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    Done with NA?

    in Everything Else

    Posted

    Just now, Skorp said:

    Yeah. So thankful. Have been for the last hour backing everything up and screenshoting important stuff.

    Same. I should be working on a project that's due tomorrow (today) for work instead.... oh well.

    Done with NA?

    in Everything Else

    Posted

    On 10/22/2019 at 1:29 PM, SNESNESCUBE64 said:

    I don't like burning bridges. I probably won't be active on the other site personally, but there will be people who stay there who post relevant stuff or have relevant stuff for sale. Nintendoage has been good to me, so I am not completely leaving like some. Maybe just not any new posts from me there. 

    Hey man. Did you get banned on NA? Was looking through my old threads and saw your avatar was the banned photo. Feel free to pm me the details. haha. 

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    Has anyone seen this!?

    in VG Economics

    Posted

    44 minutes ago, thesubcon3 said:

    Yeah it’s a Pokémon vinyl by Moonshake Records. He used to do an email distribution a few years back with small printings. It’s definitely not actually banksy, but it’s crazy that it still sold for 3K as a best offer from what I was sent! 
     

    I’m just surprised that vinyl is in that high of demand, unless it’s this specific release. 

    This was a best offer sale.. you know for sure it sold for that much? 

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    Official Wii U Demo Kiosk Thread

    in General Collecting Discussion

    Posted · Edited by dewisp02
    Inserted Hans2 NA thread content for completeness. Still needs tweaked for flow.

    The Wii U demo console will not play retail games.

    There are 2 versions of the demo console. One with a hard disk and no optical drive and one with an optical drive and NAND storage.
    The optical drive variant seems to be more common. It has additional hardware in it with different connectors in the back. (Photo below) 

    The connector marked S-SW connects to the reset button on the kiosk.

    The connector marked DRC DC IN is for a standard Wii U gamepad charging cable that supplies power to the gamepad. DRC DC IN is a power connector. A standard wii u gamepad charging brick connects to it. If a wired gamepad is not used, no need to connect it. It sends power to the demo gamepad over the cable. 

    The thick original cable on the kiosk has 2 components. the RF cable and the 6-pin DRC cable. Power will go through the DRC part. The RF portion is for video. Both halfs of the cable need to be plugged into the demo gamepad at all times for it to work. The demo gamepad has no battery.

    The cable you linked will not work. It needs to be Male SMA (not RP-SMA) on both ends and dont forget the 6 pin DRC needs to be plugged in as well.

    You can sync a retail gamepad and once you do you can choose whatever demos are on the unit. Put a blank SD card in the wii and turn it on.

    Without an antenna the gamepad needs to be super close to the wii u , pretty much touching it. Even my antenna isnt that great. as I am using the wrong kind of antenna. I have something better coming in the mail and will report back once it arrives.

    The gamepad is hard wired into the console. 

    There are two main parts inside the gamepad cable.

    • A coax cable supplies an RF signal for the display using a 7.67mm male SMA connector on both sides.   54AC6F13-EC2E-5F69-BDC287FA94685E32.png
    • A 6 wire DRC cable with a JST connector supplies power to the gamepad.

    The physical kiosk contains two gamepad charging adapters. The first connects to the demo console for the gamepad and the second connects to the WIS-07 module. This module is where the wiimote and nunchuck are wired to. The WIS-07 module is connected via a standard USB cable to the Wii U demo console. (See photo below)

    Note: The console displays an onscreen message if the USB cable is disconnected from the WIS-007 but the wiimote still works via bluetooth. I am not yet sure what the purpose of the USB cable is.

    Turning on the demo console with an SD card boots it in a service menu.

    From this menu you can sync a retail gamepad to the demo unit. Since the RF/Wifi signal is routed to the back SMA connector and not to an internal antenna the range is very limited. The gamepad needs to sit right on top of the console.
    I attached a wifi antenna with a makeshift male SMA connector and the range increased to several feet. (See photo below.)

    The demo gamepad can be connected to the Wii via a male SMA to male SMA cable if the original cable is not available.

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    Wii U demo console back panel.

