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[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Selling/Trading Manual 4 Super Air Zonk North America]

Reporting back - successful trade complete.

Thanks Ashevent!

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Selling/Trading Manual 4 Super Air Zonk North America]

Thanks for getting back to me!

Sadly I don't have anything on your wish list.

I'd suggest maybe Gunboat + Bloody Wolf + Super Star Soldier for the trade if you don't have any of those?  Decent blend of "blow stuff up". 

If that sounds good we can swap addresses via PM.

Cheers

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Selling/Trading Manual 4 Super Air Zonk North America]

Hey Ashevent - what are you after?  I have a few I've been meaning to list on ebay for a while so I can fund other purchases.

Hueys:

China Warrior (CIC)
King of Casino (CIC)
Victory Run (CIC)
Timeball (CIC)
Double Dungeons (CIC)
Klax (CIC)
Gunboat (CIC)
Bloody Wolf (CIC)
Deep Blue (CIC)
Raiden (CIC)
Super Star Soldier (CIC)

CDs:

Meteor Blaster DX (sealed, new, potentially valuable now that BT Garner has passed away and the Mindrec shopping cart has been down?)
Lords of the Rising Sun (CIC)
Sherlock Holmes II (sealed, new)
J.B. Harold Murder Club (CIC)
The Addams Family (CIC)
Ys I & II (CIC - no map)
Ys III (CIC)
Vasteel (Game + Manual in generic case - no map)

Full transparency - I already have super air zonk - if we do a trade my plan is to compare the condition of your manual and mine (mine's not in great shape) and (eventually) resell the lesser quality one.

Cheers

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Damn, looks like I'm out two turbo sticks so...Raffle time! *WINNER CHOSEN*]

Awesome.  Gratz JKM!

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Free game: Military Madness]

One of my favorite turbo games.  Kudos for offering it up.

(already have it, don't enter me, just wanted to say thanks for sharing the love!)

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: For Trade: Sealed US Cotton and Camp California]

I'm not really into the sealed scene, but wanted to give you a kudos for offering this up.  Really cool of you.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Damn, looks like I'm out two turbo sticks so...Raffle time!]

Throw me in the pot.  I'm betting the run button can be fixed.  ;-)

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: custom TG16/PCE hucard cases… ROUND 2!!]

I definitely love the creativity!  A year or so ago I went to a plastics company here in town and asked what it would take to mold some new cases.  It was some pretty serious bucks, mostly in setting up the mold/die/whatever they call it.  Once you have that it's like $1/case, but you'd have to sell thousands of them just to break even on the die setup.

I decided instead to just buy keith courage and sports titles however many times I needed to in order to have cases for all my games.  ;-)

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Tennokoe Bank corrupting CF2 data?]

That really blows.  I'll have to keep it in mind.  Maybe I'll get out and use my TGCD for CF2.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Duo Read Issue - Fix - Remove Lazer Housing]

I think it probably keeps the laser from focusing in as closely as it'd like in some cases.

That cover is like 1 mm below the disc, plus the thickness of the cover... without it the laser can probably get ~2mm closer to the surface of the disc.  Just guessing.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS: Home Grown Inserts... (200post count members)]

Got my system card ones today, they look great!  Thanks a ton!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Is there a Turbo/PCE price guide floating around out there?]

Recently my disposable income has been at an all-time low and I broke down and bought a SNES controller-to-USB adapter so I can play a few ROMS in comfort.  Still, even with the computer wired to my CRT and stereo speakers, I don't really like it and I've spent all of 30 minutes using the stupid thing.

Doh, I hear ya man.  The emu's never get the audio right.  And the flicker is missing.  And the slowdown. 

I know it sounds like I'm being sarcastic, but I'm not.  It doesn't feel right at all.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Is there a Turbo/PCE price guide floating around out there?]

To be clear, in the case of vintage video games I'm not concerned the creators might be out some cash if I don't buy a legitimate copy. It's the principle of the thing.

