KeeperofLindblum

Pardon minor mini bump! I just bumped last night for a new item, but now I'm bumping for major announcement. On 9/1, I'm closing up again and anything not sold is going to eBay or other sources to sell off. Thanks to anybody for taking the time to look and purchase!

Another bump. Consoles still pending, but have several Sega Genesis controllers and a handful of Sega Genesis games left. Also added a budget PSOne bundle (console, power cable, memory card, 1 game).

Another bump! Most items are gone and both consoles are pending. All I really have left is a few Sega Genesis games and some controllers. Willing to make a deal with anybody wanting most (if not all) remaining items.

I think the problem with the main two people working on the adapters is that they announced and started selling earlier than they should have. Zeldaxpro will has probably hit his sweet spot and going to lose a lot of press with what happened to Metal Jesus (incredibly stupid situation or not). Badassconsoles isn't doing much better. He opened up a preorder for this internal board and then decided like a year later (having delivered very little) to change to an external adapter instead. Now he's lost a lot of his steam and people aren't happy with him. Unfortunately, on top of that, Badassconsoles is incredibly shitty at responding to anyone or making announcements. Hell, if you check his site currently, it just links you to a video done by Bob w/ RetroRGB. In the end, we're all excited for a great new way to hook up our Gamecubes... but a lot of these people should have held back and fully completed the product then tested before offering to preorder. Yes, I realize the preorder is to help them get money to actually get the items produced and started, but they could have easily had their revised working prototype that's been tested by a dozen people or something like that. Granted, I could be wrong and they did all these steps and crap still went down.

Makes me want to give it a second chance... I'll have to look into it again if the PC I bought for my emulation setup is having issues with the LaunchBox. Thanks for your input kind sir!

I just now saw the Premium Cable Bundle... WHAT A STEAL!

Robot Alchemic Drive. *drops mic* https://youtu.be/5HXsIK5noBU Ignore the bad voice acting! It's a pretty damn fun game.

Oh... My bad! >_<

BUMP! More Items Sold. Minor price decrease on many items. Entertaining offers on both EverDrive units!

I haven't bought the game, so it's hard for me to fully comment other than what I have heard. I like what I see overall, but considering it's a weird fighting game of sorts... I don't really have anybody to play it with more often than not, so I felt like I wouldn't get much out of it just playing by my lonesome. I have heard it's really good, but there's some weirdness involved in unlocking things as well as the two control styles. You unlock time by constantly replaying through the campaign (unsure if true campaign or not) and use the time to do a mini game that rewards you parts for your fighters. My understanding is these are random and can be for any fighter rather than the one you're using to unlock them. The control styles are either "motion with buttons" or "regular controller style". If you go with the more modern version, you get the true experience, but we all know not everybody likes motion controls. However, if you do regular controller style, you miss out on being completely free of movement. Something about how you dodge and how you throw a punch both involve the control stick so you can't do both at once. They may have updated this by now though. It's a game I'd buy if it were cheaper, but I don't feel like dropping $60 on it. Maaaybe $20-30?

Here's the adapter you need. https://shop.hdretrovision.com/collections/component-cables/products/saturn-a-v-port-adapter Here's the cable you need... but it's out of stock. https://shop.hdretrovision.com/collections/component-cables/products/genesis-component-cable?variant=22630695427

You are right, but there was a comment or two on the Youtube video that mentioned only slightly moving the console (to change the disc) was enough to cause the connector to send its Death Jolt to the console. This could have been exaggerating though. What they did in Metal Jesus's version was indeed overkill and would have damaged about any specialty cable or connector, but I'd argue the movement involved could either come from the system moving or the HDMI cable moving. The HDMI cable could easily move the connector around and cause it to do what it does. It shouldn't have enough looseness that it moves whether by console or by cable. HDRetrovision has done like 2-3 batches of their cable at this point, but they're only releasing them in groups as they can get them made. They do generally stay in stock for a day or two after it runs, and the Genesis one is generally in stock for up to a week or more. Unfortunately they just got done with a batch a few weeks ago, so there's no telling when they're next one drops...

Minor bump! Reduced prices on the Sega Genesis titles as well as the Everdrive N8. Keep in mind several items are still pending.

I'm going to have to disagree with this a bit. I remember finding forum posts were several people were telling him that his designs were flawed and he needed to redo them. This was back at his original version. He released an "improved" V2 that looked better and within the suggestions. Now he's onto a V3 because the "minority" had issues. Granted, consoles don't generally move so it's not a consistent issue, but most people also wouldn't accept this excuse. He should have tested it more and accepted the criticism he was given. I think it's even more damning because he's charging $100+ for this thing, and it's not really the most professional looking or built device. You shouldn't have to worry about the slightest movement destroying something unless it's a proximity mine... The GameCube is probably one of the stronger consoles in sturdiness. I remember when X-Play did some random tests and like dropped all three consoles at the time (PS2, GCN, Xbox) from ladders and dropped weights on them. The Gamecube got physically damaged, but it still powered on and played just fine. Accidentally dropping it from a short height might ruin the game, but it shouldn't completely fry the console. X-Play video I mentioned is below. It might be a silly skit, but they actually did what they did. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioWnoOjP9IA

