Car boots, charity shops and amazing retro finds from your loft

[SeanR]

Found my SNK rgb csync cable in the garage. (I was looking for N64 stuff.)

 

Will retry the supergun into the ossc.

 

 

[SeanR]

Found my pal n64 (the lower one) like this *content warning*

 

Spoiler

one light dusting later

 

madness.

 

the jpn n64 was my daily player too, I must have bagged it in a hurry…

[Spartan]

Facebook marketplace brought me a PC Engine with Mr Heli for £55 quid from a guy moving from Bristol to South Wales, no pad but its in very good condition.

 

I went to collect it yesterday afternoon but after half an hours drive and another 20 minutes of trying to raise somebody at the house with no response I gave up and came back home, an hour later he responded extremely sorry that he had actually fallen asleep. He thankfully dropped it off at mine at lunch as im WFH today. Never seen one in the flesh before. Going to see about getting a flash cart and RGB adaptor off aliexpress. Its cleaned up lovely though, was really dirty in the listing.

 

[ScoobyDoom]

2 hours ago, Spartan said:

Facebook marketplace brought me a PC Engine with Mr Heli for £55 quid from a guy moving from Bristol to South Wales, no pad but its in very good condition.

 

I went to collect it yesterday afternoon but after half an hours drive and another 20 minutes of trying to raise somebody at the house with no response I gave up and came back home, an hour later he responded extremely sorry that he had actually fallen asleep. He thankfully dropped it off at mine at lunch as im WFH today. Never seen one in the flesh before. Going to see about getting a flash cart and RGB adaptor off aliexpress. Its cleaned up lovely though, was really dirty in the listing.

 

 

I love that artwork on the card!

[JamesC]

2 hours ago, Spartan said:

Facebook marketplace brought me a PC Engine with Mr Heli for £55 quid from a guy moving from Bristol to South Wales, no pad but its in very good condition.

 

I went to collect it yesterday afternoon but after half an hours drive and another 20 minutes of trying to raise somebody at the house with no response I gave up and came back home, an hour later he responded extremely sorry that he had actually fallen asleep. He thankfully dropped it off at mine at lunch as im WFH today. Never seen one in the flesh before. Going to see about getting a flash cart and RGB adaptor off aliexpress. Its cleaned up lovely though, was really dirty in the listing.

 

That's a thing of beauty!

 

[Spartan]

6 minutes ago, ScoobyDoom said:

 

I love that artwork on the card!

 

Great isn't it, although the IREM logo stood out for me. The guy said he bought it 20 years ago but never got round to buying the cables and co troller for it so it's been sat in his attic for years.

[Ninja Doctor]

Recap probably needed. 

[spanky debrest]

4 hours ago, Spartan said:

Facebook marketplace brought me a PC Engine with Mr Heli for £55 quid from a guy moving from Bristol to South Wales, no pad but its in very good condition.

 

I went to collect it yesterday afternoon but after half an hours drive and another 20 minutes of trying to raise somebody at the house with no response I gave up and came back home, an hour later he responded extremely sorry that he had actually fallen asleep. He thankfully dropped it off at mine at lunch as im WFH today. Never seen one in the flesh before. Going to see about getting a flash cart and RGB adaptor off aliexpress. Its cleaned up lovely though, was really dirty in the listing.

 

 

Holy shit that's a score.

 

Beautiful machine, beautiful game. 

 

I think there's an adaptor available (or being manufactured at least) that lets you use those wireless 2.4G 8bitdo PCE replica controllers on real hardware, which might be worth investigating.

[Jazz Glands]

I probably wouldn’t bother with those. I have one and it’s ok, but way stiffer than an original pad which is a thing of beauty 

[spanky debrest]

They're also smaller aren't they? I probably shouldn't have referred to them as a 'replica' option because they're their own thing. I'm quite fond of mine though.

[Wiper]

Not really appropriate for this thread, as it's an eBay purchase, and whether it's a bargain is very much up for debate, but I was delighted when I collected this from the post depot today and wanted to share.

