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Re: Post your console gaming setups
« Reply #50 on: Mon, 20 October 2014, 10:43:45 »
I can recommend sd2nes for many many hours of snes/famicom fun and action without paying for overpriced games each time. Not cheap but a good investment when you're serious about playing snes.

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« Reply #51 on: Mon, 20 October 2014, 11:15:09 »
Or an Everdrive. Sure they cost $100-150 even for the NES versions, but being able to download the entire NES library in alphabetical order all on one cart and play it in an original system is rad as ****.

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« Reply #52 on: Mon, 20 October 2014, 11:28:19 »
**** keyboards, I'm getting on the flash cart hype train.

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« Reply #53 on: Mon, 20 October 2014, 11:29:20 »
But then I won't have the fun of finding carts in the wild. But flash cards seem cool. And I like anything Hoff hypes.
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« Reply #54 on: Mon, 20 October 2014, 11:32:39 »
But then I won't have the fun of finding carts in the wild. But flash cards seem cool

Yeah, in all honesty I'm still torn.  I like the idea of selecting a cartridge from the shelf.  I was never a fan of mass collections of digital files in non-physical form (don't ask me about my music collection though...   :-\ ), as I have a hard time picking something.  Physical media works much better for me.  So I may consider a flash cart, but I'll probably stick to cartridges.

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« Reply #55 on: Mon, 20 October 2014, 11:38:17 »
Why not both ?

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« Reply #56 on: Mon, 20 October 2014, 11:42:21 »
Why not both ?

You make a convincing argument.  Unfortunately, I only have so much money.

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« Reply #57 on: Mon, 20 October 2014, 12:19:30 »

Why not both ?

You make a convincing argument.  Unfortunately, I only have so much money.

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« Reply #58 on: Mon, 20 October 2014, 12:31:09 »
I personally collect nes cartridges and have that awesome sd2nes with over 11k roms on sd (ok, I will never be able to play all of them, but its good to know that they are there and ready to play).

And the nes cartridges are way cooler than the snes ones and look better on the shelf ;D

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« Reply #59 on: Mon, 20 October 2014, 19:36:54 »
My cousin has Snow Bros. We used to play it all the time. I think now he could get a couple hundred for it. One of the funnest 2p games.

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« Reply #60 on: Mon, 20 October 2014, 22:35:27 »
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Did someone say handhelds and Neo Geo Pocket Color? I'll pay more pics of my collection later.
I loved playing snk vs capcom and pacman using the 4-way gate mod with the clicky joystick.

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« Reply #61 on: Mon, 20 October 2014, 22:56:13 »
Why not both ?

You make a convincing argument.  Unfortunately, I only have so much money.

Put as ROM of Ducktales 2 on there and it already paid for itself!

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« Reply #62 on: Tue, 21 October 2014, 08:08:52 »
No Trinitrons?! Step your game up! I wanna see them PVM/BVMs

Ugh....you've got me looking at PVMs now. But I don't understand how to hook them up to my SNES or n64. I found this article that talks about SCARTs and other bits of hardware but I'm a plebe. Help me understand jwaz.

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Did someone say handhelds and Neo Geo Pocket Color? I'll post more pics of my collection later.
I loved playing snk vs capcom and pacman using the 4-way gate mod with the clicky joystick.

4 way gate mod? What's that? And I love SNK vs Capcom on NGPC :D.

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« Reply #63 on: Tue, 21 October 2014, 21:41:08 »
No Trinitrons?! Step your game up! I wanna see them PVM/BVMs

Ugh....you've got me looking at PVMs now. But I don't understand how to hook them up to my SNES or n64. I found this article that talks about SCARTs and other bits of hardware but I'm a plebe. Help me understand jwaz.

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Did someone say handhelds and Neo Geo Pocket Color? I'll post more pics of my collection later.
I loved playing snk vs capcom and pacman using the 4-way gate mod with the clicky joystick.

4 way gate mod? What's that? And I love SNK vs Capcom on NGPC :D.
Shoot! I have my ngpc in a storage container.

If you bought the namco museum game for the ngpc, it came with a thin circular piece of plastic that fit inside the d-pad.

It worked "similar" to the original 4-way joystick on an original Pac-man arcade. It made it so you can make turns quicker since you aren't wasting precious milliseconds clicking the diagonals.

I'm going to look for a picture online.

Edit 1: oops! It wasn't namco museum. It was just released as pac-man.

Edit 2: It includes the "cross ring" in the package. See picture.
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« Reply #64 on: Thu, 23 October 2014, 07:27:21 »
Ohhhh I see. I picked up a sealed crush roller that had that little ring!

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« Reply #65 on: Fri, 24 October 2014, 18:42:38 »
Nothing too special. Basically just my Battlefield setup.

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« Reply #66 on: Fri, 24 October 2014, 18:48:16 »
Ohhhh I see. I picked up a sealed crush roller that had that little ring!

