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My usual method of deal hunting is patience and watchlisting things on eBay to fish for offers. Retro game stores and good yard sales aren't a thing within 40 miles of me. Are there any other good methods I can use?
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>>12024432
check the local dump like a hobo
>>12025139
I assume things will only get worse
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>>12024432
>Are there any other good methods I can use?
Emulation and/or flash carts.
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>>12024432
Hit up some retro gaming conventions, vendors are often willing to haggle on price since they avoid ebay fees.
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>>12024432
Finding randos online who possess these items and either need to sell them or want to sell them. Offer them a reasonable price for a bundle and sell off any duplicates you get for profit. I did this for a Genesis, wanted a model 1 and a guy wanted to dump his with the whole collection so I got a good amount of accessories and a handful of new games, after selling off the duplicates the whole thing cost me about $20.
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>>12024432
I got all the Xbox SC games for super cheap. Each for under $10 at my local used game store. The cheapest I think was Pandora Tomorrow for like $4. Every disc worked flawlessly.

Retro ads thread
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>>12026118
>from the creators of Unreal
xd
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So.... finally went to a japanese arcade, i dont get the hype. Would rather be at home on my mame cab, playing actual games.
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>>12025745
>I actually care about japanese culture
You don't care about anything but likes and upvotes. A sad little attention whore who's coping like a mofo because your ebig haha bombed.
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>>12026074
>millenial toddler has wandered into vr
Go back to v please
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>>12026075
>fightans are dead in japan
SF6 is only alive in Japan, though I doubt people are playing it at arcades
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>>12025615
Was it at least clean? All the arcades i've been to in America are usually filthy. The machines are dirty, the floors are sticky, there's trash everywhere. Galloping Ghost was the worst. The cabinets actually looked like they were wet, like it was a gym where no one had wiped down the machines and just left them covered in shit. I didn't even go near Dig Dug because the coin slot was oozing out something that looked like jizz.
>>12025745
Based weeb Anon.
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>>12025645
>>12025653
>>12025660
Beep boop.

>franchise peaks in its third instalment
Why is this so rare in vidya
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>gay
We got some hardlined Male Tamagotchi fans here
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>>12026052
Emeraldsisters.....
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>>12026052
>Anon never heard of dandies
Retvrn to /vp/
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>>12026060
Digimon was where all the OG Genwunners went until FRLG and Gen 4 dropped in
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>>12026071
No normie give a single fuck about digimon

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1)PC engine
2)mega drive 1
3)SNES (only 20 games...)
4)NES
5)Megadrive 2
6)Neo geo
7) PlayStation
8)Commodore 64

Haven't played the Atari mini console
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>>12025940
>the only rival "emulation box" back in 2018 was a pi 3B+ or a $200 nvidia shield.
mini PCs existed back in 2018, and even the shittiest one would be a much better emulation box than this
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>>12025972
>mini PCs are $20 and include 2 controllers
Are you the same cunt who shits up every other thread?
Original console hardware on CRT thread?
>hurrr use a free PC
FPGA hobbyist thread?
>durrrr just use a free PC
handheld chinese emulator thread?
> "use a handheld PC!"
Steamdeck or Rog Ally emulator thread?
>waste of money! just use a free desktop pc
Mini console thread
>you are here
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>>12026047
>Mini console thread
if you said "i like this because it is so tiny and cute" like the faggot you are, i wouldn't have said anything. but you come here telling us that this shit SBC with the bottom of the bin MediaTek SoC is a good emulation box, and that's just bullshit. even your phone in 2018 would likely be 10 times faster than this piece of e-waste.
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>>12026062
the complaint was out of the box PS classic had 50hz games and a poor emulator.
The conversation was more or less "you can easily mod that and put on proper games with better emulation, and do other consoles while you are at it", and then you stepped in.
Just fuck off and go back to bothering the people in the Mister thread, they are probably wondering where you are.
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>>12026081
i never even visited this board before yesterday, you delusional schizo. don't worry, i won't stay for long, all there is here is retards like you giving shit advice based on emotions instead of facts, and trolls with the lowest quality bait.

