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Someone Finally Made An HDMI Connector For The GameCube!

GameCube has been traditionally bound to composite OR crazy expensive component cables UNITL NOW! Metal Jesus reviewed a really awesome GameCube HDMI connector made by zeldaxpro and the interest for them has been so high he can't meet demand right now! Basically zeldaxpro hacked the GameCube digital out port to accept HDMI and apparently makes them by hand at his house, which is why he is having a hard time meeting demand.

This is one of the reasons why I love the retro game community so much because long after the lifespan of a console is over people are still creating really amazing hardware to keep systems going.

https://zzblogs.wixsite.com/home/single-post/pnpgc2

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As Long As There Are Nazi's In The World BJ Will Keep Busy

New Wolfenstein is coming soon and as such Bethesda is pushing it hard online. Some of the stuff coming out is pretty interesting including the above mini conversation with Wolfensteins designers. The key takeaway from this video? Expect many Nazis to die by the hands of the resistance.

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus and all of it's Nazi murder simulative goodness will release October 27th on PC, PS4 and XBox One.

Bowser Jr. Is Now Defeated - The Mushroom Kingdom Is At Peace

jdodson gives this a solid "Rad" on the Ghost Scale

This is fun, with very few issues, and is well worth your time.

jdodson gives this a "Rad" on the Ghost Scale

This is fun, with very few issues, and is well worth your time.

I got a new 3DS for Christmas this year and after getting it i've been picking up a growing back catalog of DS and 3DS games. New Super Mario Bros. DS was one of those games and I've always wanted to try it after it came out in 2006. I found it at Goodwill and then later picked up the box and manual for a couple bucks at Portland Retro Game Expo. I've had a save that's been at World 8 for the last couple months and recently I decided to finally beat the game. I'm glad I did too because it was nice to finally wrap things up.

In 2006 Nintendo tried to bring back old school Mario platforming and New Super Mario Bros smashed on the scene to great reviews. I'd say it's a... Read All I got a new 3DS for Christmas this year and after getting it i've been picking up a growing back catalog of DS and 3DS games. New Super Mario Bros. DS was one of those games and I've always wanted to try it after it came out in 2006. I found it at Goodwill and then later picked up the box and manual for a couple bucks at Portland Retro Game Expo. I've had a save that's been at World 8 for the last couple months and recently I decided to finally beat the game. I'm glad I did too because it was nice to finally wrap things up.

In 2006 Nintendo tried to bring back old school Mario platforming and New Super Mario Bros smashed on the scene to great reviews. I'd say it's a nearly perfect Mario game in that it's fun and feels challenging enough. The first handful of Worlds aren't terribly difficult but they are inventive and fun. The last few Worlds, 8 in particular, ramp the difficulty up considerably which makes beating them all the more rewarding.

Nintendo brought Mario to iPhones and Androids recently and I much prefer a traditional play style Mario game like New Super Mario Bros to the tap to play Mario Run. Mario Run is just about the best you can do on a phone but New Super Mario Bros is some of the best Mario platforming around and the traditional style d-pad thumb controls on the 3DS really make it shine.

If you have a DS or 3DS I recommend adding New Super Mario Bros to your collection. The "New" Mario platforming series has received a couple sequels such as New Super Mario Bros Wii, New Super Mario Bros 2(on 3DS) & New Super Mario Bros U. All of those games look great and I plan on picking them up at some point. It seems Nintendo is hip to keep the "New" Mario platforming franchise going and I expect that they will bring a new game to the Switch at some point to keep the old school platforming alive for their new shiny system. And if they do and you have a Switch I recommend you look into it because if it's anything like New Super Mario Bros it will be well worth playing.

Elder Scrolls Legends Releases on iPhone & Android

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Elder Scrolls Legends dropped on iPhone and Android recently and I installed it to try it out and it's a really solid port of the PC game. It seems Bethesda is following the tried and true path of releasing a digital card game on PC first, come to tablets next and then phones afterward. The phone ports come right in time for the Skyrim coming to Elder Scrolls Legends so if you wanted to try that out, now is the time.

