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  2. Posted

    Couple of rando thoughts:

     

    - I am so hyped that both kevtris and Tommy T. himself are chatting in this thread. :)

    - Tommy, just in case ya didn't know, most of the people who have been taking potshots at you are the same..."bless their heart" kinda people that have been doing this to others here for years now. They don't take kindly to having their limited and relatively uneducated world and business beliefs challenged instead of widely fawned over. 

    - I used to really like Pat and Ian, but holey moley have they gone down a dark path. It used to be I found them to have informative thoughts, nowadays it is just typical click-bait garbage and a couple of seemingly very unhappy people wanting others to be unhappy too. 

     

    I was one of the people who didn't really think much of the Amico when I first heard about it, but I've been convinced by quality messaging, tons of info, and the potential for a few months of fun with game geeks like myself. Anything else is great, but that alone is worth $300 to me. Frankly, I have the same expectations about the VCS, although Tommy's PR work has clearly been more in-line with what the Amico audience is looking for. 

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  4. Posted

    Of course I preordered one yesterday. 

     

    Just for info purposes: After preordering with a refundable $100 deposit of the ultimate $299 cost of the Founder's Edition, people got a receipt from Paypal if they used that service. Otherwise, Intellivision plans to issue some kind of "you've preordered" email today. The available 2600 preorders sold out in about four hours. 

    Also, I notice it being a bit less finalized in the OP, looks like a more concrete price point officially stated for the Limited Edition: "The regular price of the Limited Edition Vintage Woodgrain will be between $259-$279. "

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  5. Posted

    On 12/3/2019 at 8:35 PM, MrBeefy said:

    So, @Mockduck any plans on updating this thread? Since it is coming out soon this might be a good thread to pin if it ever gets a sub forum of its own.

    Sorry, thread's dead on my end. Me and some other folks who started with the intention to keeping this fact based were bullied off the forums by some of the regulars here, apparently with moderator approval, to the point I was getting stalked on Facebook due to making the mistake of putting my name in my avatar pic. So, the old adage applies of who is the bigger fool when trying to argue with fools, and it wasn't worth the grief. Warning I guess: never say something the cool kids don't like on these forums, or they'll make you regret it. 

     

    And for those who think it was just about a post in the taco thread, you don't have access to my Facebook messenger. Was downright creepy. 

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  6. Posted · Edited by Mockduck

    1 hour ago, jaybird3rd said:

    How is it "harassment" or a "personal attack" to draw a circle around a public comment that you voluntarily wrote and posted under your own name?  Whether or not you were previously talking to the person who did it is irrelevant; if you don't want anyone commenting on whatever it is that you have to say, don't say it in a public forum.

     

    I'd also love to know how we're "moving the goal posts."  As far as I can tell, we still have the same position that we've held for months.  I didn't think I'd have to post this again so soon, but here you go, from way back in mid-June:

     

    Keep in mind that Playswithwolves has been harassing and stalking me for a couple of years now. Frankly, it's gotten quite creepy, and I'm sick of it. Note that he is the one who sent the notifications into my inbox deliberately by at'ing me. If my forum account here hadn't been at'd by a creepy stalker, I wouldn't have had a problem with it at all. After all, I stand by the Facebook post. 

     

    Added: Also note that despite this behavior being visible for quite some time and me politely asking the mods here to do something about it, they don't, so I chose to respond publicly rather than my usual tactic of just ignoring it. Guess he's a cool kid and gets special treatment.

     

    Mods: I've looked at how to just delete my forum account here, and can't seem to do it. Please feel free to do so. If I want to return, I'll do it on an account no longer linked to my real name so the creepier side of the Internet here doesn't engage in this kind of behavior again. 

  7. Posted

    1 minute ago, JBerel said:

    I hate to re-post this, but your lack of self awareness is astonishing. 

     

    snow·flake
    /ˈsnōˌflāk/

    noun

    noun: snowflake; plural noun: snowflakes; 
    1. a flake of snow, especially a feathery ice crystal, typically displaying delicate sixfold symmetry.
     
    2. INFORMAL•DEROGATORY
         A very sensitive person. Someone who is easily hurt or offended by the statements or actions of others.

     

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    Not sensitive, just pushing back against the harassment from Playswithwolves. Doesn't make me a snowflake to defend myself against a personal attack. Calling me out on the forums, circling a Facebook post, then harassing me does indeed make one a snowflake, especially since I wasn't talking to this person. They have been on my ignore list for a while due to harassment. Unfortunately, this kind of harassment is happening not just here from Playswithwolves and a few other big names here. You'd think as adults I wouldn't have to deal with middle school bullies, but there ya go. 

  8. Posted

    5 minutes ago, ColecoJoe said:

    You consider posting a screenshot of your post harassment then accuse HIM of being a snowflake???? 

     

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    yup. pretty obvious unless you are a fool.

     

    But let me be nice and thank all the keyboard warriors here fighting for Internet Justice, you are doing God's work. When truth needs a friend, the world can depend on your heroism. 

