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  1. It could also be the quality of the replacement disc drive, I went through about 3 of them before I found one that worked well. I also recapped the CD unit which seemed to help relaibility. If all else fails, get the upcoming Phode ODE, which will replace the optical drive with an SD card to launch games.
  2. I think I've been waiting since late 2020 for an Intellvision flashcart. At this stage I ended up buying a backbit for both this console and the Magnavox Odessey 2, both consoles have a lack of easily available flashcart solutions it seems.
  3. Also recap the CD unit, failing capacitors can result in disc read errors.
  4. Will the AV out work on a 7800 that has the S Video mod installed?
  5. I'm down for one as well! Been looking for a flashcart for years.
  6. The issue with console projects like these is that good games, regardless if they're retro inspired or not, cost significant money to develop these days. And especially for retro inspired products, the market for them is on Steam/PSN/XBL/Switch. A new console will never attract marketshare comparable to these behemoths and thus never attract the development talent. And the truth is why should it? The current gen aforementioned platforms cover literally all the use cases a gamer could want these days, even lapsed older gamers nostalgic about the good old days will find them a million times more intuitive to use than whatever cheap experience these scam boxes will churn out.
  7. As I understand it, they targeted out of touch older people who hadn't played a videogame console since the Atari days, and thus didn't understand the modern gaming landscape. To us it looked that an android box that had weak off the shelf hardware. To them it looked like a family friendly system that was free from scandalous games like GTA and brought back the simplicity and innocence of the 80s (despite retro inspired indie games being a thing, but out of touch people wouldn't know this).
  8. Not sure if old news, but Earthworm Jim 4 has been cancelled. https://www.thegamer.com/earthworm-jim-4-cancelled/
  9. Rich posted on the patreon that the surgery was a success and he will be recovering while he waits for biopsy results in 6 weeks. He also intends to continue working on the emulator during that time. As an aside, please consider subscribing to the patreon as I assume the medical fee's are not cheap.
  10. I would love to get my hands on one. I assume they'll be up for sale again soon.
  11. Sorry I have no pics. I bought this kit from Console5 and replaced all the electrolytic capacitors on the circuit board (they look like this) with the ones supplied in the kit. There's roughly 8 of them I think. It's a fairly easy job, just heat up the solder attaching the legs of the capacitors to the board, suck it out using a solder sucker and then carefully pull out the capacitor. Replace it with the new one, and be sure to keep the polarity (positive and negative) the same.
  12. The rubber mounts can be found on Aliexpress, but I can't find the link. Also consider recapping the CD unit, I went through around 4 CD drives before realizing the issue was the caps. The CD unit will never work if the caps are bad.
  13. I'm also keen to purchase one of these, I assume new stock will be available this year?
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