Graham Mitchell
12-03-2006, 03:35 AM
So, I took at trip to Seattle to study for my step 2 licensing exam. (I'm a med student, and we have a whole series of these things we have to take, so I went home so I could hang out with people other than myself during study breaks.) Anyway, the first day I got there (which was a couple weeks ago), I went in to Pink Godzilla in Seattle (they're linked from the DP front end) to buy a Famicom--something I'd bee wanting to do for awhile. The girl working there was very knoweldegable and helpful, and procured most of the games I wanted. She even sold me on one called Rodland that I was really excited to get home and start playing.
So, as some of you may or may not know, Famicoms only work with RF; no AV outputs. We were told that channel 95 or so on an NTSC us signal would play it, but we were having no such luck. In fact, the console wasn't getting warm when turned on, so I assumed the power supply or something was dead, and I decided to return the console. They were very nice and switched me without question. When I plugged in the second famicom I had brought home, I heard a sort of electrical "popping" noise, followed by a smell of burning plastic. Never a good sign. When I stopped swearing, I unplugged the console and took it to the garage to take it apart. Smoke and a foul smell was coming from the power supply; when I pulled said part out of the machine, a quick glance onto the board revealed that a spider had come and laid a sack of eggs in the Famicom, causing it to short when powered up. So I had to take it back AGAIN. This time, when I told the girl at the counter what had happened, she almost laughed and said "I would have cried if that happened to me!" They gave me the cash I payed for it, which I used to by a Generation NEX. I wanted to play some famicom games, and I was tired of taking chances. The NEX is alright. It's got some compatibility problems. Rodland, which is gorgeous, crashes after about 4 seconds of gameplay, CONSISTANTLY. Everything else I've tried works flawlessly, including US Gumshoe, King's Quest V, Galaxy 5000, and Galaga, in addition to Japanese Goonies, Arkanoid, Klax, Donkey Kong Jr., and Caslte akimouju borlaads;lk/jf special (It's that Castlevania for Kids spinoff game for the Famicom--really fun!). Sometimes the sound is a little off on these things, but it's better than nothing.
Now when I go in to Pink Godzilla they are extremely nice to me after dealing with dead and hybernating arthropods in my Famicom, and sometimes I get discounts. Works for me!
Seriously, though--if anybody from PG reads this--the store and the service are both fantastic. I don't have any regrets. Keep up the work. After you were so cool in dealing with that fiasco, I plan on being a relatively loyal customer!
So, as some of you may or may not know, Famicoms only work with RF; no AV outputs. We were told that channel 95 or so on an NTSC us signal would play it, but we were having no such luck. In fact, the console wasn't getting warm when turned on, so I assumed the power supply or something was dead, and I decided to return the console. They were very nice and switched me without question. When I plugged in the second famicom I had brought home, I heard a sort of electrical "popping" noise, followed by a smell of burning plastic. Never a good sign. When I stopped swearing, I unplugged the console and took it to the garage to take it apart. Smoke and a foul smell was coming from the power supply; when I pulled said part out of the machine, a quick glance onto the board revealed that a spider had come and laid a sack of eggs in the Famicom, causing it to short when powered up. So I had to take it back AGAIN. This time, when I told the girl at the counter what had happened, she almost laughed and said "I would have cried if that happened to me!" They gave me the cash I payed for it, which I used to by a Generation NEX. I wanted to play some famicom games, and I was tired of taking chances. The NEX is alright. It's got some compatibility problems. Rodland, which is gorgeous, crashes after about 4 seconds of gameplay, CONSISTANTLY. Everything else I've tried works flawlessly, including US Gumshoe, King's Quest V, Galaxy 5000, and Galaga, in addition to Japanese Goonies, Arkanoid, Klax, Donkey Kong Jr., and Caslte akimouju borlaads;lk/jf special (It's that Castlevania for Kids spinoff game for the Famicom--really fun!). Sometimes the sound is a little off on these things, but it's better than nothing.
Now when I go in to Pink Godzilla they are extremely nice to me after dealing with dead and hybernating arthropods in my Famicom, and sometimes I get discounts. Works for me!
Seriously, though--if anybody from PG reads this--the store and the service are both fantastic. I don't have any regrets. Keep up the work. After you were so cool in dealing with that fiasco, I plan on being a relatively loyal customer!