Retro console and games thread

vanpeebles · 16 Jun 2018 at 14:56

Maybe he fell down a ditch on his lunch hour, and he is hoping we notice he’s missing and raise the alarm

steve5424 · 17 Jun 2018 at 01:15

I picked it up. Box was in great condition, manual cover was a bit damaged. Will post a pic tomorrow.

Methanoid · 4 Jul 2018 at 12:51

jennidc said:
Finally got my 6 switch woody atari working after a mate changed and soldered a capacitor for me. All working great and setup in my gaming room. I then got my harmony sdcard/cartridge working after updating the Eprom and bios to PAL50. Good stuff

Reminds me to ask... Any OCUKers got an Eprom burner? Will cover reasonable costs for burning me some roms...

kinger8938 · 9 Jul 2018 at 16:19

Picked up Freedom fighters for GameCube over the weekend. When this weather sorts it's life out, I'll be able to comfortably enjoy older games in my tiny game room again

Heard good things about this one, it's probably aged horribly

Munkyman · 11 Jul 2018 at 23:57

I went ahead and bought myself a little present for my birthday...

It's a McWill modded GG. Completely refurbished, all the caps replaced and the McWill led screen.

Thesnipergecko · 12 Jul 2018 at 10:11

Oh my ^ the memories.

There was an amazing little Tennis game on that. I absolutely loved it.

Jamesyboyjim · 12 Jul 2018 at 12:24

Munkyman said:
I went ahead and bought myself a little present for my birthday...

It's a McWill modded GG. Completely refurbished, all the caps replaced and the McWill led screen.

Has battery life improved with the new screen? The Game Gears major flaw was how quickly it would devour even the hardest of batteries! :eek:

Munkyman · 12 Jul 2018 at 12:42

Yes, it's a lot better than it used to be. Depending on the usage and game, you can get anything from 10 to 15hrs battery life now!

steve5424 · 12 Jul 2018 at 16:27

Wow that screen looks great would love to pick up a modded GG.

LewisRaz · 12 Jul 2018 at 20:44

Munkyman said:
I went ahead and bought myself a little present for my birthday...

It's a McWill modded GG. Completely refurbished, all the caps replaced and the McWill led screen.

Thats beautiful. I had the caps done on mine but still standard screen. Just cant get used to how small the screen is tho. Especially on games like sonic. You cant see far enough ahead!

Munkyman · 14 Jul 2018 at 00:10

I agree! But it's so good I can forgive it that! Now I've got it, I want to get ALL the accessories!

Jamesyboyjim · 16 Jul 2018 at 11:51

Munkyman said:
I agree! But it's so good I can forgive it that! Now I've got it, I want to get ALL the accessories!

Shame the TV tuner won't work nowadays with its old analogue tuner. Perhaps it can be modded to use DVB-T

EddScott · 16 Jul 2018 at 13:56

My little collection.

I have a decent selection of hobby stuff and toys that I've been taking photos of for insurance purposes.

They all work. The MD is pretty much mint. The SF is really nice and not yellow. The NG is great but the knob is age cracked. PSP is JDM too.

I buy old RC cars from Japan and throw in the odd console. Keep trying to score a mint Dreamcast but keep getting outbid.

vanpeebles · 16 Jul 2018 at 14:38

TEH NEOS! To be fair I've seen an original SNK joystick with out a cracked ball. Happens to them all!

You a Tamiya boy?

EddScott · 17 Jul 2018 at 09:17

vanpeebles said:
You a Tamiya boy?

Tamiya and a few others

vanpeebles · 17 Jul 2018 at 16:37

Eee you got some real fancy ones

Munkyman · 17 Jul 2018 at 23:33

Is it bad that I can name most of those?

dowie · 18 Jul 2018 at 00:10

gazzaa said:
My new purchase

nice, IIRC it was better than the SNES version

almoststew1990 · 18 Jul 2018 at 21:50

Well it was going to happen at some point. You can't be a sad Dreamcast fan without owning this.

It was £35 in Cex which is much cheaper than eBay, and easier to return. Disk are perfect even if the box is not (but still better than my Shenmue 1 box)

The collection now:
(hidden - Ecco the Dolphin, Test Drive LeMans, Headhunter, Tomb Raider Revelations, Planet Ring, Dreamkey v3...)

Slurm · 19 Jul 2018 at 01:39

Munkyman said:
I went ahead and bought myself a little present for my birthday...

It's a McWill modded GG. Completely refurbished, all the caps replaced and the McWill led screen.

Hey, very nice! I've been tempted to get the lcd kit for mine but it's pretty pricey, maybe some day.