Retro console and games thread

ONESHOTKILL · 16 Jul 2013 at 20:49

this is the problem with buying bundles tho lol

slinxy · 16 Jul 2013 at 20:59

If you got any extra snes pads that are in good nic, place them on mm for a reasonable price and I'm sure people would be interested.

ONESHOTKILL · 16 Jul 2013 at 21:04

just n64 and i got a few gamecube pads but i do have 4 n64s so prob bundle them up and sell the consoles on

slinxy · 16 Jul 2013 at 21:08

the gamecube ones will be useful to someone as they are usable for the wii and virtual console on it.

Broken Hope · 17 Jul 2013 at 21:33

Managed to find the box/instructions to my Bad Fur Day today in pretty good condition, guessing that increases the value a lot?

Larrs888 · 17 Jul 2013 at 21:37

Some Dreamcast action, King of Fighters 2000 via VGA Box and SLG 3000

Dug out the old gameboy and found my Game Genie!

I love these old consoles, takes me back. Itching to buy an NTSC Mini SNES and a consolised Neo Geo MVS.

ONESHOTKILL · 17 Jul 2013 at 21:57

got my Super wildcard today,spent most of today playing around with it.

richb93 · 17 Jul 2013 at 22:00

Added this to my SNES to compliment the 50/60Hz switch I added a while ago...

Armadillo · 17 Jul 2013 at 22:57

S-video? Why? RGB is better and Snes does both via the multi-av out anyway. Seems an odd thing to add.

richb93 · 17 Jul 2013 at 23:48

Armadillo said:
S-video? Why? RGB is better and Snes does both via the multi-av out anyway. Seems an odd thing to add.

Always had issues with RGB giving an interference pattern, plus S-Video seems nearly as sharp. I have an official GameCube RGB cable but I'm unsure whether to mod it for PAL SNES RGB support.

LeopoldScotch · 20 Jul 2013 at 19:16

RGB is where it's at on the snes. Shouldn't be played any other way IMO

richb93 · 20 Jul 2013 at 19:45

I'm more fond of my MegaDrive anyway

Although if anyone can recommend a good RGB cable for a PAL SNES I'll look into it (A mate gave me an official Nintendo Gamecube RGB lead that worked on his US SNES but it doesn't work on PAL ones

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Armadillo · 20 Jul 2013 at 19:51

richb93 said:
I'm more fond of my MegaDrive anyway Although if anyone can recommend a good RGB cable for a PAL SNES I'll look into it (A mate gave me an official Nintendo Gamecube RGB lead that worked on his US SNES but it doesn't work on PAL ones )

Remove the capacitors from it and it'll work on the PAL Snes.

richb93 · 20 Jul 2013 at 19:57

Armadillo said:
Remove the capacitors from it and it'll work on the PAL Snes.

Tried that and it worked to a degree but after a while the image just started rolling. Using a CRT TV that handles all other RGB stuff of mine like my MD and Saturn okay so not sure why that is? Did read somewhere about possibly needing to use 75Ω resistors.

Armadillo · 20 Jul 2013 at 20:42

The PAL one is supposed to have 75Ω resistors in it. So I would try that. Most just pull out the caps and it's fine, but I guess it depends on TV.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/eviltim/gamescart/gamescart.htm#snes

Pinouts of the Snes. PAL is supposed to have 75Ω on the RGB lines + a 75Ω on the composite.

Evil^ · 22 Jul 2013 at 18:24

Mother was routing trying to find a printer cable and found my old gameboy advance! I remember buying it from gamestation for my birthday yonks ago, new black case ordered for it as its cheaper than buying the screen on its own!

My gameboy pocket is in bad shape

after a black one really pocket was probably my favourite out of them all especially for playing tetris and such, if they did a decent coloured color im sure id go for that but I cant stand them.

WaynelleUK09 · 22 Jul 2013 at 19:41

just picked this lot up for a tenner, i did win it on ebay for £1.04 but felt quilty for the lad when i was picking up so just give him the £10 came with all the hook-ups etc aswell:

slinxy · 22 Jul 2013 at 19:53

Some classics there... I really wished I kept my master system but I gave it to my nephew when I got my first pc.. Who then later sold it all, some of the games I had are now rated as the best for the system. :rolleyes:

WaynelleUK09 · 22 Jul 2013 at 19:58

slinxy said:
Some classics there... I really wished I kept my master system but I gave it to my nephew when I got my first pc.. Who then later sold it all, some of the games I had are now rated as the best for the system.

Ive had a quick shot of some of them, but that xenon 2 has to be the worst shooter ive played terrible game really slow.

slinxy · 22 Jul 2013 at 20:08

Omg.. That was very highly rated at the time.. Lol

It was slow and flicked like mad, but I still managed to finish it.

Edit.. heres the mean machines review