I used to feel that way too.  Then I read about how copyright used to be limited to like 30 years... (exact limit I'd have to look up)  and how Congress keeps extending it for the big companies everytime Mickey Mouse's Copyright is about to expire, just to keep Disney profits up.  The same Disney that makes $billions off stuff in the public domain, because back then, the Copyright expired... (winnie the pooh, snow white, cinderella, the list is pretty extensive...)  Copyright was never meant to make $$ for a corporation forever.  It was meant to allow an author (a person) to profit from their creations for a limited time.  Apply the same theory to these 20+ yr old games... and I honestly don't feel like I'm doing anything wrong, even in principal.  If I can't still get it new at close to MSRP or less from a retail outlet, then in my mind, the author has made his go of it and I'm in the clear.

There is, however, something to be said for the "complete package" when buying a game. I like to have a real-life, paper manual I can hold and flip through, among other things.

Agreed, tho with a lot of my purchases, I find myself having to print up old manuals, because buying the games "complete" costs so damn much.

Zeta touches on another good point, one that I wanted to mention in my earlier post but I ran out of time. There are two kinds of "collectors," really. Those who collect games they like to play, and those who collect games because of perceived value.

maybe.  I'd argue that the ones "collecting" because of perceived value are not really collectors, more like investors, or resellers.  If you have no intent to keep it, it's not really collecting.

My definition of a collector (looking in the mirror here, somewhat) is someone that looks at a list, with lots of empty checkboxes, and wants to "finish the list" and check off all the boxes, to "complete the collection".  My wife tells me I have a disorder here... heh, and she's probably right.  I like to have one of each game for my favorite systems, even if it means buying some games that suck and I'll probably never play more than 10 mins.  I always start with my favorites, then I move into buying ones others recommend, and by then the "collection" seems so within reach that I find myself picking up all the rest of the crap just to finish it out. 

I've never purchased a game because I thought it was worth money. I never plan on selling any of them, so value never enters the equation for me. Sure, I do end up selling games here and there when I pick up duplicates or get something I really hate, but I'll often sell to the first person who makes an offer, and rarely do I even try to ascertain "current market value" before doing so.

I definitely have.  Trading and flipping games and systems here and there is how I fund the purchases of the ones I want.  I don't have a huge disposable income, much like many folks here, but I do have enough sense to know that if I can get a good deal on something I don't particularly want, then sell it, and then use the funds to buy something I do really want, I'm not doing anything wrong.  I think the wrong comes in when you mislead someone into giving you the good deal in the first place.  I've made several offers on the large lots in the buy/sell threads, but every time I've been up front that I would be keeping only a couple of the items, and reselling the rest.

side note: $1800, $250, $100... it's all relative.  Some ppl make $1mil/yr and $1800 is pocket change.  Some ppl make $10k/yr and $100 is a stretch.  Everyone's "omg that's a lot of cash" scale is different.

* So it kind of pisses me off when some folks judge others based on how different their "omg that's a lot of cash" scale is from their own.

** It also kind of pisses me off that noone takes inflation into account when pricing this stuff, and instead passes judgement on people who do.  Does no one realize that 3-4 years ago there was ~850 billion in circulation and now there's ~1.8 trillion?  The (private company) Federal Reserve essentially printed money to bail out wall street.  All else being equal, something "worth" $85 in 2008 is now worth -at least- $180, just because our money is worth half as much.  If you apply that to the pricing of a lot of our turbo gear, in real world terms, the actual value has dropped significantly.  (so stop complaining already!  or, I suppose, complain to your employer that your pay hasn't kept up with inflation, if you really feel the need to complain?)

haha, whew, got that out!  I feel so much better.  ;-)

Back on the price list topic... I think it's a bad idea.  Just because it'd be impossible to keep up to date, not because I don't think it'd be a good service to gamers trying to get a feel for how much they should pay for XX game they loved when they were 13 yrs old, never should have sold, and now want to buy again.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Is there a Turbo/PCE price guide floating around out there?]

Blue, I very much agree that part of the nostalgia is the entire package.

Nat, I have mixed feelings about the legality... If I can't buy it in the store anymore, I don't feel morally obligated to pay $1800 to a collector for a game, vs downloading an image.  Either way it's not like the creator is out any cash.

Zeta, I see it, I'm mostly playing devil's advocate.  I both collect and game and way prefer to game on original gear.  ;-)

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Is there a Turbo/PCE price guide floating around out there?]

Maybe slightly off topic, but...

WE'RE AGAINST PRICELISTS BECAUSE PRICELISTS RUIN THE MARKET FOR GAMERS.

