The Blog Ends Here

I guess I won't be using this Blogger account anymore. It's time to move on. I don't think I can be able to update about games all the time. If you're interestd in what I'm doing with my life go to this blog: http://theretrogamer.tumblr.com/

NOTE: I won't delete this blog because of the downloads page. I'll leave everything here as it is.

EarthBound Fanfest 2010 is here! Oh the JOY!

So yeah, EB Fanfest! It starts today on Starmen.Net! Be sure you participate! I know I will. I finally got a official copy of EarthBound, but I don't have a SNES. :( But on the bright side, I won't feel like I'm breaking the law, since I have an official cart. I can play EB on a ROM whenever, though I've been doing that for quite a while...

Gah! Anyway, be sure to get on Ustream tonight to participate in the EB Fanfest and win some awesome prizes! They'll announce the Twitterlibs winner tonight, and I really hope I win. I highly doubt it, but it's worth a shot!

ROM Hacking Project? RPG Related?

I've been working with ROM hacking lately and since I'm doing something real big for my Senior Project at school. I won't reveal what I'm working on, but I'll be sure to put it on the blog soon, so be on the look out for that. I'm not sure when I'll update it, but it'll be soon. :3

School is Here! D:

AND THAT MEANS NO UPDATES FOR A WHILE. Maybe some news here and there, but that's about it. :(

The Tale of the Creepy Pokemon Hack!

If you know about this story already, then I don't need to talk about it. If you need some insight on this here's a link for all the details!

As far as you know, this story could be a fake. Fake or not, it's still a scary story! Heck, even my sister got scared of this story! But it wasn't from the Tiny Cartridge post. It was from the DS homebrew that was released today! This homebrew pretty much tells the story about the Pokemon Black hack WITH an extra ending. And trust me on this that IT WILL BE SCARY. Unless you're like me... I wasn't too frightened, but golly it was creepy! If you want to get the ROM for this then here's a link! If you don't have a flash cart or an emulator (which isn't that hard to download) then google for a DS emulator... If you're too lazy, then here's a recording so you don't have to do anything! Yay for being lazy!




Sorry for the nightmares!
~VGMaster64

Golden Sun: Dark Dawn- Preview

Like I've mentioned before, I can't wait! I'm struggling a bit in the first game, but I think I'll finish the first 2 games before this one comes out.

I'm Getting Serious! + I Feel...G...A...B...B...E...R...(Giygas Remix)

My gosh! And I thought Furries in a Blender was only good at the John Freeman remix. Hands down this is a amazing remix for EarthBound.

Fixing Silver Verion's Battery! Part 1- The Operation!

I decided to open up the cartridge so that once I get the battery, I can just put it in and do the rest from there, but since I don't have the battery, I can't finish it just yet. So here's the progress of the work I've done so far.

Here's the tools I used the get this game open. Since I don't have the fancy Nintendo screwdriver to open this up, I did the next best thing.

Melt the tip of a regular pen (don't catch it on fire) and sink it in, in the back of the Gameboy cartridge where the screw is and let it cool down. If it get stuck in the cartridge then that's fine. It's cooling down to the mold on the cart. Don't make it too hot, or it'll melt some for the plastic on the cartridge! This almost happen to me, but I took it out in time.

Once you unscrew the back with your pen, slide the front part of the cart, down and pop it out. Take out the motherboard and put it on a clean surface. As you'll see in the picture, there's the battery in the yellow. You don't want to get rid of the metal strip on top of the battery and on the bottom of the battery. You'll need them later. Use some tweezers or a small screwdriver to take off the sawder on the bottom of the strip until it looks like the picture up above.

The harest part will be the bottom strip. It's sawdered on well and it's a pain to get out. Well it was for me anyway...

If you're lucky, the congrats! You've removed the dead Gameboy battery!

Here's what the battery looks like. Since you really don't need the dead battery anymore, you can just throw it away.

