Guncon2 and that blasted cable

[Guncon2 and that blasted cable]

So my wife and I had some time today and really wanted to play a light gun game. We ended up picking up 2 Guncon 2s and Time Crisis 3. I didn't realize it needed the video cable thing and didn't get it with my guns. Luckily I found out I could use 2 y cables and a regular RCA cable through my switch and it worked great. We had a blast after that 10 dollar surprise requirement. That's what I get for being a bit ignorant, though.

 

I see a few other Guncon 2 games for the PS2, any other good ones?

 

 

 

I also managed to picked up Paper Mario 1000 Year Door, Smugglers Run Warzone, Lego Star Wars 2, Monsters Inc and PK Out of Shadows for 45 bucks on the way in because a thrift in the mall had a little sale. My kids will probably love the 2 Disney titles.

[Sony VITA Buying Guide + Best Games & Honorable Mentions!]

I've never actually put a physical game in my Vita and it's basically been a portable Final Fantasy system for me. I also keep hoping there will be some fire sale on the memory cards but haven't gotten lucky yet .

[Pokemon Go]

I ended up installing it and caught a Charmander in my game room. My son got a kick out of that but it unsurprisingly reminds me of Ingress a lot and I doubt I'll keep on it at all. Super cool idea none-the-less.

[Gameboy DSlite Screen VS. GBA SP for GBA Gaming]

The Wii zone is a necromancer dream.

[Whats your take on Wii U Starfox?]

I'm a minority here but I really enjoyed it. I need to finish it still but I've had a lot of fun. I never worried about things being necessary or not and just enjoyed the gameplay. I thought there was a bit more problem solving than 64 (which I still own and play) and I thought the non flying parts were fun. Gamepad play is certainly odd and I wouldn't want tons of games using it but I'm the instance I enjoy it.

 

Edit: I had lots of fun with the robot!

[Nearly done. Are you?]

There's probably a dozen more games that I really want. Otherwise I'm pretty much done actively collecting. I really have enough, especially with flash cart and emulation augmentation.

[NX Already Out-Powered Before Release]

If it's a hybrid carts or download makes the most sense. Otherwise it isn't very hybridy. Certainly won't be discs on a portable.

[Wii Mini NIB Is It Worth Getting?]

The Wii is already small so a slightly smaller one with all it's gimps isn't even that interesting to me. As noted above there is even a red Wii already. I think at 5 bucks I'd get it with or without the box if it was complete in good shape.

[Thoughts on the Hyperkin Smart Boy?]

I wish it had the SNES button mapping and was just a bluetooth controller. It's neat but just not versatile enough for me to bother with.

[Telegames BackTrack for the PC]

Oh man, Blast Chamber. One of my favorite PSX games for multiplayer. My cousins and I had a blast just on the demo alone. I'm sure it hasn't aged very well but I have great memories.

[Would you buy a new Atari Console focused on homebrews and indie games?]

Honestly I don't see a point to supporting outdated formats where they aren't necessary. I enjoy my disc and cartridge consoles but I see no reason to have one purely to have the format. With things like greenlight and the still living homebrew scene I'm not sure why a box dedicated to this would be enticing as anything but a novelty. The chameleon always struck me as redundant at best.

[Nintendo, What Went Wrong]

I just wish the GCN had a larger c stick. Honestly my only complaint. That's my #1 what the heck Nintendo!?

[When did people start calling their computer setup their "rig?"]

It was used here a lot, mostly to describe home built computers. I've also heard the word used to describe many other things from drug paraphenalia (never got into drugs so not sure if that's common or not) to music setups. Mostly anything where someone cobbled what they used together out of parts.

[Stupid Things You Hear Collectors Say]

I would think tape backup is great because you do a backup them they sit in a dark closet in a climate controlled space unless someone hoses something and they are called into action. The library need paper backups might see higher use but still don't touch something like a Disney movie hammered into a cheap deck hundreds of times.

[Um..... what? Retro Trio Suddenly Worth Something?]

SNES and NES at 50 a pop and genesis at 40 is about what I paid over the last few years and got some games too. At stores and on eBay with little effort on my part. I don't spend much time hunting.

[Um..... what? Retro Trio Suddenly Worth Something?]

