Classic Video Games

Double_Wishbone wrote: It's amazing what you can score at flea markets sometimes. Although, I have never gotten a deal as good as previously mentioned...$2 for those games...wow. I picked up a yellow original Game Boy last weekend at the flea market, all it's missing is the screen protector ($5 on ebay). Any of you guys repair your stuff? In true GRM fashion, nothing beats taking apart an old game system, cleaning it and repairing it, and putting it back together for maximum enjoyment. I bought an NES with the telltale signs of being old (flashing screen) and replaced the 72-pin connector and was good to go.

yeah i put new 72 pin connectors in both my NES systems. not sure if i still have both now that i think of it, think a buddy's wife bought one off me. i have fixed several atari consoles as well.

I've done the new 72 pin connectors in a few NES's. It's pretty easy to do. The other "mod" I've done in the past successfully is disabling the lockout chip. Here's how:

http://www.mmmonkey.co.uk/console/nintendo/nes-lockout.htm

This chip goes bad all the time, and is the main culprit for the blinking NES that I bet all of you had as kids. Snip that connector and you won't see that happen again.

SilverFleet wrote: Snip that connector and you won't see that happen again.

Funny, that's exactly what my wife said after our second child!

1988RedT2 wrote:

SilverFleet wrote: Snip that connector and you won't see that happen again.

Funny, that's exactly what my wife said after our second child!

L O L

Got bored and snapped some pics of some of the collection. Hope you enjoy them.

DVD case filled with all sorts of stuff:

Many of the Atari 2600 games you see there are sealed.

PS1 stuff:

More PS1:

Random PS1, Dreamcast, and 3DO games:

Some Genesis and SMS games (side note- old cassette tape cases work GREAT for genesis and SMS storage! Got these ones for free at a yard sale.):

Some NES and N64 stuff:

SNES:

Check this out. Never seen another one.

Filled with my other Telegames "heavy sixer" with some Telegames titles, and instructions!

Colecovision stuff, that cart that the flash obscured is a Xonox Chuck Norris Superkicks cart!

And my Vectrex. It has the Armor Attack overlay on it now. This is probably my favorite piece in the collection. Found this at a junkyard in the back seat of a 66 Rambler. We've found a few gaming items at junkyards, including a Sega Nomad battery pack in the front seat of a Subaru XT and a huge box of NES stuff in the back of a conversion van.

I have even more stuff in my basement and elsewhere. I tend to rotate stuff in and out from time to time.

That is awe-inspiring. Awesome collection!

I don't know if any of you guys are fans, but the Angry Video Game Nerd just put out a new video, on Schwarzenegger games on the NES. It's pretty funny.

In reply to SilverFleet:

Having too much fun to reply sooner. Got the package and went right thru the games after locatingn RCA to coax adapter. Plating thru my VCR for the rf split. Demon Attack is awesome.

Gonna have an Atari Party and invite over the jealous friends!

Thanks!

vwcorvette wrote: In reply to SilverFleet: Having too much fun to reply sooner. Got the package and went right thru the games after locatingn RCA to coax adapter. Plating thru my VCR for the rf split. Demon Attack is awesome. Gonna have an Atari Party and invite over the jealous friends! Thanks!

No problem! Glad everything made it up there safely.

FYI: Sega Genesis controllers also work on Ataris. They share the same 6-pin plug.

And AVGN rules!!!

Funny that this thread pops up now... I was at a "garage sale" last weekend, which was actually a liquidator liquidating a sketchy surplus store that had been amassing things for 20+ years and never sold a single one because the owner was a complete dingleberry. Not too much gaming stuff but I did find a bunch of TurboGrafx-16 carts that I got for essentially nothing, since I just loaded up a box of various things and haggled for the lot.

Anyway, I have a TurboGrafx-16, which I've not really ever used since I never had any games for it. Had to dig it out of the storage box when I got home and test my new haul:

Yep! It all worked!

And of course, while I was in there the Genesis had to come out too:

(The other black console on the right is a slim PS2 that I got at the Goodwill last month for ten bucks!)

The rest of my gaming stuff is scattered across two houses and various storage areas right now, but in theory I have:
Original Nintendo w/"NES Advantage" arcade stick
Nintendo Gameboy Pocket (the last B&W model they made)
Sega Game Gear (Master System portable)
Sega Genesis (above)
TG-16 (above)
Panasonic 3DO
Sega Saturn
PS1 mini
PS2 mini
...and various computers, like 2 or 3 complete C-64 systems, one of which was the original one my parents got when I was 2 (1983!) that I cut my gaming teeth on, an Atari ST, and a custom super-DOS rig I built a few years back to play 486 era stuff. (I think that one is a 486/133 overclocked to 160 MHz, ATI Mach 64, Voodoo 1, Gravis Ultrasound PnP and Soundblaster 16, and 64 MB of RAM. Who the hell overclocks a 486?! I did!)

I'm also majorly missing my Dreamcast which was destroyed in a house flood along with my original PS2 in 2008. I haven't really been into "new" games since 2005 or so aside from low budget/indie/freeware stuff. (The last major big budget release I bought right when it came out was probably Half Life 1 or Unreal Tournament.)