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What's/vr/s general opinion on the puzzle genre? I just recently discovered that people typically hate slide puzzles and i enjoy them. Also, puzzle genre general i guess. Lolo and kablooey are really fun.
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>>12019283
I got a used copy of Solomon's Key as a teenager. It had human teeth marks on the case. Someone freaking bit it, probably in frustration from the game's difficulty.
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The Bombing Islands on PS1 is a good one that doesn't get talked about much. Starring Kid Klown. It's a little slow but the puzzles are of pretty good quality.
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>>12019537
Game boy puzzle games, being monochrome, might be up your alley
There is also non-retro game Void stranger
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>>12025590
All me
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>>12023539
Stop That Roach is entirely turn-based, no timer, I think you just have a limited amount of steps/turns to complete each puzzle.
Klotski is a simple block moving puzzle game for Win3.x, there is a timer but that's just for points, there is no time limit.
Pandora's Box is a collection of different puzzles for Win9x, no timer or time limits. All puzzles are visual like lining up pieces of a picture, no reflexes needed.

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How much did you trust game magazines in the 90s?
Everyone is so jaded when it comes to reviews these days.
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>>12016445
This, 1996-2002 era of demos was great. 2003-2006 was the last farawell
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>>12025173
>G-Police
I have come here to shill this game. PC version is a bit better but you can't go wrong either way.
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>>12025230
I played the demo countless times, what I enjoyed the most was the setting and sound desing was quite superior.
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>>12026057
Fun fact: there are a number of bugs in the demo level that are present in the final release and are in the pc version as well, such as the traffic getting stuck going in circles and one section of an elevated road being invisible yet still having collision. The droid battle secret mission is the same level as the demo, just with a droid rather than havoc.

Back then Gamespot used to have big launch center areas on its site for popular titles. Why not anymore? The site used to be big and active with a thriving community.
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are you fucking serious
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Not retro.
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>>12024923
Same reason ign died, retarded journos

>Download fan translation for a Sega Saturn game
>It's made up of 20 xdelta files
>Not a good sign
>The xDelta for track 1 is barely 500 bytes
>Even worse sign
>Boot up patched game
>First thing that appears is Japanese text asking a question
>Very bad sign
>Readme says that this is asking if you want to create a save file
>Game finally starts
>Badly dubbed English voice talks over the intro music
>It's a purely dubbed translation!
>All they did was replace the CD AUDIO TRACKS to dub English dialog in them!
>None of the game text was actually changed except for a tiny handful of Engrish grammar errors that were fixed


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>needing a translation for a SHMUP
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Laughs at you in 3do translation stuff.
Most translations come with a shady doghsit installer that breaks if you look at it.
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>>12026031
Oh, i've seen plenty of those on both Saturn and PSX, mostly PSX since there is a dedicated Saturn patching tool. But I remember the ZSNES days where I had to run several dos programs in a row to patch a game.
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>>12026002
>needing a translation for a SHMUP
Yes. If there is but one line of dialog, it should be in my language. There is not a single Japan only game that shouldn't be translated.
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>>12026051
Apparently the patching tool for Ys IV English translation on PC Engine CD no longer works on 64-bit Windows machines. You have to use a VM or an emulator to patch the game.

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Recent pickups thread? Recent pickups thread.

Got these in a convention yesterday
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>sega, nintendo AND sony stuff
Begone, idort.
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>>12025942
Damn I like crash bandicoots Japanese covers
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i liek ff4

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Which is supreme to you? MK2 basically perfected the original game with the same gameplay tightened up and with an expanded roster. UMK3 took the gameplay and made it more hyper with running and long sequenced combos
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2 was the peak of the presentation/casual experience. umk3 was the funnest to play competively.
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>>12025165
Have sex
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>>12025235
This, mk2 had the best look/feel while umk3 played better.
In a perfect world they'd rebuild mk2 onto umk3s engine.
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>>12025813
mk trilogy lets you disable running/dial-a-combo, basically making it a huge roster mk2
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original MK had big dick energy

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This guy sucks, right?
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yeah
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Its bad man
Real bad
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>>12022916
Kek
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>We have Mario at home
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>>12023836
>>12023773
>>12021668
His design is so fucking unappealing holy shit.

