Retro game stuff talk

[Clyde]

I couldn't resist buying these Pixel Pals two weeks ago. Since I couldn't find their USB power adapters in stock anywhere in Germany, I ordered them abroad. Batteries are said to be used up quite quickly by the little fellas.

Today, the adapters arrived!

I took the second picture because my camera couldn't handle the backlight properly. In it, the reflections in the glass demonstrate best how the Pixel Pals look to the naked eye when lit.

The two still boxed figurines are gifts for two fans of Skyrim and Streetfighter respectively. They don't know it yet. 😉

[ruckage]

@edmaul69
Sorry for the late reply. Thanks for the info regarding the AGS 101 , I'm definitely going to look into making that mod on my original GBA

@celly
Regarding the Neogeo pocket flash cart, I saw an SD based version that's available in the UK http://www.retrocollect.com/Reviews/hardware-review-retrohqs-neo-geo-pocket-sd-flash-cartridge.html

@flyingtomahawk said in Retro game stuff talk:

I figured no need for fancy lights since I am the only one that sees the PC. I ain't streaming and I ain't a youtuber so no need for all that

Absolutely agree, I can see the appeal and if money is no object it's cool to have all the fancy lights but I'd rather put the money to better use. Good luck with your build, it's going to be great with that graphics card. What CPU are you planning to go with?

[FlyingTomahawk]

@ruckage said in [Retro game stuff talk]

Absolutely agree, I can see the appeal and if money is no object it's cool to have all the fancy lights but I'd rather put the money to better use. Good luck with your build, it's going to be great with that graphics card. What CPU are you planning to go with?

My setup is gonna be

Ryzen 5 2600 (overclocked)
AsRock B450M Pro4 mATX
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-3000 16GB (2x8GB)
Asus Strix 1080 Ti 11GB OC
240GB SSD
2TB HDD
FSP AURUM 600W 80+ Gold
Zalman Z9 Neo case

I didn't go too crazy on the CPU since i spend a bit too much on the GPU. But i might upgrade to a Ryzen 7 2700 at a later time.
At least i won't be bottlenecked on the GPU side.

[edmaul69]

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[edmaul69]

@ruckage some more stuff i got and did for my gba:

usb rechargeable battery pack

cut hole for usb

added l.e.d. pipe

got an ez flash omega micro sd game card

[celly]

@ruckage those flash carts are slick, shoulda held out for one of those. Next time.

@edmaul69 nice work with the AGB! Doing an AGB-101 is still on my list to do. I really like the rechargable battery.

[obsidianspider]

@edmaul69 Really really nice.

How's the Omega working out? Are the load times decent?

[ruckage]

@edmaul69
Looks great. Is a battery pack pretty much a necessity with the AGS-101 screen -I imagine it uses a lot more power than the stock screen.
I hadn't heard of the EZ-flash omega. I already have the EZ flash IV (actually 2 versions of it - the micro SD version and the old mini SD version) but I'm tempted to get an Omega now if only for the included half height shell as it would fit flush in my DS Lite.

[edmaul69]

@obsidianspider load times are way better than my m3 perfect.

@ruckage it does have better battery life than regular batteries. It is also better at controlling the gba’s led light. With aa batteries the red and green led’s would flicker red green a lot. Or it would be red while the my m3 perfect card was loading. As far as the ez flash omega it is a little wonky with trying to get folders to show up with a lot of the roms. All the gbc games workedin a gameboy color folder but all the gb and gba games had issues that the folder wont show up with a lot of the roms so i put my gb and gba roms directly on the card. I would like to have all of the roms when i get a bigger card because each folder has a 512 file limit and trying to get all the roms to play nice with the folder structure will be a lot of work.

[celly]

I have quite a bit of loose Gameboy carts. A while ago I seen a video on making custom cases for them (and TG16) using old tape cassette cases. Long story short, last time I was at my local game trading spots, I swooped up on a few free cassettes laying around and thought I’d give it a try. I’m quite impressed on how it turned out. Took 5 minutes resizing image template in Photoshop, a pair of scissors and some flush cutters.

[Clyde]

@celly Ahh … that reminds me of my 8-bit home computer times. I had quite a collection of Commodore 64 tapes. *sigh* I gave them all away to a relative in Eastern Germany after the reunification.

[A Former User]

@celly said in Retro game stuff talk:

I have quite a bit of loose Gameboy carts. A while ago I seen a video on making custom cases for them (and TG16) using old tape cassette cases. Long story short, last time I was at my local game trading spots, I swooped up on a few free cassettes laying around and thought I’d give it a try. I’m quite impressed on how it turned out. Took 5 minutes resizing image template in Photoshop, a pair of scissors and some flush cutters.

Does the cartridge just slide around in there or did you do something inside of the case?

[obsidianspider]

It's been a while since I posted some pickups, so here are my retro game finds since my last update. I also recently got a Switch, but you know what those look like.

スーパーマリオランド2　6つの金貨
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins for Game Boy

星のカービィ　夢の泉の物語
Hoshi no Kirby: Yume no Izumi no Monogatari for Famicom

The less common silver Game Boy Advance carrying case

テトリス Tetris for Game Boy

Mr. Driller for WonderSwan Color

Vectorman 2 for Genesis

伝説のスタフィー4
Densetsu no Stafy 4 for Nintendo DS

伝説のスタフィー　たいけつ！ダイール海賊団
Densetsu no Stafī: Taiketsu! Daīru Kaizokudan for Nintendo DS

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga for Game Boy Advance

This 8" 4:3 aspect ratio screen was pretty inexpensive from AliExpress. I don't know what I'm going to make with it yet, but it's not common to see screens that aren't 16:9 anymore.

I picked up some Tiny Arcades from Walmart. Ms. Pac-Man is going to a friend and I'll be modding Pac-Man and Space Invaders

Color Pocket Pikachu

ぷよぷよ通
Puyo Puyo Tsū for WonderSwan

伝説のスタフィ
Densetsu no Stafy for Game Boy Advance

[Cybrasty]

@obsidianspider said in Retro game stuff talk:

This 8" 4:3 aspect ratio screen was pretty inexpensive from AliExpress. I don't know what I'm going to make with it yet, but it's not common to see screens that aren't 16:9 anymore.

With some bezel you can make an original Macintosh Pi!

[celly]

@LiveFastCyYoung right now the cart has play in it but I will buy some 3M adhesive felt and put a small piece inside to keep the cart in place.

[Clyde]

@Cybrasty said in Retro game stuff talk:

With some bezel you can make an original Macintosh Pi!

So fbeepcking cool …

[Cybrasty]

@Clyde Yeah, if I ever find a dead mac I am so doing this!
Currently finishing my Commodore 314 (pi inside c64) and next I will be making PI99/3B (Pi inside TI99/4A).

It is slow, but I love giving old, dead hardware a new life. The mods I am making are 100% reversable, I am using 3d printed brackets to make everything fit inside the original case.

[obsidianspider]

@Cybrasty said in Retro game stuff talk:

next I will be making PI99/3B (Pi inside TI99/4A).

It is slow, but I love giving old, dead hardware a new life. The mods I am making are 100% reversable, I am using 3d printed brackets to make everything fit inside the original case.

@celly weren't you eyeing a TI-99? Maybe @Cybrasty has some tips

[celly]

@obsidianspider ha! It was a screamin deal but also a bit beyond the kind of project I wanted to take on. Besides, I really didn’t want to piss those TI purists off. 😳

[VictimRLSH]

@celly There was one point back in the heydey of the Amiga and Mac where the Amiga could emulate the top of the line Mac (I think that model was the "quadra" or something similar) and get more performance than the real machine. If you were getting support from Mac enthusiasts and let it slip you were emulating on an Amiga, they got HYPER pissed. Apparently you don't defile the purists' turf. LOL...