Retro game stuff talk
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@celly you're an instigator too!
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@obsidianspider Shit those are cool. Where do I find em?
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@mrjordaaany The Internet? They're 20 years old at this point, so I'm just searching eBay and the like. They're around, but I don't want to pay a ton.
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@obsidianspider Stupid question, stupid answer :) Ebay away!
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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/09/new_amiga_to_land_in_late_2017/
New Amigas are coming to market
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@lilbud cool that the people who own the IP are allowing it. I've never even seen an Amiga. How's the game library?
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@obsidianspider You're asking the wrong person, I've never heard of the Amiga until now.
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An Amiga? No way.
But they should've done the 64 cause that, my friend, is the one.
also surprisingly I'm younger than @lilbud and I know what an amiga is.
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@obsidianspider: this is a good webpage for the back catalogue. There were hundreds of games, several cross platform (Sensible Soccer, Desert Strike, Cannon Fodder to name a few). Ultimately there was a lot of shite too. They had several versions, the Amiga 500, 500+, 600 and the 1200. There were more but those were the ones you were likely to find in the home. The 500/+ and 600 were 16 bit, whilst the 1200 was 32bit and benefitted from the AGA chipset (advanced graphic architecture). There were games companies that made games for the 500/600, but also made an 1200 AGA version too to take advantage of it's extra capabilities (Theme Park was an example, and is a better game visually for it).
Piracy was rife-i had tonnes of copied games from mates, but there were people who specifically hacked games (Fairlight were one) and had a little intro upon insertion of the disk. Was a great platform though, even if disk loading times could be killer! If i had to pick my favourite platform from my youth, the Amiga would be at the top of that list!
Sorry, well off topic!
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After a slight mixup with the post office, two of the three Pocket Pikachus I bought on eBay arrived. The box for the yellow one isn't perfect, but I knew that when I bought it. A second yellow one is on its way. I would like to mod it to do something a bit more interesting than just be a pedometer, but these are much too small to fit a Pi Zero inside.
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My second Pocket Pikachu showed up today along with some CNC cooling tubes to make a custom "helping hand". The Pocket Pikachu came with two Tamagotchis that I really don't want. Anyone need a Tamagotchi or two?
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cant wait to see how this project goes :)
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Today a package from Japan arrived. The seller said it was in working condition. That was not so. After some cleaning, it now works quite well. Not bad for $36 including shipping.
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@obsidianspider I believe somewhere I found an original Game Boy, I think in my granddads stuff, but it didn't work.
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Holy crap. I just picked up the box to move it to my display area. It rattled. It has all the manuals. In perfect shape. This thing is CIB. 😳
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@obsidianspider aaaaaand i hate you. Hahahaha! Hellova grab man.
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@obsidianspider and i hate you too!! Lol. That is so freaking awesome!!!
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Way to go man!
What means CIB? -
@flyingtomahawk CIB means Complete In Box. It has all of its stuff. At least I believe so.
The serial numbers don't match, but I can live with that. 🙂
I think the battery guys are cool. Funny though how they aren't warning about corrosion, just that the system will shut off after 8 hours. (Thank you gGoogle translate)
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I still have that old SNES that I ripped apart a few months ago.
Now what should I do with it?
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