What did you buy today?.........

[What did you buy today?.........]

[Dig Dug and ikonsgr 9 pin adapter]

Iirc, the 7800 needs an adapter to run a genesis controller. That would lead me to believe the 7800 controller wouldn't work with the 5200 adapter that's made for a genesis controller. 

[Dig Dug and ikonsgr 9 pin adapter]

Have you tried a genesis controller? 

[Is this AV cable any good?]

[Odyssey 2 with jumbled garbage on screen]

40 minutes ago, atari2600land said:

If you get that on screen with a cartridge, perhaps it's not recognizing there's a cartridge. that screen is normal for not having a cartridge in it.

Well that's good to know.  Maybe it just doesn't like this cart. I did slightly bend the pins outward to make sure they are making contact,  with no change. I also noticed the garbage on screen will occasionally change when I turn the console off and on, shown below, or I will get a black screen. 

[Odyssey 2 with jumbled garbage on screen]

I just purchased this odyssey 2 with one game.  After giving it a once over I hooked it up and get this on the screen. 

What I've done so far: 

- thoroughly cleaned the cartridge port and the game contacts

- removed, cleaned and re-seated the socketed chips and sockets

- looked over the board for cold solder joints,  none that I can see

- tested the PS. It's outputting 12.6v

 

Interestingly,  I get this onscreen with our without a cartridge inserted. 

 

Any ideas on what to look at next? 

[Is this AV cable any good?]

I think it would be fine.  The shielding in the pics looks pretty decent.  They're pure copper and not copper class aluminum, which is good. 

[What did you buy today?.........]

1 hour ago, ls650 said:

The O2 has some unique and fun games - and unlike a lot of other old 8-bit stuff, the prices haven't climbed into the stratosphere yet...

 

It's surprisingly cheap. A nice change of pace. 

[What did you buy today?.........]

[Intellivision Purchases and Deals]

On 3/26/2021 at 5:18 AM, fdr4prez said:

Trying to disassemble Inty2 controllers tends to lead to broken Inty2 controller housings.

 

I would simply make a Inty2-to-Flashback adapter cable and not destroy a highly sought after Flashback controller.  If I wasn't on a business trip in a hicktown in Mexico with no internet access, i would have grabbed that controller  

 

That being said, the mylar membranes are not interchangeable and I doubt that trying to remove just the outer "keypad" exterior front will fit properly over the Inty2 controller guts.

 

good luck

I ended up making my own replacement membrane.  The intellivision 1 style membrane will work with some trimming,  but the DIY route turned out well enough it's not worth the effort. 

 

No flashback controllers were harmed in the making of this post.

[What did you buy today?.........]

Big box o C64 disks

[Riser suggestions for 1UP coctail cabinets]

On 4/7/2021 at 3:32 AM, Andromeda Stardust said:

I screwed up badly. 😭😭😭

 

My 12v supply for the led mod somehow got pinched underneath one of the button contacts and shorted out the control panel circuit board.

 

The arcade itself is still functional but all controls are unresponsive unless I want to stare at the ms pacman attract screen. If anyone knows of someone who can offer a replacement pcb or has a pinout diagram for the ribbon header, please let me know.

 

I also really don't like the fact there is a proprietary glop top on it, so I can't just wire the controls to the pin header.

I'd take a look at one of the 1up modding facebook pages. A lot of those guys have gutted their cabs and have the original parts sitting around.

[Some of the coin-op collection]

Damn nice collection

[Updated collection/basement pics]

Mind the bare walls.  The basement is a work in progress...

[What did you buy today?.........]

[What did you buy today?.........]

[What did you buy today?.........]

[What did you buy today?.........]

2 hours ago, thegamezmaster said:

Does anyone know where this company is located? Any other thoughts on these as far as being good or bad? Thanks!

Manufactured in China,  I would guess.

 

They're good. 

[What did you buy today?.........]

Was given back the original  GC I bought probably 20 years ago,  complete with the high dollar component cables I bought at the time. 

[Intellivision Purchases and Deals]

 

I have no plans to destroy it,  I just wanted to see if the original style pad could be made to work in the 2's controller, mainly if the buttons still work with the original style mylar. If it does,  I'll order a set of replacement mylar,  trim/modify as needed. If it doesn't,  it doesn't.  Either way,  I still have a FB controller that I'll probably rewire, or build an adapter for. 

[Intellivision Purchases and Deals]

13 hours ago, Kamikazi26 said:

You know it’s not “plug n play” right? The pins on the connector are 

I mainly wanted this to see if there was any way to make the number pad membrane work on the 2

[Intellivision Purchases and Deals]

Just ordered this to go with my Intelli II with crap controllers

[Intellivision Purchases and Deals]

4 minutes ago, Omnibro said:

The Intellivision II is the one I don't have, but those controllers warded me off.  Good price though, I just saw that about 10 minutes ago.  Score for you.

I'm not sure what to do about those number pads. I dont know if the replacement membrane for the original fibrosis would work or not

[Intellivision Purchases and Deals]

Just grabbed this off of mercari.  Probably should've waited for one with better controllers,  but this had a stack of games and the intellivoice and the price was reasonable. 

[What did you buy today?.........]

2 hours ago, Asaki said:

Oh awesome, let us know how it is.

I kind of wish they would've copied the SNES layout instead of the Hori one, though...makes Game Boy Player and emus feel a little awkward.

Might be nice for the RE games, stuff like that, though.

It's pretty decent.  The d pad feels a little off.  I swapped out the pad from a SNES controller and it's perfect.