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I put an afterburner kit in a GBA with a dimmer when they first came out. it wasn't difficult. I'm not sure how similar your project would be.
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Random Stranger posted:Hey, I found it! If you put the switch between hockey and racquetball, one of the hockey teams would have 3 players instead of 2.
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If we're counting multiples, I have well over 30 official systems. Well over 50 if we count knock offs. I need to start trading for systems I don't have. I don't have a Sega CD, Master System, or 32x, but I have half a dozen Genesis's. It's not hoarding if it's organized and displayed. Also, I'm ready to take the plunge into improving my video quality. Is there a way to see if my tv accept RGB over component without having to mod a system first?
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Feb 11, 2014 21:17
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Has anyone done the component mod on an SNES? is there a descent walkthrough for the various chips? All I can find is threads full of people arguing. I have 3 SNES's and access to a few more, so whatever one mods the easiest I'm pretty sure I have it or can get it.
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Feb 12, 2014 21:47
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parasyte posted:Only the early composite/svideo encoders are compatible so don't look for a 1chip. I have access to a dozen hdtv's if it works on one it'll be worth it.
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Feb 13, 2014 05:01
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shymog posted:Your TV likely doesn't support RGB via component, but what you need to be concerned about is the TV displaying a 15KHz signal. Finally got around to testing this. Kinda. I did learn that both of my ps2's stopped working since I last played them(thin's power supply went out, thick's disk drive) Both had copies of Contra: Shattered Soldier in them from a Contra party I had.
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Feb 13, 2014 22:50
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Heran Bago posted:There's a pretty easy fix if the fat's drive just has disk read errors. It's not even spinning up. Blah! Time to order a new power brick, or just get a backwards compatible ps3 since they're cheap now.
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Feb 13, 2014 23:21
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http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=161034622565 Does this SCART multi cable look like a good idea? Also it says it's for pal SNES's but that's just because some US SNES's aren't RGB compatible, right?
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Feb 15, 2014 12:58
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ghostinmyshell posted:I think the only tip I can contribute is putting all your wires, controllers, accessories in gallon zip lock bags. Wire gremlins have never been able to thwart this technique and it's easy to find anything in a plastic bin. I can attest to these gremlins existing. I have all my cords/controllers neatly put away in drawers separated by system. And somehow my PS2 drawer is just a rat's nest now. So, thanks for this.
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Feb 16, 2014 19:45
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8-bit Miniboss posted:Figured I'd do another mod before the 3 day weekend was over. Decided to redo my RGB mod on my N64. I originally had the RGB lines wired up the multi out connector and bought a SCART cable that had the RGB amp circuit built into it. This go around I built the circuit myself and had it in the system itself. What a great cheap mod. I can't wait to get home and see if any of my N64's are compatible. Seriously the parts are like 10bux shipped to do one or 20bux to do 5.
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Feb 18, 2014 13:49
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Tyson Tomko posted:I can still HARDCORE vividly remember that drat SP style NES controller, the only thing that's even remotely similar function/button wise is maybe the Arkanoid controller that's only got the button and the slider dealio. The only option is to build it. It looks like I have 2 RGBable n64s. I grabbed everything to mod 5+ because it was just as expensive as 2. It'll be a couple of weeks until Hong Kong gets me all the bits and bobs, but if anyone is interested in everything you need to RGB an n64(minus wires) or a modded one, if I get both working, shoot me a PM.
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FrumpleOrz posted:Hey guys, so I just moved out of my apartment and into my girlfriend's house. Right now, I've got all of my games and stuff packed away in boxes in the garage. Now, I'm gonna try and keep my stuff organized for once, instead of having it in disparate piles all over the place. I want to invest in some shelving but I'm not sure what to get. My problem is I like the odd-shaped and awkward stuff like 3DO and Saturn/Sega CD/early PS1 and I always have either too much or too little room when I put them on the shelving I have around. Has anyone found something that works really well for that kind of stuff? Any suggestions? I use these cheap 3x3 square shelves from Wal-Mart. I have my systems on top, then games in the top cubbies, then these square fabric drawers across the bottom with the cables, controllers, and whatnot for each system. It works well for me since I don't keep any hooked up I can just grab a system, the game I want, and the matching drawer and have everything I need. Here's the best pic I have at the moment. 
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Feb 19, 2014 09:57
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Tyson Tomko posted:Hell yeah! I've got one of those shelves too and it works really well for Sega CD cases. The thing is lighter than air, fairly strong/durable for what it is, and I think it cost me all of $15 way back when. Good to hear because once I get my hands on a Sega CD and 32x my latest garage sale haul is going on the shelf.  Having never played any of these(except Sonic CD), are there any stand-outs? Yep. I bought an entire tote of games for systems I don't have. Am I doing the  right?
