Amazing Tie Fighter Nintendo 64 Custom Console on eBay

Hi gamers!

Remember the Green/White Yoshi Nintendo 64 I posted a few weeks back? Well here is another custom Nintendo 64, this time it's been stuffed into a Hasbro 1995 Tie Fighter from Star Wars. The system overall looks amazing no doubt about it, very unique mod. The controller ports seem a bit hacked up with a sharp tool but other than that it's very very neat!

If you want this, expect to pay $600 for it. I'm not too sure where this price is coming from, but I believe it's the original toy shell you're paying for as a standard Nintendo 64 is $30-$40 stock. It does have a built expansion pak so that won't be a worry. When powered on the cockpit lights up red, I think it should really of been changed though, maybe blue?

No bids and 5d to go, wonder if it will sell?

Wreckless: The Yakuza Missions -- I have completed it! Video review in next few months!

Hi gamers!

I just finish Wreckless: The Yakuza Missions on the XBOX, this game always takes me back to the days of playing an XBOX Kiosk/Pod/Demo Unit in K-mart and Target in primary school so I'm kinda a veteran. Anyway, this game is extremely difficult and tedious as the controls are sluggish and so are the cars and oh don't get me started on the smart ass traffic.

Many people on forums would rage about how annoying this game is, and I surely agree. The "A" mission set is piss easy for any average gamer, I instantly though "well, this game is simple" not until I started getting into the 4th mission in set "B" it was just getting ridiculous, jumping from boardwalk to boardwalk.. only talking about will get me frustrated so I'll leave it to the video review later on. Other wise there would be no point watching it ;)

I just wanted to share that with you guys, because this game is incredibly hard and not liked by many people. So this would be a good game for me to review since I've finished it. About my video reviews..
At this stage I'm still currently trying to figure out how I'd go about this, first off I will be making a *new* channel and will most likely have some collection videos with it. I just hope this kicks off and starts well also wishing I can pull this off. I better start dreaming now..

Promises made, more XBOX and Nintendo 64 stuff ordered!

Hi gamers!

After the Christmas rush and boxing day, it's back on eBay for the new collection goals. As I mentioned a few moons ago I will be collecting mainly for XBOX and Nintendo 64, I know this seems like a weird pair but by far these consoles interest me the most.

So while searching through eBay I've found some games, accessories, and actually a figure found it's way into my buy list, I just keep getting geekier by the month :P. Some of them are more uncommon than others but at the moment, that's not really what I'm going for. I'm aiming towards good games that will really make nice additions to my current collection.

First off is an EXTREME Green Nintendo 64 controller, this would have to be the rarest accessory I have picked up so far. It was only sold in Toys 'R' Us. I have ordered two of these controllers as the seller was kind enough to put them into the same package for no additional costs, which was a very large opportunity as Australian sellers are selling these controllers for $120 each, boxed or not, how outrageous.
The name EXTREME Green really means extreme.. Well just look at it!

I'm quite the Dead or Alive fan, and so I'm missing Xtreme Volleyball, ordered that one too. Actually it's the best (by the photo) condition XBOX game I've ordered.
I'll be ordering more games soon, at the moment I've got orders going to all different places and I'm slowly getting confused but I'll be getting Bloodrayne 2 shortly.

Lastly the figure, I haven't actually ordered as of yet (Payment currently under transfer) but it's a promise I've told myself to keep. Morrigan from Darkstalkers is one of my favourite characters of all time very close to Samus and Kasumi. Sideshow is a pop culture figure designer for many game and anime characters, to me they seem to be very very high quality since some figures go for an amazing $500 on internet auction sites. Sideshow manage to make limited number of Morrigan figures, these figures are starting to get quite rare as I used to see quite a few of them on eBay.
I've been meaning to buy one of these figures for over 5 months now, I've just never had the money to do so after buying the Playstation 3.. oh god how that made me broke.

Anyhow I managed to find a place that has the Morrigan figure for $199 and now I have the money for it, yay! ^_^

Thought I'd give a little update, as nothing actually happened today that was that exciting. Didn't get to sleep until 6am from being in pain :< so I slept pretty much all day.. Quite excited about the next few weeks for deliveries ^^

Craziness of Boxing Day "Sales" -- XBOX and Playstation 2 Additions

Hi gamers!

