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I second that, as I have a five year old who got her first v-tech digital purple and pink go-pro for kids wannabe camera that had no memory so we had to shop for a nice little microSD card for it. Anyone complaining about buying a memory card at this point when it's been expected for years in this market is just looking for something to complain about.

I recently found this cute piece of SNK made colorized sketch art, it's for the Neo Geo Pocket Color as a fluff piece for SNK vs Capcom Match of the Millennium. I wish I knew where it came from and if there is more in this style as I like it. Still shopping for an excellent NGPC. Best deals so far people got stupid fingers and overpaid on ebay, and then there is a guy local for $85 who has a new one that's light metallic blue in the box. I think I could do better so I didn't pay for it as of yet.

That's one I forgot, dumb dumb... Silver Surfer. I never owned it, my brother bought it which was odd as he didn't like the comic and I got it monthly for a few years. I'd take it when he wasn't using it and got to where I could 1CC destroy that game. I can't do it anymore or anywhere close at least on the vertical stages as they drive me nuts. I can still blow away the horizontal stuff, but he's so long and the areas in places are annoyingly tight in the vertical I get in trouble. The key to SS as Austin said, pick your targets, if you go for them all you're in trouble.

Well I can see the argument there, but hey there's always the Switch. I never liked Outrun much other than the original which is a blast. I hate F1 games usually but something years ago when I got the Genesis version of the game just grabbed me. A few years later I got a copy on the Saturn then too and while it was fun the added junk wasn't as well to me executed so I'd just run the original or go back to the Genesis. I've never really touched the 32X version other than using KEGA Fusion on the PC but it seemed more ok. I'd like to see it come back up as it could be a lot of fun. Truth is I liked the Sega 3DS games earlier on, but the last I picked up was Galaxy Force 2 because I go pissed when they waffled on releasing the physical release to the US. Then when they did we only got a random selection and then we got hosed out of the Vol 2 package and I just lost interest. The way I see it if Sega US is a pack of wimps, with the Switch being region free, if they had the balls to put this on Switch and those babies didn't release it in the states, I'd just import the stuff. I can still muddle my way through katakana and some hiragana still as I'm really out of practice.

Well back around the late 90s/00 a company released a device called a DEXDRIVE for gameboy among other formats. It allowed you to toss games or memory cards into it and back them up with the software onto your Windows PC. I have no idea if it would still work in modern windows or if you could find the unit and software but it's a choice. Some old copier devices for GB came with a DOCK too, and they could be used to read a save game off a legit game and dump it to the PC (I did this before so I know.) The other would be as he said above, Retron5. Fire up system, pop in game, go to 2nd menu option down. Select CART->RETRON 5 and it moves the save to the console. Then just go do that with each game. I've never looked so I have no idea if you can then pull the save to the PC, but given it supposedly I believe copies it to the SD card I think it would be worth investigating.

Wow now that's a serious piece of very useful hard rubbish. I wonder what game had been in that? If there is much left to the buttons or sticks I'd toss them, not worth it probably given poor storage and age. Something like that it looks like if you left it alone is a solid choice for a 2 button + joystick arcade game. I suppose if the tools were there if you diagonally staggered it you could go 4 button with it too. That would open up almost any JAMMA game including Neo Geo if you bored out 2 more holes. It would be very much a custom job but if you did go with old original parts/custom either way is a real option. On one end you could swap out your favorite JAMMA boards, or you throw a few more holes into it, mount it right, a nice multi-arcade unit using MVS Neo Geo boards. The trick would be mounting it all and finding a screen that would work, or perhaps a PC quality (next to minimal lag vs a CRT) LCD screen in there and you'd be golden. The wood looks good from that one angle and it's in overall really solid shape I'm hoping from that one image. I'd say go for it.

Well if you just want it to work yet may want the real hardware. Dump the games, get an everdrive, keep only carts (very few) everdrives are a failure over.

Well good that means if they're already pushing the 32GB envelope it's a fantastic thing of sizes to expect in the future. People decided to play the assumption game that since Nintendo noted a 32GB card at the top of their list that was it. I really don't think so, not like Nintendo to blow out the largest card size for a system out of the gate. That means it's just the largest size they'll allow currently for production purposes (likely based on cost.) DQ Heroes I'd love to get my hands on so that's a must whenever it's localized.