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iastudent posted:Get yourself a Genesis and play Shadowrun right the gently caress now. I actually have a model 1, 2, and Nomad.(plus half a dozen @tgames knockoffs). I meant I haven't played any of the 32x/Sega CD games. FrumpleOrz posted:Which Working Designs game is that, Vay? Tyson Tomko posted:If you're interested in a trade but want something besides a Genesis I've got shittons of stuff I can offer up too. Sure I could buy those games on ebay but I'd much rather hook a goon up with a system/controllers/random poo poo than paypal some random guy.  Thanks for all the reviews. I love that half the posts are suggestions of games I should pick up for a systems I don't own yet. This thread is like the opposite of a 12 step program. 32x prices are all over the place on eBay, is my best bet to pick up a cheap one without cables and source them elsewhere? Also does the 32x play better in any of the the different Genesis revisions? I have the "high definition"model 1 and a big board model 2. RodShaft fucked around with this message at 02:41 on Feb 20, 2014 |
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I got snowed out of work. So I decided to pull apart some SNESes. One of then had an s-enc chip so I wired it up for component out. I got "invalid format" from one of my tv's and nothing from the other. It still worked via the multi out so at least I hadn't destroyed the system. I looked back over some threads on it and it turns out that half of them have green and blue switched. That might not seen to matter, but you can pull green off of pin 7 from the multi out which I had done to avoid soldering 2 pins right next to each other on a chip. After it not working the first time I decided to just pull all three off the chip itself. SUCCESS! Of sorts. I now get "invalid format" from both my tv's. I'm assuming this means that with a SCART cable and component transcoder I'll have the same problem.
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Kthulhu5000 posted:I wouldn't go so far as to say that; your SNES may not be sending a properly formatted Y/Pb/Pr signal out in the first place. Are you sure that you aren't tapping straight RGB (which your TVs 99.9% would be unable to handle) from the chip? I'm sure it's not RGB. lots of modern TVs don't handle 240p over component. I'm just gonna have to find one that does to make sure this works then sell this sexy bitch.
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Bing the Noize posted:ITT POST YOUR FAVORITE NES/FAMICOM CONTROLLERS  Not really my favorite, but that "zoomer" is really interesting. It has dials to adjust the speed of the turbo for the A and B buttons on top of the yoke.
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RETRO gaming megathread.
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 Thanks thread! Can't wait to try it based on posts. My favorite casino game is Sierra's Hoyle. I'm sure it's nostalgia from playing it for hours on end on my dad's 386 he had "for work". So I'll see how this stacks up. I also got that 5 in 1 SCART cable yesterday. Hopefully it clears up my component issue.
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Katana Gomai posted:I am amazed that you managed to find a copy of Vegas Stakes in such lovely condition considering how many sealed ones there are still out there. But poo poo, it was 99¢
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So. With SCART cables my ps2 works with my transcoder. My snes does not leading me to believe my tv's don't support 240p over component. However my game cube sends a 720x480 signal, but the screen is just black... if I swap to composite it's in the middle of stuff... any ideas?(I'm dumb) Also I realize I'm never going to be able to play my SNES/Genesis on this setup so I have to upgrade. Is there a decent line doubler or decent SCART-vga or SCART-hdmi that exists that is affordable? I can't really drop $400 on something like that. RodShaft fucked around with this message at 23:12 on Feb 23, 2014 |
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Random question, but, can anyone recommend any single-plane brawlers in the vein of Splatterhouse, Altered Beast, Ninja Warriors, etc? Games that don't suck would be preferable, but I'll take whatever you've got. Teenage mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan for Gameboy 1. I loved it as a kid, and it's held up fairly well. B&W though if you can stand that.
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Rollersnake posted:What's everybody's solution for storing your loose Gamecube games? I've been keeping my games in binders since PS1 days and have been wanting some sort of minidisc binder since that was something you could conceivably find in stores, but have never been able to find anything good. So for years I've just keep keeping them in a regular binder that I have to be careful never to invert, or turn the pages too quickly. What about old diskette binder inserts? [Url=" http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B005ZFDK9I?cache=6fdfaf40b6cd8d0e4702fd9854ad3246#ref=mp_s_a_1_1&qid=1393340146&sr=8-1" ] example[/url]
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McCracAttack posted:Looks like the ol' Super Game Boy will carry the day since it's like $10 on eBay and it gives me an excuse to buy more stuff. Super Gameboy chat! I just got these in the mail. 
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Speaking of Saturns, I just won an eBay auction(suck it snipers) for a bunch of untested Sega hardware including a Saturn. What's a decent cheapo game I can get to test it?
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There's a Sony Trinitron KV24FS120 for sale locally for $40. Is this a decent one for use with my SCART-YUV connector? Will it display 240p over component? I was going to wait til the spring and just scour garage sales, but this seems a decent deal. Thoughts? It seems cheaper for a great picture than an xrgb mini. And I could mount it in my game room.