The weird thing I'd thought I'd never ever do is go along to a boxing day sale, but actually I bit the bullet today and rushed in. Took me and my friend 20 minutes to get to the other side of the mall to get into Gametraders and only to find people stuck in the store trying to move around, thankfully the XBOX and Playstation 2 games were at the front. My friend An!NE is currently collecting Playstation and Playstation 2 games and there were quite a few decent titles there, but of course with the price tag, luckily there was a boxing day sale for XBOX and Playstation 2 with games under $30. 5 for $50, there were only a few XBOX games that I wanted and so I picked up Project Gotham Racing, and MechAssault. Reason for MechAssault is that it's one of the exploitable titles for the "Mech Installer", so this game has quite a bit of history behind it and for $10 it's really good.

One of the games AniNE picked up was Kindom Hearts, with the current 5 for $50 this game qualified for the deal so we put that into the pile. As we finally found a place to sit down and get some food we opened all our games to check the condition and what not, he popped open Kindom Hearts to find a silver shiny disc...yes it was a platinum disc in a black label case thanks for the kick in the balls Game Traders!
After lunch we went back to exchange the game with Capcom Fighting Jam worked out the same price and after all this game isn't very common.

Sadly there wasn't that many games discounted at all, everything was mostly the same price as it was all year as  everyone says there are discounts every where I rarely saw any that were really worth the hassle of finding a parking spot and pushing through waves of people with body heated stores with no air conditioning.

Yes, even HEX1GON has a Christmas Special!

Hi gamers,

Merry Christmas, happy holidays it's the 25th of December hope everyone had a great lunch and dinner with their family and friends.

12AM today I got a gift from my sister which I didn't actually expect it was very much a surprise for me, I unwrapped the gift and found a Super Mario Collector's Edition Chess Set! Very beautiful gift, has many of the great characters from the Mushroom Kingdom in a sexy collector's tin. Most Nintendo collectables are expensive and sometimes not even license products. I'm happy to report that this is indeed a license Nintendo Chess Set! :) Thanks sis!

Merry Christmas! Go play Christmas Nights!!!

Hi gamers!

Just wanting to say hope tonight is the night everyone gets what they want for Christmas, and get to see their family and friends to celebrate this once a year event tomorrow. If you don't celebrate Christmas then Happy Holidays :)

We have an exciting year next year, Nintendo's Wii U will be out around March* the two handhelds Nintendo 3DS and SONY PSVita will be head to head, I can see amazing games coming out for both systems. Super Smash Bros 3DS is announced and may come out next year. Any how I won't hype it up for myself or you guys but anyway, Happy Holidays and have a great time.

Tonight I'll be playing Christmas Nights just to stay in the Christmas mood.
Also I'll mention a special Merry Christmas to all my friends that have given me gaming stuff to put towards my collection through out the year together with all the support for the drama that happened! Thank you so much guys, Merry Christmas to you all!

Super Mario Land 3D -- Review

Hi gamers!

Today I took a trip down to the mall, and actually I regret it was really busy which delay everything I wanted to do anyhow.. I bought Super Mario Land 3D, one of the games I've been waiting to get since it ever came out which actually wasn't too long ago.

My first impressions of the game were again very positive, Nintendo haven't change one bit with bright colours, cheerful music and fun objects to help Mario get to the end and we couldn't forget those coins! This is apparently meaning to be the original Super Mario Bros. just updated with some 3D elements, it's mixed in quite well. There are stages were you're jumping down from cloud-to-cloud with having the 3D slider all the way up, you get a good feel of height.. well depth this actually made me think "wow!".

Controls are very easy, and spot on just like every other Super Mario game out there. Like I said Nintendo haven't torn Super Mario apart and glued it together again.

One thing that will get Super Mario veterans beginning to smile will be the familiar music playing in some of the levels, I've heard a few from Super Mario Bros 3 and 2. Exactly what I love to hear in a sequel to a game, is classic stuff like that.

