The Revenge of the Post Here When You Get Something New thread

Andrew76

TechnoFreek wrote: »

Just checked. Andro Dunos is on the list for the 161 in 1 cart. Will check that out when I get home tonight. Not sure about Mame.

What parcel motel did you use Andrew? None in the sunny south east which is a pain. Luckily there's one near me in Ballsbridge. I've only used it once bit its a great way to get around the expense of shipping pcbs from the UK.

Closest one was Cornelscourt up the N11 (actually it's in the Texaco across from the Magic Carpet). Bit of a pain for sure but had to drive up anyway.

TechnoFreek

I think their strategy for placement is in locations of 20,000 or more population. No chance of Arklow being on that list any time soon so!

The Last Bandit

Andro Dunos is available thru Mame alright. Nice shooter, really colourful like a typical PC Engine game but with better sound.

Myrddin

Certainly not a 'grail' GET! for me this, because I'm ashamedly very new to the Megaman series of games, but it's certainly a gem to pick up & have in the collection, am quite happy about owning it.

It's missing its manual, but I can remedy that over time by keeping an eye out for one & paying a stupid amount for it too.

But here goes





I opened the cart to be doubly sure it was legit, & its the real deal. I traded the boxed PAL Nes for it & a couple of carts...nothing expensive really. Seeing as I had the NTSC Nes anyway now...I found it hard to turn down the trade!

MrVestek

This isn't videogame related at all but erh... I recently got the opportunity to take the following photos:

Myrddin

So jealous Achillies, what was Nana Visitor like in person? Stewart has bearly aged a day in the last 30 years, the man is a testament to growing old gracefully! Thats Ira Behr at the end isn't it?

MrVestek

EnterNow wrote: »

So jealous Achillies, what was Nana Visitor like in person? Stewart has bearly aged a day in the last 30 years, the man is a testament to growing old gracefully! Thats Ira Behr at the end isn't it?

Yeah we had a nice quick chat about DS9 with Ira and his slight disappointment at the fact that fans were being slightly exploited by the DSTL convention by being charged for autos etc even though they'd paid enough to get in in the first place.

Nana Visitor was a sweetheart in person... she asked us to hold on while we waited for her so that she could retouch up her makeup for us, hah.

I complimented her on her role in Dark Angel and she really seemed to like that, it seemed to ingratiate her to us immediately. She asked us the usual where we were from and stuff like that. I then asked if I could be cheeky and ask for a photo even though there were signs everywhere for no photos.

She hapilly obliged much to her assistant's annoyance and when she saw that her assistant was a bit fed up with this she turned to her and said 'and you can take the photo!'. Lovely lovely woman.

Others that I met but couldn't take pictures of: Brent Spiner (very funny guy, quite genuine), Michael Dorn (grumpy arsehole), John DeLancie (another grumpy arsehole), David Warner (lovely man, was chatting to me about loving Irish Whiskey...), Dominic Keating.

Had a bit of a funny encounter with Dominic Keating actually... he had gotten a bit of a bad rep the night before as his 'stand up' routine at the TNG party was basically full of racist and homophobic jokes so nobody was queuing to see him the next day (whoops).

Anyway we had been getting our DSTL program signed by various people throughout the day and so far the program just had a few autos saying 'To Shannon...'. So I gave him the program and asked him to sign it 'To Steve'.

He looked at me then back at the program and back to me again and went 'erm... who's Shannon?', to which I replied 'Ohhh that's usually me at the weekend...'. His face was priceless... I then said 'Just kidding it's this beautiful woman behind me...'.

He lost it, burst out laughing and gave me a high five then called over Anthony Montgomery and Conner Trineer to retell what had just happened... 'and this guy without missing a beat says his name is Shannon on the weekends...' and they all lost it too, great moment and a fun memory of the con. He then signed the program 'To Steve, Touché'. You can see that below actually. Ohh and when he took Shannon's posted to be signed he put on a real fake drag voice and went 'erh so... should I make this out to Steve?'.

