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    ruckage @edmaul69
    last edited by 17 Sept 2018, 22:06

    @edmaul69
    Looks great. Is a battery pack pretty much a necessity with the AGS-101 screen -I imagine it uses a lot more power than the stock screen.
    I hadn't heard of the EZ-flash omega. I already have the EZ flash IV (actually 2 versions of it - the micro SD version and the old mini SD version) but I'm tempted to get an Omega now if only for the included half height shell as it would fit flush in my DS Lite.

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      edmaul69 @ruckage
      last edited by 18 Sept 2018, 00:07

      @obsidianspider load times are way better than my m3 perfect.

      @ruckage it does have better battery life than regular batteries. It is also better at controlling the gba’s led light. With aa batteries the red and green led’s would flicker red green a lot. Or it would be red while the my m3 perfect card was loading. As far as the ez flash omega it is a little wonky with trying to get folders to show up with a lot of the roms. All the gbc games workedin a gameboy color folder but all the gb and gba games had issues that the folder wont show up with a lot of the roms so i put my gb and gba roms directly on the card. I would like to have all of the roms when i get a bigger card because each folder has a 512 file limit and trying to get all the roms to play nice with the folder structure will be a lot of work.

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        celly
        last edited by 22 Oct 2018, 05:42

        I have quite a bit of loose Gameboy carts. A while ago I seen a video on making custom cases for them (and TG16) using old tape cassette cases. Long story short, last time I was at my local game trading spots, I swooped up on a few free cassettes laying around and thought I’d give it a try. I’m quite impressed on how it turned out. Took 5 minutes resizing image template in Photoshop, a pair of scissors and some flush cutters.
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        Currently Playing: Tetris (Gameboy)

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          Clyde @celly
          last edited by 22 Oct 2018, 11:26

          @celly Ahh … that reminds me of my 8-bit home computer times. I had quite a collection of Commodore 64 tapes. *sigh* I gave them all away to a relative in Eastern Germany after the reunification.

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            A Former User @celly
            last edited by A Former User 22 Oct 2018, 11:34

            @celly said in Retro game stuff talk:

            I have quite a bit of loose Gameboy carts. A while ago I seen a video on making custom cases for them (and TG16) using old tape cassette cases. Long story short, last time I was at my local game trading spots, I swooped up on a few free cassettes laying around and thought I’d give it a try. I’m quite impressed on how it turned out. Took 5 minutes resizing image template in Photoshop, a pair of scissors and some flush cutters.

            Does the cartridge just slide around in there or did you do something inside of the case?

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              obsidianspider
              last edited by obsidianspider 22 Oct 2018, 12:40

              It's been a while since I posted some pickups, so here are my retro game finds since my last update. I also recently got a Switch, but you know what those look like.

              スーパーマリオランド2 6つの金貨
              Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
              for Game Boy
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              星のカービィ 夢の泉の物語
              Hoshi no Kirby: Yume no Izumi no Monogatari
              for Famicom
              0_1540210942010_Screen Shot 2018-10-22 at 8.16.21 AM.png

              The less common silver Game Boy Advance carrying case
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              テトリス Tetris for Game Boy
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              Mr. Driller for WonderSwan Color
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              Vectorman 2 for Genesis
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              伝説のスタフィー4
              Densetsu no Stafy 4
              for Nintendo DS
              0_1540210988881_Screen Shot 2018-10-22 at 8.18.05 AM.png

              伝説のスタフィー たいけつ!ダイール海賊団
              Densetsu no Stafī: Taiketsu! Daīru Kaizokudan
              for Nintendo DS
              0_1540210997440_Screen Shot 2018-10-22 at 8.18.20 AM.png

              Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga for Game Boy Advance
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              This 8" 4:3 aspect ratio screen was pretty inexpensive from AliExpress. I don't know what I'm going to make with it yet, but it's not common to see screens that aren't 16:9 anymore.
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              I picked up some Tiny Arcades from Walmart. Ms. Pac-Man is going to a friend and I'll be modding Pac-Man and Space Invaders
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              Color Pocket Pikachu
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              ぷよぷよ通
              Puyo Puyo Tsū
              for WonderSwan
              0_1540211043224_Screen Shot 2018-10-22 at 8.20.12 AM.png

              伝説のスタフィ
              Densetsu no Stafy
              for Game Boy Advance
              0_1540211063232_Screen Shot 2018-10-22 at 8.20.28 AM.png

              📷 @obsidianspider

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                Cybrasty
                last edited by 22 Oct 2018, 12:45

                @obsidianspider said in Retro game stuff talk:

                This 8" 4:3 aspect ratio screen was pretty inexpensive from AliExpress. I don't know what I'm going to make with it yet, but it's not common to see screens that aren't 16:9 anymore.

                With some bezel you can make an original Macintosh Pi!

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                  celly @A Former User
                  last edited by 22 Oct 2018, 14:18

                  @LiveFastCyYoung right now the cart has play in it but I will buy some 3M adhesive felt and put a small piece inside to keep the cart in place.

