My SNES with the new enhanced Doom cart from Limited Run Games, including their new SNES Rumble-enabled controller
I finally got my copy of the new "FX3 Chip" version of Doom for SNES as well as the matching Rumble-enabled controller!
While it's interesting to see what an "FX3 Chip" can do, this controller really steals the show with how sturdy and solid it feels with it's grips on the back and texture!
#snes
Selfie of me in paigtails, sunglasses on my head, purple top, black leggings
It's the weekend! 🥳
I'll try not to repair anything and just enjoy my games and some intoxicants!
Have fun!
#selfie #facereveal
Kept resetting on me, to mitigate heat and excess power I removed the 12v rail because without a disk drive in this machine (it was broken so I replaced it with a GDemu) it didn't need that anymore and I did a deep clean on the connector to the power board. No more power spikes and resets!
My Rigol Oscilloscope connected to my black Sega Sport edition Dreamcast with a readout on its screen
My pretty new Oscilloscope arrived just in time to diagnose a power issue on my Dreamcast!
She's all better now!
#retrogaming #repair #sega #dreamcast
3 vertical panels. Panel 1 labeled 2014 - me with short hair in front of a CRT with Shenmue on it and a Dreamcast, SNES and N64 in front of it. Me saying "I love collecting retro game stuff! I'm gonna play ALL the games!" Panel 2 labeled 2019 - me with slightly longer hair, more consoles in front of the TV, with static on the screen. Me saying "These old systems needs a lot of maintenance. I have to get better at electronics repair. Panel 3 labeled 2024 - even more systems on the CRT, but me with my current long hair sitting at a table with my back to them, soldering a circuit board, my custom PICO-8, my handmade Vectrex controller, my "Game Man" I made by consolising a GBA on the table and me saying "...remember when I used to play games?"
Since it feels like all I've been doing for the last 3 weeks has been repairing my game collection, today's #throwbackthursday is the little comic strip I made about this EXACT situation two years ago!
#retrogaming #retrocollecting #art #comic #diy #repair #funny #tbt
To make matter worse, my Power Base Converter doesn't seem happy about the region switch in my Genesis, but I think I have workarounds
The classic Genesis Tower of Power with model 1 Sega CD and Genesis, and a 32X on top with my copy of Doom 32X inserted. The box for Doom is also visible astride the console.
The inside of my 32X with the auto region switcher I soldered into it.
I normally keep my Power Base Converter on my model 1 Genesis (with matching Sega CD) and my 32X on my model 2 Genesis (with matching Model 2 Sega CD), but I was testing an auto region switching mod I put in my 32X, which necessitated assembling the classic "Tower of Power"!
#retrogaming #sega
My Panasonic MSX2 with a Joy Card controller, and my Atari 130XE with 7800 controller, both on my wood tiled floor
(They're friends!)
#retrogaming #retrocomputing #msx #atari #130xe #msx2
This is why I post ♥️
Bushido Blade in high resolution on my flat panel TV, though the skybox is missing so the sky is just black
The black-skybox version of Bushido Blade in the background, my Dreamcast powered on in the foreground
My mind is fully blown!
I updated to the newest version of OpenMenu for the Dreamcast's GDemu so it could drive my VM2 directly, but it also has integrated BLEEMCAST!! 🤯
Throw a PS1 ISO on your SD card and it'll run on Dreamcast! (Well... to the best of it's limited ability! 😅)
#sega #sony
Yup! It's canon!
An old-timey paint of lenses with light-blocking shield around them, on a stick. A holder holds a card in front of it with two hand-painted images, one for each lens, to give the viewer a stereoscopic image. Circa late 1800s.
Rate my VR setup
My hand holding a small Dig Dug figurine
Went to a Boba shop and unexpectedly ran into this old friend!
It's Dig Dug himself!
Mr Driller's dad!
#retrogaming #digdug #mrdriller
I got my R.O.B. the Robot for the original Nintendo working last night after having to basically rebuild the insides of the spinner motor because it was so corroded!
But look how cool he is!
