Retro game stuff talk

[Karsnegssen]

Gameboy Advanced is a great gift for a friend!

[obsidianspider]

I installed my GBA Consolizer today and following the instructions from Game-Tech.us was straightforward. I would say if you have intermediate soldering skills and a temperature controlled soldering iron/station you should be ok.

I started with a known working 40-pin AGB-001. My wire routing isn’t quite as gorgeous as RetroGamingArts’ work, but I tried to keep things neat.

The video quality is wonderful and it plays just as it should with the GBA controls or a first party Super Nintendo or Super Famicom controller. I tried using my ASCIIPad and the Consolizer didn’t like it. The menu came up and would keep scrolling and nothing worked. I also noted you can’t plug and unplug controllers while the unit is turned on or it will freak out.

Unfortunately on my main TV that I have my consoles hooked up to the DVI+ mode that carries audio over the HDMI cable does not work. I get a funky purple border and the image is shifted and there is no sound. When I switch it to just DVI mode the video works properly on my Samsung 65UH7150. ‬

I tested it on my other TV and DVI and DVI+ modes work properly on my Samsung UN24H4500.‬ I’m bummed that I can’t get audio to play through my main TV, but I can hook it up to my surround sound via analog and it’s fine, just not the panacea I was hoping for. Maybe a firmware update will fix things, but it’s not updatable via USB, so if it becomes available that could be tricky.

[ruckage]

@obsidianspider
That looks great. I'd love one of those, it's just a shame they're so expensive.

[obsidianspider]

@ruckage I didn't go for the full case version as I don't really love the design of it. I paid around $150 after shipping and considering what small batch electronics projects go for I think it's pretty reasonable. I've certainly spent a lot more than that on a Pi project.

[Clyde]

Klaatu Barada Nikto … (necromantically resurrecting this thread)

My girlfriend gave me this for christmas, 🤩 but now my pet spider is playing it all the time. 🤨

[obsidianspider]

@Clyde I love those mini arcade things. I still want to stuff a Pi Zero in one.

I guess since this thread is alive again I should post some retro pickups. I won't bore you with all of the Switch stuff I've bought lately.

[obsidianspider]

Here are the "retro" pickups I've had since the thread went dormant. I post pickups and other stuff on my Instagram.

I picked up one of those Arduino-based Tetris games

I have the pink Sakura Nintendo pedometer. Now I only need to find the Hello Kitty one and I should have each variant.

My new crown jewel of my collection: A blue DMG. This was a Europe-only color and a guy in Poland helped me buy it.

For the Frog the Bell Tolls. This game uses a lot of the same mechanics as Link's Awakening and is really fun.

My nephew was throwing away his old 3DS. I cleaned it up and aside from a wonky home button that I need to solder in a replacement for, it works well.

I got a sealed Ni no Kuni for a great price. I opened it up to check out the awesome book that it comes with.

An 8-Bit-Guy video inspired me to look for a Game Boy Camera.

...and Printer.

A friend of mine asked if I "wanted any of this stuff" and sent me this awesome case, Pocket, and games!

I picked up a few more of these Burger King Game Boy Colors. One of these days I'll finish putting a Pi in one.

たねをまく鳥 (Tane o Maku Tori)

While in Manhattan I stopped at Book Off and saw this PSP Go. A friend told me that it was a great price (I had no idea how valuable the cradles were) so I grabbed it. It's my first Sony handheld and I really like it.

I also stopped by VideoGamesNewYork and got this sealed Mr. Driller 2 for Game Boy Advance

Sennou Millennium, Slitherlink, and Xi Little

Guilty Gear Petit - it even includes the Wonder Coin!

A good friend sent me an awesome Christmas gift: A sealed Dreamcast Web Browser disc, a Tiger Jumble game (that uses cartridges!), a copy of StarFox to replace my long lost copy, and a PSP 2000!

Is a PlayStation TV "retro"?

I managed to find a Donkey Kong Jr. "Nintendo Mini Classics" keychain to add to my collection.

My final cool addition for 2019: A CIB Pokemon Mini and Shock Tetris

[Clyde]

@obsidianspider said in Retro game stuff talk:

@Clyde I love those mini arcade things. I still want to stuff a Pi Zero in one.

Me too. By the way, it's funny how your username fits my pictures. :D

[VictimRLSH]

I got that case, but in beige, and time has NOT been good to it... :(

[obsidianspider]

@VictimRLSH said in Retro game stuff talk:

I got that case, but in beige, and time has NOT been good to it... :(

There are a few variants of that case, the GB-70 and GB-80 were offered in DMG colors. This is the only one I've seen of the GB-70 in person that is designed to look like a MGB.