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    WIS-007 module

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    WIS-007 module opened

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    Increased range for a synced retail gamepad! This was just a wifi antenna that I had laying around. I dont believe the Wii is putting out much power to this connector as its expecting to be connected via an RF cable.

     

    Well I've got the demo gamepad working on the demo console. I dont have the original cable so I decided to make my own. If one ever gets posted on ebay the seller will probably want some rediculous amount for it.

    I picked up a 10 foot male SMA to male SMA cable on ebay. It plugs directly into the gamepad and the back of the Wii.

    I used a regular gamepad battery to power it as I haven't worked out the power portion of the cable yet. -- but it works! I need to order some bits and pieces in order to make this a more permanent cable.

    There is nothing mystical nor magical about this hardware. It just uses wired-rf instead of wireless-rf like the retail unit does.

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    By the way. This also works but the controller must be turned on from the button inside the battery compartment. Pushing that button also turns on the Wii U. I am thinking that little board that the power goes through automatically turns on the controller when power is applied via the stock cable. (The power button on the front of the controller is disabled)

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    the controller hub is a usb to i2c. one ic is the brains other is just to expand i2c to other ports. brains is PIC18F14K50. 5 pin header on back next to usb is a icsp. ive not seen if i can dump the chip yet. pc does see this device if pluged in as USB\VID_1398&PID_0004&REV_0000

    wii numchucks are i2c (confirmed) and i cant find the post but the i read somewhere the wiiremote was just power and it connected via reg way on these kiosks.
     
     
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    Official Wii U Demo Kiosk Thread

    in General Collecting Discussion

    Posted · Edited by dewisp02
    Updated some information

    Hell, let's expand it to cover anything Wii U kiosk related... a one stop shop if you will. Below the table is where you can find additional information, such as what TVs can be used to replace the OEM Lynx monitor, a list of demo discs, etc.. If you have information not listed in here, please let me know so I can incorporate it into this post. 
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    The purpose is to collect a list of users that have one of the popular Wii U Demo Kiosk units. 
    If you own one and want to be on the list... post your info below...
    If you want to receive the "Kiosk" Award, we are going to have to see pics (with your NA name in the pic). 

    Legend for the table:
    *1Lynx Monitor --       :*(   broken / damaged monitor
    *2Back Advertising --  W: White background with grey/blue Wii U logo
                                           B: Mario Maker, Pokken Tournament, Splatoon (Black bar across bottom)
                                           R: Pokken Tournament, Mario Maker, Splatoon (Red Nintendo logo box at top)               
                                           K: Mario Kart 8
                                           MM: Mario Maker 
    *3Documentation --    S: Setup/Assembly Documentation
                                          C-I U: Cat-I Update Instructions
                                          R: Removal/Disassembly Documentation
                                              GSMKI: Gamestop Wii U INTV Graphics WUPM12SP Mario Kart 8 Kit Installation Instructions (Includes Wii U Floor Interactive Graphic Replacement Procedure - PN80010 Rev. A)
                                          MKPB: Mario Kart 8 Test Drive Days Playbook.
                                          N: None


    Last Updated: 03/18/21  8:02am (VGS time)

