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General / Re: Yellowing screens of moderns handhelds?

« on: Today at 05:10:27 pm »

I'm currently going with the theory of humidity damage. I've just ordered myself some new DSi screens. I'm going to slowly but surely replace all of my handheld screens myself. This time, I'll make sure to keep the rooms dry during humidity, and store some silica packs next to them all for good measure. The kind that turn colors once they absorb moisture so that I'll know if this is happening.

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General / Re: VGC's Anonymous/"General" Topic:

« on: March 29, 2023, 06:26:13 pm »

That said, life has been pretty stressful the past couple of years for me so all the things I normally enjoy have lost their luster and I'm pretty apathetic to most things these days.

This would be an indication that you shouldn't make any drastic decisions right now. Sometimes you'll do things while in a funk, thinking they'll help you feel better. It might not have the effect you're hoping it will, and then some day when you're feeling back on your feet again, you'll start to wonder why you did some of those things, like sell a bunch of your collection.... and in today's market, it's not likely you're gonna get any of that back without spending way more. It's not that you'll need that stuff per say, but maybe you'll still wish you had it.


I've committed to the ambition of playing my stuff, and then as I experience more of it, I'll take a step back and determine if it's something I want to keep or not. I even have crazy notions of maybe starting a channel some day, just purely as motivation to play all my games, in the form of let's play style videos. It doesn't really matter to me if anyone watches, I just want to chronicle the playing of a lot of games that I've bought over the years. We'll see.

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General / Re: Yellowing screens of moderns handhelds?

« on: March 29, 2023, 03:24:25 pm »

I'm starting to lean more towards the theory of air moisture levels. Whether it's too dry, or too moist I'm not sure. I know moisture is an issue here in the summer. I try to keep the rooms with my stuff air conditioned, but maybe I'm not vigilant enough?  During the winter my only source of heat currently is a gas fireplace which blows dry air constantly, so it's possible my environment might be too dry as well. Not sure which is doing the damage.

I've heard yellow screens are common in Japan do to humidity. I think what happens is, the glue used with the screens starts to break down and you get the yellow effect from the actual glue or adhesive showing. Kinda makes sense? Just sucks because I don't know exactly what to do to prevent this going forward when I replace all of my screens.

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General / Re: Yellowing screens of moderns handhelds?

« on: March 28, 2023, 10:47:27 pm »

My Switch is always docked, the Wii U lives on the TV console, and the small handhelds are kept in zipped up travel / carrying cases. No sunlight exposure to any. I do live at high altitude, but it can be fairly humid here, in summer months.

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General / Yellowing screens of moderns handhelds?

« on: March 28, 2023, 09:27:22 pm »

All of the screens on my handheld devices seem to be going bad. I cannot find any concrete explanation, it seems to be worse on Nintendo handhelds, but Sony ones are not immune. To address a common question, no, there is no smoking or anything of that sort going on in the home, or near my stuff.

One theory is that the screens do this when they go long periods without being powered on. Which would make sense, since the Wii U is powered on far more often than the rest. However, the Vita is powered on very rarely, and the screen actually looks the best of any. The DSi has probably gone the longest without power, and yes it's by far the worst. If that theory is bogus, I can't begin to explain what else could be causing it. I pondered if there's some more insidious environmental factor that could be having adverse effects on my stuff.

 Surprisingly enough, this issue seems to be a rare thing that many people of the online gaming sphere have not encountered. I fully expect to baffle most of you with this post, but I wish I could find some answers. This is a lot of screens to replace, and a lot of headache the lies ahead of me if and when I attempt.

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General / Re: VGC's Anonymous/"General" Topic:

« on: March 28, 2023, 09:05:10 pm »

A fine library of books doesn’t include the Penthouse Forum and every clipping of Garfield from the Sunday paper.

I'd have to argue a fine library consists purely of the above mentioned.

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General / Re: VGC's Anonymous/"General" Topic:

« on: March 28, 2023, 01:03:16 pm »

What is this, VG Uncollect? VG Expel? We systematically make sure we don't own things, and track what we've gotten rid of?

Besides myself and mabye Wartoy, and TheFlea, I'm pretty sure no one here really likes to collect anymore.

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General / Re: VGC's Anonymous/"General" Topic:

« on: March 27, 2023, 11:54:12 pm »

Panic bought some eShop titles before closure. Probably a waste, I never buy digital games and probably won't remember I bought them. Even considering how easy Wii U / 3DS jail-breaking is, the FOMO still got to me.

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General / Re: How Many Stopped Playing Your Consoles Due To Crashes

« on: March 25, 2023, 12:02:51 am »

And Warmsignal, you're such a nice guy...

