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[A Black Falcon]

I don't think I really have a "holy grail" item; I like games in general too much to have one thing I REALLY want.

The closest thing I can think of to one would be a replacement for my missing launch (and thus special edition) Terran-box copy of Starcraft. I have like every single other PC game box I ever got, except that one. I have no idea why it vanished but it clearly did, and I'd love to have it again. I still have the manual and jewelcase (with disc) for the original version, and a later standard Protoss box from a few years later (because the launch disc stopped working a few years later, must have gotten scratched), but not the box for the original launch release, preferably with the Terran box I got when the game came out (at launch they had three box covers, for Terran, Protoss, and Zerg.).

Once you open up your collecting to other regions it can get ugly real fast....

And by ugly I mean expensive. And by expensive I mean I need to stop importing games.

Yeah, this is true. "But if I get more games at once I save on shipping on a per-game basis" gets expensive way too quickly...

 

[Shadowman16]

Yeah, this is true. "But if I get more games at once I save on shipping on a per-game basis" gets expensive way too quickly...

I've been there, I thought exactly that when picking up a bunch of stuff via Shopping Mall Japan and cried a little at the final cost! I'm far more careful these days in terms of what I purchase.

 

[jerry1594]

Unfortunately, just like Taito Legends 1 and 2, the four Taito Memories collections also do NOT support tate mode for any of the vertical shooters on the discs. Annoying. There are some games in the Japanese collections that aren't in the US ones, though. I don't have the Japanese collections, but sometime might get the ones that don't overlap so much with the US collections.

I read in a digitpress thread that some did have tate mode

 

[Khaz]

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[jerry1594]

Didn't buy the games Khaz, I swear lol

 

[Khaz]

Didn't buy the games Khaz, I swear lol

Yeah lol no worries, we just missed it by mere seconds.

 

[Charles Brandon]

Not sure this is the right thread for this but whatever it's all the same people in the retro threads anyway.

So I received a PAL Mega Drive in the post today. Supposedly it's a Hong Kong model or something that plays all region carts?

The problem is I can't get a picture off it.

I tried hooking it up with power supply that came with it into my framemeister with the supplied AV-SCART cable - no picture, white noise. Tried it with my Super Famicom PSU, no picture but I could at least hear sound so the game is running, just no picture. At first the sound would cut out every 10 seconds or so but it seems to have stopped doing that.

I've tried fucking with all the normal FM settings, no change. Just a plain black screen.

Any ideas? Bad cable? Bad console? Should I just send it back?

 

[RadarScope1]

Once you open up your collecting to other regions it can get ugly real fast....

And by ugly I mean expensive. And by expensive I mean I need to stop importing games.

Haha, I'm sure it does. Mainly I just want a few Sega Ages discs for PS2 and a couple of PS1 games like Gradius Gaiden. But I am thinking about a Famicom and and FDS and if that happens ... yeah. It's gonna get ugly.

 

[Shadowman16]

A new addition to my Game and Watch collection arrived today - Greenhouse:





Sorry for the dark pictures... Really pleased with this, been looking for a decent mint/near mint condition boxed Greenhouse for a while now and happened to stumble across this one. 35/60 Handhelds acquired now, its getting harder and harder to find the ones I need without spending a fortune on each!

 

[Mzo]

That's gorgeous! Greenhouse is a good one, too.

I only have Mario Bros. and Mario's Cement Factory from when I was a kid, but I think I'd be happy with just one more: Oil Panic

 

[koopas]

Haha, I'm sure it does. Mainly I just want a few Sega Ages discs for PS2 and a couple of PS1 games like Gradius Gaiden. But I am thinking about a Famicom and and FDS and if that happens ... yeah. It's gonna get ugly.

I would LOVE to have a nice full FDS collection. I only have one that I picked up by accident - its sealed but to be honest not even sure the title. Indiana Jones perhaps? Here's a photo of it.

