/vr/ - Retro Games

In the long run it's probably a better investment to buy a USB/SD reader to replace the GD-ROM drive.

I haven't tried to repair anything retro recently, so unfortunately no fuck-ups to report

>>5073573
Just buy a dc as adapter. The knockoff is around 15 bucks and works with the vast majority of games. It only doesn’t work with some weirdo jap shit

>>5073573
>replacing battery in snes cart
>put in a nice replacable battery holder
>soldered the negative to the positive
>boom goes the dynamite
>luckilly it was just the pico fuse
>disaster avoided

>>5073621
bruh i bought ff3 and replaced the battery with an oversized battery holder and it wont close. im like fuck it whatever. hope it doesnt mess up somehow in the future lol.

>>5073629
just cut off the pieces of plastic that are to large with a razor blade or buy something similar to these.

>>5073573
>get gf to solder an IDE HDD to my Dreamcast, a skill she picked up for the occasion
>she completes painstaking job
>i connect to CRT for testing
>it works.jpg
>we get engrossed trying games on Dreamshell
>get too hyped on rival schools
>i pull controller, unscrewed case bursts open, everything comes out like mechanical guts, screen goes off
>DC black screens when on even with the IDE cable unsoldered

She had to redo the job from scratch on a new console

>>5073595
isnt that like $200?

>>5073643
i would make fun of you for letting your "girlfriend" fix your toys, but it sounds like she wears the pants in your relationship... and the brains.

>see ad on offer up for a ps2, 2 ps1s, a GameCube, and a game gear for all for $20
>message him early in the morning and arrange to meet him at work after 4pm
>seller keeps posting more /vr/ throughout the day
>get message that item has been sold

Apparently he bought a storage unit filled with /vr/ and instead of going through it, just posted a few things. First buyer that showed up went through everything and got his pick of the litter.

>>5073573
>What's your latest fuck ups?
6-8 Years ago I gave my brother in law and sister 22 N64 games. It was every quality title. Fastforward to this weekend, we get to talking about my everdrive, and I offer it to him for return of all my games. I never checked until I got home.

>No Majora's mask
>No conkers
>No doom
>No Quake II
>WTF is this pokemon snap shit. I didn't buy this.
>Zelda is still in his N64 - he forgot it....
Perhaps he will find more game too.

I held onto Ogre Battle for YEARS without a system, and didn't give it to him. My save is still on it. LOTS of hours. I ended up buying NBA Hangtime when I got my orange N64. Had to have it.

I know how gay it sounds, but I catalog and memorize dumb shit. How the hell is it I can't remember which Christmas I gave him the system and game, but know exactly what titles I gave him? They did have a roommate at the time, so I think perhaps he may have borrowed some of the games. Somehow Starcraft was still there though. I guess I can't complain. I got the Goldeneye game I bought new. It may even still has my saves.

I have no right to get mad. I was a dick when I gave it to them, as it came with the conditions that they never sold or traded the collection, as it took me 10 years to put it together. 4 controllers, rumble packs, memory packs etc. It was the full collection. I think it was dick of me to hold them responsible for something I gave to them. I gave it to them because I do love my sister, even if she is a twat, and she was looking to relive some of her childhood. I think I need to remember how excited they were to get it on that christmas, and just be happy that I could make them happy. She was so happy she squealed. He did too lol. He is the soya type. Now to make matters worse, I now have 2 copies of NBA Hangtime.

Would you trade an Everdrive 2.5 for pic related? Is this a fuck up?

>>5073761
Chinese knockoff GDEMUs go for around $100.

>>5074265
just bought one from ali for $65+$4 off. hope this shit works.

>>5073573
>be clueless
>open my shit and fucked with it
>some how for reasons it doesn't work
Thanks tardanon. My DC has increased in value by nearly a penny this week thanks to all the dumb fucks like you who did shit like that.

