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20 hours ago, Estil said:

So they had no idea what was coming?  No "OH SHIT!!!" sort of moment?

Here's a video I saw on it.

12 hours ago, Estil said:

That is so sad...and it looks like they made about the same mistakes that blew up the Challenger.  That sub implosion would have to have been beyond scary.

Apparently it would have happened so fast they all would have died instantly.  Their nerves wouldn't even have had time to send the sensation to their brains.

nesguide.com was a great site and database of NES games, but then it just seemed to vanish.  There hasn't been any updates on the site's social media either.  Anybody know what happened to it?

https://web.archive.org/web/20230128233519/https://nesguide.com/

I can already tell that weird talking flower is going to tick me off, but I'll still buy it.

This was a tragedy, but I think there are more important things going on in the world.  This is just a distraction from those things.  It's easy for the media to latch onto because it's dramatic.

Did you guys see the Logitech controller they were using? 

8 for original

4 for remake

10 for AM2R fan game remake

Don't worry about playing the game "right" and just have fun.

I don't blame anyone for using the duplication glitch.  It's nintendo's fault for making the game one big giant fetch quest.

It's like asking if TOTK has ruined TOTK.  They're basically the same.

I saw this.  It looks pretty cool.

If people would just spell the English pronunciations properly instead of butchering the language every time they introduce a foreign word, we wouldn't have these problems.

I always write my name on the labels with a permanent marker so I'll know it's mine no matter how bad the label gets.

7/10  Its an OK puzzle game, but no where near as good as Wario's Woods.

@Tanooki Nice work!  You were right. I did mean pin 26, but it looks like you figured it out.  I was counting from the wrong direction.  I've heard finger nail polish works as a good solder mask.  You don't have to be a technical whizz to fix stuff.  Most of the stuff I fix, I figure it out with just a visual inspection.

The trace for pin 71 looks kind of funky.  Pin 24 trace looks like it might have a bad spot on it too, but other than that, I don't really see anything.

I'm just going to be like a filthy casual and go to wal-mart sometime this weekend and get mine.  Wish me luck.

To me the mask gimmick was more tiring than the time gimmick.  I didn't really like playing as fish man, rock man, or wood boy.  Oot at least starting getting really fun after the water dungeon.  I played the crap out of it when it came out, but haven't really touched it in about 20 years.

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12 minutes ago, Link said:

You're totally right. My user name on NA was gunpei because I thought that philosophy was so awesome and I admired him for it. Thanks for bringing that in. 

 

I think I diverge with you here, though. Which tech are you talking about? before I respond to a point you're not making 

It was apparently something Sony developed for creating 3D effects for film.  The point I was trying to make was the technology they used in the Playstations graphic engine was fairly mature.  I learned about it in this video.

1 minute ago, Link said:

N64 at least. Adherence to cartridges limited graphics and sound capabilities as well as data capacity.

Even Super Nintendo - it didn't have blast processing  but yeah, they've never cared about specs. 

 

I would say all the way back before the NES.  It was the philosophy of Gunpei Yokoi that the entire company ultimately adopted.  He called it "Lateral thinking with withered technology".  The basic idea is to take a cheap, mature and well known piece of tech and adapt it to new ideas.  Ironically I think the Playstation followed this paradigm more than Nintendo did with the N64.  The tech used in the PSX had been developed by Sony back in the mid 80's. 

In terms of gameplay, I think it pretty much does what you set out for it to do.  The only thing I could think to add to this design would be some foods that change randomly and offer a bonus if you eat them.

Dinowarz

@koifishDeoxit is probably the best for electronics.  You can get it off ebay.  If you don't want to wait, any contact cleaner from your local auto parts store or wal-mart will work.  WD40 also makes an electronics cleaner if you can find it.  Chris Edwards on youtube uses it to clean amiga boards.  Generally all your contact cleaners are going to be safe for plastics. 

As far as new buttons go, you can find some really nice ones with Omron switches on ebay.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/165057244796?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D777008%26algo%3DPERSONAL.TOPIC%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20220705100511%26meid%3Dfec3c487c54b4f6396413409dbac72fb%26pid%3D101524%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26itm%3D165057244796%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057%26algv%3DRecentlyViewedItemsV2&_trksid=p2380057.c101524.m146925&_trkparms=pageci%3A00050336-ce99-11ed-a5b4-f292fab4ac49|parentrq%3A3019b6eb1870a60c035144cbffff4b2e|iid%3A1

I like Treasure games, but I agree with OptOut that they are overrated.  To me they inhabit the same space as companies like Compile, TechnoSoft, Falcom and Quintet.  They made fun games when they stuck to the types of games they were good at, but when they deviated from that, their games just came off as cumbersome and disjointed.  I mostly blame Sega fans for the Treasure hype, and I think a lot of those games listed rode the coat tails of Gunstar Heroes and Radiant Silvergun.  Remove those games and a couple more and you aren't left with much that's very interesting IMO.

Ironically, I really like Wario World.