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August 2018 - Last Chance for Summer Pickups
RealPlumpBox:
--- Quote from: Tech13 on August 02, 2018, 07:22:01 PM ---I dread the 113 degree August days that are coming to Alabama.
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Gotta love Seattle weather. Always between 75-80 in the summer. Perfect temp!
CyberWolfJV:
Normally, I understand the reason for companies giving cartridges a different color (SNES DOOM is red because it's bloody and violent, Ocarina of Time is gold because it's like a treasure and also it's a series tradition, Killer Instinct on SNES is black because it's edgy, DK64 is yellow because of bananas..), but why on earth Ubisoft made Rayman 2 green?
anyway, the guy who sold me this, send me the game inside a VHS case; that's nice! I got all nostalgic from the days of rental games.
Hesch:
Not exactly a normal pickup post... But I'm counting it. I ordered a custom shell for my switch months ago and attempted to do the swap. Everything went well except for the left joycon. Nothing about it wanted to work right. I struggled with it so much, it was really demoralizing me. I ended up just setting my switch aside and only really making minor attempts to get it working, never with success.
Gave up earlier this week and ordered a replacement left joycon and received it today. Just finished the swap and tested it. Completed an entire Mario Kart race with no problems. I can't begin to tell you how relieved I am. I actually had an adrenaline surge when I booted it up to test.
All that being said, fuck the joycons. This is by far the most difficult mod I've ever attempted. Tiny ass ribbon cables, cramped spaces, 3 layers of components. Would have been easier if I had to solder it all.
Anyways, I'm so happy right now!
BadChad:
I did this mod myself a few months back, but only went with the Joy Cons. Definitely ended up being more work than anticipated. What I thought was going to be a 15-20 minute swap, ended up taking me about 45 minutes. There's definitely a lot more going on inside those Joy Cons than you might think and everything is packed pretty tight. But all said and done, I absolutely love the end result and the D-pad actually feels and works great. Much better than I expect from a 3rd party shell kit. Wish they had more options for solid colours though, I'm not a big fan of translucent.
Tech13:
Went to the thrift store and got a good find.
it is a 5001 so no I link port but that is ok.
Inside was a bonus game.
More controllers
Really shocked to see these for $0.99
Took them home charged them up and they work just fine.
Some OG Xbox love