 

A good few PC games I'd like to have are tricky to obtain — not because they're desirable, but simply because they were neither popular enough to have saturated the market, nor are they sought after enough for people to bother selling them. However, they're games that matter to me, as games I owned or wanted growing up, so I try to pick them up when I can; even if they're only a jewel case. Such games in the past have included Psygnosis adventure Innocent Until Caught (lucky enough to finally have a boxed version; now I just need its sequel, Guilty), and Van Gogh painting adventure Mission Sunlight (which I have in jewel case only).

 

Last month one of my saved eBay searches tripped for the semi-obscure 1995 Edgar Allen Poe adventure game The Dark Eye. It had appeared on a German second-hand store's page, with no pictures and no description besides being in "good" condition. With postage the game came to around £9, and I guessed it was just the jewel case, but given how rarely I've seen the game for sale I was happy to pay that for it. I ordered it, and waited for it to make its way through customs. It tried to arrive on Saturday while I was out, so I headed off to collect it today, and, well:

 

 

 

I'm absolutely delighted to have received a complete edition of the game, far more than I'd expected! Looking forward to installing it this evening and enjoying some morbid mid-90s adventuring

[Spartan]

My word, the gameplay footage of that looks great. Stop motion puppets!

[Wiper]

It really is a thing of beauty! A bit of a pain to get running though, unless you have a Windows 3.1 (or, at a pinch, 95) PC lying around. That said, it comes with a Mac System 7 version included as well (good old Quicktime-based games!), so that route may be a little simpler to emulate.

[dumpster]

On 30/01/2023 at 17:14, Ninja Doctor said:

Recap probably needed. 

Ok, he started off by going to pick it up, but the guy was asleep so he came home and the bloke then dropped it at his house later.

[Alexlotl]

I’m currently excavating the ghosts of retro gaming past, stuff I bought with grand ambitions but never did anything with, and ended up cluttering a big wardrobe in my daughter’s room that we now need to clear. 

 

 

A Japanese Mark 2 Saturn, which I bought shortly after the Satiator was first announced (six years ago?). I picked up Puzzle Bobble 2X to make sure it worked, but was waiting for the Satiator to come out rather than pay a fortune for other games. It was only going to be a few months, right? Right?

 

 

A RetroGamingCables RGB cable, which I got to use with my Framemeister, which I no longer own, having gone the HDMI-native FPGA route instead. There seems to be another modern RGB Scart in there too, which I don’t remember buying, but I’m guessing it had the wrong sync type - perhaps for PAL machines?

 

 

A dusty PAL Mk2 with a broken laser, which I bought for peanuts, then transplanted the 240v power supply into the Japanese unit. 
 

 

It came with a pad, and a copy of Sonic Jam in the drive. Not pristine, but looks playable.

 

 

The Japanese Saturn still works, and I have established Puzzle Bobble dominance over my 10 year old daughter despite maximum handicap.
 

“Is this a bubble pop game?”

“It’s THE bubble pop game.”

 

I’ll probably list the JP unit in the trading forum soon (minus one of the pads), but is the PAL Mk 2 or loose copy of Sonic Jam any use to anyone? Yours for postage.

[MikeBeaver]

I'll tap you up for Sonic jam if it's goig, will whizz it through the disc cleaner.

If no one snaps up the MK2, I'm happy to throw some cash your way also But obviously happier if someone who needs it takes it before me  

[Alexlotl]

Other bits discovered…

 

 

The AV Famicom that I never got around to getting modded for RGB. Lovely looking console, this. I bought Flipull as the cheapest test cart I could find, although I rather like the game.

 

I’m confident this still works (I have a Mk 1 Mega Drive PSU to run it), but I don’t seem to have an AV cable for it anymore, I must have sold it with my SFC Mini a few years back.

 

 

An authentic Krikzz Famicom Everdrive N8, which I forgot I even owned.

