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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 6563 Location: bohan
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 1:30 am Post subject: dessgeega |
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my controllers are way too disorganized.
there's a pc engine controller, two hori digital pads, a playstation one controller and three ps2 controllers, a regular gamecube controller, a super joybox 5 and a commodore 64 plug-and-play. it's a mess.
the cords are all woven around each other in vaguely the order i used the controllers last, so playing a ps2 game requires me to first take out the pc engine controller, than the ps1, then finally the ps2. it's like a puzzle. they're all sort of using their bulk to keep the others in place, too, so when the playstation controllers are removed the hori pads slide out of place, possibly onto the floor. the cords are all intertwined, of course.
this is what i have to tangle with whenever i want to play a game. _________________
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Mister Toups Hates your favorite videogame
Joined: 26 Jan 2005 Posts: 1693 Location: Lafayette, LA
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 9:17 am Post subject: |
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At least they are all in one place. _________________ where were you when nana komatsu got a wii? |
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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mood's past. _________________
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SuperWes Updated the banners, but not his title
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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You're in trouble now! You know you could have just subtly added it to your profile...
-Wes _________________
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
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Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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i made a video of the first stage of psychic 5.
perhaps you've heard of this game! it appeared in a little gaming magazine called the gamer's quarter. _________________
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 6563 Location: bohan
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 11:07 am Post subject: |
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there are too many games i want to buy, right now.
i mean, that was pretty insensitive of them, to all come out at around the same time.
after spending a week deliberating, i finally bought taito memories gekan, primarily for akkanvader, gun frontier, and the satisfaction of having both halves of the taito memories collection. not even a day later, i found out that a north american release called "taito legends" has been planned, and this one includes UPL-developed retun of the invaders, my favorite space invaders sequel of all.
namco just released its "50th anniversary" compilation (not that the games are even close to that old) which features the first arcade-perfect home port of galaga 88 ever released (other than maybe the x68000 version), along with seven versions of pac-man i already own.
and then, there are the new releases i am frothing over - the only new releases i am actually interested in, and they all have the nerve to have releatively close release dates: gunster super heroes, myst V: end of ages, shadow of the colossus, and dig dug: digging strike.
i have little enough money! i've started putting stuff on ebay so that i might have some - no games, though, because my collection is small and deliberate and there's not much i'm willing to part with. unfortunately, nearly all of the valuable things i own are games or game consoles. _________________
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 6563 Location: bohan
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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:13 am Post subject: |
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and i just went and bought this for ten dollars.
i couldn't help it; i was seduced by the words "superplay movies". _________________
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dark steve .
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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 9:51 am Post subject: |
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..For $10?!
Klonoa and Ace Combat are both pretty sharp, I'll tell you. |
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:03 am Post subject: |
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i've never played the klonoa on this namcollection, and i'm sorely looking forward to it. i played the first gameboy one start-to-finish, and the second one start-to-when i got frustrated with it.
i'm looking forward. it'd be good to have a copy of the original driller on hand, too, just for historical purposes. i'm interested in the bonus material too. _________________
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wourme .
Joined: 01 Jul 2005 Posts: 362 Location: Maridia
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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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Oh, Klonoa is such a good game. I like Klonoa 2, but the original is so much better.
If I had a modded PS2 and/or didn't already have Klonoa and Mr. Driller, I'd get it in a second. I probably will anyway if it's released in the US. |
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:35 am Post subject: |
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now that i've finished shadow of the colossus, i have more time to give to dragon quest III, the gameboy color version of which i accquired used this past week.
i'm really enjoying it. both the game and the remake. the game itself is fantastic - my hero is a "tomboy". people keep calling her the "son of ortega" (a fallen hero) and then correcting themselves; i think this is actually a joke on the original game, which referred to you as the hero's son regardless of what gender you had selected. the gbc treatment is dazzling (pro-tip: the most drastic difference between the famicom/nes version and the gameboy color version is the former's menus are white text on black backgrounds, and the latter's menus are black text on white backgrounds): all of the enemies are beautifully animated, and the towns and castles are gorgeous.
i really love the later games of the gbc.
i put my dragon quest V game on hiatus to play this one. i've been playing that - also a fantastic game, particularly the dungeons - in anticipation of the upcoming dragon quest VIII. it goes without saying that it's a fantastic series, and i really hope the new episode is true to that - it may be, from what i've seen in the demo. _________________
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:06 am Post subject: |
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dessgeega wrote: | i've been playing that - also a fantastic game, particularly the dungeons - in anticipation of the upcoming dragon quest VIII. it goes without saying that it's a fantastic series, and i really hope the new episode is true to that - it may be, from what i've seen in the demo. |
I bought into the hype and anticipation for DWVII. I was left disappointed. I told Mr. Mechanical this. He is gushing about DWVIII though. It sinks in. I mean, it really sinks in. So I borrowed Wes' demo of DWVIII and will probably go through it some time this week. I requested a demo myself, but don't know if I will get it, I don't really have a mailing address yet. Anyways, I need something to wash the horrid acidic burn of Stigma Star Saga out of my mouth. |
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 6563 Location: bohan
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Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 5:01 am Post subject: |
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welcome, my friends, to the future.
