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  2. Posted · Edited by Eltigro

    Pure/Classic. And it doesn't matter. I've switched modes and online and offline and everything I can on the high score table. I'm not showing up. Even in offline where it should show mine. The top score on the top middle of the playfield records my top score, but it doesn't post them to the high score table.

     

     

    Edit: AND... my high score is higher than one of my friends scores... so I should at least be showing up in 2nd place now... right?

     

    Edit 2: Do you have to do something special to "post" them there? I can't find anything about this. Seems like it would be automatic... is it not? What am I missing?

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    Okay, I got this today. But I'm confused... is there a threshold score you have to get to to input high scores? I mean, I have nothing saved, so shouldn't even my lowest score be in there somewhere? There's a spot for friends, and there are two friends scores in there, but shouldn't mine at least be 3rd? What gives? What's the secret?

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    Way back in the day, a new grocery store opened in the town we lived in and had grand opening event type things... my dad won a 2600 and some games from a door prize contest thing he entered. We already had a 2600, so he said that one would go "in storage." We never saw it again. But he did let me pick one game to keep out of the games that came with it and that's how I got Yars Revenge.

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  10. Posted · Edited by Eltigro

    Some Pong clone. Don't remember enough details to know what kind. Played on a big wood console TV... possibly a Zenith...

     

    Edit: People are talking about arcades, too... while not sure what the first was, some of my earliest memories of arcade games are of Pac Man and Popeye... I may have played them, but it's fuzzy. I know I played Moon Patrol and Galaga later on, though.

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    cuddle blanket of uselessness

     

    I like that. Gonna steal it...

     

     

    As far as selling goes on Ebay, I've never had anyone request a return. Had one person ask for a partial refund because she thought I charged too much for shipping. EBay's shipping fee calculator is usually pretty bad from what I've seen. I think there are a couple of sales that I've made that, after shipping costing more than I thought and Ebay getting their cut, I think I broke even or lost money on.

     

    As far as buying goes, I've only ever returned one item. A Game Gear with no sound (imagine that!). Buyer said it worked, got it and it didn't. This was 15 or 16 years ago, though, so I don't remember how return shipping costs were handled.

     

    Side Note: That Game Gear came with a Spider Man game. I played it a bit, with no sound, before returning it all. To this day, that is the only Spider Man game I have played. (Not counting things like Lego Marvel Super Heroes or Marvel vs Capcom which Spider Man appears in.)

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    Just one game for me this week...

     

    SNES

    Super Mario World - 41 min (I'm not sure that this will be the next game that I tackle for my "Finish Some Games" resolution, but it is one that I've never finished before. I am definitely rusty at it. I one game over already and have only just beaten the second castle. I remember playing this a lot back when it first came out. My brother in law got a SNES the first weekend they were out and we both played this all night. I think he eventually beat it, but I never did. We'll see.)

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    Not exactly a "thrift find", but a guy I work with brought me this truck. It's a Buddy L Playstation truck. A little research says it's from '96. It has a battery compartment underneath, and I was a little scared to open it. But there were no batteries inside... and what's strange is... there were no contacts either. Looking around online, I found someone else saying their truck was like this, so I'm assuming that's how they were made. Probably just used the same molds for several different trucks, just putting different stickers on the side. And this one just didn't have anything that made noise or lit up or whatever. It's a little dinged up because the guy who gave it to me had let his kids play with it and such, but it's not too bad. A little cleaning will help most of it. There's some worn parts on the stickers that are showing white... might take a marker or something? What do you guys think. There's also a place on the hood by the windshield which may be some rust, but I just got it home today after work and haven't had a lot of time to check it over. For now, it's doing fine just sitting on the CRT.

     

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  18. Posted

    Finished up Wind Waker this week!

     

    GameCube

    Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - 504min (Finished up the game earlier this week. Did not 100% it. Didn't get all the different treasure chests (but got a vast majority of them) and don't think I had the full complement of hearts but not sure how many is max. I think I ended the game with 14? There's kind of a little boss rush area before the end where you have to go back and re-defeat four of the bosses. The sand pit one gave me fits this time around. I had no trouble the first time, and I don't know if they're supposed to be harder the second time around, but it was rough. I could not get it to target the main boss... it kept targeting those little worms that swim around. Ended up using up three of my bottled fairies on him before I finally got him. The closest I have come to rage quitting this entire playthrough. Luckily, you have a few chances to go out and resupply before the end. Gannon, by comparison, was pretty easy. And the whole stabbing him in the head? Awesome. Great game. Now.. what to finish next...)

     

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    I don't really have anything video game related recently. That's why I put the thing about the disposal up there. I've done little things like removing the clock capacitor from an OG Xbox and correctly diagnosing a non-working Master System as having a bad voltage regulator (someone else actually replaced it for me, though)... but those were both about a year ago. Only video game related stuff I've opened up or anything lately was a bootleg SNES game I got for Christmas, and I didn't really do anything to it... just took pics and put it back together. I did use a thumbtack to clean lint out of the lightning port on my iPhone so it would charge, if that counts...

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    Sega Genesis

    Thunder Force III - 126 minutes

     

     

    With only three games played and just 2 or 3 hours logged in each there's not going to be a whole lot to talk about this week. First the misses got a copy of Thunder Force III for the Sega Genesis in the mail, which we sat down and played together until we had each beaten the game on normal difficulty. I used to own a copy of Thunder Force III a few years back before I did a big collection liquidation and it was always my favorite horizontal scrolling shooter on any system ever, so it was totally cool of her to buy another copy of it. She's never been big into shoot 'em up games but she ended up having quite a bit of fun with this one, which isn't surprising since the low difficulty level makes Thunder Force III it a an excellent entry point for people who aren't too familiar with the genre and the game just plays marvelously. Great graphics, great music, a nice power-up selection, and a generous amount of extra lives and continues.

     

     

     

    Thunder Force III is one of my favorite games on the system, but it's been a while since I really sat down to play it much. I've never beaten it though... it has a reputation for being an easy shooter, but I have a reputation as sucking at shooters. lol I also have Thunder Spirits for the SNES. Pretty much the same game except 1. You have to turn on auto-fire as it's not turned on by default, 2. You don't get to choose the order of the stages, and 3. SNES slowdown makes some parts easier (debatable).

     

    I have Thunder Force 2, also, but it's quite a bit harder, I believe. I'm certainly not as good at it, but I've also spent less time on it.

     

    I've played Lightening Force in emulation, but I cringe at the idea of spending money on something with that spelling mistake of a title. :D

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  25. Posted

    Greater than or equal to 1.

     

    But seriously, it really varies. I have one N64 controller for its four ports. But I don't play it much... and the only game I have is one player anyway. I have three TurboGrafx controllers for its one port. (I have a TurboTap, so I guess it's really up to 5? Are we counting that?) I have probably around five NES controllers for its two ports. I have four GameCube controllers for its four ports. I'm honestly not sure if I have one or two Dreamcast controllers, but I'm leaning toward one. And also honestly not sure how many Atari 2600 controllers I have... don't know that I've had them all in the same place at the same time before.

     

    In the end, the first thing I said, greater than or equal to 1, is about right for me because it's really pretty rare that anyone other than me is playing any of my systems. It's nice to have backups, though, and variations and extras in case someone else is playing, though.

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