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Lowgear wrote: ↑Wed Dec 26, 2018 3:00 am This Christmas I opted to go the retro gaming route. When I moved six years ago I uncovered a box containing my SNES cartridges I still had from the 90s. Ever since then I've really wanted to start playing the video games from back in the day again. The problem is I'll only be satisfied by doing it a certain way. I'm not a fan of the many cheap and soulless methods to do it.

The absolute best way would be to hook up the original consoles to a CRT TV. Unfortunately that would take up space that I don't have.

The next best way would be to hook up the original consoles to a modern flat-screen TV but that requires a very expensive upscaler. Also, there's still the space requirement for all those consoles.

The best compromise I could find was using one of the RetroN products. It's a console that allows you to play several different systems games via the original cartridges and controllers in one unit. I never ended up buying one due to the many problems, and lackluster specs. Then around two years ago I learned of a similar product that I felt was superior to the RetroN. It's called a Retro Freak and is only available in Japan. You can have one imported but it can take a few weeks, and you have to pay customs. I found the better way to go about it is to buy a new one off eBay that someone already imported here to the US as they generally go for cheaper then the price from Japan. Luckily one showed up for sale a week before Christmas so I decided that's what I wanted this year. Looks like I have the rest of the winter planned out now.

I also got a 32gb MicroSD memory card for it, and a transformer to step down US voltage to Japanese voltage. It's not necessary but should make the system last longer by feeding it the correct power.

I also received a lot of other stuff but nothing interesting enough to post here about.

Lowgear wrote: ↑Wed Dec 26, 2018 3:00 am This Christmas I opted to go the retro gaming route. When I moved six years ago I uncovered a box containing my SNES cartridges I still had from the 90s. Ever since then I've really wanted to start playing the video games from back in the day again. The problem is I'll only be satisfied by doing it a certain way. I'm not a fan of the many cheap and soulless methods to do it.

The absolute best way would be to hook up the original consoles to a CRT TV. Unfortunately that would take up space that I don't have.

The next best way would be to hook up the original consoles to a modern flat-screen TV but that requires a very expensive upscaler. Also, there's still the space requirement for all those consoles.

The best compromise I could find was using one of the RetroN products. It's a console that allows you to play several different systems games via the original cartridges and controllers in one unit. I never ended up buying one due to the many problems, and lackluster specs. Then around two years ago I learned of a similar product that I felt was superior to the RetroN. It's called a Retro Freak and is only available in Japan. You can have one imported but it can take a few weeks, and you have to pay customs. I found the better way to go about it is to buy a new one off eBay that someone already imported here to the US as they generally go for cheaper then the price from Japan. Luckily one showed up for sale a week before Christmas so I decided that's what I wanted this year. Looks like I have the rest of the winter planned out now.

I also got a 32gb MicroSD memory card for it, and a transformer to step down US voltage to Japanese voltage. It's not necessary but should make the system last longer by feeding it the correct power.

I also received a lot of other stuff but nothing interesting enough to post here about.

THEYTOOKMYTHUMB wrote: ↑Sun Dec 30, 2018 11:56 pm Nice work Sho! I'm glad you're putting in the tub and decided to put in an action shot rather than Farmer. I'm not sure the internet could take it...

RC10th wrote: ↑Mon Dec 31, 2018 10:35 pm

THEYTOOKMYTHUMB wrote: ↑Sun Dec 30, 2018 11:56 pm Nice work Sho! I'm glad you're putting in the tub and decided to put in an action shot rather than Farmer. I'm not sure the internet could take it...

I was half expecting a bubble bath RC photo

acrazyjohnny wrote: ↑Wed Dec 26, 2018 12:32 pm Near me there is a store called micro center they have whole arcade cabinets and table top ones they sell. I also saw they sell buttons as well as the joy stick separately. I liked it until they put a raspberry pi in it. It freaking tiny. And all that's cabinet for that little thing. I was disappointed. I did a few of the original xbox with emulators but man some of the games I had were awesome. Soulless maybe but nothing we can do. I have a few old consoles. However playing them makes you not want play the older games honestly. And upscaling is a pita too.. old xbox $20+ Few hours 2000+ games

THEYTOOKMYTHUMB wrote: ↑Mon Dec 31, 2018 12:11 am Lowgear, I know what you mean. I have all of my old NES and SNES cartridges and machines to play them, but they still have the same old issue of not working unless I insert them and re-insert them about a hundred times or blow on them until I'm blue in the face. (yes, there are at least 1,293 easy jokes to follow that, but I don't have time). I bought the Gamebox Hero about 8 months ago. It serves as a great archive for me if nothing else. It's basically a Raspberry Pi that someone went thru all the trouble to load for you. I also bought some USB NES controllers to go with the SNES that came with it. I bought the Platinum and it's loaded with about every game I could ever think of all the way back to Commodore 64 and Atari. Easily worth the money IMO. I don't play it as much as I thought I would, but I do sleep better at night knowing that all the games are in my library at least in some form...

https://gameboxhero.com/