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Saoshyant posted:I read somewhere that the very early PS3 models do not have a multi voltage power supply so I didn't want to even risk just plugging it in directly in my European 220V 50Hz current mains. Saoshyant posted:No, I had a stepdown transformer from when I first got my Neo Geo AES years ago, this thing below and thought it would be safe: Saoshyant posted:There's a tiny, strange green wire built into it, which I have no idea what it is. What the hell is this tiny wire? Isn't the power port on the fat PS3 a standard IEC (like computers, monitors)? Surely you have an extra IEC-to-local-power-plug cable lying around. Just use that. ExcessBLarg! fucked around with this message at 03:06 on Apr 22, 2024 |
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Saoshyant posted:Tired of waiting for Surugaya to have BC PS3 back in stock while their free shipping was a thing, I started checking up on places where I could buy one for a good price and preferably with its OG box. All PS3 power supplies can handle 220V/50Hz. You're fine just plugging it in to your house circuit. I'm 90% sure ExcessBLarg! has it right. You fried your transformer (or blew its fuse). PS3s pull something like 250W sustained, spiking to 380W which makes sense with what you described. It doesn't actually load anything until you finish set-up, so the system wasn't pulling the full load, but as soon as it started to, your transformer couldn't take it and either tripped itself or the PS3 auto shutdown due to an undercurrent error.
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Free shipping during the week this time?! E: someone talk me out of the box of random junk for $60 Double E: oh. 5 random PS2 games for $8.50... Modus Pwnens fucked around with this message at 03:51 on Apr 22, 2024 |
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Good, I only had one order left to clear out my wishlist. Unless something else comes in stock in the future.
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Wtf I just made an order because I thought they were done
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Saoshyant posted:Though the only surprise here (other than some bootleg Tetris game as the previous owner's single only PS2 title) is the fact there's a 2018 football game on a console that came out in 2006? drat! The very last PS2 game released was PES 2014 (which is the rest of the world name for winning eleven, which is a fun coincidence), at 13 years and 8 months after the launch of the PS2, and 7 years after the launch of the PS3. People love their annualised sports slop more than they love buying new consoles.
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There's some kind of size and weight restriction on surugaya orders now, but breaking my cart into two orders let me get everything without any errors, so idk. That's new right, or was I just avoiding it triggering somehow? My orders have been big and heavy.
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Saoshyant posted:Though the only surprise here (other than some bootleg Tetris game as the previous owner's single only PS2 title) That's not a bootleg, it's a game in the semi-legendary budget Superlite 2000 series. There's a few well known games and series' that got started under that label like Earth Defense Force. Basically a relatively barebones but still fully licensed Tetris game. Anyway crack that thing open and get it repasted and cleaned out. Also made a Suruga-ya order, basically grabbing a bunch of Japanese PS2 stuff. Sad I left it too late and now they don't have any copies of the good version of Auto Modellista but I'm getting my copy of Space Venus feat. Morning Musume so I'm happy. njsykora fucked around with this message at 09:43 on Apr 22, 2024 |
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Mischievous Mink posted:There's some kind of size and weight restriction on surugaya orders now, but breaking my cart into two orders let me get everything without any errors, so idk. That's new right, or was I just avoiding it triggering somehow? My orders have been big and heavy. I think they might have caught on to our "order everything large and heavy" strategy.
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Tbh if they just instituted a "yo don't take the piss" policy I'd support it. Because I already got my DDG controller and boxed PS2.
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What are the best options for PlayStation 1 video cables, going into a RetroTink 5x? SCART seems to be the highest quality but the Retro Access one is sold out and I don't know what other ones are good quality. There's always the HD RetroVision Genesis 2 + PS1 adapter but that's $80+ just for a single hookup.
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I'm pretty sure the green cable is a way to ground it if needed, that is fairly common with contemporary Japanese electronics. Outlets here don't always have grounding. Wild, I know. also yeah there's a reason the Book-Off fukubukuro of doom always used to be like 10 copies of 100 yen Winning Eleven PS2 discs, those things are to Japan as old Madden copies are to the U.S.
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Admiral Joeslop posted:What are the best options for PlayStation 1 video cables, going into a RetroTink 5x? SCART seems to be the highest quality but the Retro Access one is sold out and I don't know what other ones are good quality. I've always gotten Retro Gaming Cables ones, but they're UK based so shipping might be an issue. Or just watch Ebay and look for the official one that I'm still extremely sad I got rid of.
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Insurrection Industries' SCART is good, I used the PS2 version in my OSSC days. EDIT - And it appears to be sold out, my bad. 
