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Hardware and Tech / Best Affordable Capture Cards for game recording?

« on: May 18, 2016, 01:06:37 pm »

I'm looking for some good game recording hardware (or just general television recording hardware), I have a few projects I am working on and I need a good cpature card without much if any lag, and able to record at a solid minimum at 60fps and 1080p Now the only ones I've seen that do this (and more) are around $300 and I really am not doing that much with it so that would be a kind of crazy investment.

Wondering if anybody had any ideas on this?

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Video Game Database Discussion / Electronic Handhelds

« on: May 18, 2016, 12:40:31 pm »

Could Electronic Handhelds qualify as items to add to the VGC library?

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Marketplace / Bubsy Marketplace

« on: May 18, 2016, 12:37:51 pm »

Hello there, I have the following items for sale if anyone's interested, warning lots of pictures, all prices aren't 100% final, if you would like to buy any of these items, please send me a PM and we will work something out. I allow you to make an offer.  All my items are sent quick with priority by default, 1-3 days depending on your location (or faster if you request, up to next day shipping)(Can combine items for deals via PM):


Gameboy Player With activation disc (GC) $60*:

Megaman X7 (PS2) $15*, Megaman X8 (PS2) $35*

Ty The Tasmanian Tiger (PS2) $8*, Ty The Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue (PS2) $10*

Kingdom Hearts II (PS2) $11*, Metal of Honor Frontline (PS2) $5*

Sonic Heroes (Gamecube) $12*  SNK Arcade Classics Volume 1 (Wii) $35*

Platformers: Tak 2 (PS)$10*, Crash WOC (GC) $14*, Jak II (PS2) $8*

*Prices are not final

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Off Topic / So how do you think the Angry Birds Movie will do?

« on: May 18, 2016, 12:01:31 pm »

A lot of people are saying the family appeal of the games, along with a triple A movie budget, may make Angry Birds the most successful video game movie and likely the biggest movie of 2016.

But I have also heard that this movie was overproduced, and that you'd have to create a very odd movie nowhere near the games concept for a film to even be possible turning people away.

I personally think it will do well, because Angry Birds just seems to still be selling and not just gamewise, but merchandise as well. I do agree though they put a big budget on the film however, that could make or break it. But I thinking even if they don't make back the movies budget alone, it likely would still not be far off, and merchandise sales would cover the rest.

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Classic Video Games / It's really hard to look for Xbox stuff now.

« on: May 18, 2016, 11:42:29 am »

Thanks to Microsofts indirect refresh if the brand by naming the new Xbox, XBOX ONE, I have a hard time finsing old articles, data, some games, and general original XBOX information. It's been a pain in the ass.

Granted they aren't the only ones who have done this, heck some software companies did it, and I understand the whole point of using "one" for their ecosystem but like, I feel as if they are trying to bury the original Xbox or something. I mean, I will get XBOX ONE articles even if I search XBOX with a game like "BLINX" next to it.

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Modern Video Games / Would the idea of Iterative consoles hurt us collectors?

« on: May 18, 2016, 11:12:17 am »

Hi I am new here, though I have been lurking around the forums. Mostly because I've been hanging around gaf mostly, and I do find it odd a site based on collecting isn't a bit more popular but it's a nice community here.

Anyway, this whole Idea of iterative consoles such as the PS4k and anyone else who jumps in on it, seems to me to be a thorn for us collectors. The vast majority of sales of a set of iterative consoles would be the first edition. The next upgraded until they hit the real next generation will all be stronger but sell less, with games made with them in mind hitting performance (and I assume eventually some games just won't run at all on the original.)

This means to me that say I want to collect PS4 games, but the PS4 3 just finished up and the PS5 is about to come out? It would be crazy for me to buy the original model, and have bad performance or no performance. So I'd have to buy the latest editions that sold least, and of course, you know how Amazon/Ebay sellers get with limited quantities even if there's still plenty, raise those prices high high high in the sky.

Then of course there are the games, because the newere games will sell but of course being made for the new generation of iterative consoles, they will of course raise in price as well since the console itself has sold less. So the software, despite being newer will also sell less. But this doesn't just apply to the latest version., all versions after the original will have the same issue.

In the end I just think it's a bad idea. Not to mention I'm not even sure it'll work, it'll still sales from the original, compete with shelf space, compete with manufacturing, and you'll have to deal with these retail workers who'll be struggling to explain what's going on.