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  1. I grabbed my 3DS while heading out to work yesterday. I actually got time to take a full lunch break and I was able to beat Super Mario 2 (USA) for the second time in like, 35 years. I had to stifle some bouts of verbal frustration but it was a good run. Today I packed the AVS and my HDMI to headphone audio splitter so we'll see how kind time is for me today.
  2. Still pluggin' away at Dungeons and Doomknights. I was able to get my hands on the boat now and that has opened up some areas. I'm still wandering aimlessly trying to figure out where to go next. I went through the desert area and was able to get my axe upgraded to smash certain blocks in that region (Sar-smash-a-gus or something like that's the power is called, so certain statue looking things, some carcasses, etc.). I figured this would be the next logical spot as the enemies need more hits to take down, but not by much. I found that I really couldn't get into the pyramids I was informed by some treasure hunting person I needed to enter so that area is a bust for now. I ventured to the frozen waste area and there I was able to get my hands on a power that allows me to warp from certain glyph patterns on the ground (shadow I guess). I called it quits for the night. I did notice that I can't see exits at the bottom of my screen on this game. I haven't compared it to the AVS on that game yet so I'm not sure if it's a NES thing or perhaps a mapper thing. This game was made in NESMaker and I do recall seeing the bottom of the game field sink past the TV screen when I played in an emulator.
  3. Thanks for the heads up! I plugged my VCS yesterday upstairs to get out of the cold basement, get things updated and actually play. Updates went in without a hitch (though in full transparency-I did have to update via USB when I got my system a few weeks ago brand new off eBay. After that any other update has worked). Then I was inspired to spend money.....
  4. What's the song? It sounds like Axel Foley's rendition of the "Dating Game" theme from "Beverly Hills Cop 2".
  5. Two weekends ago I installed a 512K memory upgrade on my CoCo 3. Last weekend I successfully installed tbe Atari 2600 Clean Comp kit with AV wire in my VCS. It took acouple tries at soldering but all is good!
  6. :: cue Archie Bunker and Edith :: "Thhhhooooose were the daaaaaasyyyysssss!"
  7. I just installed this on Sunday (white version). I'm glad I'm not a surgeon as my hands were shaky! My iron is also a Radio Shack special so the heat wasn't consistant. After install my issue was the screen was dark. While holding to mainboard and flexing it, the screen brightened to normal. I poked some more and found my AV board probably had a bad solder spot (as it was not great). I went back at it, cleaned up my spots and tried again. My hands were better (I had an audience earlier with two of them young kids that are calamity magnets, so maybe nerves last time) and my solder points also improved. After that, the image was bright and clean!
  8. They'll grade it and then seal it up in plastic cube with a plastic "side car" for the remote.
  9. Honestly, I haven't really thought of a backlog for my "retro" games. I know I have acquired a backlog of more modern stuff on computer thanks to bundles and sales but I just don't really care about playing most of them these days. I think my Steam library is like 50-70 strong with most titles acquired through bundles. My Switch has a nice little pile but there again, my desire to play this stuff is waning at the moment. Things I want to play, strictly on the retro: NES Dungeons and Doomknights (pending) Mystic Origins Zelda:Outlands Battle Kid: Fortress of Peril Dream Penguin Adventures Castlevania 2 (with updated dialog and built in map) Castlevania 3 Japanese Super Mario 2 TG-16 Salamander (have the state saved on my mini) Bonk's Revenge Genesis Phantasy Star IV (saved on mini-need to beef up to fight that giant sand worm in a town)
  10. I got it brand new for what Retro USB is selling for as they have them in stock ($209 plus shipping). I can't believe the prices on eBay for this! I did some after hours work and then got some extra cash which helped the push. The other motivator was my Mom gave me her NES and the video was all noisy, pointing to it needing a cap kit. I can fix it (maybe-solder skills are ok) but it reminded me of how old these systems are. I can go to a total emulator route but the tactile nostalgia really does add that certain something. I haven't had a chance to update it yet but probably will this weekend. I just had enough time to test it and do that little comparison. I'll look over the palette stuff and see what I can see. Is the online scoreboard still functioning?
  11. I received my RetroUSB AVS system today but didn't have time to really play anything with it other than to test it with one of the games I'm most familiar with (Kid Icarus). I played with the video settings (scanlines as I do enjoy the look, turned on extra sprites and played with the palette settings. I was able to look at the game running on my NES and AVS with the former on a CRT and the latter on my PC monitor. I do see some color differences but not anything that really derails me. Playing on the AVS felt like playing on the real McCoy as I could jump, shoot and dodge with the same accuracy as on my NES. I'm digging this! I can see tossing this in my laptop bag and taking to work to play on my workbench monitor during lunch! One gripe is that it takes some effort to plug in a cartridge. I don't often change carts on my NES as I usually have an Everdrive in there along with the fact my Blinking Light Win has a death grip on my carts. My somewhat stubby fingers can't always get a good grip on the cart in the toaster and it's a struggle to get a game out. The AVS kinda has a similar grip but I can at least get at the cart easier. I'm hoping this weekend to get more NES/AVS action.
  12. @neogeo1982 do you have Expedition? With the boxed set, do you get everything you need to play or are there more downloads and whatnot needed?
  13. Oh wow....I had that! The early CG effects in that tape and the horrible acting with bad accents....good times.
  14. I did. Looks dang cool too! I wonder how long it'd be before the wood splinters after regular cartridge insertion/removal? I want to give Origins more of my attention but besides getting stuck, I was also put off a bit by the design. The question of "Is this graphics, is this something I can interact with....?" came up a few times in my play through that added to my frustration. I can't recall exactly what my issues were now but I'm sure I'll trip on that rock when I get there. I'll have to check out Expedition a little later. My youngers want to TTRP bad as they hear the exploits of their sisters' characters in our rounds of "KitchenRPG". It takes a while to make dinner so my two teen step daughters tend to hit me up on role play (Cypher system, nothing real dice rolly just more RP than "roll play"). I got "No Thank You Evil" for the youbg boys to try but it was a bit too cutesy, even for them. But this mixing with a medium they like? I must investigate.
  15. Thanks for this! There's times I want to play some 2600 with the kids but don't want to lug the CRT up. Probably a silly question but the manual didn't mention: to go back to using the SD card, do I have to do anything special with the developer tool or juststick the card back in and all is good?
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