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  3. Posted

    Update with items sold, some prices reduced, ka-bump!

    Going, going gone on Tooth Protectors... It's very likely going on Ebay soon starting at over half again more expensive, so if you want a great deal, take me up on this for what I've got it at here and now. I'd prefer to sell it to an AtariAge person for obvious reasons, but am not going to take under $199 for it as it's worth significantly more than that in its condition.

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    I usually prefer a joystick, but the Prolines are awful. What's the very best two-button 7800 solution? I like the Europads mostly, but they totally suck for maze games (Ms. Pac Man and Pac-Man Collection obviously) and can be bad for some other kinds of games.

  7. Posted

    Final bump with painfully harsh price reductions all around; I'd rather sell here than Ebay, but it'll all go to Ebay in a day or two if it doesn't sell here, and for much higher prices (to account both for ebay buyers being somewhat fartfaces comparatively, and for Ebay's intensely increasing fees).

    Feel free to make offers, I will give consideration to anything reasonable.

    I'm a good guy and a good seller, I pack nicely and ship quick, and describe everything honestly. Smoke and pet free home.

    And if anybody who deals game selling for a living wants to make a reasonable enough offer for the while kit and caboodle, of course let me know.

    Thanks for looking everyone!

  8. Posted

    And you could argue that maybe they didn't want to consult a 7800 expert on the subject because of the slant that would create; there are lots of people who would defend their favorite console's launch to the death just because they personally love it so much (IMO a bit like Volkswagen afficianados like my Dad). But even with that taken under consideration, the perspective of the article and what they've got to say are not only factually incorrect in places as has been pointed out, but simply not reasonable given how the 7800 launch games are viewed by the general populace of classic gamers (big fans of the 7800 or not). This article's complete and utter failure to caputre what they're purporting to capture with the article is a real blemish on their reputation.

  10. Posted

    I've seen that one listed for some time, I think the seller relists it when it expires. I know the North American silver box Subterranea CIB has been selling for incredibly insane amounts of $; perhaps that's not the case with the PAL one.

    Great game....

    I'd love a box & Inst. to go with my cart only copy...

    but not for $300.

    Or even $100.

  15. Posted

    Don't worry about your fighting game skills, rmaerz. MK2 is a complete bee-hatch, AI wise on any difficulty. It cheats like such a bastard, with its ability to throw you (from nearly any distance, seemingly) but with your complete inability to throw the computer, ever, whether it's blocking or not....

    And the way Mileena cheats is such a frustrating experience....

    I love the game, don't get me wrong. But that AI is just way beyond broken. I enjoy it for ambiance more than anything.

  16. Posted

    Defense Grid is a completely amazing game and I love every bit of it. I will agree that I was a bit disappointed in the Portal map pack; just seemed more annoying than fun in the way of the challenge, but obviously YMMV. All of the map packs that came before this most recent one were amazing just like the original game and well worth getting.

  17. Posted

    It just seems like now, more than ever, the emphasis is so much heavier on a system that will be used as a marketing tool (as opposed to a system that will be used to create a better actual gaming experience) that I get nauseous just thinking about new systems. I've been annoyed with that aspect recently with the latest 360 Dashboard, and am relatively okay with how the Wii is going (and am anti-Sony in the same way that Reaperman is, they're simply too evil to ever give any money too no matter what the product). But I've no need for a new console whatsoever. To join the group who said this above, what's it going to offer that I'm actually interested in??

  18. Posted

    Got mine today, love the label!!! And of course the game is great. One of the games that's definitely better on real hardware than emulation, for reasons ephemeral enough that I can't fully explain. I have a really good Atari joystick hooked up to my PC for emulation, and there are definitely games that are better in EMU I've found (partially what the monitor / resolution do the for the graphics). But this one is particularly gratifying on a real TV, it just feels great to play. My favorite part has to be the sound effects, followed shortly by the feeling of control, the freedom it affords.

    Thanks so much for such a great treat!

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  20. Posted

    I second the recommendation for a Mouse. Star Wars needs more precise aiming than you can get with digital, it's got to be analog, and the mouse does "okay". I've seen some videos on YouTube of dudes hooking up Flight Controllers almost entirely for the purpose of having it play Star Wars in Mame, and that would obviously work too.

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    I'm not so sure about that....at least from my experience. I've played multiple games from HDD saves since the new dash with no freezing issues:

     

    Ok nice to hear. :thumbsup:

    I'll have to boot up Game Room today and play it for a bit and just leave it up and running for awhile, I have around a dozen titles purchased and in my arcade along with the max number of mascots populating it. Should be a good candidate for freezing.

     

    I would definitely do that, keep good mental notes about exactly what happened, and then like I said to Curious let the Xbox team know what's going on. Maybe it's the particular combination of games you have within Game Room, maybe that in conjunction with specific apps or saves you have on HDD....who knows. But I think Microsoft would want to know.

     

    With all those games and mascots you've obviously made an investment and it should work for you. Not that they will be able to help immediately, so it's always good to be understanding in these situations, but I'm sure that they'd want to start looking into it and help (not talking necessarily about the customer service phone people....but the true Xbox team always wants things to work right). Who knows, it may even take giving them a detail of everything that's on your HDD, if they ask for it at least, but it'd probably be worth it.

     

    I ought to let them know, it's true. It _is_ really upsetting, because I loved Game Room to _pieces_, and was a staunch defender of it in the Xbox forums up until they quit supporting it. But once people started reporting problems like mine, and I then developed said problems, ugh. It could really harm your 360 to have that happening, and I'm just not willing to run various tests or whatever I would have to do with them on the line to get it up to speed. Maybe if I get a new 360 at some point (and have a warranty on it! This one's run out...) I might redownload Game Room, but for the time being it frightens (and frustrates!) me. And thus why my initial post overstated, saying that "it _will_ crash your system". Since, well, it could, and does for me.

    So chances are slim I'll let them know, partially due to laziness, and partially for unwillingness to mess around with my 360 and freezing issues out of fear of breakage. :)

  25. Posted

    hopefully we get what was supposed to be on the 5200 initially… Tempest!

     

    a pleasent bonus would be to finally play Cloak & Dagger :P

     

    I'm in!

    And I don't know what happened to it or what it was, but I got to play Tempest on a 5200 at Classic Gaming Expo 2010 in Las Vegas. It was part of the AtariAge kiosk setup (right after I'd played Halo 2600). I only got a few minutes with it, but it seemed fairly complete and delicious. Maybe Al knows what it was / what came of it?

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