I don't really think the people claiming to be in it for the gaming would care much about pricing on original chips?

From the CD/SCD "gamer" perspective:
  - you get a duo-r for $150, roughly the cost of ONE of the harder to find SCD titles.
  - then a CDR is what?  $0.25/ea?

From the HuCard "gamer" perspective:
  - you get the 64MB programable huey, ~$99, or about the cost of 6 decent huey games?
  - load it up with the game(s) of the week.

That's assuming the "gamer" wants to play on original hardware.  There's also emulators out the wazzu that are even cheaper.

Either way, the "gamer" perspective doesn't require buying what has essentially become collectibles, kinda like original transformers or gijoes... So why does everyone keep talking about TG/PCE collecting like it's ruining anything for the gamers?  Does.  Not.  Compute.

What it is doing is making it harder for the die-hard fans that also happen to be collectors by nature of their fan-dom to afford to continue collecting... and that I think will balance out in a couple of years when this generation gets over the hill and "16-bit" is no longer the retro cool thing of the day.

That, or someone in china will commission a new run of clone hueys and noone will be able to tell the difference and the market will drop out anyway!  (ok, ok, wishful thinking ;-)

**edit
<< I don't really think the people claiming to be in it for the gaming would care much about pricing?
>> I don't really think the people claiming to be in it for the gaming would care much about pricing on original chips?

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: MY TURBOGRAFX AV MOD]

Ya never know what you might be missing on the other audio line.  ;-)

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS TurboGrafx-16/Duo Games and systems some PC Engine Super Grafx etc UPDATED]

Got my supergrafx & other loot, Thanks!!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Glitched Hu card]

They're static sensitive too.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )]

I find it curious that he "never used it on his own".  Does that mean it's untested, as-is?

http://cgi.ebay.com/All-Star-Power-League-Gold-HuCARD-88-PC-Engine-PCE-/130542233674?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item1e64ec684a

Quite rare indeed.  That's a pretty cool looking sleeve with the Hudson logo on it. 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Bomberman '93 with manual poped up on ebay.]

Makes me wish I'd found my stuff in the attic a little sooner.  heh.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Bomberman '93 with manual poped up on ebay.]

hahahaha... fools market!!!! bid, bid, bid!!!!!

I have 2 games left to complete my US collection.... Super air zonk and Dynastic heroooooo.... been looking for at least 5 years....  hahhaah...will make it another 5 years cause ebay can lick my left nut as i have other things in my life to keep me occuppied.

<<sips wine and washes it all down with a king can of bush beer>>

How much were Super Air Zonk and Dynastic Hero going for on Ebay 5 years ago?

I stumbled onto my Turbo gear in the parents basement ~3 years ago and memories came rushing back, so I have a mental pricing gap 1995 - 2008.  Even three years ago most of this stuff was way cheaper tho.  It only took me about a year to get to where I only needed DH and MC.  MC took me another year, just plugging $$ into the savings account every month, DH was the hardest to get, but I scored it ~6 months ago here on the forums.  Looking at auctions and sales that have closed since those purchases, I can honestly say I'm glad I didn't wait.  I think I would have been waiting another 10 years or so for the bubble to burst, with no guarantee that the rare games would ever come down.

I probably have a different way of looking at it anyway... if I don't spend the money, my wife will... on shoes, purses, and $5 coffees...  ;-)

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Grafx to duo adapter]

Eh, $24/ea?  Isn't that roughly the cost of a Duo Pad?

Edit: Plus ~$5 shipping...

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Bomberman '93 with manual poped up on ebay.]

I like that there are JP options out there... especially all the sweet stuff that didn't make it this side of the pacific.  But I don't like that I can't read JP.  What's an ignorantpowhitetrashsmalltownhomeboyallgrowedupwithajob to do?

Ok, obviously with bomberman the language barrier isn't going to keep you from playing, but it kinda irks me still.  I don't want no JP up in my game if I can avoid it.  It hurts my brain.  ;-)

If you hate Japanese so much then how is it you can stomach playing their games? I mean, that must drive you nuts. I mean...these are Japanese as hell games we're talking about here. They started there, they were manufactured there, etc. I find it impossible to forget.