There is not much to say negatively with this game, as all 3D Super Mario games you sometimes get confuse exactly where you can walk without falling. At the start of one of the early stages I walked to the left and feel straight to my death, as I saw a fence on that side thinking the platform was just a little lower.. It was nothing more than a beginner's trap, but it's one way to get players on their toes. It wouldn't amaze me to think Nintendo chucked a lot of those traps in through out the game, but out of all the 3D Super Mario games we've played this isn't the first time it's happened.

Just like Mario Kart 7 this only comes with a quick start guide and no manual, the manual is electronic.. Yet Dead or Alive: Dimensions that I got a few days ago has one, It's very weird for Nintendo to cheap on manuals and yes this still bothers me.

Super Mario Land 3D gets another 10/10 Koopa shells.

Dead or Alive: Dimensions Arrived, Thoughts and Review

Hi gamers,

This afternoon Dead or Alive: Dimensions arrived, quickly I might add, got here in 1 day. Anyhow my first impressions on the game were quite positive, firstly I loved the little Kasumi on the 3DSOS and how the title screen uses the Gyro Sensor to look around the levels. However there are few 'misses' so to speak within the game which I'll get to later.

When I got into the game I selected Arcade straight away as I usually enjoy that mode on all other DOA games, I was greeted with a character select screen as usual but with *a lot* of "?" spaces the usual characters you get on all other DOA games were missing, like Christie, Hitomi, Helena just to name a few. This is some what ok as it drags the game's play time out, but I wanted to play as Hitomi first ah well. After that it's pretty much a shortened versions of the 8 stages you usually play in DOA, except you only play 5 I think. As usual there are loads of useless items you can unlock like Character "figurines", and there are the more useful unlocks like costumes (that's what we play DOA for right? :P).

The usual Arcade mode isn't the "story" mode as we are use to, it's now called "Chronicle", without spoiling too much there are some hints of Dead or Alive and I'm guessing it goes through the series from square one. By completing the set chapters you unlock extra characters, costumes and those pointless figurines. Well the figurines serve a small point, you can take pictures using the Gyroscope sensor much like the AR Games camera feature to take images of your favourite characters.

Graphics in the game are on par with Dead or Alive 2 just with a lot less AA, in some stages of the game you'll notice some FPS drop (and no I'm not talking about the slow motion Counter-Strike hits..) when you defeat your opponent you notice a lot of low FPS stages I really don't know why I guess there is too much detail in one scene. I have noticed this game drains a lot of my battery as apposed to Mario Kart 7, I guess it has some thing in relation to the very long FMVs you watch through out Chronicle mode.

On the topic of FMVs they're really well done some of them a stop motion camera pans but the dialogue is fantastic and the voice acting is spot on, some scenes got me a little emotional I know that's weird me saying that but I really got stuck into the storyline and started feeling sorry for certain characters and wanting to defeat others.

In conclusion this is a great Fighter for the Nintendo 3DS, takes good use and full potential of the 3DS hardware, great controls, animations, storyline, graphics and sound. This is a must for any DOA fan that has played the previous games in the series, and if this is your first DOA game don't worry as there is a lot of background information displayed through out Chronicle mode.

An Out-of-The-Park figure of 10/10 for me.

Custom Nintendo 64 Reaches $225 on eBay

Hi gamers!

After doing a bit of virtual wonder around eBay I found this listing a few days ago, after watching how it would go for I was surprised to see it reached $225! Pretty good for a repaint very simple process yes, but it was a good job well done.

The repaint is meaning to represent the colour scheme of Yoshi, our favourite Dinosaur! The only thing that's disappointing is that it doesn't come with it's own custom controller, it would of been a perfect pair but you get a Yoshi figure!

PSP Save Game Exploit running on PSVita! Will this be the one!?

Hi gamers!

Some interesting news today, the PSVita which was only released a few days ago has already been hacked. Of course this isn't a full hack or anything like that, except there is a opening there with a save game exploit. The exploit is a PSP Exploit displaying "Hello World" text on the screen, and yes this is a PSP type hack exploit but it's still running on the PSVita. With having said that, the PSVita has the ability to download PSP Titles from the PSN, since the exploit is running from a PSP game which is emulated by software it can easily be patched if released to the public.

It's too early to tell if this is a wide opening for future hacks, and this could be completely false and useless. As stated before this is a PSP Exploit not a PSVita exploit however it's running on the PSVita so this could open some portals here. Now all end users will have to play the waiting game for now.

