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Clicky buttons?? What are you guys talking about? Mine never "clicked". Sounds more like somebodies eating while playing and getting crud in the case.

I'd check it out I love obscure gaming hardware. Besided, if it's like Buzztime (which I can't find anymore ) it might be fun with some friends.

I wouldn't totally listen to what everybody on this forum is saying because to be honest it's a NICHE system, thus it's in it's own league. I see alot of people bashing it, most of them are basing it on the opinion by basically one or two people who actually payed for the sytem then they base it on the pack in game. The pack in game might not be too good according to them but that doesn't mean the other games will play the same. The price has dropped for the Holiday season so if you want to check it out go ahead because you can't get a true opinion until you've tried it.

I remember Arkanna rather well, it seemed to dissappear along with The Assassin :/

I am more worried about opening it up and there's gonna be a bunch of parts falling out and then I won't be able to put it back together. How should a guy clean this stuff? I don't think it's gunk, the button isn't pressing so whatever presses... ok what I mean is I think the thing worn out is the thing that actually pushes the errrm... switch to make the button work. Make sense? It's not sticky, you have to press hard to get it to work. Hah hah.. you have nothing to fear. The only loose parts are the buttons and the rubber pads, it's pretty straight forward. Controllers for the older consoles were pretty simple. Sometimes a busted button was a matter of bypassing a bad curcuit or rewiring the connections. Cleaning the contacts is just opening,placing the buttons aside, cleaning then just putting it all back together. Pretty simple and easy Well if the rubber pads are worn out you may have to cannibalize another controller, I just use the ones from a broken one. I am thinking of just putting kleenex into where anything worn out that is used merely to make the button work to make the button push the thing that makes the controller actually respond. If this doesn't work then I will get more extreme. That won't fix it and the kleenex will probly tear making a huge mess inside the casing. The rubber pads are there for a reason, the hard darkcolored "foot" completes the circuit when you push down, Kleenex won't do that.

They were also very used to LCD game hardware design. The Game.com's LCD is the most obscure design you'll ever see in a handheld game, achieving its bizarre 5-shade display by rapidly displaying multiple 1-bpp images. This really explains why the blur was so bad. Not only that, but the CPU was vastly crippled, there's a total lack of any graphic acceleration, and the sound hardware had to be completely driven in software by the (already) stressed CPU. Let's not forget that the touchscreen actually wasn't all that precise. The GameBoy was miles above the Game.com hardware-wise, all the Commie has going for was its high resolution and massive obscurity. I have no idea why I find the device intriguing and constantly battle with the awful titles, but perhaps its just my assumption that if I don't play it, the hardware will go bad. Albeit like an old piece of fruit. Well the touch screen wasn't very responsive because it has a rather small area of sensitivity, I'd assume a larger grid touchscreen would have jacked the price up. I never had any of the gripes with the hardware that everybody else had, I never actually compared it to the GameBoy due to the low price and obscure licenses I loved it. It's a niche handheld at best and if they had released several of the original games such as Mutoids I think it would have had some better success in it's last year.

The gold plated Game Gear that was released as a prize in Japan would have to be the coolest game gear variation, blue just seemed lame for the Game Gear

You have to remember what part of the gaming industry Tiger had started with and had been a big part of... the LCD gaming market. Their programmers were use to programming for LCD games, that was one of the issues with the games, they got it right when RE2 came out but it was too late by then. Mortal Kombat Trilogy was just a rush job, they didn't fix the major bugs (Noob Saibots Fatality is one of the biggest ones.. they forgot to program it lol...)

Did you talk to a manager or just a part timer? Because thats not how it works, otherwise your entitled to a refund if you don't recieve the item you paid for. The guy you talked to is full of shit because thats not how were doing it at the EB I work for.

I am more worried about opening it up and there's gonna be a bunch of parts falling out and then I won't be able to put it back together. How should a guy clean this stuff? I don't think it's gunk, the button isn't pressing so whatever presses... ok what I mean is I think the thing worn out is the thing that actually pushes the errrm... switch to make the button work. Make sense? It's not sticky, you have to press hard to get it to work. Hah hah.. you have nothing to fear. The only loose parts are the buttons and the rubber pads, it's pretty straight forward. Controllers for the older consoles were pretty simple. Sometimes a busted button was a matter of bypassing a bad curcuit or rewiring the connections. Cleaning the contacts is just opening,placing the buttons aside, cleaning then just putting it all back together. Pretty simple and easy Well if the rubber pads are worn out you may have to cannibalize another controller, I just use the ones from a broken one.

