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ondafly · 08-04-2011 8:49am

excellent - can you send me the link for the LCD on Dealextreme ? I have the battery pack for mine too. Its certainly something I'd be interested in doing.

o1s1n · 08-04-2011 9:04am

It turns the Nomad from an interesting curiosity into something you can actually use. Combined with the Everdrive and it's unreal. One of my favourite gaming items for sure.

Here's the screen -

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.20415

And here's a guide to the mods.

http://forums.benheck.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=36273&p=409451&hilit=nomad

James Howlett · 09-04-2011 2:08am

Picked up Zelda: Link's Awakening in Rage today. I gave it to the shopkeeper behind the counter to hold while I had a look at that exhibition in the basement. Before descending the stairs I noticed Super Metroid on the shelf and thought to myself "I must get that when I come back up."

The rest of the story is self-explanatory

God-dammit.

ondafly · 09-04-2011 5:19pm

popped into RAGE for the first time ever today and picked up the following (super tennis is under the GB pocket)

pdbhp · 09-04-2011 5:40pm

Picked up Ultimate Ghouls n Ghosts for PSP, also got Monkey Ball touch n roll on DS along with Nanostray 2 & XG Blast on DS all for €30 which means I now have €120 to put towards getting a 3DS unless I go to Rage tomorrow and become poor again:D

CiDeRmAn · 11-04-2011 1:56am

Poor showing in Balbriggan market today.
Weather was fab and crowds were out, never saw so many stalls but not much in the way of retro gaming goodness.
Saw a first gen PS, phono sockets in the back and all but some kid nabbed it before me.
Got a couple of PS games, Populous, Tomb Raider Chronicles and Fighting Force 2, all for 2 euro, so not a complete loss.
I saw a reasonably complete Xbox there too as well as a large selection of PS2 games.

o1s1n · 11-04-2011 8:23am

ondafly - That's a lovely Gameboy pocket. I have the original DMG 01 play it loud version in those colours, but didn't know a pocket existed! Looks great.

Got a couple of things for the Jag yesterday, Raiden and the ever important RGB cable. Thankfully it's full 100% RGB, got it right first time. So I'm very happy with that. Picture quality has gone from dirt to perfect.

ondafly · 11-04-2011 10:02am

actually have my first gameboy still, but the poor LCD has a leak - my uncle was on business in Japan at the time of launch and brought it back for me

I was surprised the GB pocket actually has a bigger display than the GB Color.

CiDeRmAn · 11-04-2011 12:46pm

You think that was a surprise!
After the hype machine had done its work we were all waiting for the GB Color only to find the console screen was, yes, smaller than the Pocket and needed chunky AA's instead of the dinky AAA ones but also, in order to see the actual "Color" you needed to be playing the console on the planet Mercury, at noon!

For me, the definitive Gameboys are the Pocket and the GBA SP, two brilliantly designed devices.
The GB Pocket batteries just seems to go on forever!
I have Tetris virtually welded into that machine!

Retr0gamer · 11-04-2011 1:02pm

I like the SP's screen but think it's horrible to hold and play games on. The original GBA is gloriously ergonomic but that screen really lets it down. I remember playing Castlevania circle of the moon with my back to the windwo just so I could see the screen.

o1s1n · 11-04-2011 1:23pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I like the SP's screen but think it's horrible to hold and play games on. The original GBA is gloriously ergonomic but that screen really lets it down. I remember playing Castlevania circle of the moon with my back to the windwo just so I could see the screen.

Even with Afterburner type kits installed, the original GBA is garbage by todays standards. Absolutely no reason to own one.

Retr0gamer · 11-04-2011 1:25pm

If only there was a way to get a backlit screen into it it would be great. Not a fan of the SP's screen either since it's front lit but it is better than the originals.

o1s1n · 11-04-2011 1:27pm

There is always the Gameboy SP AGS-101

Would be great to take the screen out of one of them and put it in a GBA. Would feel a bit wrong though!

Retr0gamer · 11-04-2011 1:32pm

Never knew about the backlit models. Would love one.