Hopefully Valve and EA join the digital card game market and release phone game clients because by then we won't call them smartphones anymore, we'll call them card game handhelds.

https://legends.bethesda.net/articles/legends-on-phones?locale=en

SGDQ Wrap Up Volume III: Avenging Spirits!

Actraiser by Straevaras in 1:01:12 is a run worth watching especially if you are unfamiliar with ActRaiser like I was. Yeah, ActRasier might be on my "list of shame" but this run is still amazing to watch and Straevaras makes the game look like a breeze.

E.V.O.: Search for Eden by Darkwing Duck in 51:06 is a fun run especially if you like jumping. Taking advantage of buils that favor agility, this run is blisteringly quick. There are more than a few tense moments as the Darkwing Duck sinks nearly all the skill points into agility making it quite possible to get one shotted many moments in the run.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a5ioaqzWfw

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The Legend of Zelda.... But With Birds?

I'm not going to pretend I understand this but I thought it was worth sharing.

Please give your interpretations in the comments.

Super Nintendo Classic Pre-Order Update

Just wanted to post a follow up about my Super Nintendo Classic pre-order. It might not be news to anyone at this point but Walmart sent out the pre-order for the Super Nintendo Classic by mistake and as such cancelled them. Apparently everyone that got one isn't getting one anymore and we are now back in line for a Super Nintendo Classic with everyone else. And it's quite upsetting.

I was beyond happy that I got a pre-order and thought that I was one of the lucky few. As someone that plans on actually playing it when I get it, this is really unfortunate. It's possible Nintendo could increase stock on the Super Nintendo Classic making it easier to buy in stores... but... Read All

My Review Of The 8Bitdo NES30 Pro

Recently I picked up 8Bitdo's NES30 Pro bluetooth gamepad. I have a bunch of PC controllers but most of them like the XBox 360 controller are great for PC shooters and other games but not great for traditional platformers or retro games.

The NES30 advertises support for the PC, Mac, Android, iOS & more recently the Switch. With some research I found out that the NES30 supports iOS through iCade which is a pseduo-standard that began with the iCade for iPad where the controller acts like a keyboard and games that support the iCade respond to certain keyboard button presses. It's an interesting work around to Apple not having a controller standard at the time until... Read All

Travis Admin wrote on 07/25/2017 at 03:40pm

I'm still torn on waiting for the SNES30 Pro or getting this.

Or maybe both :D

I definitely prefer the stacked shoulder buttons of the SNES30 Pro but I like the look of this one more. I guess I'll just wait and see how the reviews are for the SNES30 Pro.

Glad you like it and it feels right. The button action of the early systems is what stands out for me in your review-- nobody seems to have gotten that right until now.

AdamPFarnsworth wrote on 07/25/2017 at 04:24pm

I'd love to see if this is as beautiful in person as it is in the picture!

Travis Admin wrote on 07/25/2017 at 09:00pm

Check out some youtube reviews Adam-- it's not, not quite. But still quite nice. The lighting and framing in the pic above gives it a metallic look.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 07/26/2017 at 08:25pm

Yeah, it's not quite as glossy but does look good.

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The No Man's Sky Hype Train Is Back In Service

There's a new ARG/Viral marketing thing going on for No Man's Sky, and unless you've been following from the beginning it's easy to be confused like me. It started with cassettes being sent to some people involved in No Man's Sky subreddits that, when the waveform was analyzed and decrypted, had a secret message: portal.

Since then, the Waking Titan project site has launched, with the promise of 10,000 random entrants receiving a physical Atlas Pass v4, a questionnaire, a secret decoder wheel to get you into a website with Titan commands, PDFs with what may be coordinates to planets in-game, and other strange things.

