The Revenge of the Post Here When You Get Something New thread

Jack burton

Who says Steve SI is the only person to have 2 of everything :pac:




I got another My Pet Monster, needed the handcuffs and I said id sell keep one and see the other but looks like I'm keep both now haha

Retr0gamer

Pfft! PAL Final Fantasys!

(The only ones I have... and FFVII is Platinum )

Myrddin

The seller of that NES contacted me, apparently it was a mistake by him listing shipping as $15 to Ireland. He asked me if it was possible to throw him another $10 & he'd cover the rest.

I threw him another $15 because he seemed genuine about it, but I still got it shipped for about €22 in total which is under half what most others are charging so I'm happy with that.

Now, to order a 72pin from Rewind Bits. Never actually fit one of those before

Retr0gamer

I fit a 72-pin adapter just there and still have trouble with it. Make sure to stretch the pin upwards before fitting it. Usually the major porblem is the carts being dirt. It might seem like a good idea but don't blow into the cart, it makes life much worse, they really do get oxidised a lot easier if you do! Give them a good clean and try to avoid natures natural reaction to cartridges not working

Myrddin

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I fit a 72-pin adapter just there and still have trouble with it. Make sure to stretch the pin upwards before fitting it. Usually the major porblem is the carts being dirt. It might seem like a good idea but don't blow into the cart, it makes life much worse, they really do get oxidised a lot easier if you do! Give them a good clean and try to avoid natures natural reaction to cartridges not working

Yep, when that arrives I'll have to do a NES cart clearout & replace them with NTSC-U ones so no doubt I'll be cleaning those newer ones. Still though, it's 60Hz goodness...it's worth it

Retr0gamer

Very few PAL games are optimised for 50Hz. I'd say you could play them all on the NTSC machine and they will work fine. The only one I came across that was PAL optimised was the first Mario game.

Myrddin

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Very few PAL games are optimised for 50Hz. I'd say you could play them all on the NTSC machine and they will work fine. The only one I came across that was PAL optimised was the first Mario game.

Isn't there timing issues, particularly with music, when you play a PAL Nes cart in a 60Hz machine?

Retr0gamer

EnterNow wrote: »

Isn't there timing issues, particularly with music, when you play a PAL Nes cart in a 60Hz machine?

Depends of the game. Most games are just the NTSC game but with a PAL lock out chip, the music hasn't been touched and gameplay not sped up. Stuff like Castlevania play really slowly with crappy music since the code hasn't been changed at all. I think Megaman 2 is the same.

If the music sounds grand on 60Hz then you know it's a lazy PAL port. I'd say Nintendo were the only ones that attempted PAL optimisation on the NES. You can easily tell if the music isn't right.

Myrddin

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Depends of the game. Most games are just the NTSC game but with a PAL lock out chip, the music hasn't been touched and gameplay not sped up. Stuff like Castlevania play really slowly with crappy music since the code hasn't been changed at all. I think Megaman 2 is the same.

So if the game plays really slowly, you know its not optimised for 50Hz & is just a 60Hz game running at 50Hz is it?

If the music sounds grand on 60Hz then you know it's a lazy PAL port. I'd say Nintendo were the only ones that attempted PAL optimisation on the NES. You can easily tell if the music isn't right.

So if I play my existing carts on the NTSC Nes, & they sound fine, then sure enough its a lazy PAL version & is ok to keep?

Retr0gamer

Yes if they sound and play fine. The music should sound really awful when sped up so you'll know but if you want to be sure just check out a youtube video of the NTSC game. When I played PAL mario on my NTSC NES the controls felt all kinds of wrong and the music was way too fast, it was very noticable. Stuff like Castlevania, you'll find the music sounds better and the game plays an awful lot better. If it runs too fast you'll usually know because it will just feel wrong.

Again check youtube to be sure, it should make it very obvious.

Rare developed games might be another exception to the crap PAL ports but outside of a few games like Battletoads they made an awful lot of crap for LJN so again you might not even want to play their games

Myrddin

Done

CiDeRmAn

I went totally unoriginal and bought Gran Turismo 5 for the PS3.
Of course now I have to wait a few hours whilst it catches up with all the updates.
So that's the PS3 tied up for the rest of the day!
It only cost 15 in Tesco, so not too bad.
They also have Rage and LBP2 for 15.

Myrddin

Retr0gamer wrote: »

You sure about that? I had to mod my GC lead for it to work with the PAL version.

Just to confirm, the Gamecube PAL RGB scart from Consolegoods works perfectly with the NTSC Snes as advertised. No hassle, no hum, just beautiful RGB goodness.

Also the guide by mmmonkey for the MD1 PSU works a charm, really nice little solution.

So there you go, its working away & had a quick blast of Contra 3 to celebrate. I'll remove the cart tabs tomorrow so PAL/SFC carts fit.

Nes, your next. Over & out

Hank Scorpio

EnterNow wrote: »

YEAH B1TCH!!!

Sweet dude, looks in great condition.