 

[Rydeen]

I would LOVE to have a nice full FDS collection. I only have one that I picked up by accident - its sealed but to be honest not even sure the title. Indiana Jones perhaps? Here's a photo of it.

It's literally Arumana no Kiseki, which translates to 'The Miracle of Almana', it's a Castlevania style action game with a (yes) Indiana Jones theme. But instead of using a whip, the main character uses an awkward grappling system.

 

[Mzo]

That's a good one to have. Arumana no Kiseki by Konami aka not Indiana Jones. It even opens with not the Sankara stone being stolen.

 

[Shadowman16]

That's gorgeous! Greenhouse is a good one, too.

I only have Mario Bros. and Mario's Cement Factory from when I was a kid, but I think I'd be happy with just one more: Oil Panic

Thanks I had the Mario Bros Dual Screen game since I was a kid so its sorta a favourite of mine (well, all the Mario G&W games are quality). Oil Panic is a great pickup if you can find it - here's mine:

 

[RadarScope1]

I've gone down a rabbit hole looking for FDS info and just found out about the GameCube menu music being the FDS intro chime slowed down by 19x. You've gotta love Nintendo for stuff like that, especially as companies like Konami are today basically disavowing their past and taking a hot shit on their back catalog.

It's literally Arumana no Kiseki, which translates to 'The Miracle of Almana', it's a Castlevania style action game with a (yes) Indiana Jones theme. But instead of using a whip, the main character uses an awkward grappling system.

I've watched some vids of that one and it looks pretty neat.

 

[koopas]

That's a good one to have. Arumana no Kiseki by Konami aka not Indiana Jones. It even opens with not the Sankara stone being stolen.

Thanks for the info! I would love to collect all the exclusive disc system games. They are really unique and display quite nice actually. Funny how when sealed they have a way of showing all the contents.

 

[mr_chun]

I love this thread and all of the pictures of cool stuff. Makes me want to bust out all of my old systems.

 

[BocoDragon]

^ I'm blown away by the fact that, even now, I will discover a Famicom game I didn't know about from Konami.

 

[koopas]

^ I'm blown away by the fact that, even now, I will discover a Famicom game I didn't know about from Konami.

Hell I owed the game and I learned something too!

 

[MightyHedgehog]

It's literally Arumana no Kiseki, which translates to 'The Miracle of Almana', it's a Castlevania style action game with a (yes) Indiana Jones theme. But instead of using a whip, the main character uses an awkward grappling system.

Neat. Never seen that game before, but it's clearly a pumped-up, Indiana Jones/Temple of Doom-take on Roc 'n Rope from Konami's earlier arcade years.

 

[Mzo]

We recently talked about the Konami FDS releases in the NES/Fami thread.

Over the past few months I've gotten and played Ai Senshi Nicol, Alumarna no Kiseki, Akumajo Dracula, Meikyuu Jiin Dababa, and Bio Miracle Bokutte no Upa.

Upa is my favorite of the games I've played that we didn't get in the US. Howard Phillips played it and was like, "Nope!"

 

[RadarScope1]

Here's a nice CGR vid on the FDS. Not a lot of detail, as usual with CGR, but you have to love the way he's gushing over it. I love the point where he compares it to laser disc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgvkV8YiTbw

 

[Mzo]

It really is awesome. There's something about putting in those floppies and having load times. I guess it feels like a CD addon to the Fami and that's just cool.

 

[RadarScope1]

In your experience have you ever had much trouble with the hardware or faulty disks?

 

[Mzo]

The main issue with the FDS is that the belt drive will wear out. I mean, it has been like 30 years. Luckily, they are readily available these days and you can find people to do the repair easily online.

The second issue is that disks will lose their magnetic data. I haven't had that happen to me yet. I've opened sealed stuff and had it work right away and I've bought used disks from Japan and also have had them work right away. You have to be careful when it comes to their care and storage, and keep them away from large sources of magnetism (which include CRTs!)

