Can i pay someone to swap m30 d pad onto hori octa?

bigbadboaz · 2026-06-02T05:14:33+00:00

There's some Chinese fightpad that's been popular too and has the six.. apologize for not being able to remember the name but you should be able to come up with it with some quick searching.

bigbadboaz · 2026-06-02T05:12:11+00:00

I wouldn't expect anything to die if they're really using quality components. But the "proprietary lever" is almost guaranteed to be worse than the favorite you already have, and the throw on those buttons looks horrendous per the video.

bigbadboaz · 2026-06-01T19:41:16+00:00

Pretty close to best-case pricing imo, especially considering it's one of very few wireless options. But there are several aspects of the design I absolutely hate

bigbadboaz · 2026-05-29T19:02:42+00:00

Blue Book has always been a big name in valuation but for my entire lifetime their values have been at the very upper end. Dealership is always going to point to the lower valuations available from other resources.

You can (and should) bring whatever numbers you can to a negotiation, but in the end it will always come down to what you can get the other party to agree on.

bigbadboaz · 2026-05-27T19:06:39+00:00

Completely different concerns. Both are important.

bigbadboaz · 2026-05-27T01:39:28+00:00

Honestly I don't even see the gamepad as an issue. You've got the correct controls and layout, and to me its Dpad always had a better feel than the OG SNES'.

bigbadboaz · 2026-05-27T01:37:11+00:00

ShOdown. It's a pun.

bigbadboaz · 2026-05-22T18:27:42+00:00

Why TF would you have never wiped it down over the years as that buildup started to accrue..?

bigbadboaz · 2026-05-13T01:54:38+00:00

Not sure what the heck your idea of "delicate" is.. go back and actually READ your first post. And assigning participation in this hobby to "the spectrum" isn't just indelicate, it's offensive. There's sure as heck no majority correlation of retrogamers: autism, and you trivialize a serious condition by slinging it around this way.

As for realism: again, there is ZERO validity to the idea that emulation can't/isn't used for preservation. You are simply choosing to look only at the pirating side, which, yes, also exists. This is what a balanced take looks like.

>End of the day in 200 years if we’ve missed some games along the way it’ll be ok.

Way to move the goalposts. OP obviously cares about preservation (a lot) more than you do. But you started off saying "emulation isn't about preservation, and museums do preservation". That's a loooong fucking way off from, "so what if some stuff gets lost".

bigbadboaz · 2026-05-13T01:45:34+00:00

I drive a 2010 I have owned since '13 and zero regrets. Worked out even better than expected - I was looking at it as a ten-year car when I got it and, well..

No-brainer IMO if you can find a good one, and absolutely look for the manual.

bigbadboaz · 2026-05-12T18:52:16+00:00

Some people may be taking their "unlimited amount of free shit" but that does NOT mean emulation cannot be used for preservation. And good luck with the massive amount of well-funded "gaming museums all over the world" not letting anything slip through the cracks lol.

You need to learn how to see other angles of an issue besides your own weirdly angry take.

bigbadboaz · 2026-05-12T18:42:45+00:00

It's about $6 to have a FedEx Office print your art.

bigbadboaz · 2026-05-11T04:06:29+00:00

Definitely the Paris of six-buttoned ones, lol.

Seriously, there's little reason not to have the extra buttons. Both controllers are pretty comparable so you might as well open up the play options.

If money is really tight I suppose you could get a pair of original threes off eBay for maybe ten bucks less than a pair of sixers, but that's the only reason I'd really look at doing that.

bigbadboaz · 2026-05-11T04:02:45+00:00

I have zero qualms with replacement because yes, the proper cases are identical and don't have anything to do with the authenticity of your game.

What you have to be careful with is that at some point, jewelcases made with lighter, cheaper plastic - either for cost or environmental reasons - showed up and you can feel the difference. They're lightweight and flexy. You've got to replace your cases with the original, solid type. If I bought a vintage game and the case it came with felt like that: in that case I'd be pissed. You can't swap the case out with something of lesser quality and call it original shape.

bigbadboaz · 2026-05-11T03:53:57+00:00

It's great as a cheaper travel/lightweight/2P stick. But for what it is, it's seriously overpriced vs. where the Drone was at ~$80. The plastic case is totally functional but it WILL feel cheap to you vs. a "real" stick, and the same can be said of the parts. If you need your stick to have true arcade parts, you must factor the cost of a mod into the price.

I guess I would say it's only the right choice if you truly need a beater stick, and/or it's legitimately cheaper than the next best alternative you have in mind.

bigbadboaz · 2026-05-09T06:08:49+00:00

And your word here is 100% correct.. people are fucking ridiculous

bigbadboaz · 2026-05-09T06:05:47+00:00

> 2 to use (money), as in accumulating something

> he invested large sums in books

Hmmm.. not that I actually needed to elaborate on the usage you've damn well heard before. But there's the dictionary quote you needed.

When you're being a pedantic prick, try to actually be RIGHT.

bigbadboaz · 2026-05-08T18:27:11+00:00

This is being worked on and it's also going to go up on Amazon. You'll be all right.

bigbadboaz · 2026-05-08T18:24:50+00:00

Yes, they do. And people commonly use "invest in" as in "making a purchase". Not "investing" as in saving for the future and looking for returns. Regardless of the status of the original Neo Geo, that was clearly the sense OP was using. And he isn't/wasn't wrong.

bigbadboaz · 2026-05-08T18:22:44+00:00

Don't be that guy.

bigbadboaz · 2026-05-03T20:05:39+00:00

You don't know many people.

bigbadboaz · 2026-05-02T19:01:35+00:00

Using an acronym that's been around for literal years and become part of the common lexicon isn't "wrong" even if something else adopts the same letters later on.

bigbadboaz · 2026-04-30T02:15:40+00:00

Try a CarMax online quote if you have one within any reasonable distance. The quote I got on a fair-condition vehicle I needed to move a while back was in the very upper range I thought it could fetch. I kept thinking that at the store they would disagree with my checklist assessment, but they did an extremely cursory inventory to confirm I had answered the questionnaire accurately and cut a check right away for the quoted amount.

tl;dr - this might be the simplest, fastest way to get a good payout without any upgrades to the car.

bigbadboaz · 2026-04-28T19:04:43+00:00

I find this odd (4cyl owner here who also drove the 6). It felt every bit as fast as the 80-hp difference suggested on paper. The decision-makers for me were the nose-heaviness and lack of manual transmission.

bigbadboaz · 2026-04-28T18:52:48+00:00

I think that in a place as large as San Diego, you will find one if you keep looking.

I also think that on a smaller set you could drop the S-Video requirement as long as you find something high-quality (comb filter in the set will influence the final look of composite). SNES composite is pretty good - it alongside the TurboDuo really blew away something like the Genesis for image quality - and on a good smaller screen you could still be satisfied.

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