TDIRunner

This is the type of music I've grown to appreciate as I've gotten older. As a kid I didn't hate his music, but I just didn't really pay attention to it. Whether you like his music or not, it's hard to ignore the impact he has had on the industry.

Oh, I wasn't asking for it to be added. I wouldn't' expect many votes either (if any). I'm just surprised no one at least brought it up as at least a style they enjoyed. While the 3DO long boxes looked cool, they definitely suffered from a lack of uniformity.

While I've already mentioned my favorite, I will also add 3DO as an honorable mention. I'm surprised to not see it at all. Many people like to rag on the console for not living up to its expectations in initial price tag, but their game boxes were pretty cool and make all other "long boxes" look pretty small by comparison.

Clamshell cases are better than cardboard boxes every day of the week, but Sega games usually didn't have the best artwork.

For me, the problem with N64 boxes isn't the artwork, but the general template of the boxes. I've never been a fan of the spines of the boxes, especially the green on most of the boxes. I just never cared for it.

That's really nice of you to even put the Master System as an option. I'm going to pick NES, but if I could, I would specifically pick Black Box NES. I love the boxes that actually show the game graphics on the front.

Until the PS1 era when I had my own money to buy games, my family very rarely bought games for our consoles. When the SNES came out, the only NES games we owned were SMB/Duck Hunt,SMB2, SMB3 and Rad Racer. Same thing during the SNES era. When the PS1 came out, the only SNES games we owned were SMW, Yoshi's Island, and DK Country. So I'm fortunate in that we basically only owned good games. We rented a TON of stuff, but if a game wasn't that good, we just didn't rent it again. So I really can't think of an objectively bad game that I enjoyed as a kid just because I had nothing else to play. Edit: I forgot about Game Boy games, but even then, it's the same story. The only games we owned were Tetris, SML, SML2, SML3 and Kirby Pinball.

Quick question/suggestion. Since there are only so many consoles out there, and for the most part the discussions for each console have been going on for longer than a week, should these debates maybe happen ever other week, instead of every week? Just a thought. It's not a problem for me if they continue weekly. @fox

This is a hard one for me to rank. I owned the PS2 from this era, so I don't have any nostalgic memories of this console. However, after buying one many years later during the PS3/Wii era, I've still have good times playing this console. The Thousand Year Door is by far my favorite game for the console and I've also enjoyed Twin Snakes and Double Dash. However, I've never been a fan of the controller. I know it's ranked highly by most people, but I've always considered the A,B,X,Y setup to be a disaster. There is nothing wrong with optimizing a controller for a single game, but don't make it the console's primary controller. I have to give it a 6 because it's better than average, but I can't say much more than that.

Yeah, I don't see how anyone could rate it as the worst console of all time considering all of the other contenders out there. It might be the worst console that most people have heard of, but certainly not worst of all time.

The thing is, it's impossible to tell. They put that clear sticker on the case that has to be broken to open it so I guess it fits their definition of "new" despite the fact that it doesn't anyone else's definition of "new." The good thing is that since my order didn't have any type of buy something get something, I should be able to return whichever individual games get sent this way. I thought I was going to be able to avoid this crap by ordering online because I thought they would get shipped out from some distribution center, but it looks like the individual stores ship them out from their locations, so I end up with the same shenanigans that I get from the store. Since I'm still waiting on the rest of my order, I'm curious how many will actually be new.

I stopped ordering used games from GameStop because they usually come disc or cart only without any case. I honestly didn't think I would have this issue with new games, so ordered a bunch of games for Black Friday, all listed as NEW. The first one came today and it's used. I typically defend GameStop, but it's getting harder and harder to do that these days.

There is one and ONLY one thing you can do with it that you can't do with a laptop (this only applies to nice laptops). You can give it to your kids and not have to worry about costing you much money if they break it. Both of my kids have Fire tablets and they love them. I've used them myself, but they are pretty slow. My kids don't know any better about the speed, so they don't realize there are better (and more expensive) products out there. You can get really nice thick padded cases for them that make them nearly unbreakable. Again, the case is so thick, it's obnoxious, but my kinds don't know any better, so they don't care. Edit: My kids are 4 and 6.

