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I also had one of these and preferred using it over my Nintendo controllers, because by a certain point all of those control sticks had been ground to dust. But that said it did develop its own debilitating flaw for me: the Z button stopped being able to "click" in and instead just became very mushy, eventually become somewhat unreliable in terms of the button presses actually registering. A controller like this but with the original Z button would be the ideal N64 controller IMO.
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Does anyone make 3rd party backlit GBA screens? I'd like to convert an OG GBA, but I don't want to destroy an SP-101 to do it. Yeah, lots on eBay including adapter cables.
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Shlomo Palestein posted:I had these back in the day, and the IR on them is moderately finicky. You just really need a super clear shot from controller to the receiver, and I recall the distance being kinda short too; we'd always play on the floor, like 4 feet from the system. I recall sitting in the chair across the room (maybe 8 feet away) made the connection much less reliable, and you had to intently point the controller at the receiver. They were great controllers though; I am afraid to see what the basement might've done to them. I wonder if the official Sega wireless controllers work better connection wise. The Akklaim controllers feel really nice. They a re made with good quality plastic and have a sturdy construction. I took the front panels off the controllers and that made the connection a lot more reliable. It makes them look like poo poo though.
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Monopthalmus posted:Yeah, lots on eBay including adapter cables. I really want to swap the frontlit screen in my NES edition SP with a backlit one, but that seems to be tougher to find anything for. Once of these days I'll probably just buy a backlit SP and swap the shells.
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I love those N64 superpads too, but mine had the stick itself get snapped off when a heavy book fell on it.
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I got the Makopad variant right after it came recommended back in the day (I think by IGN or some magazine). It was indeed hard to get used to because it felt like such a fat blob in your left hand, but in the generations since there's been other controllers designed around filling every last millimeter of your palm so it might not be so bad now.
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I'm still a little bit in shock at how much this tweet blew up. I met him at a local scifi/horror/cult convention this past weekend. He was very nice. I had a choice to either get this signed or my copy of SNES Batman Forever, but I think I made the right choice here.
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shyduck posted:I'm still a little bit in shock at how much this tweet blew up. Absolutely the right choice.
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Long time no haul post so why not A wild PCB appears but what is it for? Why it's a JVS to JAMMA interface card. JVS is considered "JAMMA+" being an extension of the standard to allow for much more inputs. But why would I need such a thing?!  For arcade games duh. This is basically a brand new Taito Type X2 which is newer and not retro so gently caress posting about that. I do however have Tetris Grand Master 3 working on it now so that's hot.   I now have a Naomi netboot setup which lets me play all Naomi and Atomis Wave games  Oh and I cleaned up the io wiring later. I've wired up the JVS interface into Undamned USB decoders which allow me to use PS3/360/etc fight sticks as controllers for the systems.  and now I'm looking at maybe buying a New Net City cab 
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So you just decided you had too much free time and money laying around, right?
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Well it started out that I've been talking to a friend about getting a netboot setup for the longest time and a netdimm + naomi popped up on eBay which accepted a drunken offer. Since I had that I needed the io pcb which is much cheaper on yaj but if you're going to do an order from Japan it's better to load up so EMS isn't stupidly expensive and so then I grabbed the X2 since it was so mint. Then a friend informed me they had a container of cabs coming and 4 new net cities were on it and Moral of the story is never send drunken eBay offers
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flyboi posted:now I'm looking at maybe buying a New Net City cab Is there a place doing a group buy right now or something?
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Pokemon OH SNAP! posted:Is there a place doing a group buy right now or something? There's a guy who is getting a container of cabs but they're all spoken for. I'm still waiting to hear back if I got in on time or not.
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Oh my god someone finally made the perfect "plug and play" game system.
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univbee posted:Oh my god someone finally made the perfect "plug and play" game system. hell yeah
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univbee posted:Oh my god someone finally made the perfect "plug and play" game system. Please please please tell me it's the arcade game inside there. I think for my birthday I'm going to order one of the LCD keychain versions of this from Japan... Edit: Actually, scratch that. Link me to the amazon.co.jp entry for that baby. Edit2: 1. Got it. 2. Holy gently caress that price. Why don't I just buy a Shinkansen controller as long as I'm ing.
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Random Stranger posted:Please please please tell me it's the arcade game inside there. https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B07353Z6TT It has the PS2 2004 Densha De Go! FINAL built-in, apparently. Probably looking at $200 after shipping.
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Random Stranger posted:Please please please tell me it's the arcade game inside there. Brief googling suggests it's the 2004 PS2 iteration in the box, not the arcade game. Edit - beaten with a link, too
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Wise Fwom Yo Gwave posted:Brief googling suggests it's the 2004 PS2 iteration in the box, not the arcade game. The screenshot on the Amazon page makes it look like someone did a widescreen adaptation of Final. Edit: I checked the contents of it and it is definitely Final. The lines are exactly the same. Another edit: Why did nobody tell me they released an official Densha de Go pocketwatch last year? Finally those spots in the controller can be filled in properly. Random Stranger fucked around with this message at 03:20 on Aug 22, 2017 |
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It's the PC version of Final, cleaned up a little for 720p. There's a black one and a limited-edition yellow one that's probably already sold out.
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flyboi posted:
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She's doing good, on meds to make her eat more so she's even more meow boxy
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flyboi posted:NETBOOT how much was the whole netboot setup
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Question, how the gently caress do Naomi 2 and Atomiswave and Triforce games work on a Naomi netboot? Do you have to have that arcade hardware, or can you somehow run those games on a regular ol' Naomi?