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Peenmaster posted:The worst game in my collection is definitely The Adventures of WIlly Beamish for Sega CD. This is really sad to hear. I remember playing it with my girlfriend on a Windows 3.X machine and it seemed interesting. I found out it was on the Sega CD a week ago and was looking forward to playing it. On a cheerier note, What's everyone's surprisingly good games? Like one you expected to suck and just got sucked into. Mine's Section Z for the NES. I got it in middle school by trading in raffle tickets you got for being good. It was something like 200 tickets. No-one earned that many, but I traded gum and Chicago Bulls pencils for other student's tickets. At first I couldn't stand it. But within a week I had a notebook full of notes about the different sections and where the teleport went.
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Miyamotos RGB NES posted:Definitely post your thoughts. I loved that game and I don't even really like casino games that much. Thoughts: That's Edward Cullen. RIGHT THERE! how do you not see that? Also, I was taken aback when it didn't give me my total in Blackjack. I really liked it, and it's not often you see a game that doesn't. I stole a wallet. That's pretty cool for a gambling game.
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The Orange Mage posted:I always chafe at the consensus that the Saturn failed because of bad hardware design and/or lack of 3D power. It's more that there were no "must-haves" or games that will sell an entire console. There was no real Sonic the Hedgehog game released for it. Imagine the Nintendo 64's console life with no Super Mario 64 (or Zelda:OoT, for fairness) and comparatively it looks like even Sega didn't really give a poo poo about the Saturn. As a teen during the period that Saturn came out it didn't appeal to me or any of my friends. And we were huge Sega fans. I've only seen one or two in the wild, and I've never played one. When one of us finally got a Sega CD we played the crap out of any game we got our hands on. We cared more about 32x/SegaCD even after Saturn came out then we ever did Saturn. We skipped right from them to wanting Dreamcasts(getting N64s and Play Stations in between. The first time we split on companies).And to speak to the article posted We all desperately wanted CDXes and everyone was super jealous of my Nomad and sleeve of batteries I carried around. Edit: that's why I had to ask for a game recommendation in this thread earlier. I only ended up with a Saturn because it was in a console lot with two 32xs and a Sega CD, and I NEED both of them. Every other system I can at least think of one game I saw in GamePro that I wanted or looked cool or something. At the very least I know the mascot games should be good, but after looking at like 5 "best games for saturn" lists and not seeing anything that really appealed to me, I posted here. RodShaft fucked around with this message at 16:43 on Feb 28, 2014 |
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http://retroactive.be/tech_n64_hdmi.php Hdmi out mod for N64 coming out.
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That big bunch of Sega CD/32x games had a memory cart. I was super excited. I just got the "as is" Sega CD and 32x in the mail, so here's hoping they work. The Sega CD had Sonic CD in it which wasn't listed and I'm super excited about. Edit: I'm just super excited is what I'm saying. RodShaft fucked around with this message at 03:23 on Mar 1, 2014 |
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Midnight Raider posted:You got my order there too, right? This. I sent you a PM and never heard back.
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Sorry to ask about Trinitrons AGAIN, but due to the nature of craigslist I never even heard from the last guy. Someone just listed a " 32" sony trinitron XBR sound retrieval system/2 tuner PIP" I haven't found much about xbr's, except that they are high end. So how are they for retro gaming? I'd be using a SCART-YUB converter. (I heard some trinitrons have the same problems as HDTVs so I'm asking)
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Peenmaster posted:
That's the first game video I've watched through in forever. It didn't even seem like 3 minutes. It's almost my idea of perfect. I'd like explanations of the gameplay mechanics. Doesn't have to be anything fancy since you're going for no human interruption videos, but when KidDracula started flashing red I didn't know if he was hurt or invincible it took me a minute to realize it was a charge shot. Just a couple sentences in the description for people who have never seen the games(which I would assume are who would watch these videos).
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Maybe have the box art and/or title screen in that first second with your "3 minutes of gameplay" logo at the beginning. I think you should show at least part of a boss fight in each video. That's a huge part of gameplay for me. Nothing too spoiler-y though. And deff end on a death. As for game notes you should just have a sentence or two of important bits, then have a longer write-up if you want. That way people get good info without having to click the read more. If you continue this after like a dozen videos do a spoof one of like Tetris or something.
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The more I hear about Impossible Universe, the more it sounds like that warehouse from the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie where they gave cigarettes to kids.
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d0s posted:"Vitamins have absorbed humidity and are now moist and soft. The vitamins have NOT been wet. Old vitamins tend to get soft and squishy over the years." THEY'VE ALL BECOME POWER PELLETS!
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I finally found a Trinitron in the wild.  I hate this game.
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Bing the Noize posted:Well did you take it home and clean it up? I get plenty of stuff like that from recycle dumps like that, except the stuff isn't on top of so much ice. It was frozen to the ground. I couldn't move it at all. But I tried.
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