG waits are finally over   :dance: :dance:

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Yeah, Cosmic Star Heroine finally arrived for me last week too.
#19
Quote from: NightWolve on 11/06/2018, 06:15 PMI'd add nervousness about the outcome of today's election...

I voted no on a proposition to ban plastic straws, an attempt to import a Commiefornia policy here in Chicago and I think I'm gonna lose, but who knows, I may be surprised, we did repeal the sugar soda pop tax after enough anger made our voices heard...
Heh, the cook county sugar soda tax will forever live in infamy!
#20
Quote from: guest on 10/22/2018, 10:40 PMThat tiny JVC TV is adorable.  What's the model of it, and what kind of connections does it take?
Those 9 inch pro monitors are nice in general. I suspect it's taking composite through BNC there but probably has RGB via BNC as well.
#21
Quote from: Flare65 on 10/29/2018, 11:26 AMI remember working at Electronics Boutique when we got our first one in.  We had a list of about 30-40 people who wanted one.  The demand was insane.

The launch games were a complete let down...
Was that when Electronics Boutique was in one of the pods in Yorktown?
#22
I picked up the whole series of Space Adventure Cobra a few weeks back on a RightStuf clearance.
#23
Quote from: NightWolve on 09/05/2018, 02:03 PM
QuoteDragonmaster Dyne was born in this sleepy village of Burg
I hadn't realized that DragonMasterDan had adopted his username/alias from a Working Designs published title until finding that, heh. I just thought it was due to him actually being named Dan, and having mastered playing with his dragon in his leisure (that, or thought he was a just solid D&D fan).  :wink:
Yes, though I actually am named Dan the user ID is a reference to Lunar. I've been using it since 1996 or so on the old Sega-Saturn.com message boards which had a Lunar specific board called the Lunar threads.
#24
Quote from: NightWolve on 08/17/2018, 10:44 PM"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

IMG

QuoteGet 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
#25
Quote from: TR0N on 08/21/2018, 12:26 AMAura Battler Dunbine,bluray is coming to the u.s this show was created by yoshiyuki tomino but like with gundam what a depressing ending.
https://www.rightstufanime.com/Aura-Battler-Dunbine-Blu-ray
These came out on DVD ages ago as well, I recall Carl Macek was involved.
#26
Quote from: guest on 08/18/2018, 01:17 PM
Quote from: Gypsy on 08/12/2018, 02:13 PMDiscotek day!

Highlights for me are Kimagure Orange Road and Giant Robo BD.

All announcements can be found on their twitter: https://twitter.com/discotekmedia
They are really doing a good job satisfying the older anime watcher.
I have a lot of Discotek releases, they definitely are the elite vintage anime Publisher in the US.
#27
Quote from: Gypsy on 08/12/2018, 02:13 PMDiscotek day!

Highlights for me are Kimagure Orange Road and Giant Robo BD.

All announcements can be found on their twitter: https://twitter.com/discotekmedia
Nice,

On a side note I noticed Mary and the Witch's Flower is already on Netflix.
#28
Off-Topic / Re: Game Sack
08/08/2018, 05:01 PM
I mean it's just amazing
#29
Off-Topic / Re: Game Sack
08/08/2018, 02:26 PM
Quote from: NightWolve on 08/08/2018, 01:40 PM
Quote from: DragonmasterDan on 08/08/2018, 12:38 PM
Quote from: NightWolve on 08/08/2018, 12:19 AMThis ought to be good, thanks Game Sack!
Nevah forget the legendary Last Alert special by Gameological Society! No better video to complement this new episode!
it's no Castle shikigami 2
Haha, what happened there ? OMG, they had a literal Babelfish translator with no editing skills... And voice actors had little choice but to force themselves to read off cards with that crap on them!
This is the only explanation
#30
Off-Topic / Re: Game Sack
08/08/2018, 12:38 PM
Quote from: NightWolve on 08/08/2018, 12:19 AMThis ought to be good, thanks Game Sack!
Nevah forget the legendary Last Alert special by Gameological Society! No better video to complement this new episode!
it's no Castle shikigami 2
#31
Quote from: nectarsis on 07/07/2018, 06:05 PMplus picked up Rogue Galaxy on PSN on sale for $3 and change been waiting for a solid sale.  :dance: :dance:

