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1 hour ago, Brickman said:

Well the superior SMB3 is on the SNES as well. So technically it can fall into a SNES discussion 

Blasphemy!!!

57 minutes ago, Hammerfestus said:

They’ve shown absolutely no inclination to do anything about corporate abuses in other sectors and I don’t see why they would start here.  

Obviously if you just trust companies to act ethically, they always will!

/s

19 minutes ago, PII said:

Use a yardstick to hit reset.

It's not so bad.   

Oh I can be even lazier I play on a Analogue NT mini so I just hit select + start

4,990. I probably would have done more runs on this but dying once and then having to enter the password again every time is a super drag  

10/10. I’m with the SMB3 crew here it’s definitely S-tier Mario/video game but SMB3 will always be my favorite Mario. That said they are both easily on my favorite games of all time list. SMW is my introduction to one of the best systems of all time imo

11 minutes ago, Gloves said:

I ended up retreating to my bedroom for the duration. The light outside dimming made me nauseous for some reason. 

Watch out for this party animal over here

8 minutes ago, Ferris Bueller said:

It's partially my fault. I put in what I called a "Walk-away" bid, a ridiculous amount that I thought no one would ever reach so I wouldn't have to worry about potentially losing, and someone outbid me on an item like this. I believe I fucked up the market and now people think that's what they're worth where I think it was a one time fluke. I didn't mean for it to happen, but a handful of people saw and are pushing it as the new price point. There's no way for me to correct it, so here we are. I won't be bidding that way again, ever. Lol?

I mean in reality like how many people are even searching for a 5 screw mega man besides a bunch of us nerds? Although I have been scavenging eBay for something like 2 years for a N7 nba basketball so who knows maybe there are more than I think

57 minutes ago, Reed Rothchild said:

Quick, someone write a script to pull all 199 debate scores from @a3quit4s so we can start keeping score on that front 

Truth be told I didn’t actually vote on a lot of them. I’m not well played on the genesis library so I tried not to vote where I didn’t have experience. On the flip side, I’ve played enough to know Sonic 2 is a great game lmaoooo

I mean cmon most people only see what’s next to play on Genesis after they are done with Sonic, it’s the main draw to the system

I saw an eBay listing for a 5 screw Mega Man for $8,500 I feel like that is just someone fishing for a whale, I’m not even sure the real value would be half of that. 
 

Agree or disagree?

Bunch o cranky people just trying to be different by saying Sonic 2 isn’t a good game. Plus y’all NA refugees just hate on Sega lmao

Just a heads up you may also post those NFRs in our FS/FO forum as someone here might be interested in them. Can’t attest to what you should look for in value though. If someone was specifically looking for them you could charge a premium because they are indeed rare versions of common games. I think the most likely reason for those stickers was they were sold to Nintendo employees 

4 minutes ago, RH said:

What about the 3x NFRs?  If this guy is just looking to flip, then it still might not be worth getting them graded, but I've not seen these types of NES NFRs.  Any clue where they came from?  (Also, I admit that I've not looked much into NES NFRs, so I admit ignorance.)

These were system pack-ins, I don't think, so where did these come from?

This person has a graded version of the Metroid up for $2k but just because it’s listed at that price doesn’t mean it will sell. What I meant is I don’t think you’d make much more going through the hassle of grading them vs selling them raw. Obviously the NFR should sell for more than the others but use ebay sold rather than price charting to determine value for those. 
 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/375224939548

These are all common titles and they are all only Complete in Box or CIB since the way you describe it all the seals have been broken or fully removed. I wouldn’t bother grading them and just sell for as close to price charting as I could. Searching eBay sold listings may net better results. 

Never played it but the general consensus I’ve seen is if you dig FromSoftware games Sekiro is a must play. Plus you should be able to get it for less than $20 on console and probably less on Steam so I think it’d be worth it. I wouldn’t let one cranky review sway me lol

14 minutes ago, Tulpa said:

They started combining the composite RCA ports with the component ports, if your Vizio still has those. The yellow composite video connects to the green input (which is why it's labeled video twice.) The Retrotink is still a good idea, though. 

Doesn’t even have those anymore, just 4x HDMI. Pretty much all TV makers are killing off RCA ports and just going HDMI which makes sense in this day and age. The RetroTink does that though where the green input is a shared input for the video cable on composite. 

I did some TV swapping around the house - new 77” C3 OLED upstairs so I had an extra 65” TV that the 77” replaced. Decided after offering it up to everyone I know to replace the one of the game room TVs with it which is an old Sony XBR 55”. Problem is I used it for retro gaming and it still had composite RCA input and the 65” Vizio didn’t have that port. I figured that port is probably dead now so I picked up a RetroTink 5x Pro to scale up the systems running on a composite 8 to 1 switch to HDMI. Updating the firmware now and curious to see how the systems look up scaled. 

Thanks to all those who replied and shared their wisdom. I think at this point it’s either a consolized/supergun MVS for me or trying something emulated as the price to get into this just seems pretty steep for basically fighting games and Metal Slug. I’m not sure I will take the plunge unless something really comes up that makes it worthwhile. Thanks again to everyone who posted!

On 4/1/2024 at 2:51 PM, a3quit4s said:

Anyone else have the Analogue Duo and have problems ejecting CDs? Like I press the eject button and it sounds like it is doing something and the disc never comes out. Even when I can get it to pop out a little it never comes out more than a tiny bit? Google says other people are having the same issue and having to employ workarounds to….eject a cd? What a total fail 

Just an update to this - a firmware update was posted on 3/29 that seems to resolve this although I dunno I still think it acts janky but definitely better than before. 
 

Keep your firmware up to date kids

My favorite argument so far is Sonic 2 is gonna win because it’s popular and people haven’t played the other games in a fucking game collecting forum full of people who play a shit ton of different games across any system lmao

Had a blast at this and it was really good to meet @Ferris Bueller @Scrobins @dale_coop @neodolphino @doner24 all in person and anyone else I missed cause I didn’t get their user name!!

Oh wow he messaged me as well about grind stormer 

59 minutes ago, Mega Tank said:

You going to throw a fit when he says no? 

Something tells me he would do it for the right price lmaoo

I saw NA signage but not VGS signage lmao

I couldn’t really get comfortable playing this on the plane and on the switch but wanted to make sure I got a score in

9,190 level 4