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1 hour ago, neodolphino said:

Awesome piece!

Thanks

On 12/4/2022 at 8:10 PM, RegularGuyGamer said:

I don't think a Blu-ray is the way these games would be installed onto a console outside of a Sega Saturn, Dreamcast, or PS1. It also would be kind of redudent since you're just wiritng the data onto the disc to then install it on the console. Why not just put the game files onto an SD card and call it a day.

For modern consoles, the games are installed before being ran anyway. So the disc would only serve as an install and then a lisence key to play. It would be more cumbersome than just going the SD card route. 

A disc was what first came to my mind but any physical outlet would do the trick. The issue is not to be dependable on a digital service that does and will be didcontinued.

On 12/4/2022 at 6:56 PM, Code Monkey said:

I have the entire Wii Virtual Store downloaded and I can install any of them onto a hackd Wii. It's probably possible to put them onto a disc.

So 2 hacked consoles then: yours and the one where you can install your games onto? I guess that's good way altough would be better if it didn't need hacks.

With digital stores having a limited lifespan or even the accounts people might have not being around some day in the future.

Is there really no way to extract that code and then put it on a blu-ray or some external flash storage? That way everything will exist as physical too. 

Scooping up them uncles, convicts and paraplegics for a final decisive push

17 hours ago, docile tapeworm said:

Your right. If I sell an item, I got for free, on eBay for $10 shipped I make $2 after fees, taxes and shipping cost.

i rarely take the time to sell anything I don’t think I can get $20 shipped for selling on eBay. Any item that won’t sell for $20 I keep and try to sell local.

Yeah and the key issue is always sourcing whether you earn 2$ or 10$ but since you got that covered it can work out.

I think this might be a thing for you Americans, not so much for me here in Sweden. We don't have those garage sales over here. I know of 2 second hands but the stuff isn't a steal and with auction hosts taking a cut and buyers factoring in shipping costs on their end there's barely anything left.

I'm not gonna stifle through old stuff to list, wait and ship in order to make 2$ if lucky.

2 minutes ago, RH said:

No, it's the image--Mario, holding a power-up and jumping.  Mario also didn't have his style perfectly nailed down and that one and the one with the Mushroom were much more similar to one another.  I just don't know which version came first.

So you want items with Mario jumping holding the mushroom aswell and you're wondering why that one wasn't used more?

On 11/3/2022 at 4:06 PM, RH said:

Oh, and I want to say, when it comes to imagery and versions of Mario, I will give this game that this cover of Mario is my absolute favorite.  More specifically, I do like the versions of this image on a black background and Mario is holding a small mushroom.  I'm not sure where the jumping Mario holding a Power-up motif originated, but if there was any classic branding item I'd want from any game, this is the one that I want hanging on my wall!

Well you do have that very image with the rootfruit as an advertising display sign so there's that. 

Altough i don't know what you mean by "originated". How was it supposed to originate? It's just an artwork that was invented like any other.

Love it. The digging, airfloating princess, digging up roots, throwing stuff, coins, doors, minigames... everything.

For me it is because NTSC in particular has games running in it's correct speed as opposed to PAL being 13-17% slower. So even if the artwork would look the same and even if i won't play the game anyway, because it's sealed or whatever, i still don't want it. Because that copy is inferior regardless.

Other reasons might be an excitement that simply expands because you have an underlaying appreciation of something. Then you see something that's in the same category but different, and you might like that style also or the novelty of owning something unusual. 

On 11/6/2022 at 6:12 PM, Reed Rothchild said:

@peg

Has he done it?

A lot of times it would counter-intuitive because of how fast it can go and the angles enemies come from but on some of the bosses you have to get behind a wall in the middle while dodging bullets i would get it's unavoidable there.

Could a tool assist pull it off or is it really impossible?

Well McDonalds ranges from all-out vegetables to all-out fried meat. But i assume you mean something in between, like any of the burgers.

I'd say cigarettes are worse regardless. By comparing ingredient vs. cigarette or all of the vs. a pack. Altough I'm not a doctor or nutritionist but yeah, i'd be pretty confident that that is the case.

Yeah i saw a sold GB console that i can't for the life of me find anymore. The interface has changed to the left (where there used to be categories and sub-categoroes) there isn't anymore. It's just a white space. In my watching list there's only pics of the auctions i can't even click on them and go to the auction unless i use another system, say a desktop PC.

it all kinds of fucked up and it seems like they have this chronic urge to "improve" themselves but instead it just becomes shittier.

On 10/2/2022 at 2:17 AM, Brickman said:

Sorry my bad I misread your comment. I thought you were complaining it has taken forever so you’ve never had a chance to play it even though there have been options for 5 years.

 

 

It's not only what any individual would do but the market as a whole. If you have a game that maybe will come out as physical years later, maybe never, then that does harm physical games as a hobby.

Many gamers will opt for physical over digital when given the opportunity but buying the game a 2nd time (or waiting multiple years for a potential first) actively decimates the potential pool of interested buyers.

4 hours ago, Van Jackson said:

I believe the common view is that 6 is the same as the rest, so it gets overlooked and undervalued. Most people will say 4-6 are all the same/prefer the first three. I've always preferred 4-6!

Yeah perhaps. Usually when people have a favorite i've noticed it tends to be 2. 

Is that an outlier opinion to enjoy MM6? I mean it's not like it's worlds apart from the other entries so chances are if you like one you'll like all too some degree no?

17 hours ago, Tulpa said:

That was in Double Dragon III, when you select the two player co-op mode. It's in the first cut scene.

They've also taken the DD3 artwork and slapped it right on DD2 for the GB lol it's like nobody was much in charge of this brand eveyone thew in whatever they felt like

15 hours ago, NostalgicMachine said:

Now that I can agree with. Maybe that's why I like the flow and feel so much. I have a pristine cart-only copy arriving by Monday .

Yeah it's fun

It's a great game but perhaps not a "pure" beat 'em up. More of a mixed bag of action & adventure.

How come that games will only be released for Switch? I've seen it multiple times by now.

13 minutes ago, DoctorEncore said:

I used to buy all this shit and then regretted it when I realized how much space it takes up. If you decide to sell later, the value often crashes hard and shipping big items is a pain. Now, I just like the occasional steelbook or artbook. If it doesn't fit in my standard shelf, fuck it.

Yeah you'd soon be forced to stack them on top of each other and then you have thr condition deteriorating as a trade off. The material also keeps being cardboard yet nobody seems to mind too much even though it can only ever be impractical.

On 11/27/2021 at 11:13 PM, Driftwood said:

@peg

it’s the pcb i was lucky enough to get a nos kit a while back.

Can it be repaired though if it starts malfunctioning and you add new parts on the motherboard. Like a battery that has died on a GB game with save function.