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Years and years ago I bought the whole Twilight Zone 1959 set on DVD. Is the Blu-Ray worth the upgrade ?
#32
Quote from: Flare65 on 07/16/2018, 09:09 AMI was so busy with work, I completely forgot about this event....  :( 

Anyone go?  How was it?
It went well! Biggest vendor and attendee turnout yet
#33
Quote from: SignOfZeta on 06/16/2018, 09:00 PMI never thought of trying that before. I have a cel from Only Yesterday that could benifit from that sort of thing greatly.
I've done it on more than a few cels, sometimes you have to zoom out so the background you're printing can be a little lower in resolution. But it beats having no background or a mismatched one.
#34
Quote from: RyuHayabusa on 06/16/2018, 03:15 PMAnyone else get the Robot Carnival Blu-Ray that came out not that long ago? I must say it's one of the best BR anime releases I've ever seen due to the all the extra content. They really went all out. Wish they did that with more old school anime releases. Picked up Vampire Hunter D and Golgo 13 The Professional on BR hoping for more extras but was let down a bit. Also, anyone here a fan of Yu Yu Hakusho? Just picked up the full series on DVD and getting ready to jump into it for the first time. Heard some good things about it so I decided to give it a try.
I picked it up it looks nice. There's a great behind the scenes video that explains a lot of the history of Streamline pictures.


Quote from: SignOfZeta on 06/16/2018, 03:21 PMI probably would have gotten the Robot Carnival BR if they hadn't decided to crop the thing to wide screen.  I know they say it was "always meant to be" wide but I've been watching it for decades in with the variable ratios, usually 4:3 so it would probably drive me nuts to watch it cropped.
I wish they could have included both aspect ratios, I have a few cels from the Robo Frankenstein sequence and I was hoping to do a screen capture to print up a proper background for them, but at 16x9 it's considerably smaller than the actual shot with a lot of the painted cel not in the cropped widescreen shot.
#35
Quote from: majors on 06/14/2018, 07:21 PM
Quote from: SuperDeadite on 06/02/2018, 01:56 AMBeen getting caught up on MSX Homebrew from all over the world:
lh3.googleusercontent.com/

I've got a lot of catching up to you to do...I'm still happy with MSX carts for now. I didn't get a real pad so I hacked up a genny 3-button and it's fine for now. My initial thoughts on the MSX: I knew the scrolling would be choppy, so that was not much of a disappointment, but the music more than makes up for it!
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#36
Quote from: SignOfZeta on 06/04/2018, 05:59 PMWell that's f*cked.

Similarly f*cked: did Zeta Gundam ever get it's real music put back for the US? It was missing from the OG DVD, and I'm pretty sure it's still gone. f*cked.

Weird part? Neil Sedaka wrote the songs. They don't even use them in Super Robot Wars, not even in the new games that come with the option to pay %50 just to get real music. f*cking rights bullshit...
With Lupin from my understanding is the crazy licensing is due to the fact that it actually aired first and was financed by some broadcaster in Italy, and it had different music there. The Yuji Ohno stuff was added for the Japanese dub.
#37
Quote from: Gypsy on 06/04/2018, 02:41 PM
Quote from: DragonmasterDan on 05/31/2018, 12:47 PMMy Lupin Series IV Blu-Rays arrived earlier in the week, I've been making my way through that. Unfortunately, it's an English dub only release
Sub only release coming later. Weird licensing thing.
We also don't get the Yuji Ohno music on this release. Just this weird Japanese R&B instead o_0
#38
Quote from: NightWolve on 06/01/2018, 09:24 PMIMG

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.
#39
My Lupin Series IV Blu-Rays arrived earlier in the week, I've been making my way through that. Unfortunately, it's an English dub only release
#40
Quote from: NightWolve on 05/20/2018, 09:14 AMThat's interesting MMA events are now hosted there, I read that yesterday after looking at the Odeum's Wikipedia page.

