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

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  • #5702
    Casey120
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 616 ✭✭✭Casey120


    Just that loose faceplate will probably get you € 100,- :cool:


  • #5703
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,462 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    Where the **** did you get that????

    I have a Famicom Micro but the faceplate is all scratched up. Wanted to get a replacement, but only ones I could find were those special edition player II ones - and they cost a small fortune.


  • #5704
    valleyoftheunos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,332 ✭✭✭valleyoftheunos


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Just had a scoot around the interweb and this thing, if genuine, seems to be rather rare....
    Perhaps worth a few more bob than the paltry €50 I paid, including postage.
    http://hckblog.com/tag/famicom-ii/

    I think I neary bought that very one a good while back, he wanted more than E50 for it and I didn't have it:( I'm properly raging now!;)


  • #5705
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 53,328 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Finally got Terranigma, australian version.

    Doesn't work on my NTSC SNES. Think I need to get it modded.


  • #5706
    o1s1n
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,462 ✭✭✭✭o1s1n
    Master of the Universe


    I'll take it if you don't want it :pac:


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  • #5707
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,763 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Picked up IL 2 Sturmovik yesterday for the princely sum of €12
    Also got a message from the normally efficient Japan, my copy of Nights into Dreams is delayed, hope to have it next week


  • #5708
    Kealy1994
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 151 ✭✭Kealy1994


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Finally got Terranigma, australian version.

    Doesn't work on my NTSC SNES. Think I need to get it modded.
    I just bought a NTSC Snes,I have a universal adapter.
    They should do the job theyd run you 20 euro tho.


  • #5709
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 53,328 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Kealy1994 wrote: »
    I just bought a NTSC Snes,I have a universal adapter.
    They should do the job theyd run you 20 euro tho.

    No it won't. The game detects if it's running 50 or 60 Hz and locks the game out if it detects the wrong frequency.

    Only way past it is a frequency chip. Most Nintendo published games and late Konami games have this lock out.


  • #5710
    Kealy1994
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 151 ✭✭Kealy1994


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    No it won't. The game detects if it's running 50 or 60 Hz and locks the game out if it detects the wrong frequency.

    Only way past it is a frequency chip. Most Nintendo published games and late Konami games have this lock out.[/QUOTE


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD8L4dmXiwI
    Im using this adapter and I have never used it.
    because I have only collected NTSC games because the
    cart looks better and I get snes games cheaper most times importing.

    Can I not play pal games using it ? or is it just Terranigma that
    wont work because I have been planning on picking that game up
    since its a pal exclusive


  • #5711
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 53,328 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Certain games won't work, Terranigma being one of them. TBH it's not a hard mod to perform anyway.


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  • #5712
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    Certain games won't work, Terranigma being one of them. TBH it's not a hard mod to perform anyway.

    Lifting the two pins from the PPU chips is the trickiest bit, & easily 'screw-upable'. After that though it's handy


  • #5713
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,763 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    No it won't. The game detects if it's running 50 or 60 Hz and locks the game out if it detects the wrong frequency.

    Only way past it is a frequency chip. Most Nintendo published games and late Konami games have this lock out.

    Talk to Kerbdog, he does the most excellent Snes mods I've seen, my Snes now runs the lot.


  • #5714
    KeRbDoG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,398 ✭✭✭KeRbDoG


    Super Everdrive arrived, just installed the DSP1 kit I had. Just spent an age playing Secret of Mana..need beer


  • #5715
    Ianobeano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 215 ✭✭Ianobeano


    So bought a NES recently and I'm getting a flashing red light and a flickering blue screen, I'm not exactly techie sound and I've looked up what I think is the problem, but before I go opening it up and kacking myself, does this sound like I need to replace the pin connector ? Any help would be greatly appreciated !!!


  • #5716
    MrVestek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,278 ✭✭✭MrVestek


    Ianobeano wrote: »
    So bought a NES recently and I'm getting a flashing red light and a flickering blue screen, I'm not exactly techie sound and I've looked up what I think is the problem, but before I go opening it up and kacking myself, does this sound like I need to replace the pin connector ? Any help would be greatly appreciated !!!

    Disable the lockout chip first, you just need to lift one pin off of the board.


  • #5717
    Ianobeano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 215 ✭✭Ianobeano


    Achilles wrote: »
    Disable the lockout chip first, you just need to lift one pin off of the board.

    You reckon that might be the problem ? Why would that be causing the problem ?


