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    • FlyingTomahawkF
      FlyingTomahawk @edmaul69
      last edited by FlyingTomahawk

      @edmaul69

      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?
      We can talk about payment when the time comes, unless you are in a hurry to get you quickly a quote.

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      • edmaul69E
        edmaul69 @FlyingTomahawk
        last edited by

        @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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        • MadRikXIVM
          MadRikXIV
          last edited by MadRikXIV

          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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          • FlyingTomahawkF
            FlyingTomahawk
            last edited by FlyingTomahawk

            Moved here

            https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/8756/retro-game-stuff-talk

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            • FlyingTomahawkF
              FlyingTomahawk
              last edited by FlyingTomahawk

              Moved here

              https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/8756/retro-game-stuff-talk

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              • obsidianspiderO
                obsidianspider @FlyingTomahawk
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                @FlyingTomahawk Oh my god. I need this store in my life.

                📷 @obsidianspider

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                • MadRikXIVM
                  MadRikXIV
                  last edited by

                  I would soon be bankrupt and single...

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                  • obsidianspiderO
                    obsidianspider @MadRikXIV
                    last edited by

                    @MadRikXIV said in Famicom (not Mini) build (WIP):

                    I would soon be bankrupt and single...

                    I'm already single, so…

                    📷 @obsidianspider

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                    • FlyingTomahawkF
                      FlyingTomahawk @obsidianspider
                      last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                      @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.
                      Bring an empty suitcase though.

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                      • obsidianspiderO
                        obsidianspider @FlyingTomahawk
                        last edited by obsidianspider

                        @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!

                        📷 @obsidianspider

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                        • FlyingTomahawkF
                          FlyingTomahawk @obsidianspider
                          last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                          Moved here

                          https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/8756/retro-game-stuff-talk

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                          • obsidianspiderO
                            obsidianspider @FlyingTomahawk
                            last edited by

                            @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.

                            📷 @obsidianspider

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                            • FlyingTomahawkF
                              FlyingTomahawk @obsidianspider
                              last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                              Moved here

                              https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/8756/retro-game-stuff-talk

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                              • MadRikXIVM
                                MadRikXIV @FlyingTomahawk
                                last edited by

                                @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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                                • obsidianspiderO
                                  obsidianspider @FlyingTomahawk
                                  last edited by

                                  @FlyingTomahawk I hate you

                                  logs on to eBay to look at Famicoms

                                  📷 @obsidianspider

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                                  • FlyingTomahawkF
                                    FlyingTomahawk @obsidianspider
                                    last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                                    @obsidianspider

                                    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...
                                    I'll keep you all posted...

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                                    • obsidianspiderO
                                      obsidianspider
                                      last edited by

                                      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?

                                      📷 @obsidianspider

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                                      • FlyingTomahawkF
                                        FlyingTomahawk @obsidianspider
                                        last edited by

                                        @obsidianspider

                                        Nope, that's the store name "Hard off", "Book off", "House off" and "Hobby off" are a chain store. "Hard off" sells the junk stuff, they are the only ones that do that as far I know, and any kind of used hardware. You find those stores all over Japan.

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                                        • FlyingTomahawkF
                                          FlyingTomahawk
                                          last edited by FlyingTomahawk

                                          Moved here

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                                          • obsidianspiderO
                                            obsidianspider
                                            last edited by

                                            Those Game Joy handhelds look awesome. I wonder how comfortable they are to hold. On eBay they are selling for around $120 for a working one IF you can find one.

                                            📷 @obsidianspider

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