Sadly no, but I don't think I need it for SotE. I'm not sure about Podracer.
IIRC, Racer doesn't need it but it does use it if it's there.
Dang. I'll go see if they have one for sale. I've gotta go up there today to pick up a rumble pak anyway.
Well, a rumble pak is definitely a necessity! But yeah, the expansion pak is worth having.
Especially if you dig into other N64 games. Perfect Dark requires it for single-player, for example.
Fake edit: I found a list.
Games that are enhanced but not required to play with expansion pak are:
Aidyn Chronicles: The First Mage
Gauntlet Legends
Hybrid Heaven
Pokémon Stadium 2
Resident Evil 2
Road Rash 64
Shadow Man
Star Wars: Episode I Racer
Turok 2: Seeds Of Evil
San Francisco Rush 2049
South Park
Games that require the Expansion pak to play are:
Donkey Kong 64
Single-Player Mode Of Perfect Dark
Multiplayer Mode Of Starcraft 64
The Legend Of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
So yeah, the discerning Star Wars collector is gonna need one
They were charging $40 for one. I told him I wasn't gonna pay that much just to make podracer look a little nicer. I'll get one down the line eventually. Did pick up an OEM Rumble Pak tho.
They really need to make an HD N64. Even have a way to swap in better textures like on an emulator.
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edited February 2020
Aight so I got some updates.
@Betsuni I got my carded shadows.. they packed it awfully and it was completely screwed, even worse than yours. The good news is I've sent a report ticket in and I've been informed by LRG staff on Discord that they will most likely replace it. I even got them to let me buy a protective case to ship it in so it doesnt happen again.
Also Josh from LRG said "to expect wavyness" which leads me to believe he has no idea what his audience is, or how to ship something like that. All you have to do is put it on a piece of cardboard and wrap it in saran wrap. They freaking wrapped it in packing paper (which made the card mold to the papers form) and then wrapped that in bubble wrap (for absolutely no reason... except to maybe guarantee that the card warps?) Ah well, they are fixing it now but it's too late for me to order a case for podracer and I am not hopeful that they will figure it out before it ships.
Anyways here is a shot of all my shadows stuff:
Edit: + a Jedi Revan that I got yesterday because the box is purple and I figured why not?
Oh wow, that sucks that they really have no idea about their customers... At least yours was in bubble wrap, mine was just in the paper filler. I had to load your post on my phone since FF on the desktop doesn't like to load instagram photos. When it loaded I almost freaked out that they somehow re-released all the SotE toys again, then realized that they were from your personal collection and not re-releases. Glad to hear that they will replace yours and let you purchase the case to keep it safe from their crappy shipping.
In a way I'm glad that they did not ship it in the bubble mailer like they do with the other games. I know it is safe, but man does it make me worry that the case will be smashed when I get them.
Oh wow, that sucks that they really have no idea about their customers... At least yours was in bubble wrap, mine was just in the paper filler. I had to load your post on my phone since FF on the desktop doesn't like to load instagram photos. When it loaded I almost freaked out that they somehow re-released all the SotE toys again, then realized that they were from your personal collection and not re-releases. Glad to hear that they will replace yours and let you purchase the case to keep it safe from their crappy shipping.
In a way I'm glad that they did not ship it in the bubble mailer like they do with the other games. I know it is safe, but man does it make me worry that the case will be smashed when I get them.
Lol @ freaking out at the pic. Everyones been congratulating me on my "haul" and I'm like... no.. I've already had all this it's just the games... hah...
Edit: btw a crapload of people are reporting bent cards on LRGs discord for all the Star Wars stuff. Yeah they really dropped the ball on this. As long as they fix it IDC though.
Hahaha, well that and Revan since he's at least new. I'm now know that my sacrifice for other collectors to get their pristine cards was not done in vain. At least I know of one who will get a nice card.
Hahaha, well that and Revan since he's at least new. I'm now know that my sacrifice for other collectors to get their pristine cards was not done in vain. At least I know of one who will get a nice card.
Maybe, we will see. They still haven't responded to my ticket but they sent me an email apologizing for the delay. I have a feeling there's a lot of people trying to exchange. All I know is if they don't replace it I'll never do business with them again and I will just get all the cool SW stuff second hand on Ebay.
