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Posted: 9/29/2014 9:11:11 PM EDT
Link Posted: 9/29/2014 9:22:38 PM EDT
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Would love to have one just to have it sitting around.

But......I don't foresee me buying one to use.  Different game cartridges and all that.

Still a badass piece of gaming history to have  Pure Japanese awesomeness, Star Ocean and Tales of Phantasia!
Link Posted: 9/29/2014 9:36:46 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 9/30/2014 6:35:00 AM EDT
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You could just cut the tabs out of a us one.

Link Posted: 9/30/2014 2:38:16 PM EDT
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It's so fucking stupid that companies region lock shit in assenine ways like that. "Oh there's no reason why you shouldn't be able to play this game/movie, but you know what? We don't want you to be able to so you can't."
Link Posted: 9/30/2014 3:37:45 PM EDT
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It's so fucking stupid that companies region lock shit in assenine ways like that. "Oh there's no reason why you shouldn't be able to play this game/movie, but you know what? We don't want you to be able to so you can't."
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You could just cut the tabs out of a us one.

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It's so fucking stupid that companies region lock shit in assenine ways like that. "Oh there's no reason why you shouldn't be able to play this game/movie, but you know what? We don't want you to be able to so you can't."


I agree it is very dumb business to region lock shit
Link Posted: 10/1/2014 3:49:58 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 10/1/2014 4:16:10 PM EDT
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Waste of money and shelf space...






Get  Retron 5


















I have an older Retron 3 and it plays my NES, SNES, and Genesis games and all the original controllers work great with it.

 
Link Posted: 10/1/2014 6:51:26 PM EDT
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Have been thinking about building a Retro system with Rasberrypi B+.

Just curious if those retro USB controllers will work with it or not.
Link Posted: 10/1/2014 10:31:02 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 10/2/2014 1:46:15 PM EDT
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Waste of money and shelf space...

Get  Retron 5

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I have an older Retron 3 and it plays my NES, SNES, and Genesis games and all the original controllers work great with it.
 
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I'm seriously thinking about getting one of these.  My brother has all our consoles and games, so I have access to that.  Plus, with Vintage Stock, games and controllers are available pretty dang cheap.

oh wow.  price increased!  Last time I was looking at them, they were $100.  now, $140-190!  sheesh...
Link Posted: 10/2/2014 11:10:27 PM EDT
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It's so fucking stupid that companies region lock shit in assenine ways like that. "Oh there's no reason why you shouldn't be able to play this game/movie, but you know what? We don't want you to be able to so you can't."
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You could just cut the tabs out of a us one.



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It's so fucking stupid that companies region lock shit in assenine ways like that. "Oh there's no reason why you shouldn't be able to play this game/movie, but you know what? We don't want you to be able to so you can't."




I believe the argument is for licensing reasons.  For instance, the Famicom version of Star Wars was made by Namco.  I believe the NES version of Star Wars was done by Lucas Arts.  Namco paid a licensing fee to release their screwball Star Wars game to the Japanese market.  I guess they wouldn't have paid for those royalties if they had to compete against the slightly less crappy US version.



 

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