this is an a/v composite distribution amplifier, which splits a signal so it can be fed into multiple sources at the same time. the top cables are from my playstation, and the lower sets run to my television and to my video capture device. this enables me to capture audio and video to my computer as i play - my old method involved recording to vhs tape and then capturing from a different vcr.
an improvement, i think. _________________
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dhex Breeder
Joined: 13 Dec 2004 Posts: 6319 Location: brooklyn, Nev Yiork
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Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 8:00 am Post subject: |
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how much of a delay between the signal sent to the monitor and what's sent to/through the capture card? or does it even matter with short cable runs? or do you have no way of seeing it until you look at what's been recorded? _________________
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
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Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 12:56 pm Post subject: |
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there are two or three seconds delay between the signal and the capture device. so i couldn't actually play the game on my computer. _________________
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
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Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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new members of the family.
and yes, they play nice. _________________
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dark steve .
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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:59 am Post subject: |
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Where did you get that lovely saturn? I hope you didn't get hosed with jacked up shipping from the usual gang of ebay sellers. |
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 2:28 am Post subject: |
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i actually have a seller (yes, on ebay) in japan whom i've bought from many times and i trust. i've been able to get a lot of good stuff for good prices, including this beautiful saturn. _________________
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 7:39 am Post subject: |
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Georgeous Saturn.... I want one. Mine is just black. Black as night it is. I kind of like the black one now that I think about it. Better than that Gray one. White is nicer though. I is sad panda. |
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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so, my television and videogame paraphenalia used to reside beside and around my computer, which was really convenient for video capture, but swamped the area in wires and cords. no more! i moved my computer the other day, and then relocated my television to its own space finally, on this big five-story computer desk thing that was recovered from the salvation army.
click for full image. _________________
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Alc .
Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Posts: 109 Location: UK
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Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 11:04 am Post subject: Re: dessgeega |
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dessgeega wrote: | two hori digital pads | Sorry to drag this up from ages ago, but how are you finding them? I've got one, but not used it too much because I find the d-pad annoyingly stiff. Do they get better? Have you figured out what the "select" button does? I figured it would switch between analog/digital on the d-pad, but so far it has done no such thing. |
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
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Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 3:25 pm Post subject: Re: dessgeega |
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Alc wrote: | Sorry to drag this up from ages ago, but how are you finding them? I've got one, but not used it too much because I find the d-pad annoyingly stiff. |
i've never found the d-pad to be stiff. it's way above the standard gamecube d-pad at any rate. i don't even use my standard controller any more. i have no clue what the select button does, though. i feel like i used to know, back in the dawn days of me owning a hori pad, but the knowledge has been forgotten with time.
controller alley is no more! let us mourn. _________________
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Alc .
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Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 4:55 pm Post subject: Re: dessgeega |
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dessgeega wrote: | Alc wrote: | Sorry to drag this up from ages ago, but how are you finding them? I've got one, but not used it too much because I find the d-pad annoyingly stiff. | i've never found the d-pad to be stiff. it's way above the standard gamecube d-pad at any rate. | True enough, I never could understand why, if they were determined to have such a small d-pad, they didn't go with the one on the GBA. Cut down on costs, and actually have a usable d-pad. how the Gamecube d-pad ever got past testing is beyond me. I don't use my original Gamecube pads any more either, but only because they've been replaced with lovely, lovely wavebirds. As a result my Gamecube is now positioned in kind of an awkward place to have cables coming from it, making it a hassle to use the Hori (and also the GBA connector cables, though 4 Swords is so worth it). |
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
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Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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speaking of third-party controllers from the fine people at hori electric co. ltd.,
isn't she beautiful? _________________
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Alc .
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Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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For some reason it reminds me of a joystick I used to have for the BBC Micro. A fine machine. I think it's the slightly odd-shaped white outline. I seem to remember it having some variable autofire function on it too (as in, a variable resistor underneath), which I've not seen since. |
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
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Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 6:04 am Post subject: |
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if all goes well there'll be a preview video of my new game up tonight.
EDIT: (by tonight i mean like in twenty minutes. things went pretty well.) _________________
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 1:20 pm Post subject: |
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today a bundle of joy from ApM arrived at my door!
that's a big package! what could be inside??
whoa! it's an atari st!
along with about a thousand disks of games!
sadly this lovely bundle is going to have to sit in the corner until i can find a monitor for it. thanks jeremy! _________________
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ApM Admin Rockstar
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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OBJECTION! You neglected to take a picture of the Fuurai no Shiren cart I slipped in there!
(dessgeega very kindly sent me her copy of Phoenix Wright in exchange for this junk! I've done little but eat, sleep, go to work, and play it since it arrived.)