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Yay I made it! Mentioned in a MrMario video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7VEBRSomVY
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Admiral Joeslop posted:What are the best options for PlayStation 1 video cables, going into a RetroTink 5x? SCART seems to be the highest quality but the Retro Access one is sold out and I don't know what other ones are good quality. FWIW the genesis retro vision cable can be used with genesis, saturn, and psx. Otherwise, if you're waiting for a restock, I'd just use s-video until then. They're less than $10 on Amazon.
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I hadn't played much of Star Fox 64, so I'm playing it on Mister with a 8BitDo - SN30 pro - which resembles a SNES pad with twin analog sticks SNES Star Fox maps "Tilt ship left and right" to L and R. Fine. I spent ten minutes wondering why the hell "tilt L" was mapped to Z, and had thought this was misconfigured or the SN30 pro was in Switch mode vs Xinput. Then I looked at how the N64 controller was laid out - oh right "Left hand the center part of the trident, index finger is "Z" thumb is the analog stick and L is completely used." Goddammit Nintendo. In other news - iOS has emulators now https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/19/24134871/delta-emulator-apple-tv-airplay (In before android folks: "Lol what decade is this?") - and since I have a bunch of roms on my OneDrive, I'm able to pull from that straight into the Delta emulator. The last time I'd ever ran an emulator on a phone was in the late 2000's on iPhone 1 when jailbreaking and 3rd party app stores like Cydia were just starting (bit of a trip being able to SSH into a phone and kill apps, Iphone OS is not linux.) Pressing buttons in the emulator is better than it was in iphone 1 because of the haptic vibrators being able to stop and start in an instant - not like an oldschool spinning weight + motor setup which has inertia. I can see myself riding the bus, listening to podcasts and playing some NES/FC something or other. Still... this is really only good for RPGs, better to use the SN30pro for anything over a few minutes. And we also run into the same issue of "you made progress in Dragon
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ExcessBLarg! posted:According to this page the only PS3 models that aren't100-240V are 220-240V, so you should be safe regardless of the model. Also there should be a label on the unit itself that indicates its power requirements. AlternateNu posted:All PS3 power supplies can handle 220V/50Hz. You're fine just plugging it in to your house circuit. It's alive!  Local current is compatible with the thing, no damage detected, though the step down converter is a goner (oh well). And it proceed to boot:  The most basic version of Tetris I've played in like 20 years in all its glorious 4:3. PS2 functionality seems alright, temperatures seem fine, but I won't play any PS3 game on it until it's cleaned up inside and repasted. njsykora posted:Anyway crack that thing open and get it repasted and cleaned out. Original warranty sticker still in like a champ. It's gonna feel wrong opening it up, but it's either that or never touching it again. I'll also have to check what sort of power supply is inside it and if it needs replacement.
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Saoshyant posted:Original warranty sticker still in like a champ. It's gonna feel wrong opening it up, but it's either that or never touching it again. Warranty stickers are a necessary sacrifice when it comes to keeping these things alive, though I'm thankful both my PS3s had their warranty stickers come off cleanly (the 360 one was not so accomodating). Also shove a nice SATA SSD into it and consider custom firmwareing it, even if you're not going to load up the drive with games the SSD will make the XMB much nicer to use and CFW gives you a bunch of super useful tools for fan and temp control.
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I’m trying to troubleshoot a Dreamcast MadCatz rumble pack, when I plug it into the controller is the red bit supposed to light up or anything? Because it doesn’t, and I’m not getting any rumble feedback in Soul Calibur (which is listed as being rumble compatible on this list). I’ve also got Marvel vs Capcom 1 and 2 I could test I guess. In those three games when is it supposed to rumble? When you get hit?
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Xenomrph posted:I’m trying to troubleshoot a Dreamcast MadCatz rumble pack, when I plug it into the controller is the red bit supposed to light up or anything? Because it doesn’t, and I’m not getting any rumble feedback in Soul Calibur (which is listed as being rumble compatible on this list). are you putting it in the bottom slot? I don’t think they function in the top one, had this same issue like 20 years ago
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holefoods posted:are you putting it in the bottom slot? I don’t think they function in the top one, had this same issue like 20 years ago Yes, I’m putting it in the bottom slot (behind the VMU).
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holefoods posted:are you putting it in the bottom slot? I don’t think they function in the top one, had this same issue like 20 years ago That’s what she said!
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njsykora posted:Also shove a nice SATA SSD into it and consider custom firmwareing it Oh, I'm definitely CFWing it -- I already got a superslim to keep stock to go online and stuff. What SSD are you using? I was looking at these WD Green ones that claim to draw less power than usual SATA SSDs, which is an important concern for a fat PS3, but I don't know if they are the best option available.
