I just noticed Kosmic's post... that's actually pretty impressive. With a minimal amount of soldering, someone would swap in some high quality arcade stick parts and make a pretty kick-ass NES joystick.
Speaking of joysticks. Check out this beauty. Guy pulled it out of an unopened carton from 1987. He has several for sale. Brand new. Perfect condition. Gave me chills. lol
You don't like the NES Advantage? I love it. It's super fun like on pacman, Galaga, ninja turtles, double dragon, etc. Never tried it on any Mario Games although I don't know if the the super mario bros games were originally arcade games or went straight to the console. I'm sure they were because most of the NES cartridge games were arcade games. I remember playing TMNT in an arcade and also the original Mario Bros game that came before Super Mario Bros.
I play NES almost exclusively with the NES Advantage, but it is definitely NOT a real arcade stick. It uses carbon/rubber like a controller instead of arcade microswitches, so I definitely can't just mount an arcade stick with double throw switches.
On the other hand, my ASCII FC Stick II Turbo has genuine Seimitsu arcade switches inside. I've got a lot of extra NES Advantage joysticks. Heck, I even have a CIB variants and an NIB Advantage, but I'm not going to butcher any of them.
Edit: Damn! My NIB one is the newer variant but one of my CIBs is that same variant. I didn't spend nearly as much on my NIB Advantage.
You don't like the NES Advantage? I love it. It's super fun like on pacman, Galaga, ninja turtles, double dragon, etc. Never tried it on any Mario Games although I don't know if the the super mario bros games were originally arcade games or went straight to the console. I'm sure they were because most of the NES cartridge games were arcade games. I remember playing TMNT in an arcade and also the original Mario Bros game that came before Super Mario Bros.
I play NES almost exclusively with the NES Advantage, but it is definitely NOT a real arcade stick. It uses carbon/rubber like a controller instead of arcade microswitches, so I definitely can't just mount an arcade stick with double throw switches.
On the other hand, my ASCII FC Stick II Turbo has genuine Seimitsu arcade switches inside. I've got a lot of extra NES Advantage joysticks. Heck, I even have a CIB variants and an NIB Advantage, but I'm not going to butcher any of them.
Edit: Damn! My NIB one is the newer variant but one of my CIBs is that same variant. I didn't spend nearly as much on my NIB Advantage.
How about one like this? I got this one for my PS1 to play Tekken with. I hate trying to do combos on the d pad. It's made by Namco. It's kind of pricey though. Maybe if you have a small privately owned retro gamestore in your area you could pick one up for cheap.
You don't like the NES Advantage? I love it. It's super fun like on pacman, Galaga, ninja turtles, double dragon, etc. Never tried it on any Mario Games although I don't know if the the super mario bros games were originally arcade games or went straight to the console. I'm sure they were because most of the NES cartridge games were arcade games. I remember playing TMNT in an arcade and also the original Mario Bros game that came before Super Mario Bros.
LOL! CZroe and I are twin brothers. We love the Advantage. Check my avatar. It's also my profile banner on Facebook
We did not have one back in the day. Probably didn't acquire one until collecting got really super cheap in the very early 2000s or very late '90s. I developed a strange affinity for it. The buttons stick and it's always hard to find the select/start button without hitting the slo-mo button, but my love for it defies logic and reason. It's the only joystick that doesn't feel limiting when I play a platformer like SMB1-3 or Ninja Gaiden. In fact, I feel like I actually have an...advantage.
Never tried it on any Mario Games although I don't know if the the super mario bros games were originally arcade games or went straight to the console. I'm sure they were because most of the NES cartridge games were arcade games.
Super Mario Bros was console first. It had an arcade port on the Nintendo Vs system, but that came later.
You don't like the NES Advantage? I love it. It's super fun like on pacman, Galaga, ninja turtles, double dragon, etc. Never tried it on any Mario Games although I don't know if the the super mario bros games were originally arcade games or went straight to the console. I'm sure they were because most of the NES cartridge games were arcade games. I remember playing TMNT in an arcade and also the original Mario Bros game that came before Super Mario Bros.
I play NES almost exclusively with the NES Advantage, but it is definitely NOT a real arcade stick. It uses carbon/rubber like a controller instead of arcade microswitches, so I definitely can't just mount an arcade stick with double throw switches.
On the other hand, my ASCII FC Stick II Turbo has genuine Seimitsu arcade switches inside. I've got a lot of extra NES Advantage joysticks. Heck, I even have a CIB variants and an NIB Advantage, but I'm not going to butcher any of them.
Edit: Damn! My NIB one is the newer variant but one of my CIBs is that same variant. I didn't spend nearly as much on my NIB Advantage.
How about one like this? I got this one for my PS1 to play Tekken with. I hate trying to do combos on the d pad. It's made by Namco. It's kind of pricey though. Maybe if you have a small privately owned retro gamestore in your area you could pick one up for cheap.
That's precisely why I feel that it's "too much stick" to butcher for a 5200 controller. I've got a lot of sticks of that callibur. Heck, I even bought SEVEN Neo•Geo X joysticks recently ($18 each) with 10 Neo•Geo extension cords which also fit Atari 5200, but I'm using those for a couple consolized Neo•Geo MVS boards.
Even if I could find a stick like that for cheap it would be a miracle to find 4 of them for cheap and certainly not a solution I could expect others to use (I'm trying to solve the issue for good). It'd be even worse if I also needed several for Turbo Grafx sticks for a Turbo-Tap. A consistent supply of cheap and simple sticks similar to Emio's The Edge would be perfect, so I hope the price drops like the Messiah Wireless Arcade sticks or the defective lots show up for less money.
You don't like the NES Advantage? I love it. It's super fun like on pacman, Galaga, ninja turtles, double dragon, etc. Never tried it on any Mario Games although I don't know if the the super mario bros games were originally arcade games or went straight to the console. I'm sure they were because most of the NES cartridge games were arcade games. I remember playing TMNT in an arcade and also the original Mario Bros game that came before Super Mario Bros.
LOL! CZroe and I are twin brothers. We love the Advantage. Check my avatar. It's also my profile banner on Facebook
We did not have one back in the day. Probably didn't acquire one until collecting got really super cheap in the very early 2000s or very late '90s. I developed a strange affinity for it. The buttons stick and it's always hard to find the select/start button without hitting the slo-mo button, but my love for it defies logic and reason. It's the only joystick that doesn't feel limiting when I play a platformer like SMB1-3 or Ninja Gaiden. In fact, I feel like I actually have an...advantage.
Hmm...
Lol I didn't have one either growing up. I didn't even know there were so many accessories until long after it's life cycle. Now that I'm an adult and have the extra money I'm buying up the accessories to try them out. Nintendo was way ahead of it's time. I really want a CIB powerglove but they're really expensive, maybe I'll treat myself for my birthday this year. I just recently found out they had wireless controllers which is pretty cool. I knew the powerglove worked on sensors, but I didn't know about the controllers. The fourscore and satellite were also a cool option, but too bad all the 4 player games were pretty much just sports games, it would've been cool to play tmnt with 4 players since there's 4 turtles anyway. I also loved AVGN's take on the laserscope lol....and parents will love it because now your phone calls won't be interupted by noise from the tv.....sure this is alot less annoying..FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! hahaha
Never tried it on any Mario Games although I don't know if the the super mario bros games were originally arcade games or went straight to the console. I'm sure they were because most of the NES cartridge games were arcade games.
Super Mario Bros was console first. It had an arcade port on the Nintendo Vs system, but that came later.
Oh okay. Maybe it was the original Mario Bros that started on an arcade machine. I'm not sure I just remember playing that in an arcade in the early 90s. I never got very far in the game so I don't know what all the levels were, but what I remembered was it was basically just like in Super Mario bros 3 when you hit the "POW" and you go in the room with the platforms and you're trying to be the first to get 5 coins. That was basically all there was to the game I played in the arcade.
You don't like the NES Advantage? I love it. It's super fun like on pacman, Galaga, ninja turtles, double dragon, etc. Never tried it on any Mario Games although I don't know if the the super mario bros games were originally arcade games or went straight to the console. I'm sure they were because most of the NES cartridge games were arcade games. I remember playing TMNT in an arcade and also the original Mario Bros game that came before Super Mario Bros.
I play NES almost exclusively with the NES Advantage, but it is definitely NOT a real arcade stick. It uses carbon/rubber like a controller instead of arcade microswitches, so I definitely can't just mount an arcade stick with double throw switches.
On the other hand, my ASCII FC Stick II Turbo has genuine Seimitsu arcade switches inside. I've got a lot of extra NES Advantage joysticks. Heck, I even have a CIB variants and an NIB Advantage, but I'm not going to butcher any of them.
Edit: Damn! My NIB one is the newer variant but one of my CIBs is that same variant. I didn't spend nearly as much on my NIB Advantage.
How about one like this? I got this one for my PS1 to play Tekken with. I hate trying to do combos on the d pad. It's made by Namco. It's kind of pricey though. Maybe if you have a small privately owned retro gamestore in your area you could pick one up for cheap.
That's precisely why I feel that it's "too much stick" to butcher for a 5200 controller. I've got a lot of sticks of that callibur. Heck, I even bought SEVEN Neo•Geo X joysticks recently ($18 each) with 10 Neo•Geo extension cords which also fit Atari 5200, but I'm using those for a couple consolized Neo•Geo MVS boards.
Even if I could find a stick like that for cheap it would be a miracle to find 4 of them for cheap and certainly not a solution I could expect others to use (I'm trying to solve the issue for good). It'd be even worse if I also needed several for Turbo Grafx sticks for a Turbo-Tap. A consistent supply of cheap and simple sticks similar to Emio's The Edge would be perfect, so I hope the price drops like the Messiah Wireless Arcade sticks or the defective lots show up for less money.
Ok. Well, I'm all out of ideas lol. I'm not really much use with hardware. I took a networking class in college, but it just didn't interest me. I majored in Computer Information System with a focus on programming. I like making the software better, it's like solving puzzles. Although, it does get extremely frustrating at times. I'm 3 years into my field and still feel like I haven't learned much, because there's so much to it.
You don't like the NES Advantage? I love it. It's super fun like on pacman, Galaga, ninja turtles, double dragon, etc. Never tried it on any Mario Games although I don't know if the the super mario bros games were originally arcade games or went straight to the console. I'm sure they were because most of the NES cartridge games were arcade games. I remember playing TMNT in an arcade and also the original Mario Bros game that came before Super Mario Bros.
It's not that we don't like the NES Advantage. The original joystick is essentially a giant Dpad and the buttons are bigger versions of the NES pad, with the little silicone membranes and such. They are not arcade parts like the new Emio stick. The biggest issue with using the stick as an Advantage replacement is disabling the PCB. You need to score all the traces connecting every button, then solder wires onto the through-hole buttons to a separate homemade PCB, with the CD4021 IC and turbo circuits added if you want to use those. So it's still a lot of work and you need a good grasp of electronics knowhow. The arcade parts do make a difference, and you can mod the joystick with Sanwa parts (circle gate and .5mm oversize actuator on mine) to make it better, and the buttons are a quick 30mm snap in upgrade to make them great.
Originally posted by: CZroe
I play NES almost exclusively with the NES Advantage, but it is definitely NOT a real arcade stick. It uses carbon/rubber like a controller instead of arcade microswitches, so I definitely can't just mount an arcade stick with double throw switches.
Yes, this.
Originally posted by: CZroe
Even if I could find a stick like that for cheap it would be a miracle to find 4 of them for cheap and certainly not a solution I could expect others to use (I'm trying to solve the issue for good). It'd be even worse if I also needed several for Turbo Grafx sticks for a Turbo-Tap. A consistent supply of cheap and simple sticks similar to Emio's The Edge would be perfect, so I hope the price drops like the Messiah Wireless Arcade sticks or the defective lots show up for less money.
I definitely missed out on those surplus Messiah sticks. I have a working transmitter and an original 2.4Ghz Messiah pad that's IMO junk, so to be able to pair it with the finely crafted Messiah arcade stick would have been heavenly, or even just mod one for wired use. Honestly the Emio stick would be a lot more moddable if all the turbo controlls weren't PCB mounted.
Originally posted by: TSUGrad_2013
Ok. Well, I'm all out of ideas lol. I'm not really much use with hardware. I took a networking class in college, but it just didn't interest me. I majored in Computer Information System with a focus on programming. I like making the software better, it's like solving puzzles. Although, it does get extremely frustrating at times. I'm 3 years into my field and still feel like I haven't learned much, because there's so much to it.
I am the exact opposite. Very little programming experience aside from making my own games with the TI-83 plus to entertain myself in study hall. They actually banned me from "playing" on it because I wasn't getting any homework done.
You don't like the NES Advantage? I love it. It's super fun like on pacman, Galaga, ninja turtles, double dragon, etc. Never tried it on any Mario Games although I don't know if the the super mario bros games were originally arcade games or went straight to the console. I'm sure they were because most of the NES cartridge games were arcade games. I remember playing TMNT in an arcade and also the original Mario Bros game that came before Super Mario Bros.
It's not that we don't like the NES Advantage. The original joystick is essentially a giant Dpad and the buttons are bigger versions of the NES pad, with the little silicone membranes and such. They are not arcade parts like the new Emio stick. The biggest issue with using the stick as an Advantage replacement is disabling the PCB. You need to score all the traces connecting every button, then solder wires onto the through-hole buttons to a separate homemade PCB, with the CD4021 IC and turbo circuits added if you want to use those. So it's still a lot of work and you need a good grasp of electronics knowhow. The arcade parts do make a difference, and you can mod the joystick with Sanwa parts (circle gate and .5mm oversize actuator on mine) to make it better, and the buttons are a quick 30mm snap in upgrade to make them great.
Originally posted by: CZroe
I play NES almost exclusively with the NES Advantage, but it is definitely NOT a real arcade stick. It uses carbon/rubber like a controller instead of arcade microswitches, so I definitely can't just mount an arcade stick with double throw switches.
Yes, this.
Originally posted by: CZroe
Even if I could find a stick like that for cheap it would be a miracle to find 4 of them for cheap and certainly not a solution I could expect others to use (I'm trying to solve the issue for good). It'd be even worse if I also needed several for Turbo Grafx sticks for a Turbo-Tap. A consistent supply of cheap and simple sticks similar to Emio's The Edge would be perfect, so I hope the price drops like the Messiah Wireless Arcade sticks or the defective lots show up for less money.