Lately I've been playing the hell out of Sky Frontier 3D on my Android tablet. (I actually bought the full registered version! Holy crap! It was 99 whole cents and is awesome.) It's a remake of an old DOS game called Skyroads (free!) which I've literally played on and off for 19 years now since I got the shareware when it came out in 1993. Tasty Static is another (free!) excellent remake for PCs but it's pretty unforgiving.

I tend to go on and off with the gaming... I won't play anything for a few months, then I'll get into something and play for a bit, then maybe play some more games, then some downtime again. I stick to quick gratification action/puzzle/adventure games rather than go for the gruelling long haul RPGs or strategy whatever. Fun times.

Hating that I let my Atari 5200 go so long ago, I'd really like to play Star Raiders again.

Still have a PS1, it introduced me to RPGs. I've still got the disc for Breath of Fire IV stashed away somewhere..and a memory card with my last saved game on it. Oh, and some Gran Turismo 2 stuff as well.

My ex got the Sega Genesis in the divorce, but not most of the games. I was given an earlier version of the console by the parents of someone my daughter dated when she was a teenager..didn't take too much to get that one working again.

I had a Nintendo 64..roommate I had before I got involved with SWMBO stole it when we were all moving out of the old place. Wish I had it back. "Goldeneye" was my first FPS, "Perfect Dark" was fantastic, and "F1 World Grand Prix 2" was great, even without the Rumble Pack. Crazy thing..only version of Madden I've ever enjoyed was the one for N64.

Only PC abandonware I've got right now is the old Sierra "Aces Over the Pacific". Running it on doxbox.

Jay wrote:

I am genuflecting at the moment. Not only did you get "Zero Wing" loaded & playing, but you picked the perfect moment to take the pic!

Haha, glad you got it. That's a Euro Megadrive cart I picked up for 25 DM(!) at the height of the AYB fad in 2000, intending to flog it for the $100+ they were going for on US Ebay at the time. But then I decided I liked the game so I kept it. It's actually a really fun little shoot-em-up. Works fine in my unmodded Can./NTSC Genesis too.

Jay wrote: Haha, glad you got it. That's a Euro Megadrive cart I picked up for 25 DM(!) at the height of the AYB fad in 2000, intending to flog it for the $100+ they were going for on US Ebay at the time. But then I decided I *liked the game* so I kept it. It's actually a really fun little shoot-em-up.

Major respect! I've never played it. My jealousy inspires me to tell you that I still have a copy of Lotus Turbo Challenge. And it still works as well!

Nice! I credit those games very much for the fact that I own an Elan now. Although for me it was the many hours I spent on Lotus III for DOS that did it.

(The first time I brought my Elan to my old work to show off to my friends, I burned some music from that one and stuck it in the stereo when I pulled up. None of them recognized it! Philistines.)

Back in 86, if you had ExciteBike, you were a minor celebrity on your block. That mother was hard to find.

I had a Colecovision back in the 80's, but I sold it not-working on eBay a few years ago.

It seems you are not alone in wanting to relive your youth. A quick browse around Amazon turned up a few "retro-reissue" systems:

NES - http://www.amazon.com/Retro-Nintendo-Entertainment-System-Silver-Black/dp/B003VH5Z2C/ref=pd_sim_vg_5

Atari 2600 (w/ 60 built-in games) - http://www.amazon.com/At-Games-ATARI-Flashback-3-Electronic/dp/B005NJ3U32/ref=pd_sim_t_2

And a cute little 10 games in a joystick thing that looks perfect for an RV - http://www.amazon.com/Jakks-Atari-Classics-10-Games/dp/B0000645DD/ref=sr_1_2?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1343134218&sr=1-2&keywords=classic+arcade

I'm not a fan of the system-on-a-chip consoles. I like playing on original hardware. I highly doubt those systems are going to be working nearly 30 years from now like a great deal of the original systems.

I like emulation on the PC and other formats, but those "system on a chip" consoles are where I draw the line. I like having the actual system and the games to get the full experience.

I can't believe how some of my older stuff still works, especially the 2600 stuff. Some of those games were the grungiest, grossest looking carts when I got them, and they work perfectly. I can't say the same about the NES though, there are more than a few games in my collection that haven't worked in years, even on my repaired NES.

And Jay, nice stuff you have there! I am jealous of that TG16 haul.

I also have a Mega Drive cart in the collection: Dragon's Revenge (awesome pinball game, much like Alien Crush on the TG16). It works perfectly on my US consoles. I got that along with some strange pirated multi-carts in an eBay auction years ago.

Just got "The Guardian Legend" for NES in the mail today. Anyone played this one before? It's a lot of fun!

Jay wrote: (The first time I brought my Elan to my old work to show off to my friends, I burned some music from that one and stuck it in the stereo when I pulled up. None of them recognized it! Philistines.)

And I thought the Germans loved electronica. Jeez, I thought they invented it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-G28iyPtz0

Back on topic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQSsq7HCNHw