Ohh yeah I got one.
>great idea to 'backup' my ps1 collection
>ripping/burning discs like a mad man
>testing them as i go with gameshark
>disc swapping
>all going well
>having trouble with dino crisis - libcrypt
>3 or 4 wasted discs because no boot
>starting to get discs everywhere
>find ancient software and dino's lib patch on internet
>time to test
>boots up and works
>fuck yeah dino crisis
>naturally start playing cause fuck yeah dino crisis
>sit down to play
>on top of my legit copy of dino crisis 2 that i was using to boot the gameshark
>cracked dino 2
>hadn't backed it up yet
AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH
Fuck I was pissed at my retarded self. Not so much at the cost to replace, but more so at the fact that I had destroyed and removed a copy from circulation. It could have been something else like Gran Tourismo having a billion copy's out there, but nooo it had to be fucking my dino 2.
I'm usually good with discs, having my all my og ps1 discs (except dino 2) in great cond. even with all the disc swapping that went on back in the day.

>>5073767
>sounds like she wears the pants in your relationship
>and the brains
>gf wears the brains

>>5074570
>not letting your gf wear your brain
heh virgin

>>5074450
Wouldn't it be easier to just download your backups?

>>5075523
Gasp But that's illegal!

>>5074335
Make a thread when it does, anon. I'd love to know if it's good or not since I'd want one as well.

>>5075535
Not if you own a physical copy already.

>>5073573

Being born.

I left my Dreamcast at my mom's house for some stupid reason, in a room that my asshole brother uses and I'm worried he's going to trash it because he hates video games.

>>5074450
I once literally used electrical tape to attach two halves of a twisted metal CD together once and it played better than it did before it broke, I beat the entire game on it

you gave up too soon

I have a VA1.8 model 2 Genesis so I tried fixing the sound amp myself using a couple of posts from Sega 16. Now you can't hear parts of the music anymore but at least the bass isn't muddy.

I found an atari in my grandparents house, I guess it was a gift for my mother back when she was around 20 or so. I set it up and try using my genesis controller, and that works. So then I get the idea to try hooking the atari controller into my genesis and using that. Except I guess while the plugs are the same, the atari controllers are ever so slightly larger. Too tight for the genesis' sockets. I end up busting the player one controller socket.

Now I need to resolder the damn thing.

>>5075909
I call bullshit unless you are some kind of super mongoloid. I just plugged a 2600 controller into both a model 1 and model 2 Genesis with no problem.

>>5075536
there's several threads about it on reddit. they said it works fine. just dont update the firmware or else it will brick. just make sure the board is black version.

>>5074259
>trade 200+ games for 20

Ya dun goofed.

>>5076021
>unless you are some kind of super mongoloid
Do you even know where you are?

>>5075580
Just call your mom/brother and tell them not to trash it.

>>5074259
>Would you trade an Everdrive 2.5 for pic related? Is this a fuck up?

I wouldn't have made that trade, and you may have fucked up. Mostly because you'll probably end up buying another ever drive, meaning you will have spent nearly $400 to play n64 games every once in a while. The overall value of the carts doesn't really come in as a factor as you're never going to sell them to recoup some of that cost. So in one fell swoop you've:
Made yourself an Indian giver. it doesn't matter that you traded for an ever drive, you took back a gift and probably pressured your sister/brother in law to trade.
Created this weird tension between you and your sister/brother in law by asking for the games back and finding out some are missing.
Soured any positive memory your sister had attached to the christmas/n64.

But at least you got your childhood toys back, right?

I only ever fucked up once. Tried to solder a modchip onto my XBOX HUEG mobo. I didnt order any flux with it, so making the solder points was a pain in the ARSE. In the end it got so bad, i sprayed hot solder all over the board and that was the end of my HUEG XBOX. Sold the parts on ebay and bought a jap mega drive and a few rare games for it. Good riddance imo.

>>5075236
sorry, I didn't want to let her get a head in our relationship

>>5076821
>pressured your sister/brother in law to trade.
Actually there was none of that. He asked me about the ever drive, and I simply offered it to him for all of his games. They don't give a fuck about physical media, and they plug their N64 into an LCD screen and are 100% content with that. They really care one bit lol. Hell, just yesterday he was talking about giving me all of his N64 stuff...system controllers AND everdrive for one of my modded wiis. He is more interested in game cube games then N64. Believe me there is no animosity. Try not to think about their perspective from the /vr/ one. They are nothing like us. (ultra-casual would be how I would describe them) They don't see it as Indian giving either, I just saved them a whole boatload of space and time. There are about 3 other titles aside from the ones I have that I would want to get, but its not that important, and would be cheaper then another everdrive, But you are right, I will probably go spend another $120 for another one. I am not poor, and $120 for a video game device is pocket change to me. I will still end up buying a copy of majora's mask, quake 2 and Conkers also.