Also thanks for mentioning the GBA. It reminded me to play Boktai in the nice weather. The original GBA screen looks gorgeous in direct sunlight as well.

ghostchant · 12-04-2011 9:36am

Good idea, might get started on the Boktai games this week. Have been meaning to try out lunar knights with a boktai cart inserted as well, apparently it can be used in the same way

readyletsgo · 12-04-2011 2:31pm

Just back from RAGE.
Got me a GBAsp Zelda Gold Edition! Its a little scratched on the outside and a tiny mark on top of the screen but does not interfere with the screen play.
They had a perfect Zelda gba for €50 too if anyones interested. And also they have a boxed purple gba for €12 fully working and a silver sp but that was broken.
Also got Yoshi&Mario for gb, have no idea what that game is like... I'm pleased as punch with my purchase!
I will upload some pics if you guys want me too later on?

Went into 3D games too and got Nes classic Boomerman boxed for €3.99(never played it...), asked for a gba and it was €29.99! also boxed. No thanks lol.

So my next plan is to get all Zelda gb/gba games over the next few weeks.
What other 'great' games would you guys recommend me to get my libary off the ground?
Also are the batterys in gb/gba games kinda dead at this stage of the game?

Retr0gamer · 12-04-2011 2:53pm

If you have the money then Ninja Cop/Ninja 5-0 is fantastic. Worst named game ever though.

Definitely get all 3 castlevania GBA games. You'll find it much easier to get the double pack of the last two.

valleyoftheunos · 12-04-2011 3:12pm

readyletsgo wrote: »

Just back from RAGE.
Got me a GBAsp Zelda Gold Edition! Its a little scratched on the outside and a tiny mark on top of the screen but does not interfere with the screen play.
They had a perfect Zelda gba for €50 too if anyones interested. And also they have a boxed purple gba for €12 fully working and a silver sp but that was broken.
Also got Yoshi&Mario for gb, have no idea what that game is like... I'm pleased as punch with my purchase!
I will upload some pics if you guys want me too later on?

Went into 3D games too and got Nes classic Boomerman boxed for €3.99(never played it...), asked for a gba and it was €29.99! also boxed. No thanks lol.

So my next plan is to get all Zelda gb/gba games over the next few weeks.
What other 'great' games would you guys recommend me to get my libary off the ground?
Also are the batterys in gb/gba games kinda dead at this stage of the game?

the Differences between Rage and 3D games are just stunning, Rage has a tonnes of great games all of them cheap to reasonable and the guys there are all well cool. thon other place is mostly tat and 2 or 3 times the price of Rage, its a bit mad really.

Discovered to my horror yesterday that the battery in my Super Mario World GBA cart is gone, meaning that I have to start all over again, am raging as was was more than half way through with about 50 levels completed so be careful. Am bricking it now about my Zelda save.

Pyongyang · 12-04-2011 3:23pm

Paid my first visit to RAGE on Fade Street today. Seems like a good spot for retro finds although stock seemed a bit limited. I'll definitely go back though.

Also dropped in to a place called 3D Games on Grafton Street which had a lot of good stuff in, although they were dreaming on some of the prices.

Finally stopped in to Gamestop on Henry Street and nabbed a Hori EX2 Fighter Stick for my XBOX 360 for a cheeky €29.99 (new, not used). Picked up Mushihimesama Futari 1.5 (Platinum Collection) from Play Asia for an equally handsome €27.

ghostchant · 12-04-2011 3:33pm

Just back from the RAGE myself, ran in at lunch to pick up Super Metroid.

As for GBA games, I've been collecting them for a few years, though I have a rule that I'm not using ebay etc (maybe adverts though!). Astro Boy is the only game I want that's eluded me up until now, managed to pick up all three Castlevania games in various gamestops in the states, along with the double pack one, which as retr0 said is far more common. The Metroid games are also a must, as are the Golden Sunm Final Fantasy and Pokemon games if you like rpgs. A lot of great strategy rpg games too, such as Tactics Ogre, Riveria (not sure if you'd class this as an SRPG though), Fire Emblem, Yggdra Union, Advance Wars etc

DazzlerIE · 12-04-2011 4:24pm

Funny you guys should mention that 3D shop, I noticed he was selling FF7 for 65 EURO! on Saturday, so asked him how much he'd buy my copies of FF7 and 8 for

15 quid each

I hope he was joking

Optimus Prime · 12-04-2011 4:29pm

I wouldnt even bother with that shop, the prices are a joke. The guy obviously hasnt got a clue. The last time i was in there he had a super nintendo unboxed for some ridiculous price. It was that yellow it looked like someone had actually smoked it!

