Jet Get Radio!!!! post here when you get something new!

….. if anyone wants to sell theirs do let me know !

Got the console (which is heading off to the UK for repairs later this week).. but not the controller.

Debating the original or the competition pro for the CD32... I tend to heavily favour the original ones by default. Couple of there. Pricey of course. As is everything on my current to-do list.

It's been a while since I splashed out a little.

Statue, art cards, digital soundtrack (plus multiplayer stuff that won't work) and a hefty bullet keyring.

Glad its gone to a home where it will be appreciated and hope you had someone to help you get it back out of the car.

Thanks again for the food, going to eat like a king for the next week.

Weird as this might sound I think if you turn off the connected console and switch to one of the TV stations, press Menu twice (First menu press just activates the motor) and it should come up at least that's how I was able to see it. If you manage to get the geometry adjusted the picture really is going to be a thing of beauty.

My son was playing with some toys right in front of it just after I wheeled it back to the wall and I have visions of it crushing him so had to move him

Lovely. I'll try that later on today

Got that GTAIV set at launch. Still use the lock-box as a general, 'I can't really throw this document/letter' away storage.

I always had a thing for the Megadrive expansions. Sure they may not have lived up to expectations, but I find them very interesting from a hardware perspective, and you can really get a feel for Sega dipping it's toes into the 32bit world in preparation for the Saturn.

Having sold many of my consoles a dew years back, and inevitably regretting it, I'm almost back to where I was now that this arrived...

I actually completely forgot I wanted a 32X and Mega CD after Covid put a hold on any sort of collecting! Other than a PSX they're the only bigger (€100+) items I want.

I'm afraid to look at the cost of the games though are they all mental or can you actually get a handful of decent games?

Collecting individual games is still something I'm determined not to fall back too deeply into. I'll buy one or two original games for any system for testing etc, but then it's everdrives/ode's from there on in. It's the hardware that interests me more these days, from a collecting point of view. The prices for games are just stupid these days.

Unfortunately I am fond of obscure shite games! But yeah I probably will need to look into alternative methods for those games...

This discussion made me wonder.. what significant games machines am I missing from the collection, so I listed out what consoles I have. Looking at it I am thinking Atari 7800 and maybe 5200, amstrad 464, sega 32x, maybe a Wonderswan crystal, gamepark gp32, Pokémon mini, msx2 or perhaps some cool ltd edition variants of any of the 150+ machines cluttering up the game room at present.

Atari

• 2600 Jr (boxed)
• ST 520fm (needs repair)
• Lynx v1
• Lynx v2
• Jaguar (boxed)

Nintendo 

• NES x 2 (one boxed)
• SNES x 2 (one boxed)
• N64 x 3 (one boxed, one Pokémon)
• Gamecube x 2 (one boxed)
• Wii v1 x 2 (red and white boxed)
• Wii Mini (boxed)
• Wii U x 2 (one boxed)
• Switch v1 
• Switch v2 (boxed)
• Switch Lite x 5 (all different, all boxed)
• Gameboy x 4 (1 boxed)
• Gameboy pocket x 3
• Gameboy Color x 8 (one boxed, one modded)
• Gameboy advance x 4 (one boxed)
• Gameboy advance sp 001 (boxed)
• Gameboy advance sp 101 x 2 (one boxed)
• Gameboy Advance micro x 2
• DS 
• DS lite x 5 (2 boxed)
• DSi x 2 (1 boxed)
• DSi XL 
• 3DS x 3 (2 boxed)
• 3DS XL x 2
• New 3DS XL x 2 (one boxed)
• 2DS x 3 (2 boxed)
• 2DS XL (boxed)
• Virtual Boy (needs repair)

SEGA

• Master System v1
• Master System v2
• Mega drive v1
• Mega drive v2 (boxed)
• Mega CD v2
• Saturn v2
• Dreamcast x2 (1 boxed)
• Game gear x 2 (1 boxed)

SONY

• PS1 x 2 (1 boxed)
• PSOne x 4 (1 boxed)
• PS2 (boxed)
• PS2 Slim x 6 (1 boxed)
• PS3 (boxed)
• PS3 Slim 
• PS3 Super Slim (boxed)
• PS4 (boxed)
• PS4 Pro (boxed)
• PS5 (boxed)
• PSP 1000 series (boxed)
• PSP Go (boxed)
• PS Vita 1000 (boxed)
• PS Vita 2000

XBOX

• Xbox x 3 (one crystal version boxed)
• Xbox 360 x 2 (one boxed)
• Xbox 360 S x 2 (boxed special editions)
• Xbox One (boxed)
• Xbox Series X (boxed)

Other

• Phillips Videopac 7000 (needs repair)
• Intellivision (boxed)
• Colecovision (repro box)
• Commodore C64 (boxed)
• Commodore Amiga A600 (boxed)
• Amiga CD 32 (needs repair)
• Sinclair Spectrum 48k (boxed)
• Sinclair Spectrum + (repro box)
• Sinclair Spectrum +2
• Vectrex
• Nokia N-Gage (boxed)
• SNK Neo Geo CD
• SNK Neo Geo pocket
• Bandai Wonderswan (boxed)
• Bandai Wonderswan Color
• Game.com (boxed)
• Panasonic 3DO FZ10 (boxed)
• Phillips CDi 470
• PC Engine
• PC Engine GT
• PC Engine (duo)
• Nintendo Game and Watch x 1 (DK 2)
• Grandstand x 2 (scramble, Firefox boxed)
• Tomy 3D x 2

Mini

• NES Mini (boxed)
• SNES Mini (boxed)
• Retron HD (boxed)
• Retron 5 HD (boxed)
• Atari Flashback 9 (boxed)
• C64 Mini (boxed)
• Amiga A500 Mini (boxed)
• Sony PlayStation Mini (boxed)
• Sega Megadrive Mini (boxed)
• New Game and Watch Super Mario Bros (boxed)
• New Game and Watch Legend of Zelda (boxed)
• Super Retrocade (boxed)
• PC Engine Core Grafx Mini (boxed)
• Sega Astro City Mini (boxed)
• Neo Geo Mini (boxed)
• Blaze Sega Megadrive Handheld Mini (boxed)
• Anerbic a351m (boxed)
• Tiger handheld x 2 (boxed)

PSP 2000 and 3000, PSP Street, PSX, Pocketstation, PS4 Slim and Xbox 360 E could be added to the collection.

Your old 32x still lives with me

I eventually found a full dock and power supply for my Libretto CT100 for a not 100% completely insane price in Europe(€159 delivered). After swapping out the hard disk for an SSD(SD card to IDE adapter), replacing the CMOS battery and overclocking from 166MHz to a safe 233MHz its actually a nice little retro laptop setup for older games and apps.

The overclock was an old school one with a little micro soldering required to the motherboard, but I got there in the end with the help of a microscope.

I really wish I had the dock when installing the OS and games a while back. A USB port with connected floppy drive and CD/DVD drive make life a whole lot easier on this thing 🙂