Entertainment/Gaming Consoles

Yeah, I saw Panzer Dragoon Saga for like $130 on eBay and people were actually bidding on it (about 2 weeks ago).

Ha, I don't think I have anything you'd want, man. But I'm down for bartering. I generally barter with cash though. :P

Yeah, Dead or Alive PSX would be awesome. I look every time I get a chance but it's always like "disc is scratched, no booklet or case, accidentally melted the middle of the disc so it barely plays, bidding starts at $80". i just want a $20 perfect condition version!

Lemme know your price for the Saturn. At the very least, I'd be super duper appreciative if you decided to let it go. As always, I'm willing to pay a fair price.

I just bought Dead or Alive import for Saturn. $14 + $5 shipping. So worth it for the jiggly goodness.

I have locked myself into getting a Saturn. So... how about it, vsp. What's your price?

Also, is a Dreamcast Gameshark CDX all I'll need to play Japanese imports on my Dreamcast? I ask 'cause there are a few games I'd like to get. vsp == teh man.

Here's the copy of Halo I'm gonna send perth:

http://www.msdelta.net/~dave/images/...e/P0001317.JPG

Right there in the green case on top of the TV. That's all yours, studmuffin. All you gotta do is pm me your address.

[vsp]

Originally posted by dave
Also, is a Dreamcast Gameshark CDX all I'll need to play Japanese imports on my Dreamcast? I ask 'cause there are a few games I'd like to get. vsp == teh man.

The Dreamcast's lack of resistance to piracy is legendary, and that includes imports.

If you have a CD-burner and either Nero, DiscJuggler, or a burning program that can handle .nrg or .cdi images, , I can mail you the Utopia Boot Disc (about 4MB) in either format. That should handle Japanese originals nicely with a simple boot-swap; I've played Fire Pro D for years with such an arrangement.

Non-originals (arrrr! matey), on the other hand, are generally self-booting whether they're American, Japanese or European, and the Euros typically have 50/60Hz selectors built in to get around the PAL limitation. What DC imports do you have in mind?

Dead or Alive 2 LE, for starters. (Yes, I know you have that. Avast!)

Wanna try some Fire Pro and SPF2.

Oh man.

I just pulled out my old Dreamcast that was ruined in the fire. The "Power" button is melted shut, and I figured it was a goner. Well, I took it apart and basically sat the guts of it on my TV stand.

Put in NFL 2K1 (one of the few games I have 2 copies of) in case it spun out of control and shot off.

Hit power.

Disc didn't spin.

I thought "well, shit." It was disappointing, because the system booted up and everything. I set the time and date, could see VMU's in the controller, etc.

Then it dawned on me - there's a mechanical switch that the door closes.

Grabbed an old VMU (also saved from the fire) and depressed the switch - bam! Disc spins up.

So now I've got a spare Dreamcast.

I've seen replacement cases for them, and as it is, ncsx.com sells them for $19. That's cheaper than a new Dreamcast, so I think I'll order one and stick it in there. Ooooh boy, purple Dreamcast.

(I love that console so bad. Jesus.)

(vsp - you didn't answer me on whether or not you'd sell. )

(And yeah, I use Nero, so you can send me whatever will work in that. I can give you an anonymous FTP to upload to if you want - or you can stick it on your server. Whatever works for you works for me.)

[vsp]

Heh. Good choices, and all three are sitting on my desk. (If we're playing Dreamcast Stump the Band, you'll have to try pretty hard to find something I don't have.)

Fire Pro is the only one that requires substantial FAQ-qage, since the menus and (especially) the create-a-wrestler mode are heavy on Japanese. It also helps to know some of the foreign wrestlers, as you'll have a better idea of what to do with them (their strong points, their styles, their finishers, what body parts they tend to work on). Still, no other wrestling game in the world does a better job of building realistic movesets and creating realistic matches.

I'm sure I can part with my spare Saturn, but I still have to fetch it. I'd rather not start guessing at prices until I have it in hand and can verify that it still works.

Originally posted by Chewbaccus
Perth - I don't deny KOTOR is a great game, especially for a guy like me who would spend quality cash on something like Star Wars: Yoda Takes A Nap, I'm that much of a fan.

I just wanted you to know that I found this extremely funny when I first read it two weeks ago, and I find it extremely funny again today as I read it again. Good job, sir.

vsp, you got any spare Super Nintendo systems around? They sell out like hotcakes here, and they're getting kind of expensive on eBay for the ones that are obviously well cared for. (The ones that are all discolored and shit sell for only like $20 - sigh.)

I need one of those + Super Metroid + Street Fighter 2 + Mario Kart. I <b>will</b> get them.

[vsp]

I only have one, but I really have no use for it. I never found much for the system that interested me; there were some shooters (Space Megaforce, Pop 'n' Twinbee, Gradius 3, R-Type 3), some RPGs that are all available for PSX now (FF2, FF3, Chrono Trigger, Ogre Battle), and Tetris Attack, but that was about it.

The "mainstream" Nintendo franchises don't impress me; I never was into Zelda beyond the first NES Zelda, Mario Kart was fun but not the best-game-ever that many make it out to be, Super Mario World was sheer overkill, and the Donkey Kong Country games were pure triumphs of graphics over gameplay.

To me, the early 90's (the Genesis / SNES / Sega CD / 3DO / CD-i) were a pretty dark time for gaming in general; there were a few gems, but there were literally tons and tons and tons and tons of side-scrolling platform crap and other shovelware. I spent most of that period sticking with my classic-era consoles and my computer -- my Intellivision was a huge draw in my college dorm circa '91-'92. The TurboGrafx/PC-Engine provides some redemption for the era, but I didn't find about its better games until years after the system had died, and many of those were Japan-only.

I'll give you a pack of matches and a pickle for Super Metroid.

(I got a Super NES at a decent price on eBay. Included was Street Fighter II. I dunno if you remember the post that started this thread, but it's my favorite fighter ever. It'll be good to play that again.)

[vsp]

Hey, I like SF2, too. That's why I play it in MAME, where I can choose between one (1) buttload of arcade ROM revisions.

(Or if I'm in a console mood, why I play Street Fighter 2: Champion Edition on my TurboGrafx (w/adaptor) with a six-button pad.)

I hate players that play like this:

Shoryuken! Shoryuken! Shoryuken! Shoryuken! Shoryuken! Shoryuken! Shoryuken! Shoryuken! Shoryuken! Shoryuken! Shoryuken! Shoryuken! Shoryuken! Shoryuken! Shoryuken! Shoryuken! Shoryuken! Shoryuken! Shoryuken! Shoryuken!

Dickheads.