Tanooki
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Found these earlier in the week for all of $6. I had no idea what they were other than a quick search showed me they were related to YuGiOh. It took a bit of digging which strangely went nowhere, and ebay was sketchy on it as it seems people like to mistakenly list them by the wrong year and w/out the maker either, but someone on facebook was a perfect help. These are a one off set of action figures and pop together deluxe models Mattel did for the franchise in 2003 yet only branded them the copyright from Japan (96) date and the makers name on the bodies of them.
I could go on, but the top row are complete, bottom row are not, and the rightmost is an avatar toy that looks like some panzer dragoon stuff. The amazing part of it all, the 2 big ones on top between the two are worth like $200 and the smalls are like $15-20 each. Bottom they'd be worth as much as the large deal on top, but having a couple parts (left), and almost all the parts (red one) gone it's worth considerably less. But hey... $6 right? Tempted to try and get the missing 2 pieces of the big gold dragon but the red one I looked into, not a good idea.
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Back in the late 80s through the 1990s I used to have this quality 1970s Realistic brand stereo receiver with the whole copper wire setup into some nice wood panel speakers. I found this nice cable that took the mono from the NES and split the audio here and there to stereo and it created a really nice presence kind of like that chop shop job some people did a decade ago on internal NES mods and it was fantastic, some games it just mimicked the audio on both sides evenly. SNES well, nothing to butcher or mess with there, running that multi-av out on that, the N64 too, it was something special, same with the Turbo Duo I had at the time too. The audio really came out the best it could for the limits of the hardware(console) of the time from that stereo setup I was using. I wouldn't have wanted to go further like you can now with the HDMI solutions where you can get into filtering, interpolation, volume ramping, etc as that just kind of murders it.
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Ridiculous, hard to say, N64 has been cracked out stupid right now. Your average N64 (stock) is an easy $50, and any regular controller is worth $20-25 if the stick isn't shot, and the less common funtastics tend to add $10 to the price, sometimes more. Those 6 controllers would have been worth like $120-150 of that bundle, and another $50 for the system and you're at $170-200. The 3rd party controllers mostly are worthless, select few people will pay for as sometimes they're seen as more comfortable. And the games, unless they were all childrens titles, terrible movie games, and awful re-run sports stuff with 12 there I think whoever popped for $250 probably got a pretty good deal out of it.
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Wow had no idea about the cabinet. I'll grab the 1943 for free, favorite of the 194x games. But beyond that, I kind of wish they had not gone digital only and mimicked SNK with their bundle. I'm not much on SNK games pre-Neo Geo so I never picked it up as I knew I'd rarely if ever bother after the first time. Capcom though, there are some really epic 80s and earlier 90s games I'd be all over if they popped up.
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That's kind of hard to read...
I'd be more than just content if they redid what they did for Mario. Give me a solid emulated 3-peat of excellence (Wind Waker, TP and Ocarina) emulated/upgraded like Mario Allstars and then also a nice Game & Watch (green plastic gold trim) having Zelda1, Zelda2, and either the Nelsonic watch LCD zelda since it's single panel, or rework the G&W version to somehow fit and not be a mess.
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On 12/11/2020 at 3:19 AM, roots.genoa said:I had the problem with the earlier NES 30 Pro, not the M30. I recently used the M30 after a long time and the battery was not depleted, which was surprising to me.
Then that's what I had the early NES 30 Pro, that's the NES looking but snes controller like shaped device with the dual analogs correct? That damn thing was always thirsty and dead if I didn't charge it consistently because if it sat for a couple days or more, it was a paperweight. Between that and the rapid decline in charge on the wireless SNES module that came with my SuperNT I got entirely turned off to their products.
IF there is something of theirs that doesn't suck ass on battery nor lags due to bluetooth (or works over USB) I'd buy it again as a be all end all for a PC controller. The 360 usb controller I have is fine, but it sucks when playing vintage games, and the gravis pro (ps1 non-analog style) controller I have is fine but doesn't feel right either, just less wrong. It's a shame the NES30 pro I had was so garbage, I think it could just qualify as a total single use if it hadn't been annoying.
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It's nice to have, but if that's all you got I think you overpaid. When you add in some original controllers (2 to 4) original power supply, the RF and/or mono av cable and accounting how the plastic on those look like they've browned I hope you just intend to keep those, or if you're a wizard with mods you could custom paint and clear coat them which could help things out. Hate to be a downer but I guess the silver lining is the games alone are combined worth around what you paid so the browning NES's are free.
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22 hours ago, fdurso224 said:I got an idea. How about we watch a Neo-Geo Anime movie. Lets get the popcorn a soda pop for Fatal Fury: The Legend of the Hungry Wolf. Enjoy.
Anthony...
That's a new one on me. I've seen Samurai Shodown, Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer too, pretty sure I saw one other and then I know I've seen the couple of 8man ones (used to own them decades ago.)
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Call again and say you already did 'this stuff' once and want your call escalated to a domestic care supervisor so you can get proper help. Cue card reading morons are totally worthless if it is not black and white. If you can get an american they'll make it right and provide the correct label.