Source: exophase

XBOX BIOS is one tough cookie!

Hi gamers!

This time for some XBOX stuff, as this is one of my favourite consoles of all time mainly because it's the closest we ever got to a new Dreamcast (often referred as Dreamcast2) some designers from the Dreamcast team were hired by Microsoft to create a new system. Which is why the controller is so similar...well kinda the Duke controller (Model 1 controller) is quite different, however the button/trigger layout is very similar.
Anyway, I'm getting a little of topic I happen to do that quite a bit :<

Let's get into it shall we? Today I was messing around on the XBOX and ever since I installed UnleashX the original dash got corrupted in the process, it could not be found by UnleashX for some reason or another it was bothering me quite a bit. I like the option of dual booting the XBOX, just happen to like that part of the mod.
So I tried FTP the missing xboxdash.xbe over to the C:/ and no go. I tried reinstalling the dash through AID (yuck, but worth a try) and it didn't like that either, so the silly mistake I did was renaming the backup of my original dash xb0xdash.xbe to the original file name and Error 21!

This is not a big deal, error 21 is one of those recoverable errors that can mean a list of things.. It all relates to the deal of the dash failing to load like missing font, sounds, images anything. Being that my XBOX is Softmodded and no modifications were done to my system there is a little more work involved with repairing it. Not the first time this has happened though, my first XBOX's HDD unlocked and refused to lock with the Password from config-magic. How ever that's a different error and story all together, but that one might be dead for a while until I put a mod-chip in it. Anyhow, to repair my 21 error XBOX I'll just have to do the hot swap method all over again.

I've now done the hotswap twice and this will now be my third time performing it, so it will be easy as pie. Luckily enough, I could also revert it back to factory and reinstall Ndure (UnleashX). Everything will be back to *normal* :). I shouldn't of been messing around with the C:/ partition, but for some reason the missing original dash was bothering me..

Dead or Alive Dimensions Ordered + Future Blog News

Hi gamers!

Yesterday I jumped on eBay looking for Dead or Alive Dimensions, weird thing is this game pre-owned goes for about $50 in stores and I still believe that's too much for this game it's been out for a while now, it's not even a first party game.

I manage to find a brand-new copy of the game for $33, much better than a $50 pre-owned copy. :)
With all the Christmas rush, I doubt I'd see this before Christmas but hopefully I do I mean it's possible right?

Now onto news of my blog, not much will change here don't worry but on my YouTube channel it will. I have been thinking of starting a brand-new channel that has only strictly video game collecting, as my current channel has random stuff now and then. This will mean I'll be doing V-Logs of my setup and collection talking about what ever is on my mind with my collection. It won't have any fancy editing or anything of that nature just pure raw V-logging, it's how I've seen many people showing their collection and it seems to be quite popular with collectors a-like.

In order to do all this, I'll need to make announcements here and on my current YouTube channel to keep most of my subscribers. I will not be deleting my current channel so all the old videos will remain there as long as they can, weirdly enough most of my old videos have the most hits..

Anyway, that pretty much sums everything up for the new YouTube channel, expect to see it in a few months or maybe eariler. I was hoping to start it this week but at the moment I've caught the flu and I don't really feel comfortable being in front of the camera. 

Playstation 2 Analogue controller (Dual Shock 2 with no shock!)

Hi gamers,

This caught my eye after jumping around on the ASSEMbler forums by one of the members Lum. These controllers stated on the packaging that it didn't support the vibration feature, and were released near the silent lifespan of the Playstation 2.

It appears quite weird for SONY to even release a controller without the shock feature, it's one of craziest cost cut I've ever seen.

Apparently now these are really rare (*never sold in Australia, or maybe even Europe*) and only sold in the US. These are most likely collector's items now :)

Source: Lum | SRK

I have hit 3,000 fans! Thanks everyone!!

Hi gamers!

I have gotten another 1,000 hits here, I can't believe this! Thank you all for following my blog and I hope you're all enjoying the content. I'll continue to make entries and vlogs, that won't stop for a while. More interesting news to be coming up in the next few months with PSVita and Nintendo news! Stay tuned :)

Thanks ASSEMbler Games community and Haunted360 for the support, this wouldn't of been possible without you guys!