>creates nothing of value to anyone ever
>wont fuck off
>inb4 i know you are but what am sega
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>>12025903
>creates nothing of value to anyone ever
their arcade games, bro? but yeah they never shouldve entered the home vidya business. the genesis was lightning in a bottle at the perfect time because nintendo had no competition. its success unfortunately did nothing but expose them as they released turd after turd until their death. also, there has never been a good sonic game.
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Sega Rally is based
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>>12025903
phantasy star and wonder boy
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>>12025917
i cant take it anymore. why wont they just leave me alone,
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real ones know sega is goated retro

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Do you still refer to shooters as Doom Clones?
What do you call a game that is both a boomer shooter and a metroidvania?
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>>12025926
>Do you still refer to shooters as Doom Clones?
No.
>What do you call a game that is both a boomer shooter and a metroidvania?
FPS exploration.
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>>12025926
>What do you call a game that is both a boomer shooter and a metroidvania
Powerslavem-up
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>>12025992
>>12025986
what’s a scotfarmer?
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>Do you still refer to shooters as Doom Clones?
I never did.
>What do you call a game that is both a boomer shooter and a metroidvania?
Shooter with metroidvania elements.
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>What do you call a game that is both a boomer shooter and a metroidvania?
Retro FPS, throwback FPS for newer games. Exploring complicated levels and unlocking them in parts is innate to these games. "Boomer shooter" is as self-insulting of a term as all other /vr/shit calling itself "bing bing wahoos" would be.

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I have been searching for good replacement controller membranes for a while now. Everything I've tried have been crap. I've tried AliExpress, Console5 (which are just repacked AliExpress), Fleabay no name brands, all trash. I'm fairly sure only two different factories make every currently replacement membrane on the market from what I can tell because I only have seen 2 variations regardless of who I bought them from.

Two weeks ago I got the jt-studios NES replacements, and finally we have a viable replacement. They have have 2 types, original and firm. I tired both, compared them to my best OEM Nintendo membranes and even against a 8bitdo controller. The original version feels like a fresh out the box NES controller, perfect stiffness and rebound. The stiff version also feel good but they are a bit stiff for me and the rebound feels sluggish somehow. I did play each membrane for 5ish hours before coming to my conclusion. Gonna order their SNES replacements as well since I got a few SNES controllers with torn membranes.

Just wanted to share to save anons from crap out there. For the record I'm 50/50 on their braided replacement cords. I'd much rather a high quality rubber OEM style then the braided but they are OK if you need a replacement, haven't compared them to AliExpress offerings like I did the membranes though.
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>>12024578
>where's the replacement PC Engine controller membranes
apparently nes replacements work with a little hacking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptWQ2YCKCIk
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>>12024610
They just don't feel right, it's a nightmare tbqh
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>>12024191
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>>12024634
you mean your originals or using nes ones? the buttons one looks like it might slide around, but the dpad looks good. probably just need higher quality replacements, than the junk you'd find on ali.
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>>12024191
For NES I used a cheap one with a cardboard spacer seemed good enough. Other times just cardboard with original membrane can make them feel nice. They should make one so you get something as good as the Snes d-pad but for nes and gameboy.
I've replaced shells on Gameboy DMG, pocket and color. DMG turned out the best, diagonals fine for stuff like R-Type but not a floating feeling like on snes. Pocket was decent but I had to loosen the screws behind the buttons but its pretty playable. GB color, it works if you press a single direction but diagonals are not that good, particularly up and right only responds sometimes, if your trying to play R-Type and even then you have to press pretty hard. This was after loosening a screw at a time to get the best feel I can.

>>12024537
Dog bone feels a lot better.


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