Maybe try googling gethuman +ebay and see if maybe that'll get a better connection than the auto feed crap from their own site. I've done both before over different issues. Never been screwed by a local, just trouble from the idiot pool.
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I for one can not wait for this.
This is an instant buy. Still have my three decade long love hate affair with this franchise. Back 30 years I could take down the NES, arcade and snes games. They're nasty but fun.
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You're right about TMNT. Their Gradius was largely on the nose too as was Top Gun. I'm just going to say I agree, can't type well slashed my finger but you're right about how Tiger felt big yet eveywhere and cheap.
I know SF2 fairly well, the controls probably worked as it is less than obvious doing the special move.
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It's not that small actually and bigger than a gameboy. I have one with 4 card/book combos boxed up I've been lazy about selling. See those squares on the pad? They're 3.5 inches each so you can figure the size out from that. It opens like a Nintendo DS doubling the size to hold those books in the top flap and it is closed fatter than a gameboy too. You could make your own if you could code up some new answers for what pops up, or you figure out all the answers on an existing card, and make a new book so all the answers line up 100% and just make a new sticker for your repurposed game.
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Mode7 is a graphics setting option of the system, the everdrive would have nothing to do with that. Without Mode7 you'd have no ground on F-Zero, no rotating and pivoting backgrounds in Super Castlevania IV or Super Ghouls N Ghosts. The rest though, true, mostly, you can add a DSP to the basic kit so at least Pilotwings and Mario Kart are playable along with a few others.
Given the price of an everdrive being (was?) around $100, and then having to buy and tear up a SNES cart and do it or pay even more for someone to do the solder job of adding the DSP pushes it with price, but also time and effort factor into being a total waste of money against the SD2SNES/FX Pro...a second hand one of them can go around $150 anyway if $200 sucks too much for you. I figure it as this much, +50 ...that's like one, maybe two, maybe even under less than 1 value than most expansion chip cart game costs anyway. Kirby's Dream Land 3, Mario RPG, Parodius 3, etc it adds up or exceeds very fast.
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You should try and get 1943 as it's really well done, has a variety of stages too.
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I'm trying hard and going blank on finding christmas gifts, but walked by the game space at a store earlier and they had multiple classic Switch consoles locked up, the three of the lite colors, and a pile of the SMB G&W all in the same rack. I don't as often see the full size unit, but lites it's rare I see a store totally out.
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17 hours ago, Keatah said:It's so much more pleasant having just a few systems. Your attention isn't pulled in 20 different directions. And bonus points if it's your original childhood setup.
This right here, I was going to hit the like button on this, but that's why.
I keep trying to slowly rip the band-aid off, but since I have a decent sense of organization and I don't share my stuff out of the house it hasn't become a problem. Currently trying to to offload the console and remains of the PS3, PC Engine Duo/CG2 is coming up too, a few more 80s tabletops and more modern tv games, etc. I'm where I'd like to keep the growing up with stuff just on the shelf, and just actively tinker with Gameboy more or less from the past and that's about it. It's just too much to try and focus on.
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Nice to see I'm not alone in not being pleased, just not the same reasoning as mine is all about batteries.
I've had their wireless adapter they put out for the SNES pad that went to match the SuperNT and the controller too, before that by a year the NES 30 pro with the NES style but dual analogs that would work on Switch. In both cases I found the battery life a disappointment, especially on the SNES receiver and also the NES controller too. The SNES receiver wasn't the bigger issue, the NES controller was. It would refuse to keep a charge for much time and you'd have to tell it more than once to power off, or it would just appear off but suck the life out of it too. I felt like I was consistently charging them for vastly more time than I was using any of it so I dumped them all on ebay so some fanboy could enjoy them. I was just happy they didn't get returned.
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On 12/5/2020 at 2:16 AM, fdurso224 said:Oh right!! Battle Arena Toshinden with Takara. I completely forgot about that Tanooki. Thanks for reminding me. If you didn't mention it, it would've never remembered it. I don't have that one in the collection, so now i have to add it to the list.
I had no idea with Transformers Beast Wars and Money Puzzle/Idol Exchanger for the Game Boy. That I didn't know. So reading this from you is very informative for me and the rest of the members to know. Now you gotten me curious.
This really is fun with this research scavenger hunt Tanooki. Enjoyed looking at the games to search in the boxes and learning knowledgeable information from you bro. Looking forward on the next one from you.
Anthony..
I'll add to your misery, there was a stupid case of some we got outright excluded from that even Europe got, King of Fighters 96 or in EU ...'KOF The Heat of Battle' and that one is in english, and it doesn't turn up, so just a few squatters have troll bins just to show off on ebay since posting is free monthly. Love to own that I would, but not for troll pricing. The list you gave originally I forgot to mention, you forgot one. You listed Fatal Fury Special, it's the good one, but there's a bad one too which is a port of Fatal Fury 2 which has broken AI and runs like garbage so Special is like the repair release. Both those never left Japan.
And the one I forgot to mention since i was on a puzzle kick, Magical Drop, that got a US release on GB Color, full GBC not a hybrid b&w cart release.
