Post here every time you get something new!

Dr Bob

got this for a fiver off ebay ,people seemed to look for stupid money for them for some reason so I was happy enough with it .Theres a bit of surface damage (no cart cover) and its "untested" but these are usually pretty hardy , and most of its passthrough so hopefully it should work.

CiDeRmAn

I'm surprised the CD32 lasted long enough on the market to warrant a hardware revision at all.
Must have a look at mine and see which one it is, I think it has the recessed logo and the hinge lip at the back.
Must get a proper controller for mine, I have a nasty 3rd party one and I don't thing all is well, a MD pad just isn't the same.

Retr0gamer

Amiga CD32 was actually doing quite well and picking up steam, it was the best selling of the CD systems at the time. It was commodore going bankrupty that sunk it.

Steve X2

The cd drive seems much quieter on the new CD32 as well.

Manufacture date of the new one is Jan 1994 and the old one is Aug 1993.

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Atavan-Halen

Those megadrive power base converters are lovely. Nice find!

Clay fighter 63 1/2 arrived today. Can't go wrong for €4 posted.

ghostchant

atavan-halen wrote: »

Clay fighter 63 1/2 arrived today. Can't go wrong for €4 posted.

That's what you think. Wait til you play it.

Dr Bob

atavan-halen wrote: »

Those megadrive power base converters are lovely. Nice find!

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indeed! I actually had one back in my megadrive days , but I've a horrible suspicion it was chucked out when I left home as its never been seen since

7sr2z3fely84g5

Steve SI wrote: »

Anyone came across different hardware revisions of the CD32 before?

looks like an import,they where banned from selling in the states at the time due to debt,supposedly some where available through the canadian border.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_CD32

The CD32 was released in Canada and was planned for release in the United States. However, a deadline was reached for Commodore to pay a patent royalty to Cad Track for their use of their XOR patent.[3] A federal judge ordered an injunction against Commodore preventing them from importing anything into the United States.

Commodore declared bankruptcy shortly afterwards, and the CD32 was never officially sold in the United States.[3] However, imported models did come over the border from Canada, and many stores in the United States (primarily mail-order stores) imported units for domestic sale. During the long bankruptcy proceedings

one listed for sale on amazon.com- http://www.amazon.com/Amiga-CD32-~-NTSC-Version/dp/B003NNR3UG

Mb revisions with connector revisions shown here at bottom of page- http://amiga.resource.cx/mod/cd32.html

holding down mouse buttons should be able to boot in pal mode if you wish.

Steve X2

Kailyn Beautiful Technique wrote: »

looks like an import,they where banned from selling in the states at the time due to debt,supposedly some where available through the canadian border.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_CD32




one listed for sale on amazon.com- http://www.amazon.com/Amiga-CD32-~-NTSC-Version/dp/B003NNR3UG

Mb revisions with connector revisions shown here at bottom of page- http://amiga.resource.cx/mod/cd32.html

holding down mouse buttons should be able to boot in pal mode if you wish.

Cheers,
It does booot in PAL 50hz though and is 220v etc.

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7sr2z3fely84g5

This is interesting,taken from amibay-
http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?t=11221&page=3

Very nice machines. This is the 3.1 version with engraved logo while version 4.0 has printed the Commodore logo in white.

Small differences in the mainboard. Externally the Commodore letters to the right are engraved,crafted on the plastic chassis.

While newer machines had those letters printed with cheap paint.

o1s1n

ghostchant wrote: »

That's what you think. Wait til you play it.

The left out 1/2 must have had all the best bits in it

luas_dublin wrote: »

indeed! I actually had one back in my megadrive days , but I've a horrible suspicion it was chucked out when I left home as its never been seen since

I have fond memories of that yolk. My grandad came back from the UK with some games for my aunt years ago. Turns out they were Master System ones and she had a Megadrive (Rookie grandparent mistake!) so they bought a power base converter to play them.

Gave me a lend of it when I was riddled with chicken pox. So whenever I see a power base converter I always remember the smell of camomile lotion.

Actually thinking about it now, they're not so much fond memories as itchy ones.

Steve X2

Kailyn Beautiful Technique wrote: »

This is interesting,taken from amibay-
http://www.amibay.com/showthread.php?t=11221&page=3

Hmm, interesting all right.

