New Get City, post here when you get something new

80s Synth Pop · 27-03-2019 12:26pm

There was an SCI cab for sale on ebay a few days ago for £150 buy it now. Same seller had a mint looking crazy taxi naomi cab for £400 as well. Was very tempted.

On the topic of game PCBs, in the mid 00's I called to a few operators in Dublin city centre and bought up a few boards for €10-20 a pop.
I was just out of school at the time and hadn't much cash to buy up more and missed out on a lot.
A few years later I ended up giving away the boards I had with a cab I sold anyway.

beejee · 27-03-2019 2:41pm

CathalDublin wrote: »

If you can't do anything with the Rainbow islands and are interested in passing it on(obviously not for free:D) shoot us a PM, been looking for one of them and an NZ story for years now

Leave it with me and I'll see what the story is

beejee · 27-03-2019 2:43pm

80s Synth Pop wrote: »

There was an SCI cab for sale on ebay a few days ago for £150 buy it now. Same seller had a mint looking crazy taxi naomi cab for £400 as well. Was very tempted.

On the topic of game PCBs, in the mid 00's I called to a few operators in Dublin city centre and bought up a few boards for €10-20 a pop.
I was just out of school at the time and hadn't much cash to buy up more and missed out on a lot.
A few years later I ended up giving away the boards I had with a cab I sold anyway.

150 quid, very nice!

And same story with me, was a broke student back then, the stuff that went under my nose, bah

Inviere · 27-03-2019 4:17pm

beejee wrote: »

I was making posts showing the stuff that Ive found, I thought it was kinda cool. But now its probably looking more like "showing off". So I'll knock it on the head.

I was only thinking recently it's great to see so much arcade posting going on, a lot of it down to yourself in terms of reinvigorating discussion here. I highly doubt anyone here thinks you're showing off, honestly. Be a shame for you to stop now

o1s1n · 27-03-2019 4:51pm

beejee wrote: »

Thanks, but my intention isn't to invoke jealousy either. Just want to show the stuff and that it still exists, but Ive probably done it a bit too much so I'll lay off the multiple postings

No way, keep it up! Sure that's why we all come to this forum

It's especially interesting given you're finding all of this in Ireland. Most of my gear has come from abroad.

beejee · 27-03-2019 5:16pm

Too many to reply to, but I get the message

That's cool, its neat to see irish stuff being fired up again. And the way I see it, they are kinda irish, seeing as the games bled us all dry for so long :P

I had a better look at that hero tonma board. Wasn't very confident considering the filth of the board, wasn't sure what I'd find.

But you cant underestimate simplicity! I cleaned the board with some cotton bud-tips (you have to be REALLY careful doing this, as you don't wont to take the dirt off along with a trace!) Reseated some chips, reseated some ribbon cables. I then found a black blob of gooey stuff around the legs of a chip, probably coca cola from someone sweating to get the "continue" coin in :P

So, without knowing exactly what the problem was, I fired her up again, and...

bobs your uncle!

CiDeRmAn · 27-03-2019 5:43pm

If you think it might help, you could set up a dedicated thread to your PCB collection, ever increasing, or make it a more general "Get Yer PCBs Out!" kinda thread for all to display their Jamma and other arcade boards.
I know we have an arcade thread already, but both beejee and BGollie post plenty of Jamma goodness as well, just an idea.

Edit: or that thread that was already there...
Ciderman, such an eejit

beejee · 28-03-2019 2:55pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

If you think it might help, you could set up a dedicated thread to your PCB collection, ever increasing, or make it a more general "Get Yer PCBs Out!" kinda thread for all to display their Jamma and other arcade boards.
I know we have an arcade thread already, but both beejee and BGollie post plenty of Jamma goodness as well, just an idea.

Edit: or that thread that was already there...
Ciderman, such an eejit

Yeah it probably makes more sense to post stuff in the other threads for me, gonna work on an image fight later, see if I get lucky.

CiDeRmAn · 05-04-2019 7:57pm

So, after a swift exchange with Kerbdog, I now own a PC-FX....
Yay... I think....
Four CDrs later and I own everything the console has to offer a man who can't read Japanese and prefers to play his games while dressed and with both hands.

