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  1. APE

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    Assembler said it was the first Nights build, meaning non-fish eye. If you find the images of Jade Gully with mountains, water and some rings you've found what this thread is about.
     
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  2. Twimfy

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    It's the one with the 'empty' GHZ level as far as we know. The thing which excites me more about this release is what may be found once it's in the hands of the hex editors. There's never been much said about the extent to which the current owner has explored the disks content beyond what's bootable.
     
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  3. DrDoaK

    DrDoaK Robust Member

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    Bid on 6, thats all i can afford at until i get paid on the 8th. If the pots still short then i will def. donate a few more quid. I'm going to get my Saturn out and give it a dust ready:icon_bigg

    Ebay id: ninjabearhug
     
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  4. Muffinman943

    Muffinman943 Spirited Member

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    yeah, its the boss engine build
     
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  5. Dot50Cal

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    850$ left! Great job guys! :thumbsup:
     
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  6. ASSEMbler

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    nm what I just said, this is taking a bit longer.
     
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  7. pedrot16

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    well, to bad i don´t have a visa...
     
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  8. Juste

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    It was a slite worry for me in donating, I thought maybe Paypal or eBay might stop my account if they found out something or if anything went wrong.

    Edit: Spelling error. ^_^
     
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  9. retro

    retro Resigned from mod duty 15 March 2018

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    Question.

    You say that those who donated get immediate download rights. How are these eBay / PayPal accounts tied to the users on the board, indeed to those allowed into this section? As it is an eBay auction, you could still have people accidentally stumble across the item. OK, I'm not saying that anyone would want to buy some crappy stand thingumuh, but your numpty friend didn't make this a private auction. People watch known collectors on eBay. FACT. Such people will wonder why several known video game collectors are bidding on utter tat.

    Also, what does the item comment mean? If we buy the item twice, we are entitled to download it a second time?!? Doesn't it make sense to just say feel free to "buy" multiples of the item, i.e. donate more?

    I don't understand the eBay bit, really. PayPal allow you to receive money for purchases for other goods, away from eBay. Many many online shops accept PayPal WITHOUT having an eBay account. There are companies such as hosting services that do. They must receive thousands of PayPal payments for the same value, so it won't be anything suspicious. What's the problem with just doing that - having it sent as goods, other (or whatever PayPal call it now)?
     
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  10. arnoldlayne

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    just placed a bid- 5.60. I hope this all goes well....i'll try and come back for more soon. Struggling to pay the mortgage this month (as usual). But! I did sell a C=64 and my flashed 360 today so it's not all bad.

    Good luck everyone - and thanks for letting me take part.

    eBay ID cheifwhat (actually my bro's account....but he's happy letting me hijack it)

    Sonic 'rub-a-dub' Style Peace
     
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  11. ASSEMbler

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    "You say that those who donated get immediate download rights. How are these eBay / PayPal accounts tied to the users on the board, indeed to those allowed into this section? "

    A: The only people who know about thus auction are here, in this news area, by invitation only.

    "As it is an eBay auction, you could still have people accidentally stumble across the item. OK, I'm not saying that anyone would want to buy some crappy stand thingumuh, but your numpty friend didn't make this a private auction. People watch known collectors on eBay. FACT. Such people will wonder why several known video game collectors are bidding on utter tat."

    A: I don't know how many people bid on something blindly because someone else is. If they actually do this 1: They are fucking idiots 2: They will eventually e-mail me and wind up getting a $5 refund.

    "Also, what does the item comment mean? If we buy the item twice, we are entitled to download it a second time?!? Doesn't it make sense to just say feel free to "buy" multiples of the item, i.e. donate more?"

    A: I could have said it 1000 ways and someone would still not get the hint. A more frank a discussion would amount to telling people that this was about donating money, and ebay would shut it down.

    "I don't understand the eBay bit, really. PayPal allow you to receive money for purchases for other goods, away from eBay. Many many online shops accept PayPal WITHOUT having an eBay account. There are companies such as hosting services that do. They must receive thousands of PayPal payments for the same value, so it won't be anything suspicious. What's the problem with just doing that - having it sent as goods, other (or whatever PayPal call it now)?"

    A: Paypal requires those businesses to have a business account, verified address, a bank account, credit check/ credit card, proof of inventory, and tracking for sales. They are also known for shutting down donations like this pending "proof of inventory".

    Ebay allows for a plausable smoke screen. Items sold.

    Questioning the method at this point gets us nowhere, as it's
    already in action. I have fully explained these motives BEFORE in other
    posts. I will not comment on this any further.
     
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  12. ASSEMbler

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    I am currently trying to take screens and vids, but my mod chip died.
    The disc requires a saturn boot cd, sega 1st part version. I happen
    to only have the 3rd party disc. I've asked the owner to send me a
    clonecd version so I can try to hex edit it for my black boot cd.

    If someone can walk me through a saturn emulator, I can use
    that until I get the clone cd rip from him.

    I'd like to get the pics and vids up tonight.
     
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  13. sonik

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    Done donated for the "S0-N1-C plastic support" ;)
     
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  14. ASSEMbler

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    hey someone finally got the joke.
     
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  15. opethfan

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    Ok, you wanna use SSF as it's the most compatible and best performing Saturn emulator out there. Get 0.08 Alpha R10 and a BIOS, probably Japanese version 1.00 (SEGA_100.bin, but there's a no BIOS mode which might not work) and that's all. Of course, you need an SSE2 processor (A64 or C2D, some P4s are ok) and dual cores are perferred. Then just fire 'er up, set the BIOS location, enable frameskip in the settings if it's lagging, (but for screenies it shouldn't be an issue), configure a control pad and get going! You may have to configure the date and time in the Saturn BIOS, and then it'll load, hopefully.
     
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  16. Nitrosoxide

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    ahem ...:110:
     
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  17. PhantasyStar

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    Just donated x5. If I get anymore $$$ I'll be sure to swing your way.
     
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  18. APE

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    This is true people. Something Awful tried to collect donations for Katrina and I believe the owner tried to send out little things as thank yous, nothing special or worth terribly much.

    http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/paypal-donation-server.php
    http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/paypal-donation-server-2.php
    http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/paypal-donation-server-3.php
    http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/end-of-paypal.php

    Paypal could really care less about its clients, unless you sue them. Doing it this way Assembler can claim to have actual merchandise ready to be shipped out.

    The most important part of this is: Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
     
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    Donated!

    I've bid on 1 item, for a total of $5.60 - ebay id bcanu
     
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  20. madhatter256

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    What if I can just donate straight to you or wherever that auction's paypal addy is? Will I still be considered? I plan on selling some items and I can use the money I will get from them to go straight to the donation pool. I'm talking about at least $120 worth of items sold where the money will go to this donation pool.
     
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