 

[RadarScope1]

Yeah, I watched a 3-part video series of a guy replacing a belt the other night. Looks like quite a few steps but not all that difficult. I've never done any tinkering with consoles but I feel like I could do it with some time and patience. If I bought one, I'd get one with a newly replaced belt and configured drive anyway. I'd be more worried about the disks just crapping out. I've heard they can go bad even without being exposed to dust and magnetism, like disc rot with CDs.

 

[Khaz]

The good side with floppies is that they can be rewritten to be made like brand new. The problem is to be able to write on such non-standard medium. There are solutions to write on Famicom discs, but they need old copiers and a PC with a parallel port. Hopefully someone will devise a modern solution to be able to refurbish all these old discs. I don't think it's really difficult, but you need someone with the technical knowledge and the will to do it.

 

[Jaeger]

They are here! 3DO Super X, and Sharp X68000 Champion Edition. My PC Engine copy of Champion Edition came too, but I left it at work because I do things like that when I rush out the door -_-. The X6800 Champion Edition is MINT. Not a scratch or ding anywhere. No fade, or tearing. I am amazed at it, honestly. Has all it's inserts, manual and the adapter for the Capcom peripherals. The 3DO port is sealed.

 

[Shaneus]

Those are the sexiest 5.25" disks I've EVER seen.

 

[sixteen-bit]

That JP 3DO case looks hot too.

SF2 has such great art.

 

[sixteen-bit]

I kinda love the look of these clear CRTs. Apparently they were designed for prisons so inmates couldn't hide contraband in them.

Source:Attractmod.de

 

[Coda]

I kinda love the look of these clear CRTs. Apparently they were designed for prisons so inmates couldn't hide contraband in them.

Source:Attractmod.de

Oh man, so cool.

 

[Jaeger]

I kinda love the look of these clear CRTs. Apparently they were designed for prisons so inmates couldn't hide contraband in them.

Source:Attractmod.de

These are indeed quite pretty. There's a few up on eBay although not for a price I'd be comfortable paying for one of them. Hunting down the right and available CRT is becoming tiresome.

 

[Peltz]

I kinda love the look of these clear CRTs. Apparently they were designed for prisons so inmates couldn't hide contraband in them.

Source:Attractmod.de

They are the coolest lookung CRTs I've ever seen. If only those took RGB...

 

[Coda]

They are the coolest lookung CRTs I've ever seen. If only those took RGB...

Yeah always the issue. If it at least had component you could do a nice RGB to YUV conversion, which is what I do on my CRT.

 

[Jaeger]

I need some help RetroGAF. I want to buy some arcade boards, and eventually have one or two cabinets with several shelves inside for multiple boards. In particular, Street Fighter II boards (Champ, Hyper, and vanilla). They don't all need to be hooked up at once. I can build a cabinet just fine (or even grab an already built original), but outside of that I don't want to spend alot on the games. So I would need to buy a CPS1 motherboard, along with the PCBs, correct?

 

[Shadowman16]

I need some help RetroGAF. I want to buy some arcade boards, and eventually have one or two cabinets with several shelves inside for multiple boards. In particular, Street Fighter II boards (Champ, Hyper, and vanilla). They don't all need to be hooked up at once. I can build a cabinet just fine (or even grab an already built original), but outside of that I don't want to spend alot on the games. So I would need to buy a CPS1 motherboard, along with the PCBs, correct?

I've only got two CPS1 games (Megaman the Power Battle and The Punisher) so I'm not 100% familiar with the CPS1 hardware but from what I understand it has the following:

A mainboard "A Board" and a smaller B board which has the ROM chips for each game rom. So you'd in theory need a mainboard + B boards for each of the SF2 games. Again, not sure if I've got that the right way round so hopefully someone more knowledgeable can comment on that. I'd also read up on the B boards "committing suicide". This is a pain in the ass problem for CPS2&3 games especially but some CPS1 games have the same problem (Captain Commando and Cadillacs and Dinosaurs if I remember correct). There are ways to fix this but it can be a bit tricky, I had a professional "phoenix" my CPS2 boards (bar Armoured Warriors, I really should fix that) so that this won't be a problem going forward.

