Narifia

Not only have I cleaned the system AND the games, but I ordered a NEW 72-pin connector just recently and installed it myself. And, when I say cleaned, I mean CLEANED, with the official NES Cleaning Kit and all. Scrubbed those babies until they came out as shiny as my dad's bald head (yes, that's shiny). Worked PERFECTLY until I decided to try disabling the lockout chip. And that's on BOTH of my NES systems. Yes, I have two NES consoles, and yes, I tried this on BOTH systems and get the same results (this is with my normal games, not the PAL Lion King game which I now know won't work). Like I said, my games work flawlessly if I just slide them in. Pushing them down gives me the blue screen. What I want to know is if this poses any problem at all, just sliding them in. Would it damage anything if I just skipped pushing them down altogether? Getting back to the PAL thing though, since you just said that, AND I think top-loaders are so ugly I'd rather stick a fork in them than a game cartridge, I'll think about getting a PAL NES.

I thought that could be the problem. I remember reading SOMEWHERE about the Lion King that it didn't work right, or maybe I tried it on an emulator and it didn't work right... I honestly can't remember. It was too long ago. So that solves that problem. Then what about the rest of my games? They work just fine if I just slide in the cart, but push it down (like it SHOULD be) and I get the Blue Screen of Death. It doesn't blink, it just sits there. Taunting me. Is it all right to play the games in the up position, will it damage them or the system? Could it be fixed by disassembling and reassembling the NES again? It's perplexing. I'm thinking of just getting a top-loader, which I would have already but I find them rather ugly. Plus, I just can't grow to like anything other than my old toaster NES.

Hello there! I recently disabled the lockout chip in my NES so that I could play my PAL game that I recently ordered. It is supposed to have worked... and it DID... to a degree. What I'm seeing is the game (The Lion King) but it displays very erratic and the graphics flash horribly. Game play, music, and sounds all remain intact, but it is just VERY difficult to see. When I pause it, however, the picture shows up just fine, with no error (this, plus the fact that I've played the SNES version so much I have it nearly memorized, is the only reason I can even get through the game at all). Also, it's supposed to have fixed the blinking screen problem. Well, it does, however I still have to fight with it to get it on, and upon later tinkering found it will start up with no problems if I don't push the cart down. This is AFTER replacing the 72-pin connector and cleaning it to a near-brand-new quality. I'm simply wondering if I maybe did something wrong. I had no wire cutters, so to remove the 4th pin I used needle nose pliers and worked it off that way. I did a rather clean job of it, I thought, but maybe something went wrong. Disabling the chip enabled me to play the game, but with errors. Perhaps in putting the system back together arose the other problem (where the games work but only if I don't push the cart down). Can anyone help me figure this out? Is it an error on my part, or an incompatibility with this one PAL game (I have no other PAL games to compare it to, just the one and my many NTSC games)?

Syntax! How could I have missed that? oh, computer grammar, you smite me! Drama aside, thanks for pointing that out ^_^;.... I think until I get used to it, syntax will be my biggest problem. Need to start paying more attention to detail...

Neither seem to be working.... putting the parenthesis around the numbers didn't seem to work either. Maybe there's something I'm doing wrong?

sweet! Would you mind it if I tried something like that, for learning purposes? Also, the his/her part bugs me. How can I add gender to my "game" ? For example, it asks for your name, then for your gender. you put M or F in as your answer. So instead of it saying "Narifia trips over his/her own feet" it's "Narifia trips over her own feet" so on, so forth. I tried stringing it like I did with the name, but then I realized that it would only serve to so "Narifia trips over F own feet" Any thoughts?

Sweet. I tried the second one (it looked the least complicated, lol) and it worked splendidly. Thanks! I'm starting to understand this a little better. Is it alright if I post anymore questions in this thread, if I ever need to?? (assuming it's still here)

I understand a little about stringing. Now I'm trying to change it to where it will also put your name in the answers. I'm stuck here; see the part where it's unfinished, under [explore]? Apparently I can't seem to be able to string anything from the first part to the second part automatically, because when I ran it it just read as "Exploring is dangerous, and name$ is a complete idiot" rather than the inserted name from earlier. How do I string things from one part to another?

Doh. Well now I just feel silly. Thank you, that worked! And it was as simple as "1, 2, 3!" Ahh, now I see the possibilities..... *drools*

I tried the first one you suggested just now, and it says "BASIC Compile Halted: Type Mismatch." The second one you suggested doesn't seem to do anything. Maybe I should be using another program. Not many people I've asked seem to know anything about Just BASIC.

I'm using a program called Just Basic (www.justbasic.com) to learn BASIC programming. I've NEVER fiddled with this kind of stuff before, so it's completely new to me. I started on a tutorial and decided to play around with it when I was done. Unfortunately, the tutorial doesn't seem to cover what I'm trying to do... Here's my idea; it's just a simple, goofy mini "roleplay game." You tell it your name, it greets you and presents you with three options. example: What is your name: Narifia Welcome Narifia! I see you are new here. What would you like to do? a) Explore b) Shop c) Kill People no matter what, it all ends the same way; you die. Like I said, it's just a toy, a learning tool that I'm fiddling around with so I'm not trying to make an epic text-based rpg here My problem is, I can get it to execute fine until the multiple choice part. No matter whether you type A, B, or C, it always only displays A. I cannot get B or C to work. Here's the code, please tell me what I'm doing wrong: .... ironic, that's how I feel after trying to write this code edit: I hope I posted this in the right forum....

I've recently been working on building up my collection, and while searching around on eBay I managed to find SwordQuest: EarthWorld and SwordQuest: Fireworld, both boxed with the instructions, poster, and comic intact. What I am now looking for is SwordQuest: WaterWorld, boxed, with instructions, poster, and comic, to complete the set. Is there anyone here willing to sell it to me, and by what price? Also, I would prefer to complete the transaction via eBay, as I'm more familiar with it and feel more safe working within its boundaries. Anyone willing to sell? PM or email me at Narifia@gmail.com, or reply here.

you can easily readjust the size in Photoshop without losing too much quality. And, if the re-sized picture proves to be too blurry for you, filters and tweaks can help. If you don't have photoshop, grab a person that does and hold them at gunpoint to make them do it. At least that's what I do.

thanks, I think I'll try buying one of those. It's worth a shot if nothing else

My old game switch for my Atari 2600 Jr. is starting to wear out (the cord where you plug it into the TV). I was wondering if my cord for the NES would work just as well or would that fry the system?