Tanooki

Nahh it's not that, it's that other boss, you know, klaptrap because well some just don't realize there's a cream for it that'll clear it right up, so it's flames are a bad reminder.

Same one for about 9 years now. My last computer was a higher end gaming laptop (NP8278 / MODEL NUMBER: P170SM-A) and well you're kind of married to the screen. I've been chewing on that new PC for a couple years now, been back and forward with one brand over another and a return to desktop or not, and ultimately I know that my needs would be well enough met sticking now to a laptop format still for a number of reasons. I just like to go well into it, high enough, it'll last me a long time like this one has (and longer than intended) so yeah that. Once black friday prices roll out here soon I'm going to be a return customer on my seller of this current machine and get another from the same family (Sager/Clevo) as they're solid.) I've whittled the list down to 3 models, not close minded on it though, seeing where the deals slice but I'm keeping a set budget.

@Code Monkey I'd watch that. I bother with a short list of YT stuff as far as subbing goes, they have to do something unique and entertaining, not just someone who spins the same stuff re-using other easily found stuff while coin begging. Sharpolis does a dive, MVG(not subbed) does as well, Jeremy Parish, gaming historian, GTV Japan, RndStranger (Famidaily), and a few others are worth the look. If someone focused around nothing but vintage game protos, differences from retail, just ones that didn't retail, and they didn't do it in some cry for attention and money format but presented things tightly like those types I listed do I'd keep up.

It's fine I didn't think it would hurt to ask.

The weird mix of gross arrogance and incompetence in airvillian is something I wonder is tempered a bit with medication acting like that. I'd tell you what I think of you but I don't feel like getting another strike today, you're not worth it. @Link don't bother, he's so high on his own warped sense of reality there's not point in arguing with s....d as that wins.

Are you breaking this up or trying to move a lot, and did you have an idea what you wanted to make per issue on them? I may have a few holes in that range you listed towards the high end (over 76)

I saw that, I'm wondering if it's the same firmware revision because they're clearly seemingly working on it while selling it. I want it, but I want to see how the updates roll out too. The flash kit piece has been fairly debunked as a problem, those who have it already said the cheapo low rent ezflash jr and the ed knockoff they either work or they don't, seems to just be picky but that pickiness goes to real hardware too. I think in the end right now the one damning problem is the off-speed issue.

Wow been awhile since they've had a more reasonable free shipping package. Now I'm tempted to go peek around on the site a bit for Switch games we didn't get at all or didn't get physical.

Most likely but as sick as it is, some people get just so into scalping they get a high off just the fact they won the prize, and then won the reward, even if it's only maybe $50 on the back end after all the layers of bs they've paid out to get to that point. Kind of like the clown who gets mad you tried to pass them on a road after going slow, so they jam down to keep you out just because...winning!

Maybe, it's why I have it bookmarked not bought. I want to see the firmware update and others comments once they get them. It could be too good to be true, or just needs more time in the oven.

NIce to see you're back, maybe a bit pedantic but no battle kid?

I'd try the swiss one at some rate, really need to find the basics of setting that up as I'm positive I remember I have a few of the discs that allow that exploit. I don't care about the warez, just like to compare the GB player capabilities.

Well another week and I'd say clearly the last in a 6 week run of finds in the local area has come to an end, a popular one I buy off of won't be there next week and packing it in for the winter, and well that's how it is in freezing spaces. This weekend I lucked into grabbing for $30 NES games: Godzilla, Bump n Jump, Excitebike, Tetris, and Pac-Man(lic.-tengen, which I've had a manual for already.) I'm familiar with all but the first, and wow that's a fun one and the game has some solid production values both in game and that awesome label art too. And then the mail came for the FC side of things, got a Kaiser multicart, claims it's from Nintendo of all things, branded right into the plastic on the front, then in the rear with their typical warnings on handling/cleaning with a couple goofy hammering and water warnings and it came with a pretty pristine gold honeybee adapter. And a day early, just arrived, the last of the FC more or less, Konami had 3 expensive FDS to FC re-releases and I got the one that mattered to me at least Moero Twinbee (Stinger) which has all the original cut out content and that'll be fun later but I have to run off to work.

I still wish some Nintendo titles would take a serious sales hit... Love to get back New SMB Deluxe on Switch but not for the going rate. Also need to quietly get back crash trilogy, kid gifted me it, I can't find it, she keeps bringing it up and I know I didn't sell the thing.

I always played to have fun, played as an escape. The side effect was that I'd play to finish the game, then do it some more as I figured it out so I could just relax and do it again. And this happened in a rotation around a rare buy, a super rare in year gift, or around b'day and christmas. Little funds, more time, made for more play with friends and largely alone as friend time was usually toys and outside. I never did it because I'm some 100% completionist or speed running psycho, that's nuts. And with less time and the challenge of interest around jobS, home stuff, the toxicity of the market ...I get what I get largely local (or largely imported online) and I play still to have fun, but finishing it is not in the cards and would just be a side effect of an easier and/or shorter game I can push my way through and that's fine too.

