teh "what did you buy today"-thread

[esteban]

I gots Metal Gear Solid, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night and R-TYPES (both original games on one disc arcade style with refreshed graphics) for a mere $45!

R-Types alone is worth it for $45. For a laugh, look at the silly "updated" 3-D intro cinema. It can't compare to the (admittedly lackluster) cinemas from PCE R-Type Complete CD.

For further fun, I found a bug in R-Type 1: If you kill the first boss, but then die (or vice-versa), you'll play the second stage with jacked-up graphics (think of NES games when some/all tiles get wonky). Stay in the middle of the screen (vertically) to avoid the walls (you can't see them, but you'll crash into them). I think I almost made it to the second boss... I still want to see what happens if you beat the second boss.

 

[Tatsujin]

some 100yen hard-/book off haulies

[Ninja Spirit]

Though it's limited in features, KORG DS-10 is still crack. You can move a crowd with this thing.

I wish I had a DSi though, cause on KORG if you tape a straw to the DSi speaker you can turn it into a Daft Punk/Peter Frampton/Roger Zapp-esque talkbox

I did it on the DSLite, but you can barely hear yourself.

[guyjin]

12 games for $1 each: Primal Rage*, Chakan, Sonic&knuckles, Strider; SNES Choplifter 3, Jungle strike, Killer instinct*, Star Trek: the next generation; NES Marble Madness, Lunar pool, Renegade, Fantasy zone (tengen cart).

*: yes I know these games are bad.

[blueraven]

*: yes I know these games are bad.

 

Picked up The Family Guy game for the PSP for $2.50 at Target. They also had a $2.50 bass fishing game but I nodded off while reading the box so I put it back.

[Joe Redifer]

Today I bought some Burger King.  I was sad because I wanted to go someplace better, but most other places had already shut down for the evening.  It was all new/mint/complete, though.

[Sparky]

In the mail yesterday some goodies from the man they call gekioh!!....

Bomberman '93 manual & Time Cruise manual... ooooh i needy
and for the Duo Might & Freak'n Magic III .......whoop, whoop!!!!

[esteban]

Today I bought some Burger King.  I was sad because I wanted to go someplace better, but most other places had already shut down for the evening.  It was all new/mint/complete, though.

Hmmmmmm, I'll give you complete. But mint?

[jperryss]

Not VG related, but I got a custom line-out dock and a cmoy pocket amp for my iPod touch. Yes, it's inside an Altoids tin. 


More pics here:
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[Joe Redifer]

But why?  I know iPods sounds crappy, but does that fix the issue?  How long would that 9-volt last?

[blueraven]

jperryss, is that an Arduino board/unit powering the amp?

Not VG related, but I got a custom line-out dock and a cmoy pocket amp for my iPod touch. Yes, it's inside an Altoids tin. 

[esteban]

But why?  I know iPods sounds crappy, but does that fix the issue?  How long would that 9-volt last?

It's a heavy duty 9-volt. Those things never wane.

By the way, Joe, I just checked out your site (a day or two ago) and I absolutely loved the InterFilm stuff you had on there. I had never heard of it before (no big surprise). I loved the "Making of" featurette... I couldn't tell if some folks were serious (they seemed as if they were trying to distance themselves from the film), or if it was just they're way of having a laugh. The director/creator dude was pure gold. Platinum.

[jperryss]

But why?  I know iPods sounds crappy, but does that fix the issue?  How long would that 9-volt last?

There are three reasons why iPods 'sound like crap':
1. The stock earbuds, which are absolute shit. I have a pair of full-sized cans (Sennheiser HD280 Pros) and a set of small clip-on style phones (Koss KSC-75). They both sound fantastic with this setup.
2. Crappy MP3 encoding. All of my stuff is ripped as WAV from my own collection, then converted to m4a lossless. Not only is it indistinguishable (to me) from the original CD, but I can burn it to disc if I need to for a bit-perfect copy of the original.
3. The iPod internal amp is mediocre. By using the line-out port instead of the headphone jack, the signal bypasses the internal amp circuitry of the iPod and provides a cleaner, more direct signal to the output source. The iPod volume control is disabled when using the line-out (since that is all done in the iPod's amp section) but the cmoy amp has a volume control so it's a non-issue.

These three things definitely fix the crappy sound issue. 

That 9v battery came with the amp, I plan on getting a rechargeable 9v at some point before this one dies. People typically get 20-30 hours out of a standard 250mAh 9v battery, depending on how loud you're cranking the thing.

jperryss, is that an Arduino board/unit powering the amp?

It's actually a cmoyBB, based loosely on the original cmoy design. This design is from John Seaber at JDS Labs and includes a bass boost switch.

[blueraven]

But why?  I know iPods sounds crappy, but does that fix the issue?  How long would that 9-volt last?

There are three reasons why iPods 'sound like crap':
1. The stock earbuds, which are absolute shit. I have a pair of full-sized cans (Sennheiser HD280 Pros) and a set of small clip-on style phones (Koss KSC-75). They both sound fantastic with this setup.
2. Crappy MP3 encoding. All of my stuff is ripped as WAV from my own collection, then converted to m4a lossless. Not only is it indistinguishable (to me) from the original CD, but I can burn it to disc if I need to for a bit-perfect copy of the original.
3. The iPod internal amp is mediocre. By using the line-out port instead of the headphone jack, the signal bypasses the internal amp circuitry of the iPod and provides a cleaner, more direct signal to the output source. The iPod volume control is disabled when using the line-out (since that is all done in the iPod's amp section) but the cmoy amp has a volume control so it's a non-issue.

I agree 100% I have a pair of Shure noise-cancelling earbuds, and an ancient pair of Boss Headphones. I gave my apple earbuds to a Mac User friend of mine.

These three things definitely fix the crappy sound issue. 

That 9v battery came with the amp, I plan on getting a rechargeable 9v at some point before this one dies. People typically get 20-30 hours out of a standard 250mAh 9v battery, depending on how loud you're cranking the thing.

jperryss, is that an Arduino board/unit powering the amp?

It's actually a cmoyBB, based loosely on the original cmoy design. This design is from John Seaber at JDS Labs and includes a bass boost switch.

Thank you! Very cool, The Arduino is an open-source board and I've seen similar applications.

www.arduino.cc

[override]

These are my scores from over the last 2 weeks!



The Bonk (shitty condition), Far East of Eden(complete) and Dragonslayer 2 (w/map, no spine card) where from Perfectera......

Legendary axe manual has water damage but sparky has one to sell to me! - $4.00

Neutopia I and II are in GREAT condition, got from hoobs on here! - $35 If I remember right.

(US) Dragon Slayer was another ebay buy, good guy, is complete! I think I scored it for $10.

Cosmic Fantasty is new from ebay, I think it was $10.

Dragons Curse was from ebay - $8ish



Super Mario World is complete still in shrinkwrap! - $6

Excitebike complete - $5

The other 3 were a lot on ebay scored them all complete for $20.