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CosmicSmash · 09-07-2014 6:50pm

Haven't been around for the last few weeks but our latest bundle of joy just arrived home, it's our third in the house. Sure it will be all new again and a bit of a struggle but soon it'll be second nature. There will be plenty of late nights, tears and laughter but know you'll be loved by all the family. I'm over the moon at the moment, must put a picture up later.

pdbhp · 09-07-2014 8:31pm

Monkeykube wrote: »

Haven't been around for the last few weeks but our latest bundle of joy just arrived home, it's our third in the house. Sure it will be all new again and a bit of a struggle but soon it'll be second nature. There will be plenty of late nights, tears and laughter but know you'll be loved by all the family. I'm over the moon at the moment, must put a picture up later.

Congrats man. Number 3 you sure are a glutton for punishment.
you may forget about sleeping for a while then.

:D:D

CiDeRmAn · 09-07-2014 8:38pm

Must be a cab or a Pinball.... Or a baby...

CosmicSmash · 09-07-2014 8:53pm

Picture as promised. He's green and white all over and weighed in at 336 grams. We're going to call him Yoshi, the new communal 3ds for the house.

CiDeRmAn · 09-07-2014 9:05pm

That's a lovely thing, now keep greasy, sweaty fingered folk away from it!

CosmicSmash · 09-07-2014 9:34pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

That's a lovely thing, now keep greasy, sweaty fingered folk away from it!

It will be well looked after, I want to get something like this. http://www.aliexpress.com/item/High-Quality-Clear-Transparent-Crystal-Case-Cover-For-Nitendo-3DS-XL-LL/1232007766.html
It would be a shame to cover the artwork, tbh I blame Andrew for posting the link over the other thread.

Andrew76 · 09-07-2014 10:00pm

Lovely purchase monkeykube, great price too!

CiDeRmAn · 09-07-2014 10:12pm

Andrew76 wrote: »

Lovely purchase monkeykube, great price too!

Quiet, you tempterer!

marko93 · 09-07-2014 10:38pm

How much was it o.o

Doge · 09-07-2014 10:42pm

Today's get....

Rollcage for PS1, Gun-con 3 for PS3 and an unbranded retro joystick all for the tidy sum of €15.

Doge · 09-07-2014 10:52pm

However....
I've just noticed from giving the joystick a jiggle that it may be useless for the one game I bought it for....Wonderboy on the C64.

When I pull the joystick to the right it clicks fine, but if I push it forward as its held to the right it doesn't click.
If I pull to the left and push forward it clicks fine with both actions.

So I may not be able to run and jump to the right in the game which is the whole point of wonderboy!

Thankfully I have a 1 month warranty which is great for a second hand store.

I'll have to fight off the temptation to open it up until I go back in and see what they'll do for me!

Shame as even though its no competition pro, it has a nice clicking action and the dual plugs for the c64.

The Last Bandit · 09-07-2014 10:59pm

The second plug may be for a Spectrum, they used a different pinout to the rest of the civilised world.

CiDeRmAn · 09-07-2014 11:00pm

Dammit, I must get a Guncon 3 somewhere.

Andrew76 · 09-07-2014 11:27pm

marko93 wrote: »

How much was it o.o

€175 in Argos, €50 off the normal price.

Doge · 09-07-2014 11:37pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Dammit, I must get a Guncon 3 somewhere.

I was thinking you of you when I got it!

I would *like* to keep it for 2 player, but that doesn't come around quite often.

And for a retro meet up i'd like to get going in cork in september which lies in the hands of other people who would be hosting it if they decide to give it the go ahead.

I guess I could give a loan of it between beers if you liked, if I end up with no use for it I'd give it to you for the fiver I got it for.

CiDeRmAn · 09-07-2014 11:48pm

If it's the latter I'll go for it, but I won't borrow if that's ok.
I'd just like to play Time Crisis 4 without a stupid Move controller in the way.

Doge · 10-07-2014 11:56am

So went back into Cash Connectors about the joystick.

They offered a refund straight up.
I told them i'd like to hold onto it and try repairing it myself and they gave me 3 euro back!

They also have technician in there that could repair it, but he was on holidays.

Delighted with the service and the fact everything carries a 1 month warranty.

I shall be going back to do more business!

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 10-07-2014 12:27pm

waveform wrote: »

So went back into Cash Connectors about the joystick.

I shall be going back to do more business!

The one here is pretty good, often get them to test things and they've no problems with that.

