sandmountainslim

Hello Folks, I picked up a famiclone at a thrift today it is red and has "Super Joy" written on it however the battery door is missing and it didnt come with a power supply so I havent been able to try it out, my question is will an NES power supply work on this thing or is altogether different? Any help appreciated, I only gave a dollar for it but still would hate to blow it up.

I'm with Cassidy my gameroom is mostly 80s with Atari ads on the wall, but with some 70s thrown in the mix as well, I would like to do the whole house retro but I'm afraid the wife would freak out.

Ok, thanks I remember seeing a stylised number 3 on top of it so it must be a Genesis 3 so I shall just leave it where it is. Thanks for the help.

Ok this is probably something everyone knows except me but I was at a thrift today and say a Sega Genesis that was about one fourth the size of the ones I usually see, it was not much bigger than a Sony Discman or similar device, question is is this something I should return and buy? It was ten dollars and most Genesis I see around four or five bucks so is this one worth more? Thanks for any info.

I have the VCS, NES , SNES and PS2 hooked up and the Genesis and PSX are on a closet shelf, I suppose the SNES should be up there with em as I never touch it.

Yeah its the same here ya might find a scattered NES here or there if you go to every thrift in fifteen counties (which I do) I have managed to pick up five of em in the past couple months two working, Ive also picked up six or seven 2600 games from the goodwill but its mostly Genesis stuff which is a dime a dozen so if you like Genesis and sports games I live in Nirvana otherwise it is drying up quick (with my help).

Ok folks thanks for the help but I give up, I downloaded winzip and attempted to download z26 and stella but it is all friggin Sanskrit to me, cant do a &*%$$ thing with it I suppose I am not meant to emulate, think I will go fire up my VCS before I kick this computer and its damn winzip thru the front glass. sms

Ok folks Im new to this, I have downloaded Winzip so I can open files but was wondering if someone could post a link to a simple emulator for 2600 games but I need something a computer simpleton like myself can figger out, I went to the Stella page but couldnt find where it said "download" so any help would be appreciated as I really wanna try emulation out.

I would Nukes but I cannnot open files for emulators I have tried and tried, whenever I go to the Winzip webpage it always asks me for thirty bucks or so, are there no other way to unzip them?

Well I ordered Seawolf today after reading Stan Jr's review of it, I am really looking forward to recieving this cart cuz if its half as good as I hear it is it has to be one awesome game. One question I have though is does the 2600 version have the "Sonar" sounds the old coin op game had? This will be the second homebrew I have owned with Climber 5 being the first so I hope I dont have my hopes up too high on this game. SMS

Huh? Some dude got fifty bucks for Super Mario on Ebay? Forget all the stuff I have said bout never dealing with Ebay I have tons of "Rare" "Antique" games comics and such that I am willing to let go for fifty bucks each!

Geez Nova enuff of the insults already! I recant! I shall give the game another try this afternoon when I finish playing Othello, if Stan says its decent I must be missing something I suppose I was just expecting more from a game with 1988 stamped on the label. Sorry if I jumped the gun a bit.

Thank You Novaexpress I always enjoy compliments on my reviews

Just reread my post and it is VERY negative sounding, perhaps I should say something good about a game, I also bought Othello at a thrift and it is indeed fun and awesome much more than I expected it to be. So there Sandmountainslim isnt all doom and gloom huh? :wink:

Well I think I have bought what has to be the worst VCS game ever it is called Desert Falcon and it is the ugliest stupidest game I have ever tried to play, this pieza makes Fireworld and 3D tic tac toe look cool! I only gave a dollar for it so I suppose it will sit in my collection as filler cuz thats about all its good for. The funny thing is its a red label game with a 1988 date on it ,who woulda thought garbage like that could have came out that late? Anyhoo anyone else played this one? Would love to hear your take on it.

Ok, been a pretty good week for me at the thrifts/goodwills, last week I picked up a "Power Joy" with a chinese multicart for three bucks and this week I got the 2600 games Othello, Desert Falcon, Dig Dug, 3D Tic Tac Toe and Golf for one dollar each however week before last I picked up Frogger 2 for two bucks so maybe my thrifting is going downhill?

Hi All, I have recently picked up a couple NES consoles at thrifts and both are missing the power supply, anyone know where I can pick up a replacement or if one of the universal power supplies sold at Wal Mart or Radio Shack would work? I currently have four NES consoles and only one power supply so any info appreciated

Congrats on the score!! I have owned Kaboom since the early eighties but my vader didnt come with paddles so it sat there with Super Breakout until I bought a set in the nineties and it quickly became my fav game and is still one of my top five most played today, dont think I will ever see a score like that though. sms

Can't wait to buy this cartridge when it comes out especially after reading Stanjr's description of it on his awards page, you say it will be for sale at Packrat instead of AA? I have never bought from Packrat before but I certainly will when Wolfenstein goes on sale, is Packrat as fast and accurate with your order as AA? If so I shall try to find their website and see what their selection of games is like.

I dont believe the NES nostalgia has really kicked in around here yet cuz the cheapest I have saw a working 2600 was $35 and in the past month I have bought four NES consoles for under five bucks each, got one this afternoon for $1 after haggling the girl down from $2! However I dont expect prices like this to last forever

NES dwarf the 2600 scene? Geez I hope not, I do love to play the NES but the Atari is definately the daddy of all consoles.

Yeah that makes sense I noticed after fooling around with it that "Space ET" is Space Invaders, most of the games are strange lookin stuff I never saw before so it must just be games not released in the US

Hi All, I picked up a handheld called the "Power Joy" at a thrift today and I assume it is a Famiclone however when I hooked it up and plugged the cart in the bottom I found it doesnt have NES titles like Mario but odd looking games called "Kittie" "Front Line" etc. plus several versions of Dig Dug and Galaga which is spelled wrong. Question is what are these strange games it contains, are they Japanese Famicom games or just something the Bootleggers made up? Any info appreciated.

Welcome back to the Age of Atari!! One warning though if you are like most of us it will get totally outta control, I did a quick count tonite after playing Chopper Command and I now have 52 more cartridges than I did in '83 when will it end? Who cares! only 1100 or so to go and I will have em all!

I am currently using Famicomans "Game Genie Method" and as for now it is working fine , never woulda thought of it on my own so thanks Fam