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  1. I'm late to the party, but this thread resonated with me. My account here is from 2012, back when I was deep into collecting for NES/SNES/PS1. I spent a lot of time researching games to buy, and getting the "best" versions of each. I did actually play most of them, and once I had relived all of my childhood as well as explored games I had overlooked, I sold everything off*. Due to an unexpected sequence of events, I am now back into PS1/PS2, using retail hardware and games. This time I am only buying what I will play. I don't mean, "I will play this someday", but, "I will play this in the next few months". I am not looking for deals. I am not looking for a collection. It does take some mental effort to resist checking the local shop or online for the "best PS2 games" and buying them for the future. This means that, yes, maybe a game I would want to play someday will become more expensive or difficult to find, but that is acceptable. I have learned that it is better to pay a bit more for games in the future if it means less chance of buying a game that I ultimately never play, and also more time to actually play games now! Exploring unknown games, finding hidden gems, looking for deals, and building a collection can all be part of the fun. However, sometimes, the act of playing the games gets overshadowed, and I am doing my damnedest to avoid that this time around. *goddamn if I only had kept my PS1 games, as the prices are now absurd
  2. Yes, I did bake to dry, sorry. I meant that I did not scrub the connectors or anything. I tried scrubbing the connectors with a toothbrush once and it bent a pin. I couldn't fix it.
  3. I will also say that boiling is the way to go. I have done it several times and it worked perfectly each time on systems that were previously "blinky". I did nothing else but boil the connectors. It cleans and reshapes the pins without any effort. I once tried contact cleaner (100% isopropyl) and it did nothing but leave a residue. I just use 99% alcohol and cotton swabs on my games.
  4. Your best bet would be a large CRT from your favorite classifieds site (kijiji, craigslist). You can still find 32-36" TVs for rather cheap.
  5. I recall playing through the game and enjoying it when I was a child back at its original release, but I tried to play through it again last year and I was miserable. The game is jam-packed with trial-and-error deaths. Sometimes you have to jump off-screen and hope that you land on a platform. Fun. The game is so ridiculous that even the 1ups have a chance to subtract a life from you.
  6. This video reminded me of this thread: (I'm not sure how to embed youtube videos, if it is even possible on these forums.) (*edit* Oh, I see, it does it automatically. Too bad it forces you to use flash.)
  7. I grew up with Super NES and I am only 35. I hate to think that a gamer my age died somewhere. It reminds me of how my life is halfway over. That said, that would make you around 18, assuming this guy had his daughter when he was that age as well?
  8. Yes, it is dangerous for me to browse Kijiji for TVs. I usually end up seeing one I want. I think my friends would murder me if I asked them to help me move in yet another heavy TV.
  9. Wow, I had forgotten about many of these games. Reactor in particular brought back memories. I laughed at the Game Boy ad that said "graphics so real, you will forget it is a game". Yes. Those grey dots on a green screen were so realistic.
  10. Have you tried fixing the bowing through the Service Menu? When I bought my XBR800 it had very bad horizontal bowing but I was able to fix it through the Service Menu. I wish I could. The non HD Wegas are missing horizontal adjustments in the service menu. No horizontal bow and no horizontal linearity. The HD Wegas have significantly more adjustments available. I believe they even have convergence!
  11. I only have two complaints against my KV-32FS120: The geometry is poor in the corners. I have looked at three different 32" Wegas and they all have the same horizontal bowing in the corners. This is probably related to the size and flat glass on the tube. I'd love an old style vertically flat trintron, but with component and multiple composite inputs. The older trintrons seem to only have one video input. Second would be an s-video port on each input. They added it to one input, but for some reason, didn't bother to add it to the others.
  12. They just don't want to be embarrassed when Scrolls sells more copies than their game in the first week.
  13. Anyone whining about the online requirement didn't notice the billions of duped/hacked items in the previous two games. It ruined bnet for me.
  14. I had a 50" Samsung and there was lag even with game mode. It also had problems with 240p. I returned it for a 50" Sony and it was perfectly fine. 480i stuff looked better on it than my Sony CRT.
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