Retro game stuff talk

[obsidianspider]

A while back I got the idea to make a portable Genesis that plays real cartridges. Seeing how expensive Nomads are I thought about modding a Genesis 2 (The Model 3 apparently isn't super awesome with compatibility with EverDrives), and learned that the VA4 boards are the most compact and are also apparently well regarded for picture and sound quality.

I found one on eBay and bought it for a good price, and while it was en route (the seller had a delay in getting to the post office) I learned that I had inadvertently purchased the highly sought after Majesco variant.

Now I can't bring myself to cut it up. I guess I'll either have to seek out another VA4 board, or look for a Nomad…

[space cadet]

@obsidianspider have you played landstalker on the genesis? Such an underrated game!

[obsidianspider]

@space-cadet I've heard good things about it. I will have to check it out soon.

[space cadet]

Zelda like

[obsidianspider]

@FlyingTomahawk in your many Hard Off runs, what have you seen Famicom AVs selling for? They seem to be around $100+ on eBay, and that just seems high.

[FlyingTomahawk]

@obsidianspider

Those Famicoms are very expensive. Only the main hardware without controllers and without any cables cost around 9000 Yen! ($80)
You can find them often and I doubt they sell good at those prices. Also controllers seem to be rare for that thing. But they seem to be the only decent solution on today's big screen TVs since you can use any SNES TV cable to connect it.

[obsidianspider]

@flyingtomahawk OK, so it's not just eBay then. Interestingly, I learned that while the original Famicom only had RF out, the Famicom 2 only had AV out. The original NES had AV and RF out, but the "NES Toploader" only had RF out.

[FlyingTomahawk]

@obsidianspider

Yeah, that is so. The old Famicom with RF has issues with the image quality on latest TVs and there are some mods to fix that but who wants to solder around on a working Famicom.
The newer Famicom solves that issue by using component(yellow, white, red) or S-VHS cables or only here in Japan D-Terminal.

[A Former User]

I know this has nothing to do with retro stuff, but I recently released a new EP (short album) and I made the cover arts for each of them look like 8-Bit Art. Even one of them looks like Tetris!

Also adventure uses soundfonts from the SNES, and I'm working on more stuff that will use soundfonts.

As of any projects, nothing is really going on right now. I might go to my school and de-solder something that was stopping progression from my SNES project.

[FlyingTomahawk]

@obsidianspider

Time to feed your greed and lust for more retro stuff. :-D
@ruckage this might interest you too.

Famicoms, Famicoms and more Famicoms.... total 21 of them!

Remember the square buttons Famicom? Still there...

Twin Famcioms, Twin Famicoms and more Twin Famcioms...
I didn't know they had 3 different versions/colors. What is the difference between them?

Various retro stuff like boxed MegaDrives, MegaCD, MarkIII, Sega-1000

Gold Punch Out! 18900 YEN!

And this here is a real treasure. If I only had the money I would have bought it.
Old school TV with Super Famicom build in it. Sharp 14G-SF1
There is also a more rare treasure out there named 14C-C1F which is a TV with a build in Famicom. Price is somewhere between $1000-1500

They also still had the FamicomBox for 189000 Yen. If that shops goal is to collect and "keep" all the retro stuff then they are doing a fantastic job. Unforunately that doesn't pay salaries and bills.
They definitely have to go down with those prices if they ever want to sell any of that stuff. After the release of Famicom-Mini and SNES-Mini some of the retro stuff has lost or should loose value.
I hope you guys enjoyed the pics.

[obsidianspider]

@flyingtomahawk

Those. Are. Beautiful!

I am still on the hunt for a clean Famicom AV (to play, not to put a Pi in) but on eBay they have been very expensive. I like the idea of getting an original Famicom, but they only output RF and the controller cables are so short!

I'm glad to see you're still out there looking at these cool old games. I went to the local retro game store to sell some unwanted Sega stuff and they didn't really have a great selection of games or systems to choose from. Lots of shovelware GameBoy and DS games.

Please keep sharing photos if you find more cool old game stuff.

I did manage to get an AGS-101 yesterday for $30 from a person on Facebook, so deals are out there if you keep your eyes open.

[lilbud]

@flyingtomahawk How much does a PC Engine go for over there?

[obsidianspider]

@lilbud Aren't PCEngines region locked?

[lilbud]

@obsidianspider The CD games are region free, the hu-cards are not.

I'm planning to buy a broken one and turn it into a pi console.

[ruckage]

@flyingtomahawk
That looks an amazing shop, some of those consoles look brand new and there are so many consoles I'd never even seen before. So did you buy anything?

[ruckage]

@lilbud said in Retro game stuff talk:

@obsidianspider The CD games are region free, the hu-cards are not.

I'm planning to buy a broken one and turn it into a pi console.

I'd like to do the same myself (I mentioned it a while ago in the snes mini forum, @FlyingTomahawk kindly had a look for me as well). Sadly the prices seem to be quite high for PC engines though - even broken ones.

[FlyingTomahawk]

@ruckage
I didn't buy anything that day. But I must admit the Famicom with disc system attached was a big temptation but the price was just too high for such old stuff.

@lilbud
PCEnignes are expensive here. As ruckage mentioned I am keeping my eyes open but even broken ones in decent condition go for $30 and that is without controllers, just the console itself.
Then there is the core grafx version, dark grey color, that one is even more expensive.

[lilbud]

@ruckage There is a guy on Ebay selling PC Engine shells for $12 + $9 shipping. But they come from Hong Kong. Wouldn't get to me until next year, not sure about how long it would take to get to Europe.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEC-Pc-Engine-shell-only-good-condition/122757195512?hash=item1c94e626f8:g:r~sAAOSw~fpZtuxM

[ruckage]

@lilbud
That's not bad, good find. Only downside I can see is that the power button doesn't seem to be included.

[FlyingTomahawk]

Anyone ever heard of something called RETRO FREAK?
It's a 11 in 1 console that plays the following console games.

Famicom
Super Famicom
Super Nintendo Entertainment System (NTSC/PAL)
Game Boy
Game Boy Color
Game Boy Advance
MegaDrive (NTSC/PAL)
GENESIS
PCEngine
TurboGrafx-16
PCEngine Super Grafx

It has HDMI exit and you can use USB controllers.
They sell an optional adapter which allows you to play additional systems like SEGA SG-1000, MARKIII and GameGear.

More info here.