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My PS3 Super Slim was like a jet engine until I opened it up, replaced the thermal paste and gave it a good cleaning. Now it runs silently.

Yeah, I have a ps3 super slim. And now this one. Will let people know if I decide to list it. Kinda nostalgic as it's the one I had, but I prob don't feel like a game. Have no good ones, and when I had the ps3, I played everything that caught my eye or seemed fun.

Thanks.

Just tried it, and works like a charm. From the pictures, it seemed like it was kinda dinged up. After a good wash, it's pretty good. Tried it on, works fine, no sounds. He said there was a loud sound but he got it under control. I will mention it, since he's the original owner, in case it starts up again, and inject the remedy for it thanks to Oduomega. Pretty neat, I always have a comfort zone with pc games, but yesterday, I was like there's always good deals for ps3 consoles. Nothing in the pc market. Well some, like kingpin North American edition in box for $30 CAD. But with shipping, it's $50. And only a uk copy sold for $45. Not sure I want to put down $50, and there's always the potential someone is doing something for a quick cash injection or something.

I just got an email telling me I won a cereal sweepstakes I entered on a whim. General Mills, specifically Monster Cereals, was doing a collaboration with some artist named KAWS. I entered a contest for figurines of the monster mascots when I bought a box of limited-edition Frute Brute in October, and I guess I won. I'll post the figures when they arrive in 8-10 business weeks.

SupremeSarna wrote:

Nice one. I won some star wars funko pop from landmark cinemas, prob shoulda kept them, but sold them as they took up too much space. But if you do take winning a prize as something you need, you have to find contest forums, check how often you enter, do runs, some forums mark by date, arrange by date, and enter them all. I don't do dailies anymore, don't want the effort. But in November, since December just started, I won:

$50 ubereats gift card from HiSense

4 Ottawa Senators tickets vs. San Jose from an Ottawa radio station, I'm in Toronto and the tickets are nosebleeds

Won a $200 gift card to GoodFood but turns out the contest was only for people from Quebec, woops, tried to argue my point, no cigar lol

Dermot Kennedy tickets for 2023 at the best stage to see a show in Toronto, Budweiser Stage from a local radio station

a sleep spray mist and traveller mug from Aramark

Not bad, but I expect December to be better, but my work ethic (being focused on computer time) is not there. We'll see. Christmas contests are a hit or miss. Hope I get the hit part.

SupremeSarna wrote:

KAWS is arguably one of the top 5 “mainstream” underground artists in the world (it’s like Banksy, Jeff Koons and then him). He’s big on the colabs - Uniqlo, MTV, etc.

assuming what you won are limited prize pieces those are going to be worth a pretty penny. Nice score

Would you trade a Series X for a virtual boy with the following games: Wario Land, Mario Tennis, Galactic Pinball, Red Alarm, & 3D Tetris?... I think he's adding an OG PS4 500GB

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On paper that’s probably a fair trade … it comes down to how much you want to have a VB. They’re solid collectors pieces … but don’t make for much more than that. The VB will probably appreciate more over time

How many years of you not playing the Virtual Boy could you stomach waiting for the trade to appreciate enough for you to get a decent financial benefit out of it? That's probably the question. I've had it, it was fun and interesting for about 2-3 days. after that it was just too annoying to really use. And I had like, ten games

DarkFact wrote:

Do you still have them? Which ones were they?

SupremeSarna wrote:

I am cackling hysterically.

I keep nothing that doesn’t spark joy. I had tennis, teleroboxer, Tetris 3D whatever, warioland, Mario clash, virtual bowling and I believe pinball. It’s very hard to play the system in general, after ten to fifteen minutes you’d probably rather be reading a book.

Trade a playable system for a headache machine. That's a hard question! The VB is just a "investment" as it's unplayable trash. But you can play a XsX for extended periods of time with no discomfort. Tough!

DarkFact wrote:
I had tennis, teleroboxer, virtual bowling
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The Nester one or the unspeakably rare, Japanese one?

DarkFact wrote:

I'd finish multiple books in a row before considering playing VB. Books are good.

Yeah … just to qualify my comment above … I do have a complete US VB collection, and it’s just in a box in a basement. So… like bragging rights?

