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    Bought a Colecovision Module 1. Price and condition were great and he shipped it quickly. Once again, Yurkie is the man to buy from when looking for Colecovision hardware.

     

    Thanks

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    ProperRogue is definitely one of the good guys. I agree with mimo. in that he absolutely goes beyond the call of duty. If you have an opportunity to deal with Mike you won't regret it. Cheers to an asset to our hobby.

     

    Bob

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    Wow. This is really cool to see. I have loved the homebrew scene on Vectrex for years but the programmers have often found the process of making overlays too time consuming, expensive, or both. Since you've tried to reach out to the authors of YASI and Protector, have you considered talking to George(Fury), John Dondzilla (Classic game creations) and other programmers. I'm sure that they have some ideas for overlays that were never made for games in their libraries and with your help and input we might finally have overlays for games like War of the Worlds, Space Frenzy, Gravitrex, Sundance, etc.....

     

    ......and Star Fire....that would be flippin' sweet

     

    Keep up the great work,

     

    Bob

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    Hey Guys,

     

    I am looking to pick up a copy of Vector Pilots but, before I do, I was wondering which of the 3 overlay options that you guys found most appealing and, prehaps, best for gameplay. There appears to be a mostly red version with a multi blue and multi red option as well. I've looked at many youtube videos on the game but its hard to make out which overlays are being used (except for the mostly red..thats an easy catch) since most vids were recorded in the dark.

     

    So..what do you all think?

     

    Bob

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    Update....I've been doing some research on this and it appears that the PS2 Slim uses only the Sony Branded cards. So I suppose that I'm looking for a few of those.

     

    If you know that the card worked with the PS2 Slim.....all the better.

     

    Thanks for the responses everyone.

     

     

    Bob

  22. Posted · Edited by DrThielegood

    I agree. Don't accept it. The seller certainly expected quite a bit more than you won it for and, once he realized that you were interesting in picking it up locally, realized that he was not going to be able to make anything on shipping. If he doesn't want to sell it, you should let him know that HE will take the negative feedback and HE will be reported to ebay. This is the kind of auction that I used to like Ebay for. The occasional good, or even great, deal. Nowadays, between the specualtion, overpriced shipping and "its old so its worth a fortune" attitude....you can keep it.

     

    Hold his feet to the fire. All you did was bid on, and win, a Genesis.

     

    Bob

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  23. Posted · Edited by DrThielegood

    There's a note on the bottom of the first page -- it's rather hard to see -- but it says where they got their info from:

     

    "Data was drawn from Phoenix: Fall and Rise of Videogames, Wikipedia, and other Internet sources"

     

    Kudos to them for using Phoenix -- one of the best video game books ever written -- but there are problems with using net sources.

     

     

    "The problem with internet resources is that they are hard to verify."

    -Abraham Lincoln

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    My 4-year old asked for this for Christmas and the more I looked into to it the more I was, personally, intrigued to see it in action. Well luckily enough Santa dropped off the Wii version and, can you believe it, about 5 or so figurines (one per character type I think). He has absolutely loved it and I have really enjoyed playing it with him. Luckily for me he hasn't quite grasped the concept of articulating the nunchuck while using the wiimote(at least not fast enough to avoid the "bad guys"), so I sit next to him moving the character around while he shoots everything and, constantly, switches figures. Here's a few things I noticed so far:

     

    1. I'm glad that we got the Wii version. As a Wii/360 owner this generation, I am once again mad at Microsoft for making wireless accesories so difficult to produce for 360. Didn't we go through this with the MadCatz stuff for SFIV? In any case,since the game was, allegedly, made for Wii and ported to the HD systems I don't feel like I'm losing anything in getting the Wii version.

    2. For those still looking for figures...stay the course. I've seen them popping up at Walmart, Target, etc.. Don't pay the ridiculous prices for "standard" figures. The brilliance of this product is that it creates that pre-holiday "gotta have it" feeling that leads parents to do most anything to satisfy the kids. The in-game "ads" for other figures doesn't help but just keep the faith. I'm sure Activision has it together enough to get more of these things out on the market.

    3. Mark for Classic Game Room should be getting a commission from Activision. His reviews of these "toys" have been great. He definitely recognizes that this game resonates with little and "big" kids alike. Well Done.

    4. Could this be the type of gaming product that makes "physical media" a necessity? I don't mean to redirect the thread but we, as classic collectors and gamers, have worried about the trend towards cloud/digital download gaming. Perhaps Spiro and his pals are doing well enough to stem the tide for a bit. Just something I was pondering while I watched my kids fighting over who get to put the next figure on the portal.

     

    Enjoy

     

    Bob

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