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The original Analogue Nt is high end in the sense that it has a high price, slick web design, planned scarcity, and a metal case. It's the Supreme of consoles. Convention Quest is the latest game I've come across that does not work (at all) on an Analogue Nt. AVS is the only real deal as far as I'm concerned.

VideoGameBoxProtectors and Retro Protection both sell "normal" protectors like that. I throw out the ones I get in the mail with those center locking tabs, they are awful.

Do any of these companies make anything less than the gaudiest, most overladen with controls, nonsense control panels?? 5 joysticks?? 7 buttons per player for players 3 and 4???

Check out The Wirecutter, they do comparison reviews. Even if you don't buy their recommendations, they usually have good insight into what to look for. https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-soundbar/ I wouldn't trust Amazon reviews for people buying low end speakers. Most people will be upgrading from TV speakers and think basically anything is good.

I'd keep the price tag on since it matches the bag and receipt so it completes the story. I don't like them otherwise.

I have one from Monster Arcades from around 2012 and it's OK at best. The art I designed is slightly miscut, the out of the box controls weren't bad, but weren't the best considering the exorbitant price and I replaced them all, the TV is cheap, the computer is old for the price (but I mean it's MAME, it works). It included real MAME with all the preview videos and everything, just had to drop in ROMs, so that part is nice at least. It's not the worst thing ever, but I was trying to get a "professional" type thing and it's basically the same as what I'd get if I DIY'd it. My office has a Dream Arcades thing (which was phenomenally expensive and I tried to recommend against). I'm pretty sure it doesn't actually run MAME, it runs "legal" versions of all the games. For example, it includes physical discs of like Midway Arcade Collections on PS2 that are ripped to the HDD. When you start a game, I think it starts a PS2 emulator directly into the emulated arcade game. Some weird games are in the menus like Sudoku that just crash the thing if you try to launch them. All the games are blurry AF because it's a PS2 emulator running an arcade emulator. It runs on a little Raspberry Pi type computer and we've had one break already. Don't buy this. Kraylix Kit and DIY man. Do it right!

Oh yeah, I'm in with my mediocre skills. Lmao at Shmup Speed. My battle worn hands won't win that one.

It's the best CRPG ever as far as I'm concerned. Something that's finally better than all the heralded old Bioware and Black Isle games.

If you're willing to blow a thousand bucks on a nice CRT, that option is already there for you, and I don't think a lot of people are doing it. Too many good alternatives between clone consoles, emulators, and $20 thrift store TVs.

The first I remember is Sonic 2, which was probably it.

They grade DVD cases, clamshells, and cardboard boxes on the same 1-10 scale (they even graded an NWC controller which I find a little ridiculous, lol). At the end of the day, grades are basically the sum of some guys' opinion and not exactly transferable holy writ. They just have to keep it consistent over time for all the other like-objects they grade.

This was an issue with the Xbox 360 if you look into it, which was designed for HDTVs but a portion of players still used CRTs. Dead Rising was a game that had a lot of complaints: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2006/09/5264/ The developer's response was "suck it", which I believe was the developer response to this issue for most games in that generation. Not saying that's the appropriate response for an NES since the vast majority of the millions of consoles out there are composite and RF only, but that is how some people historically have handled it!

I tried to beat it, but it really gets ridiculously difficult. There are some very obscure and unintuitive interactions and sometimes too many variables (considering the Sokoban) for me. I like the simpler puzzles best, even the tough ones, but when it's a 100 step solution and has 10 immutable walled-off rules, it's sometimes too much for me.

Anyone know when the last one of these actually sold? Smoke, mirrors, and speculation would be fine too if one hasn’t sold in a while. I’m not in the market in either direction, just curious.

Rhythm games. It can always get harder. Your score can always be higher. In the case of dance games, you can always be in better shape!

I already accidentally posted under the gameplay guides section once because I thought it was that.

The Messenger It's like Ninja Gaiden, Mega Man X, and Sonic CD in one game. The mobility in this game is insane. I wish there was even trickier platforming to make full use of what a god damn invincible ninja badass you are, but it's still super enjoyable.

Half-Life 1 and 2 (and lots of classic Valve games) are a buck right now on Steam for those who haven't played them.

I don't hate Tyson, I hate my skills.

I was having trouble thinking of someone, but yeah, Danny Sullivan.

They are two different games to be clear. World Cup didn't come out in the US, but did come out in Japan. Not sure if we're talking about non-US games, non-NTSC region games, or specifically 50hz games yet! Although Super Tilt Bro is a homebrew game I know for sure was designed for 50hz NESs and it's the bomb!

Isn't there a button combination you set in the Input menu? I never try it so I'm not sure if it has any limitations.

See, you're also putting implied limits on what "counts" as a game, whether it's because of the time period, or licensing, or what. You're complaining about rare/expensive games lists that have implied scopes of US releases or games people have actually heard of or games on PriceCharting depending on how lazy the list maker is. The actual RAREST (not hardest to obtain or most expensive) is probably some handmade indie homebrew release, not a small but mass produced Nintendo or Sachen game. It's just not within your personal scope. I'll concede you know way more about foreign Game Boy games than I do but don't claim every single release from 4-5 countries is the rarest GB game because they're impossibly obscure then say something else dumb and obscure doesn't count

It doesn’t list things like Nintendo Power and Whoa! inserts, only inserts unique to a game. Based on how haphazard and careless the people who sent in most early CIB games are, I’d estimate the vast, vast majority of graded CIBs are missing nonessential inserts. I’ve even seen it encouraged to send in games missing posters because it doesn’t detract from the grade, so who cares? A CIB game with pics beats a Wata mystery box 10 of out 10 times, unless you’re grading your 100% complete game for your own enjoyment. I think their QR code thing might list all components once the app is out, although again unless you have pics I’m taking the ungraded one so I can see condition too.

Is a CHN Donkey Kong harder to find than a NIV Bible? Especially within China itself? What’s the line between rare and hard to get for an American? Not saying you’d be tripping over Donkey Kongs and Tennis in China, but they’re objectively not rarer than some random old limited release foreign homebrew like Super Connard either. But nobody cares about Super Connard. But nobody cares about Game Boy carts from Holland either. So none of that will be in my clickbait Youtube video!