/vr/ - Retro Games

>>4350436
>Keio is garbage.
I really like it. That's part of the reason why I want it. The US version was always just out of my means to get it, until recently where it is now far out of reach of the realm of reality.


>>4358330
>>4358354
I have been looking for someone willing to do a screen replacement. All the trusted modders have a huge backlog of orders, busy with other projects, or just too costly for me to commission. While it is early LCD, I don't think it is a blurry or faded as a GameGear LCD, but mine has 2 dead pixels in the corner.


>>4359331
I would love that one or the Taito one for the ride, but I only remember one place that had the cabinet around me and I think the game was G-LOC which I didn't like. It is a worth expensive cabinet to own, but typically it would require someone outside for safety when the emergency button above would be hit.

>>4186780
Nah, just posting a bit more in /v/ since that one has not much /vr/ in it.

>>4159809
Given my shaky hands and lack of knowledge/skills/equipment, I do that. I would love to find someone willing to help me keep my decaying electronics that I love alive. I think they should be rewarded for their knowledge/expertise.


>>4160659
I am still scrambling to save up enough so I can get my Duo, Express, and Super CD-ROM^2 fixed and RGB modded (and in the case of the Express screen replaced with a more modern screen). CRT monitors need fixing, MegaAMPs to be installed in Genesis systems, clock batteries in Xboxes need fixing, RGB mod a Wondermega, UltraHDMI precision soldering to be performed on a N64, Jasper 360 disc drive to be replaced, etc. My to-do list is just overwhelming my ability to earn enough.


>>4160376
It is hard to even find a person capable and even willing to do such work in my area. The closest to a tech shop in my area of middle of nowhere is a Gamestop. Just to get an idea, how much is it for such work to be done?

>>3632570
Not OP, but I posted this pic a month ago, wondering about screen mods. I think you or someone else convinced me to keep it in its original glory (though its caps are replaced, since the sound finally died earlier this year, but it is now great again). I salute your logic winning me over (or the person convincing me to do so, since my Duo is already RGB modded and almost no need for modern LCD when I can emulate on a phone).


>>3632596
I still feel for you over your loss. I still could not afford the Turbo Everdrive. Even I consider selling the system, considering I think this can net me 1.5 weeks of groceries, which is very tempting. However, I find the system wonderful to play on in its humorous "this is once 'portable'" (it is surprisingly comfortable for my hands). Its sentimental value to me is only keeping me from breaking down and trading it in for consumables. It helped me on my long travel down to Anime Weekend in Atlanta 3 and back, great times. I guess if the drugs were necessary, it had to be done.

The AC adapter for this system keeps me near an outlet, but 6AA batteries aren't that much. I think Menards has like 30 of them at $2 after rebate over this weekend. I'd get them, if I didn't have to work through the whole holiday. I hate being poor.


My personal positives and negatives
+ nostalgia
+ plays some very fun turbochip games

- no CD games
- screen no longer good
- will need capacitors replaced
- you can just emulate on your phone/pi

https://youtu.be/dV-W23lONI4

>>3566160
Thanks for the link! Great to know!

I do not have a GameGear, but the prospect of so many cheap and potentially great games all around me has tempted me. Plus I saw this video and was pretty envious: https://youtu.be/FiJL27Jy-rI

Also I wish I had the technical expertise to replace the screen of pic related with a more modern LCD.