05-04-2019 8:24pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Four CDrs later and I own everything the console has to offer a man who can't read Japanese and prefers to play his games while dressed and with both hands.

That console is wasted on you

CiDeRmAn · 06-04-2019 9:32am

Cake of Tremendous Power wrote: »

That console is wasted on you

I fear you might be right

BGOllie · 06-04-2019 4:25pm

got a few bits from mozie today. thanks dude. was very cool to see your setup too. quite impressive

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Doge · 06-04-2019 4:30pm

Not Retro but can be used for Retro,
this masheen came yesterday:

The plan is to put Steve X2 out of business. :pac:

Just kidding, this 150 machine wouldn't hold a candle to all his printers but so far its printing great!

Just more fiddly than anything to put together.

I think I may have overestimated the smell and toxicity of these things though...

Suprisingly the PLA and PETG I'm using so far is pretty odorless.

CiDeRmAn · 06-04-2019 4:46pm

Doge wrote: »

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

Inviere · 07-04-2019 3:45pm

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

So, after a swift exchange with Kerbdog, I now own a PC-FX....
Yay... I think....
Four CDrs later and I own everything the console has to offer a man who can't read Japanese and prefers to play his games while dressed and with both hands.

Contender for post of the year 2019 anyway...

DaveyDave · 09-04-2019 2:14pm

First purchase in a while

Jack burton · 10-04-2019 2:56pm

Nice one, tons of VGM vinyls coming out the last few years. The only problem is keeping up with all the different companies and the releases....
.... oh and all the money!!

eddhorse · 11-04-2019 3:58pm

i was like "LENT HILL ??? Is it near Easter? "

CiDeRmAn · 11-04-2019 8:12pm

eddhorse wrote: »

i was like "LENT HILL ??? Is it near Easter? "

Kidchameleon · 13-04-2019 12:06pm

Finally got into this Puzzle Bobble lark, love it, great soundtrack!

eddhorse · 14-04-2019 10:38am

It's a great game, two player is super simple.

KeRbDoG · 15-04-2019 5:45pm

A 'Boble Boble' (Bobble Bobble I take it) Bubble Bobble bootleg which has been converted to 'Bubble Bobble: Lost Cave'

Might need to work on the JAMMA harness that came with it, maybe just make a ridged one.
Plan - to see about having it being able to run both the original Bubble Bobble (updated ROM set dealing with the protection) and Lost Cave with a flick of a switch.

o1s1n · 16-04-2019 1:07pm

Just got this in the post today, really looking forward to trying it out.

I've my Snes and Megadrive both sitting on top of monitors, so this'll help alleviate that annoying cable running across monitor screen problem

For anyone interested, yes they do come with the receiver, so its an all in one kind of thing.

Retr0gamer · 16-04-2019 2:00pm

How is the d-pad?

o1s1n · 16-04-2019 2:14pm

After a quick 30 second molestation (!) it feels similar to the official one. Bit tighter but I guess that's just down to my original pad being fairly well worn at this stage.

Not sure if you've used other 8bitdo pads but it seems to be up to the same high quality level. Will report back once I've given it a go with my Megadrive.

Initial impressions are really good anyway, so much so I think I'll pick up a second.

Retr0gamer · 16-04-2019 2:54pm

Been burned before on pads having a 'Saturn like d-pad'. That madcatz street fighter 4 pad from years ago was utter ****e and near unuseable yet the media proclaimed it as good as a Saturn pad.

Inviere · 16-04-2019 6:14pm

Can these be used on a pc with the receiver?

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 16-04-2019 7:12pm

Got some Lazer Steak goodies, not for myself unfortunately :pac:
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Kidchameleon · 16-04-2019 7:50pm

Id have two of those controllers now if I didn't know the Mega drive Mini was coming out. 8BitDo really do make a quality product.

o1s1n · 16-04-2019 10:03pm

Inviere wrote: »

Can these be used on a pc with the receiver?

It's a wireless receiver with a DB9 connection, so would work with anything that would accept a Megadrive pad. Be interesting to try it out on an Amiga.

I don't think it's Bluetooth like some of the other ones though?

accensi0n · 16-04-2019 11:23pm

Couple of new NES games. Haven't played it yet but Return of the Joker is meant to be one of the more graphically impressive NES games for an 8 bit.

