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Nintendo Gaming / GBAO11 Cases

« on: December 29, 2004, 03:51:56 PM »

I went in EBGames the other day and found some pretty spiffy cases for GBA games.

They're made by A.L.S. Industries - one of the few companies that bother to get their products lisenced by Nintendo.

The cases are great quality - their general design looks greatly based on the design of the old cases that game with original GameBoy games back in the day. A nice, hard plastic case that folds open on the left side (instead of the top) and has a tab that you push in to open the case (instead of something that snaps down (and off after a lot of use). Each case snugly holds three GBA games (or loosly holds up to six DS games - or a combination of the two) stacked vertically. Unfortunatly, the design of the case prevents you from holding older GameBoy/GameBoy Color games.

The pack I purchased had three cases in it - each featured a very, very light blue tint to them. The package was a simple blister pack and priced at $5 - a pretty good deal.

Anywhoo, just in case anyone is interested...

And on a side note, thanks to Nintendo and these neat cases, you can hold Zelda 1, Zelda II and Zelda III all in one tight little package.

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Nintendo Gaming / Games with kickin' Surround Sound?

« on: December 26, 2004, 07:35:20 AM »

Well, my Father-in-law (who is really cool) got us a Surround Sound system for Christmas.  It's nothing major, but it is nice.

Well, while looking through my GameCube games, I noticed that very few of them feature surround sound...  So - what games should I look for?  Anything in particular?

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Nintendo Gaming / Get a FREE Nintendo DS!

« on: December 03, 2004, 05:16:35 AM »

By clicking one of the random ads that keep showing up at the top and/or right of the screen...

Wasn't there threads that were getting locked for these kinds of schemes?

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Nintendo Gaming / GBASP Batteries in the DS?

« on: November 17, 2004, 07:28:34 AM »

Just wondering if the battery from the GBASP will fit into the DS... anyone have a clue?

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Nintendo Gaming / HALO 2 Midnight Madness - Isn't this crap? (Not off-topic, I promise!)

« on: November 08, 2004, 10:31:52 PM »

So I go to the "local" EB Games (about an hour away) to pick up my Brother-in-law's HALO 2 Pre-Order at midnight. I get there at about 10, get handed number 86 and wait in line for over two and a half hours (in the cold outdoors, because apparently the mall management wouldn't let us wait inside) to get the game. When at the register, I ask about getting Mario Power Tennis (something for myself, after all) and I'm told (somewhat briskly) that "No, we're *only* selling HALO 2 tonight. You'll have to come back tommrow if you want that.".

What the crap is this?

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Nintendo Gaming / I think something like this could (in theory) apply to the entire "pulling data from air" thing...

« on: November 06, 2004, 05:34:11 PM »

Well, probably not, but it's an interesting read...

http://www.veilinteractive.com/2003/VEILBatwave.htm

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General Gaming / Buying old/used games online?

« on: October 31, 2004, 08:33:07 AM »

Anyone have any reccomendations for sites to buy old (NES) games/accessories online?  Espically hard to find stuff (Like Stack Up, etc...)?

Aside from eBay, of course...

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Nintendo Gaming / Who wanted the PanasonicQ Game Boy Player?

« on: October 14, 2004, 09:49:17 AM »

Hello!

I remember reading on one of the various gaming message boards that someone, somewhere, really, really, really wanted a Game Boy Player for their Panasonic Q (since the regular Game Boy Player doesn't work with it).

Well, while peeking around, I found an on-line store that claims to have it in stock... however for the steep price of $99.99.

I don't want to "SPAM" this board or anything, so if a mod would give me permission, I'll post the link for anyone who might be interested...

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Nintendo Gaming / Is someone at NOA somking something they need to be sharing?

« on: October 09, 2004, 04:22:45 AM »

I had a strange problem with my Gamecube the other day (a completly "blank" save file on one of my memory cards... No name, date or anything except that it said it took up eight blocks of memory... weird, eh?) so I called NoA's 1.800 number to see if they had any ideas what caused it.

Anyway, the gentleman and I were talking about what all I used on my Game Cube and he had me check all of my memory cards and controllers to make sure they were "official" products.  Which they are.  Except for one.  I mentioned that I had the Hori Digitial Controller.  The gentleman I spoke with asked if I had imported that and I said yes.  He said (not exact quotes here...) "Okay, because I don't think that has been released here yet."  "Yet?" I asked.  He replied, telling me that he thinks it's going to be released here in the states next month...

Anyone heard of this?  Or was this guy just pulling my leg?

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Nintendo Gaming / When is the October 7th news conference?

« on: October 05, 2004, 06:38:30 PM »

Anyone know when the October 7th DS conference is supposed to take place?  I need to know if it's another overnight dealey so I'll know if I should set my alarm.

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Nintendo Gaming / Ummm... DS + Warppipe Crew = ????

« on: September 27, 2004, 05:08:31 PM »

I've been peeking around on the net and there's some rumors about what's going on with the crew that developed the Warppipe software for the PC.

For those who don't know, Warppipe was a great program written (as freeware) that one could run on his/her PC, connect his/her GCN to the PC and plan "LAN-Only" games over the internet - thus making the GCN "online"... (No debates about GCN/online and such, please...)

Well... Long story short, check out this thread (http://forums.warppipe.com/viewtopic.php?t=11400&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 ).  I think that pretty much sums it all up.. It's an interesting read, to say the least...

Any thoughts?

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General Gaming / Nintendo Press Conference - anyone have the Transcript?

« on: May 13, 2004, 02:35:46 PM »

Does anyone have (or know where I could find) a transcript of this years E3 press conference?

There's discussion that Reggie supposedly stated that Nintendo was aiming for a $150 price on the DS - however I don't recall *anything* being said about $150 (or any other particular price) for the DS...  The transcript would help.

Thanks in advance!