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OwaynOTT

Steve X2 wrote: »

New old stock Neo Geo CD(top loader)
Ordered it on Monday evening from Japan, was in Dublin last night
Box has a few marks, but the console and other bits are minty fresh.



Just need to get myself a UK/Irl PSU for it now. I mean I can use the Jap one with a Step-Down, but that's a rather inelegant solution in this day and age.

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I hear that someone put a game in a neo geo cd back on release day and it's still loading.

Steve X2

OwaynOTT wrote: »

I hear that someone put a game in a neo geo cd back on release day and it's still loading.

Anything faster the x1 speed cd drives are just showing off anyway :D

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

OwaynOTT wrote: »

I hear that someone put a game in a neo geo cd back on release day and it's still loading.

that's what my dad says about the c64 :P

Steve X2

And few other small bits.

Needed a decent test VCD:



A way to small Jap Megadrive controller:



Some games:



And this is the projector I got to use with the XRGB-Mini Framemeister for when I want a big 100 inch retro screen in my office/man cave(Sensi Soccer is awesome on it ).

CiDeRmAn

Steve X2 wrote: »

Anything faster the x1 speed cd drives are just showing off anyway :D

The later CDX model loads faster but is prone to all sorts of issues.

Doge

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy wrote: »

that's what my dad says about the c64 :P

And yet I can load up a game much faster on my C64 than a new PS4 game!

Andrew76

Steve X2 wrote: »

A way to small Jap Megadrive controller:

Never had an MD growing up so when I did eventually get one the size of the controller surprised me - it's bloody huge! :pac: Works a treat on the Amiga though.

Doge wrote: »

And yet I can load up a game much faster on my C64 than a new PS4 game!

But you're cheating not using a tape deck. That or your PS4 is borked.

Doge

Andrew76 wrote: »

But you're cheating not using a tape deck. That or your PS4 is borked.

By time the game downloads and installs updates or game data even the tape deck is faster, believe me!

o1s1n

Andrew76 wrote: »

Never had an MD growing up so when I did eventually get one the size of the controller surprised me - it's bloody huge! :pac: Works a treat on the Amiga though.

I love the smaller 6 button pads. The D pad isn't as nice though as the later release three button Megadrive 2 pads.

For years I used an original first release three button pad which has rubber contacts for the D pad and Christ did they not last long!

If there's one thing that can be said for Nintendo its that they really nailed the SNES pad from the beginning.

CiDeRmAn

Doge wrote: »

By time the game downloads and installs updates or game data even the tape deck is faster, believe me!

As a Spectrum owner I would say that the initial wait might be comparable, with the tape load vs hdd install + update, but afterwards each time you wanted to play a game on a tape based computer you had to wait the same time, at least with the PS4 on standby it installs the updates whilst you sleep and the games start quickly, well mostly... Doom is mad on the PS4, the loading screens intrusive too, every time you die, back to a listing screen and they can take a while too

airmax87

Wait till I get my dremel and two PS360+'s..

BGOllie

new old stock and a gotek drive I picked up at the amiga meetup

Steve X2

Whats the story with those gotek drives? How different are they to the HXC floppy emu I've got in my A600?

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

Not retro, picked up Yokai Watch in 3DS, Atavan was the guinea pig and tried it first lol.

BGOllie

Steve X2 wrote: »

Whats the story with those gotek drives? How different are they to the HXC floppy

...they just look waaaay cooler :cool:

BGOllie

truth is. I've no idea.
Saw it there, asked what it was, pretty much plug and play , just need to download a small too onto a usb drive and dump you roms

Steve X2

Got some Jap 3DO goodness(was surprised it was in good condition, see below).



And some muppet said to himself "yep, job done, packed well"



Yes, this is retro



But this isnt




Tis beautiful

eddhorse

Whats that board with the chips?

Steve X2

eddhorse wrote: »

Whats that board with the chips?

They're STV8438CV TRIPLE 70MHz 8-BIT PARALLEL DAC + ANALOG MUX 5V PQFP-44 chips, 18 of them.
I only needed one, but they dont sell them in ones

It's for an Amiga expansion board thats getting hot, and apparently replacing this chip can fix it, sometimes.

CiDeRmAn

Burning Soldier, I got that with my launch 3DO, love it though it's an FMV game.
Return Fire... Perfection

Relikk

Which firmware version did that New 3DS XL come with, Steve?

Steve X2

Relikk wrote: »

Which firmware version did that New 3DS XL come with, Steve?

Not sure, I updated it before I checked the version number.

Gamer Bhoy 89

I want a Japanese Mega Drive. I don't even know why - I just saw it while browsing ebay and said "that's gorgeous, I want that". Would I be able to just get it on its own and use the cables I already have from my own MD console? (Model 1). I was also looking at a few NTSC-J games and lord above the prices are mental.

I don't know I just would really like to build up a fresh collection

Atavan-Halen

Gamer Bhoy 89 wrote: »

I want a Japanese Mega Drive. I don't even know why - I just saw it while browsing ebay and said "that's gorgeous, I want that". Would I be able to just get it on its own and use the cables I already have from my own MD console? (Model 1). I was also looking at a few NTSC-J games and lord above the prices are mental.

I don't know I just would really like to build up a fresh collection

Yeah all the cables will work fine if its the same model.

BGOllie

kicking it at car boot sales these days
50 lot

o1s1n

BGOllie wrote: »

kicking it at car boot sales these days
50 lot

Have you invented a time machine and are hitting late 90s car boots? Because I can't think of any other explanation :eek:

Atavan-Halen

Not gaming related but I ordered a doorbell off amazon that plays the titanic theme song as one of the available sounds so pretty chuffed TBH.

I'll be singing "near, far, wherever you are...." Every time I get a takeaway.

o1s1n

Atavan-Halen wrote: »

Not gaming related but I ordered a doorbell off amazon that plays the titanic theme song as one of the available sounds so pretty chuffed TBH.

I'll be singing "near, far, wherever you are...." Every time I get a takeaway.

Senior Ding Dong required in 5,4,3,2...

BGOllie

o1s1n wrote: »

Have you invented a time machine and are hitting late 90s car boots? Because I can't think of any other explanation :eek:

It's really about consistency, going to a LOT of places and building relationship.
I get talking to the vendors behind the stands, ask them how, where they find stuff themselves and if they run across video games in their trade. Most of them do but don't bother trying to sell them as they don't know enough.

CiDeRmAn

Atavan-Halen wrote: »

Not gaming related but I ordered a doorbell off amazon that plays the titanic theme song as one of the available sounds so pretty chuffed TBH.

I'll be singing "near, far, wherever you are...." Every time I get a takeaway.

Celine Dione tunes on your doorbell, is this actually Canadian acclimatisation gone mad?