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LennyLen
Member #5,313
December 2004
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Martin Kalbfuß said: But I forgot that the gameboy cannot save game states The way is to short to play the complete game. Is it just for that game? My original gameboy can save game states. At least it does with Super Mario World 2, which is the only game I have ever played on it (it's the one it came with).
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Bob Keane
Member #7,342
June 2006
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Bamcaig said: Yeah, I'm wondering how the NES will play with a 40" LCD TV, if at all... If you have auxilliary inputs, such as a camera input, you just need to plug the game outputs in and go to the aux chann... Hmmm, I'll be right back. Where is the pensive emoticon? <edit> I just hooked the N64 to the dvd player through the EXT2 connection and with some playing I got it to work!!! By reading this sig, I, the reader, agree to render my soul to Bob Keane. I, the reader, understand this is a legally binding contract and freely render my soul. |
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Thomas Harte
Member #33
April 2000
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Snake, Rattle & Roll is my favourite NES game, though the Mega Drive version is better (ie, same gameplay, much better graphics). (Super?) RC Pro Am is also surprisingly engrossing, as is the near clone for the Master System. I think I'm more of a Master System person overall, owing to Sonic 2 and Wonderboy 3: The Dragon's Trap. Elite is also a fantastic NES title, but I don't think an NTSC version exists. [My site] [Tetrominoes] |
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Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
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After my dad passed, I got to have the old childhood nes and snes we had. I'm pretty sure everything still works as it did then. (that is at least one game needs to use the genie or the nes won't boot it at all) -- |
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Bob Keane
Member #7,342
June 2006
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By reading this sig, I, the reader, agree to render my soul to Bob Keane. I, the reader, understand this is a legally binding contract and freely render my soul. |
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Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
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If you have a different device to hook it to, try that. I wasn't even aware DVD players came with inputs. My dad had a combo unit with a VCR that has an input, but most VCRs do, as well as receivers (as its a surround receiver as well). But a DVD player? Thats something I've never seen. -- |
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LennyLen
Member #5,313
December 2004
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Thomas Fjellstrom said: But a DVD player? Thats something I've never seen. Really? Most DVD players I've seen have at least one RCA input.
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Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
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Maybe I just haven't seen many then. It just seems odd to me that a digital device, especially if it doesn't have an analog output would have any kind of analog input. I can understand VCRs having inputs, they were half cable box most of the time, so you could tune higher channels even if your tv couldn't. But a DVD player doesn't do any such thing. -- |
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LennyLen
Member #5,313
December 2004
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I assume it's for people who only have one input on their TV, so that they can have a video camera or something plugged in as well without having to unplug the DVD player.
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Thomas Harte
Member #33
April 2000
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Here in the world where connectors got smarter a long time ago, almost everything except budget products features two SCART connectors so that it can act as a passive pass through box should the user require it. DVD players, digital set-top boxes without record facilities or without record-from-analogue facilities, everything. [My site] [Tetrominoes] |
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LennyLen
Member #5,313
December 2004
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SCART never made it here. Which is a shame, since it's a much better system than RCA.
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Thomas Fjellstrom
Member #476
June 2000
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well just look, now we're getting DisplayPort and HDMI (and DVI, and, and, and). -- |
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Sirocco
Member #88
April 2000
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Trent Gamblin said: Even SNES? Are you sure? I've never done that with a SNES Yes. My Illusion of Gaia manual specifically states to hold in the reset button while powering off the console. --> |
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Thomas Harte
Member #33
April 2000
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That's a really weird thing to request though — you'd expect the rest button to be wired to the reset line of the CPU and nothing else logical. I guess the bus can end up with a bunch of garbage on it during the system's power-deficient death throws and the reset line is extended out to the cartridge where it's used by the relevant parts to ignore the bus? That's a massive guess that's well beyond my electrical engineering knowledge... [My site] [Tetrominoes] |
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Sirocco
Member #88
April 2000
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As I understand it, there is a capacitor on the cart that may not be charged properly if you abruptly remove power; so holding the reset button allows the cap to charge without anything draining it. --> |
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Evert
Member #794
November 2000
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I've never heard of having to hold down reset either, and I certainly never did. |
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manny8742
Member #10,415
November 2008
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I got a gamecube off of ebay a few weeks back. Sure its not as retro as an NES therefore not as cool, but I have been happy with it.
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Bob Keane
Member #7,342
June 2006
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I tried updating this am, the server timed out. Who's compiling Gentoo on the allegro servers? Thomas Fjellstrom said: I can understand VCRs having inputs, they were half cable box most of the time, so you could tune higher channels even if your tv couldn't. But a DVD player doesn't do any such thing.
Dvd players are cable ready, so they get the first 100 channels. I moved the cables from the dvd player to the tv audio/video inputs and by using the proper ( By reading this sig, I, the reader, agree to render my soul to Bob Keane. I, the reader, understand this is a legally binding contract and freely render my soul. |
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LennyLen
Member #5,313
December 2004
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Bob Keane said: Dvd players are cable ready, so they get the first 100 channels.
Not all are. The ones we get here certaianly aren't, as cable doesn't even exist here.
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Bob Keane
Member #7,342
June 2006
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LennyLen said: Not all are. The ones we get here certaianly aren't, as cable doesn't even exist here. Odd. Dvd companies make models based on regional preferences? Try going into the set up and toggling the source from antenna to cable. I'm not trying to be sarcastic, I could be wrong. By reading this sig, I, the reader, agree to render my soul to Bob Keane. I, the reader, understand this is a legally binding contract and freely render my soul. |
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MiquelFire
Member #3,110
January 2003
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The only time I seen a DVD player with video in is if it happens to be a combo unit with VHS or surround sound system. Stand alone DVDs just have video out. --- |
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Bob Keane
Member #7,342
June 2006
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By reading this sig, I, the reader, agree to render my soul to Bob Keane. I, the reader, understand this is a legally binding contract and freely render my soul. |
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LennyLen
Member #5,313
December 2004
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Bob Keane said: Odd. Dvd companies make models based on regional preferences? Try going into the set up and toggling the source from antenna to cable. I'm not trying to be sarcastic, I could be wrong. I've never seen a DVD player that has a tuner in it. All the ones here (at least that I've used, or have investigated in shops), will only have one or two 3xRCA plugs for input (I've seen one with an HDMI input), if any input at all. DVD recorders on the other hand, have an array of inputs. Though again, not for cable.
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Trent Gamblin
Member #261
April 2000
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Bob Keane said: Bonus!! I just found the origional instruction booklet for The Ocarina of Time!! I put one on ebay a couple years ago but it never sold. I don't know where the cartridge itself went (probably pawned).
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Thomas Harte
Member #33
April 2000
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With the conversation tailing off, I feel like it isn't now a massive diversion to ask: is "an NES" (ie, saying the letters of NES individually) the common way to refer to the thing? I would have gone with "a NES", to rhyme with the name Des. They weren't very popular over here and I only recall them being called "a Nintendo" at the time. But I'm quite confident that SNES is usually read as a single word. [My site] [Tetrominoes] |
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) remote I was able to get it to work. 