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For us international people it makes perfect sense because bootlegs, clone consoles, different regions mixed in with other regions etc. is just a normal way we grew up. 

I find what @fcgamerand @OptOutare talking about very relatable and interesting but struggle to understand a sticker seal Mario for example. 

5 hours ago, fcgamer said:

In all of these regions (I.e. Famicom regions outside of Japan), basically everyone collects and prefers the bootleg carts to the real ones, and some go for crazy amounts of money.

People want what they first played as a child, same reason many folks in the west prefer NES carts to Famicom carts.

With that out of the way, of course we want nice-looking minty products over crappy ones, I mean, who wouldn't? Why would that even change just because it's not a licensed product? That sentiment doesn't make sense.

Yep exactly this.

My wife is from South America and I showed her some NES carts and she didn’t care, got out the famicom and all of a sudden she wanted to play it and relive her childhood. She started showing me games she played as a kid and the majority were bootlegs.

I think some people forget that the collectors market doesn’t involve just US stuff. Most of the international stuff is even rarer too. Just doesn’t have the demand yet.

A great book I discovered for beginners is You Can Draw in 30 Days by Mark Kistler. Teaches you all the basics like perspective, shading, circles etc. in a fun way and the majority of the daily drawings are pretty interesting.

1 hour ago, CasualCart said:

The word 'shmup' may be lame, but I hear the user @Shmup is rad haha.
(I've really dug myself a hole with this, haven't I?)

Also - sick Dipper avatar. Gravity Falls is one of my favorite shows ever.

Hahaha you have redeemed yourself with your love of Gravity Falls, one of my favourites too!

3 minutes ago, doner24 said:

Oh yeah, I’ve seen every single film of his. Jean Arthur, from that film just happens to be one of my top 2 favorite actress’s along with Irene Dunne. I highly recommend checking out The More the Merrier with her if you haven’t. 

Haha exact same favourite actresses too. I haven’t seen The More the Merrier so thanks for that recommendation, I’ll check it out!

16 hours ago, Bearcat-Doug said:

The Bengals lost the game as only they can. Offensive pass interference on what would have been a game winning touchdown followed by the kicker apparently hurting himself on a short field goal attempt that would have tied the game.

It could be worse, at least they play better than the browns. 

3 hours ago, doner24 said:

Cary Grant is my favorite actor of all time and those late 30’s early 40’s screwball comedies are my favorite genre. Philadelphia Story and My Favorite Wife (Irene Dunne is his perfect movie match) are probably my faves but you can’t go wrong with any of them. 

Glad to find another Cary Grant fan. I highly recommend The Talk of the Town if you haven’t seen that one.

Also a great romcom with Clark Gable called It Happened One Night.

I was thinking we needed a classic movie section on here, but figured not many people would post because the majority of people don’t like B&W film. Maybe there’s more than I thought.

22 hours ago, CasualCart said:

I hate the word 'shmup', too, dude. But think of it this way - now that it's part of the VGS dictionary, maybe everyone will be educated about this abomination of vocabulary and vow never to use it again haha.

Great idea. I’m guessing it is just a desktop feature for now? Unless I’m doing something wrong on my mobile.

3/10. Which hurts me to do for a Zelda game. I finished the first boss and couldn’t take anymore. The motion controls were also frustrating.

On 9/5/2020 at 1:42 AM, ThePhleo said:

PAL has much better variants than what we got.

And we thankfully got the Japanese SNES. The US SNES looks so ugly. Although the mini was pretty cool.

9/10. Required viewing for anyone who hasn’t seen it.

11 minutes ago, fcgamer said:

Game Boy is a portable machine, none of the games are PAL, as they don't run off a TV.

This.

There is also no region lock for the Gameboy so you’re literally paying for a different logo if it costs more, minus a few exceptions of course.

Just now, DarkTone said:

UK still has pre orders for everything. Including the G&W. 

Yeah I saw Game still has them, but it's about $112AUD to ship here which is like $30 more than retail here. Do you have any other retailer suggestions?

Pre orders opened here on the announcement and sold out within the day. I am interested in grabbing one but not paying ebay scalper prices. I'm hoping I can grab one on launch day.

2 hours ago, ThePhleo said:

this was a time when games were supposed to be all colors of the rainbow, as long as those colors were brown, grey, and green.

Some things haven’t changed. Sounds like COD 753367997 black ops edition haha.

Sunshine has always been a game that has a split audience, even on launch. We even saw that a little in the game debate thread.

I personally gave it a 5/10 because I found it to be a chore and not very fun. Plus compared to 64 it was awful in my opinion.

I’ve always wanted to give it another go though so this is a good chance and maybe it can change my view. I hope the controls are better, I remember those been frustrating.

8/10. Re visited all these with the trilogy and the first game is brutal. Must play for platform game lovers.

2 hours ago, ThePhleo said:

Copy 2: An external hard drive which I backup once every so often (usually once a week) which is always plugged into this PC.

If you get a crypto virus there's a good chance it will spread to the hard drive if it's always plugged in. I suggest having it unplugged unless you're doing a backup.

I really enjoyed it too. Had a great message, didn’t overstay its welcome and didn’t take things too seriously. Not as strong as the first two but a lot of fun. It also made me realise how much I miss these types of 80s/90s comedies.

I think a lot of things got a sugar hit during the first few months of lockdowns, probably due to boredom and stimulus money.

Here, lots of things have gone up to crazy levels. Bicycles, second hand cars and motorbikes, trading cards, games, and probably a lot more collectibles I don’t know about.

I think we will start to see a dip now that people are starting to realise that we’re in for the long haul, jobs won’t be secure and the stimulus money is slowing down.

Hopefully we’ll start to see some good deals popping up soon.

2 hours ago, JinxtheCat said:

Not to hijack this thread....but who in the world would trade an NWC of any condition for a Pokemon red regardless of condition?   i'm surprised more people aren't surprised...

I was surprised too, but didn’t want to thread hijack.

I think I can understand his rationale behind this trade. Original Pokemon is hot right now, so his thoughts are probably that it won’t be long until sealed Pokemon games start going crazy. 
I think the trade is crazy, but deals like this are starting to turn the hobby more and more into the comic collecting scene with “key issues” as opposed to the old rare staples.

4 hours ago, Guigui said:

Thanks for your message. JP Saturn shmup are going crazy in price these years, fortunately I could complete my set earlier. I wish you the best in gathering them.

Yeah I’ve noticed this too. I think it’s because Japan mail has stopped shipping internationally so sellers are adding the shipping costs of dhl to their prices and saying it’s “free” shipping. I haven’t bought much this year because of that. I’ll just wait because the demand is not as high for Japanese games so they should come back down to semi normal levels.

Good luck with the search. Definitely post some pictures when you’re done

15 hours ago, Guigui said:

Up. Is anyone collecting JP Sega Saturn games here ?

I collect Japanese Saturn SHMUPS, but not looking to part with anything.

I think eBay is going to be your best bet for this stuff.

Also, free bump.

It's hard to find good quality stuff and normally takes a lot of searching, maybe we should have a list on here?

I've found Retro Gaming Cables to be great for component & SCART cables, they're made in the UK: https://www.retrogamingcables.co.uk/index.php?route=common/home

Psikyo shooting stars bravo done. Great collection of games.