    # Name Member Serial # Model # Gamepad  Wii Remotes  Demo Console  Lynx Monitor*1  Monitor Bezel  WiiU LED Sign  Original High Security Key  Subwoofer  Wrench  Back Sign*2  Papers*3  Interactive Demo Discs
    1 Kacy Cariaso   #1619                          
    2 David Campos   #446                          
    3 Bob Wiscott   #719B8                          
    4   dewisp02  #1517 WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y :*( Y Y Y Y Y Y R, GSMKI, MKPB Nov 15
    5 Paul Solo   #478 or 479                          
    6 Stefan Ortego WinnersDontUseDrugs #592B8 NOA-U-GS WUPM128P-WU N N N ? Y Y Y Y ? ? ? ?
    7 Katie Faul   #963                          
    8 Myles Lee Biedrzycki   #292                          
    9 Jason Kelley   #653                          
    10 Darrin Peloquin   #407                          
    11 Jeremy Van-Scoy   #468                          
    12 Haitham Sameer Abdel-Rahman   #1152                          
    13 Kingsley Alexander   #881                          
    14 Kingsley Alexander   #1006                          
    15 Jared Smith Ared37 #4726   N N N N Y Y N Y Y Y N  
    16   Anthony  #646 WUPM128P-WU N Y N Y Y Y Y Y Y R R  
    17   Nicbball22 - - N N Y - - - - - - - -  
    18 Justin Steimer Silverspoon #1336   N N  N  N Y  N  N Y N Y N N
    19   necroking #332 WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y Y Y Y Y ? Y N  N 
    20   ProtonX     Y - - - - Y - - - - - -
    21   XYZ                            
    22 AD adalton1985  #551 unknown N Y N N Y Y N Y N Y N  
    23 SimplyRetroGaming  Live_Fr0m_NY 775B8  WUPM128P-WUP N N N N Y Y N Y Y N N N
    24 Keith Kamikawa KAMIKAWA #474B8 NOA-U-GS WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y Y Y N Y N Y N N
    25 Rebekah Golden Ghostly #1307 WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N
    26   Otraotaku #1491 WUPM128P-WUP N N N N N Y N N N N N N
    27 Andrew Lynch megamanfan #1040 WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y Y Y Y Y Y ? C-I U 101446 Dec 14, 0100872 Nov 14
    28   shipwrecked missing ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
    29   acromite53  #618B8 WUPM128P-WUP N N Y Y Y Y Y Y ? R N N
    30 Adam Prentice toltecnightmare #649 WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y Y Y N Y N Y N N
    31 Mr E ninjistar #950B8 NOA-U-GS WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N
    32 Han han2 #275B8 WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y Y Y N N Y Y N N
    33 DeuceGamer DeuceGamer #4183 WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y :*( Y Y N Y N Y N May 15, Aug 15,
    Nov 15,
    Mar 16
    34 GlaciusPrime GlaciusPrime #309 WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N
    35 David Qualls DQ187 ? WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y Y Y N Y Y Y N N
    36 D Williams Dragonight #1437 WUPM128P-WUP N N N N N N N N N N N N
    37   TDIRunner #331B8 WUPM128P-WUP N N N N N Y N Y N N N N
    38 Anonymous anonymous #765 WUPM128P-WUP N Y N N Y Y N N Y N N N
    39 Clint Gibbs cgfeelit 559B8 WUPM128P-WUP N N N N Y N N N N Y N N
    40 ? ? #4032 WUPM128P-WUP N N N N N N N N Y Y N N
    41 ? ? #696 WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y :*( Y Y N Y Y Y CI-U May 15,
    Oct 15
    42 ? ?   WUPM128P-WUP N N N N Y N N Y Y Y N N
    43 ? ? #686 WUPM128-WUP N N N Y :*( Y Y Y Y Y Y N N
    44 Angelo Person aperson94 #922   N N N Y Y Y N Y Y Y N N
    45 Kylie D. Kyliemale #4060 WUPM128P-WUP N N N N Y Y N N Y Y R N
    46 Theron Moustakes theronm #1549   N N N Y Y Y Y Y N Y N N
    47 Pete Andy_Bogomil #4797   Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N Y N N
    48   Retrosteve #4032   N N N ? Y Y Y Y Y R C-I U May 15
    49 William MunsonRoyE #1585  WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N May 14,
    Dec 14,
    Aug 15
    50 Matt Phillips Puppywaffles  #301   N N N N Y Y Y Y N Y N N
    51 Nathan Pritchard ToxicNova11 #394b8 wupm128p-wup N N N N Y Y Y Y Y Y ? ?
    52   Nostalgia_Collectors #4129 WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y Y Y Y Y Y W, B, R N N
    53 Melanie Lei Mel+Link #36 (Mftd Date: 10/08/2012) WUPM128P-WUP N N N N Y Y N Y Y ? R N
    54   blue2dead #625B8                          
    55 D. Hadfield Hadde #1100  WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y Y Y Y Y N Y N N
    56 Tom Vogel iyouwas #146 WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N
    57 Ed Mandy Flavor #523 (10/08/2012) WUPM128P-WUP N N N Y Y Y Y Y ? ? ? ?
    58    kZaker12 #1431    N N N Y N Y N Y N Y N N
    59                                
    60                                



    TV/Monitors known to be direct drop-in replacements: (Please include Make, Model #, and resolution info).
    - VIZIO D32f-E1 1080p 60Hz LED Smart HDTV (out of 5 staWalmart #: 555124166)
    Most 32" LCD, LED TVs will work if deshelled. The drop in option(s) above are claimed to fit without deshelling. I personally have deshelled three 32" LCD TVs and 1 LED TV with success and using the cheap mounting brackets available at Walmart. 

