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And the needed hd upgrade is done. ;)
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And the needed hd upgrade is done. ;)
I've had this for a couple of months but I'd thought I'd post it up since TC installed it. Even tho, after reading this you'll see the board TC installed has been replaced (no fault of TC, was my fault) TCs soldering in such tight spaces is excellent, incredibly tidy and highly professional. The caps he replaced are still in my unit, again, excellent job. It's a Gamegear with TV (RGB scart) out and a Megadrive pad port with start button support. The board is from the supurb Otaku's Store (http://www.otakus-store.net/en/home/...connector.html), new set of caps from ebay and posted to TC for the important bit.
Initially I tried it on my Trinitron and the colors were very dark and off, and tbh I was gutted. TC said he thought the colors were fine, but also Castle of Illusion showed corrupt output on the TV. Chatted to TC and he thought it was the board not supporting the game, which turns out to be correct (video mode or or something). Anyway, I enquired with the chap from Otakus store (who developed and built the TV out board) and he suggested I send the whole unit to him (they're in France) to look at. He tested it and said the colors were fine but did experience corruption in Castle of Illusion and he wasn't sure why. So he installed a replacement board and had the same results. He tried the game on the different mobo version of the GG (single/twin ASIC) and same problem. He now concludes its a video mode/resolution issue with some GG games that he didn't spot before, but he assures me there's only a small number of games that use that mode.
So he sent it back to me, with the conclusion the colors are fine, he tested my custom RGB cable (which is a MD2 cable) and that was fine (I worried it was causing the color issues). He did all this for free, except for postage, which I think is highly commendable. Once I got it back I tested it again on my Trinitron and the same color problem, sigh. So I got my little 15" LCD out and tested on that and voila, perfection!!! So I dragged my 'backup' 21" Trinitron out and also voila, perfect again! Turns out my original Trinny is going bad.
So long story short, thanks to TC for the absolutely professional installation. Thanks to Otaku's store for the support and a brilliant product. Honestly guys it's cheap, and well worth it. It looks fantastic now on my other CRT. I have no problems with it at all. Long post but just sharing issues really.
Pics show one from my old CRT, the rest are from my new CRT and possibly one from my LCD.
Shame those GGTV adapters don't have a setting via jumper to enable full screen. That would be awesome for converting the old and crappy GG LCD to a newer one.
Picked up some goodies at Play Expo today :D
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Hi all....just purchased a cd32 and cd32 floppy disk expansion unit with official controller....let the fun commence.......
Finally found an Acorn Atom! :D
Item still on route, but the seller sent me a pic of the package sending it:
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Odd choice packaging to say the least, i hope he stuffed it with enough bubbly wrap ;)
Attachment 77366Attachment 77369 Finally i got a GB Boy color.
Matched it up to my other color-gameboys (Gameboy Color, Gameboy Advance AGS-001 and AGS-101)
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Gb boys rock!
Nice collection of game boys :-)
Had a busy summer of buying guitars and amps so not been doing much with my retro collection this past few months.
Did manage to trade my xbox one in to get a ps4. Also got a GBA Micro, an original GBA in clear orange and black with afterburner mod and not much else
Figure with winter coming up I'll be getting back into sorting my amiga stuff out :D
Wow! I had no idea the GB Boy had such a nice screen. I wonder if it could be transplanted to a real GB Color.Quote:
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Nice!
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