                  Currently Playing: Tetris (Gameboy)

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                    Clyde @Cybrasty
                    last edited by 22 Oct 2018, 18:38

                    @Cybrasty said in Retro game stuff talk:

                    With some bezel you can make an original Macintosh Pi!

                    So fbeepcking cool …

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                      Cybrasty @Clyde
                      last edited by 22 Oct 2018, 18:44

                      @Clyde Yeah, if I ever find a dead mac I am so doing this!
                      Currently finishing my Commodore 314 (pi inside c64) and next I will be making PI99/3B (Pi inside TI99/4A).

                      It is slow, but I love giving old, dead hardware a new life. The mods I am making are 100% reversable, I am using 3d printed brackets to make everything fit inside the original case.

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                        obsidianspider @Cybrasty
                        last edited by 23 Oct 2018, 12:05

                        @Cybrasty said in Retro game stuff talk:

                        next I will be making PI99/3B (Pi inside TI99/4A).

                        It is slow, but I love giving old, dead hardware a new life. The mods I am making are 100% reversable, I am using 3d printed brackets to make everything fit inside the original case.

                        @celly weren't you eyeing a TI-99? Maybe @Cybrasty has some tips

                        📷 @obsidianspider

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                          celly @obsidianspider
                          last edited by 23 Oct 2018, 14:55

                          @obsidianspider ha! It was a screamin deal but also a bit beyond the kind of project I wanted to take on. Besides, I really didn’t want to piss those TI purists off. 😳

                          Currently Playing: Tetris (Gameboy)

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                            VictimRLSH @celly
                            last edited by 23 Oct 2018, 15:32

                            @celly There was one point back in the heydey of the Amiga and Mac where the Amiga could emulate the top of the line Mac (I think that model was the "quadra" or something similar) and get more performance than the real machine. If you were getting support from Mac enthusiasts and let it slip you were emulating on an Amiga, they got HYPER pissed. Apparently you don't defile the purists' turf. LOL...

                            System Config: Retropie 4.4 with full desktop, RPi 3B, 256gb SD, 5v 2.1A 5,200 mAH USB battery. EasyMSX controller mounted with Pimoroni Hyperpixel 4 (non touch). Also running 4.6 on a 4gb Pi 4 serving as my primary desktop computer now.

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                              obsidianspider
                              last edited by 24 Oct 2018, 12:04

                              While not retro per se, I think you may appreciate the custom console cabinet I built with my dad. It was mainly made out of 3/4" plywood over the course of a few weekend, then I had to wait a month for the paint to cure. Last night after work I finally loaded it up and there's a minimal rats' nest of wires considering everything that is going on. Now I just need more consoles. ;)

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                              📷 @obsidianspider

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                                celly
                                last edited by 23 Nov 2018, 06:49

                                I ordered myself an Odroid-Go for my birthday and had to wait until the actual day (which was today), to open it. My son and I put it together in about 5 minutes and flashing the sd card and transfering roms was simple. I’m really enjoying this and can’t wait to case mod it a bit.
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                                Currently Playing: Tetris (Gameboy)

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                                  obsidianspider @celly
                                  last edited by 23 Nov 2018, 13:51

                                  @celly Does it play Tetris? I heard that's a good game.

                                  📷 @obsidianspider

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                                    thelostsoul @obsidianspider
                                    last edited by 23 Nov 2018, 13:59

                                    @obsidianspider said in Retro game stuff talk:

                                    @celly Does it play Tetris? I heard that's a good game.

                                    But, can it run Crysis? https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/but-can-it-run-crysis

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                                      celly @obsidianspider
                                      last edited by 23 Nov 2018, 18:11

                                      @obsidianspider Ha! Yeah, I got all my favorite Tetris versions loaded up and tested them last night. Even Tengen Tetris for NES.

                                      Currently Playing: Tetris (Gameboy)

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                                        FlyingTomahawk
                                        last edited by 8 Dec 2018, 02:30

                                        Nothing new lately here. Hard Off has rather a boring selection a the moment. Nothing worth mentioning.

                                        So i thought i tease you guys a bit with some of my stuff that i found while cleaning up the house.
                                        But before that there is something I would like to ask you guys. Not sure, some of you might have seen or heard about them but long time ago Rockstar released the game The Warriors on Xbox and I can't recall where I got them from but I have these promotional 14 gang pin badges from that game and was wondering if you guys know what the value for such a complete set is?
                                        I think they gave one random pin badge when you pre-ordered the game at that time so having the complete 14 pin set must have some value right?

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                                        And here some of my other rare stuff.

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                                          obsidianspider @FlyingTomahawk
                                          last edited by 8 Dec 2018, 02:38

                                          @FlyingTomahawk I don’t know anything about the pin set, but that Game & Watch and those Game Boys! Wow! I’ve bought some stuff lately, but I didn’t want to flood the post. I’ll have to get some pictures from my Instagram.

                                          📷 @obsidianspider

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