MrBlackCat

We finally got one Thursday! BrickSeek showed six here... just went and asked for it. Starfox is too hard. Hehehe I've been playing mostly MarioCart, Street Fighter II and Punchout. We have the 8BitDo controllers for the NES Classic, (everything else too) but it didn't work right past the menu. Like the button functions were scrambled... BUT they already fixed it. MBC just updated the controllers and the receiver thingy and it works fine. It also connects faster also. This has always been an issue when I used them on the NES and SNES in the past. CatNapDreams

Sometimes I play Wolfenstein 3D, DooM, Heretic, HeXen, Quake, Duke Nukem 3D, and several others, with my husband on a LAN. These games look terrible on a big monitor, but on the small ones (14, 15) they look fine. The gameplay is still fun to me. As far as anything that I actually notice that hasn't aged well... the objects in the environment. Wolfenstein is noticeably bare, and DooM has much better textures on everything, but there just isn't much in the rooms other than health, ammo, and barrels. Really other than that I don't mind the aging of all these. MrBlackCat

I have played it... I had to basically... but I didn't get very far. I had some help. I like the original Duke Nukem 3D ok, but FPS's aren't my thing at all. I am more like Sims, Little Big Planet, and then old console arcade type games. My husband (MBC) has the largest collection of Duke Nukem stuff in the world. He made an 8ft Nuke Symbol in the flooring in here (game room). He said he doesn't have everything there is to own, but has all the stuff he likes, cause I just asked. The room is primarily themed Duke Nukem. But he says there isn't really a good compilation of all the Duke Nukem Forever media material that he is aware of... at least not in presentation. He followed Duke Nukem since the DOS Side-Scroller days (early 90's, before I knew him) and was active on the forums until a couple of years ago maybe. I know he has typed with people that worked on Duke Nukem 3D and Forever for years. He said the best place for information is a forum called Duke4.net, which we both used to be on, then got burned out... it is kind of wild-west like there. The game wasn't that bad, for a game that should have been released quite a few years earlier than it was. It had dumb parts, but I just played as a fighting guy and ignored the teenage bathroom humor stuff. There are some books about Duke Nukem development and history that he has here. One large and one small. I looked at them a little... they show some of the evolution which is interesting. Oh... and Thanatos, don't worry about hording... we have every magazine printed in English that featured Duke Nukem, like from all time periods... and everything else related to Duke Nukem... games, shirts, action figures, guides, memory cards, posters, store displays, Photo-Op Standees, statues, music CD's, etc... then there is all the custom stuff he made, weapons, RC truck (I think), and I don't even know all of it. MrBlackCat

<bleah> So metaphorically speaking, this thing is kind of like an El Camino of systems... worst of both worlds. "Weak, yet overpriced" Sounds like it will have tons of features, compared to a pet rock... As a non-technical gamer with an interest in plug & play type systems and zero desire to tinker with OS's, this is of no interest at this point. I would say "wait for the bargain bin" but this will not make it to production... anyone care to bet against it? This is NOTHING like a Nintendo Mini market-wise... even the Flashback stuff caught my attention way back (I think I saw a Flashback 2 first, at WalGreens) but for $30, that was interesting. But like Bill L said in the past... Flashbacks are "toys"... My point is that no homework is required or inspired on a retro toy at $30. But when you start talking over maybe $100, that is no longer reaction buy stuff. A person that is going to buy this AtariBox, at that price, is going to research it some… and this far, from what others have said, there is nothing to find that justifies the price, if said research was to occur. MrBlackCat

It isn't just free downloads from the PS Plus account, it is any game that was discounted or otherwise related to the PS Plus account. There are a LOT of games that do this... MBC bought a RockStar Bundle of some kind, so all of them do it. But again, this isn't just the free stuff (which we paid for anyway, just not directly) but any game sale price associated with the PS Plus account. No corruption or anything like that though. MrBlackCat

Not sure what version it was, but this was my favorite operating system... Hehehe... sorry, sorry... <closes the door behind me as I leave the thread> MrBlackCat

They look great... not looking for any new ones, but we have like 20 of the regular ones for pretty much everything made. If anyone is new to these covers, they are great quality and look great. MrBlackCat

Did you change anything on the card? My spouse says never to hot-swap cards even though they are made to do so... so I don't and have not killed a single card since then. I have three different cards (different game types on them), if you have another card, maybe you could check with it and make sure it isn't the Atari Portable itself. We don't have any issues with ours that so many people had, and I know he tried several types of cards in it, which all worked, when he got it. MrBlacKCat

I have a lot of compassion for people that need things... but I don't like entitlement attitudes. Maybe you have some kind of problem... Maybe you actually DO need some kind of help with OCD or something... endless maybe... I can't help with building a ROM dumping thingy, and I don't have the game either... and if I did have the game, I would not likely enjoy it or do very good at it anyway. Not my kind of game really... I was trying to help a bit by offering the only help I am fairly certain about, and that would be relative to obsessions. It doesn't even seem fun to you... I prefer to have fun playing games, although I must admit I have rage quit a cried a few times over the years. Anyway... I will ask my spouse about ROM Dumpers when he comes back in, but I am sure there are threads about it and people that know what it takes to do all of this. I found this when I Googled it real quick... https://www.atarimax.com/flashcart/documentation/index.html Just a suggestion... MrBlackCat