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univbee posted:Oh my god someone finally made the perfect "plug and play" game system. I'm confused by how it works. Not the controller itself, I mean the HDMI cable.
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Zand posted:how much was the whole netboot setup Depends on the cut off.. naomi + netboot was $200, psu was $40, parts to crimp + ac filter & fuse were $10, IO was $20, encoders were $35/pop LORD OF BOOTY posted:Question, how the gently caress do Naomi 2 and Atomiswave and Triforce games work on a Naomi netboot? Do you have to have that arcade hardware, or can you somehow run those games on a regular ol' Naomi? Atomiswave is literally a naomi in different clothing so just a few changes in the binary results in a working game. Naomi 2 has 2 CPUs so they don't work on Naomi 1. Triforce/Chihiro is also more powerful but not sure how. Naomi 2 has Virtual Fighter 4 to play and then some racing games so didn't bother because it's a lot more money. Triforce/Chihiro requires entirely new boards and mostly racing games so bleh.
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The majority of Chihiro games of note got ports, and you can run Triforce games on a Wii, if you're not super picky about the arcade hardware.
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flyboi posted:Atomiswave is literally a naomi in different clothing so just a few changes in the binary results in a working game. flyboi posted:Triforce/Chihiro is also more powerful but not sure how.
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8-bit Miniboss posted:I'm confused by how it works. Not the controller itself, I mean the HDMI cable. I think it's just showing off the a/v connector so it's clear what input you'll need. It doesn't come with either micro USB or HDMI cables. There was also a model only available for 30 hours on Amazon JP during Prime Day. 
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Also, because my RSS somehow didnt tell me about this two months ago: New Ed Fries arcade repair adventures, this time about Gran Trak 10.
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Hey guys, guess what happened with the SNES Classic pre-orders in the US. Go on, guess.
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univbee posted:Hey guys, guess what happened with the SNES Classic pre-orders in the US. it's hosed
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flyboi posted:Oh and I cleaned up the io wiring later. I've wired up the JVS interface into Undamned USB decoders which allow me to use PS3/360/etc fight sticks as controllers for the systems.
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univbee posted:Hey guys, guess what happened with the SNES Classic pre-orders in the US. Unless I missed something and they went up more places I'll be amazed if this isn't a repeat of the Walmart thing. Nintendo clearly has set a time that preorders can start and I doubt that 1:30am on a Monday night is that. Not to mention that it was just one store again. They're almost definitely getting cancelled. Stores are just getting ready for preorders to probably happen sometime this week and someone fat fingered something. I'm going to be ready at 1:30pm today though in case the am/pm was what they messed up.
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Pokemon OH SNAP! posted:Unless I missed something and they went up more places I'll be amazed if this isn't a repeat of the Walmart thing. Nintendo clearly has set a time that preorders can start and I doubt that 1:30am on a Monday night is that. Not to mention that it was just one store again. They're almost definitely getting cancelled. Nah, Nintendo released trailers and preorder info on their website and everything. Best Buy and Amazon both accepted preorders at roughly the same time, and you don't accidentally coordinate that kind of thing. (and both sold out of course) This seems to be the official preorder-start-date I'm sure the other places accepting preorders will start opening their stuff up within the next 24 hours or so.
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The Kins posted:Also, because my RSS somehow didnt tell me about this two months ago: New Ed Fries arcade repair adventures, this time about Gran Trak 10. That was a good and cool read.
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UnhandledException posted:I'd like to do something similar, can you show off more of that custom enclosure? And where do you recommend buying a Taito Type X? The enclosure isn't much special, just a box that I drilled/filed holes into. Basically you just need a JVS interface - I went with the Sega "Rev B"http://wiki.arcadeotaku.com/w/JVS#Sega_838-13683-93 due to it being so common that it was cheapest and there's a manual with full documentation at http://www.fillmoregames.com/pdf/sega_420-6457.pdf Once you have the io and the pinout you just get Undamned Decoders https://paradisearcadeshop.com/undamned-usb-decoder/1491-undamned-usb-decoder.html and wire them up to the appropriate power pins. The IO requires power on the Jamma end so I wired +5V and GND to a usb cable which I plug into the back of the x2 and have an adapter to plug into the 5V plug on the Naomi. Naomi requires its own power as well which you can wire an ATX panel up to however Naomi must have 3.3V which makes a lot of ATX PSUs useless and they require crimping capability or finding someone to make you a cable. As for getting a Type X2 I used Buyee on Yahoo Auctions Japan however patience is better than going full dumb like I had. They typically go for around 10k JPY but a listing of a ton went up at 20k which is very over priced but due to how mint this one looked I figured it was worth the risk for the added cost. Then it turned out to be unused so I guess it worked out. Be aware that there are model incompatibilities with KOF13 and my model (205A) does not work with it. 208A models and above while still retaining the p4 3.4GHz and nVidia 7900 are the best to get. You also will need to upgrade the ram to run all the hacked releases. Also I think Atomiswave had double the ram of Dreamcast but I could be wrong there. flyboi fucked around with this message at 15:43 on Aug 22, 2017 |
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The Atomiswave has 16 MB system RAM, 16 MB VRAM, and 8 MB RAM for audio. The Dreamcast is 16, 8 and 2 respectively.
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Hopefully this is OK, but I'm selling my CRT (Olympus OEV203) on SA-Mart. So if anyone is in the Boston/Cambridge/Somerville area: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3831362
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