Retro console and games thread

Ninco! · 30 Sep 2020 at 19:46

God that NES brings back memories. My (rich) mate had one of these at launch. His old man was a high ranking US serviceman, so he got an import - Playing Duck Hunt and Mario for the first time; 1987-88? My parents never agreed with video games so I only ever witnessed games owned by my mates. The same friend often got those miniature steam engines (which have little boilers) and chugged away on proper steam power. :eek:

Agree with Steve5424, the NES looks in amazing condition and quite the collectible.

Rebel=UK= · 3 Oct 2020 at 21:14

Is in very good condition, just need to buy some good games for it, never had one back in the day so need to research whats worth getting.

Picked this up earlier in the week aswell to add to Dreamcast collection

Rebel=UK= · 3 Mar 2021 at 20:32

Just added a mcwill 2021 game gear to the collection fully recapped aswell, the picture quailty is amazing, wasn't cheap but totally worth it as i have fond memories of the game gear

Mucky_Pup · 11 Mar 2021 at 14:05

I've just bought a PS1 to mod, it's got this chip soldered in on the underside of the motherboard, is this a mod chip for playing copied games or something? Should I be ok in just removing it, or is it likely something else will have been done on the console to get it to function? Thanks.

Armageus · 11 Mar 2021 at 14:18

Mucky_Pup said:
I've just bought a PS1 to mod, it's got this chip soldered in on the underside of the motherboard, is this a mod chip for playing copied games or something? Should I be ok in just removing it, or is it likely something else will have been done on the console to get it to function? Thanks.

Looks like it is a mod chip - similar wiring in the video linked on this page:
hackaday.com/2020/11/01/burning-your-own-ps1-modchip-is-easy/

naefeart · 24 Mar 2021 at 12:11

My retro collection has grown again. I somehow got hooked on PS1 games recently (Tekken 2,3 and Tomb Raider 2). I was using one of my old PS2s but was curious as to how it would look on the original hardware...

This came today and is in ‘as new’ condition, very happy. Sadly I’m still waiting for my RGC RGB cable to turn up so I can try it out. Quite surprised how well made and solid it feels, even the controller feels so much better than my PS2 items.

I can see more PS1 games coming. Any suggestions?

doogs · 25 Mar 2021 at 10:30

naefeart said:
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I can see more PS1 games coming. Any suggestions?

Wipeout 2097 was amazing on the PS1. Resident Evil 1 as well. The original tomb raider maybe?

naefeart · 25 Mar 2021 at 13:42

doogs said:
Wipeout 2097 was amazing on the PS1. Resident Evil 1 as well. The original tomb raider maybe?

Ah yes, Wipeout. I do remember that being quite good, I’ll take a look. RE1s not a bad shout also, I already have 2 for the Dreamcast but only vague memories of the first one.

I think I’ll give TR1 a miss though, playing TR2 without the use of the analog sticks is quite hard - I’ve no idea how I managed this back in the day. Guess once you get used to it, it’s hard to go back. Shame.

I’ve got GT2 and Spyro coming soon, hopefully they are less challenging than I remember.

The-Plethora · 25 Mar 2021 at 14:06

Wipeout 2097 is awesome, to this day I think the best racing game, never bettered. Exhumed was good on the PS, not quiet as good as the Saturn but still a great game. Final Fantasy 7 & 8 and Rage Racer are worth picking up too.

naefeart · 25 Mar 2021 at 16:14

The-Plethora said:
Wipeout 2097 is awesome, to this day I think the best racing game, never bettered. Exhumed was good on the PS, not quiet as good as the Saturn but still a great game. Final Fantasy 7 & 8 and Rage Racer are worth picking up too.

Thanks, I’ll check these out.

phatboy · 25 Mar 2021 at 17:42

Colony Wars
The original Need for Speed
Return Fire
Ridge Racer Type 4 (TBH any of the ridge racer games)
Destruction Derby
Twisted Metal
PONG
Micro Maniacs (double pack of this and V3 for £8 BIN on the bay at the moment)
Micro Machines V3
Street Fighter EX+ Alpha
Cyber Sled
Circuit Breakers
TOCA world touring cars
Dave Mirra BMX
Porsche Challenge
Time Crisis
Speed Freaks
Soul Blade
True Pinball
Rapid Racer

......ok I need to stop now before I start spending money. I forgot all the fantastic games that were on that console! some amazing CD soundtracks in there too!

naefeart · 25 Mar 2021 at 18:49

Oh wow, I had forgotten most of those! Hmm this is going to get messy

steve5424 · 25 Mar 2021 at 19:20

Kulaworld was a great game on PS1.

I remember getting Porsche Challange along with the analogue dual shock and it was a fantastic game.

kinger8938 · 1 Apr 2021 at 13:04

Posted this in another thread but think its better suited here!

Working on a small trolley with a CRT and old consoles to wheel in and out as I don't have space for it to stay as a dedicated set up these days

Cable management is going to be the challenge, so far so good but only got the PS2 up at the mo. More tonight

Have since added a GameCube to the bottom shelf and would like to squeeze the Megadrive and N64 in some how.

Have used it a fair bit already. From being boxed up to now being able to pull it in and out easily when need arises

Currently playing through Silent hill 3

purplesky · 2 Apr 2021 at 14:04

Bit of a mess really. US SNES NTSC running Jpn Super Mario Allstars. Next to that is a knock-off SNES Jnr - runs in PAL mode. Below that, a TecToy console - a Sega licensed Megadrive. This is an unusual one as it runs in PAL-M which was the Brazilian TV standard back in the analogue days. This standard is System M (which is what they used as part of their NTSC TV system at 525/60, ,but with PAL colour encoding). Thankfully the Sony TV accepts PAL-M through it's composite input, as well as PAL and NTSC, and maybe Secam too?

Deleted member 77746 · 9 Apr 2021 at 20:43

kinger8938 said:
Cable management is going to be the challenge, so far so good but only got the PS2 up at the mo. More tonight

Who has cable management, just throw it on the floor like the good old days n be done with it lol

almoststew1990 · 10 Apr 2021 at 19:43

I've been thinking of playing a bit more PS2 and Dreamcast and it seems most Dreamcast games have become "not dirt cheap" anymore on eBay!

One of the main things that puts me off my PS2 is the loud fan on my fat PS2. I'm thinking of just getting one of the slim models. Is there any reason why the fat one is better? I've found a slim PS2 and 18 games (and they're not garbage games) for £40 which I'm thinking about going for.

phatboy · 10 Apr 2021 at 19:54

Tbh the slim PS2 consoles are no worse, I think they are maybe harder to mod chip and you can't put a hdd in them? Might make them less sought after?

pingwing · 12 Apr 2021 at 11:59

Slim ones usually work... or at least read game discs

Fat ones you can very easily mod to run the games off a HDD, the slim ones I don't think have the controller to do it unless you get the first rev and fancy soldering into the ATA controller.

The last two PS2's I've picked up were in the £20 odd mark with no games (fat with firewire rev and a silver fat, both played dvd's surprisingly) so £40 with 18 games evens out as a quid a game which isn't too shabby, especially if some are good

almoststew1990 · 12 Apr 2021 at 12:19

phatboy said:
Tbh the slim PS2 consoles are no worse, I think they are maybe harder to mod chip and you can't put a hdd in them? Might make them less sought after?

pingwing said:
Slim ones usually work... or at least read game discs

To be honest the only thing I really care about is reliability and it being much quieter than my fat PS2! I emulate on my PC using my real PS2 disks if I want to do something that my normal PS2 can't do but there is still charm and appeal in using my actual PS2!

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