The Official "Thrift finds" Thread

[The Official "Thrift finds" Thread]

you were in a red jumper right?

Sounds like me.

 

If you spot me again, come say hello.

 

When summer finally arrives I'll wear my AA shirt to the swap meets.

[The Official "Thrift finds" Thread]

Amstrad Notepad Computer NC100 with (grubby) PSU, box, pouch and manual. A$5.

 

I had to open up the keyboard to unstick the Function key, now it works perfectly.

[Beat THRUST contest! (FINISHED!)]

Thrust is still in my 2600, I just need to set some time aside to have another go The hardest level really is hard...

[CVDRUM Splash Screen Contest]

Here's an image of the splash screen running on an actual ColecoVision:

 

Nice! I can see why it was chosen.

[Activision Anthology for GBA Announced]

(Too bad they don't make a woodgrain one... but at least they're coming out with a black "Darth Vader" model.)

Design your own skin:

 

http://www.gbamod.com/createadesign.php

[The Official "Thrift finds" Thread]

I saw my first Virtual Boy in the wild today at a thrift.  It was $10 but without the power supply or controller so I didn't pick it up.  Plus I don't have a burning desire to play it anything soon  

You're going to regret that. I passed up a PC Engine controller then I found a PC Engine without a controller. I passed up an Intellicart, then I found an Intellivision about two weeks after the last cart was sold.

[The Official "Thrift finds" Thread]

Sorry to disapoint you but the genny a/v cable doesn't fit the Saturn.

Indeed. Lik-sang sell a range of cables compatible with the Saturn:

 

http://www.lik-sang.com/list.php?category=...y=178&start=30&

[8bit Koffi time]

Interesting that having BASIC attached, it still runs, but the rain is green. (?!)   Maybe I misunderstood.

Sorry, should have been clearer. If BASIC isn't disabled, the graphics are corrupted. If BASIC is disabled everything works fine but the rain is green.

[8bit Koffi time]

So are you saying you're okay with the speed? It is slower than the NTSC version. After playing NTSC for a while PAL is just too slow for me

 

Seems fine. Keep in mind that I haven't played it on an emulator in NTSC mode or anything. But I certainly didn't feel like response time was being affected.

[8bit Koffi time]

Okay, I got it running on an unmodified PAL Atari 800XL last night after I logged off.

 

* Speed issues regarding playability negligible.

* Speed issues regarding music, well, it did seem a little slow, but I listen to drum and bass, so who knows.

 

However, the rain was green. Now, I was only using RF, but on easy with the large rain it didn't look baby blue to me, definately green.

 

I thought it was corrupting until I booted with the option button down, then it was fine.

 

Nice to finally see my Llama in action

 

If you want me to test anything, just say.

[8bit Koffi time]

I've been meaning to dig out my 800XL, so this might finally be the push I need. I can get it running on a real PAL Atari 8-bit with my SIO2PC cable. Haven't hooked anything up in a long time, but I believe there's a free Windows XP compatible Atari drive emulator to suit the SIO2PC cable.

 

I will try and get the system all hooked up for you as soon as possible. Maybe a few days to find all the bits.

[Building a collection. $$$$$$$$$]

I used to buy bulk stuff cheap, keep the interesting bits and sell the rest for more than I paid for the whole lot. Sometimes much more.

 

Now I just have a full time job. The question isn't how I afford it, it's how I have time to enjoy it. This is true for most of my friends -- we can all purchase far more entertainment product than we have time to enjoy.

[The Official "Thrift finds" Thread]

Box-o-Atari atuff. A$10.

[New Atari VCSP Vagabond]

Inapproriate avatar aside, thanks for the heads up. I think I'm finally willing to shell out for a VCSp.

[CVDRUM Splash Screen Contest]

Or are you just unable to follow those restrictions?

Or maybe no-one told us about them.

 

This is the first I've heard of this limit of two colours per eight pixel segment.

 

Unfortunately I don't have time to work on any more screens, or fixing my two exisiting submissions.

[Starpath Labyrinth Prototype Revealed]

We will start selling Labyrinth in our online store for $15 beginning this Saturday:

My cart is showing no stock. Has there been a delay?

[The Official "Thrift finds" Thread]

I got nothing

[CVDRUM Splash Screen Contest]

My first two entries...

[What size TV is your 2600 hooked up to?]

68cm Phillips Matchline.

[Starpath Labyrinth Prototype Revealed]

Perfect, I'll get Star Fire at the same time...

[Beat THRUST contest! (FINISHED!)]

See Thomas, that's how you ask if anyone else is participating in the competition.

[CVDRUM Splash Screen Contest]

Nevermind, image size problem.

[CVDRUM Splash Screen Contest]

Ignoring the major drop in image quality, when I try to load splash.pp into pp2c all I get is the attached message.

[Beat THRUST contest! (FINISHED!)]

Ok, you get my exclusive permission to participate.

Nah Thomas, just give me the prize now, obviously nobody else is up for the challenge

[Starfire addiction!]

The main thing I might be concerned about would be subtle differences in emulation that might affect someone's opinion of a game, but generally I don't think that'll be an issue.

I will be explicit as to the environment that I play the game under. And hopefully I'll be able to put some reviews together this weekend.