How long ago? You might have been the guy that sniped me on that :))

Also, YOU OPENED IT?? You could have sold it and bought a bunch more games. Opening something like that is like killing a unicorn. :(

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« Reply #67 on: Fri, 24 October 2014, 19:09:54 »


How long ago? You might have been the guy that sniped me on that :))

Also, YOU OPENED IT?? You could have sold it and bought a bunch more games. Opening something like that is like killing a unicorn. :(

I found it in a store in Nyc. And why would I do that? I bought it to play it.

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« Reply #68 on: Fri, 24 October 2014, 19:24:13 »
I had a NGPC back in the  day but ended up selling it because the lack of back/front lighting bothered me too much.

Did anyone ever come out with a kit for that?

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« Reply #69 on: Fri, 24 October 2014, 19:53:39 »


How long ago? You might have been the guy that sniped me on that :))

Also, YOU OPENED IT?? You could have sold it and bought a bunch more games. Opening something like that is like killing a unicorn. :(

I found it in a store in Nyc. And why would I do that? I bought it to play it.

Not a sealed collector myself, but they are out there and willing to pay insane amounts for sealed games. A few years ago I sold a sealed Super Metroid and bought an AES with the proceedings. You probably could've gotten $40-60 for a sealed Crush Roller(more for the EU version) and bought like 8 more NGPC games ;)

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« Reply #70 on: Sat, 25 October 2014, 23:10:47 »
I had a NGPC back in the  day but ended up selling it because the lack of back/front lighting bothered me too much.

Did anyone ever come out with a kit for that?

My salad was just tossed.  Someone is doing front lit mods for the ngpc: http://rosecoloredgaming.wordpress.com/system-mods/



edit: looks like they are not taking orders currently.  Still might be worth asking for an update.
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« Reply #71 on: Sat, 25 October 2014, 23:15:59 »
Why not DIY dante? Look up supremejudge's ngpc front light mod.

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« Reply #72 on: Sat, 25 October 2014, 23:23:12 »
Why not DIY dante? Look up supremejudge's ngpc front light mod.

Maybe I'll do that.  Honestly I had no interest in rekindling my desire for NGPC until this thread.  I'm only interested in the homebrews and Gal's Fighters ...  :eek: :p

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« Reply #73 on: Sat, 25 October 2014, 23:24:06 »
Link me to homebrews for the NGPC dante?

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« Reply #74 on: Sat, 25 October 2014, 23:34:59 »
Link me to homebrews for the NGPC dante?

I'll get back to you on that.  I just did a search and most of the ROM sites are down.  I've got a HD somewhere from a dead PC that's got them on there that I'll hook up.

I remember there being a whole folder of homebrew ROM's.  Not sure if anyone is doing development anymore; at one point I wanted to do a port of DarkStalkers but never progressed beyond the 'desire' of it.
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« Reply #75 on: Sat, 25 October 2014, 23:42:15 »
I'd love a homebrew schump on the NGPC besides metal slug.

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« Reply #76 on: Sun, 26 October 2014, 00:24:31 »
I'd love a homebrew schump on the NGPC besides metal slug.

I would love a homebrew port of SNK's Victory Road (Ikari Warriors 2) ~ most people consider it meh to average but I loved that game.  It's one of those situations where you love everything about a game - even wanting to find the original designers just so you can buy them a beer even when everyone else thinks the game is average.


edit: The Atari St only had a 3 voice sound chip and the music for it came out great so with some love the NGPC should be able to handle it.


The ingame play for this and the Amiga version got TOTALLY boned - despite being 68K machines w/ specialized chips.  The NES port was also crap and they changed a bunch of stuff. :(
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« Reply #77 on: Sun, 26 October 2014, 01:26:57 »
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« Reply #78 on: Sun, 26 October 2014, 15:06:06 »
Sony BVM & PC Engine nomnomnom


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« Reply #79 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 18:58:41 »
I'd love a homebrew schump on the NGPC besides metal slug.

Sorry to say I was unable to recover the roms off the HD. :(  I thought the motherboard died but more than likely it was the HD.

If you look for a ROM pack I'd say they should be fairly complete - these were all tiny games.

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« Reply #80 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 19:00:48 »
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Goddamnit that setup looks good. I keep hearing that PCE has the best SCHUMPs too...I love shoot em ups.

If you look for a ROM pack I'd say they should be fairly complete - these were all tiny games.

I wish I knew what I was looking for. ROM Pack?

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« Reply #81 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 19:05:49 »
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Goddamnit that setup looks good. I keep hearing that PCE has the best SCHUMPs too...I love shoot em ups.

If you look for a ROM pack I'd say they should be fairly complete - these were all tiny games.

I wish I knew what I was looking for. ROM Pack?


ROM pack = just slang for a .ZIP file full of dumped rom images from the cartridges; in the case of homebrews that will be the only way to get them.  There might be a flashcart floating around too that you can load the images onto to play on a real Neo Geo Pocket.

