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04-05-2013, 09:27 AM | #22 | |
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Check out this site: http://www.nhl94.com/ Even now there are tons of people who use emulators to create online leagues and play against each other online. There are even Roms with updated rosters to match today's NHL. If you're curious try a rom and see if its something you could get into. It just has a certain magic and "feel" that wasn't replicated in the years to follow |
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People must really love Clint & Annie! I have been lucky enough to find most of my used SNES games for between $5-10 at some local stores. SNES games have always been more in demand on the resell market than Genesis carts, but I had no idea there such a recent spike of interest in them. Quote:
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Each of the old EA NHL games have their own unique features and charm, which makes them hold up better today than EA other sports series from the 16-bit era. I'd say if you are a hockey fan, you might as well try to track down all of the EA hockey games since you can probably buy them loose for about $1 each.
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04-05-2013, 01:14 PM | #24 |
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It's just one of those things where there aren't a ton of copies floating around, especially in decent condition, so collectors blow it into astronomical proportions to justify paying the prices. Reading most SNES collection threads across the Internet, you could very easily be fooled into thinking Wild Guns is one of the most incredible SNES games ever made, which is an absolute load. Really, most of the super rare stuff out there isn't very good. It's the moderately rare, or at least highly sought after, games that really do warrant their going price tags.
Speaking of weird rare SNES games, I played a bunch of EVO last night and...what the f*ck IS that game? I got to the first boss, which handily destroyed me several times over, but I feel like that may be another game where the quality doesn't warrant the outrageous price. Also, yeah, NHL 94' is the SNES hockey game. |
04-05-2013, 05:42 PM | #25 |
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Picked up my Super NES today. After a bit of dish detergent scrubbing, voilĂ :
Also, to video game connoisseurs operating in the Toronto area: avoid Xtreme Games Interactive at 1539 Dundas. Man, do they ever operate a sh*t-show. Not only are their SNES cartridges obscenely priced -- up to $80 for a loose Super Metroid cart -- their trade-in valuations are garbage. Five of my lesser-used PSP games could only count towards thirteen dollars' worth of store credit. So I said, "F*ck off," and off I promptly f*cked. A place near the Dufferin branch Public Library knocked $30 off a (more reasonably priced) copy of Super Mario All-Stars for four of my PSP games. Gave 'em a fiver for the difference. That, my friends, made me happy. |
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A little dish detergent and some scrubbing did away with that. Oddly enough, only one of the controllers is actually a Super Nintendo controller -- model SNS-005, made in Japan. The other is a Super Famicom controller made in China. Quote:
...Aaaand I've just realized my A/V cables are useless because I don't have the original remote to my old-model Orion television set, and no way to access the Aux input. God. Dammit. Got a Nintendo RF adapter you can throw my way, Peanut? |
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04-05-2013, 09:03 PM | #29 |
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Here you go, sir: http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com/Retr0Bright+Gel
And: http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com/Using+Retr0Bright Not as simple as dish washing detergent, but there is hope. |
04-05-2013, 09:05 PM | #30 |
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I'll scrounge around. I know I've got at least two of them and probably a third somewhere. I've got all my post-NES Nintendo stuff hooked up via S-Video now, so I've got a bunch of spare A/V cables kicking around my game room.
Anyways, $80 for Super Metroid actually isn't terribly unreasonable at this point, as insane as that sounds. I mean...it's totally f*cking unreasonable, but in this climate it's pretty standard. Although the cheaper alternative of picking up the SFC Super Metroid at half the price complete, or a third loose, is easily the best way to go. Not only is it the exact same rom as the US version, it has far superior artwork. VS I can't believe Mario All-Stars is worth more than $15, though. That's completely insane to me, though it doesn't totally surprise me considering you see sh*t like SMB/Duck Hunt "selling" for $15 and SMB3 "selling" for $25-$30 at a lot of stores around here. Sh*t is totally ridiculous. BTW, I've heard that Retrobright sh*t is a total risk. I know a lot of collectors who've ruined stuff trying to use it, but I also know a few people who swear by it. It's really luck of the draw with the yellow of SNES plastic. I have two original SNES's from when I was a kid. One is perfect except the plastic around the controller ports is slightly yellowed, the other one is moderately yellowed on the entire bottom. I've thought a few times about taking them apart and swapping everything around so I've got a fully un-yellowed machine, but I'm always afraid of ruining my childhood stuff. Edit: If you need an RF adapter immediately. I've dealt with this place on numerous occasions and they're super fast and super nice. Last edited by Peanut; 04-05-2013 at 09:24 PM. |
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Xtreme Games Interactive had it for $45, for example. Anyway. I traded some PSP games I was using as paperweights and got it for $5. It seemed an especially sweet deal after having the above-mentioned dealer say these games of mine were only worth $2 each. |
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04-05-2013, 09:53 PM | #32 |
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I got a copy of Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings if ya want it....
Kidding, kidding.
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04-06-2013, 01:45 AM | #36 |
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I highly doubt you won't be able to find any "yearly" sports game for under $5. Half the time you can talk the store into throwing one in with one of those more expensive cartridges.
If you ever find yourself around the Pittsburgh/ Ohio area check out The Exchange. Its the best used game/movie/music store I've ever been too. Usually great prices and legitimate trade in offers. I honestly don't know how the Gamestops in my area are still in business. I swear people only go there for preorders. |
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04-07-2013, 12:54 PM | #38 |
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My Super Mario All-Stars cartridge is being a little b*tch. Not surprising, I guess. I read that the lifespan of the average SNES cart battery is 10-15 years. Mine will save and retain your progress, but sometimes will refuse to boot up once the power is turned on.
The TV screen flickers when this happens, so I'm assuming the SNES is outputting its video alright. The cart won't start though. A little blowing -- or simply ejecting and reinserting -- will get it up and running again, but sometimes the save files are gone. I'm not entirely disappointed. Super Mario Bros. 1 and 3 sort of had save features before there even were save features. Warp zones. Brilliant idea. Also, relevant to our discussion on pricing: |
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As for that video, I'm really not sure what to think of it. I'm really not. Though I'm kind of offended by it, really. I'm thinking it's supposed to make me feel guilty for wanting an SNES back then, and for even owning one at all. I remember my mother not wanting me to get an SNES at first. First, she told me that if I get it, I'd have to give my NES away. Then some time after that, she didn't want me to get it at all. In fact, when Christmas was drawing near in 1991, she told me about this time when she was in a store, a man came in asking for a Genesis for his kids. They told him they only have SNES units, and that the man said that his kids would laugh him out of the house if he came home with an SNES. At least I wouldn't have. I eventually got one though, and I think the price lowered by the time I did. People dug the SNES, even though some were afraid to admit it. Those Genesis fanboys were much louder about their Genesis love though, and the ones who hated the SNES just couldn't express their disdain enough. Me though, I never regretted owning an SNES. I wouldn't have minded having a Genesis either, but after enjoying the NES after so many years, the SNES was definitely a must. Anyway, if those people interviewed in the clip thought Nintendo was so bad for putting out a new system that's more powerful than the NES and how it cost more, then that was only the beginning, and they can't make Nintendo out to be the devil anymore either. Besides, didn't Sega get the same kind of backlash from parents about the Genesis? |
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Kids being taken advantage of. ...By corporations. And finish with a nod to Pac-Man. Gold! |
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