Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@Eel Changed him a little bit to be even more grandpa.

Haha that looks great!

We don't get to see elderly cyclops very often.

@Zuljaras Well, this is getting kind of old to say, but it does look good once again. I'm curious to see the fully painted version. I do hope you'll try and use a bit of that shading/highlighting and dry brushing that we discussed earlier.

So, mythological creatures, huh? I can't wait for the inevitable Medusa, which might pose a bit more of a challenge to your skills...

@ThanosReXXX Yeah I will start posting finished stuff only. Yeah the stupid medusa is a must unfortunately.

Maybe you just use her head and make a shield out of it.

@Eel Nah I have a pretty scary pose for the medusa. Not those poses with medusa using a Bow.

But to be fair it might not be medusa but one of her sisters Euryale or Stheno. Medusa is overused. Also she is the one with the bow.

@Zuljaras To be absolutely clear: just because I said I'm curious to see the finished version, doesn't mean that I don't appreciate your the "making of" photo series...

@ThanosReXXX I though you did not like "making of" photos. My mistake.

@Zuljaras Nah, it's a bit like getting a gift, but not having enough patience to wait and find out what's inside. But I'll try to restrain myself...

During lunch i stopped at a local used music and game shop. This particular store out does most others I've seen. I ended up getting Madden 64 for 1.99 and wcw mayhem for 2.99. So both good deals and they're in great condition ( haven't tested yet tho).

While there I saw banjo kazooie, diddy Kong racing Kirby 64 and smash 64 all Japanese imports. 3 of them we're 5.99 and smash was 9.99. All were in mint condition. I think I read you can't play them on an American console without modding it. Now im wondering if it's something i should do to grab them since they're so cheap.

@NintendoByNature I think you'd better check out first how much English text is in these games. I can imagine that Banjo Kazooie will be all but unplayable, because a lot of clues and strategic hints are given away in the conversations with other characters, so if you miss all that because it's in a language that you don't speak, that will take away from the game to a considerable extent.

I think that it would more or less be okay for the other games, seeing as they aren't as text-heavy.

As for actually using JAP/NTSC cartridges on an American system, there's a couple of things you can do:

@ThanosReXXX I thought the same thing. Maybe Kirby, smash and dkr would be ok but banjo would be the tough one. I just checked out a mod you can do that is basically clipping off that tab in your system. It looks kinda shoddy, but it might be worth it. I dk, I guess i have to think about it.

@NintendoByNature That would be removing two tabs, actually, and I wouldn't do that, if I were you. Watch those videos, and you'll see the reason against it explained in the first one. If you don't want to exchange parts in your N64, there's also another option that you could go for, which is buying empty replacement cartridge shells, which can quite easily be bought online and come in a million colors, and then you can just remove the innards from the Japanese cartridges and put them in those replacement shells.

@ThanosReXXX cool I haven't checked out your videos yet but i will tonight.

@ThanosReXXX just watched the vids. Option 1 and 2 are probably best. Ill check online for a gameshark.

@NintendoByNature If you’re going Gameshark, look for Gameshark Pro. It gave you the ability to edit stored ram variables in real time. Made my harvest moon farmer eat the rocks to clear fields faster...
Also, BK would be horrendously rough in Japanese once you got to Grunty’s game show quiz.

@HobbitGamer good to know. I'd hold off on BK but DKR and Smash is a no brainer at those prices

@HobbitGamer
"Made my harvest moon farmer eat the rocks to clear fields faster..."

Your farmer ate the rocks ??!! 🤪

Depending on the game, you can cook them.

God I hate people sometimes. People are hacking in unreleased Pokemon into Pokemon Sword/Shield and surprise trading them away in order to trick casual players and kids into using them online and getting banned. Anyone here who likes Pokemon or has friends that do, please spread the warning around! Let's fight back against human scum that would go out of their way just to ruin someone's fun!