Doge · 10-07-2014 12:39pm

Sera wrote: »

The one here is pretty good, often get them to test things and they've no problems with that.

Their prices are decent too out of all the second hand shops that aren't CeX or Gamestop.

Gamesmania were looking for €60 for a standard non-backlit Gameboy Advance SP, where as Cash Connectors are only looking for €30.

And there may even be some room for negotiation.

Doge · 10-07-2014 12:42pm

And btw that second plug isn't intended for the C64, so I wouldn't use it if I were you!

When you push the joystick left with both plugs in, it powers off the C64 most of the time and other times glitches it out with random text, colour and I saw some overflow error once!

I think I've accidentally stumbled upon a Circuit bending device for my C64!

The Last Bandit · 10-07-2014 12:55pm

Told you it was a Spectrum joystick port. Its a different pinout so 'Left' on the Speccy is actually the '+5' on the C64 - so basically you've been shorting out the power supply !!

Doge · 10-07-2014 12:57pm

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Told you it was a Spectrum joystick port. Its a different pinout so 'Left' on the Speccy is actually the '+5' on the C64 - so basically you've been shorting out the power supply !!

For some reason I missed your post yesterday!

Was just reading it was indeed for the spectrum on lemon64 a few minutes ago.

It's quite fun tripping out the c64 with all the random colours and text, but I wonder how long I can get away with it before a chip blows!

The Last Bandit · 10-07-2014 1:03pm

Would be interesting to find out. Keep going Left and get back to us when you see smoke

CiDeRmAn · 10-07-2014 1:36pm

It's the weird pinout for the Amstrad series of Spectrum computers.
The original Speccy didn't have a joystick port but you added it on, there were a few types but the most popular by far was the Kempston Interface, it took a standard pinout joystick, a Competition Pro in my case. It worked on specific instructions programmed into games.
You could use it in a C64 as well.
The other popular one was a cursor based one where the interface emulated cursor button pushes, meaning as long as the game features user defined keys it was supported. I seem to remember Sinclair supporting this with their own Interface 2 device, this also included ports for game carts, afaik.

Atavan-Halen · 10-07-2014 3:35pm

I've heard lassie is hilariously bad and I can't wait any longer for my copy of art academy to arrive from play Asia.

STG.Otaku · 10-07-2014 3:37pm

Picked up a sweet Kid Icarus bundle for the 3DS. Game, used but with DLC and unscratched star points. Came with the official AR card folder and 170+ cards (no doubles).

Then got 2 sealed boxes of AR cards for a steal too hopefully boost it up a bit to nearer the full set of 400 cards.

Myrddin · 10-07-2014 3:37pm

Lassie? I think a bag of chips would have been money better spent dude :P

10-07-2014 3:52pm

At least you'd get some enjoyment of of the chips.
Did they laugh at you at the counter?
I suppose at least you saved it from landfill.............

Star Lord · 10-07-2014 5:00pm

urbanledge wrote: »

I suppose at least you saved it from landfill.............

Photo of Atavan earlier today:

Atavan-Halen · 10-07-2014 5:09pm

I know, it's a new low

what have I become?!

Doge · 10-07-2014 5:18pm

Atavan-Halen wrote: »

I know, it's a new low what have I become?!

marko93 · 10-07-2014 5:59pm

STG.Otaku wrote: »

Picked up a sweet Kid Icarus bundle for the 3DS. Game, used but with DLC and unscratched star points. Came with the official AR card folder and 170+ cards (no doubles).

Then got 2 sealed boxes of AR cards for a steal too hopefully boost it up a bit to nearer the full set of 400 cards.

Sweeeet! Where did you manage to bag that?

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 10-07-2014 6:33pm

Atavan-Halen wrote: »

I know, it's a new low what have I become?!

Can't be worse than that boyzone quiz game in fairness. Bring it to the next beers

CiDeRmAn · 10-07-2014 8:01pm

Atavan-Halen wrote: »

I've heard lassie is hilariously bad and I can't wait any longer for my copy of art academy to arrive from play Asia.

What major differences are between Art Academy and the Pokemon edition, apart from the former costing 1c?

Optimus Prime · 10-07-2014 8:16pm

Built up a bit of WiiU collection since my wife got the console for her birthday

Got Injustice and ZombiU for 15 for both of amazon, Mario Bros was only 30 Euro in HMV in liffey valley.

I also got this today, not gaming related but definitly retro! Ive been after it for ages. Ive about 30 more to get to complete the full run.