#retrogaming #retrocollecting #nintendo #nes #robtherobot
Threw together an S-Video cable for it with spare parts and a $4 used cord I found it's basically good as new.
Here's the custom Composite and S-Video cable I made for it and the back of the system with the custom rotary switcher to launch the extra system ROMs that were installed.
#retrocomputing
Micron!
Atari 130XE disassembled on my floor with Rescue on Fractalus inserted and a 7800 controller
My hands controlling the game while it's displayed on my CRT
A $20 non-working Atari 130XE with some crazy mods already on it with added LEDs and all it needed was 4 new RAM chips to get it going again!
#retrogaming #retrocomputing #diy #atari #ram #8bit #lucasarts
Wipeout 3 XL on my CRT TV and my Flat panel TV with two PS1s on the floor and a serial link cable connecting them
There's an NTSC-patched version of the PAL-exclusive WipeOut 3 Special Edition, so I put a copy on my new Xstation modded PS1 and burnt a copy for my modchipped PS1 and then serial linked the two for some sweet networked head-to-head at the smooth 30 fps that this version can do!
#retrogaming
Showing the internals of this PS1, CD processor chip with 4 pins lifted, polyamide tape down to prevent contact
The PS1 with the SD loader in place of the laser assembly with the door open
The Xstation menu working in my TV showing the games that were included by default on the SD card that came with it
Lifting pins is scary business, but I managed it and now one of my PlayStations is rocking an sd-loading Xstation ODE!
#PSX #diy #playstation #xstation #retrogaming
Super Famicom with Broadcast Satellaview and Super Gameboy 2 plus the Hori Super Gameboy Commander in the dark lit up by the 3 red LEDs
Gotta love some LEDs!
A little late night Super Famicom lead to a pretty cool picture.
#snes #sgb #gameboy #satellaview
Tektronix Oscilloscope from 1974 and it's custom metal case (left) Rigol 924S Oscilloscope with it's fabric case (right), both showing the same square form test patterns
Old 'scope, say hello to new 'scope!
Or: 50 years of progress in one picture
#oscilloscope #diy #hack #analog
For the flashed Genesis cart I used for this, I went ahead and made my own custom cartridge label (look at the seal!)
#retrogaming #diy #art #genesis #gba
My hand holding a power adapter showing heat shrink tubing on the cable to a miniplug, painter's tape on the adapter says "Odyssey 1" written in hand with a marker
Welcome to my family of diy spliced-together power adapters, Magnavox Odyssey!
#retrogaming #retrocollecting #diy
Disasteroids title screen showing the ships on a black background with vector-style graphics
My Sega Saturn with the Netlink connected
Apparently this is going to be a homebrew/gamejam kind of weekend! This morning I'm playing Disasteroids, the 12-player local game that's just been updated with Netlink support for online play!
I do have a Netlink and a DreamPi, so I might have to take it online!
PS: the music slaps!
#retrogaming
If you still haven't seen it, here's a few more pics from the very cool new Open World N64 game, JunkRunner 64.
Also, here's the link to it:
github.com/lambertjames...
#homebrew #n64
Last night I played James Lambert's new N64 game, JunkRunner 64
This could have just been a tech demo to show off the incredible achievement of the massive open world he got working on the system, but it's also a cute and clever scavenging game as well!
Super impressive!
#retrogaming #n64 #homebrew
Don't forget about all the fan-run servers for Dreamcast Live.
I hear where you're coming from, but it's a SNES remake of former full-release games, Space Zap (arcade) and Space Fortress (Astrocade). Which I thought was neat!
My Ouya controller resting stop my Ouya
The Ouya menu after connecting to a server
A few images of games still available; towerfall ascension, Wizorb, and the Final Fantasy 3 remake
For #throwbackthursday how about when I picked up an Ouya for $20 expecting it to be a paperweight because the service was long gone, only to discover fan-run archival servers keeping it going!
Read more in my old article here: retrorgb.com/how-to-get-y...
Aww, you missed the one I was really hoping to see you cover!