Pyongyang · 12-04-2011 4:35pm

keithgeo wrote: »

I wouldnt even bother with that shop, the prices are a joke. The guy obviously hasnt got a clue. The last time i was in there he had a super nintendo unboxed for some ridiculous price. It was that yellow it looked like someone had actually smoked it!

I saw used copies of Alan Wake in there for €34.99. You can buy it new and sealed on Amazon for £8.99 for crying out loud!

I did see that FFVII at the counter today for €65. It took me by surprise too.

Nobody has any Japanese Saturn consoles! Even RAGE only had two Saturn games in today.

CiDeRmAn · 12-04-2011 7:53pm

Got another copy of Sonic 2 for my MD today.
I gave my previous copy to a colleague after she finished in my unit today, I had sold her a MD plus Sonic and she became addicted!
So I decided, as she became such a boon to the ward, I'd give her a little gift she'd appreciate.

I also know what filthy minds you lot have and how you are going to misquote me, so work away!

o1s1n · 12-04-2011 7:56pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

after she finished in my unit

Giggidy :pac:

Schorpio · 12-04-2011 10:03pm

The crap shop in Dublin sounds exactly like the crap retro shop we have in Cork too. Everything is ridiculously priced and way cheaper to get online. And we don't even have a RAGE to go to......:(

Oh, and on a side note, all the talk of gameboy pockets in this thread made me procrastinate and dig out my old translucent one. Hadn't played it in years as I usually just one of my gameboy colours, but I lobbed a few triple A's in and away she went.

The back battery cover has apparently gone walkies tho, so not all good.....

CiDeRmAn · 13-04-2011 1:57am

Just got Braid for the 360 for the princely sum of 400 ms points, not too shabby.
A nice companion piece for Limbo.
Must get Mutant Storm Empire at some stage, really enjoyed the last one.

Pyongyang · 13-04-2011 11:18am

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Just got Braid for the 360 for the princely sum of 400 ms points, not too shabby.
A nice companion piece for Limbo.
Must get Mutant Storm Empire at some stage, really enjoyed the last one.

Nice. I'm waiting for Limbo to drop to 600 MSP on Friday, love the demo of it. Picked up Final Fight on XBLA for 400 MSP last night though and demo's of Mega Man 10 and Marvel vs Capcom 2. Didn't really like those though.

However what I did love (and have RSI today from) is Guwange that I nabbed for a wholesome 800 MSP, and worth every last cent it is too!

Got to give my Hori EX2 a proper workout last night with Guwange, Deathsmiles MBL, Triggerheart Excelica and Strania. I've never used one of those arcade sticks on a console before and it improved my game dramatically for these titles. I am besotted with my purchase!

It could get out of hand though, I'm already looking at mod forums and super pricey TE sticks and customizations. I can see it now, I'll have an arcade stick on par with Bill Murray's rose bowling ball in Kingpin before long!

edit: Oh and I stumbled across this today too, so my EX2 (and myself) are having cold sweats at the prospect!

http://blog.pikimal.com/geek/2011/02/19/cave-announces-three-new-xbla-games-all-very-japanese/

Retr0gamer · 13-04-2011 11:24am

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

A nice companion piece for Limbo.

Limbo is the companion piece. Braid is a far far superior game.

Pyongyang · 13-04-2011 11:26am

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Limbo is the companion piece. Braid is a far far superior game.

I confess to knowing absolutely zip about Braid. Is it worthing getting while on discount?

Retr0gamer · 13-04-2011 11:30am

Pyongyang wrote: »

I confess to knowing absolutely zip about Braid. Is it worthing getting while on discount?

YES!

And yes again!

Andrew76 · 13-04-2011 11:30am

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Limbo is the companion piece. Braid is a far far superior game.

Meh, Limbo was more atmospheric and more fun. Braid might be clever with it's use of rewinding time but it stopped being fun for me very quickly. It's a good game though, especially for those arty farty types who want to promote games as art at every chance.

Limbo > Super Meat Boy > Braid.

Yes Pyongyang, it's still worth getting.

