- taizou
- Sep 13 2011, 10:32:01 AM
so they'd put a few different controllers on these big chains, like a PC one and a SNES one. and then the second player controller from a god damn Power Joy. this shit just follows me around sometimes. I considered buying it but I went for a lion hat instead, which was totally the better choice because it's awesome.[/quote]Are you that's not a Mega Drive controller? :whistle:- Title: pirate games = inescapable
Post by: taizou on September 13, 2011, 11:39:35 AM- nah it was the smaller one in this pic: http://ys.lizndom.com/2005/11-SuperJoy.jpg (http://ys.lizndom.com/2005/11-SuperJoy.jpg)
definitely Power Joy.- Title: pirate games = inescapable
Post by: taizou on September 20, 2011, 07:16:32 PM- on the other hand today i had a ton of time to kill in London so I had a look around a few markets to see if I could see any piratey stuff. found a grand total of one faded Power Player (the really common one) that looked like it'd been sitting there for about 10 years. and a fuckload of Pop Stations but like I could give a shit about those. so when i'm not looking they creep up on me unexpectedly, but when i am looking theyre nowhere to be found. boo!
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Post by: Awesome Panda on September 20, 2011, 07:23:54 PM- Well I think if you want to look for piratey stuff, you'd be better off looking in Eastern Europe or something. :P London is (apparently) one of the most well-off parts of the UK, so I can't imagine that it'd be any easier to find that sort of thing over there than anywhere else in this country.
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Post by: Pepper-98 on September 20, 2011, 07:47:11 PM- At least you guys can find pirates in the wild over in Europe. Here in the law-strict U.S. there's practically nothing. Hell, the most unlicensed thing I've seen in stores here are Tengen carts, though I'm sure I'd have better luck if I could manage a trip to New York or somewhere.
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Post by: Awesome Panda on September 21, 2011, 02:59:02 AM
- Qiezei
- Sep 20 2011, 07:47:11 PM
At least you guys can find pirates in the wild over in Europe. Here in the law-strict U.S. there's practically nothing. Hell, the most unlicensed thing I've seen in stores here are Tengen carts, though I'm sure I'd have better luck if I could manage a trip to New York or somewhere.[/quote]In Eastern Europe, maybe. In the UK, your best bet is eBay more than anything, or possibly car boot sales but I haven't been to those in ages.- Title: pirate games = inescapable
Post by: taizou on October 08, 2011, 02:00:18 PM- yet another pirate controller in an unexpected place:
(http://i.imgur.com/rgNSA.jpg)
as seen on the UK TV channel E4. if that's not a famiclone controller I dunno what it is.- Title: pirate games = inescapable
Post by: Ninja-Kun on October 08, 2011, 02:52:56 PM- My God, what show were you watching? O_o
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Post by: Awesome Panda on October 08, 2011, 02:55:04 PM- The Gadget Show, I assume. (That said, I've never actually watched it :unsure: )
Edit: Also, is it just me or does the bloke in the photo look like Elvis Presley's estranged brother or something?- Title: pirate games = inescapable
Post by: Ninja-Kun on October 08, 2011, 03:03:53 PM
- Cheetahmen
- Oct 8 2011, 02:55:04 PM
The Gadget Show, I assume. (That said, I've never actually watched it :unsure: )
Edit: Also, is it just me or does the bloke in the photo look like Elvis Presley's estranged brother or something?[/quote]Thanks :) And he looks like a chubbier version of Leonardo Di Caprio to me :P- Title: pirate games = inescapable
Post by: taizou on October 08, 2011, 03:15:06 PM- Its not from a show, its just one of these short E4-themed animations they show before & after ad breaks. they run a contest every year for people to make their own and the best ones end up on air. so i guess maybe it was made by a pirate game fan ;D
here it is online: http://www.e4.com/video/uBWq5jqnGcozCIsYG27al/play.e4 (http://www.e4.com/video/uBWq5jqnGcozCIsYG27al/play.e4)- Title: pirate games = inescapable
Post by: Awesome Panda on October 08, 2011, 03:23:08 PM
- taizou
- Oct 8 2011, 03:15:06 PM
Its not from a show, its just one of these short E4-themed animations they show before & after ad breaks. they run a contest every year for people to make their own and the best ones end up on air. so i guess maybe it was made by a pirate game fan ;D[/quote]Or maybe they looked up "game controller" on Google and it happened to come with a Famiclone controller. :P