Metal Jesus posted up an updated video showing what happened. I figure he will want to link the video here, so I will leave him to that. However, I wanted to note the general blaming in the comments of it. Apparently everybody is saying that "the woman" (Kinsey) is to blame. The long line of people doing that is the reason I stay away from Youtube comments. -_- EDIT - I like how he says "Minority" when technically it's an issue with every single HDMI adapter. lol

I really wish I had a straight answer that was obvious. I ended putting out an open call and Yurkie (a member on AtariAge) ended up offering to do my HDMI mod for me. I can't remember where, but I saw someone linking a random user on some forum (insanely vague I know) was going to offer internal modding service. Yurkie said he'd be interested in doing more in the future, but the price tag is gonna be quite a bit more than any adapter. Granted he went above and beyond in getting mine done, so I'm more than grateful for the service.

If I could get a frontend set up 100% how I like, I'd totally like it better. Have everything in one place to launch whatever I want!... BUT If I'm being 100% honest... I'm probably going to go with RetroArch. It's kinda plain jane, but it's already got a way to get emulators for it built in and you configure the controller in it as well rather than configuring individual emulators (which you also can do but don't have to as much). I think you can theme it up and make it look a little better. Once I get my emulation box settled (old PC), I'll try LaunchBox first. If it doesn't work or feel worth the hassle, I'll probably revert to RetroArch. Other than that, I'm sticking by with my statement that LaunchBox is the better and easier one. You drop $50 for some premium items like TV mode and it's basically perfect comparative to most. If I was more patient, I'd probably do EmulationStation. Technically I'm using RetroArch regardless of anything because I keep forgetting that these options are all FRONTENDS... Not all-in-one emulation stop. lol Just nice to make it look a bit better.

So I did a quick run through of each one... These are all quick opinions, and some of them I couldn't get to set up properly. The Good - The MVPs. Have the easiest user interface with EmulationStation being an exception to that. LaunchBox - Honestly? This one comes out on top. It is all in one. It is the easiest to use of the group and offers a lot of features. It suggests emulators to use. It helps you download the images from a database. AND IT IS FREE! You can throw $20 for a year of updates or $50 for a lifetime of updates. Just great stuff here! EmulationStation - This one kinda went in the NOPE pile. It's one of the better looking ones, but it requires a lotta setup. There's a reason you get RetroPie. Someone pre-configured this to work. Have to do it manually otherwise. Still one of the best ones if you are willing to work. mGalaxy - This guy here? This is surprisingly one of the better ones. It's really only second to LaunchBox. It does offer a lot of material, but it's not quite as straightforward as LaunchBox. Might try this if you abhore LaunchBox. The Meh - These are okay but are going to require some work and reading. Attract - It looks decent enough, but it requires a lot of legwork. Emucon - This one has a decent enough interface, but I don't think I could recommend it unless you had a limited number of roms. Complete sets will make this one feel like a nightmare. QuickPlay - This one is kinda like Attract for me. It is okay, but I just can't be bothered to do a whole pile of setup for each one I want to try. The Nope - Just ignore these... FEEL - This one looks good, but it didn't offer any real explanation and seems mostly focused on MAME. ICE - Just seems silly adding roms to your Steam library. I couldn't get it working properly without consulting a large guide either. There are better choices. GameEx - This is a hot pile of garbage. Barely ran and froze up. All of these clients I looked into require a full setup of your emulators. This means setting the emulator up outside of the software and then linking it to the Front End. If you want a full setup without having to do a 2-step every time, you're probably best sticking with RetroArch and get over the kinda plain interface. (You can add covers to it, but it doesn't look as fancy as many of the others.) LaunchBox offered the nicest looking interface and the greatest ease of use. It even suggests emulators if you don't have them on hand. With $50 investment, you get free updates for life and some extras for the database (namely demo vids). mGalaxy surprised me, but it's a couple spots less quality than LaunchBox. Emulation Station is decent enough but going to have to do a lot of configuring even past the emulators themselves. Final note? I realize I'm lacking two items I listed above. I didn't feel like signing up for HyperSpin and I couldn't find a link for LusSpace. These were all quick review and I really only gave them enough time to configure and test run an emulator. If I couldn't figure it out in a couple of minutes, I gave up.

That's what I was afraid of. I think most front ends are (funnily-enough) not very user friendly to get working. It's fine once you have it set up, but you end up spending a process getting it working 100% how you want. Yeah I'm going to try a few of these on my main computer tonight and wait to attempt some of the others once I have the small PC on hand.

