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  1. Posted

    Yup it's not 100% accurate in the audio department but it's so close (like 90-95% there) you really probably won't realize it unless you have a specific game so memorized it sticks out, or you load up a game they didn't include that just doesn't have a mapper or complete mapper in place but that's the modders fault. :D

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    I know I'm new around here, but a few know me from NintendoAge and Racketboy and I'm pretty strong with both buying and selling on ebay and I'm one of the rare people at this rate who have never taken a hit by some scrub on there and I've been on there since the site went live. Why? I'm honest to a fault and it probably does cost me a bit too but I'd rather not give a douche an out. Paranoia too I will take really clean images and usually even more I don't list if someone wants to threaten or attempt a bait n' switch.

     

    When it comes to discs I hate selling them especially in jewel cases and I get paranoid buying them too. When I do end up selling Army Men and Hydro Thunder I'll do an added image over what I usually display. I'll have to find a way to capture the bottom of the disc to cover my ass. Usually with a disc since I don't buy anything but clean to minimally scuffed up I will usually just show the folded out jewel case with the manual laid outside of the to flap, and the disc art up and that's it. But due to the damages I'd snap it so the damaged cases would show too. They'd be listed as Acceptable. I'd also mention they were hosed and I hand buffed them out to the finish in the image which would show many circular light swirls to the disc. No reason to give some jerk an out, and then I'd likely sell them for roughly 1/2 the going rate of a nice one just to move them along to someone who isn't uptight.

     

    As a rule I never use Like New unless the game inside and out, case art and disc top/bottom are spotless or within 5% of spotlessness. Everything else that's complete gets very good, and then loose carts get Good. I don't use acceptable as it scares people off and I don't sell crap. I'd trade it locally or pitch it if it had no real value (or bundle it with a system when I had them to move along.) I get pissed when people lie about condition or pack stuff like a moron and it ends up being cracked (like a couple weeks ago got a replacement Sonic Adventure DC game, dude put no protection on the bundle and the jewel was cracked to pieces.) I ended up having a nice case from the first copy I got which was DOA so it was good, but the guy refunded me $5 for the trouble which was nice.

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    As requested as of the mail that arrived this Monday (and currently nothing outstanding) this is everything I've got for my MVS. I feel bad, I totally overlooked it but realized I actually had a holo label game already -- KOF98, so now it's two with Bust-A-Move Again.

     

    This should cover it all. There's the full 8-Man kit, and then the complete Neo Turf Masters kit. Beyond that you have the Ninja Combat and Samurai Shodown 3 Mini Marquees I picked up. The large spread in the one picture that has the mini art for Bust-A-Move in Eng+Spn and SS2 in Spn with one of the bezel stickers I got with the system, as did that 161in1 sticker game listing too.

     

    I started out with I'd put at at a 8.5 quality 2 Slot MVS cabinet with low quarter (miles) on it last April/May with 9 legit games with the extras and then the 161in1. The original 9 were Baseball Stars Professional, Bust-A-Move, King of Fighters 98, King of the Monsters, Metal Slug, Metal Slug 2, Samurai Shodown II, Sonic Wings 2, and Sonic Wings 3.

     

    Shortly after I did a 3 bundle from Mexico with the Spin Master, World Heroes, and Mutation Nation games. Since then It has been single game pick offs when I could get them on the low end or lower than the low end from Mjmjr's Neo Geo MVS-AES price list (for loose carts with low being jacked/missing/fake label to high with immaculate label) for a range. The most I've paid is the lower end of his scale at worst so I've been calculating with it. Some of the games I own are on that 161in1 and some were not. Those I put many quarters into back when they were new in the 90s (8 Man, Magician Lord, League Bowling, Nam 1975, Ninja Combat, Cyber Lip) were a priority to buy. Others I've learned to love recently to long ago(Neo Turf Masters) but not that far back as that one I learned to love first on NGPC! If some MVS games weren't so ugly priced I'd toss the 161in1 and get originals but stuff like Super Dodgeball at $300 sucks.

