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Chronicles of 7th Grade: Christmas
Jun. 17th, 2009 06:11 amActually, I will also be covering the two days that followed Christmas that year. Here I go:
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Next game: Snowboard Kids
Back to the present.
To start off, I finally decided to buy a copy of Donkey Kong Country off of Ebay. Really, there wouldn't be any excuse to exclude that one if I'm going to be playing a translated version of the Japanese equivalent to Tetris Attack. After all, me and Brian had borrowed both games from Mr. Clements later in the year, for roughly an equal length of time, so why not? Besides, after donating Champions World Class Soccer, NCAA Football, and Mario Paint, I have a few empty spaces in the bin where I keep my SNES games, which could use an extra game so that one of them isn't laying on its side.
Interesting enough to note, is that this is the first time I've bought a Super NES game in eleven years. The last game I ever bought until yesterday was the aforementioned Mario Paint, which Brian and Mom chipped in with me on May 1, 1998. This was back when the SNES was the only console we owned, and also a few months before me and Brian bought Cousin David's Nintendo 64.
It's also ironic that WalMart was carrying not only that game, but the respective player's guide as well, a total of six years after it had been released in the States. Even though GameStop does carry used peripherals and games for the retired Game Boy Advance, the case with Mario Paint is even more ironic because, guess what? That game was in mint condition, complete with the box, mouse, mousepad, and instructions manual.
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For the past two days, the DVD remote had begun to barely function, even though I did replace the batteries. I called Brian over, and he said that he just hits it before each press of a button, but even then, it still doesn't work most of the time. He said that as long as I can use it at all, that should be enough. Unfortunately, no, partial functionality is not acceptable. I'm trying to skip through the opening theme in Kanon, and by the time the song's over, I can't get the damn thing to stop fast-forwarding.
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That's not acceptable. I don't wanna hear "Why don't you just watch the opening theme?" 100% is the only acceptable level of functionality of anything you use! End of story!
So, what do I do? I snap, and throw the fucking piece of shit on the floor, splitting it apart and chipping the chip inside... and then realize my mistake. I did call the company that manufactured the entire unit, and ordered a replacement. Good thing we also have another DVD player to use at the time, but of course, we're gonna need a new remote, if only to utilize videotapes (which I plan on doing).
And then, Mom came home, we discussed the issue, she said that the batteries might not have been recharged. Oh gee, how was I supposed to know that, if they were sitting in the drawer with the rest of the batteries? What were they doing there, instead of inside a recharger plugged into a wall?
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Finally, I should mention that I managed to book a bus to Dowling on Friday, 8:25 A.M. I need to go there so that I can experiment with some YouTube downloading software without putting our computer at risk. When I go there, I'll also bring my Nintendo DS and my Japanese in Mangaland books to use when I finish doing what I need to do.
( Read more... )
Next game: Snowboard Kids
Back to the present.
To start off, I finally decided to buy a copy of Donkey Kong Country off of Ebay. Really, there wouldn't be any excuse to exclude that one if I'm going to be playing a translated version of the Japanese equivalent to Tetris Attack. After all, me and Brian had borrowed both games from Mr. Clements later in the year, for roughly an equal length of time, so why not? Besides, after donating Champions World Class Soccer, NCAA Football, and Mario Paint, I have a few empty spaces in the bin where I keep my SNES games, which could use an extra game so that one of them isn't laying on its side.
Interesting enough to note, is that this is the first time I've bought a Super NES game in eleven years. The last game I ever bought until yesterday was the aforementioned Mario Paint, which Brian and Mom chipped in with me on May 1, 1998. This was back when the SNES was the only console we owned, and also a few months before me and Brian bought Cousin David's Nintendo 64.
It's also ironic that WalMart was carrying not only that game, but the respective player's guide as well, a total of six years after it had been released in the States. Even though GameStop does carry used peripherals and games for the retired Game Boy Advance, the case with Mario Paint is even more ironic because, guess what? That game was in mint condition, complete with the box, mouse, mousepad, and instructions manual.
-----
For the past two days, the DVD remote had begun to barely function, even though I did replace the batteries. I called Brian over, and he said that he just hits it before each press of a button, but even then, it still doesn't work most of the time. He said that as long as I can use it at all, that should be enough. Unfortunately, no, partial functionality is not acceptable. I'm trying to skip through the opening theme in Kanon, and by the time the song's over, I can't get the damn thing to stop fast-forwarding.
...
That's not acceptable. I don't wanna hear "Why don't you just watch the opening theme?" 100% is the only acceptable level of functionality of anything you use! End of story!
So, what do I do? I snap, and throw the fucking piece of shit on the floor, splitting it apart and chipping the chip inside... and then realize my mistake. I did call the company that manufactured the entire unit, and ordered a replacement. Good thing we also have another DVD player to use at the time, but of course, we're gonna need a new remote, if only to utilize videotapes (which I plan on doing).
And then, Mom came home, we discussed the issue, she said that the batteries might not have been recharged. Oh gee, how was I supposed to know that, if they were sitting in the drawer with the rest of the batteries? What were they doing there, instead of inside a recharger plugged into a wall?
-----
Finally, I should mention that I managed to book a bus to Dowling on Friday, 8:25 A.M. I need to go there so that I can experiment with some YouTube downloading software without putting our computer at risk. When I go there, I'll also bring my Nintendo DS and my Japanese in Mangaland books to use when I finish doing what I need to do.