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Hey guys, So I just got a GB Color in the mail, thank to FujiSkunk, and now it's time to start looking at some games for it. I never had a GB Color growing up, so I'm not as aware of the games for that system beyond the Oracle series for Legend of Zelda, and of course Link's Awakening DX. Beyond that, I'm wondering what games you all recommend? I'm not looking for "collector" games, I'm looking for games that are just fun to play. Having boxes/manuals/etc is not a concern really. Thanks folks!

Fuji is awesome! I purchased a GB Color from him, and it was an excellent experience. It came packaged with the utmost care, better even than some large-scale businesses I have purchased from. Would not hesitate to purchase from Fuji again, it was a genuine pleasure.

Nah, not really. It was more of a rant anyway. Sure, some modern games are exceptions in my eyes. But triple-A gaming certainly strikes me as stale. Not that I think enjoying a modern game is a sin. I made the post on a day when I felt that many games barely try to innovate beyond throwing more particle effects and bigger set-pieces around. That being said, I don't claim to be smart, analytical of the games industry, or even a voice anyone should take very seriously. Just a dude at a keyboard.

Hate Jimmy Fallon? He's my favorite late-night host ever. Granted, I only catch clips on YouTube since I haven't had satellite in many years, but still. He's pretty funny.

Not sure, it died before I moved, so I'd have to see if I packed it up. I don't recall seeing it when I was unpacking boxes. Yeah it looks like you're going to be on the money there. I'll just have to keep a sharp lookout at my local thrift store.

PM'ing about that GB printer

Thanks for the heads-up! I don't mind turning a screwdriver if need be, it's always a nice way to pass some time (especially with colder months on the horizon). Sent you a PM! Thanks.

Wow, I had no idea! I definitely can remember them essentially being thrown out not that long ago. Guess I'll have to do some hunting!

Hey folks, I'm on the hunt for a Sony Walkman, not ultra picky about the model itself, just wanting to be able to listen to my cassettes on the go again. My Walkman finally passed on, and eBay has it's traditionally stupid prices on Walkman's so I thought I would check here first. Thanks!

I used my iMac for just over 5 years before the main-board quit, and if that hadn't happened I had planned to use it longer. But I think the general culture is one of "upgrade whenever the commercials tell you to". (I know I'm quoting a very old post but I just thought I'd throw that out there) Back on topic, there's an observatory about 2 hours from where I live that uses an Apple II to run their telescope. I haven't personally seen it, but a friend of mine has been there.

I don't know if I can help you directly, but I will say I purchased an adapter to use SNES controllers on my Mac and I could not get it to work. It now works fine on my Windows machine, but I could not find a way to get it to play nice on OSX.

Also, something as simple as a blanket laying on the floor of your SUV can help provide a nice cushy ride for your cab. If you do pick them up, make sure you let us see the pics!

The few times I have shipped out valuable items, I affixed one of these to the box: http://www.shockwatch.co.uk/sw_labels_clips_tubes.htm Basically it senses when shock is applied to the package, and if it exceeds the amount the label is capable of handling, it breaks. Warns the person receiving the package that the post office cocked it up before they ever open it. I don't know how much they cost, I used to get them from my old job. We often sent sensitive farming equipment like electronic barn controllers and such and used these on the boxes.

I like the colour blue, so I don't mind blue LEDs. I don't like them so bright they scorch my retinas, but that would be any light, not just blue. That's just my preference though. Blue soothes me.

I'd open a claim before leaving neg feedback. Sure, the sellers a goof but a claim allows you to settle things before going straight for acerbic feedback. At the very least, you take the road higher than the seller, and if the seller gets nasty in the claim than you can leave feedback that scorches the earth. Besides, the seller needs to understand why you want to leave neg feedback. Perhaps you can help someone else experience the same issue with this seller in the future.

Well that's a simple fix... You just need more floppies!

Well, I can't speak for others but I generally do a good job reusing and recycling. The few rare times I simply did not need a hard drive and wanted to dispose of it, yes I did destroy it instead of sending it off to recycle. However, considering I often manage to find a use for old motherboards, graphics cards, CD drives, floppy drives, RAM sticks, and other electronic sundry items. So, I don't necessarily agree that I am a self-centered and focused individual for destroying one relatively specific item. Maybe if I disposed of hundreds a year, that would make me wasteful. Oh no, SCSI drives are gold I'd never doom one of those. I feel as if I should make a clarification, as to avoid offending others. I am not suggesting that I destroy hundreds of drives a year, or even necessarily that destroying a hard drive is the ticket. As others smarter than myself have mentioned, certain wipe techniques will make the data practically inaccessible for all intents and purposes. Still, due to my personal strong sense of paranoia whenever I do need to dispose of a drive, I would still physically render it useless. However that is just my personal preference.

