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    • obsidianspiderO
      obsidianspider
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      Today my very first Sega Genesis showed up. A non-TMSS Model 1. Barbie was part of the lot. I promise. ;)

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      I also had the good fortune of two WonderSwans landing on my porch. The green one is apparently a limited edition Gundam unit. The polarizer is a little burnt, and no one seems to sell a pre-cut polarizer for a WonderSwan, so for now, I'll let it as it's mainly for display and is playable. All games and systems work. The Clear Black WonderSwan I'm seeing as a bonus as what I paid for it and the boxed Gunpey and Turntablist made it essentially free.

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      • obsidianspiderO
        obsidianspider
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        A while back I got the idea to make a portable Genesis that plays real cartridges. Seeing how expensive Nomads are I thought about modding a Genesis 2 (The Model 3 apparently isn't super awesome with compatibility with EverDrives), and learned that the VA4 boards are the most compact and are also apparently well regarded for picture and sound quality.

        I found one on eBay and bought it for a good price, and while it was en route (the seller had a delay in getting to the post office) I learned that I had inadvertently purchased the highly sought after Majesco variant.

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        Now I can't bring myself to cut it up. I guess I'll either have to seek out another VA4 board, or look for a Nomad…

        📷 @obsidianspider

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        • space cadetS
          space cadet @obsidianspider
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          @obsidianspider have you played landstalker on the genesis? Such an underrated game!

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          • obsidianspiderO
            obsidianspider @space cadet
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            @space-cadet I've heard good things about it. I will have to check it out soon.

            📷 @obsidianspider

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            • space cadetS
              space cadet
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              Zelda like

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              • obsidianspiderO
                obsidianspider
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                @FlyingTomahawk in your many Hard Off runs, what have you seen Famicom AVs selling for? They seem to be around $100+ on eBay, and that just seems high.
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                • FlyingTomahawkF
                  FlyingTomahawk @obsidianspider
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                  @obsidianspider

                  Those Famicoms are very expensive. Only the main hardware without controllers and without any cables cost around 9000 Yen! ($80)
                  You can find them often and I doubt they sell good at those prices. Also controllers seem to be rare for that thing. But they seem to be the only decent solution on today's big screen TVs since you can use any SNES TV cable to connect it.

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                  • obsidianspiderO
                    obsidianspider @FlyingTomahawk
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                    @flyingtomahawk OK, so it's not just eBay then. Interestingly, I learned that while the original Famicom only had RF out, the Famicom 2 only had AV out. The original NES had AV and RF out, but the "NES Toploader" only had RF out.

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                    • FlyingTomahawkF
                      FlyingTomahawk @obsidianspider
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                      @obsidianspider

                      Yeah, that is so. The old Famicom with RF has issues with the image quality on latest TVs and there are some mods to fix that but who wants to solder around on a working Famicom.
                      The newer Famicom solves that issue by using component(yellow, white, red) or S-VHS cables or only here in Japan D-Terminal.

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                      • ?
                        A Former User
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                        I know this has nothing to do with retro stuff, but I recently released a new EP (short album) and I made the cover arts for each of them look like 8-Bit Art. Even one of them looks like Tetris!

                        Also adventure uses soundfonts from the SNES, and I'm working on more stuff that will use soundfonts.

                        As of any projects, nothing is really going on right now. I might go to my school and de-solder something that was stopping progression from my SNES project.

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                        • FlyingTomahawkF
                          FlyingTomahawk
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                          @obsidianspider

                          Time to feed your greed and lust for more retro stuff. :-D
                          @ruckage this might interest you too.

                          Famicoms, Famicoms and more Famicoms.... total 21 of them!

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                          Remember the square buttons Famicom? Still there...

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                          Twin Famcioms, Twin Famicoms and more Twin Famcioms...
                          I didn't know they had 3 different versions/colors. What is the difference between them?

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                          Various retro stuff like boxed MegaDrives, MegaCD, MarkIII, Sega-1000

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                          Gold Punch Out! 18900 YEN!

