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  3. Posted

     

    Why does it matter? The product is not ready. A few months back, a lot of people were harping on GroovyBee for taking their pre-order money for games and never delivering; and now most of the same gang are falling over each other to get in line for the one product he hasn't offered for pre-order because it's lower priority.

     

    Why not wait until GroovyBee posts an update or announces when the project is ready?

     

    -dZ.

    But if and when the product is ready, It would be nice if those who expressed interest early on got first dibs. Why is that so unreasonable? These things are usually made in limited quantities and hard to get when your late to the party. Not trying to knock GroovyBee, just hoping he will consider the idea. :)

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    I don't think there is a list, he has never said he is taking orders yet or maintaining a list, its great to show your interest but don't expect him to PM everyone who said they want one in this thread.

     

    Maybe i'm mistaken though

    But it would great if he did backtrack on this thread and at least drop a PM to those who want one, asking if they are still interested. I think the people who posted on here should get first dibs in order of first to last. But that's just my opinion.

  5. Posted · Edited by 7800

    One of my Best Electronics refurbished 5200 controllers has been recently acting up do to bad wiring. For example, If I play Galaxian and move the cable a certain way... the ship will move all the way to the right and get stuck there. Then when I move the cable back to the way it was, the game functions normal again. It's definitely not the port so I guess there's a problem with one of the pot traces. These rebuilt controllers would be perfect if Best also manufactured new harnesses instead of using the NOS ones.

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    With POKEY in the cart, the XM would just provide high score saving. IF I offer this cart, I would need to make some change to the name to differentiate it from DK XM and avoid confusion. Right now I'm using the cart to see what it can do for future projects. An added benefit is I get to play Donkey Kong with sound while waiting for the XM.

    Call it, "Donkey Kong TA" (True Arcade) :) Put me down for one if you decide to make a few.

  11. Posted

    I personally don't care if any future homebrews get made for the XM. I want it because it's a project, labor of love, and add on that is finally being made... based on a device that was originally supposed to be produced in the 80's. For me, I want it more for the limited collectors item status that it will have.

     

    A 7800 keyboard would be icing on the cake. :)

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  12. Posted · Edited by 7800

    It's pretty discouraging seeing people get this upset by fanatics and flamers on here. Not exactly a nice way to welcome newer members to the community. But I guess that's par for the course for video gamer forums.

    LOL... The very first day I was a member on here, I was attacked by a troll because my screen name is 7800 and my avatar is of a 2600 game. BBWWAAAAHHHH!! ha ha. Plus my first post was in a 5200 complaint thread, so... I guess it's to be expected.

     

    But anyway... I'm glad to see new threads on this topic pop up. I am also out of the loop and thought the XM was pretty close to being released. Last time I spoke to Curt, I was left with the impression that some more testing needed to be done and the first batch of pre-orders were going out to who kickstarted the project... then they would go up for sale after that. But this was back in July so... I don't know what happened. Honestly, I'm just losing interest in this altogether. My 7800 isn't even hooked up anymore... I keep myself busy with Everdrive for PCE, Mega Drive, and Famicom lately. Also waiting for my copy of Donkey Kong XM which was paid for months ago... :) not that I'm complaining though.

     

    I'm not really worried about the XM... I'm sure many fans including myself have already spoken to Curt, if not just to remind him that we still want one and not to forget us. :) ... The way I see it. I'll get one, when I get one... if it takes another year then so be it. In the end, we will all have one if we want one.

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    Obviously this was an oversight. Prototype games that are sold on cartridges are usually playtested to make sure that they are indeed playable, but sometimes bugs still slip through. I played through Sinistar several times when doing my review (the 400/800 version) and never saw that bug but then again I never turned auto fire off. When an unfinished game is offered for sale all the bugs are generally noted. Your post made it sound like AA was purposely hiding bugs and selling unplayable

     

     

    Funny you should say that, because I bought Sinistar off of ebay FROM atariage... and I'm pretty sure it wasn't described as being an unfinished prototype. If it was, I probably would have thought twice before buying it. Not saying they were being sneaky but... whatever.

    I bought Tempest because they emphasized until they were blue in the face that it was a completed game from an unfinished prototype. I assumed Sinistar was a similar situation... I blame myself for not researching it before I bought it.

  15. Posted · Edited by 7800

    Hey guys,

     

    I Just bought a PCE Core Grafx II from Japan and I live in the USA ... The seller is telling me that I will need to use a voltage converter???

     

    Is this true? Because I also have a Japanese Famicom and Mega Drive that plug right into the wall and work fine.

     

    EDIT:

     

    Ok... So I just learned that Japanese houshold voltage is 100V. US houshold is 120 give or take so I checked my Famicom brick to see what the output was. Around 14V... I'd say that's about double what the system requires so, I think I will invest in a few step down converters. I wouldn't want to burn up the original bricks. :)

     

    http://www.voltageconverters.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=VC100J

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    Of course! Even with variants and whatnot, the MD library is around 2GB at the extreme, NES is much less. 16GB would probably house every major cart-based rom library together at once.

    Nice... So using one SD card for multiple Everdrive carts wont be an issue... You can't beat that. :)

  17. Posted · Edited by 7800

    That's great news, one less thing to worry about. I'm still waiting for both Everdrives, they shipped about 10 days ago and are now in NY customs.

     

    I was wondering. I have a 16gb SD card and was thinking about putting the Mega Drive roms AND NES roms onto it. You think I could use 1 card for both Everdrives?

  19. Posted

    What you have might already be BIN files, just having been renamed to .MD for no good reason. If they're still internally BIN files, the cart will load 'em just fine. There are some tools to convert between the formats here at Zophar.net, but you might want to just delete what you've got & re-download a compatible set.

    Yeah, I hope so. I'm assuming the .MD is (Megadrive). Each file icon is a Megadrive cartridge... So, I guess we'll see once I get the Everdrive MD and load 'em up.

     

    Not sure if this matters but I will be using the Everdrive MD on an actual Megadrive system.

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    ok... So I discovered that I can download torrent files and from there open them up, organize them, etc.

     

    The funny thing is, I know I will never even scratch the surface of these extensive rom files, but it's amazing knowing that one little SD card is capable of holding all these games.

     

    I opened up the Genesis/Megadrive roms and they are all .MD files. From what I am hearing, the files need to be .BIN files for the Everdrive to read them.

     

    Is there a way I can change multiple file names at once without having to change them one by one? I can use either a mac or PC.

  22. Posted

    I just ordered an Everdrive MD and a Famicom version from Retrogate. I sure hope I don't have any problems playing roms with these carts. I don't have the brainpower or patients to get the recommended GoodGen roms for the MD. All I want to do is download a few dozen of my favorites and store them on each cart... and play them. :)

     

    Anybody know off hand what kind of files names the roms need to be for both systems? ... file names that will work. ;)

  23. Posted

    Oh ok... I thought I might have been doing it, when I didn't have to. It's refreshing to learn that I haven't been doing it incorrectly, but disappointing that it is the only way. If it doesn't damage the system in the long run I'm happy. :)

     

    I wonder if it were possible to install a momentary switch to the power circuit that when pressed once, would reset the system.

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