wood_jl

I don't know jack, but I assumed they were pretty reliable, as has been my experience with most consoles that have no moving parts. NO??? All I want is a GOOD (looking) 2600, woodgrain, 4-switch ok, THAT WORKS!!! Is that hard to find? I would also like S-Video/Composite out added. That might be asking a bit So I bid on Ebay - for one "with the box" and "everything that was in the box". It comes with a few games. The left side of the box is all ripped up (flaps gone), no packing material. Everything's thrown in the box, but with some bubble-wrap. The ebay picture of the box (in the background) carefully cropped the ragged end on the edge of the frame. The box isn't that important, but the assumption is the system isn't banged up because the box is there. WRONG! So the system is filthy, and it looks like someone took a knifeblade and shaved a little plastic off the right side. Just some ugly notches but couldn't see it in the pic. OH, no switchbox! Can't run to the store like you did in the 80s and get one. So I take a few coax adapters and (and twist some wires) hook it up - either a black screen or vertical bars and random noise from the sound chip. Great, it's DOA and sending it back is prohibitively expensive. One joystick ok, the other worn out and the rubber falls off. Good thing I suspected this and ordered Flashback 2 sticks from igg1na. Allright! And it only cost me $20 shipping!!! So may as well go in the trash, save for a few carts. At this point, sending it back means I'd lose the paddle controllers, 1 joystick, and several good games. I'd only clear a few dollars after I PAY SHIPPING BOTH WAYS and get my refund. I guess I'll keep the stuff and shitcan the console. EBAY SUCKS for buying consoles for this very reason. I'd never done it before. I CAN'T IMAGINE PEOPLE BUYING XBOX360/PS3 (etc) from Ebay because of this. IT'S INCUMBENT UPON BUYER TO PAY SHIPPING BOTH WAYS WHEN THEY GET SCREWED???? What I want is a nice one with S-Video. So rather than pay shipping 4 ways (from seller to me (assuming seller isn't completely full of shit and I don't end up like I am now), to modder and back), don't places sell pre-modded, clean, tested, like-new 2600s? Maybe even stripped systems with no controllers/etc for people just looking to upgrade? In this day of Playstation 3, would it be that expensive? Thanks for listening to the rant. I feel better now.

I'm new here, so I hope this isn't beating an old horse; I tried to search for an old thread on this and couldn't find one. Is it a common hack to add composite (dare I ask for S-video) output to a 2600? I like the fact that the Flashback 2 has this and no screwing with RF. I also wish my NES (the newer top-loading model) had composite. The newer NES is touted as so great but they deleted the composite video out!! Makes me want to find another old one. Any pointers greatly appreciated. Thanks.