Retr0gamer · 13-04-2011 11:33am

Take away the graphic style and for me Limbo was very underwhelming and some of the trial and error stuff was just bad design. There was nothing really that clever about the puzzles. Braids puzzles on the other hand were inspired, and that ending...

Pyongyang · 13-04-2011 11:36am

Andrew76 wrote: »

Limbo > Super Meat Boy > Braid.

I got bored of the Super Meat Boy demo very quickly. The annoyance of having to be so precise with the controls got right on my jabs! If you rate Braid worse than that then I might not like it...

I'm still waiting for Radiant Silvergun on XBLA. I hear that's coming this month and the ESRB has gone through now apparently. Here's hoping (same with Raiden Fighters retail on 360).

o1s1n · 13-04-2011 11:48am

Pyongyang wrote: »

I got bored of the Super Meat Boy demo very quickly. The annoyance of having to be so precise with the controls got right on my jabs! If you rate Braid worse than that then I might not like it...

I've been playing Super Meat Boy on my pc with the keyboard arrow buttons and spacebar. It's insane...but a king of 'just one more go'.

Pyongyang wrote: »

I'm still waiting for Radiant Silvergun on XBLA. I hear that's coming this month and the ESRB has gone through now apparently. Here's hoping (same with Raiden Fighters retail on 360).

I didn't know Raiden Fighters was getting an EU release?! Oh man, I've been waiting ages to play that.

Pyongyang · 13-04-2011 11:55am

o1s1n wrote: »

I didn't know Raiden Fighters was getting an EU release?! Oh man, I've been waiting ages to play that.

Yep it's on Amazon for about £14 I think. I've had it on my wishlist since Yuri Gagarin made his trip in to space it's been delayed that long.

johnny_ultimate · 13-04-2011 11:59am

Andrew76 wrote: »

It's a good game though, especially for those arty farty types who want to promote games as art at every chance.
.

No bad thing :P

They're both fine games, although I'd put Braid on top too. The puzzles are real head scratchers at times, and never has a game's ending felt so powerful - probably the best closing level of a game I've played. Limbo though has a tonne of atmosphere, and some great puzzles, but I did think it actually lost steam over its brief running time. In short, though, play both!

I'm actually close to the end of Super Meat Boy - well, 'light world' end. It's a tough bastard, but barring a few exceptions failings are generally down to you and not the designers, which is the way it should be.

Andrew76 · 13-04-2011 12:08pm

Pyongyang wrote: »

I got bored of the Super Meat Boy demo very quickly. The annoyance of having to be so precise with the controls got right on my jabs! If you rate Braid worse than that then I might not like it...

Each to their own I guess, I liked the retro vibe of Super Meat Boy even if I wasn't brilliant at it. Is there a demo for Braid you could try out? It is a good game and very well received by the majority, I just found Limbo more fun, that's just me. Never got to the end of Braid unfortunately so missed out on the ending others have mentioned (I don't want to know what it was either incase I go back!).

Retr0gamer · 13-04-2011 12:13pm

Pyongyang wrote: »

Yep it's on Amazon for about £14 I think. I've had it on my wishlist since Yuri Gagarin made his trip in to space it's been delayed that long.

About time. I remember when I first got my 360 and downloading a video preview of the game, over 4 years ago. Had given up on it ever coming out.

I guess we can thank Deathsmiles for showing there's a market for these games. It's been topping the sales charts of some online retailers most weeks.

o1s1n · 13-04-2011 12:15pm

They had a load of copies of Deathsmiles in HMV Grafton street for €30 yesterday. Was Really great seeing a shooter being pushed that much.

Pyongyang · 13-04-2011 12:24pm

o1s1n wrote: »

They had a load of copies of Deathsmiles in HMV Grafton street for €30 yesterday. Was Really great seeing a shooter being pushed that much.

If you were in there around lunchtime, so was I! I was looking for an EX2 stick.

I love Deathsmiles. Such an amazing game, even better now with my stick! Shame HMV want €30 though. It's only £12 online. Nice to see the promotion of it though. Apparently the sales of Deathsmiles in the EU have been really good so hopefully Cave and Rising Star (and other houses) will sit up and take notice that a lot of people have a serious addiction to Japanese SHMUP's!

johnny_ultimate · 13-04-2011 12:26pm

Pyongyang wrote: »

I love Deathsmiles. Such an amazing game, even better now with my stick! Shame HMV want €30 though. It's only £12 online. Nice to see the promotion of it though. Apparently the sales of Deathsmiles in the EU have been really good so hopefully Cave and Rising Star (and other houses) will sit up and take notice that a lot of people have a serious addiction to Japanese SHMUP's!

