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    DannyGames Feedback Thread

    in User Feedback

    Posted

    I bought a truckload of games from @dannygames... literally a truckload.... and the transaction and communication were all smooth as silk.  Turned out that we both live in New England so we met up for the swap - great dude and highly recommended trading partner.   Thanks again Danny - great meeting you!

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    Shelving Solutions for the Sophisticated Gamer

    in Show Off

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    On 2/11/2020 at 5:05 PM, TheArcadeGeek said:

    The "Elfa" line of shelves at the Container Store are great!  Fully adjustable and just hang right on the wall, so they don't take up any floor space. They aren't cheap, but they go one sale at 30% off twice per year.  Sale is going on now actually.  I have about 4x more than what you see here.  Whole collection just hangs there.\

    Those lights at the top have been replaced with LED.  Just hung some Xmas lights at the time to see how I liked it...

     

    I'm really digging the clean look you've got here! 

    One of my game rooms has a similar setup, but using the Rubbermaid track shelving from Home Depot and Lowes.  Frankly. though, these Elfa shelves have a much cleaner look!   The narrowest I've been able to find in the Rubbermaid line is 8", which leaves way too much open space/overhang on each shelf - I assume you're using the 6" deep Elfas here?

    Are those two walls in the top picture single shelves all the way across or are there multiple shelves per row there (they are extremely seamless-looking if the latter - much more so that I've been able to accomplish with the Rubbermaids).

    Eras of Gaming / Game Collecting

    in General Collecting Discussion

    Posted

    That was a really fun episode.  Currently, I tend to bucket eras into four general groupings.  I stay away from the retro/modern dichotomy because it will always be relative to whatever is current gen at any given time.

    • Atari Era - All consoles released pre-NES
    • Sprites Era - 8-bit and 16-bit consoles
    • The Shitty 3D & FMV Era - Primarily the 5th and 6th gen consoles (but I also typically include the early CD stuff in the 4th gen here as well like Sega CD, CD-i, etc).  Man this era has generally not aged well.
    • HD Era - 7th gen and beyond

    The one of a kind thread

    in Show Off

    Posted

    Here are a couple of my one-of-a-kinds.

    My unreleased Superman Returns disc for the PSP.  This UMD prototype disc was demo'ed at E3 2006 but the game was later cancelled (allegedly because the devs were having problems getting enough juice out of the PSP to properly run the game).  This is the only copy of this unreleased PSP game known to have been found.

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    And, more recently, I stumbled across this - the North American release of the CD-i's Internet Kit.  Philips released the kit in Europe in 1995 as the "CD-i Internet Kit" and then announced a US release at E3 in May 1996 (renamed the "Web-i" kit).  However, Philips discontinued the CD-i line in the US later in '96 and, until now, it was assumed that the Web-i kit had been cancelled.  I found this one earlier this year - it was purchased directly from Philips Media in February 1997 (it still had the original Philips Media invoice/packing slip) - indicating that Philips probably liquidated the few of them they had actually produced via DTC sale.  So far, this is the only one we know of:

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    Madden 09 and 11 Breast Cancer Variants

    in Collector's Questions

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    The '09s were a standard copy of the game with a plastic slipcover that's entirely clear other than the pink banner at the bottom and up near Favre's hand.  Other than the slipcover, the game itself appears to be identical to the standard release (at least on the Wii version) - on a sealed copy there is potentially one additional difference - the shrink wrap has an EA logo stamped on it in pink - I don't have a sealed standard Wii Madden 09 to compare it to, but the pink makes me think that the stamp is probably unique to the Hope Foundation version (IIRC the standard versions were aways red).

    Here's a pic of my sealed copy that I had handy on my phone - if I remember, I'll add a picture of the pink EA stamp I mentioned on the seal this weekend sometime when I'm back home: 

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    I don't have one of the '11s, but the fact that everything about the game itself is the same on the '09s makes it seem reasonable that a sticker might be the only differentiation on the '11s. 