[WeirdH]

@obsidianspider That PSP Go is a thing of beauty. I really didn't like it when it first came out, but now I appreciate it a lot more. Homebrew possibilities help too, of course.

[Dipkid]

Hi gang, happy new year!
I made some good pickups in 2019 aswell:

Got this for free; a near mint Sony Trinitron KV 29" (NTSC & PAL compatible, rgb scart) Crt Tv.

With the new tv setup, I couldnt resist the pi2scart from ArcadeForge anylonger. The overscan settings etc takes some work but I love it. Still need to mount it somewhere.

The NES, I sh*t you not; I found in a dumpster, with all the cables, 2 controllers, a zapper & 9 games.
My GF actually saw it first and told me in bed, and I was like, nah you prob saw an old faxmachine or something. But I ran out in my PJs, and voila, there it was, just the corner of the console sticking up from at grocerybag :) The SNES I bought from a local craigslist site. Iv been slowly picking up some games here n there.

The Super Scope is CIB, found at a thriftstore. MarioPaint CIB, RNR Racing, Zombies & Barts Nightmare Iv had since the early 90s. The rest of the boxes are made by me and my trusty CNC. Real collectors might hate it, but i just like the look of them in the bookshelf.

My teeny tiny DIY MicroSD Covers.

Bazookas on the wall in my daughters (and my!) "playroom"

And last but not least; my biggest project of the year was my virtual Pinball Cab build. It mostly runs VPX, Pinball Fx3 and some vert MAME. I use PinballX as a frontend. (And yes, I wanna build a new one. Bigger, better, flashier!) But for a first VP build, it does the job.

See you in 2020.

[quicksilver]

@Dipkid said in Retro game stuff talk:

The NES, I sh*t you not; I found in a dumpster, with all the cables, 2 controllers, a zapper & 9 games.

WHAT?!?!?! someone just threw it away and it was working?

[Dipkid]

@quicksilver yes, probably someone's spouse or mother tossed it.. (we had a big spring cleaning in the attics and basements of the block were living in.) I could have picked up enough hifi stuff and older flatscreens to start my own shop :D

[Ashpool]

Dikid: Reminds me of a classic (8bit/dawning of 16bit Era) "Kosinus" (by Guba and Ully) Cartoon in the german computer magazine "Happy Computer" (sadly I can't find that one in the web) -> (citing from memory) He welcomes a friend to his home -> K: "Es gibt hier viele Systemabstürze" (~A lot of system-crashes happening here); F: "schwaches Stromnetz?" (~weak powergrid?); (picture changing to view out of a window where a computer is just passing by on its way down); K: "Nein, (???(*1)) Eltern!" (~(???) Parents!) ;>

[1]: I really am not remembering what adverb was used for the parents, but something alike to "angered" could be applicable.

[Clyde]

@Ashpool Ahh, yes. Kosinus, an important part of my youth. 😊

With a little patience, you may find the cartoon in question in the Happy Computer collection on archive.org.

edit: You can download all issues at once easily with the addon Archive Downloader for Google Chrome or Chromium. Alas, I didn't find a similar addon for Firefox, but at least Chromium is part of the official repositories of my Kubuntu Linux operating system.

[Ashpool]

@Clyde THANKS!

And here it is: https://archive.org/details/Happy.Computer.N40.1987.02-Cartman/page/n43
Oh how messed up my memory about that one was - at least I got the basic plot right %-)

Edit: Ah, all those moments... will be lost... like tears in the... aeh, wait: That's it, I mixed it up with another one of my favourites -> not sure whether it was Kosinus or a friend visiting, but the "plot" was something alike to "what resolution, how real..." to the view of a real window :dough:

[Dipkid]

gonna check it out!

[Clyde]

@Ashpool Kudos for actually looking it up!

I also remember a cartoon like the one you described. It may've been Kosinus as well, or another similar strip.

Apropos, remember Starkiller? 😁 (be sure to check out the Weblinks)

[Ashpool]

After 2 Days of no further reply... I am staying Off_Topic: Star Killer "Oh Yes: 'Das Trantor Feurerzeug mit den Flammenstufen Hoch und Höher' :UP:"... Maybe we could/should start another threat in another sub-forum about retro-comics within gaming-magazines...

Becuase next to Starkiller (Yeah!), there also was Spacerat... and then... UserFriendly (WebComic)... well, well.... Nethack... http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20050624&mode=classic

Nethack.. Sigh....