Retro game stuff talk

[SgtJimmyRustles]

@obsidianspider

Your collection is larger than mine, that's for sure. You know what I'd want to get? A Gamepark 32.

Some of those portable linux gaming consoles if you know what I mean.

[obsidianspider]

@sgtjimmyrustles Oh wow, those look really cool, but good luck finding any games for them. :-/

I recently heard about the PocketSprite and I kind of want one. Not for $55 though.

[SgtJimmyRustles]

@obsidianspider

That's the thing, they're just emulators.

[celly]

Been a pretty productive week. Got my hands on a Nintendo Mini (Mario’s Cement Factory). An impulse buy thanks a lot to @obsidianspider

Also, did a reahell job to a pocket from Retro Modding.

Then last night, I got this beauty, CIB.

[SgtJimmyRustles]

@celly

Nice pickup man.

Makes me wish I still had my Sega Genesis and Gameboy.

Especially my accessories like the HandyBoy (What a monstrosity) and the Gameboy Charger (Worth it's weight in gold.)

Oh, and my 32X (Not worth the plastic it was made from.)

[ruckage]

@sgtjimmyrustles said in Retro game stuff talk:
You know what I'd want to get? A Gamepark 32.

Some of those portable linux gaming consoles if you know what I mean.

I never had a gamepark32 but I had all the follow up consoles (GP2X, wiz) , I was quite involved with that scene at the time and made quite a few games for it (some of my games were even built into the Wiz which was really cool). I kind of miss it, I should get back into game development at some point.

[obsidianspider]

@sgtjimmyrustles Funny you say the 32X isn't worth the plastic it's made from. I'm trying to find a working one to use with my EverDrive and I can't seem to find any for under $100 that actually work.

[SgtJimmyRustles]

@obsidianspider said in Retro game stuff talk:

@sgtjimmyrustles Funny you say the 32X isn't worth the plastic it's made from. I'm trying to find a working one to use with my EverDrive and I can't seem to find any for under $100 that actually work.

It was more of a pain in the ass than anything to be honest.

This might help.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sega-Genesis-32X-Console-only-MK-84000A-No-Cables-Extender-for-Genesis-2-Model/173156776910?hash=item2850f2bbce:g:usAAAOSwO~VagjMK

[SgtJimmyRustles]

@ruckage

The GP2X's are super expensive now. I think the only consoles they have now are those ones that act a bit like a shield portable.

[obsidianspider]

@sgtjimmyrustles It doesn't help if I don't have the necessary wires. :-P

[SgtJimmyRustles]

@obsidianspider

Yeah, sorry man. I figured you could maybe find alternatives cheap on ebay.

[obsidianspider]

@sgtjimmyrustles No worries. I'm not in a rush. I have a saved search and keep my yee out on Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist. Finding retro game stuff in the wild around here is almost impossible.

[SgtJimmyRustles]

@obsidianspider

Try this one:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sega-Genesis-32X-Add-On-MK-84000A-w-Spacer-AC-Adapter-Crossover-Cable-VA1/152904046970?hash=item2399ca997a:g:AZQAAOSwRE5agJKo

Looks like it has all you need.

[FlyingTomahawk]

The last two days were a blast. I needed to go to Nagoya for work. Meaning a whole new territory and a whole bunch of Hard Offs and other 2nd hand stuff stores.
We visited at least 10 different stores within two days. The co-worker is a hard core Hard-Off fan and he prepared a list with all stores on the way. lol Freak!

Unfortunately, there was not so many cool stuff around at least nothing that I haven't posted here yet. Except for this...

Released by Irem a collection of dog tags embeded inside glass. The dog tags are engraved with the image and model number of each R-Type plane. It looked beautiful and would have looked nice displayed somewhere inside my Game room.

I also was able to collect all the necessary pieces to get my Famicom running. Found a brand new RF unit for 108 Yen! Brand new never used! A over 30 year old device! Insane.
And also the original Nintendo AC unit for 540 Yen. And Super Mario and Super Mario 3 for 540 Yen each.

Famicom 324 Yen
AC unit 540 Yen
RF unit 108 Yen
Games 1080 Yen

Total 2052 Yen

The image quality sucks but that is something I accept as part of history. We got used to all that HD stuff and easy forget that things were not that sharp 30 years ago.
At first I didn't wanna bother getting the Famicom at all since I have everything on my Pi but playing the real thing is a different feeling that no emulator can replace. You hold a part of history in your hands and it feels just great like a time slip into the past.

[lilbud]

@flyingtomahawk said in Retro game stuff talk:

but playing the real thing is a different feeling that no emulator can replace

In all honesty, playing on original hardware is so much better for certain systems. Like the early Nintendos and Segas, its better to play on original. But for some newer systems (PSX onward) emulator is the way to go IMO.

[obsidianspider]

@flyingtomahawk That's awesome, but 108,000 yen?! You must REALLY love R-Type.

I haven't updated here in a while, and sadly, no new cool finds from second hand stores, but I did complete some mods in the past few weeks.

Refurbed a Game Boy Horror

Upgraded to a Super Pasakon case on my AGB-101

Backlight, bivert, and voltage regulator on one of my DMG-colored Pockets

I also had an epic fail when trying to repair a burnt screen on another pocket. I got the polarizer removed, but damaged the ribbon. Now I'm looking for a donor pocket to complete that project.

[FlyingTomahawk]

@obsidianspider said in Retro game stuff talk:

That's awesome, but 108,000 yen?! You must REALLY love R-Type.

Oh no! I am not THAT crazy. Of course I didn't buy it. Who the hell pays that much money for that. Sure ain't me. lol

[obsidianspider]

@flyingtomahawk I was going to say, you could buy a whole fleet of Famicoms for that much. ;)

[MrJordaaany]

@obsidianspider Run a soldering iron over the ribbon of the gameboy pocket screen. It can fix it up.

With the DMG gameboy, is that a dead horizontal line at the bottom there? Or just the photo?

When I did the same mod on mine, I damaged the ribbon cable like that, but running a soldering iron down the right hand side of the screen, over the section where the ribbon cable is, fixed it up great. You can literally melt the tiny connections going to the screen, and allow them to re-solder themselves.

[obsidianspider]

@mrjordaaany I tried it after watching a number of videos and reading articles that said you need a low temp iron so you don't melt the cable. I tried many times over the course of a few hours, with a last ditch effort using my hot air station and I can't get it to work. :-(