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Saoshyant posted:Oh, I'm definitely CFWing it -- I already got a superslim to keep stock to go online and stuff. I'm using a Crucial MX500 for a very distinct reason. It was a SATA SSD I had lying around and wasn't using. Don't worry about it is my advice, if a WD Green is the cheapest option then go with that. Things like speed and such don't matter because you're saturating the interface anyway and any SSD is going to use less power than the HDD. I found my USB to SATA cable in a box earlier, I should see what's on the HDDs I pulled out of my 2 PS3s.
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Xenomrph posted:Yes, I’m putting it in the bottom slot (behind the VMU). My recommendations have expired then, sorry friend. If you’re handy then obviously go wild, open it up and see if you can fix it yourself.
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Xenomrph posted:I’m trying to troubleshoot a Dreamcast MadCatz rumble pack, when I plug it into the controller is the red bit supposed to light up or anything? Because it doesn’t, and I’m not getting any rumble feedback in Soul Calibur (which is listed as being rumble compatible on this list). Yes it should light up, I have them too.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Yes it should light up, I have them too. Sounds like I have a dud, then 
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So do y'all think they're ever gonna re-stock the Hi-Def NES mod or nah?
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So the FPGBC kit got an update to firmware 1.08, fixing a big problem I was having, namely that the Game Boy Printer didn't work. The new firmware fixes that, but there's a catch - you have to physically remove resistor R45 from the circuit board. The zip file with the firmware includes this diagram:  It's small as hell, so I put my phone on a tilting stand and used the zoomed-in video feed to operate:  I ended up just carefully using a small blade to pop it off the board, but maybe someone with a steadier hand and better eyesight could use a soldering iron without messing up anything else  Anyway, it works great now with the Game Boy Printer. (I should probably test out some of the weirder peripherals I've got at some point, too)
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"I only need to replace the clock battery, this PS2's already pretty clean." PS2: lol no buddy. 
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Null of Undefined posted:So do y'all think they're ever gonna re-stock the Hi-Def NES mod or nah? Kevtris mentioned in a discord I'm in that he was planning on releasing an updated version... Though that was like 2 years ago at this point and don't think he's said anything since 
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The only PS2 stand I unequivocally support. 
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Since I was doing PS2 stuff I checked in on the MemCard Pro 2 and they've finally put out firmware 1.0 adding automatic cloud backup. It's only for Google Drive (they say right now but who knows) and only for 8mb card images but it'll automatically upload any new save data to GDrive which is pretty nice. They also added an option to automatically start in PS2 mode which is pretty nice if you were using it for PS1 stuff but still want it to load into your FMCB card automatically. The most useful thing though is the switch for slow SD card access to prevent slower SD cards from ending up with corrupted data, which has actually sped up functionality on mine with its bog standard Sandisk card. It's actually starting to get the point where I'd be comfortable relying on it, especially now my PS2 has a fresh clock battery in.
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Xenomrph posted:Speaking of clock batteries, are there any useful tutorials for replacing the clock battery in a Sega Saturn and Sega Dreamcast? Just look at a general teardown until you see the battery tbh. Though the Saturn apparently has a door on the back specifically for grabbing the clock battery out of its holder. The DC's is right there when you pop the cover off but it's also soldered to the controller port daughter board so is much more annoying. There's an iFixit guide for replacing it with a soldered in holder for a normal 2032 though.
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katkillad2 posted:Kevtris mentioned in a discord I'm in that he was planning on releasing an updated version... Though that was like 2 years ago at this point and don't think he's said anything since Yeah idk maybe it's confirmation bias but it really feels like hardware mods are disappearing and all that effort is getting put into FPGAs. I mean, I like FPGAs, but the main thing I like about this hobby is tinkering and optimizing. But the last 2 systems I wanted to mod had really cool hardware mods that just aren't available anymore (wanted the rgb atari 2600 board too). I wish these people would at least open source their projects if they're just gonna abandon them. Null of Undefined fucked around with this message at 22:21 on Apr 23, 2024 |
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History Comes Inside! posted:Yeah the Saturn has a friendly little door with the battery behind it and you can just pop it in and out because it was somehow designed by someone who didn’t want people to suffer in the future The PS3's CMOS is at least right there on the motherboard but also I don't know why you'd ever bother replacing that instead of just having the clock set by the internet. I still need to find a compatible battery for the PS2 Slim since they used one of those horrible heatwrapped batteries for that because apparently a housing for it and its connector takes up less space than just a 2032 holder.
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