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This is such terrible news. I'm speechless. Sincerest condolences to his family. What a loss. May he rest in peace. We love you, Curt.
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This is tough. Here we go, in no order...it's tricky because I will only use games I actually played back then:
1. Turbo
2. Moon Patrol
3. Zaxxon
4. Galaxian
5. Kangaroo
6. Pac Man
7. Donkey Kong
8. Donkey Kong Jr
9. Time Pilot 84
10. Sinistar
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On 8/28/2020 at 10:09 AM, negative1 said:
2020 8-Bit Donkey Kong - LIMITED EDITION - Ships Oct 3, 2020
Part Number: QXE3584
Your Price: $25.99
Donkey Kong Ornament
Days after images circulated online showing off a new line of 8-Bit Super Mario themed ornaments that would be starring in Hallmark’s 2020 Keepsake Ornament product line, the company has made it official. Hallmark unveiled its 2020 Dream Book online, showing off its entire Keepsake Ornament collection for this year. Even better, the gaming section is getting bigger in 2020, as there are even more Nintendo ornaments shown!
Joining the retro theme are ornaments of the NES console and the well-loved gold NES cartridge of The Legend of Zelda. The former has been tricked out to light up and play sounds when you press the console’s power button.
2020 8-Bit Donkey Kong
Limited Edition - Low Production
2019 Hallmark Keepsake Limited Edition Ornament
Name: Donkey Kong
Manufacturer: Nintendo
Year: 1981
Item #: QXE3585
Condition: Mint Ornament in Mint Box
It's game on with Donkey Kong! Featuring the Nintendo video game legend sporting pixelated 8-bit styling, this Christmas tree ornament packs a mighty punch of barrel-busting fun that fans of all ages will love.
Artist crafted by Robert Hurlburt, this Keepsake Ornament comes pre-packaged in a box for easy gift giving, preservation and storage.
Dated 2020 in copyright.
Limited quantity, first available at 2020 Keepsake Ornament Debut event. Plastic Christmas tree ornament is lead-free and measures 3.17" W x 2.54" H x 0.84" D.https://www.hookedonhallmark.com/2020-8-Bit-Donkey-Kong--LIMITED-ED--Ships-Oct-3_p_42823.html
https://www.hallmark.com/ornaments/keepsake-ornaments/nintendo-8-bit-donkey-kong-ornament-1599QXE3584.htmllater
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These ones come out 3 Oct. Three on my list...I love supporting this stuff!
I've been collecting these since...Pac Man? 2005 I think. For a few years it looked like they weren't going to continue, but lately they picked em back up. I would love to see some Atari titles, Asteroids, etc.
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Yes, I already own physical copies of the games I want to play, I'm just looking to not have to track down doubles for use in linking PS2 systems. I heard it was a relatively simple orocess but that doesn't seem t5i be the case, lol! Perhaps any links for the videos you used? And can I do these methods using my Sony HDD, because it seems lots of folks are using 3rd party hard disks...probably for more memory, I assume?
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On 8/6/2020 at 4:58 AM, high voltage said:
Video Games = Art. I could buy a Rembrandt for that money, why not a video game?!
Hell hath frozen over, for I am in agreement with HV for once this decade?!
On 7/29/2020 at 2:03 AM, Shawn said:You guys are really missing that the print run the SMB is from makes a huge difference in price. Anything from the original test market is very rare and so are the early print runs that came after that. The early prints from the "sticker sealed" print variant. It's not like any old sealed (or complete) copy of SMB is worth $100k or even a few percent of that. I would never, ever spend that on a video game even if I had it as disposable income though as I find it just stupid to do so.
I think they must get the point of how rare it is, they just seem to think it will negatively impact them...somehow. i say somehow because unless you're in the business of buying old used games, nobody is going to do anything but perhaps annoy you at a post-Covid games expo with people trying to sell their SMB/Duck Hunt for too much money. If that's the least annoyance I experience at a games expo, I'll consider myself lucky, alright? Lol!
If anything, this tide will raise all ships: I already have all the games I want. If I can't buy/afford certain ones now, well, I couldn't afford them a decade ago either so it's not like their market value just blew up overnight. I bet plenty of other collectors here also have their core collections too. So if my games go up in value because of the buzz around this, woohoo for me. I ain't selling, but everybody says "I ain't selling"...until they are.
