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takeshi666
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Post subject: Re: Do any of you guys collect video games? Posted: 10 Jun 2021, 15:42 |
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gypsy wrote: signofzeta wrote: It sucks. The CDI always totally sucks, sucked, and will suck. A huge pile of massive suck. I mean, it doesn't suck any harder than some of the other early attempts at CD-based home gaming systems, plus I never thought of CD-i as a gaming system. I have a soft spot for the weird 90s multimedia stuff and I understand that at least some of the games are actually decent.
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signofzeta
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Post subject: Re: Do any of you guys collect video games? Posted: 10 Jun 2021, 17:19 |
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takeshi666 wrote: gypsy wrote: signofzeta wrote: It sucks. The CDI always totally sucks, sucked, and will suck. A huge pile of massive suck. I mean, it doesn't suck any harder than some of the other early attempts at CD-based home gaming systems, Such as...PC Engine, Mega CD, CD32, 3DO, Marty...certainly not. It may be better than a Pippin...I don’t know much about the Pippin. What system am I forgetting? Everything I can think of near-period is better and if it isn’t it’s also thought of as crap (Jag CD). Quote: plus I never thought of CD-i as a gaming system. I have a soft spot for the weird 90s multimedia stuff and I understand that at least some of the games are actually decent. That I can agree on. If it’s not considered a game system then it’s...well hell, it’s still a VCD player...VCD, the worst home video format ever despite not being anywhere near the first. I like audio CDs a lot. It plays those.
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takeshi666
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Post subject: Re: Do any of you guys collect video games? Posted: 10 Jun 2021, 18:42 |
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signofzeta wrote: What system am I forgetting? The CDTV? The CD-i port of Tetris is pretty unremarkable from a technical standpoint (the only gamemode is the one that moves you to new stages so you can't actually play it indefinitely as long as you play it perfectly) but it has probably one of my favourite videogame soundtracks ever. I think the biggest problem with gaming on the CD-i - and what probably significantly affects it's reputation as a gaming platform - is that the default controller is terrible and an actual gamepad for the system costs at least as much as the player itself nowadays.
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Post subject: Re: Do any of you guys collect video games? Posted: 16 Jun 2021, 19:52 |
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takeshi666 wrote: The CD-i port of Tetris is pretty unremarkable from a technical standpoint (the only gamemode is the one that moves you to new stages so you can't actually play it indefinitely as long as you play it perfectly) but it has probably one of my favourite videogame soundtracks ever. I agree. The soundtrack is excellent. I already noticed this in the late 90s
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admin
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Post subject: Re: Do any of you guys collect video games? Posted: 15 Jul 2021, 14:54 |
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therussian wrote: There is got to be some kind of money laundering scheme behind this, there is no way that anyone with two braincells would spend 1.5 mil on a bloody common title as Mario 64. Read the article more in details: it's the first production batch (some differences on cover) and only 5 sealed copies are known to still exists. It's also the job of the auction house to hype their products as much as possible. Quote: The Super Mario 64 cartridge was graded by video game collectable firm Wata at a 9.8 A++ rating - meaning it is both in near-perfect condition and its seal is intact and "like new".
A high rating is not enough to guarantee a high auction price - although it helps. Another copy of Super Mario 64 in the same auction with a 9.6 A++ rating sold for a comparatively affordable $13,200. Somebody thought it was worth that much... Tag Heuer/LVMH also thinks that tweaking their smartwatch with a Mario theme will make you spend $2,150 (2,000 copies): https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/13/22575007/tag-heuer-super-mario-connected-wearos-smartwatchhttps://www.tagheuer.com/us/en/smartwatches/tagheuer-connected-collaboration.htmlJulien
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rein-o
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Post subject: Re: Do any of you guys collect video games? Posted: 15 Jul 2021, 16:01 |
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therussian wrote: There is got to be some kind of money laundering scheme behind this, there is no way that anyone with two braincells would spend 1.5 mil on a bloody common title as Mario 64. Just search up heritage, they have some great stuff going on.........
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teddanson
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Post subject: Re: Do any of you guys collect video games? Posted: 15 Jul 2021, 16:21 |
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admin wrote: Madness. It doesn't even have a movement in it to justify the price. That's a pure cash grab item. In contrast I have both Longines and Omega watches and appreciate something made properly and worth it's price tag than some gimmick-riddled junk that TAG have thrown together there. A proper timepiece should last a lifetime. That thing looks like it'll last about 5 minutes. Save up a bit lot more and get yourself a Maitres du Temps Chapter One: https://www.maitresdutemps.com/chapterone.htmlOr if you want something a bit different URWERK make some fantastic futuristic pieces: https://www.urwerk.com/
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Post subject: Re: Do any of you guys collect video games? Posted: 16 Jul 2021, 06:10 |
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teddanson wrote: Madness. It doesn't even have a movement in it to justify the price. That's a pure cash grab item. I was hoping for an automatic one as well... Big let-down when I saw it was just a tweaked design and an OS with Mario theme pics/animation. Pretty lame. Julien
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Post subject: Re: Do any of you guys collect video games? Posted: 16 Jul 2021, 14:15 |
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signofzeta wrote: The watch company Shinola (*perfectly* named) takes the same $30 movement that’s in a $70 watch and puts in in their own case which makes it cost $650. It’s an OK watch and the people get paid for real but I have trouble understanding where the money went… That is a great name, wonder if all will get it. The money went to all the other people, the trickle down. I was at a philosophy lecture once and the topic was about enough is enough in buying stuff. This woman in the audience asked if it was right for her to spend 500 on a purse. The real situation is not that the company is getting that 500 bucks for the purse but that all the money trickles down to the beginning of the making of the purse, the people who make the leather have bills, the people who make the zippers have bills, the people who have the store that sells the purse have bills and so on. We aren't talking about used stuff which even if bought new should be much less, I've seen used stuff and the asking price is more than buying it new for some of these guitars and other stuff, just not right. Think of that watch, that person makes money every time they sell that movement for 20-30 bucks that gets dropped into whatever it gets dropped into and they get to pay their bills. BUT I don't think anybody needs expensive watches anymore, its more of just jewelry for men. Its not like we count on our wrist watches to make it to work on time anymore, we have phones and clocks all over the place.
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signofzeta
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Post subject: Re: Do any of you guys collect video games? Posted: 16 Jul 2021, 16:34 |
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Yeah, you would buy into that Reganomics stuff. It isn’t real, or rather it isn’t a complete picture.
Nike can make a great pair of shoes for $100 but to make a great pair of Jordans you need $200. The guys building the shoes, boxing them, shipping them, hauling it to the dump etc, don’t get paid double trickle down. Jordan and his people, the marketing drones, they get the extra $100.
A good watch movement takes millions to engineer and put into productions. The basic Timex sells at a loss until it moves a million units. Making a Astro Boy one for double price can hasten this process or put some money in the Tezuka coffers but nobody making the watch sees any of it unless it’s a very rare situation (hand assembled, exotic materials, etc).
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Post subject: Re: Do any of you guys collect video games? Posted: 17 Jul 2021, 14:49 |
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rein-o wrote: therussian wrote: There is got to be some kind of money laundering scheme behind this, there is no way that anyone with two braincells would spend 1.5 mil on a bloody common title as Mario 64. Just search up heritage, they have some great stuff going on......... The are also in cahoots with WATA. The cost to grade a game is dependent upon the "going rate" for which they only use the heritage auction sales for data..
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