Cool! Honesty! I don't think we have played ours but maybe like 10 times, though a few of those times was for quite a while. I have played the knockoff one (550 game one) we got (not the cheap copy, but the cheap knockoff)... this is because of where it is hooked up. The knockoff hooks up in the main "flashback cabinet" he built, but that TV doesn't have HDMI, so the NES Classic Edition is hooked to the larger TV (WEGA) that is the only HDMI TV in the game room. MrBlackCat

There should be deadlines imposed on how long someone obsesses about some things also... like after 1 year, no one can look for it. Rules can work both ways you know. Two way street. You don't have to wait 20 years for someone to find it... you can stop waiting at any time. If you can't stop, then seek help maybe. it IS a choice, I promise. Stress from this is a choice... wants and needs are different things. Maybe you can practice doing without something else less obsessive and then work your way up to bigger and bigger things until you are able to choose what is important and what is not. Flashy aviators? I don't have any aviators, and I have not used a report button... just sayin'. (avatars maybe?) The game is still for sale... why would the ROM be available? Build a ROM dumpy thing and dump it for personal use if it is that important to you... that would take a lot less effort than all this stress. Just curious, why do you need to play it on the handheld? Do you have limited time on the console or something? MrBlackCat

Interesting... actions and choices are so important. Bradhig1... Most of what you describe as events causing you to lose your sanity are choices though, some are not. Maybe you could focus one the events of your life you are able to control. In my opinion and practice, if some of your actions are no longer a choice, then it is likely therapy of some kind is needed. If some event allows you to use the excuse of losing control of your actions, then it is likely therapy of some kind is needed. It isn't necessary to find what you seek is how I see it. I hope you find what you are looking for, but I really don't think the Easter Egg is what that is. A different obsession will replace the Easter Egg most likely. This is my opinion... In the absence of finding what you want (said, Easter Egg) I hope you find what you need... and I am sure that exists. It too might be hidden, but it is probably more important. MrBlackCat

While I do play modern games like Little Big Planet, PAIN!, Rag Doll Kung Fu, Goat Simulator, PS2/3 Sims, Lego Anything, PS2 GTA's, and some other stuff, I generally prefer cartridge based systems for speed of loading. PS1 is painfully slow, PS2 is better, and some PS3 stuff is almost a deal breaker for loading times. The other factor leaning me toward older games is the length of play. I love Read Dead Redemption, but WOW is it time consuming... worth it, yes, but I simply don't have available blocks of time large enough to enjoy it. I am going with early stuff. MrBlackCat

Have I just never seen one, or why has no one taken an AtGames Atari Handheld and made a themed case for it? Kind of like what we are looking at here, but even more themed. Maybe even enough themed to start sacrificing function! YEAH! Like high-heels of handhelds! Ok, not really, but there are tons of cases of aesthetics over function, so it would be ok. Now that I have seen this one, I can think of other stuff that might make it look even more Atari-ish. I should sketch something up and get the spouse to try it. We do have an extra Atari Handheld or two. MrBlackCat

Lots of different display/storage methods in the original post. There are a lot of options here... this is how I would summarize what I have learned from my current spouse and threads like this. Things to consider... 1. How much of your collection do you want available at a time? 2. How much space do you have for display at any one time? 3. Are you going to buy storage, like bins, totes, shelves etc, or can you going to build your own? 4. If displaying many consoles, do will they be hooked up, or just readily available for hook up? I will show some of what he did with our (mostly his) collection and why... the reason for why is based on the above questions for consideration... because of space, which we ran out of. Note that this will not apply to some people as all of this is custom built. First, he wanted all the boxed PC FPS's displayed front out and easy access because of the box art... so above one meter or so around the entire room is shallow shelves which hold the boxes face out. This takes a LOT of space to display this way, was custom built, but serves Display and Access criteria very well. Then, for console cartridges, one project was these two Rubiks Cube chairs. Everything has to be multi-purpose because of space constraints. This is non-display storage, but still quick access as the sections just unstack. For the "modern consoles" the criteria of Quick Access and storage density was more important than display of the box art/packaging so this was the outcome. (several years old image, so looks different now) The consoles are stored on the row under the TV and under that are the most accessed cased games. The number of games did grow too large for all four consoles under the TV (PS2, PS3, Wii, XBox) so only PS2/3 Games fit there now) Well here is one more method of custom construction storage that is the result of running out of all that wall space pictured above. The ceiling was still available (at the time) so custom brackets were made to fit glass shelving... this was the result. I have more examples to post to do with plug-n-play and handhelds, but have to go for a bit and this is getting really long. Hope this helps. MrBlackCat