Yeesh, does it wash my car and do my laundry too?

[Um..... what? Retro Trio Suddenly Worth Something?]

Huh, and 99.7% feedback with 48k stars? I see he has a retro duo at 153. I'd say mistake but then I see another at 1200 in a different color? That's really odd. Maybe just to get hits out of the WTF posts? Is this the new face of search engine optimization?

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Super-RetroTRIO-Console-NES-SNES-Genesis-3-in-1-System-Silver-Black-Retro-Trio/111926141721?_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982&_trkparms=aid%3D777000%26algo%3DABA.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D36538%26meid%3D2c77fee3e03e44c1af554688d657e7c3%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26mehot%3Dlo%26sd%3D301162883207

[Inaccessible Games Everyone Should Try]

I wanted to like Dark Souls but I find the older I get the less time I have to play games, and playing a game that forces me to repeat the same section for the 42nd time because it keeps sucker-punching me is not as enjoyable as it once was. By the time I beat some sections I didn't even feel the satisfaction I might have once felt beating a really tough section, I just felt like I had wasted my time.

I have a very similar approach. I put in MDK2 a while back on Dreamcast and I ran into the some of the harder areas that I recall grinding through as a teenager and getting a thrill out of it but now I'm just like eh, next! I like a challenge but I think I prefer to get it in other areas of my life at this point. I don't mind saying I like my games to be accessible and not require a large investment. Some genres I have a high level of skill in from years of play but otherwise, eh, I don't mind something on the easy side that's not super long. Maybe I'm just not hardcore anymore.

[Are too many people reviewing retro games--is it ruining the market?]

I would think until the fans of the first generation systems die we are only adding ranks to the amount of people aging to a place where they can afford to collect. I found some bank statements from college and slightly after before I said eff this and joined the Navy. I had like a few bucks at the end of each month and I don't recall spending time at bars or bopping around town. I was worryingly broke for quite a few years. Fast forward a few years and I have great employment in a hot field and I can put money into the hobby again. I imagine a lot of my peers are entering or have entered this phase in the past few years and added to the ranks. I'm sure the youtube culture supports and validates this hobby strongly but at the same time it doesn't exactly reach out and get you. I really got back into it via this website (so blame yourselves!).

 

For about a year I ran a little blog where I'd talk about games I picked up or played in a slightly humorous light and after I dropped it due to life and figuring no one cared much I did get few messages from half acquaintances that they had been living vicariously through the text. They had little interest on jumping in but they enjoyed reading about the experiences.

[So...are we just not talking about Battlefield I, or what?]

Once I discovered that I could change the gravity in 1942 and blast around like I was on Mars it was revelation. I would love to see some whimsy and bots added to a woefully serious genre.

[So...are we just not talking about Battlefield I, or what?]

I watched the trailer and yeah, the production looks great but ehhhh, more Battlefield? Just not that excited anymore. I've played a lot of them and there's no real reason I'd pick one over the other. All generally fun with pretty similar gameplay.

[Used Shop Selection]

I'm pretty sure there are plenty here that either own or have worked in used game shops. Is there often a threshold on the amount of games that will likely just sit on the shelf? There's two shops in our mall. One is a collectible shop that's sort of a pawn shop and the other is an actual used games store with a few other locations in the area. The used game shop is actually more annoying to go to because of the raw amount of just filler to decent games.

[People destroying old hardware]

I'm a Weirdo!

 

Wait...uh yeah as long as it's non-working gear! I agree with everyone who said that! Strangely I generally don't want to see anything working turned into art. Yet I don't really have any problem with a belt buckle made of an NES controller, though I always assumed those were non-working to start with....But now I'm starting to wonder...How did I know those were non-working? Can I read minds? HMmmmmm..

That's just a strange intersection of the giant belt buckle crowed and the game collector crowd. Shudder.

 

:-p

[People destroying old hardware]

I have a busted advantage and no real proclivity when it comes to fixing that stuff. Right now it sits on a shelf and might better be served as art

[The Official "Thrift finds" Thread]

 

I'm curious how a private sale of a pinball machine is a thrift find.

To be fair, people often post craigslist stuff too which feels pretty private saley. I consider this thread more 'I found something cool' more than anything even if it's title is far more restrictive.