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    • FlyingTomahawkF
      FlyingTomahawk @obsidianspider
      last edited by FlyingTomahawk

      @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
          last edited by FlyingTomahawk

          @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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            📷 @obsidianspider

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            • lilbudL
              lilbud @FlyingTomahawk
              last edited by

              @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
                last edited by

                @lilbud Aren't PCEngines region locked?

                📷 @obsidianspider

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                • lilbudL
                  lilbud @obsidianspider
                  last edited by

                  @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
                    last edited by

                    @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.

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

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                    • ruckageR
                      ruckage @lilbud
                      last edited by

                      @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
                        last edited by

                        @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
                          last edited by

                          @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
                            last edited by ruckage

                            @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.

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

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                            • FlyingTomahawkF
                              FlyingTomahawk
                              last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                              Anyone ever heard of something called RETRO FREAK?
                              It's a 11 in 1 console that plays the following console games.

                              Famicom
                              Super Famicom
                              Super Nintendo Entertainment System (NTSC/PAL)
                              Game Boy
                              Game Boy Color
                              Game Boy Advance
                              MegaDrive (NTSC/PAL)
                              GENESIS
                              PCEngine
                              TurboGrafx-16
                              PCEngine Super Grafx

                              It has HDMI exit and you can use USB controllers.
                              They sell an optional adapter which allows you to play additional systems like SEGA SG-1000, MARKIII and GameGear.

                              More info here.

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                              • obsidianspiderO
                                obsidianspider @FlyingTomahawk
                                last edited by

                                @flyingtomahawk looks like an emulator box to me. I wonder if they’re ripping off code like Hyperkin, using their own emulators (doubtful) or doing something FPGA-based.

                                📷 @obsidianspider

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                                • chelochelini2014C
                                  chelochelini2014 @FlyingTomahawk
                                  last edited by

                                  @flyingtomahawk i never heard about that but that machine have a nice frontend hehe

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                                  • FlyingTomahawkF
                                    FlyingTomahawk @obsidianspider
                                    last edited by

                                    @obsidianspider

                                    It does look like an emulator box but you have to use the original cartridge games. Kinda like I read and play everthing box. No idea how the menu looks though, if they are using a menu at all.

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                                    • chelochelini2014C
                                      chelochelini2014 @FlyingTomahawk
                                      last edited by

                                      @flyingtomahawk you can use a SD with roms. but 200 bucks mmm , for me rpi is the best choice.

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                                      • FlyingTomahawkF
                                        FlyingTomahawk @chelochelini2014
                                        last edited by

                                        @chelochelini2014

                                        Yeah, my thought exactly. With all the Raspberry Pi hype at the moment it would be way cheaper.
                                        Guess if you have 14563765 cartridges laying around at home it would kinda make sense, or maybe not.
                                        There is simply no cheap alternative to RPi at the moment. That is what I told my co-workers when we went to that store yesterday. All nice and good but even the cheapest Famicom is expensiver then a RPi setup.

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                                        • obsidianspiderO
                                          obsidianspider
                                          last edited by

                                          Emulation is great, but there’s just something about playing these games on the original hardware. It’s hard to explain.

                                          📷 @obsidianspider

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                                          • chelochelini2014C
                                            chelochelini2014 @obsidianspider
                                            last edited by chelochelini2014

                                            I summon COPYCAT XD
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