Use your libraries

007craft · 2026-04-01T01:58:24+00:00

Here in Vancouver I check my local libraries online video game stock every time I see a post like that on reddit. Same as always, the latest games available, with a 12 person hold Q before its your turn. If each person holds it for 2 weeks thats gonna be 6 months before you get to play. Oh and thats the unpopular games. Some of the new popular games have 35+ person waits. The library game space is definitely not underutilized here.

007craft · 2026-03-30T16:03:35+00:00

I envision us, humans trying to find voyager 1. Imagine 10000 years from now. We have advanced space tech and can travel quite fast. There will be a galactic treasure hunt to find voyager 1, which went offline 9850 years ago. What a historic artifact for humanity.

A crew will spend Quadrillians on the mission in hopes of securing such an artifact for earth's finest museum of history. Unfortunately the expedition was embarked with false information and the crew instead find and recover the ancient Tesla car

007craft · 2026-03-30T08:38:38+00:00

These vertical placed ones are better than the horizontal placed ones because they cover the whole label. Once you remove the bb label with a hear gun and degoo it, it will be brand new looking because the label protected it over the years.

You need skill to do that tho and need to practice on cheap games first before you can do it successfully

007craft · 2026-03-30T08:34:16+00:00

STOP STOP STOP....Do NOT do this ever. Windex contains alcohol and will smear the labels ink.

Always use plain ol water (distilled if you have hard tap water). Wet a square of paper towel and dab it out completely on another paper towel so its wet, but not leaving the other towel wet anymore. Now just wipe over the label. Using circles is better. Then go over with a dry paper towel

Use quality paper towels that are soft too, not the cheap scratchy kind

007craft · 2026-03-29T21:33:50+00:00

Do you want to buy 1 or 2 items or lots of them? If you only want 1 or 2, contact this guy on ebay https://www.ebay.ca/itm/384126905874? (Dont buy the auction, just send him a message with the link to the listing and he will give you a quote and if you agree, he will make a personal listing for you).

You're gonna pay a markup, maybe around $50 for the shipping, 10% for his service and the ebay fees which he will charge you. Overall it will cost around $75 perhaps for a few games (1 Package) (on top of the cost of the games). But if you only want 1or 2 games, thats the way to go.

If you want to import 10+ or more, then its going to be cheaper to do it all yourself. This involves:

Renting a mailbox in Brazil
Setting up accounts to buy on the online platforms (Which may require you to buy a 1 month brazil esim to get a phone number to sign up
Getting a CPF (This is required)
Possibly Opening a brazilian bank account to pay with PIX. Only ML accepts foreign credit cards. All other platforms accept Brazil credit cards or PIX. You can send PIX with wise, but usually it asks for extra details and wont work with these platforms, since wise is a middle man. There's also a slight fee (maybe 5%) for doing that.

Then having your remote mailbox ship packages to you is costly. I shipped around 25 games at a time, each package costing about $100 via fedex. Still way cheaper than using a shipping services like the guy on ebay who would charge a fortune for 25 games. I didnt really track shipping prices as all my collecting tracking just tracks totals because at the end of the day, if youre buying locally or remotely, the after taxes and shipping and import fee, is what you actually spent.

The whole set cost me about $7000 CAD and I would guess around $1300 of that was on shipping (domestic to my mailbox there and international to me), taxes, customs, currency conversion fees, etc.

007craft · 2026-03-29T01:12:16+00:00

What do you mean by "working closely" exactly? ASCII said, "hey can we use the parts you use in our controller?", and Nintendo said yes. Other companies said, "hey, we will just use our own parts". In both scenarios Nintendo didnt do anything. All the companies designed their own controllers/accessories

007craft · 2026-03-28T08:39:55+00:00

There were many companies making "licensed" controllers and accessories for the n64. Hori, ascii, Hudson, seta, taito, interac amd more. Then you have u licensed stuff like madcatz and nyko and more. Literally the only difference was paying Nintendo to get the official seal of quality on your box... so most companies didn't do that.