BTW, many PCE games are %100 English. The Soldier series, for example. Bomberman usually has about 5 words in the whole game to begin with, with about half of them already being in English.

That's just the kind of crap my wife would say.  Making things up and going on random nonsense tangents.  You took me saying "I don't like that I can't read JP" to mean that I don't like Japanese.  Quite the opposite.  I'm ashamed of the fact that I don't know any other languages and I rather respect cultures that make learning other languages a priority.  The Japanese language (and pretty much every other language but my own...) does hurt my head...

As I said before... "What's an ignorantpowhitetrashsmalltownhomeboyallgrowedupwithajob to do?"

heh.  ;-)

(and... for the record... bomberman '94 is my fav NEC rendition of the bunch... kids and I love it!)

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Bomberman '93 with manual poped up on ebay.]

I like that there are JP options out there... especially all the sweet stuff that didn't make it this side of the pacific.  But I don't like that I can't read JP.  What's an ignorantpowhitetrashsmalltownhomeboyallgrowedupwithajob to do?

Ok, obviously with bomberman the language barrier isn't going to keep you from playing, but it kinda irks me still.  I don't want no JP up in my game if I can avoid it.  It hurts my brain.  ;-)

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Bomberman '93 with manual poped up on ebay.]

Well, the good news is that someday when I sell off my TG collection I'll be rich.  The bad news is that I'm so attached to it, most likely I'll wait until I'm about to die. 

At least my kids will be rich then I guess.  ;-)

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Know anyone interested in buying a 95 Game TG and PCE Lot?]

Who even can come up with that much money at once for something so trivial?

People with jobs and the ability to save their pennies.

Or people with credit cards and no impulse control.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: cd drive sold]

Keith/Chris, you could pretty easily put this all to rest if you write up a howto or something.

I honestly don't think anyone is going to undercut your ebay sales because...

After basically being treated like piss the first time around I felt no need to contribute any info on my cd rom fix especially to the people who were rude to me in the first place(who seem to be the same ones who keep asking me about it).

No one was initially rude to you, it was only after we found out you were gouging and then lying about it.

... I'm fairly certain that anyone that does the math ($55 minus $ebay minus $paypal minus $parts = $shit/hr) is not going to want to compete.  Definitely doesn't qualify as gouging unless peeps are expecting you to work for free.

Instead of taking the easy way out, turn this into an opportunity.  Lemons into lemonade, right?

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: poop for sale. who wants it?]

Nuthin' wrong with listing it here and on ebay at the same time.  Who cares?

Thats not the point....

<sigh>

...

Doh.  Missed that part.  I'm with Blue... it'd be cool if you are the dude sellin' repairs on ebay if you could write up a howto.  Not like it's going to take away from your ebay business much.  It's two different audiences I think...

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: PC Engine/turbo grafx CD drive for sale $85 (US) plus shipping]

Nuthin' wrong with listing it here and on ebay at the same time.  Who cares?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )]

Maybe what needs to happen is for some cheap chineese clones to become available.  If you could clone the hucards and put 'em on ebay for $5/ea then before too long noone would be able to tell the difference and the prices would drop.  Bare minimum you keep the collectors from punishing the gamers, or the gamers from punishing themselves, all competing for limited copies.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: LaserActive RGB Mod]

Well, it takes up less space then having a MD/MCD and PCE-DUO sitting next to each other. 
The LD games are composite native (live all LD videos), so it's impossible to get RGB without
using some kind of video processor, but it wouldn't look any better then the composite would.

That's true.  I hadn't thought of the sega side of things.

seperating the comp back to RGB and mixing it is simple.
you just need a color decoder chip from an old tv to seperate the colors.
6 resistors to mix it.
an rgb amp to output it and your done.

What kind of signal degredation would you see on the LD side of things with the color decoder?  Sounds like it might be a pretty nice mod to do. 

Looks like (if you can find a place to buy it) something like the Motorola TDA3330P would do the trick. PDF: http://www.eetindia.co.in/ARTICLES/2000DEC/2000DEC05_AMD_AN2.PDF?SOURCES=DOWNLOAD

This is pretty tempting: http://www.converters.tv/products/ntsc_to_rgb/43.html  Seems to have lots of easy to access adjustments and would save a lot of build time.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Know anyone interested in buying a 95 Game TG and PCE Lot?]

Totally understand.  Best of luck!

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: WTB: Hu Door For turbo duo]

I looked closely at one of mine, they'd be pretty hard to replicate with fiberglass... even doing a custom one with those plastic mold kits you can get would be really tricky because of how the hinges are attached with pressure releases.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Know anyone interested in buying a 95 Game TG and PCE Lot?]

PM sent.  It's low, but I'd be splitting it up.  Couple for my collection.  Give folks on the boards a chance at it.  Then leftovers onto egay.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: LaserActive RGB Mod]

Nice work with the mod!

I've looked at doing this mod on my Laseractive, but had read elsewhere (and now you've confirmed it) that the LD games don't work through it.  Kinda makes it a moot point doesn't it?  Why keep around a massive Laseractive other than to play the LD games?  ;-)  I keep hoping someone will find a way to snag RGB out of the laserdisc side of the unit and recombine it.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: TG-CD: Total capacitor replacement chart + useful info]

I'd guess it's a filter that isn't strictly necessary...

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: WTB: Turbo Pad(s)]

http://cgi.ebay.com/TurboGrafx-16-Controller-Pad-New-Tubro-Grafx-/150616917829?pt=Video_Games_Accessories&hash=item231177c745 and http://cgi.ebay.com/2-TurboGrafx-16-Controller-Pads-New-Turbo-Grafx-/160599186180?pt=Video_Games_Accessories&hash=item2564751b04

If you want four, I'd send him an offer.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: what company makes custom arcade sticks?]

I know for a fact that it goes back to NES at least.
here's some more info

http://shoryuken.com/forum/threads/the-official-cthulhu-and-chimp-thread-try-our-new-dreamcast-flavor.46572/

Q: What consoles will it work on?
A: Currently, the MC Cthulhu will work on the PS3 (with all of the functionality of the original PS3 Only Cthulhu, so yes, it works just fine on PC), Xbox1, Dreamcast, Playstion/Playstation 2, Gamecube, NES, Super Nintendo, 3DO*, Sega Saturn and TurboGrafx16/PC-Engine consoles. Playstation support appears to work well with many converters.
(3DO support is currently limited to being the only controller. No daisy chain support or support in a daisy chain.)

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )]

I collect 'em.  When one wears out, I go get one from the "collection".

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: TG-CD: Total capacitor replacement chart + useful info]

That bites.  I was gettin my hopes up.  ;-)

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: WTB: Turbo Pad(s)]

there's a guy that sells 'em new on egay for ~$15.  new is pretty nice, and $15 is pretty cheap.  ;-)  I picked up a few spares a couple years back and I swear he must be sitting on a giant mound of them because he's still selling 'em today.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: TG-CD: Total capacitor replacement chart + useful info]

Did they arrive?  Does it work?  ;-)

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What are the top 15 CD games on the system??]

I picked one up on ebay, bummer it has to come from Japan tho, gonna be a while before I get to try it out.  ;-)  Can't wait.  ;-)

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: What are the top 15 CD games on the system??]

What's the difference between Spriggan and Spriggan Mark 2?  I see lots of the mark 2's on ebay.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Over priced converters????]

I hope he doesn't get flagged.  I tried to sell a couple of my spare divingboard (kisado-looking) ones last year and ended up getting the auction pulled and my ebay account suspended for violating their copyright infringement terms.  =/

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Monster Lair and Loom lots]

Got back from vacation and had a very nice present in my mailbox, thanks a ton!

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Region Mod board wanted for Turbo Express]

Sorry, don't make it around here as much as I'd like anymore.

I have some little PCB's I got from DLite (if I remember right...) still hanging around... they're like, 3/4" square?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Why is the TurboGrafx so popular regionally or? Where are you from Poll]

"The West Coast" is a pretty big place.  ;-)

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Monster Lair and Loom lots]

Wow, awesome deal.  I'm good for a copy of each!

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Duo RX powerless]

If you've eliminated the AC Adapter as the cause, best bets are going to be the fuse or the 7805 voltage regulators.  (duo uses a pair of 'em)  You can use a meter to test them.  You should see ~12v coming in, and ~5v going out.  They're pretty cheap and easy to swap out if they seem to be misbehaving.  ;-)