It's funny, I've been using my Hori stick for schmups for around two years, but Mega Black Label dual stick controls are so engrained in my mind now I just stick with the standard analogue stick a lot of the time in DS.

Sacrilege!

They better get off their ass and release Death Smiles 2 soon though

Retr0gamer · 13-04-2011 12:29pm

Hori sticks aren't the best though. Mod it with a seimetsu stick and you'll notice a difference, it's what the experts prefer for shmups.

Pyongyang · 13-04-2011 12:32pm

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

It's funny, I've been using my Hori stick for schmups for around two years, but Mega Black Label dual stick controls are so engrained in my mind now I just stick with the standard analogue stick a lot of the time in DS.

Sacrilege!

They better get off their ass and release Death Smiles 2 soon though

I can't believe I haven't bought an arcade stick sooner. Glad I got the EX2 though. €29.99 was a bargain for it (£48 on Amazon). Once I start getting used to it I'll look to upgrade it to a seriously OTT pro one and pretend I'm brilliant at games!

Is DS II not region free? I spent hours trawling through Play Asia recently trying to find region free SHMUP's that are wallet friendly. Ended up getting Mushihimesama Futari 1.5 and that was it. The postage on Play Asia is horrendous if you order more than one item.

Pyongyang · 13-04-2011 12:34pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Hori sticks aren't the best though. Mod it with a seimetsu stick and you'll notice a difference, it's what the experts prefer for shmups.

I'd like to mod it myself with Sanwa kit but my soldering skills are utterly terrifying. Does anyone do stick mods in Dublin?

edit: The equivalent of my soldering skills:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0x8kml-afs

johnny_ultimate · 13-04-2011 12:36pm

Nope DSII isn't region free - I'm fairly sure they region lock whatever games they think there might be a market for abroad. Hence why Muchi Muchi Pork is region free :P

You'll enjoy Mushi 1.5, the best vertical Cave game I've played, even above DoDonPachi and co.

Retr0gamer · 13-04-2011 12:41pm

Pyongyang wrote: »

I'd like to mod it myself with Sanwa kit but my soldering skills are utterly terrifying. Does anyone do stick mods in Dublin?

Well I told everyone to stay away from the Hori sticks and get the street fighter sticks since they are so easy to mod, no soldering at all. If you want someone to mod your stick ask in the fighting games forum. K.O.kiki is the expert in all things joystick and he might still be doing joystick mods.

Pyongyang · 13-04-2011 12:44pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Well I told everyone to stay away from the Hori sticks and get the street fighter sticks since they are so easy to mod, no soldering at all. If you want someone to mod your stick ask in the fighting games forum. K.O.kiki is the expert in all things joystick and he might still be doing joystick mods.

Sounds like a plan! That said, would it be just as good getting used to my EX2 and then upgrading further down the line to a pro stick? When the figures start getting silly for them I'm at a loss to know what's good and what isn't.

Thanks for the tip though, I might just see if I can get some info on stick modders in Ireland who could help me out.

Retr0gamer · 13-04-2011 12:47pm

Well I worked it out at 60 euros for full button and joysticks to be bought and shipped to ireland. So with the cost of a fight stick you might be better off getting a cheap championship edition stick which has full Sanwa parts, although with SSF4 AE on the way these might go up in price.

It's a lot of money to pay so unless you are flush for cash then I'd say stick with the Hori.

Pyongyang · 13-04-2011 12:57pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Well I worked it out at 60 euros for full button and joysticks to be bought and shipped to ireland. So with the cost of a fight stick you might be better off getting a cheap championship edition stick which has full Sanwa parts, although with SSF4 AE on the way these might go up in price.

It's a lot of money to pay so unless you are flush for cash then I'd say stick with the Hori.

Thanks for the sensible advice. I'll probably stick with stock EX2 for now as I'm still learning to use it properly. Although if using stock Hori parts 'cripples' the experience extensively enough to warrant an upgraded EX2 or a new stick altogether then I'll go for it. Especially with bullet hell where precise control is essential.

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