The Neo Geo cabs were always so cool, a tabletop Neo Geo could help you kill 2 arcade birds with one stone. There's a fellow in America that CNC's cabs and sends them flatpack for a really reasonable price. I can dig up a link if you're interested. It's a pretty slick way to have a bar-top cab, but without all the wood working (for folks like me, who measure 300 times and cut once... and still end up wrong).

I picked up an old arcade shell and have been working on getting it put together as a MAME cabinet. My last big hurdle is getting the metal control panel drilled for the buttons, and then wiring everything. After that, it's just minor finishing work! That setup is sweet, GoldenWheels, that's a really smart idea to put that together! It gives you the perfect arcade feel, without having a large cabinet looming in the room. I always encourage people that are interested in retro gaming or arcade gaming to give an arcade cabinet a shot. Even if it's just a bar-top build. If you're careful it doesn't cost very much money, and they're fun as all heck to play. My next project is probably going to be a NES bar-top 'cade. It's as simple as finding a NES, de-casing in and ripping apart a controller to re-wire it to arcade buttons. The result looks awesome. You can either have a hinged back to swap games, or if you're bold you can wire out the connecter to sit somewhere else on the machine for carts. Personally, I'd go Neo-Geo style and just open the back up to swap games. Be careful though, the arcade world is like a black hole. If you start one, you want them all.

Perhaps it's because the files totaled more than 25mb? Try uploading one photo and see if it still gives you the same error. I have good photography equipment, so you can all just send your computers over to me and I'll take pictures of them, and then totally give them back right away

Great responses, guys! It's true, wiping a hard drive with the right method makes the data inaccessible. But it's so fun to destroy hard drives My personal favorite was opening up a hard drive, putting in behind a shield and pouring molten lead onto it. Although I must admit it did feel akin to torturing the poor thing. I had wondered about the theft aspect of it, although foolishly I did not consider it a possibility until after I had wiped the drive. Now I must admit I feel somewhat badly, that I did not think it may have been stolen.

It's always good to have a reminder why it's important to physically destroy hard drives you are done with, before throwing them away. It started when my friend and I were strolling through town to get some ice cream. We're both adults, but you're never too old for ice cream. We passed by the local thrift store, and I always check by the back door because they put stuff they can't sell there. It's usually junk, but every now and then they put something interesting out. Today, it was an older HP computer. Not really cool, but I cracked the case and swiped a floppy drive and card reader. Call me a vulture. I also noticed an 80gb IDE hard drive. I figure, could be useful to have another spare kicking around for my old builds. Turns out, whoever owned this machine before I took the hard drive left every last shred of their existence on it. Thousands of personal photos, financial documents, budgets, contact lists, internet history, music, home movies, if it could go on a computer it was here. I sighed and shook my head. I didn't open the documents marked as budgets, contact lists, etc. Not my business. I wiped the drive clean and it'll go into my box of spare computer parts. But I wonder if someone other than myself would have gotten this, what they could have done with the information on it. Everything about this fellow is here, and he just gave it to the thrift shop. It's a good reminder to dispose of old hard drives with extreme prejudice! Open them up, kill the platters, and be done with it. You never know who may find it.

That's basically the mantra most of nerd-society lives by.

I like the idea of using old SD cards! I have a pile laying around, I'll have to try that. Compaq Flash would feel more "retro cartridge", modding a 2600 cart to fit an SD card in would be badass, though I wonder with the way SD slots are recessed in PC's how that would work to plug it in? Either way, that's a sweet idea! I'd love to see a 2600 cart SD-card mod.

I would have to gently disagree with you on that point. If nothing else, Nintendo has hardly released any major games for the WiiU as of yet, so it's unfair to claim user-fatigue on Nintendo IP's is what's damaging the WiiU. Poor release support is damaging the WiiU if anything. Plus, Nintendo pushes their IP's in different directions with each release. Some, like Super Smash Bros, are naturally not-conducive to stretching the formula very much due to its genre. However Nintendo has proven with many of their IP releases that they're able to take a classic IP and turn it into a fresh experience. Wind Waker, Skyward Sword, Link Between Worlds, etc all are Zelda games, and they all feel like a Zelda game, but they present unique gameplay in each iteration. However I do agree when you say the WiiU is Nintendo. Third party support for the WiiU is in the pits, and I doubt it will pick up. For the WiiU to pick up in sales it needs more third-party support, but for more third-party support it needs sales to pick up before developer interest is acquired. A tragic cycle. The fact is while I don't buy into the doom-reports gaming publications love to file against Nintendo, I do know Nintendo should be careful. Sega proved that no matter how large your company is, you are never too large to fail.