     

    I also got in and got an 'authorized' extra run of Crossed Swords 2, the CD sequel to the arcade game Razoola converted to MVS and it's a fantastic title. I'd be game for an Ironclad conversion too since I've got that with the legally sold ROM set in that Neo Geo 25th anniversary stand alone emulator business Humble Bundle pitched Dec 2015 as SNK converted it to arcade format (or someone did for them) for that download. :)

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    The disc size from my experience then was mostly an excuse. The controller was a more reasonable one if a game tapped all buttons.

     

    At Midway I think I recall the GC could use double layer discs as a possibility which means upwards of 3GB space. Dreamcast with the GDROM was a double layer normal CD so they held a little over 1GB hence the name.

     

    Some people just hated Nintendo as fanboy as it may come off. Look into old developer quotes back then some like Epic's mark rein wishing they go under swearing never an epic game would be on their hardware which had lots of fan fury. Gaming media and makers both run irrational and immature streaks.

  8. Posted · Edited by Tanooki

    Yup they're definitely shoveling out the junk for the Switch, can't figure it as much for 3DS but there are less releases coming so I'd keep an eye on their clearance area as they never say when they'll do it but you can get stuff for like 50% off or more depending how desperate they are for room.

     

    I'm going to offer that guy $60 for that unit, it's the right thing to do since he's on cocaine if he thinks it costs $17 to mail that small light box it comes in so he's pocketing on the side like a moron despite the fact he'll lose the cash anyway on the FVF fee setup.

     

    EDIT: Was declined, fired back to troll a 2nd $60 bid saying it's a new retail item, that's what it costs, and it also doesn't cost over $15 to ship it either. He has it coming, hate abusive scalpers.

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    Looks like you have a lot of the bones of it really hammered out. I'll be interested to see where it goes from here on that software side. It also reminded me there was somewhat of a homebrew community for the thing at one point, and also some people had been attempting to translate I think at least one of those role playing style/sub-style games on there so that would be a value too if it were something like Biomotor Unitron 2, Ogre Battle, or Evolution.

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    That's awesome Tanooki! Glad you have them in your collection. Well done! :thumbsup:

     

    Would you be interested on showing a picture regarding them? :)

     

    Anthony...

    I suppose I could do that. I actually have been slacking. Certain things I get of interesting value I tend to snap pictures of. I've got pics of my 2 kits, and then the row of the carts I currently have as well along with another image with mini marquees and art/partial art packs. I've not touched it in a bit and it certainly at least lacks those 2 games. I'll try and remember to do that.

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  11. Posted

    I've been meaning to try QBert for Dreamcast as it looks oddly interesting.

     

    They are a glop top, someone did a break down of the inside in some youtube video I saw. They pulled the back off I think Centipede and did a screen/camera capture image held for some moments so you can see the details. There's a few small boards in there with lines between them.

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    so the we are child friendly thing was bullocks all along, also some one in a earlier post said about whether GTA would be on the Switch, GTA has been on the Gameboy, so its possible, even given Nintendo's child friendliness

    Good point on that. Rockstar were huge hypocrites back in the day with Nintendo. They toed the line that Nintendo consoles were just for kids. Yet you got GTA2 on GBC, and GTAA (basically GTA3 in overhead 3D mode with 2D sprites) on the GBA, and finally Chinatown Stories on the DS. I never got that at all as the hardware was definitely there for it with the GC for the old titles PS2 got, and even the Wii could have handled the stuff the PSP was given too.

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  13. Posted

    Anything I bought or was gifted new from 1985 through 2001 I've kept and have never put up. While I may not use them but now and again, they still do get used and I still will get something for them when I want it and it's affordable. I grew up with Nintendo, and I still have the NES, SNES, N64 and Gamecube here. Same can be said with never letting go of anything branded with the namesake Gameboy.

     

    Anything else after some heavy losses a dozen years ago have just gone, or come and gone as I lost interest again. Just in the start of this year I released all my Sega stuff into the wild other than the Dreamcast I finally got back (since those losses I mentioned) and it will stay center stage, used, and had I not been forced to ditch it I'd have kept it as it's my favorite Sega system.