    As far as the red text box on '11 goes - the red box with the magazine quote is a variant on the cover art itself (not a sticker). I'm not sure of the backstory, but Madden 12 had similar variants with and without a yellow "splat" featuring a Wall Street Journal quote about the game (because, you know, the WSJ is clearly a leader in video game reviews).

    MAME Arcade Cabinet Suggestions?

    in General Collecting Discussion

    Posted

    Thanks everyone!   I agree - if I was doing this for me, I'd just DIY it.  She was contemplating getting her husband a refurbished vintage unit of one of his old favorites and I mentioned the upkeep on them and thought there might be a better modern option.  I mentioned the 1Ups to her already and she was familiar with those.  I'll check into the AtGames one, thanks @Teh_Lurv!  

    And for myself, I'm definitely checking out those Kraylix Kits, @DefaultGen.  That thing looks slick.

    Full set collectors--what was the last game you bought that completed your set?

    in General Collecting Discussion

    Posted · Edited by VGCollectaholic

    Awesome thread idea dude!  I can't wait to see what others were hunting.  I'm within ten or so from a handful of other sets, I'll come back and add those in when I've knocked them out.

    32X (CIB) - World Series Baseball

    3DO (CIB) - Dino Park Tycoon & Woody Woodpecker Vol 2 (same time)

    Jaguar (sealed) - Raiden

    Jag CD (sealed) - Brain Dead 13

    HyperScan (sealed) - Marvel Heroes (stunned how hard this was to track down)

    Lynx (sealed) - Ninja Gaiden 1

    Odyssey 2 (including all NAP/Magnavox variants) - Quest for the Rings (Magnavox variant)

    Sega CD (CIB) - Night Trap (red box variant with rating sticker)

    Sega Master System (CIB) - Dick Tracy

    Vectrex (CIB) - AnimAction

    Virtual Boy (CIB) - Waterworld

    Vita (mostly sealed) - At this point, I'm not even sure what the last LRG Vita game that arrived was; I'm just ready for it to be over lol.

    Wii U (mostly sealed) - Axiom Verge (by nature of release timing)

    Xbox OG (CIB) - I knocked out my last 15 or so at once, the most notable title was probably Buffy: Chaos Bleeds

     

    Updated (3/6): Added recently completed NA SMS set.

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    U.S. NTSC Sega 32X Collectors Guide

    in Collecting Guides

    Posted

    Great list @billybob884 - I love the listing of all the extra inserts.  I'll go through my CIB set this weekend and compare notes.   

    One item of note - I did check the contents on my Web of Fire and it had one of the "Sega Saturn" registration cards in it (i.e. the one you have pictured for World Series).  I haven't touched the contents, so that's what mine had in it when I bought it in 2009.  Now, I got it second-hand, but it came from a collector back then (and is in immaculate condition).  Web of Fire came out after World Series, so it would at least seem to make sense that if they had moved on from the Visions inserts for World Series the same would hold true for Web of Fire.   

    Or it could just be a Sega crapshoot. 😄

    Do you have an opinion on the whole Youtube/COPPA fiasco?

    in Everything Else

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    2 minutes ago, arch_8ngel said:

    Most non-film/non-direct-subscription media is paid by advertising revenue.

    Even though someone pays for a cable subscription, other than a channel like HBO, they aren't directly paying for the programming itself.

    That's not completely true (at least in the US).  With very few exceptions, television networks generate more revenue from their distribution affiliation fees (i.e. their share of your cable/satellite/etc bill) than they do on advertising revenue.  8-10 years ago, it used to be about a 1:1 ratio between ad revenue and distribution revenue, but now networks bring in about 150-200% as much affiliation fee revenue than they do ad revenue.

    Video distribution margins are extremely small because virtually all of the money you pay your cable/satellite company for video gets passed directly through to the networks as a subscription fee. That's why we are seeing things like Playstation Vue shut down - they don't have other higher-margin services (like broadband or mobile) to bundle with their video product.

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