:wink: Watch that guy for some time. Every few weeks, ask about the stuff you want. Don't say "it's too expensive". Just walk away. Then, go to him and ask about what you want, and start haggling. Carry only the amount of cash you're willing to pay. approach him near closing time, when eve...

I completed Shenmue 1 and although I enjoyed it I just cannot get into Shenmue 2 at all. I'm in the same situation. Shenmue 2 just feels more streamlined, and faster-paced than S1. That "relaxed" feeling is gone... But bear in mind that you're in Hong Kong, the fastest place on earth. :) ...

Yup, those DC coin-ops were pretty popular in Asia and Latin America...

I can still find SoulCalibur machines over here... not the real ones, but hacked DC ones.

Lik-sang sells them, if anyone's interested.

Virtua Tennis/Striker kicked ass. I can't see how you can say it was a stinker seeing as how it got great reviews. There's a bit of confusion. Virtua Striker is a Soccer (football) game. It BLOWS. All control and strategy are tossed out in favor of an arcade style slugfest. It's bloody awful. To qu...

You show me one unlocked / unedited topic that contains links to movies, MP3s or ROMs and I don't consider you an idiot after that statement. To wit: i really want to see this, altough the nearest theater that is showing it isnt close to here. so ill have to wait so i can *cough*download*cough* it....

That happened to me when I first played it. I cleaned the laser lens gently with a cotton swab, and the problem stopped. Also, make sure your Dreamcast is in a cool, well ventilated place.

You can get the manual here: http://www.replacementdocs.com/docs/PC/Rainbow%20Six%20-%20Rogue%20Spear%20-%20Manual.pdf As for me, being the proverbial cheap bastard, I bought it used, without label or manual, along with Sonic Adventure. Thankfully, I've got a keyboard. So I may be able to play it. I...

:? I just got this game, after hearing good things about it... The graphics BLOW CHUNKS!!! Man, those are crappy graphics! They look like PC game graphics on "lowest common denominator computer configuration". The game looks like Quake on my Pentium PC with no 3D accelerator. I'm not a gra...

But if you talk about downloading current movies (Jackass, etc), or illegal MP3s or ROMS, nobody will complain...

Hmm....

Weird...

Strange...

:) I cut out some little squares of neoprene rubber, and glued them to the DC with contact cement. Works like a charm... and looks better too. You could use those cool metal "feet" that they sell for stereos and CD players. They're the ones that look like metal hockey pucks. It would look ...

$1600?!!!

Way too much phone-sex, man!

But seriously, good luck, and I hope you get your phone bill problem sorted. Hope you come back soon.

Cheers

:) There are also TONS of weird games that never get released outside Japan, specially dating games, strategy and combat simulation games. The strategy games are BIG in Japan. They range from feudal Japan war sims like the Nobunaga series to WWII naval combat sims. Sadly, you pretty much need major ...

:oops: Yup, the DC had its fair share of stinkers: Spirit of Speed 1937 Kiss Psycho Circus Ducati Grand Prix Virtua Striker, etc. But the PSX had MORE than its fair share of stinkers... :) I think that bad marketing killed the DC. They just had no clue as to how to recover from the 32X and Saturn di...

It's the original "survival horror" game. The one that started it all...

OMG. I cracked up when I read that! These bad-ass ganstas think they're untouchable. Well, these are the risks dem ganstas take. I say good riddance. Now there is one less obnoxious "gansta" inspiring wanna be ganstas to act like a$$holes in public! We've been blessed with good shootings ...

Exactly. That's what I said before. Its weird that an old-school guy died in a "gangsta" or "thug" way. You kind of expect that from crack dealers turned "rappers". Also, remember the old days, when rap acts were defined by a "DJ" and and "MC"? Actua...

8) Yup. I remember when I bought my first CD, in 1984. (Cyndi Lauper's "She's so unusual") Everybody said that CDs were indestructible, that nothing could damage them, that they last an eternity... :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Now, twenty years later, we find that CDs are far more delicat...

The principle behind using toothpaste is the mild abrasives all brands of toothpaste have. It was a common trick for fixing scratched music CDs.

"Extra whitening" toothpaste has more abrasives than the regular kind. Just try not to do this on the label side.

It actually works.

Me and my adidas... do the illest things...

(Got my adidas on... the real deal, not the new crap)

That's wierd, you usually see the johnny-come-lately thug rappers get shot, not an old-school guy, of whom many so-called rap fans don't know about.

You could try cleaning the little gears and shaft in the pickup transport mechanism... Sometimes a damaged game can cause that. It once happened to me, and later I popped in the infamous Shenmue 3rd disc, that has never worked right for me. After the laser was having a hell of a time reading the dis...