I forgave him for insulting the Irish on the spot then and there, haha.

It was a great trip, the all Captain's talks were amazing too.

Myrddin

Jealousy levels are off the scale!!

I'm surprised to hear about Dorn & De Lancie! Were they just real short with the people or something? Can't believe you met Nana Visitor, I love her!

Also Brent Spiner, he genuinely does come across as a total p1ss taker & very comedic! David Warner I wasn't sure who he was had to google that, I'd know his voice anywhere now I know who he is! Epic stuff, Domnick Keating & Conor Trineer too...awesome awesome stuff. Well done, & well told!

Did you meet Avery Brooks? Please don't tell me he was a grumpy asshole...

Optimus Prime

EnterNow wrote: »

Did you meet Avery Brooks? Please don't tell me he was a grumpy asshole...

Did you watch that captains documentary? The guy is a fruit loop. if he wasnt famous he would probably be in a mental home!

Myrddin

keithgeo wrote: »

Did you watch that captains documentary? The guy is a fruit loop. if he wasnt famous he would probably be in a mental home!

Yeah I seen that, he came across as bizarre in it for sure...Shatner at times seemed to be walking on eggshells around him

Optimus Prime

EnterNow wrote: »

Yeah I seen that, he came across as bizarre in it for sure...Shatner at times seemed to be walking on eggshells around him

I couldnt believe it, i havent really seen him talk or anything other than playing sisko on DS9, I was shocked at how crazy he came across, shatner was looking at him like what the hell is this guy talking about, it was bizarre. Patrick Stewart even came across as a bit of a d*ck in that documentry aswell i thought.

MrVestek

Patrick Stewart was nice enough... he even flirted with my missus a little bit and gave her a hug when taking her photo with him which he NEVER does for people due to his arthritis.

They were hurrying people along during the photo session and as I was getting my picture taken the girl was like 'please step up to the line miss' very abruptly. My gf answered back with 'ohhh anything to get closer to him'. She said this louder than she thought though because he heard her... looked over at her with a grin on his face then when it was her turn he told her that it was a pleasure to meet such a beautiful young woman and then grabbed her tight for the photo with a massive grin on his face.

He's Patrick Stewart so he could molest her for all I care... he'd be allowed to do it! :P In his talks he did come across as a bit of a fuddy duddy but I put that down to him being in his 70s... he's an old man after all.

Averty Brooks' talk was part of our ticket and whilst all of the other captain's talks we went to were packed full of people the place was bearly a quarter full for Avery's talk. He's just as much of a fruit loop in person as he was on that documentary... although he did lambast Shatner a little bit for having it set up to make him seem even 'crazier than usual'. To his credit he did acknowledge his unusual personality with a story about his kids wanting to go to a friend's house.

He told a story of his kid asking if he could go to a friends house and said 'and an hour later I still hadn't answered the question for all my rambling and my kid was like... so Dad can I go then or what?' then he went on about being a thoughtful person and being in touch with the universe or some bollocks...

Retr0gamer

Enternow, get your act together and play Megaman 2 on the NES. and don't wimp out on normal mode.

MrVestek

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Enternow, get your act together and play Megaman 2 on the NES. and don't wimp out on normal mode.

Hush you we're talking about Star Trek here...

Andrew76

Whoa hold on there, I missed a Wily Wars get! Excellent stuff EnterNow, looks in perfect condition too. :cool:

Myrddin

Andrew76 wrote: »

Whoa hold on there, I missed a Wily Wars get! Excellent stuff EnterNow, looks in perfect condition too. :cool:

Yes its in excellent shape thankfuly Just to hunt down a manual for it now!

Retr0gamer

EnterNow wrote: »

Yes its in excellent shape thankfuly Just to hunt down a manual for it now!

You can join Jack Burton in his club for the hunt for the holy grail.

Myrddin

Retr0gamer wrote: »

You can join Jack Burton in his club for the hunt for the holy grail.