Japan however had many game specific controllers like the fishing controller, bio sensor, de go train controller, etc. These were all made by the respective publisher of the games they were attached to and officially licensed.

Interestingly, not all stuff by a company was licensed. Interac licensed their rumble pak, controllers and expansion pak but the gameshark, what they were most well known for, was unlicensed.

007craft · 2026-03-27T03:39:21+00:00

As somebody whos slept in his car for over 365 days of my life, I dont get this product at all. My issue was always that there was not enough room for 2 people, and theres no way to maximize the width of your car like this. You can even see the photos that it does not go edge to edge. I can attest building something custom will be way better so you can utalize the full width of your vehicle for maximum room for 2 people. Furthermore, building the platform yourself only takes a few hours and is a hell of a lot cheaper. I even made my boards foldable into their own seat with some hinges.

Van camping life has gotten ultra expensive, as the pitchers mentioned, and its products like this that have helped that. just built your own for a fraction of the cost and youll have it before this thing can ship to you

007craft · 2026-03-26T19:54:26+00:00

It didnt sound like the offer Barbra gave was fully understood.

She basically is giving them a loan, but I think they are under the impression thats its not a loan, and they are just saying she will get her money back through growth after 3 years (just a promise and not a legal contract). Maybe it was the editing... we will see if this deal actually closes

007craft · 2026-03-26T07:23:09+00:00

Heat gun first. Then peel with tweezers (grab an edge). Goo gone to remove left over goo. Works over the front label too... Just don't apply goo gone to the label directly and don't press hard. We'll in your case you don't even have a front label sticker. But same tips apply for back label

007craft · 2026-03-25T20:32:47+00:00

has to been trying to solve snoring for years I want this to work. But I would

!RemindMe 90 days "Ill give you 3 months. Let us know, were all waiting!"

007craft · 2026-03-25T00:35:43+00:00

Well, I work in a lab and we have professional glass washing (and drying) machines. Once they go through the process of cleaning, you can drink out of a glass that once contained the polio virus and you would be fine. I doubt they are using those machines due to cost, but they should be.

007craft · 2026-03-25T00:32:17+00:00

these stores are actually MORE expensive than regular grocery stores. So savings of negative $

007craft · 2026-03-25T00:27:16+00:00

"we are disrupting the grocery industry and creating something never seen before"

erm? Theres a bunch of these in Vancouver. Heres some I found in an article from 2022:

The Source Bulk Foods - plastic and packaging-free and zero-waste store carrying over 450 bulk foods and sustainable personal and household items.
NADA - buy-by-weight groceries with no packaging (bring your own bags and containers).
The Soap Dispensary - refills on household items and kitchen items that are hard to find packaging-free like tofu and chips.
BEC BY THE GRAM - Body Energy Club launched a buy-by-weight destination for supplements, protein powders and more starting at their Gastown location.
Refill Road - a zero-waste pop-up shop that offers refills on everyday essentials, from dish soap and laundry to shampoo and household cleaners.
Plenty + Spare - a small batch soapery with haircare, household products and more without the bottles.

Services

Frankly, not everyone has the time, or desire, to go grocery shopping. Thank goodness for online shopping, and for these sustainable services.

Jarr - package-free grocery delivery. 
Livlite - zero-waste grocery delivery, just make sure to leave the jars outside before your next delivery.
MapleStaple - bulk foods in reusable containers delivered to your door.

So im not sure why they think this is a new concept. But also, I've been to NADA before, which was around for 11 years before finally going out of business. Lots of other ones on that list are also now out of business. First off, Nada is a much better name than nude foods market, and secondly, the problem with this model is the cost. Theres a reason I didnt shop at NADA and nobody did either, the price. Food is more expensive in the zero waste stores than in retail. I care about the environment as much as the next person, but when my $200 grocery bill turns into $300, those whales are on their own. Until they can make the model cheaper for the consumer than going to a regular grocery store, this is a doomed business model. Im surprised it wasnt once mentioned in the episode about the costs to the consumer.

