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    • obsidianspiderO
      obsidianspider @FlyingTomahawk
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      @flyingtomahawk That's awesome, but 108,000 yen?! You must REALLY love R-Type.

      I haven't updated here in a while, and sadly, no new cool finds from second hand stores, but I did complete some mods in the past few weeks.

      Refurbed a Game Boy Horror

      0_1520855571613_Screen Shot 2018-03-12 at 7.50.09 AM.png

      Upgraded to a Super Pasakon case on my AGB-101

      0_1520855598925_Screen Shot 2018-03-12 at 7.50.47 AM.png

      Backlight, bivert, and voltage regulator on one of my DMG-colored Pockets

      0_1520855635657_Screen Shot 2018-03-12 at 7.50.59 AM.png

      I also had an epic fail when trying to repair a burnt screen on another pocket. I got the polarizer removed, but damaged the ribbon. Now I'm looking for a donor pocket to complete that project.

      0_1520855690906_Screen Shot 2018-03-12 at 7.50.32 AM.png

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      • FlyingTomahawkF
        FlyingTomahawk @obsidianspider
        last edited by FlyingTomahawk

        @obsidianspider said in Retro game stuff talk:

        That's awesome, but 108,000 yen?! You must REALLY love R-Type.

        Oh no! I am not THAT crazy. Of course I didn't buy it. Who the hell pays that much money for that. Sure ain't me. lol

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        • obsidianspiderO
          obsidianspider @FlyingTomahawk
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          @flyingtomahawk I was going to say, you could buy a whole fleet of Famicoms for that much. ;)

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          • MrJordaaanyM
            MrJordaaany @obsidianspider
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            @obsidianspider Run a soldering iron over the ribbon of the gameboy pocket screen. It can fix it up.

            With the DMG gameboy, is that a dead horizontal line at the bottom there? Or just the photo?

            When I did the same mod on mine, I damaged the ribbon cable like that, but running a soldering iron down the right hand side of the screen, over the section where the ribbon cable is, fixed it up great. You can literally melt the tiny connections going to the screen, and allow them to re-solder themselves.

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            • obsidianspiderO
              obsidianspider @MrJordaaany
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              @mrjordaaany I tried it after watching a number of videos and reading articles that said you need a low temp iron so you don't melt the cable. I tried many times over the course of a few hours, with a last ditch effort using my hot air station and I can't get it to work. :-(

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              • SgtJimmyRustlesS
                SgtJimmyRustles
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                Playing the SNES Aladdin reminded me of how inferior it is to the genesis version.

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                • lilbudL
                  lilbud @SgtJimmyRustles
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                  @sgtjimmyrustles said in Retro game stuff talk:

                  Playing the SNES Aladdin reminded me of how inferior it is to the genesis version.

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                  • SgtJimmyRustlesS
                    SgtJimmyRustles @lilbud
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                    @lilbud

                    We're all entitled to our own opinion. But from what I've seen, most people generally agree the Genesis version was better.

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                    • ruckageR
                      ruckage @SgtJimmyRustles
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                      @sgtjimmyrustles said in Retro game stuff talk:

                      Playing the SNES Aladdin reminded me of how inferior it is to the genesis version.

                      Sacrilege. I owned both when they were released and always enjoyed the Snes version much more - classic Capcom at it's best and I can happily play it over and over again. The Megadrive version gets boring fast in my opinion.

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                      • SgtJimmyRustlesS
                        SgtJimmyRustles @ruckage
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                        @ruckage

                        I respectfully disagree. The Aladdin by Virgin Games feels more like I'm playing an aladdin game, while the SNES version feels more like a generic platformer. That being said, SNES is smooth and shows off Aladdin's agility and natural grace, but the Genesis one feels more authentic.

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                        • ruckageR
                          ruckage @SgtJimmyRustles
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                          @sgtjimmyrustles
                          I disagree with your disagreement :D

                          I was impressed with the animation on the megadrive version but I can't say I really enjoyed playing it that much (apart from the level in the Dungeon which I did like).
                          If it wasn't for the state of the art animation (for the time) I don't believe it would have been regarded so highly when it was released

                          The snes version feels more varied and the levels are more fun. The graphics though lacking the official Disney animation are equally beautiful and dare I say prettier in many ways than the megadrive version (particularly the backgrounds). For me it's just much more fun to play and so I think as a game it's better. (And it definitely feels like an Aladdin game to me).