 

 

A Japanese Mk 2 Mega Drive, one of the sexiest consoles ever. This has a weak connection on the power connector, so it can cut out if knocked - pretty common, and apparently easy to fix if you have any soldering skills, which I don’t. I still used this (carefully) until I got my Mega SG and sold the Framemeister. 

 

 

A bevy of expansion-chip equipped SNES games, bought before the SD2SNES had support for these.

 

I got Winter Gold as it’s an ideal donor cart for Starfox 2 (SFX2, right RAM, save support), but again, I never did anything with it. 

[Ninja Doctor]

Now, I could happily take those snes carts off your hands if they need a new home. 

[Lyrical Donut]

I'd be interested in the MD2 if you're looking to shift it.

[WibbleWorldGiddy]

I w

1 hour ago, Alexlotl said:

I’m currently excavating the ghosts of retro gaming past

 

I would love a Christmas Carol movie in which Scrooge is visited by past consoles.

 

I bet he would have owned a CDi.

[Wonderm]

7 hours ago, Alexlotl said:

 

 

I’ll probably list the JP unit in the trading forum soon (minus one of the pads), but is the PAL Mk 2 or loose copy of Sonic Jam any use to anyone? Yours for postage.

 

Id have the mk2 if no-one else has gone for it

[phillv85]

The Japanese MD2 is a sexy looking bit of kit, I still use one for my Japanese games.

[Shimmyhill]

@Alexlotl id be interested in the White Saturn and some US Snes carts for sure! @MikeBeaver - im bidding on some Sonic Jam games, whats your plans if you get this one!?

[Jazz Glands]

Also potentially interested in the white Saturn if you put it up in trading  

[Alexlotl]

Cheers for all the interest! I'll get a thread up in trading when I get breathing room (tricky in half term).

 

To be clear, the PAL Mk2 has no power supply and a broken laser, so it's definitely a project job, although I see replacements are easily had these days. I seem to recall it did boot to the BIOS OK before I stole the PSU, but I can't make any promises. The pad isn't included, I'm keeping that for use with some FPGA platform in the future. I'll chuck in the mystery (non-RGC) RGB scart cable with it, as I suspect it's for PAL units. Any interested parties, drop me a PM, it's a bit hard to work out from the replies here whether people are after the JP Saturn or the PAL one.

 

@MikeBeaver- I'll drop you a PM on Sonic Jam.

[Down by Law]

I can fix that MD2 ac port if you like ?

[MikeBeaver]

3 hours ago, Alexlotl said:

Cheers for all the interest! I'll get a thread up in trading when I get breathing room (tricky in half term).

 

To be clear, the PAL Mk2 has no power supply and a broken laser, so it's definitely a project job, although I see replacements are easily had these days. I seem to recall it did boot to the BIOS OK before I stole the PSU, but I can't make any promises. The pad isn't included, I'm keeping that for use with some FPGA platform in the future. I'll chuck in the mystery (non-RGC) RGB scart cable with it, as I suspect it's for PAL units. Any interested parties, drop me a PM, it's a bit hard to work out from the replies here whether people are after the JP Saturn or the PAL one.

 

@MikeBeaver- I'll drop you a PM on Sonic Jam.

PAL Saturn here, project would be fun ... if there isn't a more deserving person also wanting it

[erhgiez]

I found a real relic yesterday in a second hand bookshop. Not a video game but still a game. An old solo adventure for Tunnels and Trolls from 1981. Never played the system but have an old rule book in desperate need of repair. I’ll give it a spin later!

 

 

 

 

[smac]

Yeah, I have a few of those - that's an original; a bunch were reprinted in perfect bound paperback form in the 80s.  Notoriously tough to beat.

 

It's a mad system - focus on speed and simplicity. You can be rolling dozens of dice for a heavy attack.

 

Just remember - TTYF!

[T Pot]

Tonight’s cleanup:

 

 

Need to open the SNES up as there’s something loose inside it. Ordered some new power and display cables too.