Video_Game_Bible

@ dougy76 Hey, I'd really love to see these, and possibly even host them on our new site once it's up...Bard's Tale is one of the games that we would like to do an in-depth walkthrough for...so let me know if you're interested. videogamebible@hotmail.com Thanks

Gah! My bad! Awesome map btw...you've inspired me to dig around for my old game maps...should make for an entertaining set of scans on the site.

Don't forget that you have to go into the room with all the hands at the top right and push the block in the center on the right hand side...it'll open up a ladder. Maybe my memory is fuzzy though.

Hehe, you're looking for a way to play Fami games on your NES or NES games on your Fami? Cause if you've got some extra copies of the U.S. Gyromite or Excite Bike...and they're heavier than normal, than open 'em up. A good portion of these carts have a converter built right into them, and with the simple opening of the case it is released. Simply pull the Japanese game out of the converter and use any other Japanese game that you'd like to in your NES. Only one small problem...it might not work on your Ausi TV if it's a Japanese game. I've never tested this type of conversion for PAL/NTSC compatability, but I'm doubting that it'll work.

Noah's Ark (Super 3-D type) for the SNES is the only unofficial release for the SNES in the U.S. You're probably thinking of them securing the rights to the use of the Wolfenstein engine and a lot of the actual game. The only real changes were that the Nazi banners were taken down and the guards were replaced with animals that you had to toss food at.

Just a few things real quick...the Wisdom Tree titles are most definately more common in the South, simply because it is the Bible Belt (as someone has already pointed out). This doesn't mean that they're not available in the North or the West, simply that there are more of them here. Yes, Sunday Funday and Bible Buffet are the two most difficult to find. Yes, there are cart color variations for most of the games, and King of Kings has 2 completely different lables (changed for an amusing reason). Yes, most of them suck, but Spiritual Warfare has always been my favorite of the bunch. The games are still listed on the Wisdom Tree site, but all of my attempts to contact them concerning their stock have resulted in no reply...so it's doubtful that they still have any in stock (actually more probable that they have them somewhere, but nobody remembers where...hehe). And finally, the largest run of a Wisdom Tree title that we've confirmed is 300,000 copies (Bible Adventures). And damned if that isn't a whole bunch of those little plastic pieces of crap floating around (considering the type of game that it is). And lastly, Wisdom Tree never did receive permission from Nintendo to produce these games. Every single unlicensed NES game producer was sued by Nintendo...with the one exception of Wisdom Tree. Nintendo thought it would hurt their family image if they took a religious company to court. I think that's about it.

Hey Rob, sorry for not sending a PM, but I don't have your aim or email...maybe I missed it somewhere. Anyway, I'd be interested in this as a possible inclusion in our Vectrex Arcade unit. My email is: videogamebible@hotmail.com AIM: VideoGameBible Thanks, Andy

This is one of the things that we're trying to promote along the way. As it stands, pretty much any insurance company would classify your collection as "obsolete electronic equipment." This basically makes a room full of games "worth" about 50 bucks. So, let me know which insurance company you're trying to go through, and we'll put them on our list when we begin the drive to allow video game collections to be insured. We will send them a set of the guides, along with our presentation on the matter, and of course anything else that we might consider helpful to the good fight. Though this is something that we probably won't see anything in the near future, we are actively pushing for insurance on video game collections. They deserve just as much respect as comics and baseball cards do, so why not insurance as well?

Don't worry! We have the classic VGB on the way, and it should be done within the year. It will cover 1972-1984 and will retain the same format as the 1985-2002 version. But don't forget that this version contains the 7800, Jag and Jag CD...so it's not all Atari-free.

Nah, emulation would be cheating...though it would probably make our overlay delima easier. Still, by using the original hardware it makes it that much more entertaining.

Nah, emulation would be cheating...though it would probably make our overlay delima easier. Still, by using the original hardware it makes it that much more entertaining.

Well, all I can say (without giving away our 'secret') is that there will be NO distortion of any type...that we've finally figured a way of doing data transfer to a monitor...it WILL incorporate the overlays into the game screen without distortion, and it WILL include actual arcade sticks...not the flimsy standard Vec controllers (assuming I can secure 2 of them). @Curt: YES...I would really appreciate any help building the cabinet...that was going to be my weak point. It will have a few odd special requirements obviously...and we still haven't worked out one of the major problems. We'll be doing some testing with our first unit this week (hopefully)...but if you help with the cabinet, that sure would take a big burden off of me. Let me know via email or AIM: videogamebible@hotmail.com or VideoGameBible (on AIM). Thanks.

Would anyone here be interested in seeing the design that I'm using to create an actual arcade Vectrex unit that will play on a large monitor (25" or so)? I'm currently working on this as my only hardware project (until it is complete) and was just wondering if there was any interest in seeing how I do it (assuming that I can get it to work right).

Hell, the hookers alone were $300! LOL

I would say that it really depends on the size of the show. But I took about $1K to CGE and didn't have any trouble getting rid of it. Toward the end of the show I noticed that even though everything was discounted, there was nothing left that I even remotely wanted. I'd say take a grand, prepare to spend it all, and if you don't then pretend that you found what was left and spend it on drinks or sushi.