PSVita Box and Game images released by Play-Asia!

Hi gamers,

Anyone who is a member of Play-Asia's Facebook page would have seen they've been releasing photos of the PSVita game cases, games and system box, I forgot the mention the system it's self.

Overall the box looks like shit, and game cases look ugly however the system it's self looks very sleek and sexy! I'm not complaining about that!

The game cards are a little smaller than a standard SD card we're all familiar with.

The game cases as I said earlier are pretty ugly in my opinion the eight generation handhelds have really failed on this part, 3DS is just as guilty.

Many people are excited about the PSVita and so am I, the price on the otherhand is making me jump away for now. The launch price in Australia is $348 for the WiFi and $448 for the 3G+WiFi I can see many telecommunication companies taking advantage of this when it hits the Australian market and possibly already happening in Japan.

Source: PlayAsia PSVita unboxing Album (Facebook)

Playstation 2 Slim acquired!

Hi gamers!

I feel a little better today so I'll make a short post for you all. The day I went out I managed to get a Playstation 2 Slim, free of charge I'm dead serious. It's complete has the original controller and came with a memory card, most of all it came with the box! The system is in pretty rough shape it needs a really, really good clean dust is all in the controller ports, USB hub and also the disc drive weirdly enough the laser is spotless.

I'm still in the process of cleaning the system, I got to get some a cleaning materials first. I know the system will overheat with the amount of dust living in it. Ah well at least I have both Playstation 2 models now :)

Apologies I've fallen very ill :(

Hi gamers!

*cough* I apologize for the many days I won't be able to post any collection/gaming news in the next few days, or maybe weeks. I've caught something nasty on my day into town, didn't manage to buy anything new today but I had some news to share. Regarding more 3DS news, you'll see it someday.
Why you ask I'm posting this instead of some gaming news, well I don't really have to draft anything or think about how I'll word it as it's my actual thoughts here.

Again I apologize to you and other readers that will be reading this, but don't worry I'll keep a list of news I manage to find and when I'm back on my feet I'll make some interesting posts. Promise.
See you around soon!

More Limited Edition Zelda 3DS price news!

Hi gamers!

Yesterday when I bought Mario Kart 7, I double checked the price for the Limited Edition Zelda 3DS I got a few weeks ago. It appears that it's still at its incorrect price of $235 as opposed to it's limited edition price of $248 (quoted from the EB Games website). The EB Store I happen to go to is the ONLY one that has the Zelda 3DS for $235, well to my knowledge. The other EB Games store 20 minutes way has them for the normal price.. This just has to be a mistake!

Also as you can see it's the same price as the pink, black and blue (not picture) 3DS... If there are any other EB stores that have the Zelda 3DS for $235 I'll sure mention it.

Bought Mario Kart 7, review of game style and packaging.

Hi gamers!

Today I had personal matters that got me out of the house, and on my way back I run down to the local mall and bought Mario Kart 7. The main reason why I bought a 3DS in the first place! I must say this game is amazing, extremely well done, for any veteran Mario Kart player will find out that many classic Mario Kart elements are in Mario Kart 7! For the time you've been reading my blog you know I'm a retro gamer, so this game is right down my alley.

There is two things that bother me about the 3DS games, well not the games themselves but the packaging. First off lets start with the case, very flimsy plastic with holes in it what's the deal with this? One of the most important thing for a video game is the instruction manual, that's right it doesn't include a physical manual it's all electronic now. I can understand this for a Nintendo eStore game, but for a physical copy? Come on Nintendo! This is something SONY would do.. then again I wouldn't be surprised if PS Vita games come like this..

Although my above statement doesn't really effect the game in any way it's just very disappointing that game companies are taking this road to cost cuts. Electronic manual, what is this? A PC game? This will continue to bother me quite a bit.. You must be thinking it's just paper stuck together with useless information that nobody reads, that's fine but as a collector I'm paying for the game and not getting important documentation with it.. Look I know I'm digging deeper and deeper into the topic, but when did relevant information become a taboo thing? Well that's just how I feel about it...

More 3DS news relating to the Zelda 3DS price mistake after the break!