What kind of connection did the controllers have to the main board? Wouldn't be too hard to hack an DB8 onto it.

Wish I could find such obscure finds for $10....

Check to see if the rubber pad are intact as well. Some of the rubber they used was cheap and rots after awhile (especially with the NES pads). Also, Ghost Soldier makes a good point, I've had controllers do that and mearly cleaning the casing and contacts remedied the problem.

If only Intellivision Productions would go through with making a deal with Curt to make a Intellivision flashback like console, I honestly hate Nintendo on a Chip emulation of classic games and don't much like Techno Source for making me not want to buy those PnP Intellivision controllers because of the poor quality. Real hardware would be so much better for introducing future generations to the Intellivision not NoaC Hong Kong crap.

I actually got to speak to a developer from Tiger about the Game.Com, some of the titles that were stated to be in development such as SOTN were in workable states. At one time they concidered an Oddworld port but that was killed because it didn't seem like a game that would work on the Com (I don't see why not) also Mutoids would have been an interesting RPG game as well.

Theres a community devoted to cracking the Com, Game.Commies I believe. I would love to see some real homebrew for the Game.Com.

You're missing the Pocket Pro. He posted his collection in another thread, I think he knows that Since I mentioned the same thing. Several horizontal lines on my Game.Com's screen died I don't know how that happened, it'd been sitting in it's box for awhile.

What are you talking about? Looks to me their sever was down and they seem to be back up.

Doesn't that mean the company that invented the TV Remote or the infrared recivers could sue Sony? I don't see the difference, the function is exactly the same and many companies have produced remote control devices without lawsuit. Why doesn't Interlink sue gun manufacturers, they have triggers too. Radar guns? Triggers. The Nintendo Zapper? Had a trigger too.

This also reminds me of how Konami sued Roxor for making In the Groove, they claim that the 4 panel dance pad is their intellectual property.. if you know anything about the circuitry of the controls on the DDR arcade machines you'd see that they are the same as any other gamepad. Because of Konami not wanting anybody to make any money on Dance games but themselves, Roxor had to cancel their series. It's all cheap blows for the sake of the green.

I work for EB, it's GameStop that makes us do that sheisty shit, I for one don't do it because I don't like being heckled either but I've had plenty customers who needed a swift kick in the ass for being utterly stupid. Had a women that bitched because she couldn't wrap her brain around the concept of Display Boxes.. "Why do you have Wii boxes if you don't have any Wii's!?" because their DISPLAY BOXES. I don't know what EB's your all talking about. Of the 20 some years I've played games and shopped at EB I've never had any employee try and force me into buying anything.. honestly you do have some assholes that work their but thats doesn't mean everyone who works their is the same. Most of the time you try and please the customer and it backfires because they think their always right when they don't know what their talking about. If your gonna bitch about EB bitch about GameStop, they don't know jack about games and pretty much run a monopoly.

If you don't care about collecting US carts, go with Japanese. Most of the Japanese carts arn't sought after by greedy collectors for reselling so you can get some great prices and their bi-lingual so theres no language barriers. (This doesn't apply for the Metal Slug games... US or Jap.. always cost your first born child..)

Hmm.. just wait for somebody who claims their very very distant relative invented the wheel and sues every tire company... Lawsuits are getting way out of hand.. why not have somebody claim they are related to the person who invented the box and sue every industry.

Mini arcade? It IS an arcade system, they released the AES as an home alternative to owning the JAMMA MVS board and cartridges. If you know anything about the innards of the AES carts their the same as their MVS counterparts, mearly altered (more pins) to not fit in a MVS slot (to stop arcade owners from buying the then inexpensive AES carts for their NeoGeo cabinets). I own one, the graphic capabilities of the hardware were amazing having lasted till just last year before Playmore replaced the hardware with the NeoWave board (about 10-12 year run) which follows the same principle as the MVS.

Ok so I plug my SNES in after not using it for a couple months now, never had any issues whatsoever with it, but now it has discolored green bars that scroll down on the TV. I tried 2 different A/V cables to see if it was just the cables but nope, same problem. Tried different carts, same thing.. does this mean the A/V modulator is kapoot?? Or is this a power issue? I have a Universal AC which is fitting kinda loose lately :/ but then again I've been using it for years with no incidents.. I really don't wanna have to trash my SNES, had it since they first came out in the States..