Retro game stuff talk

[obsidianspider]

The second GBA case that I bought "accidentally" (don't bid on two of the same items on eBay unless you are prepared to win both of them) arrived today along with some extra accessories. I only really wanted the case, so I'll have to see if I can sell them or something. Considering this lot was only $1 more than the first case, and I might be able to sell some of the accessories, I'm ok with it.

The GBA case is in better shape than the first one I bought, so I'll be keeping this as a "very good" example of the case, and now have few qualms about modding the first one. The first one has a damaged "foot" and some scratches on the case.

[obsidianspider]

Two more handhelds arrived today. (Is the Wii U GamePad a handheld? I mean, it has a screen.) Both have screen issues. Neither are mint, but are in good shape with a few scratches. Not sure what their fates will be, but the price was right, and they won't go bad sitting on a shelf, plus they look nice.

[MrJordaaany]

@obsidianspider Always worth restoring a pokemon game man. Especially Emerald version. They always hold their value and a quick cleanup and new battery means it wold sell for 60usd easy (thats about 100 NZD here which all pokemon games still go for).

[edmaul69]

@obsidianspider if i remember right their might be a capacitor that goes bad on the game gear causing the screen to not work. I believe it is located in one of the top corners.

[obsidianspider]

@mrjordaaany $60? I dunno, they don't seem to sell for that around here, especially with a mangled label.

[obsidianspider]

@edmaul69 the screen comes on, but there's no picture, just the backlight. Some reading around suggests a full cap replacement. I also see there are some TFT conversions that have been done. If I don't throw a Pi in this thing I may look at converting it to run on a LiPo with a PowerBoost to bring it up to 5V. 6 AAs would be 4.5V, but I have to think 5 would be in its nominal operating range.

[MrJordaaany]

@obsidianspider Hmmm probably just our overly jacked-up market then :/ Retro collecting is hard here. I almost always use Ebay/Amazon.

[obsidianspider]

@FlyingTomahawk you are officially a bad influence. I am now addicted to finding cool retro game stuff. I just discovered that the Pocket Pikachu is a thing and am seeking some out.

[celly]

@obsidianspider you are such an addict! Hahaha!

[FlyingTomahawk]

@obsidianspider said in Retro game stuff talk:

you are officially a bad influence

lol, thank you. I am very proud of that achievement. Hehehe...
It's good for the world economy. :-P

[obsidianspider]

@celly you're an instigator too!

[MrJordaaany]

@obsidianspider Shit those are cool. Where do I find em?

[obsidianspider]

@mrjordaaany The Internet? They're 20 years old at this point, so I'm just searching eBay and the like. They're around, but I don't want to pay a ton.

[MrJordaaany]

@obsidianspider Stupid question, stupid answer :) Ebay away!

[lilbud]

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/09/new_amiga_to_land_in_late_2017/

New Amigas are coming to market

[obsidianspider]

@lilbud cool that the people who own the IP are allowing it. I've never even seen an Amiga. How's the game library?

[lilbud]

@obsidianspider You're asking the wrong person, I've never heard of the Amiga until now.

[A Former User]

An Amiga? No way.

But they should've done the 64 cause that, my friend, is the one.

also surprisingly I'm younger than @lilbud and I know what an amiga is.

[Danorak1981]

@obsidianspider: this is a good webpage for the back catalogue. There were hundreds of games, several cross platform (Sensible Soccer, Desert Strike, Cannon Fodder to name a few). Ultimately there was a lot of shite too. They had several versions, the Amiga 500, 500+, 600 and the 1200. There were more but those were the ones you were likely to find in the home. The 500/+ and 600 were 16 bit, whilst the 1200 was 32bit and benefitted from the AGA chipset (advanced graphic architecture). There were games companies that made games for the 500/600, but also made an 1200 AGA version too to take advantage of it's extra capabilities (Theme Park was an example, and is a better game visually for it).

Piracy was rife-i had tonnes of copied games from mates, but there were people who specifically hacked games (Fairlight were one) and had a little intro upon insertion of the disk. Was a great platform though, even if disk loading times could be killer! If i had to pick my favourite platform from my youth, the Amiga would be at the top of that list!

Sorry, well off topic!

[obsidianspider]

After a slight mixup with the post office, two of the three Pocket Pikachus I bought on eBay arrived. The box for the yellow one isn't perfect, but I knew that when I bought it. A second yellow one is on its way. I would like to mod it to do something a bit more interesting than just be a pedometer, but these are much too small to fit a Pi Zero inside.