New C64C Owner - Bulletproofing/Upgrades?

[New C64C Owner - Bulletproofing/Upgrades?]

Also stick a heat sink on the SID, they get pretty hot too and can die from overheating.

[Brand new Japanese Mega Drive Game]

I saw the thread on Sega-16 and I really want to play it, but I don't want to mess with the international shipping factor.

If you're buying things, international shipping honestly isn't a big deal aside from being slightly more expensive than domestic shipping. I buy stuff from Japan like every few weeks and there's zero hassle to it.

[Rikki & Vikki]

I got mine today, I haven't played much yet but it looks absolutely stunning and it plays just as well. Honestly this is the best homebrew for the 7800 and the sheer amount of effort put into everything from the packaging, manual, and the game itself is evident. Well done!

[FS: Taiwan Version Sega Mark II / Mark III Games]

There's no such thing as the "Mark II" BTW, I think you mean the SG-1000.

[Heavy sixer guts in a light sixer? And PAL?!?]

Now, correct me if Im wrong, but thats the innards of a Heavy Sixer is it not?

All Light Sixers are like that. There were some minor board differences made over the years, but it wasn't until the 4-switch console that the innards were completely redesigned.

[Old School 7800 Newbie Resolution Question...]

(and I dont even know if that is native RGB or rather a chip that splits up the composite signal.)

It's the latter as the 7800 has no way of putting out anything better than S-video.

[Rikki & Vikki]

Also worth mentioning that the CX78 pads have really thin cords that break if you look at them wrong. Mine was NOS and the cable failed after only a few years, so I salvaged a nice quality one out of a Famiclone controller and used it as a replacement.

[MSX Mega Flash ROM SCC+ trouble]

In a nutshell complete lack of information for anybody new to MSX in the so called manual

That seems to be a big problem with new MSX stuff in general I've noticed.

[ColecoVision 17 Watt 3.4 amp USB Power Supply solution (user review)]

So you posted a huge wall of text vomit about the ColUSB paired with a USB-C cable and charger you can easily get on Amazon. Got it.

[The Atari 2600 Junior was ATARI’s best standalone 2600 videogame system]

The ATARI 2600 Juniors have the advantage of being ATARI's latest 2600 console from the 80's. The original ATARI 2600 1977 model is older and even if it was proven that it might have better built quality, it still is 5+ years older when compared to the ATARI 2600 Junior and has a potential to break down.

Uhh I'm a pretty big Jr. fan but the build quality downright sucks compared to the earlier consoles. The plastic is super brittle, the guide posts on the cartridge port are easy to break, and the flex circuit for the Select and Reset buttons is known to disintegrate. If a switch fails on a Heavy Sixer it's usually just a matter of cleaning it, but fixing the flex circuit on the Jr. is an ordeal.

[CollectorVision Phoenix Game Console]

FM Towns Marty

Seriously doubt the FM Towns hardware is within the Phoenix's capabilities, you'd have to cram a 386 along with the custom graphics hardware and a YM2612 and a Ricoh PCM chip in addition to the support hardware in that FPGA.

[CollectorVision Phoenix Game Console]

Arcade Cores Announcement!

 

That's right!

You're soon going to be able to play your favorites 80s arcade games with the CollectorVision Phoenix!

 

We're not talking about MSX or SG-1000 ports, or even ports made from scratch

We're talking about 1:1 pure arcade games!!

''Just like the arcade game'' TOTALLY makes sense now!

 

And on top of it?, we'll bring you those cores completely FREE!

 

 

Get yours now!

The best is yet to come!

...

 

My paycheck can't come soon enough.

[Retrobit to reissue Metal Storm cart on NES]

I'm definitely planning on getting the rerelease, I had the NES version when I was little and I stupidly gave it away to my brother years ago. No way I'm getting the original release and even the Famicom version is up there in price these days.

[ApolloBoy's FS Thread]

Added more games!

[CollectorVision Phoenix Game Console]

Lookin' mighty purdy there, I'm gonna see about preordering one next month if possible.

[ISO Bare working Atari 5200 console and dead Turbo Grafx console.]

I have a working 2-port 5200 console, send me a PM if you're interested!

[ApolloBoy's FS Thread]

Updated with a couple of non-gaming items.

[Tell us your atariAGE!]

I'm currently 29 and started posting here when I was 13, needless to say I've come a long way from being an annoying teen who used emoticons way too much.

[If i already have an 800XL, I don't need a 5200. Convince me otherwise.]

Everyone knows that the 5200 version of Centipede blows away the 8-bit version, same with Dig Dug and Qix!

FWIW the 5200 version of Dig Dug is actually also on the 8-bit, I think Atari realized how lackluster the original port was and then put out the 5200 version months later. It's pretty confusing since they share the same part number and both were released with the original brown label.

[Connecting many classic consoles to modern TV - Revisited]

Man, was I saddened when I found out RGB wasn't a thing over here.

I dunno, it seems like RGB was at least a little more widespread in Japan than it was here in the US considering that Nintendo, Sega and Sony put out official RGB cables for their systems, whereas there was nothing like that here in the US.

[ApolloBoy's FS Thread]

Wait...did I read that right? A model 2 Genesis modded by TmEE that has a crystal clear audio mod...but then...has audio issues?

