December 2015 stuff: X-mas countdown is nearing the end.

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wiggy:

--- Quote from: Lashek on December 03, 2015, 09:15:41 PM ---Got me a Retron 5 and an Elgato Game Capture HD60 Pro today.

Yes, I know the Retron is an emulation box, but it gives me decent upscaling and HDMI output for my retro games. I prefer original retro hardware, but can't afford all the hardware needed to be able to capture gameplay and such from them, so I'll keep them hooked up to my older TV and use the Retron 5 for my streaming and such. :)

Now I have a spare Avermedia Live Gamer HD C985 that is unused.

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I gotta be honest, we've have nothing but problems with ours at the shop. Of course it reads Star Fox 2, and not a single one of the other games we've sold. It freezes occasionally. Getting the controller to sync always seems like an 8 step process for some reason. Why do I have to hold the power button for like 10 seconds to turn the thing on?! It does have quite the knack for wiping SRM files from carts, so you might want to back them up first with a product like the Retrode (which isn't even available anymore). It takes the "shove a cartridge in and start playing within a few seconds" goodness out of retro gaming. Sometimes I need to retry a game 2-3 times before the machine recognizes it.

I want to like the thing for what it should do, but it just doesn't seem to work like it should, and definitely not how I'd like :(

N64 Guy:
Got four more VGA games for the collection thanks to avidgamerz now I'm sitting at 124 sealed n64 games.

segamer:

--- Quote from: N64 Guy on December 05, 2015, 05:39:35 PM ---Got four more VGA games for the collection thanks to avidgamerz now I'm sitting at 124 sealed n64 games.

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Open them! 😆

marioxb:
I agree. I just don't understand the fascination of collecting things that you can't use.

sheep2001:

--- Quote from: marioxb on December 06, 2015, 09:18:33 AM ---I agree. I just don't understand the fascination of collecting things that you can't use.

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No different to people collecting old coins or stamps. They cant be used - the fun is in the hunt, and having them in great condition to look at. It's not my thing, but I totally get it.

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