Transformers Marvel UK Comic Issue 1

the groutch · 10-07-2014 9:57pm

Atavan-Halen wrote: »

I've heard lassie is hilariously bad

Some games are so bad you have to buy them for sh!ts and giggles, The Sniper 2 is one I'll buy if I ever see it in CeX.

Flaregon · 10-07-2014 10:58pm

urbanledge wrote: »

At least you'd get some enjoyment of of the chips.
Did they laugh at you at the counter?
I suppose at least you saved it from landfill.............

Guys some games are so bad that there fun to play.

STG.Otaku · 10-07-2014 11:04pm

Turns out those boxes of AR cards turned up a couple of gems.

The very first packet I opened contained the Gold wing Three Treasures card.

A nice start... then this showed up:

According to the Kid Icarus wiki, this card is extremely rare to find in Europe and worth upwards of £50 (though eBay begs to differ, though those could be fakes?).

http://kidicarus.wikia.com/wiki/Pit_(Rally_Cry)_-_AR_Card

I don't know, or care enough about trading cards to look in to it further. Sweet find though I thought. It even says on the packets that the two diamond cards are the hardest to find.

the groutch · 10-07-2014 11:32pm

Rare card?
That sounds vague enough to be the Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

11-07-2014 8:36am

Well heres a big'un!
adding to the list of things I cant afford but buy anyway............
S4jAB7jFX97WuHkh-fyiIerUN5ALVecYc5WMgKtLrZ0=w1598-h904-no

only thing is now I have a breading pair:eek:

z3s6jXIbhY19G77jz3gbhL0K7r7Go2h6BmZnpCKmw6Q=w557-h985-no

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 11-07-2014 10:44am

Flaregon wrote: »

Guys some games are so bad that there fun to play.

I wanted that game for ages but I thought you'd be playing as the girl wreaking stuff, when I found out that wasn't it I went off it. I wonder should I give it a try anyway.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 11-07-2014 10:53am

the groutch wrote: »

Rare card?
That sounds vague enough to be the Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

Kuriboh was better

Myrddin · 11-07-2014 10:59am

€34.99 brand new?

Doge · 11-07-2014 3:18pm

urbanledge wrote: »

Well heres a big'un!
adding to the list of things I cant afford but buy anyway............

only thing is now I have a breading pair:eek:

That getaway machine is absolutely beautiful, I love all the colours in it!

Atavan-Halen · 11-07-2014 3:41pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

What major differences are between Art Academy and the Pokemon edition, apart from the former costing 1c?

You get to draw pokemon instead of general arty things. And that's about it.

CathalDublin · 11-07-2014 9:41pm

Deadly Urb
That's a Williams system 11 game, yea?

12-07-2014 9:09am

CathalDublin wrote: »

Deadly Urb
That's a Williams system 11 game, yea?

It is Yea.
Kicking my arse already tho :-(
I fixed a problem with the supercharger and it's 100% now.
There's a moving ramp at the back and with fixing it I managed to blow an IC for the switch matrix so every switch is dead :-(
And still the ramp isn't working 100%.
Right side flippers need attention too and the general lighting is a mess. And some of the flashers are a mess.
Apart from that I'm happy!
Should keep my busy for a while

CiDeRmAn · 12-07-2014 10:36am

Guy on Adverts posting a 16gb Vita mem card to me for the princely sum of €20.
At long last I'll be able to take full advantage of my PS+ account.

Retr0gamer · 12-07-2014 11:52am

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Guy on Adverts posting a 16gb Vita mem card to me for the princely sum of €20.
At long last I'll be able to take full advantage of my PS+ account.

16GB won't last you long at all. I've a 32GB one for my US account and it's full already. I had to get a 64GB card.

CathalDublin · 12-07-2014 1:58pm

urbanledge wrote: »

It is Yea.
Kicking my arse already tho :-(
I fixed a problem with the supercharger and it's 100% now.
There's a moving ramp at the back and with fixing it I managed to blow an IC for the switch matrix so every switch is dead :-(
And still the ramp isn't working 100%.
Right side flippers need attention too and the general lighting is a mess. And some of the flashers are a mess.
Apart from that I'm happy!
Should keep my busy for a while

I had a problem with the GI on mine when I picked it up that fixed itself and then I noticed the flashers stopped working, turned out to be the relay on the board on the right hand side(Aux Power Driver Board I think it's called), my guess on the lighting/flashers would be test this relay is switching. I also had problem with my audio and ended up with 2 spare audio boards if you notice any missing sounds.

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