Famicom (not Mini) build (WIP)
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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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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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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.
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Wow, 120?!
Well those are junk, meaning they probably won't run. But swap display, insert Li-po battery and a Pi Zero and you're good to go. -
@FlyingTomahawk oh man, now I need to be on the lookout for one. It's like a Supaboy so it has room for a real cartridge in it so TONS of room to work with.
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Controllers arrived today!
From the looks of it they'll fit the Famicom body.
I cannot test it at the moment since both Famicom are taking their bleach bath.
Put them in yesterday at 12:20pm and today 24hours later I cannot see really a huge difference, yet. I will keep them in there for a few more days and see.
Controller comparison
Now I am really looking forward to this build.
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@FlyingTomahawk those bluetooth controllers got me excited too
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@FlyingTomahawk so how does the Pi keep track of which player is 1 or 2? I've not messed with Bluetooth yet.
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