  • #5718
    MrVestek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,278 ✭✭✭MrVestek


    Ianobeano wrote: »
    You reckon that might be the problem ? Why would that be causing the problem ?

    I'll leave it up to my good buddy Adam Koralik to explain:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHcxbC_fKe4


  • #5719
    Ianobeano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 215 ✭✭Ianobeano


    Great I'll give that a shot when the kids are asleep and herself is on "wine-time" and corrie, so this also makes the console region free as well ?


  • #5720
    MrVestek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,278 ✭✭✭MrVestek


    Ianobeano wrote: »
    Great I'll give that a shot when the kids are asleep and herself is on "wine-time" and corrie, so this also makes the console region free as well ?

    Yeah but you'll still need a pin adapter of some sort.


  • #5721
    Ianobeano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 215 ✭✭Ianobeano


    Achilles wrote: »
    Yeah but you'll still need a pin adapter of some sort.

    For ntsc jap games but not ntsc us ?


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  • #5722
    MrVestek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,278 ✭✭✭MrVestek


    Ianobeano wrote: »
    For ntsc jap games but not ntsc us ?

    As far as I know. The games will probably be dog slow though as they won't be PAL optimized.


  • #5723
    Ianobeano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 215 ✭✭Ianobeano


    Achilles wrote: »
    As far as I know. The games will probably be dog slow though as they won't be PAL optimized.

    Of course, good point. Getting ahead of myself, fix first, region mod later, walk before run and all that. First attempt at fixing a console myself so it's baby steps for me, I mean, it's not like I've blown up two Saturns ....... :D


  • #5724
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 53,328 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    The vast majority of PAL games aren't PAL optimised and run dog slow. The only NES game I've come across that's been optimised was the original Mario Bros.

    It's the system not the games that dictate the speed. Which is why I went for a US NES.


  • #5725
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Retr0gamer wrote: »
    It's the system not the games that dictate the speed. Which is why I went for a US NES.

    Same here, I got a very good deal on it something like €40 shipped.


  • #5726
    MrVestek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,278 ✭✭✭MrVestek


    Technically I only blew the PSU in one Saturn and a fuse in another so... erm... hehe.

    Bloke on the Assembler forums saved me there anyway by sending out a replacement.

    But erh yeah is there a 60hz region mod for the EU Nes?


  • #5727
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Achilles wrote: »
    But erh yeah is there a 60hz region mod for the EU Nes?

    Nope, none that I'm aware of.


  • #5728
    CiDeRmAn
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 34,763 CMod ✭✭✭✭CiDeRmAn


    Forget these chancers, buy a famicom, get it av modded and pick up an adaptor.


  • #5729
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 53,328 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Got myself a fantastic little game I was after for ages now. Umihara Kawase Shun Second Edition:

    260970.jpg

    This one is a real hidden gem. It's a physics based platformer. You play a girl who has to traverse the levels using her fishing rod. She can attach it to walls and use it to swing like in Bionic Commando. The difference is that the fishing rod is very elastic and controlled by physics. It makes the game far more challenging but also if you can use the physics properly you can speed run the levels making it very replayable and there's dozens of warps hidden throughout the levels that only experts can get to.

    Unfortunately it cost me quite a bit, about 65 euros including postage but tbh I was put off buying it new since it went for a similar price due to the strong yen at the time. To put it into context, I paid the same for Terranigma. I think it's worth it though.

    A word of warning, the DS version is the one to go for. The original was released on the SNES and a sequel was released on the PS1. Second Edition combines the SNES and PS1 releases and came out on the PSP first but was shunned by fans because the physics of the fishing line were totally off. The original creator was drafted in for the DS version to make sure they got the fishing line physics correct.

    There's a third game in the series coming to 3DS and it has been lined up for a Western release.

    Here's the trailer. Graphics are bizarre but it's the gameplay that this game is known for:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfW6qgdRDYs


  • #5730
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    CiDeRmAn wrote: »
    Forget these chancers, buy a famicom, get it av modded and pick up an adaptor.

    Oh yeah, I've one of them too :p Isn't the sound hardware in the Famicom superior to the NES though? As in it has a few more channels, meaning you'll lose them if playing Famicom carts on an NES via adapter?


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  • #5731
    Retr0gamer
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 53,328 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    Only famicom disk system games have an extra channel they can use. The better sound most Famicom games have is due to extra chips on the cart. The western branches forbid developers using extra chips on carts so we didn't get them here. They should still work with the better sound using an adaptor.


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