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shadow460's Blog > Two VCS consoles repaired today

Posted 24 November 2012

Out of the four VCS consoles I have here, two were repaired today. My Sears heavy sixer has had quite a few problems since I got it, but it looks immaculate on the outside. The current repairs are gonna be the reset switch and replacing the RIOT chip with parts from a Woody that has a badly done video mod.I fixed a light sixer whose power switch was faili...


shadow460's Blog > 3 million gil!

Posted 23 November 2012

So I've completed the first storyline events in Rocket Town and Wutai, and am sailing the high seas in the Tiny Bronco. I was able to master not one but TWO Enemy-All materia shortly thereafter. I sold them both and purchased Villa Cloud and 99 of every single use item available.My first serious combo is assembled: Lightning + Enemy-All + HP and MP Ab...


shadow460's Blog > FF7 playthrough

Posted 22 November 2012

I've been covering my FF7 playthrough in a thread in the modern gaming forum. That coverage is now being transferred here.The highlights:I was testing some PS1 and PS2 consoles with several games. Final Fantasy 7 was one of them. Only one console turned out to be not repairable, that was an SCPH-1001. The spindle was bad on a new laser unit ordered fr...


shadow460's Blog > A labor of love

Posted 31 December 2009

In 1999, a green iguana was displayed in a day care center. He's not your average cuddly creature like a dog, so perhaps the five year old children mistakenly tried to treat him like one. His tail was broken about halfway between the tip and his body.

The following year, he measured between 24 and 26 inches from his head to the tip of what tail he...


shadow460's Blog > Big consoles need big features part 2

Posted 14 December 2009

And some have them. With the ability to play movies, CDs, games, even save your progress to a memory device, kick around PC files, and play karaoke, what more could one ask for? Oh, and it's got a headphone out jack, too. It also has optical output jacks, so that means it's not a Genesis. Besides, the Genesis ain't big even with the CD and...