Still looking to die on that cross of misinformation eh? Since when was a prototype made by Kensuke Tanabe a random company that's not Nintendo? But hey, you know, maybe you'll get lucky and keep peddling that garbage you cling to enough you get the write the history books to fit your narrative. That's how it usually goes, whoever wins calls the reality. I still find it amusing this far along you dismiss key figures/creators of the franchise from Nintendo and what they said because you know better. Good job. I get you're a mario fan, but like the super mushrooms he eats I don't think are the same ones you're chomping as you're trippin'. Like Link said it was a technological age of new ideas and approaches, growth given the open ended mapper business of the FC/NES side of things. They had something working, shelved it due to other projects, X happens and DDP exists, Y then happens and returns to the root idea to a Mario game, then they re-enforce it as a Mario game as SM USA. Back then you start with a concept, build out, and keep building. Just like he said, really there is NO super mario bros by your lack of logic, because that was 'athletic game' not SMB that came after. It's a fake Mario I guess not having shell creepers and freezies and rest let alone lacking the one screen mechanics too.

I find it amusingly timed a FPGA GBC kit drops for 3x less money (though limited to GB and GBC) and this appears with more colorways too. Not that both don't have their place but... shenangans.

I can't say for sure it's the best time for gaming, but it's the best level for oversaturation of too much media in gaming and well beyond. Before things were at least approachable and manageable but now you really need to cherry pick or forget it.

I've known of this for a bit, but finally some videos crept out and now the product itself, and largely I'm impressed, more so impressed by the price point for what you get out of this. Welcome, the FPGBC KIT aka the FPGA Gameboy Color Kit. If you don't want to read more, go here: https://funnyplaying.com/products/fpgbc-kit?variant=40858870284349 If you want the highlights. $80 kit (sale for $70 for now) and it comes with everything you need but the shell, that's an added $10 with color choices. The board itself, a solid high quality modern LCD, a 2w speaker, a 1800mah battery (no AAs) charges over usb-C, the housing again is the only added expense. Is it 100% perfect? Not yet, neither is analogue either. Does it do anything but GB and GBC? NO... no cores, no ROMs injected into it, no adapters, zilch... DMG and CGB only. The thing has a nice options menu with variable tweaks you can do, the screen is high quality in line with the pocket, quality speaker, battery, etc. The +10 for the shell has a glass lens as well. I've been waiting on this to drop, then see some buyers feelings about it once they're breaking it in but it looks very promising. It needs a few tweaks, but it's open to that over USB or likely a flash kit. It works fine with flash kits, bootleg carts too, nothing seems to be a problem unless you just have a really crap quality flash kit then it's hit and miss. Pocket has its place, its $250 place, but if you just want an 8bit color gameboy with some modern bells and whistles that doesn't over-reach, coming in at $80-90 is a sweet deal. If this plays out well I'll restore my atomic purple back to factory, return that to its box once more, and grab this instead.

It's not a favorite, but I think since it's so many others it's a stand out, but Chrono Trigger. I've never taken it much beyond the Magnus/boss with large Chains in the area stage whatever that was. I just get played out on caring to push it further than that, not sure if it's knowing it has many endings or just the time travel thing runs thin but I can't finish it yet enjoy it until I just suddenly don't. Played this one only on SNES, DS and have it on the cheap on my phone too so access isn't an issue. I mean there are others, but when adulting, kid, wife, lack of energy and time kicked in I never left a game unfinished, that's why I put that there above. I'd run into the pages character limit for a post if I had to put names down on too many systems worth of games I only have picked up in the last 10-15 years. If price on CT is a concern to anyone, $10 usually on ios/android, often hits a 50% off sale which is when I snagged it.

I do believe that to be from Golden Boy isn't it? The comment is right, things started to get just weird.

Oh called it pretty well, was kind of obvious with the learning where that would go putting Popeye and DK Math on top along with the KOEI stuff, it just fits, as does mahjong. Now the one that gets me is none of the obvious go/shougi trainers yet MindSeeker? If anyone is unaware look that up it's ...unique. To be fair I'm surprised I forgot about Wagyan Land, three of those and technically they really do fit that question. I'm not sure what to think of the next other than what people said, so I'd maybe need to pull out the 50+ FC games I have and start counting symbols then see if they were popular I guess.

Yeah that's a reach knocking Karl, yes he's a gamer, and used to do some crazy stuff maybe still does, but he also seems to fancy himself an investigative journalist among others, and has a good legal team (largely due to douchebag Billy) to run stuff by to keep himself straight too. He uses and puts forth a lot of research, sources, what isn't sourced or perhaps he gets wrong he'll converse with you about it, make corrections and apologies if there is a slip while also calling himself out on it and displaying the right stuff. I don't ever like following this type of stuff, but he has been so on point I keep those non-speed runner style stuff he also does in my feed for when some new nugget comes up. Heritage called it rare, and that in itself is a misleading comment as it could be seen rare because of the grade, not for being an untried first in a franchise, and with them they throw rare around as much as ebay tools do with L@@K RARE! to oversell stuff too.

Interesting, I haven't touched it in awhile, had actually put the GB game up for sale and had been having second thoughts about it as I skim off more stuff locally.

That looks really clean, kind of tempting, my SupaboyS finally croaked, but that thing was a compatibility king too.