Yeah, you're right, it was called Hades Haunted House but looks like the organizers stopped using that location since the late 90's or so.

Only thing I can remember is dry ice fog effect (of course), flashing lights, walking through as dudes in ghost costume would drop an iron pipe for the impact sound effect and come towards you, etc. Heh.

But anyway, I still pass by there once in a while when I need building materials from a retailer called HOBO, it's within walking distance from Odeum.

The only Chicagoland HOBO location on Grand Ave. closed a couple of years ago which I miss, great stuff sometimes for prices that beat Home Depot or Menards.
Yeah, the HOBO is in the North Park Mall we call the dirt mall. Inside the mall is mostly a giant flea market. I actually bought tiles and a fair number of materials at the one on North Avenue when I did some remodeling after buying my house four years ago.
#41
Quote from: NightWolve on 05/19/2018, 01:51 PMGood ole Odeum, I been there once or twice when they used to do Halloween Fright Night events. They mostly host soccer games from what I remember passing by it.
Haydes Haunted House is usually there around Halloween.

They host a lot of small concerts, random events, minor league professional boxing, wrestling and MMA shows.
#42
Quote from: chany60126 on 05/16/2018, 09:09 PMIMG
Maybe next year we can update the flyer pics!
#43
Quote from: ParanoiaDragon on 05/16/2018, 02:02 AMI have Dragon Half on dvd.  I wish it wasn't so dang short, would've loved an entire series of that! 
I bought it on a RightStuf DiscoTek DVD sale because it had a cool cover. I've still never watched it.
#44
And my favorite show ever, at least for the first three seasons will be back before the end of the month. https://youtu.be/gXg2_yExgVY
#45
Quote from: NightWolve on 05/02/2018, 12:08 AMHey Dan, I was trying to remember to return here to warn you since you asked and seemed interested...

About 2 weeks after Windows 7 was activated and working fine...I get the "not genuine" message, desktop goes all black... I'm like, "Ah man, what, why?" So...Microsoft would go on to block the product key I got from the seller...

I talked to an employee at MicroCenter about this, the Chicagoland location on Elston/Diversey and he says, nope, not gonna fly, you can't buy new ones from Microsoft, they only wanna sell ya Windows 10 keys... I didn't get an explanation why the unused key got activated by Microsoft, worked for 2 weeks, then due to spying and re-validation attempts from time to time, the system decided to "change its mind," block the key, say "too bad sucka."

The seller got away with my $2.53, so ah well... I went back to using the trial mode trick.
Ugh, Oh well. I have Vista still working on an old laptop and no reason to change it for now even though less and less applications support it.

Worst case scenario is I can install a Linux distro on it down the line.
#46
Quote from: esteban on 04/27/2018, 08:01 PM
Quote from: guest on 04/26/2018, 10:39 PM
Quote from: Digi.k on 04/26/2018, 08:50 PMIMG
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!
#47
Quote from: NightWolve on 04/16/2018, 12:23 AMRichard Donner was a top notch director once upon a time, he lost a bit of his mojo it seems... He did another time travel movie in the early 2000's I bought which was nothing special. Didn't live up to the hype.
Obviously there was a lot of studio interference. So I'm sure even the "Donner Cut" isn't what his whole vision for the movie would have been if left to his sole judgement.
#48
Quote from: Bloufo on 04/14/2018, 05:26 PMA couple months back I had picked up a bunch of HD-DVD's on the cheap, still sealed.
I only very recently had a chance to start going through all of them.

Had no idea that disc rot was even a thing with this format. 8 out of the 12 Warner Bros discs that I tried, ranged from having a sort of clouding effect on screen, to random disc read errors, to being unplayable. All the others -Universal, Paramount Pictures, Dreamworks, etc, played fine.
Yeah, my Harry Potter, Clockwork Orange, Superman II Donner Cut, Casablanca among others have rotted. :(
#49
Quote from: NightWolve on 04/10/2018, 11:51 PMI 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.

IMG

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?
#50
Quote from: SignOfZeta on 03/27/2018, 07:53 PMThe shitiest camera on the market?
Heh, poor lighting mixed with my cropping the hell out of the photo.