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I Was Able To Pre-Order The Super Nintendo Classic

Last night after we tucked away the little one to sleep my partner and I decided to watch a movie. More than half way in a Cheerful Ghost user hardeyez texts me that he just pre-ordered the Super Nintendo Classic on Walmart and I should head over to do the same. Immediately I let my partner know the emergency situation and we paused the film and I frantically created a Walmart account and put in the pre-order in what I consider to be the quickest new account creation process ever. A few minutes later I messaged Travis, WhiteboySlim and Scrypt but by the time Travis went to pre-order the Classic that Walmart page had crashed. I heard stories that people that... Read All Last night after we tucked away the little one to sleep my partner and I decided to watch a movie. More than half way in a Cheerful Ghost user hardeyez texts me that he just pre-ordered the Super Nintendo Classic on Walmart and I should head over to do the same. Immediately I let my partner know the emergency situation and we paused the film and I frantically created a Walmart account and put in the pre-order in what I consider to be the quickest new account creation process ever. A few minutes later I messaged Travis, WhiteboySlim and Scrypt but by the time Travis went to pre-order the Classic that Walmart page had crashed. I heard stories that people that pre-ordered the system woke up to Walmart telling them they didn't have stock for them but... so far... it looks like it's a pre-order success story.

Needless to say securing a Super Nintendo Classic really made my evening and that next morning. I really wanted to get the Nintendo Classic and wasn't looking forward to having another year roll by and missing out on Nintendo next retro re-release. According to Walmart the Super Nintendo Classic should arrive on October 6th which is just in time for it to get packed away for Christmas. Even though i'm getting the Super Nintendo Classic October 6th I still want to wrap it up and open it on Christmas. It just seems like playing it on Christmas morning is the best way to experience it.. or at least that's the plan right now.

Some people have noted what the point of getting one is if you own quite a few of these games already? That's a good point but considering I don't actually own most of these games, this is a pretty inexpensive way to get them. I don't own Earthbound and getting the SNES cart for $300 doesn't sound that appealing to me. Plus out of all 21 games on the Super Nintendo Classic technically I only own 5 and it would be 6 if the kid I loaned Secret of Mana too returned it to me. Funny story with that is a couple of years ago I met that kid at a bar and I mentioned to him he still had my Secret of Mana cart. We both laughed and he said that i'd never get it back.

Now I will.

http://www.nintendo.com/super-nes-classic

If you want to listen to me pine away about the Super Nintendo Classic you should listen to the first Episode of a new Podcast "Cheerful Ghost Radio."

http://cheerfulghost.com/jdodson/posts/3391/cheerful-ghost-radio-episode-1-the-first-one-where-we-talk-about-the-super-nintendo-classic

Azurephile Super Member wrote on 07/23/2017 at 02:34am

Lucky! I read that pre-orders were available, but quickly depleted.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 07/23/2017 at 02:46am

Yeah seems like Walmart had a 30 minute window?

Travis Admin wrote on 07/23/2017 at 04:42am

Show off! :D

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 07/23/2017 at 02:56pm

Hahahaha not trying to brag but I do this video game site and I had this topic to write about...

Travis Admin wrote on 07/24/2017 at 02:52am

Yeah I know, and it's definitely braggable. Just giving you a hard time. ;)

It's seriously awesome and if you're the only one here who gets one you gotta do a breakdown.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 07/24/2017 at 02:54am

I plan on it, when I open it, to do a pretty interesting break down. That said by the time December rolls around people will have dissected it from the atomic level already. But you know, better late than never I guess

Ben_Dodson wrote on 07/27/2017 at 06:24pm

I read today that all the Walmart Pre-Orders are being cancelled due to a system glitch. The Pre-Orders were not supposed to happen. Bummer if this is true

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 07/27/2017 at 07:08pm

Yeah it is, that did happen. I'm going post about it but i'm not really excited about it so i've stalled a bit on that.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 07/28/2017 at 03:19am

http://cheerfulghost.com/jdodson/posts/3414/super-nintendo-classic-pre-order-update

Travis Admin wrote on 07/28/2017 at 03:38am

RIP Jon's dreams

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 07/28/2017 at 04:01am

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