And as a bonus picture here's the game runing without a save battery. Though it still works, you won't be able to save and all that. Be sure to check out the next post where I'll install the new battery and test it to see if it'll save!

~VGMaster64

Combo Deal! I love Goodwill!

Well, it was a Saturday afternoon and I thought it would be a good idea to go to Goodwill, because of all the electronics that people seem to have thrown away. Like the good old nerd I am, I went down there to see what they got. I was having my hopes up to find a copy of EarthBound, but instead I found something that my inner childhood would love to have. 2 Gameboys for $10! One Gameboy Pocket and one Gameboy Color! Since I'm really into handheld gaming, I couldn't just let these treasures go to waste, so made my purchase and I was out the door! I never had a Gameboy in my life until I got a Gameboy Advance for Chirstmas years ago. So I was sort of making up the childhood I never had... sort of. Here's a picture of the 2 Gameboys I got.

It was a pretty sweet find! That was until I looked in the back of the Gameboy Color...

It was a copy of Pokemon Silver! I was pretty happy since I've only played this game for a bit as a kid. Now I had my own copy to play. Without delay I got some batteries and I started playing. But there was a problem...

They save battery in the game was dead and I couldn't keep my saved data. :( I was quite upset, but after looking up info on this problem, I could just replace the save data battery. So after teaching myself how to fix this problem, I'm planning to buy a new CR2025 Lithium battery to replace the dead one inside. I have most of the tools, I just need the battery and maybe some electrical tape (clear tape works as well). I'll show some of the step by step progress tomorrow, or whenever I get the new battery, but for now I just got to play some Mother 3 for the Funfest over at Starmen.net and play Pokemon Red on my DS Flashcart. Hope to see you guys again! If I find a interesting RPG/ Gaming related thing at Goodwill again, I'll let ya know!

~VGMaster64

Urgh... Long Vacation,Work Life,and Other Site News

Well... its been a while since I've been on this blog. I've been kept busy with my life and other such to get ready for senior year for high school. I've been also been busy with some new RPG's like Dragon Quest IX, Kingdom Hearts, Golden Sun, and soon to play Mother 3 (for the Fanfest by Fangamer). I'm trying to get a ton of stuff done, before school starts again. I'll still be playing video games and a ton of new games from time to time, but I got to really concentrate on my life and get stuff done. I bet that by the time I get to college I'll be gaming a bit more than I was at home, but I will be studying like a mad man. A bit more than high school studying (except for SAT's and ACT's... I still need to do that and I'll need PLENTY of study time). I will be posting new stuff from time to time, but I'm not sure how often. I don't really want to keep updating on newer RPG's anymore. It's quite common on what's coming out and I'll just update the ones I want to talk about. I might have some stuff updated about newer games, but I'm not too sure. Well... hope to see you guys soon. Maybe a site redesign? Who knows! I have some ideas for some changes on this site.

Chrono Trigger 600 AD on Beer bottles

Heck yes. That's all I have to say.

Pokemon Black and White Trailer!

Really? 3 way Pokemon battles? New Wifi details? What's going on?

Pokemon Black and White Update- Release Date September 18!

Now that there's a release date, I'll be sure to see if I can get a copy of this game! The detail looks great, battle system looks awesome and that's about it. I'm not sure if the game will hold my high expectations, but we'll have to wait and see!

~VGMaster64

Chrono Trigger Funfest Next Week!

Well it's alomost here! A CT funfest by Starmen.net AKA Famgamer! I remember last year when I was working hard on EBFGP, but now this is going to be a fun challenge! I don't really know what kind of events are going to take place yet, but I can already tell that it's going to be a great summer treat!

E3 Coverge! Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light!

