Post here every time you get something new!

Atavan-Halen

My lovely gameboy pocket arrived from Japan today which was very fast considering I only bought it on thursday or friday last week. Box is in better condition than it looked in the auction. Never actually held or seen a pocket before and didn't realise how small they were!

OwaynOTT

Just got Terranigma in post this morning. Cart only though
Steadily working my way through SNES rpgs.
Does anyone know if this is any good?

8bit Diva

My first time in The RAGE shop in Dublin at the weekend.
Got myself a SNES and Mario All stars after spending an hour finding the place :eek:

I like the shop but I did feel a bit weird as it seems like very much a boys shop or maybe that's just the vibe I got on the day.
They seemed surprised to see a girl buying retro games and stuff

But I will go back again.

Retr0gamer

OwaynOTT wrote: »

Just got Terranigma in post this morning. Cart only though
Steadily working my way through SNES rpgs.
Does anyone know if this is any good?

Supposed to be really good.

Optimus Prime

8bit Diva wrote: »

My first time in The RAGE shop in Dublin at the weekend.
Got myself a SNES and Mario All stars after spending an hour finding the place :eek:

I like the shop but I did feel a bit weird as it seems like very much a boys shop or maybe that's just the vibe I got on the day.
They seemed surprised to see a girl buying retro games and stuff

But I will go back again.

I always feel like im not Cool enough to be in there haha..

Edit: do kids say "cool" these days ??

Steve X2

keithgeo wrote: »

I always feel like im not Cool enough to be in there haha..

Edit: do kids say "cool" these days ??

Haha, me too.
Maybe if I buy a fedora and brown tatty jacket I'll be back in the cool crowd.
Or I could wear some skinny jeans that crush my man bits into an unnatural configuration. Or maybe I'll just stay the way I am, I'm cool, Right?

.

o1s1n

OwaynOTT wrote: »

Just got Terranigma in post this morning. Cart only though
Steadily working my way through SNES rpgs.
Does anyone know if this is any good?

I love buying Snes RPGs, but having to change the batteries drives me a bit mental. I don't know if you saw, but a while ago Enternow put battery holders in about 10 or 15 carts for me. So in another 10 years or so it'll just be a matter of popping some new ones in without having to worry about breaking out a soldering iron.

Retr0gamer

I've been there a good few times with Sera and there's been some nerds looking at the games so I didn't feel out of place.

Optimus Prime

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I've been there a good few times with Sera and there's been some nerds looking at the games so I didn't feel out of place.

That was me! Im that Nerd!

Andrew76

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I've been there a good few times with Sera and there's been some nerds looking at the games so I didn't feel out of place.

I can just picture you shaking your head and sighing when someone goes to pick up a "hasn't aged well/less than 60fps FPS" game.

Optimus Prime

o1s1n wrote: »

I love buying Snes RPGs, but having to change the batteries drives me a bit mental. I don't know if you saw, but a while ago Enternow put battery holders in about 10 or 15 carts for me. So in another 10 years or so it'll just be a matter of popping some new ones in without having to worry about breaking out a soldering iron.

Is it hard to do that? I have a few snes games, they seem to be working ok at the minute, i dont fancy risking it on them though if its difficult. I actually have a few of the batterys i bought at home, can you just slip them out and put new ones in?

o1s1n

keithgeo wrote: »

Is it hard to do that? I have a few snes games, they seem to be working ok at the minute, i dont fancy risking it on them though if its difficult. I actually have a few of the batterys i bought at home, can you just slip them out and put new ones in?

As it is currently with your carts, you can pop the battery off the battery connector legs with a knife and tape a new one back on. It's very easy to do. This works fine and I did it for years. The only cart I ever had trouble with was Super Mario world. The battery connector legs had a huge solder stamp point that I couldn't break with a knife.

Anyway, I wanted something a little bit more professional though. Especially with my RPGs!

So what Enternow did was solder those CR2032 battery holders where a normal battery with legs goes. And now I can just slip a new one in when they go dead.

It took a while to find ones small enough to fit. Here's a link to the ones he used -

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/50-Vertical-lead-Battery-Holder-CR2032-CR2025-20mm-/130498349446?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e624ec986

He did the same with some of my Megadrive RPGs too.

