Mind = blown

o1s1n · 08-03-2011 01:06AM #1

Before any uber geeks say it (Jack Burton, I'm looking at you

), yes, I know, this Gunstar Heroes is in a later release Megadrive clamshell and it should be in an earlier one. I did not notice until now. Honest!

Anyway, the Megadrive hanging tag. Such a dilemma. Cutting them off is a sin many commit as they're a pain in the arse when storing games. I have always frowned upon this activity..it's like circumcision - outdated and barbaric.

Hang on, wtf is this tiny piece of plastic and why have I never noticed it before?

So If I push the hanging tab down under it...

!!!!!

I did not know this existed until reading it a few minutes ago over on Sega-16. Shame they didn't do this with all their games. Would save a hell of a lot of hassle. Still, fingers crossed loads of them have it..I'm gonna go through my games like a big geek and check

(Yes I know this probably didn't deserve its own thread..I just noticed it on my Gunstar Heroes box and had a camera handy!)

Retr0gamer · 08-03-2011 01:20AM

And you call yourself a sega fan? You don't have any right to mutter the deluded sentiments that sonic is better than mario.

o1s1n · 08-03-2011 09:15AM

Similarly, you don't have any right to mutter anything about videogames at all until you own a NES.

CiDeRmAn · 08-03-2011 09:32AM

Retr0 doesn't own a NES?

Sounds like a forum insta-ban right there, please hang you head in shame Mr Retr0, hang it in shame!
Is Sera aware of this?
Deary deary me....

o1s1n · 08-03-2011 09:35AM

His 'excuse' is he wants a Famicom to play all those games with extra chips.

Thing is, he's been saying that ages now, but still no Famicom.

I think there should be a ban deadline set...say a month from now?:pac:

Myrddin · 08-03-2011 09:38AM

o1s1n wrote: »

His 'excuse' is he wants a Famicom to play all those games with extra chips.

Thing is, he's been saying that ages now, but still no Famicom.

I think there should be a ban deadline set...say a month from now?:pac:

Considering how cheap a NES is, why not have both? It's like saying "I'm not buying a 10p bag, because I'm saving for a Lion Bar". Simply put, there is no excuse, he's been exposed as the trolling fraud I've always suspected him of being.

Andrew76 · 08-03-2011 09:53AM

Pah, from the thread title I thought you had found something spectacular!

Are those tab clips only on newer cases? Had a quick look at some of my cases and didn't spot any. Retr0 not owning a NES makes every argument he's made about anything in the universe null and void!

o1s1n · 08-03-2011 10:00AM

Andrew76 wrote: »

Pah, from the thread title I thought you had found something spectacular!

Are those tab clips only on newer cases? Had a quick look at some of my cases and didn't spot any.

But don't you see, the simplicity of this is what makes it spectacular

these little plastic ****ers have been there all this time...!

I think it may have just been a coincidence that the game I took out yesterday had one on the case. I don't think they're nearly as common as they should be.

Andrew76 wrote: »

Retr0 not owning a NES makes every argument he's made about anything in the universe null and void!

In fact, I think it should also void all these years he's spent in college. Alert his lecturers, quick!

Myrddin · 08-03-2011 10:10AM

Many carts died...to bring us this information.

I never knew people actually cut them off intentionally so they can be stacked...

Andrew76 · 08-03-2011 10:18AM

o1s1n wrote: »

But don't you see, the simplicity of this is what makes it spectacular these little plastic ****ers have been there all this time...!

I think it may have just been a coincidence that the game I took out yesterday had one on the case. I don't think they're nearly as common as they should be.

In fact, I think it should also void all these years he's spent in college. Alert his lecturers, quick!

Lol those clip things do look very handy true.

I wonder should retr0 still even be in college? Maybe he should've finished up years ago but they didn't have the heart to tell him? Kind of like that Milton character from Office Space, "my stapler...". :pac:

Myrddin · 08-03-2011 10:28AM

Andrew76 wrote: »

Lol those clip things do look very handy true.

