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General / Re: A PAL NES Collection???

« on: February 29, 2016, 01:20:19 am »

Until I read your post even I didn't know that PAL is higher res than NTSC.

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Recent Additions to Database

« on: February 27, 2016, 10:49:08 pm »

Yes I add EU games but also AUS games too.

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General / Re: Moral Choices in Games: Are you Good or Evil?

« on: February 27, 2016, 02:56:29 am »

It might sound strange but I am different depending on who I think my character is.
An example is when I was playing Alpha Protocol I thought Mike was a cocky and flirty guy who shrugs off danger with ease. In some games I think my character is good or evil or something in between and I act accordingly.

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General / Re: Playing games chronologically

« on: February 26, 2016, 11:50:27 pm »

By release date because they don't expect you to know what has happened before. Then the prequel makes references to the first game and you have to understand the information.
I watched the Alfred Hitchcock version of Psycho first, than the following sequels and then the TV series Bates Motel (although I did skip the later sequels just because I can't find them, mainly because I'm not really looking). The 90's remake was just terrible, DON'T watch it; they made a sinister movie into a gross movie. And you thought Vince Vaughn was bad in romantic comedies...

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General / Re: A PAL NES Collection???

« on: February 26, 2016, 11:41:42 pm »

Everything in my collection is PAL 'cause I live in Australia. It's actually pretty hard to get a lot of very retro stuff here, at least in shop's because well I hate eBay. I know I'm restricting myself but I couldn't care less. You could try emailing some of the gaming stores like Gametraders; they can be really helpful...
Did you know that we also get some exclusives? Off the top of my head I can only think about the platinum range for the ps but I'm sure there was more.

You might find that with PAL you get a higher resolution than your NTSC as PAL usually has 576 visible lines compared with 480 lines with NTSC, meaning that PAL has a 20% higher resolution, in fact it even has a higher resolution than Enhanced Definition standard (854x480). In fact PAL has a close frame rate to film.

Also have you tried www.fullyretro.com? Where do you live? They don't ship to the US or Canada though...

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Recent Additions to Database

« on: February 26, 2016, 11:31:23 pm »

I only enter entries into the database when I get a new game and can't find it here.
I always enter PAL versions of games which I notice is in relative short supply here (as well as platinum additions) unless it is a very well known game.

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Site Feedback / Help Change Profile Name

« on: February 23, 2016, 01:14:24 am »

I don't know if this goes here, but can anyone tell me how to change my profile name?

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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Why aren't mobile games a part of the site?

« on: February 22, 2016, 03:54:20 am »

Because mobile games don't have a physical presence. There is no disc, box etc. to "collect".

P.S I personally don't think "digital downloads" should really be on this site either...