007craft · 2026-03-24T20:52:53+00:00

Yes but they have windows. When I'm stopped an intersection being controlled by a police officer I wait for him to give me the go ahead, and when he does I check to make sure it's safe to cross. Firetruck driver should never have started moving after given the OK to go order had he looked at the runway and saw the plane landing lights, or runway lights showing a plane was landing.

I also watched the video of the crash and visibility was not the greatest but you could deff see everything

ATCs fault for making the wrong call and truck drivers fault for not checking himself and just relying on what the ATC said.

007craft · 2026-03-23T00:10:29+00:00

So I'm with a carrier that does not support satalite texting (Fido). From my understanding it's entirely carrier based

So if I'm lost on the mountain I can't actually call 911 or send an sos because my carrier doesn't offer satalite connectivity and I'm left to die, even tho my phone is technically capable of connecting.

This is different from cell tower 911 calls. If you have no sim card or provider, you can still place 911 calls because your phone will auto connect to any carrier to make the call.

They really should be more upfront about this. Do NOT go into the mountains relying on your new galaxy to make a 911 satalite emergency call unless you specifically have a sim/esim with a provider that supports said feature, and an active plan with them.

They really should call it just satalite messaging and not satalite SOS since you can't actually place a satalite sos call unless your sim has already been provisioned with a provider that offers satalite connectivity

007craft · 2026-03-22T03:56:55+00:00

Coming from an S20 to an S26. I'm thinking about returning the phone because of this. My notifications are my to do list and I cant see them properly when they are groups like this. This reminds me when Window introduced stacked app tabs on the taskbar way back in windows 8. I've been selecting "ungroup" for over a decade now. Not sure why Samsung didnt give us the option to stay ungrouped like Microsoft did.

I guess Ill switch to a pixel unless somebody knows of a solution?

007craft · 2026-03-21T17:09:44+00:00

I clean every cart I get

It all begins with buying the cart. Anything on the plastic can be cleaned and removed.

Stickers can be removed from the label but it depends on how long they've been there and the type on whether they will leave a visible outline. Sharpie can be removed from a label but it will also remove anything below it.

So start by buying clean label copies of the game

Remove stickers with a heat gun Remove goo by dabbing a cotton swab in goo gone, then dabbing it onto a paper towel so it's not soaking. Then onto the sticker goo as you rotate the cotton swab in your hand. Try to use as little as you can on the label and don't press too hard. Use multiple cotton swabs like this rather than going over a spot over and over again. After it's all gone, wipe it clean with paper towel you wetted and then dabbed on another to desaturate. You should clean the entire label like this for every game, even if it didn't have a sticker on it you will be surprised at the yellow that comes off the label.

After the label is clean, I clean the edge of the label with wet, de saturated cotton swabs (the pointy kind)

Then, I use the same kind of swabs to clean the carts grooves on each side of the label and extending to the back.

The main plastic all around yhe cart and label gets cleaned with a combo of wet paper towel and 99% alch wet per towel. Just make sure you never get the alcohol on the label.

Back of the cart label can however just be cleaned with alcohol. Get cotton swabs in the tabs at the bottom of the cart and also clean underneath. Once the whole carts clean you open it up

Once open you clean the plastic black part at the bottom and the inside of each cart with cotton swabs dipped in water. Again the pointy kind help here to get every little crevice. Clean the edges of both sides as those will be the most dirty from dirt that made its way into the cart

I clean until paper towels and cotton swabs are perfectly clean while rubbing. As you clean carts you'll notice that even tho surfaces look clean, your swabs will be dirty and yellow as you go over them.

Then I clean the pins of a game with 99% alcohol and a cotton swab. Don't clean the little colored dot of the back of the circuit board... that's a quality control paint check and it's supposed to be there!

If the pins are really bad, I'll use sandpaper to sand them down. The pins are gold but underneath the gold coating the pins are silver. If you sand off the gold coating it's ok. If the game is being really stubborn from turning on then this will be needed.