For CPS2 games you need both an A board (motherboard) and a B board (game board). I really love the CPS2 tech, I've got a few PCB's of my favourite games (Marvel Super Heroes, Megaman Power Fighters, Alien Vs Predator, Armoured Warriors, SSF2T... If I could get Battle Circuit I'd be content with my collection!).

 

[sixteen-bit]

y'all see this month's 1CC Shirt?
http://1cc.storenvy.com/collections...ts-windjammers-1cc-shirt-of-the-month-25-june

 

[Rydeen]

y'all see this month's 1CC Shirt?
http://1cc.storenvy.com/collections...ts-windjammers-1cc-shirt-of-the-month-25-june

Cool, but not $25 cool. Man, I wish Meat Bun didn't just up and stop printing for a few years and sell out all of their previous cool designs.

 

[Mzo]

Driving up to Tampa from Miami for some stupid con thing.

Anyone know of some good game places to stop at along the way?

 

[woodypop]

On a flight to Minneapolis right now. Any good game stores I should know about?

 

[inafking]

Hi. I'd like to post my setup and screenies of the results:

HW setup:

• CPU: AMD Athlon II X2
• MoBo: Asus M4N68T-M LE V2 (with Geforce 7025 integrated graphics card)
• 6GB Ram
• Scart To YUV Converter (Sold here)

SW Setup

• Windows XP SP2 Professional 64 bit edition
• Winmodelines
• MAME Setup
  • Video output method: DirectDraw
  • Switch resolutions to fit: Yes
  • Run in a window: No
  • Start out maximized: No
  • Enforce aspect ratio: No
  • Wait for vertical Sync: Yes
  • Bilinear filtering: Disabled
  • Hardware Stretching: False

Modelines:

