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  1. Seems like a cute idea. I don't expect to get much use out of this, but hopefully it delivers on being a modern HDMI-equipped system that can play original cartridges well. I'm most interested in seeing how that new CX30 paddle controller turns out 🤔 My remaining 2600 paddle controllers are kinda fucked up and falling apart, lol
  2. The video game industry has by and large failed to keep its older games readily available. I really hope libraries are granted the exemptions they need to be able to let people access games in the same way that they can access books/music/etc.
  3. I have a superslim PS3 in my setup. It fits underneath my monitor riser quite nicely :3
  4. I need this game omg. I love Bennett Foddy's work; GIRP is one of my favorite games, and I also have fun with his other stuff too like QWOP and CLOP and Getting Over It (though the latter two I've never beaten). Really looking forward to Baby Steps
  5. Shadows of the Damned is one of the few 360 games that I got 1000/1000 gamerscore in - and that's saying something, since it was annoyingly the kind of game that doesn't have difficulty achievements stack. So, if you beat the game on Normal, you still need to beat it another time on Easy to get the Easy difficulty achievement, etc. lol At any rate, I really liked the game a bunch. Haven't played it since it was new, but I remember loving how it felt basically like the attitude of No More Heroes, crossed with the gameplay of Resident Evil 4 or Dead Space. Really curious how this remaster will turn out.
  6. Oh my gosh that is amazing - nice find! Last year I myself stumbled upon a box filled with old magazines and games that I thought had been lost - it's a nice feeling to recover this kind of stuff :3
  7. You might have fun with games that have either a health bar, or a shield power-up that lets you absorb a few hits without dying. I'm not a shmup expert, but I've had fun with stuff like Gate of Thunder or Soldier Blade, and both of them feature a shield power-up that can help you out of tight situations. And yeah, Galaga and Xevious are neat too. Xevious I find to be very atypical as far as shmups go, though - it's still one of the only games I've played where the enemies feel like they're trying to not die, so they constantly swerve out of your line of fire when approaching. You really have to approach that game differently from other shmups if you want to land hits on anyone.
  8. I liked Smurf: Rescue in Gargamel's Castle when I was a kid... but I revisited it a couple years ago and I don't think it holds up to my memory of it. There are a million other Colecovision games I prefer over it.
  9. I'm currently waiting for a Fenrir ODE to arrive in the mail. I do own a handful of Saturn games. Probably the one really notable one I have is PowerSlave, which I got like a decade ago. It's more accessible today in the form of PowerSlave Exhumed from Nightdive Studios, but I'm still happy to have this 🥰
  10. You could hook all of these systems up to the same CRT computer monitor that you're using for the Dreamcast. I have my Xbox and Wii both set up with ElectronShepherd's HDMI adapters - Wii2HDMI – Electron Shepherd LLC ELECTRON-SHEPHERD.COM Xbox2HDMI – Electron Shepherd LLC ELECTRON-SHEPHERD.COM They're pretty high-quality, and I've been satisfied with them for the games I've tried on each. With my setup, I have them connected to an HDMI splitter that has one output going into a capture card, while the other output goes into an HDMI to VGA converter (Tendak's converters are good-quality) - https://www.amazon.com/Tendak-Converter-Adapter-Portable-Connector/dp/B01B7CEOVK Then that now-VGA output goes into a passive VGA switcher that I have - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0881TN9WQ/ Make sure that both the Wii and Xbox are set to output games at 480p, and you should be good to go. You could have both the Wii and Xbox output either to the same VGA port (via an HDMI switcher), or just have them output separately to different HDMI-to-VGA adapters, which then connect to different VGA ports on the VGA switch. Then the Dreamcast could occupy its own separate VGA port on the VGA switcher. There you go - then you could have the Xbox, Dreamcast, and Wii all connected to the same CRT monitor, and be able to easily switch between them without needing to unplug anything.
  11. Does it matter? Not like we'll be getting a new Smash Bros. game or DLC anytime soon. 🥺
  12. Wherever I can, really. Sometimes through ebay or Amazon. Sometimes from local shops IRL. Sometimes through buying them via someone on a message board or Discord server who's selling off stuff. It depends.
  13. I suppose so. Hopefully the wait doesn't take too long 😅
  14. Oh no I'm sorry to hear that. I have heard the CD systems in particular tend to have high failure rates - hopefully recapping it will improve it.
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