Finally: I'm pretty sure that nobody in the general public would be able to tell you how much a sealed test market SMB just sold for.
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Is there anybody here who remembers how the hard disk worked with the original PS2? I finally got around to picking one up for some Firewire-linked local play.
Will I need one copy of each game per linked console to play via Firewire? If so...
...can I make a copy(ies) of it on one of the consoles with the HDD as a workaround? I have heard that the HDD was hackable. Will each console need a an HDD if I go that route?
If anybody has any stories or advice and has done this before, feel like sharing?Thanks guys.
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On 7/21/2020 at 12:32 AM, godslabrat said:
Who said anything about being upset?
If you couldn't pick up on the butthurt in this thread, then consider yourself lucky.
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On 7/22/2020 at 12:33 AM, BassGuitari said:
Well...speaking as a collector of over two two decades now: I don't understand. ?♂️ I don't understand the thought process that ends at the notion that sticking stuff in plastic cases emblazoned with some number assigned by a self-credentialed organization makes it intrinsically more valuable by orders of magnitude--while simultaneously disregarding that said organization has a vested interest in their items being valued as highly as possible by virtue of their partnership with Heritage Auctions--and buying into that notion to the tune of $114,000. The "collector" here essentially trades a new Maserati for what amounts to glorified shelf candy (which will more likely be stored in a safe deposit box or somesuch anyway), and since it's sealed in its airtight, sterile case, no "gamer" will ever get to play it. Nobody wins here except Wata and Heritage Auctions.
(And if it doesn't turn out that the one person who would spend that amount of money on it already has, then the
collectorinvestor, too. Good for him/her.)Personally, my problem really isn't about any of that, though. People can spend their money how they want--that's their business. It's just disappointing that there is such a large and ever-growing speculative element in the classic gaming scene that, when it comes down to it, isn't in it for the games, community, preservation, or even its own nostalgia, but rather to exploit and profit from our collective passion. A regrettably natural consequence of the scene growing exponentially over the last quarter-century, but disappointing nonetheless. Wata/Heritage Auctions and their grading scheme represent the apex of it--the logical extreme of speculation culture mutated and run amok. "Prestigious" high profile sales like this do not help; they only contribute to artificial price inflation and make it harder for collectors to collect, and for gamers to game. Classic gaming doesn't need prestige--at least not from outsiders with dollar signs in their eyes.
Well I guess we'll have to disagree, lol. Your viewpoint is clearly as a gamer rather than a collector, regardless of your experience in the hobby. That's fine. But why try to qualify your opinion as a collector of twenty years only to make arguments that gamers have been making for just as long?
There are different types of collectors. I completely understand why this particular piece is priced the way it is and why it's special. It will absolutely not result in people charging more for their carts at conventions any more than the recent ebbs of prices in the retro world. It won't affect you or I or anybody here I gather because we know what games are not collectible. And I don't know who sounds more elitist, either....people of the opinion that people who collect simply for the investment are somehow less respectable than others who are in it for the 'right' reasons, or those who have the means to do so. This is about a game that is, regardless of how anybody feels about it, extremely rare and clearly worth the money somebody spent to acquire it. In my opinion, as a collector.
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Why do people seem so upset that this game went for so much money? If you're not a collector, you'll never understand. If you're gamer, congrats: your hobby just gained a lot of prestige for a classic game. If you don't agree with the value of this, there's over 100k reasons that starkly disagree with your opinion.
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The fun is in figuring out what you want. If you don't have an nes, get an nes. If you have a famicom, het thise games like you said. You're eventually going to anyway, so start with the console first.
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16 hours ago, GoldLeader said:
I think my Red Sharp Twin Famicom looks Super Neato,...Actually I have 2 of them...Almost picked the ol NES based on Nostalgia, but just for looks ...The Twin for The Win!
Posts like this are why we need a Wow emoticon!
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For me, it's green.
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On 7/15/2020 at 8:14 PM, Tanooki said:
The original, even if the ZIF connector needs an occasional tweaking and boiling to clean it up so it's not picky. I'm kind of mixed on the controllers though, love the look of the older design, but the rounded edges of the dogbone are more comfy on the remodel. These days though my original is back in the box, and the remodel+controller are used as I have it HDMI modded.