I'd think the Switch is even more ideal for it. As Nvidia increases the potential of their Tegra series of chips that go into micro consoles they (if the contract continues) could just keep making a beefier Switch successor that can run the old still (which is mostly nintendo standard for handhelds) while doing far better with the new. Those little cards they have are large, eat up very little space themselves or in the shell with their slot, and as time continues the price will further drop on the storage inside them.

I'm judging them on dozens of bad apples both in CA and KY. I put up with it for years so don't think it's isolated. I've had more annoyance and damaged in shipping items from them than anyone else.

Ugh! We lost that for yet another iteration of Outrun, meh. I'd buy Virtua Racing if that popped up.

I feel the same way but it's a valid concern. They look like the 3/4 model but the little screens reflectiveness looks like the lame mono 'tiger' style LCDs which is bad.

I'm with 7800fan, screw UPS and their home base/corporate existence is based in this town. They're hit and miss and it's not just in one spot but I've had problems with them between two states. Right now they're being pretty cool with the current driver, even left an item out back (no note though so I was surprised) which was good, but in the end was bad as they somewhere jacked it up and broke the item in the box. I've had the most packages jacked up from them over the post office or fedex(them the least by far.) They also have stupid policies to get items if they choose not to leave it, which is a choice the driver has (or had in the past.) I had jerk drivers knock once, then leave with the item to find out the next day they didn't redeliver but left at a drop place and I had to go 20min out of they way to dig for it and this was mroe than once and in both states. Another annoyance is they're just uncool to recipients because if you pay for ground, and they quote 10 days, if it gets to your town in 8 those twits will sit on it and deliver on the date you were given. That just gets me mad as it's a stupid waste of their time and mine. Unless I'm forced to use them or some nitwit does it without telling me I never deal with them at all. Sadly someone didn't tell me they were using UPS, now I have to wait and watch for a Neo Geo MVS kit I'm anticipating they have their hands into.

I wear Levi 550 jeans and without the big puffy case, say like a draw string to cover/protect from scratch-rubs I can get the New3DSXL in there fine and sit with it. it's not even snug and really isn't even clear it's there, could be a phone for all anyone would notice.

Someone pointed out a disturbing thing I didn't really notice as I didn't look very hard at the time at the image (or they blew it up) but the Astroids and Frogger units appear to potentially be using the craptastic LCDs of #1 and 2. If they're doing that bs again I'm not paying more than $5 maybe $10 at best. I'd rather blow $20 on a couple Tiger 80s handhelds that converted solid NES/Arcade games -- gauntlet, paperboy, etc.

More than you can possibly imagine. While the site doesn't bother to update much anymore content wise, racketboy you should pop a look at and look at their best games by genre/subgenre for various Nintendo cart based systems. The top most get a little write up with a picture or two and you also get added ones with links to go mine info. It's a pretty consistent solid resource and you'll find I'm sure more than enough to keep you busy for decades to the point unless you felt the need to own a modern system (other than a phone or tablet) you'd have more than you could find time to bother with (and this is strictly meaning just NES+SMS & SNES+Genesis, not even digging into the Gameboy line, Game Gear, or N64 stuff.)

Easy answer, to pocket a Switch you'll have to invest into some MC Hammer pants.

I'd like one at times, but then I realize I'd rather leave my low use one cherry and pony up for a launch GBA with a 101 style screen thrown into it. That right there is the best solution. For old GB, just use the button combo at boot for black and white mode and it ends up being like a not blurry GB Pocket.

Anything would be better than the SNES version only on the grounds that they censored it so hard they should have just renamed it. Staatsmeister? Giant mutant rats. Big menacing X's on all the walls. The only benefit that game has is the automap. I used to own it for a few years for a laugh now and again but I never could take it seriously so I sold it. It ran great, censoring aside looked and played well too, but I couldn't get passed it being neutered.

That's fine it was just a suggestion. Someone might go for it if they want a new one and that specific bundle enough I could see it. And yes I hadn't thought of tax season, a time of year people get extra loose with cash instead of saving it, repairing something, or go on a vacation they normally can't do.

