(CLOSED) Turbo Everdrive Group Buy ORDERED!

[jtucci31]

I'm glad things worked out well for you both! Hope everyone's enjoying their everdrives 

[FiftyQuid]

Finally bought the microSD for this and loaded up the .rom files.  This thing is fricken awesome!  I don't know why I didn't buy this little piece of heaven before.  Loading up the .rom files is super easy and very fast.  Plays just like the real thing.

Now I have a problem... I have everything on the emulator so why keep the actual HU's?  I could see keeping some of them for nostalgia sake.  Splatterhouse, Bonk, Bonk II, R-Type, but the others I don't see a reason why I should keep them when there's some money to be had.  Soldier Blade is a perfect example.  This is a $100 game (give or take).  Why keep it?  I could use the money on something else, like another pinball machine. 

[jlued686]

I had the same thought today, but I don't think I should ever sell off my collection. I just love the Turbo too much.

But I'll echo the sentiment: the Everdrive is fantastic. I've spent the last few weeks going through numerous PC Engine titles that I've missed over the years, using The Brothers Duomazov as a guide. As a result, I've discovered some great games. Even games that wouldn't be considered "classics", I've enjoyed the hell out of. (Coryoon, Aoi Blink, etc.). Looking forward to continuing the discovery.

[Medic_wheat]

I see it as a way to play the entire library. Cherry pick the games closest to my hear or liking.  Keep the junk titles down. Nothing but gems


Its mostly how I collect. I try and only get games I can pick up and play any day and enjoy. 



No need to clutter up space on a game I never play.

So yeah.  Plus I can be patient and wait for the game to be in my price range and still enjoy the library of games on original hardware.

[BlueBMW]

It is very tempting to unload at least part of the collection.  Certainly I plan to keep at least a handful of games that have nostalgic value etc but yeah the everdrive certainly makes a good case for letting a lot of stuff go.  My US system is still at my parents house 1300 miles away but I can play all the US games I want on my DuoR using the everdrive... its just so darn convenient.

[ishiyakazuo]

Yeah, especially if you've got a TurboExpress/PCE GT.  Carrying around all your Hueys would suck.
Same thing with the DS... I don't have any ROMs that I don't own the cards for on it, but I've got enough DS games that carrying them around every time I go somewhere is a pain!

[clackattack]

Soooo anyone else miss out on this and want one?! at one point, the OP said he would organize it again if there was enuf interest in a second round. I will also go out on a limb and say that if the OP DOESNT want to do it again, I would be willing to take up the reigns on it. Post or PM me if youre interested and maybe we can make this happen again

[jtucci31]

Soooo anyone else miss out on this and want one?! at one point, the OP said he would organize it again if there was enuf interest in a second round. I will also go out on a limb and say that if the OP DOESNT want to do it again, I would be willing to take up the reigns on it. Post or PM me if youre interested and maybe we can make this happen again

I'd honestly be willing to do it again. Gives me something to do and it's really not bad.

Not sure how many people would be interested in another one though. We knocked out so many people with the last one.

[Medic_wheat]

Soooo anyone else miss out on this and want one?! at one point, the OP said he would organize it again if there was enuf interest in a second round. I will also go out on a limb and say that if the OP DOESNT want to do it again, I would be willing to take up the reigns on it. Post or PM me if youre interested and maybe we can make this happen again

I'd honestly be willing to do it again. Gives me something to do and it's really not bad.

Not sure how many people would be interested in another one though. We knocked out so many people with the last one.

Speaking of which my brother in law is loving his. 


Now if only I could get him to use his mechanical engineering and 3D printer for OBEY.

[jtucci31]

Soooo anyone else miss out on this and want one?! at one point, the OP said he would organize it again if there was enuf interest in a second round. I will also go out on a limb and say that if the OP DOESNT want to do it again, I would be willing to take up the reigns on it. Post or PM me if youre interested and maybe we can make this happen again

I'd honestly be willing to do it again. Gives me something to do and it's really not bad.

Not sure how many people would be interested in another one though. We knocked out so many people with the last one.

Speaking of which my brother in law is loving his. 


Now if only I could get him to use his mechanical engineering and 3D printer for OBEY.

I've been meaning to ask you that. Glad he's liking it! What system did you give him to play on?

[Medic_wheat]

Soooo anyone else miss out on this and want one?! at one point, the OP said he would organize it again if there was enuf interest in a second round. I will also go out on a limb and say that if the OP DOESNT want to do it again, I would be willing to take up the reigns on it. Post or PM me if youre interested and maybe we can make this happen again

I'd honestly be willing to do it again. Gives me something to do and it's really not bad.

Not sure how many people would be interested in another one though. We knocked out so many people with the last one.

Speaking of which my brother in law is loving his. 


