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Reaperman

Member Since 14 Jan 2008
OFFLINE Last Active Today, 9:10 AM

About Me

Obviously I like video games. Way too many systems to count. Big fan of 8-bit Atari computers, generally not a fan of other Atari ventures.
I also consider watchmaking and radio controlled vehicles as other hobbies of mine.

I'm a web developer/administrator by trade.

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Active Posts 2,908 (1.95 per day)
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Member Title River Patroller
Age 30 years old
Birthday March 1, 1981
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Location
New Orleans, LA
Interests
Video Games, Radio Controlled Vehicles and Watchmaking.

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In Topic: Is gaming today a repeat of 1982?

Yesterday, 7:21 PM

It won't crash--I think that was mostly about a fad wearing thin. Gaming will get more and more miserable until most of us *ahem* "experienced" gamers drop out, but as long as people still keep having kids, and using video games to entertain them, something will be around.

We're already seeing games leaning toward gift price points, and low quality. Who knows, maybe it can get even worse.

In Topic: Regarding killing the used games market...

Yesterday, 7:12 PM

raskar42, on Thu Feb 9, 2012 6:46 PM, said:

I wonder how eliminating the used car market would affect car sales.

My first guess is that 'disposable cars' cars (say, from korea) would thrive on the customers who used to buy nicer cars used--because many people need cars to maintain their lifestyle.

hmmm... Thinking further, if they tied new cars to their specific users using some technology, what would it do for the value of older cars that don't have that 'feature,' devices/hacks to get around that 'feature,' or cars from 'the other brand' who never went down that path?

In Topic: Powerpak, Harmony Cart: thoughts on these?

Yesterday, 3:25 PM

Yeah, as long as the flash cart was designed well, and supports the game, there aren't emulation-like performance differences.

The only problem device I've seen was a once-popular GBA device called a 'supercard,' which had primary storage that was slower than the rom in a standard gba cart, so a significant minority of games had slowdown issues.

There have been some great games that I would never have experienced if it weren't for these devices, so they're a huge part of my collection. I think that a genesis cart is next on my list, since I'm starting to get into genesis shooters ($$$$.$$), and I have an upcoming business trip that I'd like to take my Nomad on but carts are awfully bulky for that.

In Topic: Gameboy flash carts?

Wed Feb 8, 2012 1:37 PM

The best GBA flashcart I've seen available lately is the EzFlash IV. Ndscardsale.com still sells them (under DS flash carts).

EzFlash IV has a few weaknesses, like not supporting 256mbit roms and lack of rtc, but is overall one of the better cards for the system--especially since the M3 family is no longer available. It won't do b/w or color games in 'legacy GB mode,' however GBA does have software emulators for them in GBA mode.

More primative cards (no sd storage) can be combined with a device called a gb-bridge (good luck finding one these days) to provide full legacy gb support. Occasionally I see those primative gba cards still, but not the bridge.

Finally there have been a few gb/gbc flash cards recently, but they're mostly for music and lack the storage to hold the largest commercial gbc games.

In Topic: Sony: You Won’t Be Able To Bring PSP Discs To Vita, unless you're in Japan.

Tue Feb 7, 2012 8:12 PM

Anybody else read the thread title and think "road trip"? (possibly with little musical notes around it or jazz hands)


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