teh "what did you buy today"-thread

[Samurai Ghost]

Nice! What kind of mods are thinking of doing?

[Mishran]

Nice! What kind of mods are thinking of doing?

Composite, s-video, US/JP, 60/50, and cart slot widening to accept MD games. First I have to find the damn parts to do them. Anyone have any recommendations of a good place to purchase components? I never attempted these before and figured this little Genny will be a good guinea pig.

[Samurai Ghost]

Nice! What kind of mods are thinking of doing?

Composite, s-video, US/JP, 60/50, and cart slot widening to accept MD games. First I have to find the damn parts to do them. Anyone have any recommendations of a good place to purchase components? I never attempted these before and figured this little Genny will be a good guinea pig.

Well FYI the Genesis 1 has native RGB Scart out, so you can't really beat that unless you don't have the connections for one on your TV. All you need is the cable. A US/JP mod would be handy though. The MegaKey can be a pain at times if you don't have a JP system.

Speaking of the Genesis, these just arrived 5 minutes ago. Star Control is one of my all time Genny faves and I was happy to find a boxed copy in good shape. And I know Technocop is a pretty terrible game, I'm just a sucker for ultraviolence.

[BlueBMW]

Heck yeah Star Control!   While Star Control 2 is fantastic, SC1 is also great fun.

[TheClash603]

I love Technocop!  Busted!

The slime jelly shit you can shoot guys with is awesome!  One of my favorite Genesis games.

[Nando]

TARGET EARTH! one of my favorite games on the system. Could never beat it without the cheat though, f*cking insanely hard game.

[jeffhlewis]

Picking up classics; too lazy to take pics. Just got these, all US, all completes:

1.) Space Harrier II
2.) Phantasy Star II w/ map
3.) Sword of Vermillion w/ hint book
4.) Super Hang-On
5.) Shadow Blasters
6.) John Madden Football (the O.G. version)

Also just found out my in-box Twin Fami has a bad belt, so I ordered a replacement. Sounds like a relatively easy fix. Anybody else here done one?

[Frank_fjs]

I've replaced a FDS belt, I wouldn't call it an easy process. Rather time consuming and a pain in the arse if you need to tune the head.

[jeffhlewis]

I've replaced a FDS belt, I wouldn't call it an easy process. Rather time consuming and a pain in the arse if you need to tune the head.

Yeah i checked out a few posts about altering the drive speed - any good tutorials or tips you can share?

[Mathius]

I've replaced a FDS belt, I wouldn't call it an easy process. Rather time consuming and a pain in the arse if you need to tune the head.

Yeah i checked out a few posts about altering the drive speed - any good tutorials or tips you can share?

Opethian here on the boards knows a thing or two about these kinds of repairs.

[Opethian]

its a bitch and a half to change those belts but it is possible.

[Frank_fjs]

Yeah i checked out a few posts about altering the drive speed - any good tutorials or tips you can share?

See here: http://www.famicomdisksystem.com/tutorials/fds-repair-mod/belt-replacement-adjustment/

Once you have the new belt fitted, clean the head with some isopropyl and a cotton tip and test (using a new disk if possible). Hopefully you have some signs of life, if not what to do next mainly depends on the error code. The spindle could be out of alignment, the head may be out of position, the head may be dirty, the drive speed may be wrong, etc.

[Lilgrafx]

I've bought Patapon and Half Minute Hero for $5 a piece. I love how dirt cheap PSP games are now.

[Samurai Ghost]

I've bought Patapon and Half Minute Hero for $5 a piece. I love how dirt cheap PSP games are now.

Both fun games too!

[SuperDeadite]

MID-GARTS GOLD.  So much awesome crap with this game.    Then manual is 95 pages and full of tons of crap.  Even stats for all characters (STR, DEX, INT, etc) like a D&D book, and the game is just a standard horizontal shooter lol.