Now if only I could get him to use his mechanical engineering and 3D printer for OBEY.

I've been meaning to ask you that. Glad he's liking it! What system did you give him to play on?

Aehile ago I had bought two pc engine cores (use to be white now sorta not white)  they were region modes.

So I gave him one of those with a 3rd party controler everdrive and sd cars full.

He enjoys it more then the nes he bought at a local flea market.

[albatross]

I am interested in getting an everdrive but I have no idea how it works.  Can anyone tell me where I can find the roms and how to load them etc?

Thank you!

[jtucci31]

I am interested in getting an everdrive but I have no idea how it works.  Can anyone tell me where I can find the roms and how to load them etc?

Thank you!

They're fairly easy. Bernie on here has the roms set up in a nice folder ready to go. You just load those on a mini sd card and pop that in the everdrive and you're good to go. An entire PCE and Turbob library at your disposal.

[ultrageranium]

Bumping to say that I'd be also interested in joining a second group buy. I gave mine to a dear friend, and was planning to get another for myself eventually!

[albatross]

I am interested in getting an everdrive but I have no idea how it works.  Can anyone tell me where I can find the roms and how to load them etc?

Thank you!

They're fairly easy. Bernie on here has the roms set up in a nice folder ready to go. You just load those on a mini sd card and pop that in the everdrive and you're good to go. An entire PCE and Turbob library at your disposal.

Wow that sounds amazing!  Im in for the next group order if there is one.

Thanks

[bmich1]

Soooo anyone else miss out on this and want one?! at one point, the OP said he would organize it again if there was enuf interest in a second round. I will also go out on a limb and say that if the OP DOESNT want to do it again, I would be willing to take up the reigns on it. Post or PM me if youre interested and maybe we can make this happen again

I would also be interested in picking one up!

[majors]

I'm up for it also but I kinda want it by the third week of January, in time for MAGFest. I'll keep my eyes peeled on the forums for a new thread.

[albatross]

i ended up picking an overdrive up in a lot locally - it has an sd card with some games loaded but i would like to load it up with everything tg and pce - is that possible?

[albatross]

correction - everdrive not overdrive!

[BlueBMW]

You can put all the US and Japanese games on there.  Enjoy!

[albatross]

okay so where can i get the roms? and how does it work exactly?  do i need 2 sd cards for the us and jap games?  how big should the sd cards be?  i messaged bernie about roms but have not heard back.

thanks

[NecroPhile]

"Posting or asking for warez/ISOs/ROMs & P2P links is prohibited on the forums and is grounds for a permanent ban."

Use some common sense, man. 

[BlueBMW]

Once you find roms for the real games you own you copy them to a single SD card.  You can mix US and Japanese games on the same card.  If I remember right, 1gb should be more than enough space.

[bmich1]

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[clackattack]

okay so where can i get the roms? and how does it work exactly?  do i need 2 sd cards for the us and jap games?  how big should the sd cards be?  i messaged bernie about roms but have not heard back.

i imagine google would be a better place to go with such questions

[albatross]

sorry everyone I did not know this!

thanks

[grache]

and how does it work exactly?

You just put the .pce's on a MicroSD card, then put the card in the Everdrive. Don't put uncompressed .zip's.

do i need 2 sd cards for the us and jap games?

You can mix JP and US games on the same SD card.

how big should the sd cards be?

1GB should be more than enough. It's ok to use bigger cards though.

I've sent you a PM.

[albatross]

and how does it work exactly?

You just put the .pce's on a MicroSD card, then put the card in the Everdrive. Don't put uncompressed .zip's.

do i need 2 sd cards for the us and jap games?

You can mix JP and US games on the same SD card.

how big should the sd cards be?

1GB should be more than enough. It's ok to use bigger cards though.

I've sent you a PM.

thank you

[majors]

Retrogate has Turbo EverDrives for $63.20 right now, for those not wanting to wait for a group buy.

[NightWolve]

Yeah, you will save a $1.80 if you just buy it yourself right now while this sale is going on. Group buy incurs another $5 shipping charge so it's cheaper now, thus, forget the group buy in the meantime.

[jtucci31]

To the few people who contacted me about another group buy, I'm sorry it didn't happen. I got busy with life stuff and it's getting towards a time where I wouldn't be too sure where I could ship them to with confidence that they wouldn't sit around and get banged up (last thing anyone wants is a broken Everdrive). So it would just be a bit of a hassle.

I hope everyone who wanted one was able to snag this deal that's been going on though!

[NightWolve]

His Black Friday sale is over, gents, all prices are now back to normal! Snooze you lose, hope some of you got in on this...

[clackattack]

Yup, got mine ordered up just before his prices went back up, solid deal for sure. I was really surprised to see a black friday deal on such a site, pretty sweet tho!