As I mentioned, if I wasn't going to use the BLW, I would fix and repair the original equipment as my second choice. With that said, I think it's unfair to say that the OEM is the best to use when it's such an inherently poor design. The only reason they used a ZIF connector was to differentiate it from a "video game system" and make it more like an "entertainment system." While there were many reasons for Nintendo to go in this direction, it ultimately lead to a very flawed design, and "best" is never a word I would use to describe it. The BLW is what the original design of the NES should have been in the first place.

The original Gran Turismo on PS1 had two instruction booklets that were so thick, the game had to be put in a double CD jewel case despite having only one disc. Each individual manual would have been too thick to fit in a standard jewel case. Edit: Just checked, and each booklet was 64 pages each. One was meant to be the traditional instruction manual, and the other was a reference manual for the cars and driving techniques.

I would love to know that info. From what I'm seeing, the younger gaming crowd seems to want to avoid physical media. I won't get into the debate here, but as long as the prices are the same, that just seems so foolish to me.

I don't' know if there is any truth to it, but there is a thing going around on Facebook that some people who bought a digital only version of the PS5 are getting the disc version inside the box................ and people are complaining about it. My favorite comment is from the person saying he would demand a replacement because the disc version is "too much work." I can't help but think the story is fake, but the comments are certainly real.

I backed the Blinking Light Win back when it was on Kickstarter, so I've had once since the very beginning. I like the solution for two main reasons. First, it works. I've never had a cart not work since installing it. Second, it can be removed and you can put your NES back to original at any time you want. I'm not a big fan of permanent solutions, especially when they require cutting holes in things. That doesn't happen with the Blinking Light Win. Downsides? The early versions have a pretty tight grip. I've heard that has gotten better, but I've only ever used mine, so I can't say for sure. I leave my Everdrive in mine pretty much all of the time, so the tight grip doesn't really matter for me. For what I paid, it's absolutely worth it in my opinion. Aftermarket 72 pin connectors are made pretty cheaply these days and they seem to only be a temporary solution since they tend to fail after a pretty short period of time. If I wasn't going to use the Blinking Light Win, I would try to clean and fix my original 72 pin connector before buying an aftermarket one.

For reasons I can't explain, the circle/square/cross/triangle always worked for me. Before I had a memory card, I had to "save" my progress in Crash Bandicoot with their password system. I used to type those passwords in without looking down at my controller just like I was typing on a keyboard. I don't know why, but it just worked. And it wasn't because of their original design. I didn't know the symbols represented their actions until many years later.

I'm sort of in the same boat. I want to play those games, but am I ever going to?................ probably not.

I don't own a wood pellet/smoker, but my father-in-law does. I've never had a bad meal from it. I've had to fix it more time than I can count, but luckily they are pretty easy to work on due to their simple design. I've been wanting to get my own, but they are so expensive, and we grill so little mainly because those types of meals we usually end up eating at relative's houses. I also used to sell them YEARS ago back in my hardware store days. Sometimes the boss would have me smoking some food outside the store.

I did too. Because of my age when the console came out, it was the first console I owned where I had the means to buy my own games, and therefore, my collection of PS1 games was considerably larger then the consoles I had before it. I rented a lot of stuff as well, but I always remember having such a large selection of quality titles to choose from.

I just got my Jedi Outcast/Academy games along with Shantae: Seven Sirens yesterday. Unfortunately, if you are a sealed collector, you might not like the quality of the seal on the Jedi Knight games. I'm going to open mine, so it doesn't matter to me. Everything is in perfect condition, but the seal isn't very attractive on the spine, at least for me.

Sometimes baking soda can absorb smells. I bought a used refrigerator as a spare beer fridge for the basement and it smelled a little off. I've kept a box of baking soda in it ever since and it's eliminated the smell. What kind of aerosol can was it? Was it super old? Does it get really hot under your sink for any reason?

I'm glad I could help a little bit, but you will need a smarter person than me to figure out the last part. I hope it works for you. Don't forget to play some Road Rash, NFS and PO'ed. Also, Casper is a pretty fun port that has gotten pretty expensive. Alone in the Dark doesn't run very well on the 3DO, but it's still a game you have to at least try out.