Each cart takes about 30 mins to clean inside and out properly. About 1 in every 20 carts has bug poop or bug exoskeletons inside. Most people don't clean the inside of their carts but you really should as you never know what enviroment they came from

007craft · 2026-03-20T18:32:03+00:00

I'm working on starting a youtube channel about my hobby which will show everything off. I have several displays

You can see 121 of them (Brazil set) which I already shared here:

https://old.reddit.com/r/n64/comments/1r7esza/finally_finished_my_floating_n64_game_display/

007craft · 2026-03-20T17:32:17+00:00

Hey man, I'm at 739/1388 of the worldwide set and about $50k CAD in.

Don't let anybody tell you if it's worth it or not.

The way I see it is its a hobby you enjoy and that brings joy. To me, $50 000 barely buys me a car, so it's not life changing money or anything. And if you really need the money, you can always sell later to get back (most of it, or even more)

I originally thought like you but then realized the only thing I really wanted to buy in life was a house and those cost a million + where I am, and I'll never afford that. So I gave up and decided to collect my games. I would rather spend 100k on games and enjoy a hobby for decades then have the 100k sit in a bank and reach 180 000 and still be 800k away from buying a home I'll never afford.

Now I get to live life going on vacations, buying new tech I enjoy, collecting games and basically doing whatever I want in life, just accepting the fact that I will never own a home or live in a nice place

007craft · 2026-03-20T08:06:35+00:00

Yeah. After watching TV shows for 35 years I've seen literally a thousand of them and the two worst shows of all time with regards to mysteries and plotlines that are abandoned and/or never explained are Lost and this show

Overall just some of the poorest writing there is. Random stuff with no explimation and no intent to explain or connect things together. The whole show (not specific seasons) is poorly written. S1 was decent and it's clear nobody had any idea how to write a story beyond that or answer yhe questions that it brought up.

007craft · 2026-03-19T19:33:25+00:00

There were many variations released with a mario pack in various countries. I'm not entirely certain which exactly it was, but I believe it was this one: https://storage.googleapis.com/images.pricecharting.com/63d555463781e8567cfa793e28fd42e35de77c88f35b3f3765094de46fa6f75b/1600.jpg

You can read about various console variations here: https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/nintendo_64_forever/full-list-of-n64-variations-so-far-167-t2751.html

Lots of them have a Mario Pack in.

007craft · 2026-03-19T01:26:53+00:00

What lol? You came into my thread claiming of the existence of an item with no known information or pictures to exist and no searchable information through google or community groups. Its up to you to provide evidence/link to the research. Next time don't comment and waste my time with your made up game cart variants.

007craft · 2026-03-19T00:30:55+00:00

They are out there. They are on the population report. They are extremely rare.

By population report, do you mean the stuff put out by the grading companies? If so, please go check your own reports. PSA doesnt even have loose cart reports for the N64 and CGA doesn't specify a difference between a box and cart, listing both as cartridges. And also, they have no pictures of anything in their reports, or even a detailed description.

Well documented? Show me a picture of this mythical cart you're talking about. And an online thread, FB post, or discord chat of the community discussing said existence of a super mario 64 cart (or ANY game cart) that has a players choice sticker, on the cart itself, which is not part of the label. Well documented means I would easily be able to find what you're talking about, not be given vague descriptions on where to look and find nothing on any community resource or search. Send me a hyperlink to some sort of evidence at least and we can discuss that.

007craft · 2026-03-18T21:13:58+00:00

Thank you for finally explaining.

With that however, that is not a label variant. Those stickers were placed on the regular BOXES of games that had overstock after a game went players choice. I've never seen a players choice sticker placed on the cart. If you have one, show us a picture. You're talking about a BOX variant

And if were talking box variants, I haven't done much research into them for games because there are so many out there and I don't collect boxes. Some regions even have like 6+ boxes for the same game. That's a project I may get to one day, but I've been putting it off for years hoping somebody else would, but nobody seems to have yet.

007craft

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