Awesome stuff you've just bought (+pics please)

[wgogh]

That will be the DVD/BluRay I think.

Meh, that would have been cool.

[Ed Oscuro]

So who's been buying all them ultra rare Black Diamond Disney VHS tapes?

Eh, I got a new office chair, La-Z-Boy brand, it's comfy as hell. Also got a PlayStation dual shock controller for $3 a while ago, and apparently that's a good price these days. A bit of cleaning needed but the sticks seem firm, which is what I need. I really ought to look at tearing down my original one and seeing if there's anything to replace in there.

Those OutRun superplays...not sure how excited I'd be by the content but those covers look great.

[Tarma]

Those OutRun superplays...not sure how excited I'd be by the content but those covers look great.

I suppose one of the appeals to some who "collect" laserdiscs is the awesome jackets you can get.

Each disc is only about 20 minutes long with no commentary, so it's a bit like sitting down to an audio OST of Out Run with pictures

Plus Out Run looks cool running on a 60" tv

[atheistgod1999]

Despite one of the songs being featured on Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, this CD is rare as hell and has almost no info about it; I don't even remember how I managed to find the album name. Anyway, Amazon only had 2 new copies of this available: one for ~$16 and another for ~$130. I didn't want to end up spending $130 on just a CD, so I bought it now.

Besides, it's my favorite song in THPS.

[Shoryukev]

My PVM-14N6U just showed up yesterday!


I don't have the SCART RGB cables yet for my systems (should be here monday according to tracking numbers), but I took some quick screenshots of my NES and SNES using s-video. Out of the box I was not impressed with the monitor at all, but once I found the service menu and adjusted the sharpness and chroma levels I think it is very nice. For some reason the sharpness was set at 3 out of 20, and the chroma was extremely high bleeding everything together LOL.

Once I get the SCART cables and the BNC breakout I can probably bump the sharpness up even more (it's at 8 out of 20 on the pictures below). With s-video it started to get very noisy and ugly looking when I raised the sharpness any higher, but my guess is with RGB all that noise will be gone.

Megaman X3

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Chrono Trigger

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Megaman 3

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EDIT: My 3 year old daughter enjoyed the coming of the PVM more than I did, but for a different reason LOL!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHpKCZWvc7s

[Skykid]

^ S-Video is junk man. When you get the RGB hooked up it will look like a dream.

[Shoryukev]

^ S-Video is junk man. When you get the RGB hooked up it will look like a dream.

That's exactly what I want to hear. The jump from RF to composite is pretty big, so is moving from composite to s-video.....if going from s-video to RGB is another big jump I'm excited to see that in action!

[BIL]

EDIT: My 3 year old daughter enjoyed the coming of the PVM more than I did, but for a different reason LOL!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHpKCZWvc7s

Aww.

[Axelay]

Very nice pvm . I want one of those that has a rgb scart port already they are so expensive .









Just got my hand on two aura battlers

I was upset with how little was in the box with the second one but I love the bulky build of the figure it's really growing on me .

The one above (leprechaun ) is just really cool looking just need some tamashi stands to make him really pop

[Shoryukev]

I got my SCART cables for my SNES, genesis model 1, and saturn last night. For some reason the SNES one is a braided cable, while the other two are not....kinda odd...but whatever. They all worked flawlessly, and I was very happy with how snug they fit into the systems.

I was very surprised at how much better RGBS looks coming from s-video, it's stunning! I don't know if I've ever seen all that dithering in this game before, maybe a little bit of it....but I never realised it was everywhere LOL. I'm very happy so far with the jump from s-video on a 32" television to RGB on a 14" PVM. It's taking me awhile to get used to the screen being so small, but the sharpness and clarity is well worth it.

I didn't have a whole lot of time to sit down and play, but I got a couple of rounds of Street Fighter 2 Turbo in on my SNES. Tonight I'll try to get some better pictures (and probably with MUSHA, this is a shmups forum after all), but one of the pictures I snapped with my phone came out pretty decent so I figured I'd post it. Also updated my avatar with another one of the pictures I took LOL

[tacoguy64]

Oh hey got this last week from a member on here

[BIL]

Good stuff, the Thunders and Spriggan are essential!

[Obiwanshinobi]

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Just got my hand on two aura battlers

I was upset with how little was in the box with the second one but I love the bulky build of the figure it's really growing on me .

The one above (leprechaun ) is just really cool looking just need some tamashi stands to make him really pop

Right now I'm liking the sight of these better than pretty much all the other mech action figures typically showcased here. The reason is perhaps the same why I like hardware design of Air Duel so much - lavishly arthropodal.

[caincan]

nothing beats the real stylish thing , (...the 10th different vending machine i wished )

[Skykid]

^ interesting I guess, but no idea why you'd want one? They're a dime a dozen across Asia and you can't do much with it except fill it with balls with toys inside that you need to go and buy first... Probably from a gashapon vending machine.

[caincan]

why would players around want the real Pcb as there are numerous emulators to play ? .. same applies just in bigger scales. an example of what's ahead in some minds for the feel & thrill. (remember "the game" and "the fantasy island" or "mondwest".. or "resident evil 6" ? . by example, have you ever heard about players, big ones..who rent a real casino for their private gaming ? .. why wouldnt they build their one instead ? )

for these gashapons machines, in France you can rarely count the available to buy in second hand.. (and never seen the blue/white one in any shop yet, orange/red versions are common.. but even them , there are about 2-3 known sales in the entire country at the moment ) . in our case it will be for an attempt to some "dagashiya" ambiance with some japanese cabarets among these..

will add some monaco gp cabaret + afterburner cabaret (really rare arcade version ; 3 known in japan & seems i have the only one outside asia, came from a warehouse raid where emerged the very rare DariusII electrocoin version cabinet which now belongs to Coinoplegacy /Olisan collection, one of the early followers of the mini japanese arcades (cute, neo19, sc, ...) much sought nowadays)..

