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Posted on 04-02-10 03:32:43 PM Link | Quote
so screw it, I'm putting it here

Safe-for-work, it's just some pictures of my DS

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Posted on 04-02-10 03:45:27 PM (last edited by Sanky at 04-02-10 05:30 PM) Link | Quote
Almost happened to mine. I've taped it a bit, so it's better, though I'm scared that it'll break once...
Also, sometimes when I open it, the top screen is white in a certain position. My friends DS lite's top screen was always like that. I hope this won't happen to my DS...

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Posted on 04-02-10 03:51:32 PM Link | Quote
Seeing all those problems people seem to have with lites makes me really happy that I use an ordinary phat one.

Has worked perfectly since release.

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Posted on 04-02-10 04:18:36 PM Link | Quote
Ouch, looks like it has taken a beating.

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Posted on 04-02-10 07:27:16 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Sanky
Almost happened to mine. I've taped it a bit, so it's better, though I'm scared that it'll break once...
Also, sometimes when I open it, the top screen in white in a certain position. My friends DS lite's top screen was always like that. I hope this won't happen to my DS...

I have this problem too!

Not to mention the shoulder buttons are wasted and rarely work anymore!

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Posted on 04-02-10 08:32:13 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by midori no kaze
Not to mention the shoulder buttons are wasted and rarely work anymore!

Yeah, the shoulder buttons are dead on mine too. Got them to work again a few times for Mario Kart by blowing really hard, but it won't help anymore.

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Posted on 04-03-10 01:16:01 AM Link | Quote
04-02-10 08:16:01 PM
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My Phat had a number of problems - most notably it was scratched and worn to hell and the shoulder buttons weren't working anymore. I bought a Lite to replace it, and shortly the shoulder buttons failed on it too. I got it "repaired" under warranty and the repair only lasted a week. The second time, they gave up and replaced it with one that still seems alright, though I can never manage to get the smudges off the screen.

The problem definitely isn't limited to one model. Nintendo's stuff just isn't as durable as it once was.

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Posted on 04-03-10 01:19:13 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by HyperHacker
Nintendo's stuff just isn't as durable as it once was.


Nothing is as durable now as 10-20 years ago.

My GBC keeps on ticking, the poor thing. After I dropped it so many times too...

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Posted on 04-03-10 01:27:43 AM Link | Quote
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Sadly true, but old Nintendo stuff was like it was made of rock. I'd heard of Game Boys being run over by cars and still working. Try that with a DS.

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Posted on 04-03-10 02:31:53 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Darkdata
Originally posted by HyperHacker
Nintendo's stuff just isn't as durable as it once was.


Nothing is as durable now as 10-20 years ago.

My GBC keeps on ticking, the poor thing. After I dropped it so many times too...

GBC has a weakpoint: The screen.

Mine cracked D:

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Posted on 04-03-10 02:34:59 AM Link | Quote
The only Nintendo systems that badly failed on me were several front-loading NESes and, well, they were front-loading NESes. After a while, they'd often start up to a flashing or grey screen, and if the game did play, there were often regularly-spaced vertical lines on the screen. (Anyone know what causes those?)

Hence why I prefer emulation.

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Posted on 04-03-10 06:16:25 AM Link | Quote
I'm of the opinion that the AV Famicom is the most durable thing Nintendo ever made. The Game Boy would have been #1 if it weren't for the LCD deterioration (vertical columns of pixels gradually start disappearing from the sides of the screen over time). It's affected every original model Game Boy I've ever seen.

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Posted on 04-03-10 06:23:46 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by HyperHacker
Sadly true, but old Nintendo stuff was like it was made of rock. I'd heard of Game Boys being run over by cars and still working. Try that with a DS.

Maybe not run over, but my DS has taken a lot of punishment (the latest being dropped onto the corner of my desk from a few feet up or onto concrete) and still keeps ticking. Yay DS Phat.

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Posted on 04-03-10 01:13:20 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Tyty
Originally posted by Darkdata
Originally posted by HyperHacker
Nintendo's stuff just isn't as durable as it once was.


Nothing is as durable now as 10-20 years ago.

My GBC keeps on ticking, the poor thing. After I dropped it so many times too...

GBC has a weakpoint: The screen.

Mine cracked D:

My GBC still works, but the speaker is broken... but at least I can still use headphones for the sound. =P

Also, I can say the same with Apple products: many old (68K and early PPC) Macintoshes and Apple IIs, as well as old Apple keyboards and mice, are still running today, yet stuff like newer Macs, iPods and iPhones tend to fail within a couple of years...

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Posted on 04-03-10 02:31:46 PM Link | Quote
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My old GB has gone through more punishment than possible, and of course, still works.
Though the speaker and the lid for batteries are broken.

Actually even the old GBA was quite indestructible. It's just this closing screen stuff that makes the consoles that fragile.

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Posted on 04-03-10 03:26:08 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Reimu
My old GB has gone through more punishment than possible, and of course, still works.
Though the speaker and the lid for batteries are broken.

Actually even the old GBA was quite indestructible. It's just this closing screen stuff that makes the consoles that fragile.

True. My brother stepped on my arctic GBA, screen broke, but it took tons of other punishment.

GBASP? Screen is all messed up unless you hold it the right way. It also never got dropped or anything. :/

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Posted on 04-03-10 03:36:47 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Tyty
Originally posted by Reimu
Actually even the old GBA was quite indestructible. It's just this closing screen stuff that makes the consoles that fragile.
True. My brother stepped on my arctic GBA, screen broke, but it took tons of other punishment.
Yeah, the screen. The GBA is how I learned to stop putting things in my back pocket during 7th or 8th grade. Short story: I fell on my ass. Screen got a lot of black thanks to that.
(My SP never had any problem on its screen when I used it. Huh)

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Posted on 04-03-10 08:24:10 PM Link | Quote
My original GB still ticks away perfectly. i don't even think those loss of lines that BMF mentioned has happened. The only thing that's wrong with it is that the glue holding the screen covering in place has dried up so the covering can fall out. A rubber band around it solves the problem though.

My DS Phat got sold for $40 to my roommate and now I've got my XL which I just love. So big and bright...

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Posted on 04-03-10 08:42:52 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Terra
regularly-spaced vertical lines on the screen. (Anyone know what causes those?)

Super Mario Bros. presented each sprite as one or two tiles of code/addresses.

what a fucked up swan song

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Posted on 04-04-10 02:09:31 AM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Terra
regularly-spaced vertical lines on the screen. (Anyone know what causes those?)
Dirty connectors on the CHR-ROM side of the cartridge, most likely.

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