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    New Ali express 3.5 inch monitors

    in Everything Else

    Posted · Edited by phart010

    1 hour ago, Gloves said:

    So it's pretty useless outside of the very specific use case presented in the photos on the listing: displaying information about your CPU, RAM, etc..

    This is why we need all y’all smart computer people to write some new code to make it work 

     

    edit: didn’t see your note about the frames. I wonder what determines the framerate 

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    New Ali express 3.5 inch monitors

    in Everything Else

    Posted · Edited by phart010

    There’s this new product on the market. It’s a 3.5 inch IPS monitor that uses usb-c. They’re available on Ali express for around $20 shipped although I’ve seen some sellers with it as little as $8 shipped.

    Problem is they are pretty much designed to display a pc performance monitoring dashboard using a custom performance monitoring app.

    I wonder if anyone will make custom drivers for this so that it can be recognized as a pc monitor. Or even if it can somehow be used as an hdmi monitor via a usb-c to hdmi adaptor 

     

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    Metallic Paint Codes

    in General Collecting Discussion

    Posted

    I’m fed up with trying to find a good condition Ice Blue Gameboy Pocket for a reasonable price. I’ve decided I’m going to try and paint one. Does anyone happen to know the paint code for that particular metallic blue color?

    Also if anyone discovers any paint codes for gaming related items, you can post them here.

    First enjoyable 3D gaming experience?

    in The Gauntlet

    Posted

    I remember playing a lot of pc games in 3D around Mario 64. Don’t really remember whether they were before or after Mario but Mario 64 was really when we embraced 3D gaming.

    Some games that stick out in my memory is Rocket Jockey, Doom, Hexen, Jedi Knight, Terminal Velocity, Tribes

    I wonder if a Super Mario Advance that's 'Not For Resale' can be priced, I'm not selling!!

    in General Collecting Discussion

    Posted

    3 hours ago, Tanooki said:

    So any conclusions on what it's potentially worth?  A friend of mine just got one today or yesterday in great shape, RP ESRB box and all.  He and I were wondering if any value could be stuck to it to make sure he came out ahead in his deal.

    I seem to remember F-Zero being the demo game at GBA kiosks when GBA launched. I believe this Mario game was also one of the launch titles, but wasn’t as impressive as F-Zero for showing off the new system.

    I would imagine there are less demos versions of this game than F-Zero since they were both competing for the kiosk at the same time. But rarity is often trumped by mass appeal and people sure do like to collect Mario stuff 

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    Why is GBC underappreciated?

    in The Gauntlet

    Posted · Edited by phart010

    11 minutes ago, Link said:

    For some reason I have never been able to get into a portable Zelda game. I'm not sure why. I've briefly played Link's Awakening and Minish Cap on emulators and I think they stumped me pretty quick and I didn't care 😞 I really like A Link Between Worlds though, that was awesome. 

    For GBA check out page 3 of this thread. There’s a nice list about halfway down the page:

     

    Why is GBC underappreciated?

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    Posted · Edited by phart010

    4 hours ago, Link said:

    What are the top GB/C/A games you would recommend for someone who isn't into Pokemon? I have a few that I like on GB. But I never had my own GB (until the last few years) nor access to a GBC.

    I had a GBA for a little bit (that a gf got me, ages ago), and didn't find much for it. By that time I was pretty disconnected from any gaming media or other source of information. 

    In addition to games already mentioned:

    There’s two Zelda Oracle games. One is not a replacement for the other. Each game is its own adventure.

    Two Megaman X games.

    Azure Dreams DX
    Bomberman Quest
    Crystalis
    Donkey Kong Country
    Donkey Kong Land 3 in color (Japanese)
    Two Dragon Quest Monsters games (3 actually)
    Dragon Quest 1+2
    Dragon Quest 3
    Harvest Moon games in color
    Little Mermaid pinball
    Lufia
    Magical Chase
    Mario Land DX (color hack)
    Mario Land 2 DX (color hack)
    Mario Tennis
    Pokémon Pinball (not really a Pokémon game)
    Return of the Ninja
    R-Type DX 
    Snoopy Tennis 
    Survival Kids (also a Japanese sequel)
    Warioland 2 and 3
     

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    Increasing anecdotal reports claim Wii Us are bricking themselves from inactivity

    in General Collecting Discussion

    Posted · Edited by phart010

    1 hour ago, darkchylde28 said:

    Well, I mean, in all seriousness, this fits Nintendo's M.O. of "let's sell them the same software as many times as we can" to an absolute T.  If they accidentally stepped into using industry standard technology that automatically kills off consumers' ability to re-play their old games, a big chunk of their job is already done without needing to lift a finger. 

    Realistically, I don't think they would have to have known, as virtually every reputable electronics company will do stress/age testing on all of their hardware, and how do you test for what happens with non-powered RAM chips over times beyond letting them sit unpowered?  They might have discovered this issue before consumers started running across it and stayed mum about it (which would make sense from the perspective of them trying to avoid a recall/lawsuit/etc.), but I don't think this is something they really could have anticipated beforehand, otherwise there would have been all sorts of articles from various technology experts, industry experts, Nintendo's competitors, etc. at launch, not more than a deacde later.

    I agree they knew that electronic chips holding a charge will eventually lose charge rendering them useless. This has been known like forever. 

    The part that I disagreed is that they were “scheming” to make Wii U’s that fail after a certain amount of time so that they can resell the titles on Switch.

    As far as Nintendo is concerned, the Wii U sales numbers were so insignificant that they had to re-release all of the titles. The fact that chips and hardware dies off was most likely not even a consideration in the decision to re-release Wii U titles.

    The fact that chips are losing charge already is pretty concerning though. Industry standards for the lifespans of these type of products have never really been officially defined, but up until now it has always been 20+ years. That’s really important because if your gonna spend the money to build up a software library for a system, the consumer should have some assurance that their libraries won’t become obsolete for a reasonable amount of time.  

    If Wii U’s are already going dead after only around 8-11 years, this is a big shift away from previous lifespan expectations for game consoles. I wonder if any similar system dependent chips were used in the Switch.

    I wonder what is going to happen to sealed collecting on Switch with people knowing that the game inside of the sealed plastic will eventually go obsolete if it doesn’t get energized every now and then


     

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    Had store trade credit picked up Metroid Zero Mission kiosk demo has back of cart property of Nintendo sticker!

    in Show Off

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    There were a bunch of these on eBay a few years ago when I bought mine. It’s funny because they were actually selling for less than the retail version. I got it for $20 while at the same time the retail game was maybe in the $50 range.

    I agree that it should be valued higher than the retail version though. The market just hasn’t come to that realization yet. It will. in time..

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