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Oh it's entirely an unhealthy obsession. Mind you in some cases it may be the lesser evil, but still, it's not good trying to be a completionist whether you're talking loose games, complete, or if you're just nuts(stupid?) sealed ones just to stare at them either way you got a problem if you're just getting to get as it's a sign of an addictive personality and lack of self control. I mean you can argue some away when that whole set is so low you'll run out of games before you run out of fingers and toes, but that's kind of an exception to the rule compared to most in the hundreds if not thousands.
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On 12/3/2020 at 1:17 AM, fdurso224 said:Welp, let's take a look at the ol' Game Boy box of games I have and see what I have to start off with names.
Hmmm...Got a good amount of SNK titles here in Japanese that were Neo-Geo ports to name....Okay here they are
Samurai Sprits
Samurai Sprits III
World Heroes 2 Jet
King of Fighters 95 & 96
Real Bout Fatal Fury Special
Oh! I have a Funny Field (Dexterity in U.S.) I forgot I had this besides the U.S. version,
WOW! A Crystalis. I didn't even remember buying this. That's nice to know. I have to play this one when I have the chance.
Here's my list Tanooki. You mention Neo-Geo on Game Boy and Game Boy Color, but I added two non Neo-Geo titles from SNK titles since I happen to find them in by box to list as well.
Curious on what you have to say about these games that you like to list that were not just fighting games to hit the US, EU, and Japan bro.
Anthony..
That's a solid start there, you knocked out the fighting games (they also did Battle Arena Toshinden in the US, and Transformers Beast Wars in Japan too using the same engine.) But there were more that went beyond fighting. Not expensive thankfully but harder to come by as it's Japan only but Money Puzzle/Idol Exchanger hit the Gameboy. Also Bust a Move 2 is on the GB too which did hit the US. Of course there were more BAM games on the GB and GBC too finally getting the color it needed but BAM2 was it for Neo-Geo overlap.
The only reason I limited it to 8bit is that because GBA is just too easy as you have both King of Fighters and Metal Slug Advance there.
I used to have Crystalis for GBC and annoyingly I'm looking to buy it right now but at the moment scum are trying to squeeze an added $10 out of it from where it usually sells which is a shame as I have a homeless manual for it that needs a game so it's going to happen. Shame they downgraded the music in the game over the NES original which I do still have. The other one, Dexterity I've never played it as I tend to get a bit picky about puzzles.
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I think I'll throw you all a research scavenger hunt for fun... NeoGeo, on Gameboy (and I mean GB and GBC, not Advance)
How many games can you find that got released, and hint, they're not just fighting games.
A few hit the US, EU even got in on the action, but most stayed in Japan.
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I'm tempted by this both as a stock device, but also maybe if it were busted open. Given what you have there is clearly a stack of emulators going on, and one of them being CPS capable, that could make for quite the fun CPS1 and CPS2 mini arcade on the level of the excellent neo geo mini tabletop cabinet. Obviously though it has some hints of SNES there as well with MMX, Soccer, & Bass. There isn't a game on that thing alone I hate, never touched, or even dislike in the least bit, that's big plus.
It would be funny if they had the fan made but Capcom distributed MM x SF PC game thrown in there for the hell of it. Or not funny, more hidden games like SNK likes to hide in their stuff to unlock.
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Well maybe they got hit in the head one too many times, sounds almost like it.
Personally I just walk into a walgreens and get their larger of two sizes of bottles of 91% and it has from them or whoever before there never caused me a problem in like probably 30 years now. I've never trusted the asinine sticker from Nintendo and others how it will somehow ruin your cartridges. Honestly and intentionally as a middle finger, until I got a security bit, I used THEIR own cleaning kit and dipped their so called 'water only' side in the 91% and damn did it shine the hell out of stuff. I'll still do it if feel the need, but as they're long off the market, I pick and choose my battles on that with paper towels.
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It has been out for awhile now, and I did read this thread for the first page or two if I remember right. I've decided I wanted to throw a question out here since I know a good many of you have got one of these or at least I guess used one some. Feel free to quote so I don't miss it, but I was wondering what your impressions are on the hardware, but as much so on the individual game packages. What is your take on the system and the game bundles on each cart?
I had considered this for a time because I mostly dig handheld gaming in general, and I don't see in some ways it ever being really smart or affordable considering the issues it has with some of them to own original hardware (like the Lynx) so I have been curious if there's a lot to dig, or just a lot of re-run? Maybe stuff not carried over well or maybe it was? I don't recall the entire line up but I know there were your usual Namco and Atari style re-runs, but then also the Lynx, Technos package, etc.
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Yeah I'm not quite buying into them doing a full on console. I think they're enjoying the perceived success of the MVS-x, and they'll re-up that partnership contract and do a home version of it, the AES-X if anything. There's no way they'll go as far as anything like making a true new system, or something even further like the Evercade with little cartridges either. I don't also feel they're stupid enough to try and go down the OUYA/Nvidia shield route of their own lame marketplace android failed formula setup either. And given how Tommo screwed their rep with their NGX and the little cards and rocket cables that seems even more unlikely.