  14. Posted

    You plug in the MicroUSB connector to a PC, then hold RESET while you POWER on, and it boots into diagnostic mode. From there you can use a software app to dump the OS, tamper with the files, then reflash the device. Turn off the Mini and pray to the Lord it isn't bricked when you power it on again. If successful, you'll have new games added to the menu. I totally get adding a few extra games to the menu, but these ass clowns attempting to preload 700 games on it would be better off buying a Raspberry Pi 3 and cheap enclosure.

     

    If I could add 30 additional games...

     

     

    SNIP...

    Gradius II (VRC4 - if supported)

    Parodius Da! (VRC4 - if supported)

     

    Prolly missing some essential hits but there's my list. :P

     

    Dude such a fantastic list. I don't think I'd waste space on Bomberman when the sequel is just probably one of the best 2D bomberman games ever made. I'd put Super Dodgeball or Mighty Final Fight into that spot. Then again, do both, the VRC4 is NOT supported so Gradius II is out, that's VRC4 which also Crisis Force and Wai Wai World 2 use. Parodius I don't think uses a chip. It most definitely doesn't use one in the PAL release (I used to own it years ago.) You could just toss that on there and it should run.

     

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  15. Posted

    They came today! I didn't realize it from the picture i got, but my Bust-A-Move Again cartridge has a HOLO label! They're pretty looking under the light. Samurai Shodown 3 shows as well with the very clean and flat mini marquee too. Very happy to have these real additions over the shaky copies on the 161in1. 2 more reasons not to use that cart.

     

    Over time I'd like to add my favorite from that thing and mostly retire it outside of some oddball titles.

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  16. Posted

    Hmm...I was almost hyped with that list (other than yet another TV games snore we don't need as Flashback has that covered already and with far more than 10 games.) Problem is what's this 4 color Pac-Man garbage? It could be like you said above me here, the MGA with the colored LCD--hell no! Or it could be them simulating or going with the Coleco tabletop VFD style which is I think is around 2-4 colors. If they do that I'll stick with my 37 year old tabletop as I have the ac adapter for it. :D

     

    Asteroids intrigues me. They're just being PR dramatic or are they really going to simulate a vector panel? I wonder if it's just PR garbage and they grab the 7800 to NES converted Asteroids ROM image for their system on a chip. Another possibility would be just the same screen as Q-Bert/Centipede and they simulate a vector screen with one of those accurate asteroids knockoffs that just draw the lines as that could turn out pretty solid on such a small panel.

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    I have to admit what really did it for me as a nice stress reliever for the sheer fun of it is the death race oval. Nothing is more satisfying than spin smacking the enemy when on that jump and sending them packing to the side, or better yet slamming at a hard angle into a wall to watch the ping pong across the board potentially crushing a few others in your way with their flaming corpse of a car.

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    But it was just a dream.

     

    I know, but I think I made a post before the one you last saw me make before that comment. Do some weird magikoopa attack on Mario, zap him and bring his nightmares to life. Move Wart, his goon squad of stage bosses, and various other creatures that never made it into future franchise titles (ninji, snifits, etc) into the 'real' Mario world. Have Koopa and Wart double team an attack on the mushroom kingdom. It could make for an epic adventure.

  20. Posted

    A burned DC disc can jack up the laser over time depending on how the burn was made. If it's one of the common first/early run stuff where they did lots of data reorganization, dummy file ejection/rejection, and compressing of all sorts of data it can cause the laser to seek all over and not as it should which can mess it up through lots of use. If you get a more modern made dump of the game by that Tux guy or I think they're called GD-DEC or something of the sort, those have the data aligned, properly compressed, and everything in such order they not only run as harmless as an original, some discs I wrote actually are more gentle and load a little quicker having to seek the data less.

     

     

    Silverfox--ebay? Call the company or open a case, there's no excuse unless they are stuck in a hospital bed.