I was going to click on that one but saw they are only offering the DRM saddled Steam releases despite much of that being on GoG too. I don't see a need to double dip even if that shirt among any of it there is most tempting. I'm kind of surprised because usually packages that fall on both services end up having both types offered.

They're not going anywhere. Everyone loves to doom and gloom them, but until they stop profiting from their business model it won't happen. They've now also got the android/ios end adding added cash into their pockets along with their massive multi-billion a year profit behemoth that is Pokemon too. 3DS is being kept around for longer which makes them some decent money too. They already have resigned themselves to portables you do realize that right? The switch is a handheld you can dock for 1080p performance on a big screen. Other than that they have 3DS and their Android/iOS apps they're claiming they'll shove out a few a year (quarterly perhaps?) They've given up on consoles. WiiU was the last console and it went down like the hindenburg of consoles. The question was which hardware maker is going to eat it and until stand alone handhelds are a profit loser they're fine, and if they can keep this hybridization thing going where you can con people into thinking it's a budget console too, that'll work in their favor as well for those who can't stand handheld gaming because of small screens.

Couple of fun links here for you all. Supposedly the final specs got leaked (again): http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/all-of-the-nintendo-switch-specs-may-have-just-leaked/ CPU: Quad-core ARM Cortex-A57, maximum 2 GHz GPU: NVIDIA Maxwell processor (2nd Gen) 256 CUDA cores, maximum 1 GHz Display: 6.2″ IPS LCD screen at 720p. 10-point multi-touch capability Video Decoder: H.265, H.264, VP9, and VB8 at 60fps at 4K Video Output: 1080p at 60fps / 4K at 30fps Audio Output: 192 kHz, 24-bit 7.1 channel surround sound Built-in Speakers: 48 kHz, 16-bit, Stereo RAM: 4 GB of LPDDR4 RAM Storage: 32 GB internal / microSD, SDHC, and SDXC card support Network: IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac compatible Wireless LAN Connectivity: 2 USB 2.0 ports, 1 USB 3.0 port And the second item...it appears that Capcom helped in some small part to guide and develop the Switch (if some tweets that fed this info aren't bullcrap.) http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/02/nintendo_switch_dev_kits_are_nice_and_affordable_according_to_reports_from_game_creators_conference Highlights here: For example Ijuin-san spoke about Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers utilising Capcom's MT Framework, an engine that was also supported on the 3DS and Wii U. The process of porting it to Switch was apparently relatively easy, with a small team completing the initial work quicker than they could on Wii U and 3DS. Capcom seemed to work quite closely with Nintendo during the early development of the hardware in terms of providing feedback on technical aspects; initially the Joy-Con controllers weren't even a part of official documents about the console, apparently. The tweets also suggest that Capcom is pleased with the resources offered by the NVIDIA GeForce-based technology in Switch, in terms of developing through PC software tools / emulation, and the flexibility it offers in high power performance when docked and lower power consumption in the handheld / tabletop modes. Capcom reportedly raised early concerns in the past related to the amount of memory available in the system for running applications, which was then addressed by Nintendo in subsequent builds. This isn't unprecedented - there were once reports that the Circle Pad Pro for 3DS was only developed in order to appease Capcom ahead of the portable's first Monster Hunter title in Japan. According to these tweets, there's also an intention to adopt the RE Engine for Switch - this is Capcom's resource used for Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, a title that's been in the rumour mill for a while in terms of a version on Nintendo's console. This is quite fascinating to me since this is the word of those Capcom employees at that developers show. Also amazing, the Switch dev kit costs only $450. This means anyone can afford to be a developer for this thing and make games, this is huge as dev kits normally go into the thousands to ten thousands+ historically speaking. Here it's as low priced as a big end home console for a consumer and as we know it's so easy to develop for or port stuff (android, etc) it's like you have to be a hater not to want to make something.

It's slimy but what can you do? Unless someone makes a law of retail sales at some key places like Amazon and Ebay to rally against reseller crook behavior against brand new product it won't stop.

My next game shipped, it's a kit I couldn't pass up despite the fact I don't buy kits really. Ugh it's UPS though, I hate those jerks. They're never early, and if you're not around sometimes it gets hard to get your stuff if they don't leave it.