I wonder should retr0 still even be in college? Maybe he should've finished up years ago but they didn't have the heart to tell him? Kind of like that Milton character from Office Space, "my stapler...". :pac:

Well he said in another thread he done his leaving cert in 2000, so either he worked for a while, or he's been in college for eleven years. You could be right, they prob just don't have the heart to tell him...

CiDeRmAn · 08-03-2011 10:39AM

Could be he is one of these perennial students, avoiding the workplace for as long as possible, until his "relation" in Konami comes to take him away to his happy place....
I wish I had a relation in the games industry...
Instead mine are in Dublin Bus and a building site near you... Bugger!

Jack burton · 08-03-2011 10:55AM

I think those little clips are only on the newer blue box cases, thats what its like for all my games. They are on the odd grid box aswell but later releases only.

I dont think gunstar heroes originally came with clips, your case just have been swapped out

Retr0gamer · 08-03-2011 11:17AM

I did the stupid thing of doing a PhD straight after my degree which turned into a bit of a disaster. That's why I'm still in college.

I'm not getting a NES for a while for a couple of reasons. Firstly I'm broke and don't need another console to collect for. Secondly PAL NES can suck donkey dick, no point having one unless it's been modified. Thirdly I get all my NES goodness from emulation and when it's emulation on the Wii it's NES goodness in composite instead of AV.

Don't talk to me about the NEs until you guys have better Megaman 2 on hard

Unfortunately my relation retired from Konami last year which means no more free Konami stuff, although after MGS4 crippled them they haven't been the most prolific publisher for a long while.

o1s1n · 08-03-2011 12:35PM

Jack burton wrote: »

I think those little clips are only on the newer blue box cases, thats what its like for all my games. They are on the odd grid box aswell but later releases only.

Well I've never noticed them...so they're either barely on any or else I'm very very blind. Sure as you know yourself, there are even different types of blue box cases, the ones with slide in manuals and ones with clip in. I wonder do one of those types have the tag clips?

Jack burton wrote: »

I dont think gunstar heroes originally came with clips, your case just have been swapped out

Yeah, you're right there. I swapped out the case for another one and thought I'd managed to find a like for like. Apparantly not though!

Myrddin · 08-03-2011 12:39PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I did the stupid thing of doing a PhD straight after my degree which turned into a bit of a disaster. That's why I'm still in college.

I'm not getting a NES for a while for a couple of reasons. Firstly I'm broke and don't need another console to collect for. Secondly PAL NES can suck donkey dick, no point having one unless it's been modified. Thirdly I get all my NES goodness from emulation and when it's emulation on the Wii it's NES goodness in composite instead of AV.

Don't talk to me about the NEs until you guys have better Megaman 2 on hard

Unfortunately my relation retired from Konami last year which means no more free Konami stuff, although after MGS4 crippled them they haven't been the most prolific publisher for a long while.

1) Nes's (or Nye?) are cheap...very cheap.
2) The mod is about as easy as it gets.
3) Nes on a 16:9? No thanks.

Retr0gamer · 08-03-2011 01:01PM

They are cheap but with the DS and PSP on their last legs I'm spending all my money on them before their games get silly expensive, the NES can wait.

As for NES in 16:9, my TV has a 4:3 function as do the emulators.

I was expecting a purist response about how the NES should only be played in AV since it never supported RGB or S-video

pdbhp · 08-03-2011 01:03PM

The main reason to own a NES is the fact that you get to play the games using the awesome NES controller and you get to look at the cool carts which makes it all the more special

Edit: by the way I don't own a NES but it's on a list.... a bloody long list cos of this place

Andrew76 · 08-03-2011 01:04PM

o1s1n wrote: »

Well I've never noticed them...so they're either barely on any or else I'm very very blind. Sure as you know yourself, there are even different types of blue box cases, the ones with slide in manuals and ones with clip in. I wonder do one of those types have the tag clips?

Just had a look and found the clip on The Pagemaster case too, blue box.