Production Quality SEGA GameGear by a Japanese modder

Hi gamers,

This is surely one the *the best* console mods ever done, it's a SEGA GameGear mod made to look like a Mastersystem. Right down to custom outputs to polystyrene box inserts (yes a custom box was made).
It really deserves a trophy, this could easily be sold in stores and it's even better than those re-released Atari and SEGA consoles.. the official ones I mean.

You can check out the process of this lengthy mod here.

Sources: Johnny | Process

Nintendo Wii U expected Price has been suggested!

Hi gamers!

It's already time to start pre-ordering Nintendo's eighth generation console, the Wii U. EB Games has listed the console to be priced at originally AU$699, but has now changed it to AU$598. As they do mention it's TBC 2012, it's been rumoured that the Wii U will be in stores after March 2012.

This is somewhat expensive for a Nintendo console, but it will have the power for 1080p, this is a first for Nintendo. Nintendo's game designer Shigeru Miyamoto has said "lack of HD and limited network infrastructure for the Wii also contributed to the system being regarded in a separate class to its competitors' systems" So with that being said the Wii U will be able to shape into the market as it progresses so to speak. This might have something to do with the price, but who knows.

It's early to start considering a pre-order has EB has gotten the price wrong once, and it maybe wrong again. It's incredibly expensive for Nintendo as I said earlier, it does however have much *better* technology inside it but it's still a lot for the big N!

As a Nintendo fan, I will be getting the console on launch as I did with the Nintendo Wii. It did nonetheless go unplayed for a year. I don't think I've learn't my lesson so to speak.

Limited Edition 25th Anniversary Zelda 3DS Overview

Hi gamers! I made a quick overview video of the Zelda 3DS on Youtube. Click the image to watch.

Enjoy!

Convert 3D movies from YouTube and playback on 3DS!

Hi gamers!

Even more 3DS news today that got brought to my attention from a user on the ASSEMbler forums.
At spinal's blog there is an entry there that helps you convert your favourite YouTube 3D videos so that you can play them back on the 3DS. It takes a bit of tinkering around but the effect is worth it.

YouTube has many 3D videos now with left + right videos, take your pick and get converting! You can view the tutorial here.


Please note that you can only convert videos that go no longer than 10 minutes, this is a restriction on the video viewer in the Photo app on the 3DS, not the conversion process!

Source: fasman | spinal's blog

Nintendo 3DS Circle Pad Accessory battery life and price revealed!

Hi gamers!

The odd looking 2nd circle pad battery life has been revealed! posted on Eurogamer via Andriasang, he/she says the accessory has 480 hours of battery life by a single AAA battery.

Battery life for this accessory is far more longer than the 3DS Li-On battery it's self. Of course this accessory doesn't have to power a graphics, processor and 3D screen etc.

Not only does this accessory give you another Circle Pad, it also features replacement shoulder buttons L + R and two triggers (LT + RT)

Price is estimated at 1,500 JPY, which translates to a fair $18 AU.

The slider pad will be on sale in Japan alongside Monster Hunter Tri G and launches 27th of January in Europe with Resident Evil: Revelations.

Source: Eurogamer | Andriasang

Nintendo releases new 3DS Firmware 3.0.0-5 E/U!

Hi Gamers!

A little more 3DS news today, I got the notification about the new system update 3.0.0-5E/U (depending what region you are). This updates adds a few more "new" features to your 3DS, the biggest part of this update is what many 3DS users are waiting for.

- You can now record your own movies in 3D, of course with the limit of the 3DS 0.3MP camera...

- StreetPass Mii Plaza also gets a polish with additions to StreetPass Quest with new panels for Puzzle Swap. The update also says there is more content (this isn't mentioned in the notification letter from Nintendo).

- Nintendo eShop is now able to download while system is in Sleep Mode (stand-by) and the ability to save Credit Card information.

- Friends list, you and your friends will now be able to join games directly by supported titles.

- System transfer, addition to complete a full system transfer between two 3DS systems.

As you can see from the list many updates are behind the scenes stuff not much stuff for the end user and mainly these are tweaks more than new content, but hey we can now record short clips, and have extra time in Mii Plaza with our friends. Talking about friends we can now join directly from our friends list. Over all very nice update in this firmware, hopefully Nintendo has more interesting updates in the future.