Retro game stuff talk
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Wasn't there a 50/60hz mod for the SNES?
I remember mine used to have a silver flip switch behind it.
I believe that was necessary to play PAL games right? Not necessary for NTSC (US and JPN) games?Btw. I gotta find me one of those old Sony TVs too.
I recently modified my Sega Saturn Action Replay cartridge so that the Saturn is region free. Would love to play on an old TV. -
@FlyingTomahawk Whoa! The legend is back from the dead!
I'm not sure about 50/60hz switching. I use a SD2SNES for playing PAL games. It handles the CIC and region stuff.
The TV was a free one, and it has some screen defects, but the price was right. Still looking for a KV27FV310 or KV32FV310. The holy grail.
A Saturn is on my list, but I also have never played one, so I really don't know where to begin.
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Dead? nope. alive and still kicking ;-p
There are plenty of "free to have" TVs here but as you I am waiting for those holy grail type TVs. One guy is giving away a KV-36DRX9 TV. It has all what your retro heart desires but it weighs nearly 90kg! I would love to get the smaller brother, something like the KV-29DRX5 which is not only near half the weight but also 4:3 format. The 36 inch model is 16:9
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the one I got is the trinitron kv-29x5e. very happy with it. big plus that it supports ntsc. also a very good looking set.
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Yeah, around here it's a significant fee to recycle a TV, so I don't want to go around gathering up all of the free TVs I see just to have them sit around, but I do keep my eyes open for "the good one."
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Oh, and I also had this baby for a while. Sold it when I got the Sony kv. its a LG 21" lim ed. coca cola tv. you could buy it if you collected A LOT of caps back in '01.😊
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That's really cool. I have to think those are collectible. Some people really love Coca-Cola stuff.
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Perfect for playing Pepsi Invaders on...
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Gave my Pal Snes a paint job; Pink/purple/translucent glitter & gloss coating.. (unfortunately I messed up the controller port ribbon, so now I gotta fix that. it never really ends..)
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@Dipkid do I see sparkles? It's so shiny!
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@Dipkid How did you do the graphics?
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@obsidianspider I'd guess water transfer decals. I've used them on builds and they work pretty well
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@simpleethat yes you do see sparkles 😀
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@simpleethat @obsidianspider its bubble free mactac vinyl.
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This weekend I assembled my Peanut kit
It took a long time, I messed up quite a few times, but I got practice soldering and in the end I have this to go with my "real" Arduboy in my collection.
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@obsidianspider I always wanted to do a micro build, but the Arduino always seemed a bit underpowered for the task. I actually have that .96" OLED. Makes a great oscilliscope display.
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@VictimRLSH The Arduboy games are pretty cool for what they are, but it's certainly not running PlayStation games.
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@obsidianspider My problem with the current Pi Zero W micro builds is they all use the same 3 button hat, and I want better controls, something along the lines of the Game Boy Micro with shoulder buttons and separate select/start. Once I finally get a 3D printer and quit making ghetto cases for my builds I think I can do something nice. I'm thinking of a play on the GB Micro and branding it the "MAME Boy Micro" with the MAME font.
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@VictimRLSH I've started to mess with some PCB design so I can make my own boards for some Pi portables. My first prototypes for a 2" screen breakout should be here soon.
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Today I added my very first Treasure game to my collection: Dynamite Headdy for Sega Genesis. It’s in very good shape and only mildly suffers from the common Genesis game problem of looking like someone soaked the label in vegetable oil. I don’t know why so many Genesis games do that.
Also: can anyone suggest a good gamebit screwdriver that works well with Genesis games? My orange handled one from Amazon “works” but it often slips from the screws on Genesis games and mars the finish. I’d like to minimize that in the future.
My custom PCBs also arrived today. They're my very first boards that I designed myself, so there's nothing fancy going on, but it looks like they'll fit the ribbon cable that I intended, so hopefully I'll be able to test with a Pi soon.
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