Kommie wrote:

I wouldn't know it's unplayable. I never played it, only saw it in stores as a child

SupremeSarna wrote:
Is that King Dedede?

EclipseLion wrote:

I personally wouldn't, but I also have more Virtual Boys than any sane human being.

SupremeSarna wrote:

Definitely Nester lol. I didn't have anything rare

VB gave me a headache after about 10 minutes back in the day.

Wouldn't mind trying it again though.

I quite enjoy the Virtual Boy, personally. I know, I’m lame. Its library isn’t great, but there are a couple gems in there.

Long ago my friends and I drove up to Ben and Jerrys in Vermont. I sat in the back and played my Virtual Boy all the way uo (multi hour drive)

When we finally got there I had the worst headache and was so sick I threw up in the parking lot.

Never touched that thing again and sold it shortly after.

Sid_Ceaser wrote:
How in the world did you prop that thing up in a moving car?

So that virtual boy guy blocked me, the last thing he told me was he would decide whether or not to trade his virtual boy w/games & original PS4 for my Xbox Series X in the box. A couple of messages back he did ask if I was a scammer so I should've seen this coming

Imagine being so neurotic that you actually end up ...not trading or selling the thing you're trying to trade or sell. You just talk yourself out of it.

He did you a favor. VB's poop, it's purely a financial sink with (probably) guaranteed gains, hopefully before China takes over the world and you can't sell anything anyways.

SupremeSarna wrote:
I wish they'd port Wario Land VB.

This really encourages me to either fix/consolize my damaged Virtual Boys or outsource the mod to someone else.

I've been craving Virtual Boy Wario Land! With these headaches I've been getting as of late, I really don't want to induce one myself.

nonamesleft wrote:

Nintendo missed their opportunity with the 3DS. Porting VB games onto the 3DS eShop seemed like a no-brainer... and yet they never even teased it.

Frank wrote:

I wonder, @Frank, if was trying to remove themselves as far as possible from their failure with the by choosing not to port any of its titles to the , especially since, at that time, they were simultaneously dealing with the real-time failure of the .

SupremeSarna wrote:


Get this: I was lying down in the bed of a pickup (it had a cap on it)

I can't even remember. I think it was just laying on my face from gravity.

I was so sick. I couldn't even stand up correctly.

Noid wrote:

That's likely the only explaination that makes any sense. The 3DS was more than capable of emulating VB games, and the 3D display was the perfect pairing.

You're likely right. Nintendo was in the middle of dealing with their biggest failure since the Virtual Boy, and bringing their biggest failure back to light was likely a concern of theirs.

I still see it as a missed opportunity. Nintendo could have even made a small Virtual Boy collection on a physical cartridge, towards the end of the 3DS life. They were already riding the wave of Switch at that point, and it seemed like they were throwing everything they had left at the 3DS... I mean, all those Wii/WiiU 3DS ports...

A Virtual Boy compilation including Wario Land, Mario Clash, and Mario's Tennis would have likely sold pretty well. I'd argue most Nintendo fans haven't actually experienced those games and would have jumped on an opportunity to play them. I own all 3 and STILL would have gladly paid $40 for a 3DS collection of the 3, or $9.99 for them ala-cart digitally... It's fun to reminisce about what could have been.

So Imgur requires an account to upload pics now? Any place do it for free that I can link to without giving any information? It's been awhile since I felt like uploading a picture of a find.

Here's what I do, @KCPenguins. I head over to this meme generator website here, upload a new template, upload the image from my device, don't alter it whatsoever, then save that as the "meme." The only thing it adds is a very small watermark on the bottom left corner. Other than that, it's easy, free, and no account needed.
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Thanks Noid!

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Pokémon XD Gale of Darkness and Pokemon Coliseum. $2.99 each. I would guess both complete with all the inserts. I don't recall ever hearing about XD before, but I was never into Pokémon.

Got all these GameCube games and the Wii game for a dollar each.
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KCPenguins wrote:

Gaht dam now that's a find. Thrift store I am guessing with that price?

Gypsy wrote:


Yeah, rare miscue by a for profit "thrift" store.

Ah nice. We have a couple like that here, I rarely stop in.

KCPenguins wrote:
2.99 each?! Wow. Where in the world did you find those?