I thought JB picked one up a while back no?

Andrew76

EnterNow wrote: »

I thought JB picked one up a while back no?

Nah he's still missing the manual afaik.

the groutch

Bought in Tesco today, all brand new & sealed.

o1s1n

So thats what, four Wily Wars now? Not bad for a small forum!

Retr0gamer

I've a rom of it, does that count?

Myrddin

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I've a rom of it, does that count?

Yes, as a failure

o1s1n

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I've a rom of it, does that count?

Only if its an actual rom from a pcb and not a rom dump

TechnoFreek

This pile of stuff!

Andrew76

Nice stuff Techno. Maming the cab? You going to use ArcadeVGA card or standard gfx card + Soft15kHz etc?

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

I got these this morning, SMT: DDS was only €3

TechnoFreek

Andrew76 wrote: »

Nice stuff Techno. Maming the cab? You going to use ArcadeVGA card or standard gfx card + Soft15kHz etc?

Yeah, going to Mame it. Well as the monitor is trisync I have a few options. Hook up pc directly with existing gfx card or I also have an ArcadeVGA that I got from steve_si.
Probably go with the ArcadeVGA for a proper 15k look.

Myrddin

TechnoFreek wrote: »

Probably go with the ArcadeVGA for a proper 15k look.

Because Soft15Khz isn't proper?

Myrddin

This arrived, its in almost new condition, really minty condition.

CiDeRmAn

Let the grand experiment begin!

All our hopes are with you EnterNow!

Well, okay, not the smug gits who own Earthbound!

Myrddin

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

smug gits who own Earthbound!

Speaking of rare games, do any of us actually own that here?

Optimus Prime

I just bought Boxed Zelda II on the NES for 22 euro including delivery. am i right in thinking thats a bargain? it was buy it now. am i missing something in the ad or did i just get lucky?

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Zelda-II-2-Link-Nes-Nintendo-/221147312849?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item337d6832d1

Andrew76

EnterNow wrote: »

Speaking of rare games, do any of us actually own that here?

There's at least one, he/she posted it a good while back. Can't remember who though.

Myrddin

keithgeo wrote: »

I just bought Boxed Zelda II on the NES for 22 euro including delivery. am i right in thinking thats a bargain? it was buy it now. am i missing something in the ad or did i just get lucky?

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Zelda-II-2-Link-Nes-Nintendo-/221147312849?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item337d6832d1

Seems slightly underpriced for a boxed copy yeah, I think cart only goes for about $10/15 & boxed copies upwards of €25ish

Andrew76 wrote: »

There's at least one, he/she posted it a good while back. Can't remember who though.

Well it can't be Steve, coz that'd be two of them...ghostchant maybe whos a Nintendo nut?

TechnoFreek

EnterNow wrote: »

Because Soft15Khz isn't proper?

It is. Sorry I meant proper 15k using ArcadeVGA in my case (or soft15khz) as opposed to hooking directly to monitor at 31k.

Myrddin

TechnoFreek wrote: »

It is. Sorry I meant proper 15k using ArcadeVGA in my case (or soft15khz) as opposed to hooking directly to monitor at 31k.

Ah I see, actually are there higher specced ArcadeVGA cards nowadays? The old cards were quite meager spec wise

Andrew76

EnterNow wrote: »

Ah I see, actually are there higher specced ArcadeVGA cards nowadays? The old cards were quite meager spec wise

Not sure if they did bring out a newer version. But in fairness how much grunt do you need for running old arcade games? It did run the PC version of SFIV for me although that stupid game wouldn't go lower than 1024 x 768 iirc, not low enough for an arcade monitor anyway. So it's fine for the non-Steve_SI's and their Skynet PCs. I've never had a problem with the card but each to their own I guess.