Modeline "192x240@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (60Hz)" 5.659 192 244 271 360 240 242 245 262  -hsync -vsync   
Modeline "240x224@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (60Hz)" 4.905 240 250 273 312 224 234 237 262  -hsync -vsync   
Modeline "640x480@60,1Hz 15,8KHz (60Hz)" 12.978 640 668 729 824 480 488 494 524 interlace -hsync -vsync   
Modeline "224x256@54,5Hz 15,8KHz (60Hz)" 6.174 224 283 312 392 256 257 260 289  -hsync -vsync   
Modeline "240x248@54,5Hz 15,8KHz (60Hz)" 4.914 240 250 273 312 248 249 252 289  -hsync -vsync   
Modeline "640x288@51,0Hz 15,7KHz (60Hz)" 13.100 640 672 736 832 288 289 292 309  -hsync -vsync   
Modeline "288x224@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (60Hz)" 5.785 288 299 326 368 224 234 237 262  -hsync -vsync   
Modeline "280x240@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (60Hz)" 5.659 280 291 318 360 240 242 245 262  -hsync -vsync   
Modeline "640x224@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (60Hz)" 12.954 640 668 729 824 224 234 237 262  -hsync -vsync   
Modeline "208x256@54,5Hz 15,8KHz (60Hz)" 5.292 208 243 268 336 256 257 260 289  -hsync -vsync   
Modeline "304x224@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (60Hz)" 6.162 304 318 347 392 224 234 237 262  -hsync -vsync   
Modeline "384x224@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (60Hz)" 7.797 384 400 437 496 224 234 237 262  -hsync -vsync   
Modeline "256x224@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (60Hz)" 5.156 256 264 288 328 224 234 237 262  -hsync -vsync   
Modeline "272x224@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (60Hz)" 5.533 272 283 309 352 224 234 237 262  -hsync -vsync   
Modeline "320x240@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (60Hz)" 6.414 320 332 362 408 240 242 245 262  -hsync -vsync   
Modeline "384x240@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (60Hz)" 7.797 384 401 438 496 240 242 245 262  -hsync -vsync   
Modeline "256x208@61,0Hz 15,7KHz (60Hz)" 5.165 256 264 288 328 208 224 227 258  -hsync -vsync   
Modeline "320x224@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (60Hz)" 6.414 320 331 361 408 224 234 237 262  -hsync -vsync   
Modeline "336x240@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (60Hz)" 6.791 336 350 382 432 240 242 245 262  -hsync -vsync   
Modeline "256x192@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (60Hz)" 5.156 256 264 288 328 192 218 221 262  -hsync -vsync   
Modeline "400x254@54,5Hz 15,8KHz (60Hz)" 8.190 400 412 451 520 254 255 258 289  -hsync -vsync   
Modeline "240x240@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (60Hz)" 4.905 240 252 275 312 240 242 245 262  -hsync -vsync   
Modeline "672x504@54,5Hz 15,8KHz (60Hz)" 13.734 672 698 763 872 504 514 520 578 interlace -hsync -vsync   
Modeline "240x192@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (60Hz)" 4.905 240 252 275 312 192 218 221 262  -hsync -vsync   
Modeline "512x192@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (60Hz)" 10.312 512 532 580 656 192 218 221 262  -hsync -vsync   
Modeline "256x240@60,0Hz 15,7KHz (60Hz)" 5.156 256 264 288 328 240 242 245 262  -hsync -vsync   
Modeline "384x256@54,5Hz 15,8KHz (60Hz)" 7.812 384 396 432 496 256 257 260 289  -hsync -vsync   
Modeline "400x256@54,5Hz 15,8KHz (60Hz)" 8.190 400 412 451 520 256 257 260 289  -hsync -vsync   
Modeline "256x256@54,5Hz 15,8KHz (54Hz)" 5.292 256 270 295 336 256 257 260 289  -hsync -vsync

VGA to SCART Circuit:

Connections setup:

384x256 modeline test (Kaiketsu Yanchamaru)

256x224 modeline test (Cabal)

256x224 modeline test (Elevator, notice the scanlines)

EDIT: BTW, the TV shown is a flat CRT, it's not an LCD or such.

 

[NormalFish]

inafking you should absolutely hit up THIS thread. You'll fit right in.

 

[inafking]

Oh! I posted in the wrong thread. I was aware of that thread but hit the wrong link. Thanks!

 

[Cyborg]

Im running an Instagram retro feed (most games are retro) https://instagram.com/hajrudinsmajilbegovic/

 

[woodypop]

I kinda love the look of these clear CRTs. Apparently they were designed for prisons so inmates couldn't hide contraband in them.

Source:Attractmod.de

Saw one of these IRL yesterday. If I wasn't on vacation, I'd have bought it for the cool factor. But getting it home would have been a pain in the ass.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Adorable Famicom themed usb charger
http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B00XIWX8B0/

 

[woodypop]

Hardcore Gaming 101 Digest Vol. 1: Strider and Bionic Commando arrived from Amazon yesterday:

It's a little expensive ($13.49) for just 74 pages, but I'm looking forward to digging in. Anyone else getting it?

Hope they come out with more volumes soon!

 

[Jaeger]

Random as heck but does anyone know where or how I could get hold of some blank/empty X68000 cases/boxes? Lets say, for production or repurposing? Or how would I get in contact with a company that can replicate those for production?

 

[sixteen-bit]

Random as heck but does anyone know where or how I could get hold of some blank/empty X68000 cases/boxes? Lets say, for production or repurposing? Or how would I get in contact with a company that can replicate those for production?

It's not exactly the same thing, but this still might be relevant to your query. X68000-inspired PC cases for modern PC builds.

http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20150424_699518.html