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Title: is chopsado still available?
Post by: 420GOAT on March 19, 2014, 05:10:27 AM

are these still around? i want to  get it to play some pc games. thanks.

Title: Re: is chopsado still available?
Post by: _joshuaTurbo on March 20, 2014, 09:33:57 AM

I play PC games using the new chorpedo's.

They're far easier to use and hardly cause damage to any graphics card imagineable.

Chorpedo-
(http://images.macworld.com/images/opinion/graphics/133219-dirtyvideocard.jpg)

Title: Re: is chopsado still available?
Post by: 420GOAT on March 20, 2014, 10:27:33 AM

i know theres something in that pic i should know about. hmmmm?

Title: Re: is chopsado still available?
Post by: Necromancer on March 20, 2014, 10:32:52 AM

Why not ask chops directly?  He knows all about PC game playing.

Title: Re: is chopsado still available?
Post by: esadajr on March 20, 2014, 04:10:24 PM

depending on your needs/budget you may want to grab one of these http://www.db-elec.com/home/pc-engine-to-turbografx16-converter

Title: Re: is chopsado still available?
Post by: wildo2ne on March 21, 2014, 01:03:08 PM

this may sound stupid but why not just region mod and be done with it? Keith Courage does excellent work and his prices are more than fair for the quality of his work.

Title: Re: is chopsado still available?
Post by: DragonmasterDan on March 21, 2014, 01:19:18 PM

Quote from: wildo2ne on March 21, 2014, 01:03:08 PM

this may sound stupid but why not just region mod and be done with it? Keith Courage does excellent work and his prices are more than fair for the quality of his work.

Let's say you're doing this to play PCE games on a Turbo Express. Modding the system is possible, but inconvenient. The chopsado easily attached to your HuCard without a bulky convertor sticking out. It's the perfect solution.

Title: Re: is chopsado still available?
Post by: DragonmasterDan on March 21, 2014, 02:37:37 PM

Quote from: nullity on March 21, 2014, 01:32:19 PM

Or, let's say, you have a US TCD or Duo and have a Turbo EverDrive and have no desire to use a region mod/converter for JP HuCards but you want to play ACD games. A single chopsado (or chorpedo) is a low cost way to use an Arcade Card.

And I use a chopsado for exactly that purpose actually.

Title: Re: is chopsado still available?
Post by: roflmao on March 21, 2014, 02:43:03 PM

I love that there is a more affordable converter being offered. Is Chop not offering his for-little-to-nothing-chopsado anymore? Whatever, these are available to a greater audience via ebay and there's merit to that.

However, I have chopsados and a green diving board converter and can state that games will sometimes require some wiggling to start and will sometimes conk out mid-game using these converters.  And I had some really weird graphical effects going on using my diving board with my ACD while playing Sapphire once.

Ever since my system was region modded, every pce game has loaded up every time and has played flawlessly. And it didn't cost much to have done.