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  3. Posted · Edited by Koopa64

    I'd want to see pics of this thing. My DVD-fu isn't half bad I think. It's amazing what one can do with a home ink jet printer, high quality paper, lightscribe DVD-Rs and some skill in Photoshop and quality DVD software. :)

     

    Now what would be REALLY impressive is if you released your Donkey Kong 3 world record on VHS. ;)

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    Certainly the biggest disappointment this E3 was a complete lack of Wii news. What gives?! Is Nintendo TRYING to kill off the Wii? I thought they were supposed to be drumming up sales so they can coast between Wii and Wii U smoothly. That press conference is NOT how you take care of a system with lagging sales. The only thing keeping this E3 from being a certain one Sega participated in was "The Saturn is not our future".

     

    Also... No Pikmin 3. FOR SHAME NINTENDO, FOR SHAME!!!

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    Yeah, I can't see this going for very much. Maybe $20 or $30, given how expensive the RF switch is these days? If I my money wasn't already tied up, I probably would have grabbed this... If the shipping didn't kill me first...

     

    You know, I probably won't ever be able to convince myself on a 5200 because of how expensive the shipping would be. I bet given how bad Canada Post is for screwing people over, I bet it'd cost $50 at least. :(

     

    /rant

     

    Good luck with the sale bandit. Surely that 5200 will find a loving home here. :D

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    CD games are region free. It's the HuCards / TurboChips that are region locked. IIRC, card converters for PCE -> TG16 exist, but not the other way around.

     

    Also, $100 is not a good example of what a Duo costs. I'd buy one in an instant if I found one for a sum that low. Most Turbo Duos sell for $200 - $250, sometimes higher. TG-16 CD add-on units sell for even higher.

     

    The original PC-Engine DUO is the cheapest possible option, but like the Turbo DUO it's capacitors are cheap and dry out quickly, leading to mass audio failure. The DUO R and DUO RX are less prone to this problem, making them more valuable. I don't know what PC-Engine CD add-on units are worth, don't see them often.

  10. Posted

    This is really was Sega envisioned years ago with the VMU. A portable gaming device and a built in screen for the controller. Awesome. For the first time in decades I am interested in a Nintendo console. I'm sure they'll find a way to screw it up, though.

     

    Like they did last time, with the GBA-as-GC-Controller link-up cable that all of two games used?

     

    Last I checked, that wasn't the standard controller, hence why it was used so little... :roll:

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    There is no such thing as a 'fair price' for either of those machines. The rabid fans have made sure they sell for hundreds of dollars consistently.

     

    The PC Engine-CD and PC Engine DUO are somewhat more reasonable, but you'll be restricted to Japanese region cards (CDs are region free). The DUO R and DUO RX are more expensive because they are the most desirable out of the Japanese systems, more reliable and all that.

     

    Overall, be prepared to shell out a couple hundred bucks for a bare working system and maybe a game or two. TGCD and TG Duo systems are more expensive.

  12. Posted

    To everyone reading this, don't overlook both of the 32X's cartridge connections. They must both stay clean, very clean. The 32X doesn't tolerate dirt, or just plain bad connections, very well. It's understandable though, lots of hardware in there that needs a solid connection between two other large pieces of hardware (main system, cartridge), compared to regular Genesis games that have only one connection to worry about.

  14. Posted · Edited by Koopa64

    I'll let you all in on something important with RF; Much of the quality depends on your Television. Seriously, this information needs to get out there. If your TV is a low quality model, you'll never come to appreciate the best RF is capable of.

     

    Another aspect of RF is the cable you're using. For example, with your Atari, if you are using an RCA cable + RCA to Coax adapter, a thin RCA cable can ruin everything. You NEED a thick TV cable, it is a MUST.

     

    However, auto RF switches are a different situation. For these, such as Nintendo and Sega brand switches, they are very hit and miss for reasons I haven't discovered yet. You might have one RF switch that produces absolutely fantastic picture, while another might be full of snow. When dealing with auto RF switches, it's best to build up a small collection of them so you can find the best condition ones.

     

    EDIT: Overall, my point with this post is it's totally possible to have excellent quality on RF. No snow, no waviness in the picture, no interference, just a bit of blurriness and a slight lack of color fidelity. If it were possible to photograph a CRT screen like how the human eye views it, I would be able to show you all how impressive RF can be.

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    Some Sellers on ebay is selling it like $30 sealed..why??

     

    I call it "Sealed Markup". Basically it's a guideline that stems from the flawed idea that any video game sealed is worth a lot of money, multiple times more than a cart only or even CIB copy.

     

    Not every game is valuable when sealed. Look at F-Zero Player's Choice or Donkey Kong Land 3. People found cases of those games, which caused their value to plummet to absolute rock bottom.

  24. Posted

    In 30 years of collecting in the wild, I NEVER ran into a cartridge that didn't work (sometimes after extensive cleaning), unless it was visibly damaged (for example, badly rusted). Once I started buying from other collectors (mostly at game shows), I end up with one or two every time.

     

    I'm sure many collectors throw the marginally functional carts into the "sell 'em" pile once they find a duplicate in better condition, probably without a second thought, assuming it can be cleaned better later if needed. Then, eventually, they decide to sell their extras. Some probably know there are some bad carts in that box, but others might not even have ever tried the game.

     

    Off the top of my head, I've had 3 fully dead carts. a Genesis Game Genie, Ecco 2: The Tides of Time and recently Killer Instinct Gold. Their PCBs are in reasonably decent shape. No rust from what I see. They just don't work, at all. No matter how many consoles I plug them into.

     

    Interestingly though, I got a rusted up Ice Hockey (NES) cart to work again. Just scraped off that rust and things were better.

  25. Posted

    If Shock Boxes were designed for protecting a different object, then why wouldn't it have become common knowledge by now? Even Big Bear himself probably would have mentioned it. That's just how tight knit communities go.

     

    It seems a LOT of the projects created on NG.com are made by people with deep pockets. Like say the NeoSaveMasta, NeoBiosMasta, UniBIOS and those replacement Neo LED PCB prototypes recently. A custom mold for the Shock Boxes definitely doesn't seem out of place now does it?

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