Yeah. I wonder if my old Xbox has one of those ruptured clock capacitors. I also have a Halo edition that I think is recent enough to not have that problem.
I was just reading an article someone wrote about refurbishing a Spectrum 128K (nicknamed the "toastrack" for its distinctive external heatsink). Naturally one of the things he did was fully recap it.
At least on one of those it doesn't look too hard if you're okay with a soldering iron and some patience.
What the heck????? Why... So... Wait... What the.... I want it, but not for the Sega CD.
Same boat. Here's hoping they do a PC version.
I'm beginning to think that with the games being on Steam and GoG might be blocking the LRG PC releases. Mainly because last year they announced RA was going to be for the PC and now it is Sega CD. The other PC games never materialized either...
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They were charging $40 for one. I told him I wasn't gonna pay that much just to make podracer look a little nicer. I'll get one down the line eventually. Did pick up an OEM Rumble Pak tho.
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OEM rumble pak is the way to go. I never found a third-party one that was half as good.
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@Betsuni I got my carded shadows.. they packed it awfully and it was completely screwed, even worse than yours. The good news is I've sent a report ticket in and I've been informed by LRG staff on Discord that they will most likely replace it. I even got them to let me buy a protective case to ship it in so it doesnt happen again.
Also Josh from LRG said "to expect wavyness" which leads me to believe he has no idea what his audience is, or how to ship something like that. All you have to do is put it on a piece of cardboard and wrap it in saran wrap. They freaking wrapped it in packing paper (which made the card mold to the papers form) and then wrapped that in bubble wrap (for absolutely no reason... except to maybe guarantee that the card warps?) Ah well, they are fixing it now but it's too late for me to order a case for podracer and I am not hopeful that they will figure it out before it ships.
Anyways here is a shot of all my shadows stuff:
Edit: + a Jedi Revan that I got yesterday because the box is purple and I figured why not?
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In a way I'm glad that they did not ship it in the bubble mailer like they do with the other games. I know it is safe, but man does it make me worry that the case will be smashed when I get them.
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Lol @ freaking out at the pic. Everyones been congratulating me on my "haul" and I'm like... no.. I've already had all this it's just the games... hah...
Edit: btw a crapload of people are reporting bent cards on LRGs discord for all the Star Wars stuff. Yeah they really dropped the ball on this. As long as they fix it IDC though.
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Which two did you buy? I only have the first US(?) release.
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I got the international one and the clear white Samurai Showdown one.
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It has some different games and they are the Japanese ones. So, you can get all of the Metal Slugs uncensored.
I did not know that MS was censored... Now I need to go research this.
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The US versions have sweat instead of blood. I think there is a way to hack the mini and enable the blood.
Oh ok. Eh, not worth it to me then. Besides, I die way too fast in any of those games to notice.
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Maybe, we will see. They still haven't responded to my ticket but they sent me an email apologizing for the delay. I have a feeling there's a lot of people trying to exchange. All I know is if they don't replace it I'll never do business with them again and I will just get all the cool SW stuff second hand on Ebay.
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Not the Limited Run though, right? IIRC they didnt do a PC ver.
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Here's mine. Packaging isn't as fancy but it's complete!
As a rule of thumb, always check if you have it on gog before trying to install an old game.
No moving parts so it's pretty likely to work.
Also it's Nintendo hardware, and everything after the NES is practically indestructible, doubly so the ones with no moving parts.
(May not apply to controllers, mind.)
Steam | XBL
No idea if that's an N64 problem but, it is for many, many systems.
Also clock batteries but those aren't so hard to recover from.
At least on one of those it doesn't look too hard if you're okay with a soldering iron and some patience.
Edited to add the link.
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Rebel Assault!
On Sega CD.....
Uhhh How much are Sega CD's?
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What the heck????? Why... So... Wait... What the.... I want it, but not for the Sega CD.
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Same boat. Here's hoping they do a PC version.
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I'm beginning to think that with the games being on Steam and GoG might be blocking the LRG PC releases. Mainly because last year they announced RA was going to be for the PC and now it is Sega CD. The other PC games never materialized either...
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Not really good....but interesting.
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