Also agree with the many comments on classic 80s stackable design. 1991 onward it had the SNES sitting on top of it to save room for more stuff in my cabinets over time.
I'm also a toaster fan. But I've never seen a horizontal toaster before...yet we call the top loader a top loader, but it clearly is more like a toaster than the NES toaster! It would make more sense to call the toaster the Side Loader, but we don't.
And that's just ONE of the injustices of this world.
The other is that redesign dogbone controller. Yes, it's comfy to hold. But...the placement if the BA buttons is ludicrous. Explanation? Forthcoming!
Experiment: turn your phone sideways and ergonomically, naturally, pretend to hold it like an NES pad if your thumbs were free to fall on the buttons how they comfortably would. No, not coming in from the sides as the NES pad forced us to do with the horizontal placement of the BA buttons, but naturally. What plane is your right thumb on?
If you're a human being, it's thumb tip pointing NW (on the B butto) and thumb joint on the SE (on the A button).
Yet what is the dogbone orientation? The exact opposite. It's why I can't stand playing the SNES pad for NES games. BA buttons are just too wonky. Were it properly aligned, it would be 8 Bit nirvana. Instead, it's just 8 Bit pearl jam. You can see what I'm getting at if you take an SNES pad and use the Y button for B and the B button for A. The concave button feel is off, but that's the most ergonomic orientation.
But yeah, toaster.
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If you have a spare upper plastic shell for a Colecovision and would like to sell, please PM me.
Hopefully it's in good shape.
Thanks.
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I bought the Tengen one years back, always oreferrimg it to the Nintendo version because it was two player and was like the arcade.
That all changed after I watched the Tetris documentary with Thor Aackerlund and company. The Nintendo version is the superior playing version, and now I find the Tengen one sluggish.
The Tengen is collectible and looks great, sounds great, but for sheer competition and high scores, it doesn't compare to the Nintendo version.
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We can all have opinions, but I stand 100% behind the fact that when I bought SMB 3D World brand new, opened the shrink and examined the disc thorougly for holes against a bright light source; there were zero holes. I made this post shortly after I discovered one near the rim.
The fact that your 3D World has no holes and mine has one proves that it's not intentional, or at least not all of them are. The game still works but of course I'm keeping an eye on it.
The intent for this thread was to highlight an issue I have read about more elsewhere, but not here. It's just something to keep in mind, particularly when buying used physical Wii U media.There may be some discs that have the holes closer to the spindle, and that's one thing, but scratches due to top damage are easier to spot...as long as you know what you are looking for. The sky isn't falling, but it's worthwhile IMO to know about.
We have a local library that rents out Wii U discs. Some of them are in pretty rough shape, but not one of them has damages or scratches to the bottom of the disc. Thus, the damage had to come from the top. About ten games would not load. Put it this way: the same library has dozens of Wii games, PS3, PS4, XBone, etc...not ONE of those games we signed out has not loaded properly. That's over four years! Only Wii U games had loadong problems, and at least a half dozen I can think of. Some had holes even under the protective layer put on TOP of the disc, which is like a transparent plastic sticker they use as part of the security system in the library. So no damage from the top OR bottom in some cases, yet the holes are there. And some games work, some don't.
I definitely think something is up with the way Wii U discs were manufactured.
That's just me and I've seen enough to affect how I will buy future Wii U games: digital download, given the opportunity. I'm lucky I only lost a few bucks on a used game that would not load.
Bottom line, check them first, don't buy with holes unless there is a store warranty (our local shop offers 90 days) so at least you can see if it will load when you bring it home, and handle the things extremely delicately.
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I don't believe it's bit rot...at least from my understanding of what that is. I think it's something about the manufacturing of the discs themselves. I would have chalked it up to user error (careless handling of disc) had it not been for the brand new disc that suddenly developed a pinhole. I treat all my stuff very carefully and always have. I'm 'that guy'. If the holes appear from mishandling discs, then these discs are comparably much lesser quality than any other CD gaming media I own because I have never, ever had a disc not load. Because there are people here with comlletely hole free discs, the copyright protection story doesn't hold up (wouldn't everybody's discs have the pinholes then?)
