Post here every time you get something new!

ghostchant

Just got Mega Man X for the snes in the Rage there, just missed out on getting Castlevania IV though

Steve X2

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Well, its the followup to Wonderboy III, and that I also have.
Looks like fun, it'd be cool to find a repro of Wonderboy VI with the english translation, is it anywhere I wonder?

Well they have the rom translated, stick it on a flash cart and happy days. Just apply the translation to an original Jap genesis .bin rom.

http://demiforce.parodius.com/console/trans/wb6/

Retr0gamer

If you want a rom translation then the only place to go is here:

http://www.romhacking.net/

Don't buy repro's, they aren't worth anything.

Myrddin

My TDA1675A Vertical Deflection Oscillators arrived....yuuus! I can power slide with peace of mind now :rolleyes::D

Andrew76

EnterNow wrote: »

My TDA1675A Vertical Deflection Oscillators arrived....

Do they sit next to the dilithium crystals in the warp core? Or is that the flux capacitor I'm thinking about.

Myrddin

Andrew76 wrote: »

Do they sit next to the dilithium crystals in the warp core? Or is that the flux capacitor I'm thinking about.

They turn a white horizontal line into a glorius full sized image It's what was wrong with te Ridge Racer monitor, I just got a a few of them just incase. Apparently they're fragile enough, & my other monitor has the exact same chassis so handy to have spares I guess.

I was holding off spending too long on the cab due to the type of repair I had to do. The old one had thermal laste all over the back of it, & it sits flush against a metal casing so I presume they get a little toasty. My botch-repair didn't really allow for proper cooling so I limited play to a few games, but now I can play until my arms are sore from opposite locking :rolleyes::P

James Howlett

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Got Wonderboy in MonsterLand for around 14 posted from fleabay, hopefully arrive next week.
Getting on a bit of a MD buzz lately.
Want Batman Returns for my Snes though....

It's in a bundle but:
http://www.adverts.ie/nintendo/snes-and-games/492029

Optimus Prime

Couple of New Megadrive Games, open them up and give them a clean tomorrow before trying, clean up the boxes too.

Myrddin

11 games, Zool included...the Infideals haul landed?

Optimus Prime

haha yep, 44 euro including delivery, not bad.

Myrddin

keithgeo wrote: »

haha yep, 44 euro including delivery, not bad.

Has to be good for eleven games, what's the general condition of them like?

pdbhp

keithgeo wrote: »

haha yep, 44 euro including delivery, not bad.

€44 for 11 bas ass games thats just brilliant, infideals rule!!:D

Optimus Prime

Condition is grand, two of them id describe as bad though, the boxes anyways, they dont all have the manuals either.

o1s1n

Finally decided to pick up an Everdrive cart. I really wanted the full deluxe version, but in a bid to save some cash, went board only.

The board only version comes with a gloss label to put on a Megadrive cart shell. They also sell the Everdrive clamshell inlay.

Looking forward to hacking apart a crap Megadrive cart shell for this

CiDeRmAn

I want an Everdrive cart too, but I thought they were sold out?

o1s1n

You can preorder them and they'll ship out when they arrive. (The site says 2-3weeks)

I think it's pretty much going to be like that forever with them! Did read somewhere yesterday that someone was talking to the guy who makes them and he said he wanted to get a batch out this week.

CiDeRmAn

Thanks Enternow for my lovely new arrivals, my PS and my Asian Megadrive, both lovingly modded.
Playing Einhander this evening, so happy days there and Thunderforce IV works again, hooray!
You'll have to explain the toggle switches at the back to me.
If I pipe 60hz via a composite I get B&W pictures, this right?
I have to get an RGB cable for the MD I take it?

o1s1n

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

You'll have to explain the toggle switches at the back to me.
If I pipe 60hz via a composite I get B&W pictures, this right?
I have to get an RGB cable for the MD I take it?

If you send 60hz via composite your tv needs to be able to support NTSC. If it does support NTSC, you'll get colour. If not, it'll be black and white.

As you said, RGB is one way of displaying colour in 60hz on tvs that don't support NTSC.

You should have an RGB cable for your MD anyway they're dirt cheap and look amazing.

Myrddin

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Thanks Enternow for my lovely new arrivals, my PS and my Asian Megadrive, both lovingly modded.
Playing Einhander this evening, so happy days there and Thunderforce IV works again, hooray!
You'll have to explain the toggle switches at the back to me.
If I pipe 60hz via a composite I get B&W pictures, this right?
I have to get an RGB cable for the MD I take it?