>>5076821
>But at least you got your childhood toys back, right?
Not at all accurate lol. When the N64 came out I was living on my own and had my own life. OUR childhood memories are the NES, which my brother has. She was still living at home when mom and dad got their n64, which mom still plays DAILY. This may give you an idea of how screwed up my family is. Mom is a pot head who is retired. All the bills are paid, and she owns everything. She likes to spend an hour or so every night either playing MK64 or Mario. She will wup your ass at MK. One of the most skilled racers I have ever played, and is the only person I have not beaten in the last 10 years. To make matters worse, no one in our family has been able to get 1st place while she is playing lol.

>>5077015
>getting beaten by a girl at literally any video game ever
I knew you were a scrub.

>>5077029
>I knew you were a scrub.
Mom has been playing MK 64 every day since it came out. She is the "Deal with it" meme incarnate.

>>5076821
I also created unintended consequences. My brother got back into the N64 last year, and asked me about the Everdrive. He bought one. Then EVERY one of his friends had to have one. My brother knew nothing about it until I showed him, and as a direct result of him learning, at least 8 other people now have bought them. These are people who will NEVER buy an overpriced collectible game ever again. I expect the same to happen with my Brother in law and his friends. The more people who use flash carts, the less people shopping for games. Supply and demand for physical media becomes irrelevant once you have a flash drive. The amazement they have is because you no longer have to be a collector to be a gamer. You can be a casual scrub and still have access to more titles then any collector without a full set.

>>5077051
Playing n64 and being a casual scrub go hand in hand

>>5077051
>These are people who will NEVER buy an overpriced collectible game ever again
You call that an unintended consequence? I call that a happy accident.

Last week I was fiddling with the cables behind my Snes with the console powered on. I accidentally bump the SMW cart and the game crashes to a glitchy screen and plays the lost woods theme, it was kinda creepy. Anyway after restarting the game all my saves were wiped.

>>5074450
Looks like you're a gran autismo

I dropped my sd2snes and the sd card slot fell off. I had it in my Super Famicom and I picked the thing up upside down not realizing it was ejected. Hit the tile floor hard as fuck. Earlier on that same day I traveled to Manila just to buy an AC adapter for the fucking thing, all kinds of time and money wasted. I want to send it to China to get repaired but I have a bunch of other shit I want to buy first.

>>5080890
>flips break everything they touch
too true

>>5080890
just fyi, sd card slots are super easy to solder back in place. as long as none of the traces were ripped off youre find to solder it back on. even if one or 2 of the traces did come off, you can scrape off the solder mask and use thin wire to redo it. good luck anon.

Paid $49 for a boxed Super Mario 3.
No manual.
Back of the box is ripped.

>>5076996
Took it too far and it stopped being funny and clever.

>>5074335
>>5075536
>>5076228

I've legit been thinking about selling my legit GDEMU+DC and pocketing the money, I have a list of DC games to play but I could wait to get anothre one or just buy a china clone

>>5082935
I hoped you wouldn't mind but I guess I didn't think about it

>>5073573
isn't this OP girl from an 80s italo disco music video? I swear I was just watching it the other day but can't remember the song.

>>5073767
straight people are so fucking boring. look at this insecure idiot

>>5083430
thats taylor swift anon

>>5083461
Is it? I don't know anything about celebrities beyond some musicians that I enjoy.

>>5073643
>Having a girlfriend that can solder electronics
You hold onto that woman, and never EVER let her go!

>>5073767
Oh no, anon's girlfriend has a skill and employs it to help their partner, the horror.

>>5083701
>wanting a girlfriend that slowly goes mad with lead poisoning over the course of the relationship
Nah

>>5073643
>gf