Retro game stuff talk

[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?

[space cadet]

@itsnitro said in Retro game stuff talk:

Wow, looks compact. But why B&W?

Maybe just a b n w tv

[lilbud]

@space-cadet It was meant as a portable TV and was probably made in the late 80's/early 90's. It was made to be a TV you could put in your car and use to check news/weather in the middle of nowhere or watch football.

[obsidianspider]

A long long time ago…

Seriously though, black and white TVs were easier to make, and were therefore cheaper. It makes perfect sense to have a less complicated and cheaper portable TV.

Kids today don't remember that black and white TVs were a thing? Man, I really feel old. I had an Atari 2600 hooked up to a black and white TV.

Now get off my lawn!

[lilbud]

@obsidianspider said in Retro game stuff talk:

Now get off my lawn!

No, I refuse to.

But in all honesty, the idea of making a TV that could be carried around is interesting.

If only there was some sort of a portable modern equivalent...

[space cadet]

I had a 5 inch sony portable that was color. It even had a cable hook up. Had my nes hooked to it.

[obsidianspider]

More Game Boy goodness arrived today. From Japan, another DMG-colored pocket, this one with a power light. With 6 games. These things are mint.

I don't know if the games have repro labels, but they look real, and are SUPER clean. They appear to be real boards too.

And from the instigator himself, @celly sent me a silver Pocket with a backlight and bivert kit. It'll be my first Game Boy mod. Super excited to try it.

[celly]

@obsidianspider its the "get your feet wet" kit. Hahaha!

[hooperre]

Really would love to hear @herb_fargus and @BuZz do an interview with the Retro Hour Podcast. They make me want to delve into C64 stuff.

Anyone else listen to it?

[herb_fargus]

@hooperre we did an interview a while back for the pi podcast. And one more recently but it was more of an article. But meh I don't know much about anything

[obsidianspider]

It took forever, but my first backlight and bivert mod is done on the silver pocket. I learned a lot, so the next one should go a lot smoother.

[space cadet]

Nice work!

[lilbud]

Was I bored? Yes
Was it worth it for a stupid joke? Yes