Famicom (not Mini) build (WIP)
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Now I know why it landed in the junk corner. If that is a mod then there is a lot missing. I don't think it would run. But soon it will have a nice HDMI exit. :)
Going to another store now that looks kinda like super potato, let's hope I can find one or the other treasure.
UPDATE: my luck, the store is gone! They closed down. :-( wondering what happened to all the retro stuff....
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@FlyingTomahawk that stinks. There's a retro game store near me that is only open a few days per week and lately has been taken over by disc based systems.
I don't feel bad about modding a broken system. That Gameboy Advance I chopped up had a dead screen and the DS Lite I took apart for the ABXY was cracked in half.
I don't know the status of the Super Famicom I modded, but for $30 including shipping with a pristine case, it worked for me.
I'd love to find more broken old consoles with cases in good shape, but it's not easy, let alone stuff not intended for the US market.
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@FlyingTomahawk i am definitely interested still in the console and if you want to sell me your controllers too. Not sure how we can communicate to set up a payment.
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No worries the controllers are yours, just pay the shipping for them.
With "interested still in the console" what do you mean by it? Which console? Junk? Complete working set?
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@FlyingTomahawk i am not in a hurry. And i have interest in a junk console like you did. But we can discuss all that when you are ready to ship the controllers.
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Well, I won my eBay bid, so will be building another shortly, once my Mausberry, and cheap USB NES controllers turn up from the states.
I saw some legitimate Famicom mods that added a power led under the on off switch, i'm tempted at that, if the LED glows enough under it.
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@FlyingTomahawk Oh my god. I need this store in my life.
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I would soon be bankrupt and single...
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@MadRikXIV said in Famicom (not Mini) build (WIP):
I would soon be bankrupt and single...
I'm already single, so…
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@obsidianspider said in Famicom (not Mini) build (WIP):
@MadRikXIV said in Famicom (not Mini) build (WIP):
I would soon be bankrupt and single...
I'm already single, so…
Hahaha... that was a good one.
You ever decide to come to Osaka Japan it would be my pleasure to take you there.
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@FlyingTomahawk I did see the handhelds. Roughly what were they selling for? The Neo Geo Pocket stuff was never really available over here. Of course, I still have two handhelds that I'm not done with.
I actually just saw a Famicom for sale including shipping for $30 on eBay but I passed on it because I don't know where the heck I would put it once I was done with it. I don't really need two RetroPies hooked up to my TV and my desk Genesis USB hub Pi is nice and small.
But so many cool retro systems…
Argh!
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@FlyingTomahawk You're an instigator, that's what you are.
Did you see any actual games?
I'm also always on the lookout for real (not reproduction) game-related art and stuff. I recently learned about the Famicom Disk System handbills that were included and are awesome, but usually are pretty expensive.
I'd love to find some Japanese-language Mario or Zelda ads to frame, but I don't speak Japanese and my googling doesn't turn up much.
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@FlyingTomahawk Its odd, as much as I like emulation for ease, sometimes it feels empty, I want them old fashioned load times.
It's why i dug out my old original Playstation, kept seeing games in chatiy shops for £1, and bulk sales on eBay, so went mad when 'between jobs' for 18 months, (I had a payout that meant I was in no rush) ended up getting about 200 PS games in 6 months, 4 Playstations (from bundles, one dead one, I changed to a clock :D ).
SImilar to my Amiga 1200, giving that a new lease of life.
Osaka...oohhh, I stopped there, once, about 8 hours in the airport en route to Australia.
I'm currently googling to try and find a replacement front port cover, just in case it doesn't have one.
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@FlyingTomahawk I hate you
logs on to eBay to look at Famicoms
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Hehehe... sorry about it. ;-)
I am trying to find more junk Famicoms here which are good for Pi projects. I am willing to part from those later.
edmaul69 was the first though...
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Now that work is done and I'm back to looking around at used video game stuff I don't need I went back to looking at those photos from @FlyingTomahawk's trip to heaven, er, used video game place. What does "Hard Off" mean? Is that some Japanese term for "Sale" or something?
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