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That is an interesting thought but I can't answer because my PS2 is now soft modded with an SSD and it autoloads FreeMB from the HDD. I can still play from discs but I'm pretty sure it doesn't auto load them.

I don't know that I ever ran into this issue in the past? I used to use a cheap VGA adapter that was given to me nearly 20 years ago and it always seemed to work with whatever I had it connected to. Either way, I don't believe this is an issue if you have a DCDigital installed but now you have me curious to check.

Hmm... well obviously I have a pre-order in for it and when I check the status it just shows as being a pre-order and nothing else. But then Darius took over a year and honestly, I'm kinda used to it between Limited Run, SLG, Paprium... Kinda a shock when I received some of the more recent ones as quickly as I did.

@Tanooki Get back to the Cotton stuff for a bit. Are you saying that SLG didn't make their pre-orders for the Cotton release and aren't planning to release it then?

I've said this in other places, but my wife and I will be able to attend as well. We have airfare, hotel, and tix booked/purchased. Likely will also be spending most of my time at or near the AA booth.

Are you talking about the references in the game to some homebrew releases lately... or the profanity? In either event, a recent update from the creators to the backers states they have toned and or removed this based on the feedback.

I thought the thread title was Favorite Genesis music though? I do agree there is some great stuff on the Saturn OST for that game, especially Panic Puppet Zone.

I also agree with @Steven Pendleton that the Sonic 3D Blast OST on Genesis is really good and I've always like the original ToeJam & Earl soundtrack. Lots of the other greats have been mentioned pretty much. Oh...while the style isn't quite what I prefer to listen to... this is also quite impressive:

The DC jack they provide is the same as what was used originally. Therefore, you use OEM power supply to power the console from. I've seen mention of this before and I guess it isn't clear that you don't have to get a new PSU. The original will just plug into the newly provided DC jack without issue. Just have to make sure you wire the polarity correctly.

The Intellivision model II console is a modern, smaller, and sleeker design over the original model 2609 console. It even features removable controllers that plug in using a standard 9-pin connector like on Atari and Commodore systems. However, the controllers on the model II variant aren't considered to be the most comfortable controllers to hold and worse is that when they start to fail, there aren't currently any new replacement parts available to try and repair them. Until now, the only options were to replace faulty controllers with working ones from another model II console or to use a set of the controllers from the Sears Intellivision console that also featured removable controllers. However, these aren't the best options since they essentially are taking the controllers from a console that has to be in non-working condition to begin with. ITC#83 goes over a nice potential solution to this problem by instead using controllers that came with the Intellivision Flasback consoles released several years back. The issue with this, is that the Flashback controllers out of the box are not wired to be pin compatible with the original Intellivision model 2 or Sears systems. So in this video, I go through the process of re-wiring an Intellivision Flashback controller for use with the original consoles. Keep in mind this is a project only for those that have a spare set of Flashback Controllers or don't plan to use their Flashback console since the modification is semi-permanent and can only be undone by again de-soldering and re-wiring the controller for Flashback use.

Awesome! Yeah C5 ships stuff very quickly and as I said, I've been using one of these on my work bench for 5200 service work for well over a year now and it is great to not have to keep one of those original bricks laying around since space is a premium in the work space.

I wanted to quickly comment on this. While the original PSUs for the 5200 were indeed spec'd to provide nearly 2A of output current, the actual 5200 console with a flashcart and UAV installed, still draws less 1A of actual current from the PSU. I think Atari over spec'd the originals in case peripherals were ever released to make use of the expansion port (which, they never did), and possible when using the VCS adapter. As I don't own the VCS adapter, I haven't measured to see how much additional current draw that has when used. So really any PSU that is about 1.2A or greater and provides +9v with center tip positive polarity and measuring 2.5mm x 5.5mm barrel jack, will do the job.

I believe that shielding was just used as RF type shielding. Early model 2 Lynx systems didn't even have any shielding on them so I don't think it will be an issue.

I replaced both of the original 7805s in my personal 5200 with a pair of Traco 2450 DC-DC switching regulators instead. They don't even get warm to the touch so there isn't any heat to speak of in that section of my 5200 anymore. All the heat now comes from the main ICs at this point. Another cool aspect of doing this, is that the 5200 now requires about half of the current it originally needed when it had the 7805s in place.