Wonderswan Color Help

callous

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I just recieved a sparkly new Wonderswan Color in the mail. When I turn it on all that happens is that some seemingly random white lines appear for about half a second and then the screen goes black again. I was expecting some sort of boot up screen, so I'm now worried that it's defective. Can someone with a WSC tell me if this is normal behaviour for the unit when no game is inserted? I don't have a game to test it with yet, and I really don't want to start buying games if my unit is defective.
 
bandai set them on time-release death when it was time to surrender to nintendo.

GLAD I COULD HELP
 
Sorry if this sounds stupid ... and i know it's not going to help you..... but WHO buys consoles and dont have a single game to play on it ??

/me confused
 
Uh, what? How is it a big risk to buy a console without a game? I'll get a new one or my money back if it's not working. How would me buying a game make ANY difference? You're not making any sense here.


Back on topic, there must be someone here with a WSC who knows how it behaves when turned on without a game inserted.
 
Hey, also, if you can figure out how to get to the bios/config/whatever menu on your Color, let me know.

If I remember right, all you had to do was power on without a game to get to it on the B/W original, where you can change options such as making the powerup screen say things like "HELLO BRANDON <3". I would like for my Crystal to also say hello to me and imply a loving relationship, but I can't seem to decipher the process.

Other WonderSwan games I enjoy (aside from Klonoa, which honestly might be my favorite in the series [it's the most purely puzzle based]):

Engacho!
Lode Runner for Wonderswan
O-chan no Oekaki Logic (DC rules for life)
Rhyme Rider Kerorican
XI[sai]Little

etc. etc.
 
I got all of mine from NCS as they came out. They didn't always have the games, but they did the hardware. Not sure what the status is now.
 
brandonnn said:
Hey, also, if you can figure out how to get to the bios/config/whatever menu on your Color, let me know.

If I remember right, all you had to do was power on without a game to get to it on the B/W original, where you can change options such as making the powerup screen say things like "HELLO BRANDON <3". I would like for my Crystal to also say hello to me and imply a loving relationship, but I can't seem to decipher the process.

I see stuff about this in the manual - how I can put in my blood type and god knows what else, but I have no idea how to access it. Thanks for the game suggestions, btw.

As for Darth's question: I bought mine on ebay at about half the price they asked for it on Play Asia and Lik Sang and such. Play Asia has free shipping, though.
 
ferricide said:
you have to hold down a button whilst powering on the crystal. i forget which.

I coulda sworn I tried all of the button combos, but somehow I must have overlooked the obvious -- hold start while you press power and you'll be taken to the menu. You do have to have a game inserted, though.

I picked up my Crystal on eBay for $38, which, like, you just can't beat (on this side of the ocean, anyway).

Dicing Knight should be showing up at my doorstep any day now, and then I'll be saying Hello <3 right back at it on a regular basis.

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Being a big fan of Bandai games (Gundam especially) I feel a WSC is a must buy, plus I'd like another handheld for the hell of it. Crystal is very cheap.
 
ferricide said:
what's that? now that i have one, good games are appealing.

It's a homebrew game (a WonderWitch competition winner) that's just recently gotten super limited production and release.

From what I can tell, it's a randomized-dungeon Zelda clone, only attacks and heals and whatnot are accompanied by a dice throw that determines their strength and potency (hence the name).

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http://www20.cds.ne.jp/~murasame/source/diesingnight.htm has a nice 10 meg preview movie -- scroll down just a tad.

Play-Asia reported that all of the in-game text was in English, so importers might normally rejoice... but the downfall is that P-A is charging a mint due to the limited run ($69.90 for a 4,200yen game). I got mine a little cheaper by pre-ordering several months ago, but I'd do your damndest to exploit your friends-in-Japan connections before getting the game through them.
 
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