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[ria_oaks]

Goddamned fucking piece of SHIT. My PS2 isn't working, again. A friend was going to come over tonight and we were going to play FFXII, and dammit but I was looking forward to it. Booted it up, and it's not working. PS1 games work fine, but PS2 games and DVDs don't work at all, least not the ones I've tried. I get a sorta clunking noise, and it says no data. I was watching a DVD on it this afternoon, and it worked fine. I'm really pretty fucking pissed off. Last time it happened it righted itself in a few days, so hopefully it will again, but I suspect that it's on its way out... I don't want to buy a new one, and I certainly don't want a PS3. Too expensive, no games I want yet.

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[bk635.livejournal.com]

You've never played SoM? Get the ROM ASAP. It's legendary. :\

The 360 just dies on you. The failure rate is 16-30%.

If you want an S/NES, you really should get your hands on something like this:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1kcCbgVkfY4 which is basically an SNES and NES built into one. I think it plays games from multiple regions, as well. It's pretty cool - I'd be all over it if I didn't get off on piracy so much.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Lol, I know, I need to play it,,,

Sweeeet. It plays import Super Famicon games, too! Mmm, original FFV cartridge... I seem to recall seeing one when I was in Japan. It excited me. :) You can buy it here - http://store.videogamecentral.com/retroduo-white-blue.html - only $49.99...

[bk635.livejournal.com]

That's actually a nice price.. Well, USD and shipping.. But still. You'd probably end up paying just the same for an authentic SNES or NES..

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Dude, USD is cheaper than CDN these days. XD

And yeah, you would, looking at the prices for the original systems there. Dunno bout eBay, though.

http://store.videogamecentral.com/nintend031.html
I waaaaants. *covets that plus RetroDuo*

[bk635.livejournal.com]

$1 CDN = $0.98 USD. We slipped. But it's for the better - the faster we get to $0.60 USD the better for the World Economy. *sigh*

Haha.. All this oldschool stuff makes me feel like going to the videogame store even more.

I wonder if Videogamecentral does PS2 repair?

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Oh well, it's still barely anything.

Holy shit, the shipping for FFI to Canada is $26. WTF.

I know, I'm looking forward to going... maybe I can score an old FF game for cheap, then buy that RetroDuo thing. *wanders over to eBay to check prices*

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Oh well, 28th it is then.

I remember Willows had FF1 for a few dollars. They also had a few rares like the NES Zelda games for cheap. I'd love to own them just out of principal, but I don't know if I can justify the money; I wouldn't get any use out of them or anything.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

I know, I remember... *cries* They had, like, 2-3 copies of FFI for $5 each. Wish I'd bought them, now, just so I could own them. For that cheap, I'm willing to buy something just out of principal... over $10-15, though, not so much.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

I kind of want to play the PSP remake of FF1. I played the GBA one and it was pretty good (albeit easy). Although FFT would still be the first thing I'd buy, given that it's currently out.

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

I read that the PSP FFI didn't change/add much to the Dawn of Souls version (that's the GBA one, right?). I think it's basically the same game...

Mmm, FFT... and Crisis Core. *sigh*

Checked eBay, and damn FFVI is pretty expensive, esp if you want a box and manual (which I'd prefer, but...)

[bk635.livejournal.com]

New spell animations, and a new bonus dungeon with a tough boss at the end. My friend and I played the game concurrently. He's a pro at the game and beat me to the end. >.> But the game is there, and it's probably cheap now, so no point in getting the GBA version, which is probably hard to find, anyway.

I don't really care about Crisis Core. That's just one of those games that I'd buy/download just to add to my collection of PSP games to justify the console's purchase. >.> Though I heard it's pretty good; I'm just not excited about it due to the fact that we didn't get Before Crisis, and that FFVII novel.. I hate only getting part of the story.

My FFVI is in bad shape, but I got it used, so... Not my fault. :D

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

http://cgi.ebay.ca/FC-Final-Fantasy-1-RPG-198-w-box-only-no-man_W0QQitemZ140222132350QQihZ004QQcategoryZ62053QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Oooh, an original Japanese FFI. I wouldn't be able to play it, but it's cool out of principal. :)

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

http://cgi.ebay.ca/FINAL-FANTASY-I-II-III-1-2-3-FAMICOM-IMPORT-NES-BOXED_W0QQitemZ330226398977QQihZ014QQcategoryZ62053QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Ooooooooooh, original JPN FFI, II, and III.

Shoot me now.

[bk635.livejournal.com]

Nice, but coming from Hong Kong, I'd be weary. It's probably another case of "too good to be true."

[ria-oaks.livejournal.com]

Probably, yeah... but it's so cool out of principal.