Retro game stuff talk

[obsidianspider]

I never had a NES as a kid. We went right from my parents' Atari 2600 to Super Nintendo. When I was in college I got a NES in trade from a guy for fixing his computer. I played it a while and then the red light would blink constantly and games wouldn't load. I tried fixing the connector by re-bending the pins, but it didn't work. Then it sat in a box for a number of years.

This past Fall I got the NES autographed by James Rolfe but it was still inoperable.

Today on my lunch break I finally got around to replacing the 72-pin connector, and thankfully that was all it needed. I've heard that on some the NES10 lockout chip fails and you have to bypass it.

Some games with a slightly thicker PCB (Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt) are really difficult to remove, but all play correctly, and most of the time I'll probably be using my Famicom anyway.

[space cadet]

On the lock out chip it can by disabled by snipping one of its leads. Can't remember on top of my head though!

[obsidianspider]

@space-cadet Thankfully that wasn't necessary, but if it breaks in the future I'll know what to do! :)

[FlyingTomahawk]

Does anyone heard of fake Japanese MegaDrive games? Or so called repros?
I was just looking at an auction site here in Japan and I see 2 titles, Vampire Killer and Battlemania which would easy go for ￥40000-60000 each starting at 1 Yen or 1600 Yen for the other and one more day to go and no bidders at all. Which is very strange. Usually you have people fighting and over bidding each other for such titles.

The product description says it is a foreign version. Which would indicate fake or other Asian country besides Japan. So I read of people accidentally buying those "fake" games and it would be most painful if you paid hundreds of dollars to get it only to find out it is a cheap fake.

[lilbud]

@flyingtomahawk said in Retro game stuff talk:

Vampire Killer and Battlemania

Vampire Killer is the Japanese Version of Castlevania Bloodlines and Battle Mania is Japanese version of Trouble shooter. They are probably Repro carts which is why they are going for so little. Or they are in poor condition and no one wants them.

[obsidianspider]

Well, the "For parts or not working" DMG I mentioned above arrived today, and sure enough, it wouldn't turn on. I took it apart, cleaned it up and now that it's working, I don't know if I want to mod it. It's so clean. What do you think?

[MrJordaaany]

@sgtjimmyrustles

@ruckage @obsidianspider

I can weigh in on the Aladdin debate. Aladdin on Mega Drive is way better.

I reckon the animation is way better. I like having a proper weapon right from the get go too.

[FlyingTomahawk]

@lilbud

As I thought those were Repros. Still the Casltevania one went for 6250 Yen which is way too much for a fake. You can get the exact same for $14 shipped at aliexpress.
The other game however, Battlemania, went for measly 410 Yen.
Funny though at this very moment a guy is selling the real Battlemania and... drumroll... Eliminate Down! Yes a real Eliminate Down! I put both on my watch list since I am curious to see for how much they will go. Eliminate Down can be purchased for 110000 Yen at a game store near my place.

[obsidianspider]

Not all mods go well the first time you attempt them.

Yesterday I attempted to backlight a DMG for the first time, and well, I broke it.

The screen on those is permanently attached and while I was fighting with the polarizer film the corner must have pressed against the plastic surround and I heard a pop. :(

Now I'm on the hunt for a screen from a DMG with a trashed shell.

[FlyingTomahawk]

@obsidianspider

Oh crap!
Mark as collateral damage?

[obsidianspider]

@flyingtomahawk I'm really angry with myself for doing it, but it was my first time attempting a DMG backlight, so I am chalking it up as a learning experience. At least it wasn't an expensive mistake. The total spent on the Game Boy was $17 including shipping, and the rest of the device is in amazing condition.

[FlyingTomahawk]

Well, if you ever should run out of DMGs over there we should have plenty over here. Went to a Hard Off the other day they had like 10+ DMGs stuffed in a box for 2000 Yen each. All looked fairly clean and good.

Oh btw. a Panorama Cotton is about to go for 29500 Yen. Still gonna go up since there is 1 more hour to go. Just crazy people actually paying those prices for one game.

[FlyingTomahawk]

4 hours left to go for Eliminate Down! Currently at 96666 Yen ($915.403!! ) Insane if you ask me.

[obsidianspider]

@flyingtomahawk You just have expensive taste. ;)

Now that I have EverDrives I'm looking for certain games complete in box and it's either very expensive or they rarely if ever show up for sale.

[FlyingTomahawk]

Auction finished!
Eliminate Down went for...... "drumroll"

121000 Yen!!!! that's $1,140.61 !!!!!
Friggin crazy for a MegaDrive game. Someone is really gonna pay that amount of money for a MD game. I mean it's not a Metal Slug on NeoGeo which is also crazy expensive but NeoGeo stuff always was.

[obsidianspider]

@flyingtomahawk At least show us some photos when it shows up at your house :)

[edmaul69]

@flyingtomahawk thats insane. I sold my panic restaurant for $600. Would have liked more but an auctioned one with the manual sold for $850 usd so i priced it based on the price of a manual only which is like $250. Megadrive/genesis would be the best system to collect for as a player as 99% of the games have no real value but lots of good games.

[OldSkool]

All of these posts really make me excited about all of the options that are available in regards to retro gaming now and in the future. I have just started to look on sites like eBay and Craigslist to see if I can get my hands on some older systems. I still have my original Game Boy though - does anyone else? I can’t wait to find some hidden gems during my retro searches!

[FlyingTomahawk]

Yeah, retro stuff can become an addiction.
Of course we can play all games, even the super expensive ones, on our Raspberry Pi but it doesn't replace the original feel and touch a cartridge and original console setup can give you. And the excitement to hunt down and acquiring those rare gems.

And no I didn't buy that Eliminate Down. I am not that crazy. And if I would I'd buy it at a local game shop here which sells it a bit cheaper than that auction.

[lilbud]

@flyingtomahawk said in Retro game stuff talk:

And the excitement to hunt down and acquiring those rare gems.

The rare gems usually go for a shitload, which is why I own none.