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Retro-Bit's stepped their game up considerably with their controllers. Their Genesis/Saturn controllers are genuinely top-tier, nearly identical to OEM. Haven't tried the Tribute 64, though it's been on my radar for a while. That reminds me, I have a repair kit for original N64 sticks I need to use...

Alright, I'll join in. I know jack all about wrestling so have fun crafting me a profile, only thing I have to say is I want this as my theme: 

Bootleg MSX game, maybe? They used 50 pins.

I'm too young to really add anything of value to this convo, but my local mall is still busy as hell. Maybe like two or three store slots are empty (smaller ones, big boxes have never been empty) and there's always one helluva crowd. Guess it helps that there's a bunch of nicer restaurants there now. There were two other competing malls that closed down years ago, though. One bit the dust well before 2006 (when I moved to where I am now), but the local technical college bought the building and uses it now (every year there's a massive book sale that covers the entire open floor...it's great). The other mall was like, literally visible from the current one, they were that close. Extremely beautiful place, green marble tiles and decorations. Relatively high end...that's why it ended up folding. Shame, too, since it's the only mall I remember going to that had a fairly large indoor fountain.

On-and-off with og Quake, also been playing a bit of Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga cuz it was cheap during the Steam winter sale and I haven't played it in the better part of a decade. Good times.

Also gonna move on to the original Serious Sam games after I finish up Quake. The beheaded kamikazes are calling my name.

Buuuuuuuump

pikac̷h҉u is love

ṕ͝i̸̡k҉á̵̢c̷̛͟h̷̡u̢͠҉ is life

we allowed to bump? cuz i'm gonna bump

7 hours ago, RH said:

Another year, another awesome Secret Santa experience. Although my SS had his name on the return label, I’m not sure who he was on the forum. That’s ok, it is “secret” santa, after all.

2020 for me will likely be the year of SEGA collecting as I finish my Game Boy set and move on to the Game Gear, and Santa must have known! Not only did I get a nice lot of games that I need, but some awesome pearler bead art that’s framed, as well as pearler Game Gear cartridges, which I loved!

Santa rounded out the lot with a few issues of Nintendo Power which was an excellent addition. I promptly sat down and read about 1/3 of one since I’ve not read an NP since the final issue!

Thank you Andrew... I mean, Santa! This was a wonderful gift!

 

I'm your Secret Santa! Thank goodness everything arrived safe and sound, and I'm glad you enjoyed it!

My first Genesis was a roach motel when I got it. Looked fairly clean on the outside, but the inside was like it'd been in a barn for twenty years. The amount of dead cockroaches was staggering... *shivers* 

Funny thing is that after cleaning it, that Genesis ran like a champ. Never had a problem with it, aside from it generally being one of the worse revisions for audio/video quality.

My SS didn't leave their name (neither did I, teehee) but they certainly know the way to my heart 

Hope everybody's having a great Christmas so far!

A working one of these:

Alright, gonna re-write this a lil bit to tidy it up.

Looking for an Atari 5200 system, games, accessories, whatev. I've never had one and I've been getting the itch lately so a good setup with a few games would be nice. I know they're a tad temperamental so if the controllers don't work or anything that's fine, I'll probably have to repair/upgrade them regardless. Not looking for any one thing in particular, just whatever's the cheapest 

Also, more on the down-low, looking for an Atari 7800, console and controllers only. Got a big empty box that needs fillin.

If anyone's got anything they'd be willing to part with, let me know!

On 12/18/2019 at 12:51 PM, Splain said:

I'm surprised too. All Cinemassacre or just AVGN?

I'd say Cinemassacre in general. IIRC Hagane, while rare, was dirt cheap until Mike did the SNES Hidden Gems vid on the channel 

Edit: Yep just checked, game was like $89 before "Top 10 Obscure SNES Gems by Mike Matei", jumped to $285 almost overnight.

I collect way too much stuff lmao. I mainly focus on vintage computer stuff, dead media like OP mentioned, though mainly laserdiscs, vinyl, and VHS copies of films I like. Also older Trivial Pursuit editions, though that's strictly a thrift-store thing (I see one I don't have, I snag it. Still trying to complete a full 1980s release set). One thing that's more focused than the rest is an off-shoot of vintage computers, and that's vintage keyboards. It's an...interesting little hobby, I'll put it at that.

The original brick is the most comfortable original Gameboy imo. Big and chunky, feels nice in the hands, buttons feel solid (same size as the NES's iirc). The Pocket has the best b/w screen of the bunch and is better in almost every way save for the comfort. The screens are fine if you're playing in the light, unlike the Color or og GBA. Only problem is the DMG's screen kinda kills itself over time, either with the ribbon cable causing lines (easy fix) or that weird inky gunk that's built up in mine between the lcd layers.

Empty for now. Will fill up if I ever get some more stuff to sell.

@OptOut Tiddles looks like he'd make a great snack for our other, actually feline friends in this thread...speaking of, here's my two turds

26 minutes ago, LastCat said:

What did I miss???

Everything, you're late.

Cassettes can actually sound pretty damn amazing, unfortunately they don't make those types anymore (Type II and Type IV Metal), so it's all el cheapo Type I ferric garbo nowadays. A Type IV tape on a good deck sounds as good if not better than CD imo.

This place is no fun? You're no fun!

Homeless dude in LA threw a literal bucket full of diarrhea on some chick like a week ago.

https://rare.us/rare-news/homeless-man-pours-diarrhea-on-woman/

Unrelated, a 40-year-old furry dude legally changed his name to Simba Lion, constantly threatens to sue Disney for stealing his name, and more recently, after not paying rent for a couple of months, decided to shoot at some Michigan cops. He has a few speed holes in his chest now.

https://www.monroenews.com/news/20191120/monroe-shooter-identified-by-msp-as-simba-lion

3 minutes ago, mbd39 said:

 

You can do it. Use Peach to make the platforming easier and get good at the timing for hitting cherries at the slot machine.

 

So, essentially you're saying...

Mario getting nipped down where the sun don't shine from the first Super Mario Adventures comic in Nintendo Power. I have a bunch of seasonal edits I swap out during the appropriate time of year (Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, etc)

Been using these babies for well over half a decade now and have no intentions of stopping now