I definitely missed out on those surplus Messiah sticks. I have a working transmitter and an original 2.4Ghz Messiah pad that's IMO junk, so to be able to pair it with the finely crafted Messiah arcade stick would have been heavenly, or even just mod one for wired use. Honestly the Emio stick would be a lot more moddable if all the turbo controlls weren't PCB mounted.
Originally posted by: TSUGrad_2013
Ok. Well, I'm all out of ideas lol. I'm not really much use with hardware. I took a networking class in college, but it just didn't interest me. I majored in Computer Information System with a focus on programming. I like making the software better, it's like solving puzzles. Although, it does get extremely frustrating at times. I'm 3 years into my field and still feel like I haven't learned much, because there's so much to it.
I am the exact opposite. Very little programming experience aside from making my own games with the TI-83 plus to entertain myself in study hall. They actually banned me from "playing" on it because I wasn't getting any homework done.
I've never done any video game programming. I don't even know what languages they use. I hear it's pretty difficult though. I code in VB and C# with a little bit of SQL thrown in. I work for a small company and we design and maintain all the in house software the company uses.
People flip stuff on eBay all the time so hardly surprising. You'd be surprised at how many eBayers don't know about NintendoAge, and how many resellers do.
People flip stuff on eBay all the time so hardly surprising. You'd be surprised at how many eBayers don't know about NintendoAge, and how many resellers do.
Some of the sellers are crooks. They'll take advantage of you if you don't know your stuff. I try to report fraudulent listings when I can. I saw a guy on there about a year ago with a listing for California Raisins: The Grape Escape. He was listing it as a rare authentic game, and was asking like $120 for it. I emailed him and told him he needed to change his listing and put on there that it was a reproduction because any real collector would know it wasn't legit. He argued with me back and forth for a few emails swearing up and down it was real, and I asked him how it was real when the game never saw production. I told him the only known copy in existance is an unfinished prototype that doesn't even have a label on the cart, and sent him a link to the website where you can buy the reproductions he had for less than $30. I'm sure some young kid would've came along and paid what he was asking thinking he was getting something special. He finally took the listing down though.
People flip stuff on eBay all the time so hardly surprising. You'd be surprised at how many eBayers don't know about NintendoAge, and how many resellers do.
Some of the sellers are crooks. They'll take advantage of you if you don't know your stuff. I try to report fraudulent listings when I can. I saw a guy on there about a year ago with a listing for California Raisins: The Grape Escape. He was listing it as a rare authentic game, and was asking like $120 for it. I emailed him and told him he needed to change his listing and put on there that it was a reproduction because any real collector would know it wasn't legit. He argued with me back and forth for a few emails swearing up and down it was real, and I asked him how it was real when the game never saw production. I told him the only known copy in existance is an unfinished prototype that doesn't even have a label on the cart, and sent him a link to the website where you can buy the reproductions he had for less than $30. I'm sure some young kid would've came along and paid what he was asking thinking he was getting something special. He finally took the listing down though.
In this case, the buyer needs to make an informed decision about the item. Oftentimes before I click "buy it now", I do a quick Google search to see if the item is legit or can be had elsewhere on the internet for cheaper.
Like how the $10 shipped xxx-in-one multicarts on AliExpress regularly sell for $50-$60 a piece on eBay, and people pay. Worse when you consider stuff like fake BB2 et al is also available stupid cheap, and scammers disseminate this stuff, not only on eBay for big bucks, but to unsuspecting resale shops at 25% retail when the employees don't know the difference. For a game that retails for upper triple digits, that's easily a couple bills worth of profit if they can pull it off.
People flip stuff on eBay all the time so hardly surprising. You'd be surprised at how many eBayers don't know about NintendoAge, and how many resellers do.
Some of the sellers are crooks. They'll take advantage of you if you don't know your stuff. I try to report fraudulent listings when I can. I saw a guy on there about a year ago with a listing for California Raisins: The Grape Escape. He was listing it as a rare authentic game, and was asking like $120 for it. I emailed him and told him he needed to change his listing and put on there that it was a reproduction because any real collector would know it wasn't legit. He argued with me back and forth for a few emails swearing up and down it was real, and I asked him how it was real when the game never saw production. I told him the only known copy in existance is an unfinished prototype that doesn't even have a label on the cart, and sent him a link to the website where you can buy the reproductions he had for less than $30. I'm sure some young kid would've came along and paid what he was asking thinking he was getting something special. He finally took the listing down though.
In this case, the buyer needs to make an informed decision about the item. Oftentimes before I click "buy it now", I do a quick Google search to see if the item is legit or can be had elsewhere on the internet for cheaper.
Like how the $10 shipped xxx-in-one multicarts on AliExpress regularly sell for $50-$60 a piece on eBay, and people pay. Worse when you consider stuff like fake BB2 et al is also available stupid cheap, and scammers disseminate this stuff, not only on eBay for big bucks, but to unsuspecting resale shops at 25% retail when the employees don't know the difference. For a game that retails for upper triple digits, that's easily a couple bills worth of profit if they can pull it off.
I would love a copy of Bubble Bobble 2. I'm just not at a point to be shopping in that price range yet. I had the original as a kid and loved it. I still have a copy in my collection. I'd also Chip N Dale 2. I've already beat the first one. I never even knew there was second one as a kid. I stumbled upon it the same time I stumbled upon Ducktales 2. I loved Ducktales as a kid, so I ended up buying Ducktales 2 because like Chip N Dale 2 I never knew it existed.
It's a good game. I stupidly passed up the opportunity to own Bubble Bobble 2 when I could have picked it up at GameXChange in 2004. Early on, I had a thing for collecting the first in each series, never occured to me the second entries would become impossible to find later on... :facepalm:
It's a good game. I stupidly passed up the opportunity to own Bubble Bobble 2 when I could have picked it up at GameXChange in 2004. Early on, I had a thing for collecting the first in each series, never occured to me the second entries would become impossible to find later on... :facepalm:
Yeah there were a lot of sequels for NES that I didn't know about. There's actually a Paberboy 2 and RC Pro Am 2. I think RC Pro Am 2 is actually multi-player so I'm interested in getting it. It's rarer than RC Pro Am but I wouldn't consider it rare. You can still pick it up relatively cheap. Not cheap in comparison to the original but cheap in comparison to games like Ducktales 2. I just love the intro music to RC Pro Am. Anytime I hear it I get a flashback to the Xmas that I got it and was playing it at my grandma's house.
It's a good game. I stupidly passed up the opportunity to own Bubble Bobble 2 when I could have picked it up at GameXChange in 2004. Early on, I had a thing for collecting the first in each series, never occured to me the second entries would become impossible to find later on... :facepalm:
Yeah there were a lot of sequels for NES that I didn't know about. There's actually a Paberboy 2 and RC Pro Am 2. I think RC Pro Am 2 is actually multi-player so I'm interested in getting it. It's rarer than RC Pro Am but I wouldn't consider it rare. You can still pick it up relatively cheap. Not cheap in comparison to the original but cheap in comparison to games like Ducktales 2. I just love the intro music to RC Pro Am. Anytime I hear it I get a flashback to the Xmas that I got it and was playing it at my grandma's house.