BTW: If you are going to get into PCE and are contemplating CD-ROM games - stick with the Duo R.  Much more reliable!
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« Reply #82 on: Sat, 01 November 2014, 20:51:37 »
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« Reply #83 on: Thu, 06 November 2014, 10:50:18 »
No love for neo pocket here ;)
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« Reply #84 on: Thu, 06 November 2014, 10:52:05 »
No love for neo pocket here ;)
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« Reply #85 on: Thu, 06 November 2014, 11:11:12 »
There's two different ROM versions, DX and an everdrive ;)


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« Reply #86 on: Sat, 15 November 2014, 21:09:18 »
Here's an album of my current main collection. Too many images to upload here I think, enjoy  ;D

https://imgur.com/a/Gsz95

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« Reply #87 on: Sat, 15 November 2014, 23:03:13 »

Here's an album of my current main collection. Too many images to upload here I think, enjoy  ;D

https://imgur.com/a/Gsz95

I was going to give you **** for the N64 collection, until I read your caption.  :'(  Can I help you rebuild that collection? What's your favorite N64 game?

Also, no PS2/GC/Xbox? Did you skip that generation for any particular reason?

Also also, love Carmen Sandiago and Baldur's Gate.  :thumb:

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« Reply #88 on: Sun, 16 November 2014, 02:47:35 »

Here's an album of my current main collection. Too many images to upload here I think, enjoy  ;D

https://imgur.com/a/Gsz95

I was going to give you **** for the N64 collection, until I read your caption.  :'(  Can I help you rebuild that collection? What's your favorite N64 game?

Also, no PS2/GC/Xbox? Did you skip that generation for any particular reason?

Also also, love Carmen Sandiago and Baldur's Gate.  :thumb:

I was not a big N64 guy, always hated the graphics and controller but I do occasionally miss Bangai O and Killer Instinct Gold. Never got a chance to finish Majora's Mask either. I only had like 14 or 15 N64 games. :(

I did have a PS2 and GC as well, but I traded my PS2 to get a 360 and sold the GC at a pawn shop. The GC had some fantastic games. Windwaker and Eternal Darkness are probably my favorite games for the system. Metroid Prime was incredible as well.

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« Reply #89 on: Mon, 17 November 2014, 15:40:58 »
Here's an album of my current main collection. Too many images to upload here I think, enjoy  ;D

https://imgur.com/a/Gsz95

SNES secret of mana is quality, loved playing through that

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« Reply #90 on: Thu, 18 December 2014, 23:20:21 »
Here's hoping we see some cool Christmas swag  :cool:

Also a reminder that this thread exists  :blank:

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« Reply #91 on: Sat, 27 December 2014, 20:18:35 »
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« Reply #92 on: Fri, 02 January 2015, 07:56:58 »
Here's an album of my current main collection. Too many images to upload here I think, enjoy  ;D

https://imgur.com/a/Gsz95

Nice collection, sir! I have a thing for Diablo II. Much nostalgia. 



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« Reply #93 on: Sat, 03 January 2015, 18:42:04 »
I received an RCA to HDMI adapter that I wanted for Christmas and finally got around to setting it up.  It allows for full scaling to 1080p  :thumb:

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« Reply #94 on: Sat, 03 January 2015, 19:44:56 »
Having just gone through a ridiculous move, I don't envy any of you owning all of what you do.

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« Reply #95 on: Sat, 03 January 2015, 20:13:38 »
Having just gone through a ridiculous move, I don't envy any of you owning all of what you do.

When I was in school I was doing 4 moves a year sometimes.  I've had most of my collection since high school, so I've always had a lot of stuff to move.  I eventually gave up and just kept all my video games at my parents' house until I finished college.  :'(  Was not fun.  And now I'm basically just dreading whenever the next time is I'll have to move.

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« Reply #96 on: Sat, 03 January 2015, 20:38:22 »
Having just gone through a ridiculous move, I don't envy any of you owning all of what you do.

This is for sure not a moving friendly hobby. Over half the boxes from all the stuff I've accumulated in my adult life is video game related, and it was a huge hassle tearing down, packing, and rebuilding the display. But it makes me smile every time I glance to the left :D

When I was in school I was doing 4 moves a year sometimes.  I've had most of my collection since high school, so I've always had a lot of stuff to move.  I eventually gave up and just kept all my video games at my parents' house until I finished college.  :'(  Was not fun.  And now I'm basically just dreading whenever the next time is I'll have to move.

The only saving grace is that the display gets cooler every time you rebuild it! I have these cool led backlit frosted glass shelves I wanna get to display consoles next time I move, so it's sort of exciting to dream about.
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« Reply #97 on: Fri, 09 January 2015, 16:51:48 »
One of the rarest game consoles ever made is on Ebay right now. Take out a lean of your house and sell your car!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/271384821695?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

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« Reply #98 on: Fri, 09 January 2015, 16:53:30 »
I just wanna Turbografx or Duo-R for all those shooters :(

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« Reply #99 on: Fri, 09 January 2015, 16:55:13 »
One of the rarest game consoles ever made is on Ebay right now. Take out a lean of your house and sell your car!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/271384821695?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Well **** me, that's fantastic.  If only I had an extra 8 grand...    :confused: