teh "what did you buy today"-thread

[MrFlutterPie]

I bought a 6' 8 pin mini-din MF cable

[Flare65]

*does a little dance*

That looks like one of those SCART to RGB boards....correct me if I'm wrong.  I've seen a few of those on ebay, but never with any sort of case/mounting, just a bare board.  Did you buy the clear case to put it in?  Also, do you need a separate power supply to run it?

[whisper2053]

That looks like one of those SCART to RGB boards....correct me if I'm wrong.  I've seen a few of those on ebay, but never with any sort of case/mounting, just a bare board.  Did you buy the clear case to put it in?  Also, do you need a separate power supply to run it?

Close! It's actually a GBS-8200 scaler unit encased and purchased from ArcadeForge. I do have the piece you mention though, as can be seen here in the full setup (connected to my Saturn at the time):

[Ninja Spirit]

Nice! I've never heard of this hack before, will have to look into it. What all is different?

Insane Megaman 2 hack...

You gotta see it for yourself. I've beaten alot of Megaman games, and this almost made me want to break a lamp

[Nando]

.... and this almost made me want to break a lamp

LMAO! I must check this out.

[Mathius]

.... and this almost made me want to break a lamp

LMAO! I must check this out.

I hear bits of music from Ducktales' moon stage theme and Legend of Valkyrie during Airman's stage. Pretty cool but a little abrasive sounding. The original Megaman 2 music sounded way better.

[SmaMan]

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Nice! I've never heard of this hack before, will have to look into it. What all is different?

Insane Megaman 2 hack...

You gotta see it for yourself. I've beaten alot of Megaman games, and this almost made me want to break a lamp

I hear there's also a hard patch for that hack, where you have no invincibility time after being hit. 

[whisper2053]

Dreamcast love. That is all.

[SmaMan]

I picked up an RF adaptor to replace my Famicom one that died, and I had been using for my PC Engine. Anyway, it was just a cheap, fancily packaged HK one from Retro-Bit. Let's take a look at the back of the box. (I don't have good pictures of the cable itself...)

Notice how it contradicts itself, it says it goes to Channel 13 on the left side, but 3 or 4 on the paragraph on the right! Also, there's no way you could "seamlessly" switch from TV to game unless you have some kind of dual RF adaptor. It comes with a standard RF to coax cable, and a box that basically just works as an adaptor for a Sega Genesis Model 2. There's no other coax port on the box itself unlike the NES-101 gray box model.

Le sigh... either way it works alright with my PC Engine. Not the best picture, but I've seen much worse.

[BlueBMW]

Insane Megaman 2 hack...

You gotta see it for yourself. I've beaten alot of Megaman games, and this almost made me want to break a lamp

Interesting...  Metal Man's stage sounds like the opening state of X2...

[jeffhlewis]

The holy trinity, in Sharp x68000 form!



Couple of other random pickups - California Games is the blue label re-release, and Alex Kidd is the red label re-release (2 down, 4 to go on the re-releases). I picked up the copy of Sonic because I noticed it was a U.S. seller and had a faint sticker on the back. I can't tell 100% because of sticker damage but I think this is a U.S. copy of Sonic. Might have to head over to SegaAge to verify.

[SuperDeadite]

The holy trinity, in Sharp x68000 form!



Couple of other random pickups - California Games is the blue label re-release, and Alex Kidd is the red label re-release (2 down, 4 to go on the re-releases). I picked up the copy of Sonic because I noticed it was a U.S. seller and had a faint sticker on the back. I can't tell 100% because of sticker damage but I think this is a U.S. copy of Sonic. Might have to head over to SegaAge to verify.

Trinity?  Dude you totally need Thunder Blade.  It's still the best port of the game.  And for best results, get yourself a Cyberstick analog controller.  All 4 of those games support it for maximum awesomeness.

[tggodfrey]

I managed to find a TG16 boxed with all paperwork in awesome shape for a nice price.  

Other than that, this new little gem has kept me from buying much (7800.00).
The rig on the left is my new parachute, right is the old one.  you can see the size difference, new one is smaller and far more aggressive.

[DragonmasterDan]

Couple of other random pickups - California Games is the blue label re-release, and Alex Kidd is the red label re-release (2 down, 4 to go on the re-releases). I picked up the copy of Sonic because I noticed it was a U.S. seller and had a faint sticker on the back. I can't tell 100% because of sticker damage but I think this is a U.S. copy of Sonic. Might have to head over to SegaAge to verify.

Are any of the numbers on the code visible from the sticker in its current condition?

[Tatsujin]

Insane Megaman 2 hack...

You gotta see it for yourself. I've beaten alot of Megaman games, and this almost made me want to break a lamp

Interesting...  Metal Man's stage sounds like the opening state of X2...

first stage played is Valkyre no densetsu theme..great