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General / Re: How Many Stopped Playing Your Consoles Due To Crashes

« on: March 24, 2023, 08:40:37 pm »

I am only attempting to call attention on the matter of mental health conditions such as paranoid delusions, and bring light to the fact that’s is a very real, legitimate disorder people suffer. I don’t think the OP is a troll, I think he suffers with mental health conditions. A lot of times people see others acting out of sorts, and think it’s a bid for attention. I don’t think so in this case. Whatever his affliction, it’s very much a real problem for him. Unfortunately none of us are qualified to offer help.

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General / Re: How Many Stopped Playing Your Consoles Due To Crashes

« on: March 24, 2023, 12:48:03 am »

Anyone who's not up on the idea of paranoia as a legitimate mental health condition, see the following; a fascinating insight - https://youtu.be/R-_7RptwcHg

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General / Re: How Many Stopped Playing Your Consoles Due To Crashes

« on: March 24, 2023, 12:08:23 am »

Oldgamerz. I'm not trying to be an ass when I say... I think you forgot to take your meds again. I know that you suffer from mental health conditions, and a lot of people do, and I'm not here to hold that against you. I just want to remind you that if there are some meds your doctor prescribed to you, you should take them. Nothing you are saying is making any sense, and it's probably not advised you make any drastic decisions when you're not feeling well, mentally.

To answer your question, I pretty much never encounter problems of crashing, but it can happen and has a logical explanation; a scratched disc, a bad laser, a dirty contact, and even just glitches overlooked by the programmers.

to be fair I do have a mental condition, but you don't live in the same neighborhood as me, people do shit in my neighborhood mostly at night but sometimes during daylight, I plan on giving away all my consoles and games eventually because I just cannot play them I don't know if the games are cursed or what, but just as soon as I begin to reallty get into most of them that is exactly when they stop working

My house was tagged by gangsters a long time ago, that means they could have full control over of electric gas and even water to my residence, if they got control over the electirc in the residence then they can hack any electrical device that is no longer supported or getting watched

Gangster's don't have hacking skills, or even nunchuck skills. I'm pretty sure messing with public utilities is a high level criminal offense, and it would be super obvious if anyone would to attempt to tamper with any utilities. How often do you see someone rando outside your house opening up your lot valve and cranking er' shut? Unless they did that, they could achieve nothing. How often is someone messing with your electrical meter? Those things are locked up. Gas? Good luck messing with that if they aren't a trained professional. Some dumb kid spray painted your house, it means nothing. Put up some security, or even just fake cameras.

Internet is remote. Just have a firewall, use a decent up to date browser, don't go on sketchy sites or download sketchy files. Nobody can remotely control your stuff.

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General / Re: How Many Stopped Playing Your Consoles Due To Crashes

« on: March 23, 2023, 08:56:11 pm »

Oldgamerz. I'm not trying to be an ass when I say... I think you forgot to take your meds again. I know that you suffer from mental health conditions, and a lot of people do, and I'm not here to hold that against you. I just want to remind you that if there are some meds your doctor prescribed to you, you should take them. Nothing you are saying is making any sense, and it's probably not advised you make any drastic decisions when you're not feeling well, mentally.

To answer your question, I pretty much never encounter problems of crashing, but it can happen and has a logical explanation; a scratched disc, a bad laser, a dirty contact, and even just glitches overlooked by the programmers.

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General / Re: The gamer you were when you joined VGcollect vs. the gamer you are now in 2023

« on: March 22, 2023, 11:34:11 am »

I sort of drifted here from Neo-Geo.com in 2012... the site had a reputation for drama, and it's definitely warranted. I met some cool people there though.

I've found the more niche the gaming community, the more eccentric, or possible autistic, they can be. There's loads of a weird, petty and incessant drama that follows the Atari Jaguar scene. I imagine with the barrier to entry for Neo Geo it's probably even more pronounced.

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General / Re: VGC's Anonymous/"General" Topic:

« on: March 21, 2023, 03:23:48 pm »

I'd rather have the better version than the cheaper version, but it does require 2/3rds of the system memory. I'm trying to consider if I actually want to go and purchase an external drive, and then spend a bunch of money on downloadable eShop games that are about to disappear forever when it closes this week.

On the flip side, I've heard there are easy software mods for the Wii U, in which you can basically have indefinite access to everything that's going away, game wise. So I'd feel kind of stupid to go on a spending spree at the last minute. Most of this stuff I don't care much about, other than Fatal Frame.

If I did download Fatal Frame and save it to system memory, can I transfer it to external memory later? I gotta have room for saves on my console.