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                          And this here is a real treasure. If I only had the money I would have bought it.
                          Old school TV with Super Famicom build in it. Sharp 14G-SF1
                          There is also a more rare treasure out there named 14C-C1F which is a TV with a build in Famicom. Price is somewhere between $1000-1500

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                          They also still had the FamicomBox for 189000 Yen. If that shops goal is to collect and "keep" all the retro stuff then they are doing a fantastic job. Unforunately that doesn't pay salaries and bills.
                          They definitely have to go down with those prices if they ever want to sell any of that stuff. After the release of Famicom-Mini and SNES-Mini some of the retro stuff has lost or should loose value.
                          I hope you guys enjoyed the pics.

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                          • obsidianspiderO
                            obsidianspider @FlyingTomahawk
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                            @flyingtomahawk

                            Those. Are. Beautiful!

                            I am still on the hunt for a clean Famicom AV (to play, not to put a Pi in) but on eBay they have been very expensive. I like the idea of getting an original Famicom, but they only output RF and the controller cables are so short!

                            I'm glad to see you're still out there looking at these cool old games. I went to the local retro game store to sell some unwanted Sega stuff and they didn't really have a great selection of games or systems to choose from. Lots of shovelware GameBoy and DS games.

                            Please keep sharing photos if you find more cool old game stuff.

                            I did manage to get an AGS-101 yesterday for $30 from a person on Facebook, so deals are out there if you keep your eyes open.

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                            • lilbudL
                              lilbud @FlyingTomahawk
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                              @flyingtomahawk How much does a PC Engine go for over there?

                              Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                              Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                              • obsidianspiderO
                                obsidianspider @lilbud
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                                @lilbud Aren't PCEngines region locked?

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                                • lilbudL
                                  lilbud @obsidianspider
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                                  @obsidianspider The CD games are region free, the hu-cards are not.

                                  I'm planning to buy a broken one and turn it into a pi console.

                                  Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                                  Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                                  • ruckageR
                                    ruckage @FlyingTomahawk
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                                    @flyingtomahawk
                                    That looks an amazing shop, some of those consoles look brand new and there are so many consoles I'd never even seen before. So did you buy anything?

                                    SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

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                                    • ruckageR
                                      ruckage @lilbud
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                                      @lilbud said in Retro game stuff talk:

                                      @obsidianspider The CD games are region free, the hu-cards are not.

                                      I'm planning to buy a broken one and turn it into a pi console.

                                      I'd like to do the same myself (I mentioned it a while ago in the snes mini forum, @FlyingTomahawk kindly had a look for me as well). Sadly the prices seem to be quite high for PC engines though - even broken ones.

                                      SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

                                      If you'd like to support my work you can donate here: Donate

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                                      • FlyingTomahawkF
                                        FlyingTomahawk
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                                        @ruckage
                                        I didn't buy anything that day. But I must admit the Famicom with disc system attached was a big temptation but the price was just too high for such old stuff.

                                        @lilbud
                                        PCEnignes are expensive here. As ruckage mentioned I am keeping my eyes open but even broken ones in decent condition go for $30 and that is without controllers, just the console itself.
                                        Then there is the core grafx version, dark grey color, that one is even more expensive.

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                                        • lilbudL
                                          lilbud @ruckage
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                                          @ruckage There is a guy on Ebay selling PC Engine shells for $12 + $9 shipping. But they come from Hong Kong. Wouldn't get to me until next year, not sure about how long it would take to get to Europe.

                                          https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEC-Pc-Engine-shell-only-good-condition/122757195512?hash=item1c94e626f8:g:r~sAAOSw~fpZtuxM

                                          Creator of the Radiocade: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6077/radiocade

                                          Backlog: http://backloggery.com/lilbud

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                                          • ruckageR
                                            ruckage @lilbud
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                                            @lilbud
                                            That's not bad, good find. Only downside I can see is that the power button doesn't seem to be included.

                                            SNES mini/Nes mini/Famicom mini theme developer.

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