I did get Bomberman II way back when it was $35 before the price got stupid, and it has multiplayer unlike the original.
It's a good game. I stupidly passed up the opportunity to own Bubble Bobble 2 when I could have picked it up at GameXChange in 2004. Early on, I had a thing for collecting the first in each series, never occured to me the second entries would become impossible to find later on... :facepalm:
Yeah there were a lot of sequels for NES that I didn't know about. There's actually a Paberboy 2 and RC Pro Am 2. I think RC Pro Am 2 is actually multi-player so I'm interested in getting it. It's rarer than RC Pro Am but I wouldn't consider it rare. You can still pick it up relatively cheap. Not cheap in comparison to the original but cheap in comparison to games like Ducktales 2. I just love the intro music to RC Pro Am. Anytime I hear it I get a flashback to the Xmas that I got it and was playing it at my grandma's house.
I did get Bomberman II way back when it was $35 before the price got stupid, and it has multiplayer unlike the original.
I never got into Bomberman. I played it on N64 and I just never cared for it. My neighbor growing up loved it though. I guess it's one of those games where you either hate it or love it.
Is anyone familiar with the Laserscope? Did it have N.A. and Pal versions. I bought one from someone in Romania, because it had about the best condition box I've seen on one of these. He said that it was new, but he opened it to test if it worked. I was like nooooooooo. Whyyyyyy? Anyways I looked at the boxes being sold in the U.S. and compared them to the pictures of the one in Romania and it's the exact same box. Nothing is written in a foreign language and the kid on the box is the same as the ones being sold in the states. Were some accessories sold worldwide without regional versions and different box designs?
Is anyone familiar with the Laserscope? Did it have N.A. and Pal versions. I bought one from someone in Romania, because it had about the best condition box I've seen on one of these. He said that it was new, but he opened it to test if it worked. I was like nooooooooo. Whyyyyyy? Anyways I looked at the boxes being sold in the U.S. and compared them to the pictures of the one in Romania and it's the exact same box. Nothing is written in a foreign language and the kid on the box is the same as the ones being sold in the states. Were some accessories sold worldwide without regional versions and different box designs?
Laserscope, wasn't that an old arcade game nobody gives shit about, that predated donkey kong???
***** I was old arcade game, which sold terribly and got converted to donkey kng?
Shit, meant to quote you but looks like I edited my own quote, twice. Happy Cinco De Mayo!!!
Is anyone familiar with the Laserscope? Did it have N.A. and Pal versions. I bought one from someone in Romania, because it had about the best condition box I've seen on one of these. He said that it was new, but he opened it to test if it worked. I was like nooooooooo. Whyyyyyy? Anyways I looked at the boxes being sold in the U.S. and compared them to the pictures of the one in Romania and it's the exact same box. Nothing is written in a foreign language and the kid on the box is the same as the ones being sold in the states. Were some accessories sold worldwide without regional versions and different box designs?
Laserscope, wasn't that an old arcade game nobody gives shit about, that predated donkey kong???
***** I was old arcade game, which sold terribly and got converted to donkey kng?
Shit, meant to quote you but looks like I edited my own quote, twice. Happy Cinco De Mayo!!!
Bomberman II rox btw...
No. Laserscope was an accessory made by Konami and licensed by Nintendo. It used the same technology as a light gun. It was a headset. You would aim at targets by looking through a lens that covered your eye(I assume it has cross hairs)and it had a microphone you would speak into to cause it to shoot. I attached a picture to the post. I really want to try it on duck hunt lol. I imagine it would be the equivalent of going deer hunting with automatic assault rifles.
Is anyone familiar with the Laserscope? Did it have N.A. and Pal versions. I bought one from someone in Romania, because it had about the best condition box I've seen on one of these. He said that it was new, but he opened it to test if it worked. I was like nooooooooo. Whyyyyyy? Anyways I looked at the boxes being sold in the U.S. and compared them to the pictures of the one in Romania and it's the exact same box. Nothing is written in a foreign language and the kid on the box is the same as the ones being sold in the states. Were some accessories sold worldwide without regional versions and different box designs?
Mine is all busted up. I can jumper the connections between the extension and the main body and I can replace the audio cable but I need measurements from the crosshair sight (mine is completely missing).
Right now I have it displayed sitting on a foam head with a pair of replica Wayfarers and a base/stand made out of a small lamp that I cut down.
Is anyone familiar with the Laserscope? Did it have N.A. and Pal versions. I bought one from someone in Romania, because it had about the best condition box I've seen on one of these. He said that it was new, but he opened it to test if it worked. I was like nooooooooo. Whyyyyyy? Anyways I looked at the boxes being sold in the U.S. and compared them to the pictures of the one in Romania and it's the exact same box. Nothing is written in a foreign language and the kid on the box is the same as the ones being sold in the states. Were some accessories sold worldwide without regional versions and different box designs?
Mine is all busted up. I can jumper the connections between the extension and the main body and I can replace the audio cable but I need measurements from the crosshair sight (mine is completely missing).
Right now I have it displayed sitting on a foam head with a pair of replica Wayfarers and a base/stand made out of a small lamp that I cut down.
I'll see if I can take some measurements when it gets here. It's coming from overseas so by the time it makes it through customs it may end being a couple of weeks. When you say measurements from the crosshairs, do you mean the distance that the extension that holds the lens sticks out from the headset?
Is anyone familiar with the Laserscope? Did it have N.A. and Pal versions. I bought one from someone in Romania, because it had about the best condition box I've seen on one of these. He said that it was new, but he opened it to test if it worked. I was like nooooooooo. Whyyyyyy? Anyways I looked at the boxes being sold in the U.S. and compared them to the pictures of the one in Romania and it's the exact same box. Nothing is written in a foreign language and the kid on the box is the same as the ones being sold in the states. Were some accessories sold worldwide without regional versions and different box designs?
Mine is all busted up. I can jumper the connections between the extension and the main body and I can replace the audio cable but I need measurements from the crosshair sight (mine is completely missing).
Right now I have it displayed sitting on a foam head with a pair of replica Wayfarers and a base/stand made out of a small lamp that I cut down.
I'll see if I can take some measurements when it gets here. It's coming from overseas so by the time it makes it through customs it may end being a couple of weeks. When you say measurements from the crosshairs, do you mean the distance that the extension that holds the lens sticks out from the headset?
Length, width, thickness, and maybe some way to know that I'm drawing the crosshairs on the right spot when I cut a piece of clear plastic to match. Maybe a scan so I can print out a template?
I'm sure I can get two of those dimensions just by playing around with various thicknesses of scrap plastic until I find the right thickness and then cut it to the width of the mounting spot.