  21. Posted

    Batteries early on ranged with the NES. I'm not really even sure what the hell that thing in the original Zelda (first battery save game) was. By the time of the SNES they used tabbed CR2032s and they're well beyond what should still be ticking, yet it's fairly rare to find a dead battery backed SNES game but they do happen and happening by now should increase with time more steadily.

     

    Oddly enough my Zelda still has the same battery it was born with and the save still is there. I've never had a game I bought myself drop dead from battery loss, but I have picked up games with dead batteries. I really can't reconcile it if it was good luck of the draw on my part or environmental hazards from heat, cold, humidity, abusive owners, etc.

     

    I never did own a RTC clock game though, but if I did I know they'd be dead by now as those batteries I think get killed after just 5-10 years at best as it chews into it. I had to get quite good at doing the small tabbed batteries last year as I ended up with all the Gen2 Pokemon titles, all dead and others. I learned to do it, and I kept Crystal but not the others, and I've since helped someone out on the side doing a multi-battery replacement order through a member of RacketBoy needing help. Now those GB, GBC and GBA games used just 2 types of smaller tabbed cell battery, and those too have a very long life like the larger console cousins with a similar (outside of RTC) low failure rate but they do happen and will increasingly do so.

     

    A good tip I can give, get a security bit. Check your battery every once in awhile, or whenever you fire up a game again after a long stretch. You don't want one leaking in there and eating board traces as they can leak or pop.

  22. Posted

    Unless you can toggle the language within the game it will likely default the language to the region you're in if they do 1 pressing of the game. If they do multiple by region, it will likely just be in that language unless they code many into it anyway.

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  23. Posted

    That's another one I'm waiting for to go down. I'm only mildly interested in it so I'm not paying $60 for it.

     

    Feel the same way, but I'm being even cheaper as I'm thinking of the 3DS release. Just seems like too much because I know I won't ever make my own stages for it and the level packages aren't worth full price.

  24. Posted

    Maybe Bed Bath and Beyond I read somewhere they got them and they do have an online store front.

     

    I really don't care if the audio isn't 100% perfect to the original, but they are quite close to the games they ported. I was not expecting like #1-2 the arcade sound samples to be recorded as it's a little single system on a chip setup vs a ratty(for this era I'm calling it that) Tiger LCD clone with copied samples. I doubt they'd take it any further with 5 and 6. They'll be like 3 and 4 as that's the best cost option for quality. You get a nice clean screen, solid clarity, it doesn't blur or get wonky, and the controls are just large enough they work fine. The one fix I'd suggest is a free floating stick in a game that would benefit it like Centipede, otherwise the locked + and X shapes work. If they can fine tune whatever emulator they stole or licensed and get the NES audio a little better that couldn't be a bad thing but I wouldn't expect much.

     

    I know i read somewhere the other day a 5 and 6 were planned with Asteroids being one of them, supposedly a 'fix' for a re-done Pac-Man like these as well but I can't locate it. Facebook, twitter, here, general google search and now it's bugging me. The company to narrow the search is 'The Bridge Direct'

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    Dumping on the US SMB2 is a product of Internet Revisionist History. The game was amazing in its day and it's still amazing. I don't understand the weird hipstery need to act like the game is "beneath" you just because it had a unique origin. Do these same people deny Ms. PAC man is a real PAC man game?

     

    Well said and I entirely agree. Nintendo seemingly has always held a special place for the game aside from Miyamoto preferring it. The first self published guide on the game series wasn't SMB1 it was #2 as a 2 part stand alone thrown into a NP subscription. Much of the designs of the game were lifted and maintained to date as were some characters. When they went about doing the GBA, they skipped #1 and went to #2 for Super Mario Advance. And personally speaking I think they were idiots not maintaining the sprite values of that game in the sequel as it was a huge step ugly ways backwards. You go from a rounded well drawn and sprite animated cartoon Mario/Luigi character that looked like the old cartoon stuff (Super Mario Super Show) to this flat, no detail black dot beedy eyed carbon copy Mario/Luigi with no personality. Not sure what they were thinking with that.

     

    They really do need to bring the bosses of that game including Wart back in some modern game.

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