I finally found somewhere with Pokemon booster packs, and it was the exact same little booth as last time. No 151 packs any more though.
I was only going to buy one set, I thought the promo would be Clefairy in all of them, but when the attendant unlocked the hanger there was a Charmander behind it so I had to get that too. There were others as well but not as interesting.
So for those of you in my $2.50 tier or greater I will be doing a one-take unedited opening video at some point.
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I’m working on getting one of each toaster NES text variant. These two arrived recently.
The main difference between the variants is the subtext under “Nintendo Entertainment System” the French NES doesn’t look any different from the front though, it’s not really part of that set. What makes it special is the fact that France neither supported PAL nor NTSC video formats, and SECAM, the french equivalent was so bad that most consumer electronics skipped it completely and went for unencoded RGB via a connector known as SCART, or Peritel if you’re french.
So France got their very own consoles which usually only output RGB and nothing else.
RGB is unencoded so it’ll look amazing right?
Well…
For consoles which have RGB baked into the hardware yes, but the NES does not. So internally the French nes produces regular PAL composite video (the yellow AV plug on old TVs) then feeds it into a composite to RGB converter before chucking the results out the connector on the back, which is not a standard Nintendo port despite looking similar.
So the result looks just as bad or worse than the composite output on any PAL NES.
My set progress:
Got:
No subtext (NTSC/U)
Mattel Version
Hong Kong Version
Asian Version
Hyundai Comboy
Samurai Electronic TV Game
European Version
French scart
Need:
NES Version
Version Española Spanish Version (purchased; on its way)
Versione Italiana
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Duration: 10:51
I'll be away in bali again for three weeks so I've scheduled this video to come out on youtube half way through the holiday.
Since you all get videos as soon as they are done there won't be any proper vids here for a while.
I do hope to make at least one unedited floatplane only video while I'm away though so you can look forward to that.
Hopefully I find something worth posting. Used video games are non-existent there and anything new is just regular english releases but more expensive than at home.
There aren't even any fun bootleg games.
There should be Pokemon cards again at least 😂
If you've been to Bali and know anywhere worth checking for retro games let me know. I'm not really interested in the places which just sell modded PS3s
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I’ve been wanting The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD for ages now but the right deal hasn’t come along until now.
I didn’t really need another Wii U but it was well priced and the seller wouldn’t sell Twilight Princess separately.
Four out of the five games are ones I didn’t have, which is nice. and now I have a third Wind Waker HD 😂
The console is the black 32GB variant, which is the big one lol. The games are: The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD, Pikmin 3, Darksiders II, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, and most importantly The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD.
I now own all three generations of Twilight Princess.
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Here’s hoping this is a good solution to the poor ergonomics on the standard Joycon 2s.
The Nyxi Hyperion 3 is the very first switch 2 pro joycon set which actually connects natively to the switch 2.
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The Rockband MIDI adaptor lets you use real MIDI compatible instruments to play rock band on the Nintendo Wii.
That Reactor thing..
That is a Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) clone which looks like a Wii, has terrible almost-wiimote controllers which don’t conform to the Megadrive Layout at all and include “motion control”. It has games built in and no capability to play anything else.
The best part is that this atrocity was actually licensed by Sega. They saw this piece of ewaste which At@ames crapped out and said “yeah sure, go for
it”.
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So I have this now. The Nintendo Switch Ring-Con is definitely up there in the weird accessories category. It’s not actually a standalone controller despite the name, you have to slide a Joycon into it. It also comes with a strap to attach the other Joycon to your leg. The idea is that the motion sensors in the Joycons keep track of the ring movement and your body movement.
The Sony Xperia Play was a gaming phone with a slide out playstation controller. It came out in 2011 so it’s basically useless today, but it’s a cool piece of history and you can still manually side load games onto it if you’re keen.