By the way, I'm not advocating him doing it again, (as he's out of the modding business). Just thought he deserved being credited for it

Retr0gamer

Andrew76 wrote: »

I can just picture you shaking your head and sighing when someone goes to pick up a "hasn't aged well/less than 60fps FPS" game.

I had to hold my tongue when I was buying Conkers Bad Fur Day and the guys were telling me how great it is.

eddhorse

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http://technabob.com/blog/2007/08/22/ben-hecks-nes-atari-portable-console-mashup/

Atavan-Halen

Sort of retro but picked up Metroid prime trilogy collectors edition for €15 in Tesco. It's not the steel case edition but still is a bargain at €15 and it goes for a lot more on ebay.

Now the question is do I keep it sealed, as I have MP 1&2 on the cube or rip it open?

Atavan-Halen

Feck it, I'm opening it. I don't ever want to become one of those sealed game people!

pdbhp

atavan-halen wrote: »

Feck it, I'm opening it. I don't ever want to become one of those sealed game people!

I'm proud of you. Open it and never play it thats my favourite way of doing things

pdbhp

Picked up Excitebike on 3DS for free:D

Atavan-Halen

pdbhp wrote: »

I'm proud of you. Open it and never play it thats my favourite way of doing things

Rip open seal, maul the cover, chew the manuals, scratch the disc and leave it on the shelf :P

o1s1n

atavan-halen wrote: »

Rip open seal, maul the cover, chew the manuals, scratch the disc and leave it on the shelf :P

/reconsiders giving Atavan loads of cool games for free.

Atavan-Halen

o1s1n wrote: »

/reconsiders giving Atavan loads of cool games for free.

Aw man!

Myrddin

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I've been there a good few times with Sera and there's been some nerds looking at the games so I didn't feel out of place.

Havn't they fit mirrors all over that place recently?

o1s1n wrote: »

So what Enternow did was solder those CR2032 battery holders where a normal battery with legs goes. And now I can just slip a new one in when they go dead.

By the way, I'm not advocating him doing it again, (as he's out of the modding business). Just thought he deserved being credited for it

Here's how I did it incase anyone wants to folow suit, its very easy & is a nice improvement. I'm not permanently retired, just temp

RedXIV

EnterNow wrote: »

Havn't they fit mirrors all over that place recently?



Here's how I did it incase anyone wants to folow suit, its very easy & is a nice improvement. I'm not permanently retired, just temp

This may be a stupid question....but why do you have to change the batteries?

o1s1n

RedXIV wrote: »

This may be a stupid question....but why do you have to change the batteries?

Cart with saves = cr2032 battery. These run out after about 10-15 years. Some may still be going, but they'll die eventually. Meaning no more way to save your progress. Pretty crippling for RPGs!

Andrew76

RedXIV wrote: »

This may be a stupid question....but why do you have to change the batteries?

They're used to store save games and die over time. Least I think that's why.

RedXIV

o1s1n wrote: »

Cart with saves = cr2032 battery. These run out after about 10-15 years. Some may still be going, but they'll die eventually. Meaning no more way to save your progress. Pretty crippling for RPGs!

....:eek: must start investigating my games!!!

o1s1n

Every single Snes game I've seen with a save feature has a battery. This ranges from Super Mario World, to Mario All Stars, Zelda, Metroid, RPGs like Chrono Trigger and Secret of Mana, everything.

There was one oddity Enternow discovered with a Megadrive cart though..I think it was Sonic 3? It had an FRAM chip rather than a battery to save games. All the other Megadrive ones he did had CR2032 batteries though.

ghostchant

Apologies for the size of the pics, but my new backlit DMG arrived yesterday! Has a yellow biverted backlight and pro-sound mod. Pics don't do justice to the contrast that the screen has due to the biversion.

Steve X2

ghostchant wrote: »

Apologies for the size of the pics, but my new backlit DMG arrived yesterday! Has a yellow biverted backlight and pro-sound mod. Pics don't do justice to the contrast that the screen has due to the biversion.

I not really crazy into collecting Game Boys but am thinking about getting more of them.

So what exactly is a yellow biverted screen mod and what's involved in doing the pro-sound mod.