Do y'all have a place on here where you keep a list of bad ebay sellers to give everybody a headsup? Watch out for excitebytegames. Dude tried to get over on me on a copy of RC Pro Am 2. I'll attach pictures. I could tell it wasn't legit within seconds of holding it. At first glance it looks to be mint to the point where it looks unused. Opened games like that are pretty hard to come by, you might find one with a label in really great condition, but it would still have slight scuff marks on the glossy finish that would be visible when tilted in the light. That made me question it at first, but I was like ok it's rare to find one in this good of a condition but it's still possible. So, I started looking more closely and that when I noticed the top corner of the front of the label was slightly raised, almost peeling like the label wasn't pulled tight enough when pressed on which wouldn't be a machine error. Then I looked at the top of the label and there's this huge frickin gap between the edge of the label and the edge of the groove that the label sits in. It should fit in there perfect if it was legit. I didn't open the cart because I don't have the tool, but my conclusion was it's either counterfeit or a reproduction label. Either way I don't want it. Ebay approved my request to return it.
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I plan on modding mine to be compatible with a real NES. I feel so bad for Emio right now. The internals use real joystick parts (Sanwa JLF clone) and it is a well contructed device for what it retails for, according to my 3-star Amazon review.
I just noticed Kosmic's post... that's actually pretty impressive. With a minimal amount of soldering, someone would swap in some high quality arcade stick parts and make a pretty kick-ass NES joystick.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/222412337697
You don't like the NES Advantage? I love it. It's super fun like on pacman, Galaga, ninja turtles, double dragon, etc. Never tried it on any Mario Games although I don't know if the the super mario bros games were originally arcade games or went straight to the console. I'm sure they were because most of the NES cartridge games were arcade games. I remember playing TMNT in an arcade and also the original Mario Bros game that came before Super Mario Bros.
I play NES almost exclusively with the NES Advantage, but it is definitely NOT a real arcade stick. It uses carbon/rubber like a controller instead of arcade microswitches, so I definitely can't just mount an arcade stick with double throw switches.
On the other hand, my ASCII FC Stick II Turbo has genuine Seimitsu arcade switches inside. I've got a lot of extra NES Advantage joysticks. Heck, I even have a CIB variants and an NIB Advantage, but I'm not going to butcher any of them.
Edit: Damn! My NIB one is the newer variant but one of my CIBs is that same variant. I didn't spend nearly as much on my NIB Advantage.
You don't like the NES Advantage? I love it. It's super fun like on pacman, Galaga, ninja turtles, double dragon, etc. Never tried it on any Mario Games although I don't know if the the super mario bros games were originally arcade games or went straight to the console. I'm sure they were because most of the NES cartridge games were arcade games. I remember playing TMNT in an arcade and also the original Mario Bros game that came before Super Mario Bros.
I play NES almost exclusively with the NES Advantage, but it is definitely NOT a real arcade stick. It uses carbon/rubber like a controller instead of arcade microswitches, so I definitely can't just mount an arcade stick with double throw switches.
On the other hand, my ASCII FC Stick II Turbo has genuine Seimitsu arcade switches inside. I've got a lot of extra NES Advantage joysticks. Heck, I even have a CIB variants and an NIB Advantage, but I'm not going to butcher any of them.
Edit: Damn! My NIB one is the newer variant but one of my CIBs is that same variant. I didn't spend nearly as much on my NIB Advantage.
How about one like this? I got this one for my PS1 to play Tekken with. I hate trying to do combos on the d pad. It's made by Namco. It's kind of pricey though. Maybe if you have a small privately owned retro gamestore in your area you could pick one up for cheap.
You don't like the NES Advantage? I love it. It's super fun like on pacman, Galaga, ninja turtles, double dragon, etc. Never tried it on any Mario Games although I don't know if the the super mario bros games were originally arcade games or went straight to the console. I'm sure they were because most of the NES cartridge games were arcade games. I remember playing TMNT in an arcade and also the original Mario Bros game that came before Super Mario Bros.
LOL! CZroe and I are twin brothers. We love the Advantage. Check my avatar. It's also my profile banner on Facebook
We did not have one back in the day. Probably didn't acquire one until collecting got really super cheap in the very early 2000s or very late '90s. I developed a strange affinity for it. The buttons stick and it's always hard to find the select/start button without hitting the slo-mo button, but my love for it defies logic and reason. It's the only joystick that doesn't feel limiting when I play a platformer like SMB1-3 or Ninja Gaiden. In fact, I feel like I actually have an...advantage.
Hmm...
Never tried it on any Mario Games although I don't know if the the super mario bros games were originally arcade games or went straight to the console. I'm sure they were because most of the NES cartridge games were arcade games.
Super Mario Bros was console first. It had an arcade port on the Nintendo Vs system, but that came later.
You don't like the NES Advantage? I love it. It's super fun like on pacman, Galaga, ninja turtles, double dragon, etc. Never tried it on any Mario Games although I don't know if the the super mario bros games were originally arcade games or went straight to the console. I'm sure they were because most of the NES cartridge games were arcade games. I remember playing TMNT in an arcade and also the original Mario Bros game that came before Super Mario Bros.
I play NES almost exclusively with the NES Advantage, but it is definitely NOT a real arcade stick. It uses carbon/rubber like a controller instead of arcade microswitches, so I definitely can't just mount an arcade stick with double throw switches.
On the other hand, my ASCII FC Stick II Turbo has genuine Seimitsu arcade switches inside. I've got a lot of extra NES Advantage joysticks. Heck, I even have a CIB variants and an NIB Advantage, but I'm not going to butcher any of them.
Edit: Damn! My NIB one is the newer variant but one of my CIBs is that same variant. I didn't spend nearly as much on my NIB Advantage.
How about one like this? I got this one for my PS1 to play Tekken with. I hate trying to do combos on the d pad. It's made by Namco. It's kind of pricey though. Maybe if you have a small privately owned retro gamestore in your area you could pick one up for cheap.
That's precisely why I feel that it's "too much stick" to butcher for a 5200 controller. I've got a lot of sticks of that callibur. Heck, I even bought SEVEN Neo•Geo X joysticks recently ($18 each) with 10 Neo•Geo extension cords which also fit Atari 5200, but I'm using those for a couple consolized Neo•Geo MVS boards.
Even if I could find a stick like that for cheap it would be a miracle to find 4 of them for cheap and certainly not a solution I could expect others to use (I'm trying to solve the issue for good). It'd be even worse if I also needed several for Turbo Grafx sticks for a Turbo-Tap. A consistent supply of cheap and simple sticks similar to Emio's The Edge would be perfect, so I hope the price drops like the Messiah Wireless Arcade sticks or the defective lots show up for less money.
You don't like the NES Advantage? I love it. It's super fun like on pacman, Galaga, ninja turtles, double dragon, etc. Never tried it on any Mario Games although I don't know if the the super mario bros games were originally arcade games or went straight to the console. I'm sure they were because most of the NES cartridge games were arcade games. I remember playing TMNT in an arcade and also the original Mario Bros game that came before Super Mario Bros.
LOL! CZroe and I are twin brothers. We love the Advantage. Check my avatar. It's also my profile banner on Facebook
We did not have one back in the day. Probably didn't acquire one until collecting got really super cheap in the very early 2000s or very late '90s. I developed a strange affinity for it. The buttons stick and it's always hard to find the select/start button without hitting the slo-mo button, but my love for it defies logic and reason. It's the only joystick that doesn't feel limiting when I play a platformer like SMB1-3 or Ninja Gaiden. In fact, I feel like I actually have an...advantage.
Hmm...