My EarthBound Addiction

Hello, my name is VGMaster64, and I'm an EarthBound addict. I swear, there is something about this game that always makes me want to play it over and over again. As of now, I don't own a copy of the masterpiece. If I had a load of money to spend, this would be first dibs. I have only rom data of the game. I have the game installed on my Wii, on my GBA with Mother 1+2, Mother 3 on a DS Lite flashcart, and EarthBound on my USB drive to play on whatever computer I desire. I pretty much have EarthBound wherever I go. I'm pretty sure for some people, they might think that I'm crazy. Some people might say that it's perfectly fine. If you love a certain thing you'd be crazy to do just about anything for it. It's a fact of life.

I can't really be sure how many files or times I have played EarthBound. I've beaten the EB on my Wii and starting a 2nd file, I have1 file filled out on Mother 1+2 and I have another file to finish there, I've played through Mother 3 about twice, but I plan to play it again once I have a official cart of the game. Finally I have 3 or 4 EB files to finish on the emulator. I beat the game on my laptop and starting a new file there, I also have an EB set up at my Grandma's place, and I just started that. So you can pretty much tell that I know this game backwards and forwards, but why do I play it so much? I really have no idea really, I just seem to have really enjoyed the story, the characters, the sillyness and the whole moral that if tells in the end. EarthBound is one of those game where you just don't know why you love it so much, but you continue to play itover and over again. I bet some people at Starmen.net would understand those reasons.

A ton of my friends can't see the replay value of EarthBound. I got my girlfriend convinced to play it, but she would need some time to figure out when she can, because she and I are extremely busy with school and finals coming up next week, so not much time for play. Well, I'll just leave this post as it is so I can get back to work and you can ponder about something while I'm gone: Has there been a game/RPG in your life where you just kept playing over and over again? I'd like to hear what you have to say!

~VGMaster64

New Fire Emblem Game and Info!

The new Fire Emblem game has been announced! Horray! There a decent amount of info for this game and it kind of shocks me that Marth isn't the main character, but it's going to be a custom made character that'll be played through the entire game. Here are some of the details just to see what I mean.

Title: Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem – Hero of Light and Shadow

Details:
- Due out on July 15th in Japan
- Wi-Fi support for 2 players
- Marth is no longer the lead character
- You control a recruit in the Knights of Altea

- You are the main character

- Create a character with 'My Unit'
- Customize gender, eye, hair, and face styles
- These choices affect conversations with fellow knights

- New scenarios for the My Unit character
- Prologue which follows the My Unit character

- Side story with a new map

With the idea of having new scenarios, side stories, and the outcome of your character affects the way you have conversations with your knights, makes me think a ton about Chrono Trigger. Though I'm not saying that it's very similar to Chrono Trigger, I'm just saying that it has that sort of similarity with the whole alternate outcome and choices you make through out the game. None the less, it sounds like a pretty great game! If more details show up, I'll let you guys know.

~VGMaster64

My Times With Tales Of Phantasia!

I just felt like talking about this game for a bit, because I haven't played this game in a while. It's been years! I remember purchasing the game at Nintendo World in New York. I bought about 3 RPG's at that store and a bunch of other games. Once I got home, it was a huge gaming frenzy. I think that I started Tales of Phantasia first and after a while, I stopped because it got a bit hard for me and I just put it away. As of now I plan to restart this game after I finish up Pokemon Soul Silver.

I should be grateful that I have this game, because this game never came out in the U.S. during the SNES times, until it was re-released on the GBA. I hope to play this game very soon. It would have to be during the summer time, because I have 2 weeks left of school and I REALLY need to keep up on my work.

~VGMaster64

WarioWare DIY - EarthBound Runaway 5 Theme!

An awesome fan being an awesome fan. What more can you say?

~VGMaster64

Golden Sun TV Ad!

I would have never guessed that this commerical would be for Golden Sun! Now I have a real good reason to play this game now! It's a sad truth that I've never played a Golden Sun game, but the reason for that is because I only have the copy of the second game. I tried to find a copy of the first one, but I can't find it! It makes me kinda sad that it'll be hard to find. I guess if I can't find it, I'll have to download it. I hate when I miss out on an old classic like this.

~VGMaster64