Retro game stuff talk

[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.

[obsidianspider]

My second Pocket Pikachu showed up today along with some CNC cooling tubes to make a custom "helping hand". The Pocket Pikachu came with two Tamagotchis that I really don't want. Anyone need a Tamagotchi or two?

[kingraa777]

cant wait to see how this project goes :)
p.s would love the tamagotchis if they are still avalible ??

[obsidianspider]

Today a package from Japan arrived. The seller said it was in working condition. That was not so. After some cleaning, it now works quite well. Not bad for $36 including shipping.

[lilbud]

@obsidianspider I believe somewhere I found an original Game Boy, I think in my granddads stuff, but it didn't work.

[obsidianspider]

Holy crap. I just picked up the box to move it to my display area. It rattled. It has all the manuals. In perfect shape. This thing is CIB. 😳

[celly]

@obsidianspider aaaaaand i hate you. Hahahaha! Hellova grab man.

[edmaul69]

@obsidianspider and i hate you too!! Lol. That is so freaking awesome!!!

[FlyingTomahawk]

@obsidianspider

Way to go man!
What means CIB?

[obsidianspider]

@flyingtomahawk CIB means Complete In Box. It has all of its stuff. At least I believe so.

The serial numbers don't match, but I can live with that. 🙂

I think the battery guys are cool. Funny though how they aren't warning about corrosion, just that the system will shut off after 8 hours. (Thank you gGoogle translate)

[A Former User]

I still have that old SNES that I ripped apart a few months ago.
Now what should I do with it?

[obsidianspider]

@itsnitro put a Pi in it!

[obsidianspider]

I picked up a WonderSwan Color for $20 and I love the form factor. This thing is tiny! Gotta find some games though. Any that don't have a ton of text are really expensive. I found a list of English-friendly games so I'm checking on eBay.

[lilbud]

I don't have any pictures now, but today I had to pack up all of our retro systems for a while. It's a very long story.

[obsidianspider]

@lilbud Good luck with the sorting. If you find anything cool, be sure to post it up!

[lilbud]

@obsidianspider Not so much a sorting, but more of a complete renovation.

2 months ago, my basement flooded due to the water heater bursting. The water heater is in my workshop and next to my game area. 2 in of water all over our basement. A lot was ruined, and it didn't help much that most of the basement is carpet.

Ever since we moved in, we had plans to finish up the basement. We said it when we first arrived, and a little bit after that, eventually 12 years passed and then the flood. So we figured that, since everything is taken out and moved, we will redo our basement. So we had to go through everything, including my grandparents stuff. In between the sewing magazines and books, we found some cool stuff. The coolest would be this black and white camping TV. It'll probably take a few months, its kind of why I've been a little silent on the forums.

[A Former User]

Wow, the screen is round? That's pretty cool!
It's a joke cause the picture isn't showing up and that comes up.

[lilbud]

@itsnitro Here is the actual picture, not sure why linking from Google Photos doesn't work

[A Former User]

Wow, looks compact. But why B&W?