                          Perhaps they shouldn't really be compared as after all they do only share a name and a lot of it boils down to personal taste. And the fact we have 2 totally different high quality games (something that rarely happens today) is in itself a plus as it's one extra game that may never have existed. I got a game I loved, and you got game that you loved - everybody's happy :).

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                          • MrJordaaanyM
                            MrJordaaany @ruckage
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                            @ruckage @SgtJimmyRustles Wait they are both not the same game? I thought it was just the same game ported to different systems.

                            @obsidianspider that sucks man. I didnt opt for a lower temp soldering iron, I just used my usual one. The DMG gameboy is alot more durable for sure when it comes to this fix, the ribbon cable can really take the heat.

                            That being said, its not always the fix. Sometimes the ribbon cable is too far gone.

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                            • obsidianspiderO
                              obsidianspider
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                              OK nerds, to bring us somewhat back on topic, here are my two copies of Aladdin.

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                              • ruckageR
                                ruckage @MrJordaaany
                                last edited by ruckage

                                @mrjordaaany said in Retro game stuff talk:

                                @ruckage @SgtJimmyRustles Wait they are both not the same game? I thought it was just the same game ported to different systems.

                                Yeah totally different games, you should try both if you haven't already.

                                @obsidianspider said in Retro game stuff talk:

                                OK nerds, to bring us somewhat back on topic, here are my two copies of Aladdin.

                                0_1521058143245_Screen Shot 2018-03-14 at 4.08.19 PM.png

                                One thing's for sure - Megadrive/Genesis cases are much nicer (those cardboard SNES cases were terrible - I'm sure most ended up in the bin as they got so tatty). What was it with Nintendo and cardboard cases. On the plus side boxed Snes games are now rarer so worth more.

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                                • FlyingTomahawkF
                                  FlyingTomahawk
                                  last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                                  I always liked the MD stuff more than SNES.
                                  IMO SNES was more mainstream where MD was more for "real" gamers, more gore inside. At least that is what I thought about it then.
                                  I also liked the MD boxes. For cartridges best there ever was. Just the manual holder sucked and you tend to loose them or damage them more often.

                                  The downside of MD is, if you would start to collect all the games now it would cost you a lot, lot money. Acclaim titles are very expensive.

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                                  • edmaul69E
                                    edmaul69 @SgtJimmyRustles
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                                    @sgtjimmyrustles due to the genesis’ crappy color palette and crappy audio i prefer any game on the snes over the genesis version. Not saying anything wrong with the genesis as i love playing genesis and sega cd just a personal preference when playing games that are available on both.

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                                    • SgtJimmyRustlesS
                                      SgtJimmyRustles @edmaul69
                                      last edited by SgtJimmyRustles

                                      @edmaul69

                                      There's a case to be made if it's the same game and it plays the same, yes. But these are two completely different games that just so happen to contain the same character.

                                      The smoother animations, the fact that the Genesis Version is super chilled and laid back (Look at all the background items in the desert, the dungeon, and the Genies levels for example) and you can see that Virgin games really put a lot of love into the game, and it shows. You know that it was the third best selling genesis game right?

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                                      • obsidianspiderO
                                        obsidianspider @FlyingTomahawk
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                                        @flyingtomahawk said in Retro game stuff talk:

                                        The downside of MD is, if you would start to collect all the games now it would cost you a lot, lot money. Acclaim titles are very expensive.

                                        I just learned about Crusader of Centy from SNES drunk. It looks like a really cool game, but it's selling for $500+ on eBay right now...

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                                        • ruckageR
                                          ruckage @obsidianspider
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                                          @obsidianspider
                                          That does look cool, I've never played that - I'll have to give it a try.

                                          Regarding the price of the games, when the Snes and Megadrive came out I was young and couldn't afford to buy the games because they were expensive - I used to trade them in for new games otherwise I'd rarely have anything new to play (there were some exception that I never traded though). Now I'm older the games are rarer and even more expensive so I still can't afford them so not much has changed :D .

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                                          • SgtJimmyRustlesS
                                            SgtJimmyRustles
                                            last edited by SgtJimmyRustles

                                            Wow, that game is pretty legit. Easily looks like it has SNES visuals in my opinion.

                                            @ruckage said in Retro game stuff talk:

                                            @obsidianspider
                                            That does look cool, I've never played that - I'll have to give it a try.

                                            Regarding the price of the games, when the Snes and Megadrive came out I was young and couldn't afford to buy the games because they were expensive - I used to trade them in for new games otherwise I'd rarely have anything new to play (there were some exception that I never traded though). Now I'm older the games are rarer and even more expensive so I still can't afford them so not much has changed :D .

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