I guess the only message from me is to be aware that I've had it happen, and hold up any disc you want to buy used to a strong light source to see if it has any holes. I've bought tons of used discs over the years, ones that the bottoms have been pretty beat up...and they still worked. I've run into this holes issue wth at least five Wii U discs, which was why I looked into it further. The bottom of the disc can be flawless, but don't let that fool you.
I guess there could be another explanation, that somehow the machine could somehow scratch the disc during the loading process? I can't see that being the issue but who knows.
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I wasn't aware of any D-pad issues, good to know. I realize the limitations of emulation, which is one of the main reasons I'm not a huge fan. So far, only the SNES classic has managed to satisfy my expectations. All the rest have issues in one way or another.
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On 6/12/2019 at 6:44 PM, atarilovesyou said:
I will get one. Absolutely.
Did I ever speak too soon. I will 'absolutely' wait for one of these, not only due to the whole Covid thing, but because of the confirmed via multiple sources of the input lag for several games. I have no desire to pay top dollar shipping this in from Japan only to have less performance than my original setup. I will most definitely get one eventually, but more of a collectible.
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OEM Wii U batteries are crazy expensive now on the secondary market. But it will never be a useless system as you can always plug in the AC adaptor. Once the Gamepad conks out, well...
We still play Mariokart 8 online, it's lots of fun even though it does tend to crash a lot. The Miiverse stuff would have been fun but I don't consider it necessary.
Whenever I wonder why Nintendo would shut down servers I keep in mind Mr Profit and Mrs Buy The Latest System and it all becomes clear.
At this rate though, by the time I get a Switch all their online stuff will probably be gone too, so it's also another way to keep people spending more on the new product. DLC is something we haven't bothered too much with other than Mariokart 8...that's a must buy. Just makes you appreciate how much value they used to cram into games like Marioparty 9 or Wii Party.
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I get what you're saying, but these Wii U discs must have the thinnest, suspect paint in top of the discs. Why is it that in my last 25 years of CD based gaming have I only experienced any of these issues on a regular basis with Wii U discs? Not a single solitary Wii disc in my collection has exhibited issues like my meager few Wii U discs have played.
There has to be a better explanation why, but I doubt I'll get it as people have just moved on to Switch. I certainly won't be trying to amass any kind of collection for it, as even newly opened games.have these holes. Not reflective of Nintendo quality over the decades.
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Of all the games I own on discs, the Wii U is the only system that has this issue. I've done some reading about it. I will keep an eye on the new disc to see if and when it stops working. I just find it un-Nintendo to release discs that have this issue where the top if the disc, if scratched, can lead to the data being affected. Usually it's the other way around. It's not like disc media was a new thing in 2013. The bottoms are bulletproof but the tops, not so much.
For those of you planning on buying used Wii U games, do a check for the holes. I wish I could show you my Mariokart 8 disc, it's riddled with them (yet the surface of the disc was clean!)and you can only really see them if you are aware of what you're looking for.
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2 hours ago, -^CrossBow^- said:
I believe it has been stated that pinholes near the spindle area are normal as it was actually part of the copy protection system used on the discs. Was recently found out when all the source docs got leaked on the systems not long ago. It was also the system used on gamecube in addition to the reverse read setup they used on those discs.
But if this were the case, wouldn't all discs then have the holes near the spindle? I have a few Wii U games that were purchased new and none of them had holes. Now I noticed the SMW 3D. I have some library rentals, and while.some have holes and work, others don't. Most times the holes are not near the spindle, but it's interesting to hear about security.
Just trying to see if there's anybody else here who has noticed this. Thanks guys.
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Just hold up the disk to a bright light source behind it. It's usually a little easier to see them from the data side. They are very, very small looking pinholes. If you see none, fantastic. If you do, and the game works, also fantastic. I have a few that have the holes but still work. take a look and see.
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I think home had a big part in it. The other was the sheer economics of trying to make money a few credits at a time. In that regard, I think it's why so many retro arcades are popping up these days that cater to our crowd. It's a lot cheaper with LCD screens today than it was with those super expensive cabinets back in the day. Charging around five bucks for an all play afternoon and sell some food/beer and you can do ok.