Retro game stuff talk

Dipkid

Gave my Pal Snes a paint job; Pink/purple/translucent glitter & gloss coating.. (unfortunately I messed up the controller port ribbon, so now I gotta fix that. it never really ends..)
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simpleethat

@Dipkid do I see sparkles? It's so shiny!

obsidianspider

@Dipkid How did you do the graphics?

simpleethat

@obsidianspider I'd guess water transfer decals. I've used them on builds and they work pretty well

Dipkid

@simpleethat yes you do see sparkles 😀

Dipkid

@simpleethat @obsidianspider its bubble free mactac vinyl.

obsidianspider

This weekend I assembled my Peanut kit

It took a long time, I messed up quite a few times, but I got practice soldering and in the end I have this to go with my "real" Arduboy in my collection.

VictimRLSH

@obsidianspider I always wanted to do a micro build, but the Arduino always seemed a bit underpowered for the task. I actually have that .96" OLED. Makes a great oscilliscope display.

obsidianspider

@VictimRLSH The Arduboy games are pretty cool for what they are, but it's certainly not running PlayStation games.

VictimRLSH

@obsidianspider My problem with the current Pi Zero W micro builds is they all use the same 3 button hat, and I want better controls, something along the lines of the Game Boy Micro with shoulder buttons and separate select/start. Once I finally get a 3D printer and quit making ghetto cases for my builds I think I can do something nice. I'm thinking of a play on the GB Micro and branding it the "MAME Boy Micro" with the MAME font.

obsidianspider

@VictimRLSH I've started to mess with some PCB design so I can make my own boards for some Pi portables. My first prototypes for a 2" screen breakout should be here soon.

obsidianspider

Today I added my very first Treasure game to my collection: Dynamite Headdy for Sega Genesis. It’s in very good shape and only mildly suffers from the common Genesis game problem of looking like someone soaked the label in vegetable oil. I don’t know why so many Genesis games do that.

Also: can anyone suggest a good gamebit screwdriver that works well with Genesis games? My orange handled one from Amazon “works” but it often slips from the screws on Genesis games and mars the finish. I’d like to minimize that in the future.

My custom PCBs also arrived today. They're my very first boards that I designed myself, so there's nothing fancy going on, but it looks like they'll fit the ribbon cable that I intended, so hopefully I'll be able to test with a Pi soon.

obsidianspider

Well, it looks like my board works…

celly

@obsidianspider great job man!

FlyingTomahawk

Started to buy some stuff again. I didn't take pictures since it's nothing special. I belive you all have seen Famicom cartridges before.
I have the Famicom with Super Mario Bros 1 and 3
Added these to the collection

Rockman 2
Rockman 3
Rockman 4
Rockman 5
Tennis
Mike Tyson's Punch Out!
Dr. Mario
Salamander

And a KV-25DA65 Sony TV for 800 Yen!

There are some PVM screens available here but I have no clue how you connect a famicom or any console to such screen. They have those weird BNC connectors only. Does anyone have experience or info regarding connecting consoles to PVM screens?

mitu

@FlyingTomahawk said in Retro game stuff talk:

Does anyone have experience or info regarding connecting consoles to PVM screens?

Well, PVM should have composite, component or S-Video inputs. Check out the MLIG episode on NES,

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I think composite is one option if you have an AV Famicom.

obsidianspider

@FlyingTomahawk Nice additions to the Famicom collection! I always liked the Rockman art better than what we got for Mega Man here in the USA.

FlyingTomahawk

@obsidianspider

LoL, yeah the US cover for Megaman 1 and 2 are atrocious. Really wonder why they went with those. Must have been stoned.

So here is my one week shopping result. The TV is the largest item but not the most expensive. 800 yen is a bargain for such 25 inch TV in very clean condition plus remote. The most expensive was Super Fantasy Zone for the Mega Drive. That goes usually for 6000-7000 yen. I found it for 3900 yen in super mint condition, like it came fresh from the production line yesterday.

To play on a CRT TV is just awesome and brings back a lot good memories. Thinking about, that stuff is gonna be 40! years old in 3 years. Crazy how fast time passes.

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Dipkid

I think it's Kotaku (or could be Retro Gamer?) who has a interview with the artist who made the Megaman western boxart, with info on why, who, how etc.

obsidianspider

@FlyingTomahawk Awesome find on the TV! I'm still keeping my eye out for the holy grail, the FV310. I hope to find one some day.

I always liked how Famicom games were in different colored shells and sometimes even different shapes. Japan absolutely got the "feeling" right with their cartridges.