90% finished (pure home made metal (the first one worldwide amateur ?).. & 2 woodies) inspired from uncommon ponygame oldies (6 different stylish versions existed) & the namco18 style,



but as Lego space boxes & toys with some intriguing design.. it's because of the style once again i wanted this gasha and as said, the detail to ambiance it can add , sure only one machine would be just lame, (with lots of work & motivation & hunt, i have around 80 different machines, vending/arcades/pinballs/guns/driving/cocktails .. so details count for the paraphernalia around the different areas we'll work on ..)

[trap15]

Those are pretty cute! Nice work!

[wgogh]

I would like to see a photo of the whole place, or at least good portion of it, with the vending machines and all the other things. Must be really interesting, and something that I've never saw

[svensonson]

just received a replacement Capcom powerstick after a co-player smashed my old one during a super street fighter 2 session ealier this year.
now trying to beat daimakaimura again after several years. damn..is this game hard!

[Heavy Viper]

Jeez, but the X68000 is a cool looking rig.

[pestro87]

I wanted to get a CIB copy of Rolling Thunder 3 but couldn't find a copy with a manual that was in acceptable condition. After playing it though, I have to admit that I like Rolling Thunder 2 more so I might sell it eventually, not sure. The PCB is Aqua Rush. Also, SMT IV: Final has been pretty great so far!

[BrianC]

I got my SCART cables for my SNES, genesis model 1, and saturn last night. For some reason the SNES one is a braided cable, while the other two are not....kinda odd...but whatever. They all worked flawlessly, and I was very happy with how snug they fit into the systems.

I was very surprised at how much better RGBS looks coming from s-video, it's stunning! I don't know if I've ever seen all that dithering in this game before, maybe a little bit of it....but I never realised it was everywhere LOL. I'm very happy so far with the jump from s-video on a 32" television to RGB on a 14" PVM. It's taking me awhile to get used to the screen being so small, but the sharpness and clarity is well worth it.

I didn't have a whole lot of time to sit down and play, but I got a couple of rounds of Street Fighter 2 Turbo in on my SNES. Tonight I'll try to get some better pictures (and probably with MUSHA, this is a shmups forum after all), but one of the pictures I snapped with my phone came out pretty decent so I figured I'd post it. Also updated my avatar with another one of the pictures I took LOL

Sweet. I don't have anything hooked up to RGB yet, but I have seen how sweet it looks. It's funny. At Too Many Games this year, in the gaming area, there was a PC Engine Duo R with Winds of Thunder hooked up with RGB to a Sony monitor and next to it was a Sega Genesis with multicart hooked up to an HD TV. Guess which one I wanted to play more?

Winds of Thunder at Too Many Games 2016

[CIT]

Not new per se, but I had the opportunity at a conference to have my Namco Museum boxed set signed by some legends:



Yoshihiro Kishimoto, creator of Pac-Land, Baraduke, Toy Pop, etc.
Masanobu Endo (Évezoô End), creator of Xevious, The Tower of Druaga, The Return of Ishtar, etc.
Toru Iwatani, creator of Pac-Man, etc.
Junko Ozawa, music for The Tower of Druaga, The Return of Ishtar, Sky Kid, Rolling Thunder, Toy Pop, Klonoa, etc.

[Shoryukev]

Picked up some games last night on my way to band practice at a store a couple miles from my drummer's house.

Alex Kidd, The Lost Stars - Sega Master System
Mario Bros. Arcade - NES
Dragon Warrior III - NES
Streets of Rage 3 - Genesis

I finally played through and beat the first Dragon Warrior game a couple months ago. I wish I had found #2 instead, but all of them are hard to find so I just went for it. Streets of Rage 3 has the manual and everything is mint, a very welcome addition to my Genesis/MD collection! Alex Kidd and Mario Arcade are nothing special, but I didn't have them so I grabbed them while I was there.

[BIL]

Not new per se, but I had the opportunity at a conference to have my Namco Museum boxed set signed by some legends:

Excellent stuff.

[CIT]

All the Namco folks gave talks at the conference, explaining some of the intricacies of their game design, specifically Pac-Man, Xevious, Druaga and Baraduke. Maybe I'll post some of the insights here.

I also met Seiki Okude (a.k.a. Seiki Sato) there, who was programmer on Strikers 1945, Gunbird and Sengoku Blade, as well as SFC Fire Emblem and Kaeru no tame. Unfortunately, I didn't know beforehand he was going to be there.

[BrianC]

All the Namco folks gave talks at the conference, explaining some of the intricacies of their game design, specifically Pac-Man, Xevious, Druaga and Baraduke. Maybe I'll post some of the insights here.

I also met Seiki Okude (a.k.a. Seiki Sato) there, who was programmer on Strikers 1945, Gunbird and Sengoku Blade, as well as SFC Fire Emblem and Kaeru no tame. Unfortunately, I didn't know beforehand he was going to be there.

Sweet. Did any of the Namco guys say anything about the ports?

[FinalBaton]

Lots of cool stuff this week!
Apart for the first item, the theme for this haul is FAMICOM FUN.


4800 yen


$32 US


$3.25 US for all six






$34.50 US for both



$35 US

[BrianC]

Lots of cool stuff this week!
Apart for the first item, the theme for this haul is FAMICOM FUN.


4800 yen


$32 US


$3.25 US






$34.50 US for both



$35 US

Sweet haul. Those are some killer deals.

[Shoryukev]

Sweet haul indeed! I wish the american NES cartridges were colored like the famicom ones were, they always look so cool.