Retr0gamer · 17-04-2019 8:47am

Yeah return of the joker is great and stunning looking. The megadrive port looks atrocious in comparison.

Rollergames is a hidden gem of a game as well.

Thargor · 17-04-2019 9:17am

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy wrote: »

Got some Lazer Steak goodies, not for myself unfortunately :pac:

What's Laser Steak? And yes I googled it before asking...

17-04-2019 9:59am

Thargor wrote: »

What's Laser Steak? And yes I googled it before asking...

only the best tshirt company in Ireland:D

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy · 17-04-2019 7:35pm

BrownFinger wrote: »

only the best tshirt company in Ireland:D

There you go Thargor
http://www.lazersteak.com

Jack burton · 17-04-2019 9:29pm

http://shop.lazersteak.com

That's a better one

MrVestek · 18-04-2019 11:57am

New addition. Technically not retro related but will definitely be used for some retro projects.

It's a Geeetech A10.

Just getting to grips with calibrating it properly at the moment.

MrVestek · 18-04-2019 2:13pm

I suppose you could call this a new get too. :P

o1s1n · 18-04-2019 2:29pm

You need to get one of these to go with it;

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Shenmue-Timex-Watch-Sega-Ryo-Hazuki-Sega-Dreamcast-DC/322623551732?hash=item4b1ddcb8f4:g:EfAAAOSwBcpZfPHg&frcectupt=true

MrVestek · 18-04-2019 3:15pm

o1s1n wrote: »

You need to get one of these to go with it;

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Shenmue-Timex-Watch-Sega-Ryo-Hazuki-Sega-Dreamcast-DC/322623551732?hash=item4b1ddcb8f4:g:EfAAAOSwBcpZfPHg&frcectupt=true

I already have a Timex Expedition.

It's not the exact model but it looks close enough for me.

I'm not paying €200 for a watch... I don't care what franchise it's from. :P

https://www.facebook.com/thevestekinator/videos/10218398590618888/

beejee · 18-04-2019 4:19pm

MrVestek wrote: »

New addition. Technically not retro related but will definitely be used for some retro projects.

It's a Geeetech A10.

Just getting to grips with calibrating it properly at the moment.

This is me, trying to figure out what that was from just the picture...

o1s1n · 18-04-2019 10:30pm

I hadn't a bean either until I googled it, thought it was some kind of Stargate :pac:

Kidchameleon · 18-04-2019 10:36pm

I assumed it was a 3d printer ya?

Jack burton · 19-04-2019 10:16am

MrVestek wrote: »

I suppose you could call this a new get too. :P

You got a new gold and black markers?

deadl0ck · 19-04-2019 10:26am

MrVestek wrote: »

I suppose you could call this a new get too. :P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TlptonpGOQ

Kidchameleon · 20-04-2019 10:55am

Couple of more arrivals...

McDermotX · 24-04-2019 3:18am

Couple of the new Retrobit Sega Saturn controllers.

Not had a chance to use them in-game yet, but initial impressions are a little underwhelming. D-pad a little loose, probably no more than one of my well used original ones, but does seem a little odd. More annoyed with the scuff marks on one of the pads front plastic which is a little disappointing (almost like they've been in use for a few weeks). Slate Grey one looks fine in this regard so guess the black one is going back for a replacement.
Cheap enough I suppose, so you expect some level of compromise, but compared to 8bitdo's recent M30, it feels a level below in quality.

They look the part though to be fair to them (extra long cable a nice touch), and they'll probably be fine in-game with the D-pad, but will wait and see.

The Last Bandit · 25-04-2019 9:21pm

Couple of recent gets

Memotech MTX500 - very rare and expensive these days, got it for a good price as the power supply was missing so need to fanangle something together for it

Another batch of jammacon boards to be built, changed pcb supplier and decided to try out the black silkscreen. Think it looks pretty good with the gold plating

eddhorse · 25-04-2019 9:30pm

JammaCon is back , and better than ever. Nice work

deadl0ck · 25-04-2019 9:39pm

Some new and old bits for me in the post yesterday:

New Get City, post here when you get something new

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