AFAIK, it should have composite video / audio output, meaning you can plug it into your television with a minimum of extra cabling!
EDIT! Also, those aren't just games -- there's like a dozen disks of MOD music, and I think some random demos and stuff. TAKE THAT! I never really managed to take the time to properly go through it, but as I recall, the previous owner had a pretty nice collection. Not like the previous owner of my Amiga 500, who had miserable taste in games. If anyone wants a massive collection of generic fantasy crap for the Amiga on original disks, it's yours! |
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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ApM wrote: | AFAIK, it should have composite video / audio output, meaning you can plug it into your television with a minimum of extra cabling! |
oh, awesome! i will have to tinker with it later!
and yes, ApM sent me a copy of furai no shiren for the super famicom. which i can't play, since i have an unmodded snes! (even though modding a snes is really easy, i know.) still, it's a nifty item! _________________
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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this gp32 (courtesy Lurky) also joined the family today!
i have a bunch of famicom games on it, as well as a bunch of pce games (photograph boy doesn't work right, but soldier blade and coryoon do!). i also tried running frodo, a c64 emulator. the only game i could get to work was ancipital. crossroads 2 will start, then, crushingly, freeze after a few moments. there was also a copy of c-dogs already on the smart media card when it arrived, which is beyond awesome.
i want to get a dc adapter for it. the gp32 is supposedly compatible with dc 3v, 250mA adapters. can i pick up one of those at my local store? or do i already have an adapter from another console that's compatible? (ApM?) _________________
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
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Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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courtesy ethoscapade.
the only games i have for it right now are final fantasy and final fantasy II. this will not do! _________________
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
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Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:02 am Post subject: |
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So nice...
So orange... _________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!" |
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SuperWes Updated the banners, but not his title
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Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:21 am Post subject: |
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dessgeega wrote: | the only games i have for it right now are final fantasy and final fantasy II. this will not do! |
If you find anything worthwhile let me know! I've got Blue Wing Blitz, Wild Card, Tekken Card, Makaimura, Gumpei, Pocket Fighter, Rhyme Rider Kerorican, and both Final Fantasy games and none of the games are really all that good.
-Wes _________________
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Shapermc Hot Sake!
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Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:47 am Post subject: |
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I hear good things about Judgement Silversword. _________________ “The average man has a secret desire to be a swaggering, drunken, fighting, raping swashbuckler.”
-Robert E. Howard in a letter to a friend circa Decmber 1932
"There is no place in this enterprise for a rogue physicist!" |
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vf10a .
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Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:49 am Post subject: |
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Mr Driller! |
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
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Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 9:53 am Post subject: |
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there we go! _________________
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SuperWes Updated the banners, but not his title
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Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:06 am Post subject: |
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C'mon man. Is Judgement Silversword worth the price of Radiant Silvergun and is Mr. Driller really that different from the Dreamcast/Playstation/Game Boy version?
Neo Geo Pocket forever!
-Wes _________________
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
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Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:30 am Post subject: |
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mister driller a is still the best mister diller, but if i have to own one game for my new wonderswan, i could do much worse than good old susumu hori. _________________
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SuperWes Updated the banners, but not his title
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Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 11:51 am Post subject: |
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Oh yeah, I've got Megaman EXE for it also. It's pretty bad too!
-Wes _________________
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dark steve .
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Gunpey EX? |
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SuperWes Updated the banners, but not his title
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Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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Horrible. Gumpey is trash.
-Wes _________________
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Persona-sama Weltbeherrschen Mangaka
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Sorry Dess but I really don't remember there being anything that great for the Wonderswan minus tidalwaves of Bandai anime cash-in games. _________________
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Ethoscapade .
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 8:14 am Post subject: |
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i'm actually pretty sure i have a copy of blue wing blitz somewhere around here that i forgot to send you.. i can go looking for it if you'd like. |
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OtakupunkX .
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There was a really interesting Guilty Gear for Wonderswan. Definetely worth a look if you can find a copy. |
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:20 am Post subject: |
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Ethoscapade wrote: | i'm actually pretty sure i have a copy of blue wing blitz somewhere around here that i forgot to send you.. i can go looking for it if you'd like. |
i'm not sure what that is, but yes! _________________
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Cycle Mac daddy
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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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hey dess, wanna play some defcon? I'm at my friends house so can't use skype or gchat
also, apparently the demo is very open, you just need to trick it. |
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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Cycle wrote: | hey dess, wanna play some defcon? I'm at my friends house so can't use skype or gchat |
sure! i'll set up a game and wait for you. _________________
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Cycle Mac daddy
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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:00 pm Post subject: |
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whoa! conenction problems, i left and tried to rejoin (you can pick up from where you left off while a CPU covers for you) but I couldn't find the server in the list! |
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dessgeega loves your favorite videogame
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Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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maybe later i will use my gameboy camera to take a photo of my digital camera! _________________
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Cycle Mac daddy
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Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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You are *so* post-modern, dess! I bought those, too. |
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