Yep, pick up a scart rgb to experience the joy. On my tv, 60Hz through RF is black & white and jumps around the screen a bit. I can fix the jumping by changing the colour system on the tv menu, but Megadrives do not output 60 correctly over rf (it's to do with a type of oscillator they use)...so just pick up a scart to sort it.

ghostchant

Picked up a cart-only copy of pokemon snap (love that game) and what appears to be an absolutely brand new CIB Excitebike 64. The contacts look like they've never been put into an n64.

CiDeRmAn

Just back from the market, got a working PS for 4 euro, a guncon2 and n64 pad with a rumble pak for 6
Happy days!

Myrddin

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Just back from the market, got a working PS for 4 euro, a guncon2 and n64 pad with a rumble pak for 6
Happy days!

Divorce papers? Or a new smugglers jacket?

CiDeRmAn

I just have to be very very sneaky!

I will probably sell on the Playstation.

Optimus Prime

I took a drive down to Naas today for a Market expecting a goldmine of retro goodness, instead i found a knitters paradise and about a billion books.. the place was barren except for a ps2 with about ten games which i dually raised me nose to and walked on. Whats the story with nearly every table at a market having that "Buzz" game, all i see is controllers for it everywhere.

Instead i went to McDonalds with the family to eat away my disappointement then went to B&Q and picked up all the painting bits for my cab. Got an Oil Based Primer, rollers etc, fine sand paper and a Black paint. Does that count as something new for this thread?

Atavan-Halen

keithgeo wrote: »

Whats the story with nearly every table at a market having that "Buzz" game, all i see is controllers for it everywhere.

I don't know but it always seems to come with PS2's! I bought a PS2 that came with 2 sets of them

Not realy retro...at all but bought Resident Evil Zero on the Wii for €4.99. I don't think the Wii version is supposed to be good though.

Dr Bob

keithgeo wrote: »

I took a drive down to Naas today for a Market expecting a goldmine of retro goodness, instead i found a knitters paradise and about a billion books.. the place was barren except for a ps2 with about ten games which i dually raised me nose to and walked on. Whats the story with nearly every table at a market having that "Buzz" game, all i see is controllers for it everywhere.

Instead i went to McDonalds with the family to eat away my disappointement then went to B&Q and picked up all the painting bits for my cab. Got an Oil Based Primer, rollers etc, fine sand paper and a Black paint. Does that count as something new for this thread?

oddly enough I was there too
and heh I actually bought that buzz controller (a sony based mate sent me out a few ps3 games a while back , of which the general knowledge buzz game was one, it works fine with the ps2 controllers)...and I bought one of the ps2 bundle games for my daughter (it was a dora the explorer game), got it for 2 quid.
They'd an unboxed space invaders anniversary as well , although It took enough haggling to even split one game and I already had it so I didnt bother trying to buy it.
anyway on the way back I got a call from a mate , he collects retro stuff , and his mum works for a charity shop and keeps the gaming goodies for him.
Anyway she'd got him a c64c , but since he'd no room for it he asked if I wanted one! Aaaand I nabbed a portable CRT as my sister in law was happy enough to part with an old one!




Plus!with the portable CRT I finally got my lightgun sms games working (as they dont like crts bigger than 28 inches apparantly), so all in all a pretty good day

Optimus Prime

That C64 Looks in great condition. Id say that Naas market will pick up after a few weeks, that was the first week it was on.

Dr Bob

keithgeo wrote: »

That C64 Looks in great condition. Id say that Naas market will pick up after a few weeks, that was the first week it was on.

yeah , Its practically new, even had the plastic film over the commodore logo! only thats missing is the game cart sadly , but I'll nab one of them at some point on fleabay I guess , hopefully it picks up , we're usually over to visit my sister in law in Naas every few sundays for lunch , so its a chance for me to pop in on the way

Andrew76

Cool, Pier Solar "peasant" edition just arrived this morning. :pac:
Totally forgot I ordered two of them for some reason. And yes it does have the hang tab clip, a single one. Smaller than the other single variant but bigger than the version with two clips, see below o1s1n.

Here's a bunch of pics, nice Watermelon watermark on the back of the outer case.










Hang tab clip:

Andrew76

Some more pics...

Contents:



Nice poster (blank on the back):



Notch on left side of cart:



Another watermark inside the case:



The game in action: