fsped09

Just now, Lincoln said:

I think there's some evidence that a flu shot will at least reduce the severity of illness if you do happen to catch it

That is my understanding as well. While each person is different, my wife "forgot" (she doesn't like needles) to get hers and got a case of the Flu. My son did as well, he did have the vaccine. The difference in this case was that my son was sick for about two days, whereas she was ill for about five-six days. That is our personal experience, but is in line to how I understand it works. 

Exact reproductions (yes even labels), isn't something we allow here. 

2 minutes ago, Estil said:

Well the main problem with flu is that there's many different kinds of flu viruses just like there are many different kinds of cold viruses.  So even if you can cure/vaccinate for one kind, it won't necessarily work for any of the others.

As a person who gets the flu shot every year, I'd rather have some protection, than none. 

On 2/25/2020 at 7:17 PM, drxandy said:

Found a wavebird receiver on the cheap so I snagged a controller off of eBay and cleaned it up.

Before:

After:

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Love this! I've restored a few GC controllers over the years and its always satisfying. You should try to swap the analog sticks for fun next time. I found it quite nice having the C stick on the left. Nice work!

5 hours ago, arch_8ngel said:

Pretty concerned about a guy like Pence being the filter for official news on health related issues though.  

5 hours ago, epiclotus said:

I absolutely agree.  

Yeah, this Donald tweet didn't age well either. 

I just want to know what they're going to do with all the old stock of retro games they're hording. That being said the new store looks pretty cool!

23 hours ago, Quest4Nes said:

I need a custom nes label made. Someone that could do design and print one for me. Id give detailed instuctions and an example of what I want on it from previous years. Is bounce on this site yet? Dra6oon printed them for me the last couple of years but I dont think hes come over. 

I can help

You're right, probably not appropriate @Link. Generally speaking, "how to" make reproductions isn't a good idea. Labels would be ok as long as they're not of existing gaming. But how to wire up a repro isn't something that belongs here. There are people out there that would take the information and attempt to create one to one copies of existing games in the hopes of selling them as the real thing. 

After much debating I've decided to sell this part of my collection. They've been sitting on a shelf in a closet for far too long and its time to for them to go to a new home. 

Included in sale: All 30 Nintendo "Black Box" Launch titles (listed below). All are 5 screw only, no clips here! Also included is the matching manuals (minus DK Jr Math manual), case protectors, and OEM Nintendo Logo cart sleeves. All of the carts and manuals are in really good shape. I took my time over the years procuring this subset. These items have been stored carefully in a pet/smoke free home. 

10 Yard Fight, Balloon Fight, Baseball, Clu Clu Land, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong 3, Donkey Kong Jr, Donkey Kong Jr Math, Duck Hunt, Excitebike, Golf, Gumshoe, Gyromite, Hogan’s Alley, Ice Climber, Kung Fu, Mach Rider, Mario Bros, Pinball, Popeye, Pro Wrestling,Slalom, Soccer, Stack-Up, Super Mario Bros, Tennis, Urban Champion, Volleyball, Wild Gunman, Wrecking Crew (Wrecking Crew cart contains famicom adaptor)

(^Duck Hunt has the "foil" Nintendo logo and the camera didn't see m to pick it up with the flash)

(DK Jr. Math manual not available)

Asking $900 $800 for the entire set.

Terms:

• I will not break up the set so please don't ask me.
• Serious offers will be considered, low offers will be ignored.
• Buyer to pay all shipping costs.
• This will be limited to US Buyers only.

Please let me know if you have any questions, concerns, want more pics, etc. Thanks for looking. 

I only bought a game or two from them years ago and I wasn't too happy. I felt the price was high and the pictures didn't really do the item justice. But I digress, its sad to see another game site go down.

HNY Fellow VGSers!

Why all the worm hate? 

A little guy from eBay I saved, and gave an upgrade to!

Asteroids for Atari 2600!!!

On 11/24/2019 at 3:55 PM, BortLicensePlate said:

I did another one with the name fully abbreviated, I like the look of this one better I think. Also added the full name below it

 

Big, big fan of this! Well done. Sharp, fresh looking logo! Retro t-shirt is an I WANT!

I was also surprised to see the Wata guys come out to validate their own graded game. Its usually a third party or something. I know it is a scripted show, but still, bring in that guy woh values toys for him and get his opinion. I wonder if Wata paid to get on the show? 

@ThePhleo, so easy to post a pic, we're spoiled now lol. 

On 11/11/2019 at 3:13 PM, Code Monkey said:

Ordered

$44 CAD shipped, yikes.

On 11/11/2019 at 3:34 PM, fsped09 said:

I do flat rate shipping on all international orders. I tried doing it by location, but every single time it was always more and I was getting burned at the post office.  I can assure you if shipping is any less @Code Monkey, you'll be refunded the difference. Thank you for your order!

@Code Monkey, I've refunded you the difference for shipping.  Thanks again!

Need a box for your homeless cart? I got you fam!

https://www.nes-city.com/8-Bit_Xmas_2019_Box/p1146919_20134276.aspx

8 hours ago, Otherguy said:

Anybody capable of making NintendoAge 2.0? Do you have the proper tools to building it?

Where do you think you are?

Over 97% of the members are from NA. (see below)
 

The text on site rules is very dark in Dark Mode 

Thank you all for the orders! 

Found some more before pics of the Gameboy I saved...

This was a total mess, and so enjoyable to restore!

1 hour ago, themisfit138 said:

I am attempting to revive an a/v modded top loader. It use to work fine then slowly degraded. For a while it would only play the demo loop on any game and freeze when you started to actually play. Then it would only display a purple, red, or blue screen after turning on. Now it is just a black screen. I am figuring one or both of the main chips are shot.

Could be the chips, but I think they either work or don't work, not a slow death like you described.  

Did you check the connections? It you have a multi-meter using connectivity mode, you can confirm that the red/green wires are sending the signal. If you're not getting a connection then you could maybe redo the wires and see if that helps. 

15 minutes ago, drxandy said:

Here's back together, I did this 3rd party memory card too and made a "label" with white carbon fiber vinyl:

Slick!!