  10. Posted

    The layout seems a bit odd, and wouldn't the dulled double-axe layout end up digging into your palms? Then if it was vertical for the paddle, wouldn't the cord get in the way? I love the idea, and maybe actual use will dispel this concern, but it doesn't seem particularly better than an old school controller or paddle. 

  12. Posted

    I think it toes the line between interactive video toy and console, but I put it as a console due to individual game tapes (literally in this case) being sold. 

     

    Essentially it just reads specially-colored flashes on the screen in combo with a small light you suction cup to the corner of your TV (just like all good consoles do.) :) I noticed they did use the word "video games" in their advertising, so maybe that's another nod to it being a console. A truly terrible one, and only barely a console, but maybe a console nonetheless.

  15. Posted

    4 hours ago, Supergun said:

    Here's something I through together for my own sanity a few years ago. I did my best to format it to fit this screen.

     

    ATARI 2600 – OVERSEAS/INTERNATIONAL – CLONE CARTRIDGE DATABASE

    USA NTSC

    ORIGINAL

    PAL ONLY

    SANCHO

    USA NTSC

    PANDA

    CAN NTSC

    ZELLERS

    USA NTSC

    FROGGO

    AMIDAR

     

     

     

    Spider Droid

    GANGSTER ALLEY

     

     

     

    Task Force

    KARATE

     

     

     

    Karate

    SPACE CAVERN

     

    Space Canyon

     

     

    TANKS BUT NO TANKS

     

    Tank Brigade

     

     

    RIVER RAID

     

    Harbor Escape

     

     

     

    Sea Hawk

    Sea Hawk

    Sea Hawk

    Sea Hawk

     

    Skin Diver

    Scuba Diver

    Scuba Diver

    Sea Hunt

     

    Exocet

    Exocet

    Radar

    Cruise Missile

     

    Dice Puzzle

    DICE PUZZLE

     

     

     

    Night Mare

    STUNT MAN

     

     

     

    FOREST

     

     

     

     

    WORDS ATTACK

     

     

     

     

     

     

    CHALLENGE

     

     

     

     

    TIME WARP

     

     

     

     

    INCA GOLD

     

      

    Ooh, I'm stealing this one.

  17. Posted

    Given that Mario Kart 8 is the biggest seller for the Switch, and it is part of regular tournaments in the eSports scene, and is clearly one of the biggest money-makers (in terms of raw dollars not adjusted for inflation) in Nintendo history, I'd say the company doesn't particularly care whether you feel it is hardcore enough. (Source)

     

    On the Amico, I try to go along with the crowd here that has picked it over the VCS as the cool kid thing to support rather than bash, but I remain highly skeptical. I don't understand how the console will be successful when it puts a bunch of requirements on game developers like "required couch co-op", all games $9.99 or less, no DLC, etc. While it isn't a fun part of modern gaming, much of this stuff is how real game devs pay their actual bills, and I don't see how a studio will be able to justify releasing on the Amico unless Tommy and company are offsetting things with direct funding. 

     

    That said, I love ya Tommy, you've done so much for gaming, and I wish you the best of luck. I feel like at the end of the day you are putting yourself in a position you won't be able to follow through with if you want the console to be successful. 

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  20. Posted · Edited by Mockduck

     

    I have the PS classic 8bitdo wireless adaptor, and it's essential IMO if you actually want to mess around with the games on the device. Key is if you push down Share and the PS Home button (I think?) it'll open the base menu and allow you to change from PAL to NTSC at 60 hz, among other things. Quite nifty, actually.

  22. Posted

    Hm, there are lots of things hidden in plain view on their website.

     

     

     

    https://xsolla.com

     

    One of these things is not like the others.

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    Also, this is relevant to the durability of their stuff:

     

    Xolla is not very public, but they run a lot of payment systems in the current video game industry (including the company I work for, to be transparent). They do have some public outreach, though, on Twitter, and the name is not unheard of at all in the public.

     

    On the "just get one replacement" legal text, I bet that's a new-ish clause we're gonna see a lot. Perhaps it should be renamed the "red ring of death clause".

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  23. Posted

    I opened the console up and gave it a clean without a new result. The inside looked quite good, with little dust and no signs of spilling or anything. I didn't take off the rf shielding, but did clean around the cartridge port and used a cut credit card to clean the contacts (although little dirt came back). I am not techie enough to get further into chips and such, so for now at least it'll be a box model.

  25. Posted

     

    Had nearly the same issue with the one I fixed about a month ago now? It ended up being an issue with the TIA. Or at least that was the last thing I replaced when it suddenly started to provide a picture. I still have an issue with the player 2 difficulty being stuck in the NOVICE setting but it isn't due to any of the three main chips as replacing all of them didn't fix that issue. Still it is playable otherwise and I was just using a Genesis model 1 supply because it was the closest thing I had on hand. A 5200 PSU should be good as well and I used those more than once to power my Intelly 2. Same situation where it has a rectifier to convert the AC from the wall wart to DC in the system.

     

    Thanks, I will look into that. I will be opening up the console this weekend. Will start with another cleaning of the cartridge port and see what happens. I too got the 5200 power supply for an INTV2.

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