Maybe a Black/White toggle? MrBlackCat

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Yeah... Every time I look at this it just seems better and better. Themed stuff is awesome, but the degree of association with the original in this case is WAY ahead of the AtGames handheld. MrBlackCat

I understand sealed completely... it is new, and mainly untampered with. So when people say this isn't THAT rare, sounds like that might not be the case. I really have no idea about boxed console games. All the plastic case type games Genesis on up, we mostly have. An example would be when I see a "bare disk" to some game for near the same price as a MIB, Factory Sealed, 10 of 10 quality etc. That is the people that don't get it. The difference between 9.5 and 10 isn't .5 in the "boxed game world"... like when people at work say "I wish I had my Star Wars action figures I had when I was a kid, cause they sell on eBay for thousands!" No, no they don't... the ones still NEW might sell for a few hundred, but these people don't understand "the packaging" either. Anyway... 30K seems way out of line to me, but is there something about this game that would make it THAT unique? Or maybe the question should be, where is a link to an identical item and what did/does it sell for? MrBlackCat

It does say Officially Licensed on the product page. I wonder if it has Blue-Tooth to the Speaker-Cap. (sorry, sorry, Hehehe) I will probably buy one, but I won't be pre-ordering it. MrBlackCat

Ok, I went and watched several videos of this... I REALLY don't get it at all. Maybe you just have to be there? Maybe I picked the wrong videos? I feel like I missed something... MrBlackCat

We never used MiiVerse before... but I was an addict to PlayStation Home for about three years. I took like 800 pictures before it closed to look back through. I had a lot of video also, but accidentally purged it... sad day. I was hoping something like that would come out for the PS4, but nothing yet that I know of. (don't have a PS4 yet anyway) Anyway... I am guessing this is a similar feeling of loss. I have a Mii or two I use with the DS/3DS and Wii. I don't know why I never noticed this before. I suppose I am now glad I didn't get into it. I would (did) really enjoy a visual social networking system like PS Home again... but I guess they cost money and are hard to market. I am amazed Second Life has done as well as it has, but I don't go there. MrBlackCat

What some might not realize is that the money was likely an eBay refund, and did not go back on the seller... so they kept the money and continue to be liars and thieves. I have had this happen several times with Chinese and US Sellers. I learned about this when I had a LOT of back and forth with a seller and eventually eBay refunded my money... so I messaged this seller with an mostly inappropriate "I told you so" and he informed me that he didn't have to refund me and eBay ruled in his favor. SO I did some research and sure enough... eBay eats it in order to keep both seller and buyer happy when there is a difficult dispute. I am aware of more than five of these types of settlements over the last few years. MrBlackCat

Maybe they are a relatively normal, but overworked person... lik maybe there were just purely time constraints involved? Some people simply don't have time to sit down, research it, and really know the market well enough, but have the money to spend. OR... Maybe they are a wiener-head and this was a bragging rights purchase to put in a glass case to show off to friends who also have no idea what something is worth. "Yes, and here is the only living sealed copy of Super Mario Brothers... to over 30g's for me to strip it from the hoards of unclean collectors of eBay..." Ok, or maybe somewhere in between those. I get caught in situations where I don't have time to learn about things... and sometimes I over-pay for things I buy. Not on the scale of what we see here however. One time I kept bidding on some shirt I wanted on eBay... I kept getting outbid over and over... after probably 20 times, I just realized it was NOT worth my time to keep doing this, so I just blew the next one out and ended the whole thing. I was getting over-focused on "winning" it. It just wasn't fun. It was a little "scary" how obsessed I got without realizing it... but was such a relief when I wasn't checking bids, waiting for auctions to end, waking up in the night to check and see if I got it. It does make the buyer look like insincere about gaming to pay this much though... that is why I lean more towards the "status purchase" vs "loves the hobby without limits". If you love something, you put effort into it in my opinion. MrBlackCat

It seems odd to me that if Nintendo has a valid reason for being so conservative, that made sense, they should not be so closed with it... I lived in Japan for years, I know the culture pretty well really, so this is (stereo?)typical behavior for Japanese Business. (Kind of arrogant and closed, you know 5th grade stuff)... but Nintendo of America is not Japanese. They understand the differences in culture in the US, so they should know, and be able to explain this... part of me wants to believe that they aren't this short-sighted, and that there is some kind of reasoning that would cause me to go "Ohh... well it's BS, but at least there is a reason I don't agree with." In short, my problem is the arrogance... it isn't better for them not to explain why they are doing this. (I know, double negative and another coming, for effect) But NO US business wouldn't have re-contracted to make more regular NES Mini's after what happened. How about speculation on possible reasons, even if we don't like them... Maybe the SNES Classic production conversion was already started so the ball was in motion and they had to go with it... like all the logistics were laid out. This stuff can take a long time to plan at the ultra-tight profit margins they choke their suppliers to. (yep, I actually do know this is typical) MrBlackCat