Myrddin

Andrew76 wrote: »

Not sure if they did bring out a newer version. But in fairness how much grunt do you need for running old arcade games? It did run the PC version of SFIV for me although that stupid game wouldn't go lower than 1024 x 768 iirc, not low enough for an arcade monitor anyway. So it's fine for the non-Steve_SI's and their Skynet PCs. I've never had a problem with the card but each to their own I guess.

Well for in a cab setup, there are other emu's I use that do require some horsepower like the M2 stuff etc

Retr0gamer

EnterNow wrote: »

Speaking of rare games, do any of us actually own that here?

I have a rom of it :P

Jack burton

Hopefully we will all own "Earthbound" soon enough.....god speed EnterNow!

Myrddin

Jack burton wrote: »

Hopefully we will all own "Earthbound" soon enough.....god speed EnterNow!

It's weird, it's not 100% the real thing, but to me personally anyway, having Earthbound play from a real cart, the Japanese version of the same game in fact, elevates it above playing it on a flash cart.

Neither solution is genuine, but I think a conversion of the Jap cart into the US region is close enough. It'll certainly do me, & I'll look at it and smile knowing I havn't just paid $200/300 for basically the same thing with one chip different out of all the chips on the cart the same.

It's still a repro really whatever way you look at it, but at least it will be a more elegant solution to the usual Darxide type repros. No game will be sacrificed, as the cart will still be the same game. You still buy it, as you need the original in the forst place, & you get all the official box/cart artwork & manual.

Jack burton

Japanese games are way cooler sure as we all know :P

Any its an elegant solution to a very expensive problem the way I see it!

Steve X2

Well, if the mod/hack works Enternow as I expect it will you could probably just keep making these and sticking them up on ebay and I'd say you'd sell as many as you can make.
Nice little bit of extra income to have on the side.

Myrddin

Steve SI wrote: »

Well, if the mod/hack works Enternow as I expect it will you could probably just keep making these and sticking them up on ebay and I'd say you'd sell as many as you can make.
Nice little bit of extra income to have on the side.

Tbh, not sure I'd take it that far. I don't want to be responsible for flooding a load of these carts onto the market. It's really only a personal solution to an 'expensive problem', which I'd offer to folks here if they were interested. As for retailing them, I'd see that as possibly something different, I dunno

Steve X2

EnterNow wrote: »

Tbh, not sure I'd take it that far. I don't want to be responsible for flooding a load of these carts onto the market. It's really only a personal solution to an 'expensive problem', which I'd offer to folks here if they were interested. As for retailing them, I'd see that as possibly something different, I dunno

Think of all the nice retro things you could buy, guilt free with your earnings :):D:D

Mr.Saturn

Like Earthbound, for example.

Myrddin

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

Like Earthbound, for example.

Lol, brilliant

Yeah Steve, that pic does change things somewhat. I tell you what, with your Jap connections you buy up a load of Mother 2 carts, I'll convert them, & you can retail them through Gadunky & we can both make enough to buy Earthbound :pac:

CiDeRmAn

Damn!
Then, contrary to a recent posters economic POV, the price of Mother 2 will be driven up, making it almost as expensive as Earthbound to begin with!!!!
Imagine the rush on them if EnterNow has discovered an alchemists dream, turning lead into gold, figuratively speaking of course!

Myrddin

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Damn!
Then, contrary to a recent posters economic POV, the price of Mother 2 will be driven up, making it almost as expensive as Earthbound to begin with!!!!
Imagine the rush on them if EnterNow has discovered an alchemists dream, turning lead into gold, figuratively speaking of course!

It's all Steve's idea...blame him...:D

Joking aside, I doubt there'd be that much demand for them, and I couldn't see people paying any kind of decent coin for them. Plus the costs would add up:

x30 Mother 2 carts to start with @ roughly €30 for CIB versions
Shipping for 30 Snes carts
30 flash rom kits @ roughly €15 each
postage for 30 flash rom kits
The cost of converting 30 carts
The cost of advertising 30 carts

I doubt any big money would be made doing it, it'd depend on the demand but again, I dunno if it would be there.