Really wanna pick up, been looking around but fairly strapped for cash at the moment :mad:

What bugs me abit about modded pal snes's is some games give lag when you play them. Like DKC games are pal optimised so they don't work perfect in 60hz, and some games like castlevania 4 etc give extra lag too There all perfectly playable of course but it bugs me abit sometimes Theres a slight timing difference between the pal and ntsc consoles or so I read before and it affects some games, but not many

OwaynOTT

I shall be buying a GameCube rgb cable from them so.

CiDeRmAn

Might have my beady eyes on a NTSC Super Ninty.
Going to use parcelmotel to bring it in, cheaper and my own personal Sauron will have no idea something is entering Mordor the house!

Myrddin

OwaynOTT wrote: »

I shall be buying a GameCube rgb cable from them so.

Its listed in the Snes category, just mention what you want it for too to be safe

CiDeRmAn

Well, jumped in with both feet.
An US Snes, with the innards already fiddled with is now on it's way to the nearest parcel motel.
It seems to be modded, so not only was the might snips used to enable Jap titles, it'll also run Euro games as well.
It comes with one proper controller and a spurious PSU.
Also included are three games, Super Godzilla, which is a US title, Aladdin, which is Pal and Super Genjiin 2, otherwise known as BC Kid: Bonks Revenge 2, which is a jap title.

And all for about €70 delivered.

Now the console is a tad yellowed but it might be right for whitening up, if anyone has a bottle of the miracle stuff handy!

Once it arrives and I see that it is working fine, I'll get Starfox and finally see how it is supposed to be played.... 60Hz FTW!

Dale Parish

Ordered another IBM XT.
Instead an IBM 5150 arrived. Winnage. Perfect for playing Digger and Elite:cool:..... :pac:


Needs some restoration so I'll be working on that one over the next week or two....

Myrddin

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Well, jumped in with both feet.
An US Snes, with the innards already fiddled with is now on it's way to the nearest parcel motel.
It seems to be modded, so not only was the might snips used to enable Jap titles, it'll also run Euro games as well.
It comes with one proper controller and a spurious PSU.
Also included are three games, Super Godzilla, which is a US title, Aladdin, which is Pal and Super Genjiin 2, otherwise known as BC Kid: Bonks Revenge 2, which is a jap title.

And all for about €70 delivered.

Now the console is a tad yellowed but it might be right for whitening up, if anyone has a bottle of the miracle stuff handy!

Once it arrives and I see that it is working fine, I'll get Starfox and finally see how it is supposed to be played.... 60Hz FTW!

A trend has now started I fear

No mods are needed to make PAL titles work, just the two snipped off tabs. When it comes to PAL Locked titles, yes you could add switches for Region/50Hz but I'd rather just buy NTSC versions of those titles

Well done on the purchase man. Make sure & pick up an RGB scart for it too

CiDeRmAn

Oh, and the Famicom sits beside me in the car, on the passenger seat. With what looks like a dodgy av mod already done!
Will investigate and report back later!

Ok,
Interesting things afoot!

Turns out the pics the seller put up were very misleading!

Those snowy, grainy pictures?

Yeah, well I don't know what he was doing but it works perfectly on my TV!

Seems to have been successfully AV modded already! (sorry Enternow!)

Not as neat as Atavans but grand.

The dodgy chinese card contains Bump'n Jump, which is nice too!

Myrddin

Pics of gtfo

Dr Bob

Sera wrote: »

Afaik no, from what I remember seeing. Happy out now, kinda have enough GB games to not buy anymore for awhile.
Not really sure, can say what I don't want, which is what I have (Sonic Advance 1 & 2, Rampage Puzzle Attack, YGO Sacred Cards and Harvest Moon FoMT) and cleared SA3, Sonic Battle and the PKMN games when I borrowed them so not looking for them yet, want new stuff that I'd play. My knowledge of GBA games is really bad.

SCURRILOUS LIES!!

I did too, about 4 mins in (GBC one is about 6 mins in, GBA about 7-8 mins in)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzGqfRA0sjk

(thank God! I thought I was going to have to look at another one!)

CiDeRmAn

Just picked up a
NES to FC adapter, will this let me play Pal games right off the bat?

Myrddin

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Just picked up a
NES to FC adapter, will this let me play Pal games right off the bat?

I presume so? Though you may run into timing issues as Retr0 was explaining yesterday given that the Famicom is 60Hz.

Retr0gamer

Hmm, it might. I think the lock out chip was only in the NES and not the famicom. As said watch for timing issues.

CiDeRmAn

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Hmm, it might. I think the lock out chip was only in the NES and not the famicom. As said watch for timing issues.

I'll run through my pal collection and see how it goes.
Might mod one of my Zapper guns to work with it too.
Must pick up Super Mario Bros USA as well.

Retr0gamer

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Must pick up Super Mario Bros USA as well.

Go full Famicom with Doki Doki Panic.

alpahaeagle

Collected this the other day: So here are some pics of my Atari XEGS:



Came with a Keyboard:



and a Light gun:



Connected togeather they are an atari 8bit xe computer:



All boxed:

Myrddin

Oi you've something else to post up too