Lol I didn't have one either growing up. I didn't even know there were so many accessories until long after it's life cycle. Now that I'm an adult and have the extra money I'm buying up the accessories to try them out. Nintendo was way ahead of it's time. I really want a CIB powerglove but they're really expensive, maybe I'll treat myself for my birthday this year. I just recently found out they had wireless controllers which is pretty cool. I knew the powerglove worked on sensors, but I didn't know about the controllers. The fourscore and satellite were also a cool option, but too bad all the 4 player games were pretty much just sports games, it would've been cool to play tmnt with 4 players since there's 4 turtles anyway. I also loved AVGN's take on the laserscope lol....and parents will love it because now your phone calls won't be interupted by noise from the tv.....sure this is alot less annoying..FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! hahaha
Never tried it on any Mario Games although I don't know if the the super mario bros games were originally arcade games or went straight to the console. I'm sure they were because most of the NES cartridge games were arcade games.
Super Mario Bros was console first. It had an arcade port on the Nintendo Vs system, but that came later.
Oh okay. Maybe it was the original Mario Bros that started on an arcade machine. I'm not sure I just remember playing that in an arcade in the early 90s. I never got very far in the game so I don't know what all the levels were, but what I remembered was it was basically just like in Super Mario bros 3 when you hit the "POW" and you go in the room with the platforms and you're trying to be the first to get 5 coins. That was basically all there was to the game I played in the arcade.
You don't like the NES Advantage? I love it. It's super fun like on pacman, Galaga, ninja turtles, double dragon, etc. Never tried it on any Mario Games although I don't know if the the super mario bros games were originally arcade games or went straight to the console. I'm sure they were because most of the NES cartridge games were arcade games. I remember playing TMNT in an arcade and also the original Mario Bros game that came before Super Mario Bros.
I play NES almost exclusively with the NES Advantage, but it is definitely NOT a real arcade stick. It uses carbon/rubber like a controller instead of arcade microswitches, so I definitely can't just mount an arcade stick with double throw switches.
On the other hand, my ASCII FC Stick II Turbo has genuine Seimitsu arcade switches inside. I've got a lot of extra NES Advantage joysticks. Heck, I even have a CIB variants and an NIB Advantage, but I'm not going to butcher any of them.
Edit: Damn! My NIB one is the newer variant but one of my CIBs is that same variant. I didn't spend nearly as much on my NIB Advantage.
How about one like this? I got this one for my PS1 to play Tekken with. I hate trying to do combos on the d pad. It's made by Namco. It's kind of pricey though. Maybe if you have a small privately owned retro gamestore in your area you could pick one up for cheap.
That's precisely why I feel that it's "too much stick" to butcher for a 5200 controller. I've got a lot of sticks of that callibur. Heck, I even bought SEVEN Neo•Geo X joysticks recently ($18 each) with 10 Neo•Geo extension cords which also fit Atari 5200, but I'm using those for a couple consolized Neo•Geo MVS boards.
Even if I could find a stick like that for cheap it would be a miracle to find 4 of them for cheap and certainly not a solution I could expect others to use (I'm trying to solve the issue for good). It'd be even worse if I also needed several for Turbo Grafx sticks for a Turbo-Tap. A consistent supply of cheap and simple sticks similar to Emio's The Edge would be perfect, so I hope the price drops like the Messiah Wireless Arcade sticks or the defective lots show up for less money.
Ok. Well, I'm all out of ideas lol. I'm not really much use with hardware. I took a networking class in college, but it just didn't interest me. I majored in Computer Information System with a focus on programming. I like making the software better, it's like solving puzzles. Although, it does get extremely frustrating at times. I'm 3 years into my field and still feel like I haven't learned much, because there's so much to it.
You don't like the NES Advantage? I love it. It's super fun like on pacman, Galaga, ninja turtles, double dragon, etc. Never tried it on any Mario Games although I don't know if the the super mario bros games were originally arcade games or went straight to the console. I'm sure they were because most of the NES cartridge games were arcade games. I remember playing TMNT in an arcade and also the original Mario Bros game that came before Super Mario Bros.
It's not that we don't like the NES Advantage. The original joystick is essentially a giant Dpad and the buttons are bigger versions of the NES pad, with the little silicone membranes and such. They are not arcade parts like the new Emio stick. The biggest issue with using the stick as an Advantage replacement is disabling the PCB. You need to score all the traces connecting every button, then solder wires onto the through-hole buttons to a separate homemade PCB, with the CD4021 IC and turbo circuits added if you want to use those. So it's still a lot of work and you need a good grasp of electronics knowhow. The arcade parts do make a difference, and you can mod the joystick with Sanwa parts (circle gate and .5mm oversize actuator on mine) to make it better, and the buttons are a quick 30mm snap in upgrade to make them great.
I play NES almost exclusively with the NES Advantage, but it is definitely NOT a real arcade stick. It uses carbon/rubber like a controller instead of arcade microswitches, so I definitely can't just mount an arcade stick with double throw switches.
Yes, this.
Even if I could find a stick like that for cheap it would be a miracle to find 4 of them for cheap and certainly not a solution I could expect others to use (I'm trying to solve the issue for good). It'd be even worse if I also needed several for Turbo Grafx sticks for a Turbo-Tap. A consistent supply of cheap and simple sticks similar to Emio's The Edge would be perfect, so I hope the price drops like the Messiah Wireless Arcade sticks or the defective lots show up for less money.
I definitely missed out on those surplus Messiah sticks. I have a working transmitter and an original 2.4Ghz Messiah pad that's IMO junk, so to be able to pair it with the finely crafted Messiah arcade stick would have been heavenly, or even just mod one for wired use. Honestly the Emio stick would be a lot more moddable if all the turbo controlls weren't PCB mounted.
Ok. Well, I'm all out of ideas lol. I'm not really much use with hardware. I took a networking class in college, but it just didn't interest me. I majored in Computer Information System with a focus on programming. I like making the software better, it's like solving puzzles. Although, it does get extremely frustrating at times. I'm 3 years into my field and still feel like I haven't learned much, because there's so much to it.
I am the exact opposite. Very little programming experience aside from making my own games with the TI-83 plus to entertain myself in study hall. They actually banned me from "playing" on it because I wasn't getting any homework done.
You don't like the NES Advantage? I love it. It's super fun like on pacman, Galaga, ninja turtles, double dragon, etc. Never tried it on any Mario Games although I don't know if the the super mario bros games were originally arcade games or went straight to the console. I'm sure they were because most of the NES cartridge games were arcade games. I remember playing TMNT in an arcade and also the original Mario Bros game that came before Super Mario Bros.
It's not that we don't like the NES Advantage. The original joystick is essentially a giant Dpad and the buttons are bigger versions of the NES pad, with the little silicone membranes and such. They are not arcade parts like the new Emio stick. The biggest issue with using the stick as an Advantage replacement is disabling the PCB. You need to score all the traces connecting every button, then solder wires onto the through-hole buttons to a separate homemade PCB, with the CD4021 IC and turbo circuits added if you want to use those. So it's still a lot of work and you need a good grasp of electronics knowhow. The arcade parts do make a difference, and you can mod the joystick with Sanwa parts (circle gate and .5mm oversize actuator on mine) to make it better, and the buttons are a quick 30mm snap in upgrade to make them great.
I play NES almost exclusively with the NES Advantage, but it is definitely NOT a real arcade stick. It uses carbon/rubber like a controller instead of arcade microswitches, so I definitely can't just mount an arcade stick with double throw switches.
Yes, this.
Even if I could find a stick like that for cheap it would be a miracle to find 4 of them for cheap and certainly not a solution I could expect others to use (I'm trying to solve the issue for good). It'd be even worse if I also needed several for Turbo Grafx sticks for a Turbo-Tap. A consistent supply of cheap and simple sticks similar to Emio's The Edge would be perfect, so I hope the price drops like the Messiah Wireless Arcade sticks or the defective lots show up for less money.
I definitely missed out on those surplus Messiah sticks. I have a working transmitter and an original 2.4Ghz Messiah pad that's IMO junk, so to be able to pair it with the finely crafted Messiah arcade stick would have been heavenly, or even just mod one for wired use. Honestly the Emio stick would be a lot more moddable if all the turbo controlls weren't PCB mounted.
Ok. Well, I'm all out of ideas lol. I'm not really much use with hardware. I took a networking class in college, but it just didn't interest me. I majored in Computer Information System with a focus on programming. I like making the software better, it's like solving puzzles. Although, it does get extremely frustrating at times. I'm 3 years into my field and still feel like I haven't learned much, because there's so much to it.
I am the exact opposite. Very little programming experience aside from making my own games with the TI-83 plus to entertain myself in study hall. They actually banned me from "playing" on it because I wasn't getting any homework done.
I've never done any video game programming. I don't even know what languages they use. I hear it's pretty difficult though. I code in VB and C# with a little bit of SQL thrown in. I work for a small company and we design and maintain all the in house software the company uses.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nintendo-NES-homebrew-repro-hack-Super-Mario-Bros-3-Mix-RARE-video-game-SEALED-/112366627862?hash=item1a2992ac16:g:35EAAOSw4CFY4xI6
I don't know if you know who made this, but it's for sale on eBay and the listing says it was made by one of you guys....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nintendo-...
People flip stuff on eBay all the time so hardly surprising. You'd be surprised at how many eBayers don't know about NintendoAge, and how many resellers do.
I don't know if you know who made this, but it's for sale on eBay and the listing says it was made by one of you guys....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nintendo-...
People flip stuff on eBay all the time so hardly surprising. You'd be surprised at how many eBayers don't know about NintendoAge, and how many resellers do.
Some of the sellers are crooks. They'll take advantage of you if you don't know your stuff. I try to report fraudulent listings when I can. I saw a guy on there about a year ago with a listing for California Raisins: The Grape Escape. He was listing it as a rare authentic game, and was asking like $120 for it. I emailed him and told him he needed to change his listing and put on there that it was a reproduction because any real collector would know it wasn't legit. He argued with me back and forth for a few emails swearing up and down it was real, and I asked him how it was real when the game never saw production. I told him the only known copy in existance is an unfinished prototype that doesn't even have a label on the cart, and sent him a link to the website where you can buy the reproductions he had for less than $30. I'm sure some young kid would've came along and paid what he was asking thinking he was getting something special. He finally took the listing down though.
I don't know if you know who made this, but it's for sale on eBay and the listing says it was made by one of you guys....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nintendo-...
People flip stuff on eBay all the time so hardly surprising. You'd be surprised at how many eBayers don't know about NintendoAge, and how many resellers do.
Some of the sellers are crooks. They'll take advantage of you if you don't know your stuff. I try to report fraudulent listings when I can. I saw a guy on there about a year ago with a listing for California Raisins: The Grape Escape. He was listing it as a rare authentic game, and was asking like $120 for it. I emailed him and told him he needed to change his listing and put on there that it was a reproduction because any real collector would know it wasn't legit. He argued with me back and forth for a few emails swearing up and down it was real, and I asked him how it was real when the game never saw production. I told him the only known copy in existance is an unfinished prototype that doesn't even have a label on the cart, and sent him a link to the website where you can buy the reproductions he had for less than $30. I'm sure some young kid would've came along and paid what he was asking thinking he was getting something special. He finally took the listing down though.
In this case, the buyer needs to make an informed decision about the item. Oftentimes before I click "buy it now", I do a quick Google search to see if the item is legit or can be had elsewhere on the internet for cheaper.
Like how the $10 shipped xxx-in-one multicarts on AliExpress regularly sell for $50-$60 a piece on eBay, and people pay. Worse when you consider stuff like fake BB2 et al is also available stupid cheap, and scammers disseminate this stuff, not only on eBay for big bucks, but to unsuspecting resale shops at 25% retail when the employees don't know the difference. For a game that retails for upper triple digits, that's easily a couple bills worth of profit if they can pull it off.
I don't know if you know who made this, but it's for sale on eBay and the listing says it was made by one of you guys....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nintendo-...
People flip stuff on eBay all the time so hardly surprising. You'd be surprised at how many eBayers don't know about NintendoAge, and how many resellers do.
Some of the sellers are crooks. They'll take advantage of you if you don't know your stuff. I try to report fraudulent listings when I can. I saw a guy on there about a year ago with a listing for California Raisins: The Grape Escape. He was listing it as a rare authentic game, and was asking like $120 for it. I emailed him and told him he needed to change his listing and put on there that it was a reproduction because any real collector would know it wasn't legit. He argued with me back and forth for a few emails swearing up and down it was real, and I asked him how it was real when the game never saw production. I told him the only known copy in existance is an unfinished prototype that doesn't even have a label on the cart, and sent him a link to the website where you can buy the reproductions he had for less than $30. I'm sure some young kid would've came along and paid what he was asking thinking he was getting something special. He finally took the listing down though.
In this case, the buyer needs to make an informed decision about the item. Oftentimes before I click "buy it now", I do a quick Google search to see if the item is legit or can be had elsewhere on the internet for cheaper.
Like how the $10 shipped xxx-in-one multicarts on AliExpress regularly sell for $50-$60 a piece on eBay, and people pay. Worse when you consider stuff like fake BB2 et al is also available stupid cheap, and scammers disseminate this stuff, not only on eBay for big bucks, but to unsuspecting resale shops at 25% retail when the employees don't know the difference. For a game that retails for upper triple digits, that's easily a couple bills worth of profit if they can pull it off.
I would love a copy of Bubble Bobble 2. I'm just not at a point to be shopping in that price range yet. I had the original as a kid and loved it. I still have a copy in my collection. I'd also Chip N Dale 2. I've already beat the first one. I never even knew there was second one as a kid. I stumbled upon it the same time I stumbled upon Ducktales 2. I loved Ducktales as a kid, so I ended up buying Ducktales 2 because like Chip N Dale 2 I never knew it existed.
It's a good game. I stupidly passed up the opportunity to own Bubble Bobble 2 when I could have picked it up at GameXChange in 2004. Early on, I had a thing for collecting the first in each series, never occured to me the second entries would become impossible to find later on... :facepalm:
Yeah there were a lot of sequels for NES that I didn't know about. There's actually a Paberboy 2 and RC Pro Am 2. I think RC Pro Am 2 is actually multi-player so I'm interested in getting it. It's rarer than RC Pro Am but I wouldn't consider it rare. You can still pick it up relatively cheap. Not cheap in comparison to the original but cheap in comparison to games like Ducktales 2. I just love the intro music to RC Pro Am. Anytime I hear it I get a flashback to the Xmas that I got it and was playing it at my grandma's house.
It's a good game. I stupidly passed up the opportunity to own Bubble Bobble 2 when I could have picked it up at GameXChange in 2004. Early on, I had a thing for collecting the first in each series, never occured to me the second entries would become impossible to find later on... :facepalm:
Yeah there were a lot of sequels for NES that I didn't know about. There's actually a Paberboy 2 and RC Pro Am 2. I think RC Pro Am 2 is actually multi-player so I'm interested in getting it. It's rarer than RC Pro Am but I wouldn't consider it rare. You can still pick it up relatively cheap. Not cheap in comparison to the original but cheap in comparison to games like Ducktales 2. I just love the intro music to RC Pro Am. Anytime I hear it I get a flashback to the Xmas that I got it and was playing it at my grandma's house.
I did get Bomberman II way back when it was $35 before the price got stupid, and it has multiplayer unlike the original.
It's a good game. I stupidly passed up the opportunity to own Bubble Bobble 2 when I could have picked it up at GameXChange in 2004. Early on, I had a thing for collecting the first in each series, never occured to me the second entries would become impossible to find later on... :facepalm:
Yeah there were a lot of sequels for NES that I didn't know about. There's actually a Paberboy 2 and RC Pro Am 2. I think RC Pro Am 2 is actually multi-player so I'm interested in getting it. It's rarer than RC Pro Am but I wouldn't consider it rare. You can still pick it up relatively cheap. Not cheap in comparison to the original but cheap in comparison to games like Ducktales 2. I just love the intro music to RC Pro Am. Anytime I hear it I get a flashback to the Xmas that I got it and was playing it at my grandma's house.
I did get Bomberman II way back when it was $35 before the price got stupid, and it has multiplayer unlike the original.
I never got into Bomberman. I played it on N64 and I just never cared for it. My neighbor growing up loved it though. I guess it's one of those games where you either hate it or love it.
Is anyone familiar with the Laserscope? Did it have N.A. and Pal versions. I bought one from someone in Romania, because it had about the best condition box I've seen on one of these. He said that it was new, but he opened it to test if it worked. I was like nooooooooo. Whyyyyyy? Anyways I looked at the boxes being sold in the U.S. and compared them to the pictures of the one in Romania and it's the exact same box. Nothing is written in a foreign language and the kid on the box is the same as the ones being sold in the states. Were some accessories sold worldwide without regional versions and different box designs?
Laserscope, wasn't that an old arcade game nobody gives shit about, that predated donkey kong???
***** I was old arcade game, which sold terribly and got converted to donkey kng?
Shit, meant to quote you but looks like I edited my own quote, twice. Happy Cinco De Mayo!!!
Bomberman II rox btw...
Is anyone familiar with the Laserscope? Did it have N.A. and Pal versions. I bought one from someone in Romania, because it had about the best condition box I've seen on one of these. He said that it was new, but he opened it to test if it worked. I was like nooooooooo. Whyyyyyy? Anyways I looked at the boxes being sold in the U.S. and compared them to the pictures of the one in Romania and it's the exact same box. Nothing is written in a foreign language and the kid on the box is the same as the ones being sold in the states. Were some accessories sold worldwide without regional versions and different box designs?
Laserscope, wasn't that an old arcade game nobody gives shit about, that predated donkey kong???
***** I was old arcade game, which sold terribly and got converted to donkey kng?
Shit, meant to quote you but looks like I edited my own quote, twice. Happy Cinco De Mayo!!!
Bomberman II rox btw...
No. Laserscope was an accessory made by Konami and licensed by Nintendo. It used the same technology as a light gun. It was a headset. You would aim at targets by looking through a lens that covered your eye(I assume it has cross hairs)and it had a microphone you would speak into to cause it to shoot. I attached a picture to the post. I really want to try it on duck hunt lol. I imagine it would be the equivalent of going deer hunting with automatic assault rifles.
Is anyone familiar with the Laserscope? Did it have N.A. and Pal versions. I bought one from someone in Romania, because it had about the best condition box I've seen on one of these. He said that it was new, but he opened it to test if it worked. I was like nooooooooo. Whyyyyyy? Anyways I looked at the boxes being sold in the U.S. and compared them to the pictures of the one in Romania and it's the exact same box. Nothing is written in a foreign language and the kid on the box is the same as the ones being sold in the states. Were some accessories sold worldwide without regional versions and different box designs?
Mine is all busted up. I can jumper the connections between the extension and the main body and I can replace the audio cable but I need measurements from the crosshair sight (mine is completely missing).
Right now I have it displayed sitting on a foam head with a pair of replica Wayfarers and a base/stand made out of a small lamp that I cut down.
Is anyone familiar with the Laserscope? Did it have N.A. and Pal versions. I bought one from someone in Romania, because it had about the best condition box I've seen on one of these. He said that it was new, but he opened it to test if it worked. I was like nooooooooo. Whyyyyyy? Anyways I looked at the boxes being sold in the U.S. and compared them to the pictures of the one in Romania and it's the exact same box. Nothing is written in a foreign language and the kid on the box is the same as the ones being sold in the states. Were some accessories sold worldwide without regional versions and different box designs?
Mine is all busted up. I can jumper the connections between the extension and the main body and I can replace the audio cable but I need measurements from the crosshair sight (mine is completely missing).
Right now I have it displayed sitting on a foam head with a pair of replica Wayfarers and a base/stand made out of a small lamp that I cut down.
I'll see if I can take some measurements when it gets here. It's coming from overseas so by the time it makes it through customs it may end being a couple of weeks. When you say measurements from the crosshairs, do you mean the distance that the extension that holds the lens sticks out from the headset?
Is anyone familiar with the Laserscope? Did it have N.A. and Pal versions. I bought one from someone in Romania, because it had about the best condition box I've seen on one of these. He said that it was new, but he opened it to test if it worked. I was like nooooooooo. Whyyyyyy? Anyways I looked at the boxes being sold in the U.S. and compared them to the pictures of the one in Romania and it's the exact same box. Nothing is written in a foreign language and the kid on the box is the same as the ones being sold in the states. Were some accessories sold worldwide without regional versions and different box designs?
Mine is all busted up. I can jumper the connections between the extension and the main body and I can replace the audio cable but I need measurements from the crosshair sight (mine is completely missing).
Right now I have it displayed sitting on a foam head with a pair of replica Wayfarers and a base/stand made out of a small lamp that I cut down.
I'll see if I can take some measurements when it gets here. It's coming from overseas so by the time it makes it through customs it may end being a couple of weeks. When you say measurements from the crosshairs, do you mean the distance that the extension that holds the lens sticks out from the headset?
Length, width, thickness, and maybe some way to know that I'm drawing the crosshairs on the right spot when I cut a piece of clear plastic to match. Maybe a scan so I can print out a template?
I'm sure I can get two of those dimensions just by playing around with various thicknesses of scrap plastic until I find the right thickness and then cut it to the width of the mounting spot.