Then noticed a different variation that's even harder to spot, was on the Sonic3 case. Has two tiny little bits that jut out that the hang tab can clip under:

The "top" one mustn't stick out as much so not a perfect fit:

o1s1n · 08-03-2011 01:07PM

Andrew76 wrote: »

Then noticed a different variation that's even harder to spot, was on the Sonic3 case. Has two tiny little bits that jut out that the hang tab can clip under

Is it wrong that I now want to run home from work to check my Sonic 3 case?

This is geekyness out of control

Myrddin · 08-03-2011 01:52PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

They are cheap but with the DS and PSP on their last legs I'm spending all my money on them before their games get silly expensive, the NES can wait.

As for NES in 16:9, my TV has a 4:3 function as do the emulators.

I was expecting a purist response about how the NES should only be played in AV since it never supported RGB or S-video

1) Doesn't change the fact you've no NES...your credibility is dropping...fast here.
2) Border control? No thanks.
3) If your screen is plasma or lcd then cmods may have to be brought in here...possibly admins :pac:

pdbhp · 08-03-2011 01:55PM

All this talk of the NES has me hankering for one right now or maybe even a Master System:pac:

Jack burton · 08-03-2011 01:56PM

o1s1n wrote: »

Is it wrong that I now want to run home from work to check my Sonic 3 case?

This is geekyness out of control

I think all Sonic 3 cases have that one, mine does anyway and its the same case if was shipped in

Retr0gamer · 08-03-2011 02:02PM

pdbhp wrote: »

All this talk of the NES has me hankering for one right now or maybe even a Master System:pac:

Remember what happened last time. Make sure you are sober before bidding

pdbhp · 08-03-2011 02:04PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Remember what happened last time. Make sure you are sober before bidding

Well I'm browsing ebay now for a NES but the prices are out of control big time even if I was drunk I wouldn't bid on any of these

pdbhp · 08-03-2011 02:37PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Remember what happened last time. Make sure you are sober before bidding

Well sobriety hasn't helped me at all, I've placed reasonable (JB standard) bids on both a NES & Master System also I've bidded on about 20 or so WonderSwan games.

Question.. Can a Master System be region modded as the one I've bidded on is Japanese

Myrddin · 08-03-2011 02:39PM

pdbhp wrote: »

Well sobriety hasn't helped me at all, I've placed reasonable (JB standard) bids on both a NES & Master System also I've bidded on about 20 or so WonderSwan games.

Question.. Can a Master System be region modded as the one I've bidded on is Japanese

Infideals had two mastersystem 2's for £5 each...but alas, someone from here nabbed them.

Regards the region mod, I've never come across one (never looked though) are they even region locked?

pdbhp · 08-03-2011 02:43PM

EnterNow wrote: »

Infideals had two mastersystem 2's for £5 each...but alas, someone from here nabbed them.

Regards the region mod, I've never come across one (never looked though) are they even region locked?

I'd say they are, they are region coded. I was looking for a PAL system but any will do.
Infideals are gonna be getting some business off me in a few minutes the way things are going today

Optimus Prime · 08-03-2011 02:46PM

Theres a auction for a Mastersystem 2 on ebay at the minute with no cables though, its in Ireland, 10euro delivery and currently has 0 bids. you might get it for 11 delivered. Though it will just be a paper weight!

Theres also a boxed one on adverts with 7 games for 70euro

pdbhp · 08-03-2011 02:48PM

keithgeo wrote: »

Theres a auction for a Mastersystem 2 on ebay at the minute with no cables though, its in Ireland, 10euro delivery and currently has 0 bids. you might get it for 11 delivered. Though it will just be a paper weight!

Seen it but I want one I can use straight away, I hate not having all the cables etc. because I'll put it upstairs and forget about it and then I'll be back to square one

Myrddin · 08-03-2011 02:49PM

pdbhp wrote: »

I'd say they are, they are region coded. I was looking for a PAL system but any will do.
Infideals are gonna be getting some business off me in a few minutes the way things are going today

EUR & US models appear to be region free (share the same coding), JAP models differ it seems.

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