Balder
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Trying to cut down the amount of movies I watch
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Post by Balder on Nov 12, 2017 11:03:55 GMT
What do you mean by TV snow? Maybe it just needs a new cable. Nah, I've tried new cables too. The image is extremely fuzzy. But I don't worry, I own 4 Atari 2600s.
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Post by teddykongcountry on Nov 12, 2017 15:19:51 GMT
The original DS. Thing's like a car: you don't turn it on every once in a while and it gives out on you.
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Dan E. Kool
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Now With Extra Pulp!
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Post by Dan E. Kool on Nov 12, 2017 17:06:46 GMT
If we count disc drives, the PS2 and Wii. But I have a hunch that the Wii is just dirty. Haven't bought the special Nintendo Wii cleaner yet...
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stratogustav
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Post by stratogustav on Nov 12, 2017 19:12:23 GMT
No, the sound works fine over the cable, it's the sound chip in the 32X specifically that's not working correctly. And only one of the PlayStations has a completely broken disc reader (specifically a connecting cable on the inside of the console is cut, the disc reader itself is technically fine but without the proper connecting cable it's stone cold dead), the other one and the PS2 still work but with disc read errors occurring more and more often. I see. I don'k know the specifics, but my PS2s broke in a similar fashion. Some discs would read, then others will not. Then some will read sometimes, but not always. At that point I just gave up on the consoles as I had no clue how to fix that kind of thing. The original DS. Thing's like a car: you don't turn it on every once in a while and it gives out on you. I'll tell my brother. Sounds like a battery issue. If we count disc drives, the PS2 and Wii. But I have a hunch that the Wii is just dirty. Haven't bought the special Nintendo Wii cleaner yet... I remember buying cleaner discs for my PS2s. They didn't prevent the inevitable failure of those readers. At some ppint I even thought they were making it worse, but sometimes they would actually help.
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Cervantes
Off-Brand Transformable Robot
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Post by Cervantes on Nov 13, 2017 3:32:14 GMT
Quick note: at the time, being a little and stupid kid, I thought I wouldn't miss the 2600 since I had that shiny new NES. Boy was I wrong. When did you realize that you missed your 2600? Around three years later, when I was 10, so it didn't take too long. It's funny, I always appreciated going back to previous consoles (after getting a Saturn, I also kept playing on my NES, even buying new games to it).
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