 

You read that right unfortunately.

[Who ported Xenophobe?]

Something I've been rather curious about lately is what company or programmer worked on Xenophobe for the 2600. Most places say that it was Atari, but I doubt that's the case since Atari Corp. tended to outsource game programming to various companies. My guess is Imagineering (same company that ported Commando, Ikari Warriors and Double Dragon) but that's just a gut feeling.

[Atari 2600 Jr. - any known compatibility issues?]

I have two NTSC Juniors and neither of them will work with a "Kool Aid Man" cartridge. This is a known common issue although, according to a few responses in that other thread, apparently not ALL Juniors have this same incompatiblity problem.

 

Some 7800s have the same issue, IIRC it's the TIA revision that Atari used for a time.

[what classic or retro games hardware do you or have you owned]

Here's where I stand now:

 

Amiga 600 (with German keyboard)

Analogue Super Nt (SF)

Atari 2600 Jr. (long rainbow, 2600RGB modded)

Atari 5200 (4-port, modded with SOPHIA board)

Atari 7800 (I have two, one is a mostly unmodified 1984 console and the other is an S-video modded later revision)

Atari 800XL (modded with SOPHIA board)

Atari XEGS (S-video modded)

Atari Lynx

ColecoVision (dead)

Commodore 64 (S-video and JiffyDOS modded)

Commodore 64C (S-video and JiffyDOS modded)

Commodore VIC-20 (S-video modded)

Dreamcast

FC Mobile II

Game Boy (modded with backlight and clear blue casing)

Game Boy Advance (white, modded with backlit screen)

Game Boy Advance SP (AGS-101, black)

Game Boy Color (I have two, one is a stock Grape system and the other is a frontlit Teal)

Game Boy Pocket (I have two, one is silver and the other is gray)

GameCube (DOL-001, Indigo)

Game Gear (modded with LED backlight)

N64 (RGB modded)

Neo Geo AES (modded with Unibios, S-video and power LED)

NES front loader (NESRGB modded)

NES top loader (NESRGB modded)

Nintendo 2DS (blue)

Nintendo New 2DS XL (blue)

PC Engine (RGB modded)

PC Engine Duo-R (modded with region switch, RGB, S-video and AV jacks)

PS1 (SCPH-1001, chipped)

PS2 (chipped)

PSTV (softmodded)

RetroUSB AVS

Sega 32X

Sega Mark III (modded with RGB amp)

Sega Master System (Japanese, modded with S-video and AV jacks)

Sega Mega CD II (European, modded with region-free BIOS)

Sega Mega Drive (Japanese, modded with English/Japanese region switch)

Sega Nomad (modded with English/Japanese region switch)

Sega Saturn (model 2, chipped)

SNES model 2 (RGB and S-video modded)

Sony HB-F1XDJ (MSX2+ system, modded with S-video and 256K of RAM)

Super Famicom (modded with region switches, enlarged cart slot for American games and component video)

Switch

TurboExpress (has switchless region mod)

Twin Famicom (red, modded with NESRGB and NES controller ports)

Wii (RVL-001)

Xbox 360 S

 

What I used to have:

 

Amiga 500 (sold off)

Apple IIc (sold off)

Atari 2600 Jr. (short rainbow, sold off)

Atari 400 (gave away to a friend)

Atari 600XL (several, all of them were dead on arrival)

Atari 1200XL (sold off, still miss this one a lot)

Atari 130XE (gave away to a friend)

Atari Jaguar (sold off, still have the box for some reason though!)

Atari Lynx II (sold off)

Atari 520ST (sold off)

AV Famicom (NESRGB modded, sold last year)

Casio MX-10 (MSX1 system, recently sold off)

DS Lite (white, sold off)

Famicom (had several over the years, all were sold off)

Famicom Disk System (had a few, some were sold off and gave away my last one to my brother)

Intellivision II (sold off)

JVC X'Eye (gave away to my brother)

Neo Geo Pocket Color (sold off, miss this one a lot too)

Odyssey 2 (sold off)

Panasonic FS-A1 (MSX2 system, sold off)

Panasonic FS-A1F (MSX2 system, sold off)

PC Engine Duo (modded with region switch, sold off)

PS1 (SCPH-5501, died)

PSOne (chipped, sold off)

PSP (sold off)

Sears Video Arcade (Light Sixer, gave away to a friend)

Sears Super Video Arcade (sold off)

Sega Genesis (had a few including a VA7 and a decked-out VA3 with S-video and region switches; gave away the VA7 to my brother and the rest were sold off)

Sega Genesis 3 (went through a couple over the years and both were modded, both were sold off)

Sega Master System (modded with FM board and region switch, gave away to my brother)

Sega Master System II (PAL, modded with RGB and NTSC 60 Hz video, sold off)

Sega Saturn (model 1, gave away to my brother)

SNES (gave away to my brother)

TI-99/4A (sold off)

TurboGrafx-16 (had three over the years, all sold off)

TurboGrafx-CD (sold off)

Twin Famicom (black, traded for an AV Famicom 10 years ago)

Xbox (gave away to a friend)

[ApolloBoy's FS Thread]

Lots of new stuff added!