It looks like they did a bit of improving on the door hinge as well. It feels a lot stronger and hopefully wont break like most CD32's that have been used a it.

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Retr0gamer

o1s1n wrote: »

Actually thinking about it now, they're not so much fond memories as itchy ones.

Itchy.

Tasty.

Dr Bob

o1s1n wrote: »

The left out 1/2 must have had all the best bits in it



I have fond memories of that yolk. My grandad came back from the UK with some games for my aunt years ago. Turns out they were Master System ones and she had a Megadrive (Rookie grandparent mistake!) so they bought a power base converter to play them.

Gave me a lend of it when I was riddled with chicken pox. So whenever I see a power base converter I always remember the smell of camomile lotion.

Actually thinking about it now, they're not so much fond memories as itchy ones.

bizzarely enough I've always associated Wonderboy in monsterworld on the megadrive with chickenpox for a similar reason. I had it when I was 17 (once you're over 12 its like leprosy) and it was the height of summer.Even the smell of camomile makes me sick now.:(

Steve X2

My 2 hacked Xbox 360 pads(madcatz fightpads, not original pads as they are better for the mod for various reasons) arrived today from the US with the modifications I requested.

If only I had the bloody 6 button control panel for the candy I'd be sorted.

Bit of a wire mess but you get the idea:






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Mr.Saturn

^ Is there a day of the week where you neither buying stuff, sending stuff back or receiving stuff in the post?

Steve X2

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

^ Is there a day of the week where you neither buying stuff, sending stuff back or receiving stuff in the post?

Sunday mornings between 9am and 12pm

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Andrew76

Very nice on the pad hacks Steve, I like the the way the two of them are screwed together with the little blocks of wood - nice touch. Is that cab going to be a dedicated 360 cab or will you have to disconnect the jamma finger board when connecting to a pcb/mvs?

Steve X2

Andrew76 wrote: »

Very nice on the pad hacks Steve, I like the the way the two of them are screwed together with the little blocks of wood - nice touch. Is that cab going to be a dedicated 360 cab or will you have to disconnect the jamma finger board when connecting to a pcb/mvs?

No, not a dedicated 360 cab. Probably more Hyperspin/Jamma than 360.

For the moment I will need to disconnect the board to switch back to MVS etc.
But i have a little plan and that's why the fingerboard. It may or may not work out but I'll see how it goes.

Worst case scenario it doesn't work and I can remove the finger board and put longer cables on the pads and just use it like a normal hacked pad or just get another set made up.

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Retr0gamer

Got Densha De Go 2 on the NGP today. I think I'll give up on my NGPC collevtion quest. I've pretty much every game I want. I'll just pick up magica drop on MVS :P

Atavan-Halen

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Got Densha De Go 2 on the NGP today. I think I'll give up on my NGPC collevtion quest. I've pretty much every game I want. I'll just pick up magica drop on MVS :P

That's next on my hitlist. How is it?

Retr0gamer

atavan-halen wrote: »

That's next on my hitlist. How is it?

See the general retro forum I can't get the train to move and the funny squiggles language in the manual doesn't help!

Dale Parish

Got a ton of stuff over the weekend at car boot sales in the UK; only had time to picture a few boxes of software (and C&C ), the rest of the stuff is in storage until I pick it up next week

Pyongyang

LOVE Densha de Go! No idea how to play them but I love them regardless.

Today these cheeky pups arrived.

1. 1000 Miles Great Rally 1 [JAMMA PCB]
Absolutely perfect condition. Not a speck of dust on it and has the steering wheel board/connection too (not that I'll ever use that). I now have the complete set!


2. Atomic Bomberman [PC, PAL, CIB]
No idea if this is any good. The graphics look terrible but I'm hoping the Bomberman gameplay is still buried in there somewhere. One for my Bomberman collection.

Retr0gamer

Had a lot of fun with atomic bomberman on my P100. Had a great level editor and it was online as well.

Pyongyang

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Had a great level editor

Did not know that was a feature in the game! I'll have to investigate.

Retr0gamer

I figured out densha de go. I can get it moving but I can't feckin stop! Well stop gracefully!

CathalDublin

This arrived today

Always wanted one but couldn't decide which one to buy.
so far I've figured out how to read eproms and compare with mame rom database

Retr0gamer

Thought I'd just post my current NGPC collection:

Retr0gamer

oops, a bit big!