    Replacement AC Adapter: (barrel size is OD 5.5mm / ID 2.5mm) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009ZZY28M/ref=oh_aui_deta...

    List of Wii U Demo Discs: (If any are missing from the list, please let me know).
    -January 13: 79883 (disc) / 79877 (sleeve)
    -March 13:
    -June 13:
    -August 13: 81854 (disc)
    -October 13: 82215 (disc) 
    -February 14: 
    -March 14: 83178 (disc)
    -May 14: 83575 (sleeve) / 83402 (disc) 
    -August 14: 100148 (disc)
    -November 14: 100885 (sleeve) / 100886 (disc) / 100872 (disc)
    -December 14: 101446 (disc) / 101440 (sleeve) / 101493 (kit)
    -March 15: 
    -May 15: 102078 (sleeve) / 102079 (disc) / 102091 (disc #1/2) / 102405 (disc #2/2) / 102409 (kit)
    -August 15: 102811 (sleeve) / 102812 (disc) / 102835 (kit) 
    -November 15: 103291 (sleeve) / 103292 (disc) / 03294 (kit - KIT, CAT-I UPD NOV'15 WUP-USA-GS-PT)
    -March 16: 103770 (sleeve) / 103771 (disc)
    -October 16: 104570 (sleeve) / 104571 (disc) 
    -Pikmin 3 Event RTL CANUSA: 81641 (disc)
    -Pikmin 3 POST RTL: 81642 (disc)
     

    List of Back Advertising: (If any are missing from the list, please let me know).

    -White background with grey/blue Wii U logo
    -Mario Maker, Pokken Tournament, Splatoon (Black bar across the bottom)
    -Pokken Tournament, Mario Maker, Splatoon (Red Nintendo logo box at top)
    -Mario Kart 8
    -Mario Maker
     

    List of Paperwork/Documentation: (If any are missing from the list, please let me know).

    -Setup/Assembly Documentation
    -Cat-I Update Instructions - (PN82952-I)
    -Cat-I Partial Content Update Instructions - (PN82952-G_Instruct_Install_Cat-I_Partial_RTL)

    -Removal/Disassembly Documentation
    -Gamestop Wii U INTV Graphics WUPM12SP Mario Kart 8 Kit Installation Instructions (Includes Wii U Floor Interactive Graphic Replacement Procedure - PN80010 Rev. A)
    -Mario Kart 8 Test Drive Days Playbook. Consists of the following:
           -Mario Kart 8 Test Drive Days Playbook
           -Nintendo Wii U CAT-I Content Update Instructions - PN79886-D Instruct, Install CAT-I Update RTL)
           -Mario Kart Retail Demo Flow

    How to pair a gamepad to demo console: https://gbatemp.net/threads/how-t...

    Kiosk Gamepad Disassembly (Youtube: DCModstuff)

    DCModstuff, if you are not ok with this being posted here, please let me know. I could not find any contact information on your youtube channel to ask for permission. 

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    It's Official! NintendoAge is GONE

    in Everything Else

    Posted

    1 minute ago, SoleGoose said:

    I hear that man. Even that day of sitting on your doorstep for hours (HOURS!), waiting for you and Wiz to get back with those arcades, is something to treasure. Glad you joined.

    Yeah. I got a pm through facebook letting me know about this site.

    Does anyone know if the backup of NA will include our collections information?  I am hoping it will so I can pull the info instead of having to build it out again. 

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    It's Official! NintendoAge is GONE

    in Everything Else

    Posted

    Just now, m308gunner said:

    Nothing in this life lasts forever. People change, relationships crumble, jobs end, interests fade, loved ones die. The older I get the more I appreciate "the moment" and enjoy it for what it is. To VGS!

    Same here. This is a lesson learned with time. 

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