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dao2
05-19-2008, 03:05 AM
Hello!

I'm fairly new too the DP forums, been lurkin about and even posting some for the last 2 or so weeks but never made a proper introduction or nothing ;p I know there's a introduction thread but I'm gonna do a bit montre then the normal introduction ;p and some more stuff :o

Well to start ;p Sup... hehe....

Dunno where to start... I began playing games when I was 12. My first console was a n64 (which I still have and is part of my collection). I play most types of games, for almost every console (nes and above). Very few puzzle and non-console RPGs, and pretty much zero stealth games ><

I started collecting almost 1 year ago, a bit less since it was later in the summer. I started with about 50 or so games and now have over 500. Now my collection is a bit different from most of what I've seen at DP ><. I'm not a completist or anything, I only collect games that I like, every game I own I've played before and liked (except a special few that came in packs, like G Police and Sting!).

All my games are originals, no copies anything like that (though I have recently ordered some repros from gamereproductions.com. And of course that number doesn't include any duplicates ;p Not a very impressive against some of yours but I love it, and It'll grow steadily ;p Here's some pics!

Note: I'm putting them in drawers cause I ran outa room :| and its missing a lot of my consoles and pretty much 99% of my nes collection and 100% of my snes collection ><

http://www.freewebs.com/diecake/project/IMG%5F0413.JPG
http://www.freewebs.com/diecake/project/IMG%5F0422.JPG
http://www.freewebs.com/diecake/project/IMG%5F0423.JPG
http://www.freewebs.com/diecake/project/IMG%5F0421.JPG
http://www.freewebs.com/diecake/project/IMG%5F0424.JPG
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/4862/steelbattalionji3.jpg


Here's an old picture ;p Yes my flags are still there, forgot too take a pic :( Actually gonna receive the Rogue Galaxy pirate flag on wensday or summit ;p

http://www.imagehosting.com/out.php/i855453_collection2.3BLOG.JPG

dao2
05-19-2008, 03:07 AM
I also decided too start a small project, I ordered a gold (spray painted) dreamcast off of ebay, with controller hookups vmu and rumble for $30 shipped. Sadly it was shitacularly painted and old so the controller paint was rubbing off :( Still $30 for a DC with all that wasn't horrible so I was pretty happy. Here's pics!

Ugh :|
http://www.freewebs.com/diecake/project/IMG%5F0405.JPG

http://www.freewebs.com/diecake/project/IMG%5F0408.JPG

http://www.freewebs.com/diecake/project/IMG%5F0407.JPG

The controller, even worse cause of rub :|

http://www.freewebs.com/diecake/project/IMG%5F0402.JPG
http://www.freewebs.com/diecake/project/IMG%5F0404.JPG

Yeah not pretty :(

dao2
05-19-2008, 03:08 AM
Well after finding a can of metallic silver spray paint in the garage I decided too take a stab at painting it myself! This might not sound daunting to any of you guys but I've never so much as opened up a single controller/game/console of mine EVER. So I decided to start with the controller first.

Taking off the casing.
http://www.freewebs.com/diecake/project/IMG%5F0430.JPG
http://www.freewebs.com/diecake/project/IMG%5F0431.JPG

Taking out the board
http://www.freewebs.com/diecake/project/IMG%5F0433.JPG

All out and on the couch ;p
http://www.freewebs.com/diecake/project/IMG%5F0434.JPG


Starting with the spraying! Top Casing
http://www.freewebs.com/diecake/project/IMG%5F0436.JPG

Bottom Casing
http://www.freewebs.com/diecake/project/IMG%5F0437.JPG

Memcard holder
http://www.freewebs.com/diecake/project/IMG%5F0438.JPG

All assembled!
the top part came out really good (note that crap on the bottum right was there from before)

http://www.freewebs.com/diecake/project/IMG%5F0439.JPG

Bottum part came out craptacular cause I didn't wait for it too dry and messed it up :*(

http://www.freewebs.com/diecake/project/IMG%5F0440.JPG

Trying out my favorite game on my shit painted DC, Skies of Arcadia!!!
http://www.freewebs.com/diecake/project/IMG%5F0441.JPG

End Result:

I fucked up.... But I learned a lot about painting the controller so next time it'll go smooth. The buttons all work great except for the start button which is a bit stiff. I wanna keep it as-is as a memory of my first time doing something like this! I think I'm gonna tackle a few more controllers before I hit the console

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And about Skies of Arcadia. AMAZING RPG originally for the DC but ported too the GC. Wrote a lot about it here, please take a look! Even has a video I made (second video I ever made ;p)

http://dao2skp.gametrailers.com/gamepad/index.php?action=viewblog&id=109156

Check it out!

Well hello and glad to be a part of this forums ;p Seyaround!!

edit: sorry for the long post and I had too split it up cause of the image limit :/

DefaultGen
05-19-2008, 10:05 AM
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otaku
05-19-2008, 02:01 PM
welcome and nice collection. Steel battallion is very nice. That dc needs some love make sure to show it some!

dao2
05-19-2008, 02:04 PM
tbh I haven't played it for a while :S it's sitting on the side there ;p

otakue: yeah it sure does :|