I saw Bringus got one and FOMO made me order one 😂
Except… Two arrived. They came in identical padded bags with identical shipping labels. Somehow the business which sold it printed the shipping label twice and both went through the system. Nobody in packing, dispatch, or even the postal company noticed, despite having identical invoice numbers, tracking numbers, barcodes, etc.
Everyone involved in the invoicing, packaging, and delivery chain failed.
So I want your advice. Do I let the company absorb their failure? Or does it become my problem by telling them what happened and possibly having to go out of my way to post one back?
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Duration: 10:50
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The Yamaha Mixt Book Copera is a Japanese exclusive (I assume) version of the Sega Pico (Which is a Sega Kids Console) with added audio capabilities including an FM sound chip, stereo audio output, Microphone input, and MIDI in/out ports. I got the system with accessories and one game,
The Othello Multivision is a licensed clone of the Sega SG-1000 (Pre Master System) which can play SG-1000/SC-3000 games as well as a few Multivision specific titles.
Apparently Sega had decided to license their hardware specifications to other companies as a basis for their systems; An idea which was later cancelled. I got the system with one game.
I also got a heap of Pico games including some "Imagineer" branded games which might be from the Japanese education system rather than retail stores, and some more "Drive Pico" compatible games although I now know there are at least two different steering wheels so I don't know if the one with the connector on the front will work with mine.
Other than that I got one more Epoch Cassette Vision game (Galaxian) and Seaman 2 for PS2.
Oh and a pack of overlay sheets for the Sega Pico which I'm yet to research.
Wade (Dankpods etc.) picked this thing up for me from Canadian Tire when he was in Canada recently. This is another 1.8" game, I wonder if it will have Pi Wang on it, or if it was better localised for western audiences 😂
I accidentally ruined all the plastic panels on my Pump it Up machine with isopropyl alcohol. Apparently acrylic really hates isopropyl alcohol and I just learned in about the most expensive way I could have managed.
So I’m getting new panels made out of polycarbonate, and I decided to replace all the panel bracket screws while I’m at it because half of mine are rusted and/or missing.
The standard screws have dome shaped heads and a common mod is to countersink the brackets and install countersunk (flush head) screws. The extra clearance really does make a difference when playing faster songs.
I don’t like irreversible mods if I can help it and countersinking over a hundred screw holes sounds like a bad time to me, so I found some low profile flat head screws which are still phillips drive.
not quite as flush as countersunk but still much better than the originals.
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A friend of mine messaged me and said he'd done a cleanout and had a bunch of untested or faulty extras I could have.
There's a bunch of gold in here, XBOX 360s, PS2s, some cheat devices, a bunch of bastardised Japanese Sega Mega Drive games (most seem to be games in the wrong cartridge shells with the original label torn off, but some look ok), plus random other devices.
That model 1 Atari Lynx is a score even if it's only good for parts. Mine has a broken cartridge door and this one doesn't for a start.
Apparently that white phone up the top with the tiny trackball is the first ever android phone. I don't know if either of us knew that when I picked up the lot. I sure didn't.
The tablet next to it is a Sansui LifePad, which is a janky garbage Android 4 tablet but it has the OG Angry Birds installed on it and works with a charger connected so I played that for longer than I'd expected to be testing it for lol. Shame the touch digitiser is very low res.
The mario question mark block cardboard box is what it was given to me in 😂 though it's not as big as the camera angle makes it look.
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Duration: 22:49
This is a recent open source homebrew creation by someone in Ukraine. It allows transferring of photos from a Game Boy Camera to just about any modern device with USB and a web browser.
I originally thought it was DIY only but I managed to find them being sold on ebay by the creator.
I haven’t tried it yet but from what I’ve read the little box contains a tiny web server, you just put it’s IP address into your web browser and it brings up the interface.
Build your own: https://github.com/antoxa2584x/gameboy-camera-adapter
Buy on eBay: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/156372271675
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This book looks like it's going to be a fantastic resource for my pre-filming console research.
It contains photos and information for over a hundred game consoles!
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Duration: 25:26