SCART works really well if you have a decent upscaler for it to work with. My understanding is the SCART to HDMI converters are pretty lackluster. S-Video or composite to HDMI are going to look pretty bad though as well... The only options that really exist outside of a SCART to HDMI box is basically a more expensive SCART to HDMI box like the Framemeister or OSSC. If you can, HD Retrovision makes a Sega Genesis component cable that you can combine with a Saturn adapter to get an easier to access signal. However, their cables are made in batches and they are currently sold out. More details here ---> http://www.hdretrovision.com/saturn/

The focus here would be getting input about a Front End for an Emulation Box. I've opted to do a small PC rather than a RaspPi 3. I managed to find one pretty cheap and plan to do either Windows (if working on it) or installing Lakka (RetroArch OS basically). That being said... I wouldn't mind some input on possible Front Ends to use. I have only used RetroArch, and it does pretty well and gets the job done. However it's not always my favorite and sometimes controllers can be a fit if you want to change up which controller you use. I've heard of EmulationStation and used it briefly with the RaspPi 3. It looks pretty nice on the outside, but I ran into issues getting some covers and the controller setup for it didn't always feel great. Granted the main problem I had with my RaspPi was getting the controller to work right. I heard about LaunchBox from MetalJesusRocks, and that one looks pretty great overall. Seems to have a wide variety of support... but it also costs if you want the full feature set. It's free to use , so I'll try it but wondered if anyone here had direct experience with it. https://www.launchbox-app.com/ I'll also probably give EmulationStation another try and see if it works better on top of Windows. http://emulationstation.org/ I also found a couple of random ones (top results when I searched). They all vary in type and quality, but I'm gonna link them with short descriptions of what they look like. I'll definitely be trying them when I get my setup in though. Will post up what I think of some of them. So far I've found... https://www.gameex.com/ - (GameEx)This one looks... kinda plain. It almost makes me think of Kodi but for games? Granted Kodi works great, so this could be a winner in an unflattering dress. http://www.mgalaxy.com/ - (MGalaxy) Looks pretty close to LaunchBox but a bit less detailed. They offer a lot of the same features and is free unless you want their databases. Premium is yearly or forever. http://quickplay.sourceforge.net/ - (QuickPlay)This reminds me of MAME a lot. Not quite what I'm looking for a Front End. This one does have quite a bit of details though, so might be good if you aren't looking for fluff. http://lusspace.free.fr/modules/news/ - (LusSpace) looks to be even more like MAME. I'm assuming this is where someone informs me it's one of the same people working on it. This has more details than and fancy screenshots than QuickPlay does. http://scottrice.github.io/Ice/ - (ICE) Okay I actually recognize this one. I have a friend who uses it. It looks pretty nice overall, but it looks like it's going to piggyback on Steam. I got mixed feeling about that. http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/ - (HyperSpin) This one is very colorful and just almost feels like too much. It also costs money which I was hoping to avoid... so gonna hard pass this one. http://feelfrontend.altervista.org/ - (FEEL) This looks to be another big contender. It doesn't look too over the top but just enough to work as a nice frontend. Might come down to what my emulator box (nothing fancy) can handle. http://emuloader.mameworld.info/emucon/ - (Emucon) This uses a weird, simplistic database that seems to feature more picture than details. I can't describe it any better. http://attractmode.org/index.html - Another one focused for more of a media/game center look. Probably another one that I'll be more interested in since that's my focus. At the end of the day, they all seem to do the same thing, so I'll just have to run through them all and find what works best. I'll be sure to post up after I try things out. My main focus is a front end that displays well on a TV and interface that allows for multiple, different controllers. Ease of use as well as games supported will play decent parts as well. Again, if anybody has any inputs on any of these, please let me know!

I"m basically done with Limited Run Games myself. I don't really want most of these titles, and I'm tired of the thought of having to race everybody within a minute. I do have one thought for this though... Why not keep both system ideas and just make two runs? Granted this would have to be limited to whichever games sold out within moments. What I'm suggesting is to make two editions of a popular game. Have the "Limted Release First Edition" go up first with limited copies. Then do a second batch of "Second Editions" that are more preorder and delayed request. This allows your collector's to attempt to get the First Edition while those who want the game to play can aim for a Second Edition. The difference? Literal letters or numbers on the case. RetroRGB did an interview with them on his channel if anybody is interested. Honestly I just feel like it made me dislike LRG more...

Added my NES games to the list plus some NES accessories and a powerful Everdrive N8 with case!

I really enjoyed my GameCube. Funny thing is one of my favorite titles from it has had a bunch of re-releases. Resident Evil 4. Beyond that, there's a lot of great titles here with a decent mixture of every genre with (I feel) slightly less bloat than the PS2 had. Both Legend of Zeldas, F-Zero GX, Metroid Prime 1 & 2, and other titles whose names escape me right now. I also really liked the Game Boy Player as well, and I had one of them at release! But then I stupidly sold it and had to rebuy it recently. The HDMI has done wonders to make it look better as modern TVs aren't doing it any favors. Surprisingly enough, GameCube emulation is actually really easy and awesome to do as well if you want to relive it without having to get a full setup again. (Granted GameCube is probably one of the cheapest older consoles to acquire.) Just look up the Dolphin emulator if interested!

And thus I'm so glad I got my GameCube internally modded~ It might have cost a bit more, but I can't have any kind of problem like this. If anybody is curious and wants to spend the bit extra, you might message Yurkie. (I think he quoted around $180-200.)