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So, I recently purchased an N64 with a few games, two controllers and the expansion pack. I don't know much about the Summercart64, but it seems like it would be good to be able to play a lot of games without having to find and purchase individual cartridges. I would still be buying certain hard copies for nostalgia, but this seems especially useful for games i want to try but haven't played (it would be a bummer to spend the money on a game only to find that i don't like it).

I've seen it suggested in some threads here. The Amazon description seems pretty straightforward; it appears to be a cartridge for games that you can plug in directly to the N64. Does it come with games already loaded? Do you need to connect the drive to a computer to find games and download them? If so, do the games cost money or can you find those for free, and are most easy to find? Are there games that don't usually work with it? Are there any issues with save files? Any information would be appreciated.

Okay, so I just bought an N64 console and some games last weekend and it's been a blast. It took a bit to get it rolling on my LG smart TV (not a fancy one or a big one), but things were working well.

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But I just got home and tried to turn it on and now suddenly the games that I've already played which filled up to full-screen are appearing in a long, thin rectangle in the middle, and distorting the visual of the games so they don't look right at all.

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Any idea why this has happened? I can't seem to Google it because every option is for an emulator. I'm just trying to enjoy some games lol.

So I'm using two examples of side characters I'd written in a comic. Niche superpowers!

Option 1: you gain the ability to turn metal into wood in your immediate vicinity. It has a radius of about ten feet. You have no control over the type of wood it becomes, so it could be balsa wood, oak, pine, etc. The wood isn't stained or finished, it's just wood. You have no ability whatsoever to reverse this effect. If an item is too large to be enclosed within the radius of your power, it fails entirely. You may have a modest future ahead of you by moving to New Mexico and making a little shop in which you sell artsy, "hand-carved" items that are really just the spoils of you drunkenly stealing people's lawn furniture and claiming you made it.

Option 2: you can transform into a rock. Not a rock golem, not a statue of yourself, just a rock about the size of a lopsided basketball. You do not maintain your senses as a rock. You're kinda vaguely aware of vibrations, but you don't see, hear, smell or taste, and feeling is a bit iffy. This is also not an indestructible rock, and it's always the same rock, which means that any damage you sustain as a rock translates into damage to your human body. So if you try to use it to jump from a high window and the rock gets chipped, you may be missing a couple fingers as soon as you turn back and need immediate medical attention to stop the bleeding. There isn't a time limit to how long you can stay a rock, but you don't get hungry at exactly the same rate as normal despite not having a stomach, so it's really going to suck after a while.

So, which incredibly handy power are you taking? You don't have to attempt to be a superhero, but you can feel free to get creative in how you use it.

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