Retro game stuff talk

[A Former User]

Wow, the screen is round? That's pretty cool!
It's a joke cause the picture isn't showing up and that comes up.

[lilbud]

@itsnitro Here is the actual picture, not sure why linking from Google Photos doesn't work

[A Former User]

Wow, looks compact. But why B&W?

[space cadet]

@itsnitro said in Retro game stuff talk:

Wow, looks compact. But why B&W?

Maybe just a b n w tv

[lilbud]

@space-cadet It was meant as a portable TV and was probably made in the late 80's/early 90's. It was made to be a TV you could put in your car and use to check news/weather in the middle of nowhere or watch football.

[obsidianspider]

A long long time ago…

Seriously though, black and white TVs were easier to make, and were therefore cheaper. It makes perfect sense to have a less complicated and cheaper portable TV.

Kids today don't remember that black and white TVs were a thing? Man, I really feel old. I had an Atari 2600 hooked up to a black and white TV.

Now get off my lawn!

[lilbud]

@obsidianspider said in Retro game stuff talk:

Now get off my lawn!

No, I refuse to.

But in all honesty, the idea of making a TV that could be carried around is interesting.

If only there was some sort of a portable modern equivalent...

[space cadet]

I had a 5 inch sony portable that was color. It even had a cable hook up. Had my nes hooked to it.

[obsidianspider]

More Game Boy goodness arrived today. From Japan, another DMG-colored pocket, this one with a power light. With 6 games. These things are mint.

I don't know if the games have repro labels, but they look real, and are SUPER clean. They appear to be real boards too.

And from the instigator himself, @celly sent me a silver Pocket with a backlight and bivert kit. It'll be my first Game Boy mod. Super excited to try it.

[celly]

@obsidianspider its the "get your feet wet" kit. Hahaha!

[hooperre]

Really would love to hear @herb_fargus and @BuZz do an interview with the Retro Hour Podcast. They make me want to delve into C64 stuff.

Anyone else listen to it?

[herb_fargus]

@hooperre we did an interview a while back for the pi podcast. And one more recently but it was more of an article. But meh I don't know much about anything

[obsidianspider]

It took forever, but my first backlight and bivert mod is done on the silver pocket. I learned a lot, so the next one should go a lot smoother.

[space cadet]

Nice work!

[lilbud]

Was I bored? Yes
Was it worth it for a stupid joke? Yes

[cyperghost]

@lilbud Nice work....
Are you selling medicine products ;)

[MrJordaaany]

@obsidianspider What site are you using to locate all this goodness from Japan?

[obsidianspider]

@mrjordaaany eBay mostly. Though I did score a red Pocket for $15 this week from a guy on Facebook marketplace.

[obsidianspider]

A few pickups in the past few weeks:

I always liked these blue Pockets

$20 each for three 101s? Yes please.

The red Pocket was from a local seller, the rest was direct from Japan

These were all “as is” and in various states of broken

These are mint and were received in trade. The green Color will be getting a CGB-101 mod

And yeah, I’m up to three DMG-colored Pockets now. I may have a problem.

[edmaul69]

@obsidianspider yeah you do have a problem. The problem is one of them isnt headed to me. 😂 Awesome pickups!!