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Had a terrific Thanksgiving day.
Brought the "go-bag" in upstairs to one of the gaming areas of my nieces known as "The schoolroom". Nephew had to get a multi-tap outlet ...yada-de-ya. First cart he wanted to play was "Space Invaders" so I went to level "33" co-operative 2 player mode then progressed up through the variations from there til we got to invisible, wiggly barricades, with doubled & fast wiggly enemy fire.
He's been getting into Looney Tunes so I brought "Taz" & had some good rounds of that. later in the evening he brought me a Spiderman PnP he found while cleaning the basement or something that needed the battery tray cleaned. So we used ""SCIENCE"" white vineger & q-tips away from all the food washing hands afterwards. had to steal batteries outta the xb360 controllers
played some boardgames, food, movie theater (Joker)
And now on to the portion we call "Thanks-feasting" next 3 days of leftovers more boardgames, videogames ping-pong, Foosball
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I'm thankful for this thread staring my day. (with a cuppa coffee :D )
I'm thankful for the hobbies I have and the people I have to share them with.
The next 4 days I'll be with family (nieces & nephews) & one of the things I'll have is an Atari I keep in my "go-bag"
Have a Happy Thanksgiving everybody
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3 hours ago, LeeJ07 said:
This is what it came with. Looks like the original adapter.
I was reading online and it said that a regular Sega Genesis Model 1 power adapter can be used instead, without having to purchase a step-down transformer thingy, so that may be what I'll do instead, since I'm too hesitant to use this adapter.
Yeah that appears to be the original one and very cool, but yeah I was going to recommend using an alliterative power supply like the Genny Model 1 or or something exactly-similar.
thanks for the pic even though most everything is written in Japaneses I can tell what the input voltage (100VAC) and output voltage (10VDC) and that the center tip is negative there is also the Amp rating (860mA)
heres a pic of a couple OEM Sega power supplies:
Both input is 120VAC the output is different one each of them, (9VDC & 10VDC), both center tip negative and the amp rating is 1.2A (or1200mA) so they will "handle the load"
this thing in the yellow box may work as well:
it is rated at 850mA as well
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4 minutes ago, LeeJ07 said:
A lot of that is really technical, and I'm not sure I understand it all.
all power supplies have and INPUT voltage rating and an OUTPUT voltage rating
can you post a clear pic of the power supply you have with this info ?
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9 hours ago, LeeJ07 said:
This arrived in the mail today. I look forward to exploring the more unusual side of Nintendo once everything gets settled again.
A question: Is American voltage too high for the Famicom? Will I burn it out if I plug it into any outlet?
from this: https://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=6933.0
if it's an original power supply from Japan you would need an adapter
DO NOT use an origonal NES power supply as it outputs 10V AC ( not DC power )
great wright-up on power supplies in above link
and looks like a neat little unit you have there
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this may ( or may not) be the lamps for the sign ... got the # from nintendoage
SYLVANIA 20284
I'm not sure if the ballast would be ok or not , got a picture of that ?
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When I first saw this thread I thought "ugh-oh" ..... it turned out exactly as I imagined.
super - nice :)
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Awe Lee that's horrible ! I'll be looking forward to the Gofundme link & @Atari Creep 's video
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Oh wow, I got 2'nd place \o/
I stopped by a TV place on way home, said $30.oo deposit to check it out & will be placed towards the repair cost if done.
On 8/2/2019 at 6:03 AM, kamakazi20012 said:Well, I didn't find that TV but did find a Curtis Mathes equivalent. https://www.curtis-mathes.com/apps/photos/photo?photoid=102606710
The CM one was mid 80's and I suspect your Philco may be in the 70's. The date will be on the inside of the rear cover if it hasn't fallen off or no one else has been inside it. If it has the on the plastic somewhere should be a date stamp actually etched in the plastic. This should give an idea of when it was made. I suspect either bad caps, power transformer out unless you still get sound, or the flyback transformer has served its life. If you could find someone that wouldn't charge to look I'd hold on to it. Its a museum piece!
Oh...forgot something. These older TVs have glass tube fuses so you might try checking that.
I lost both picture & sound at the same time so thinking power circuit
On 7/26/2019 at 12:02 AM, RickR said:Oh man, that's a tough call.
Before you decide, let it cool down overnight. Unplug it, turn it on, then off. It is possible that once all the capacitors are discharged, it may fire back up. Summer heat may have caused the shutdown. That thing is pretty cool. Definitely worth keeping, but that's just my opinion.I didn't unplug-replug but did let it cool down for a night. upon trying again a loud pop inside, sounded like a capacitor popped
I think it'd be worth having it professionally looked at
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I just got back from Pinburg 2019 sorry for delay ( no I didn't win any tournaments this year ... mebbe next year )
I put in
- a Sears Pong controller
- multi console AV cable
- GB games: Super Mario 2; Yoshi; Dr. Mario
- GBA games: Series of Unfortunate Events; Super MArio Advance; Finding Nemo; Mamco Museum; (think) Midways Classics? ; Yoshi's Island; Mario Kart Super Circuit
- DS game Mario Kart DS
- Atari 2600games Skiing cib Mouse Trap cib ( could have been nibbled by a mouse :P ) Synth Kart; Blip Football
- a Wico stick for 5200
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What a brutal squad challenge, my 19" Philco TV kinda died 😢
While in attract mode it just turned itself off.
I can't seem to find what year this thing was made. there is still a local TV repair shop and I guess I could take it there. but I think it's $50.oo just to drop the thing off for them to look at ( was a few years ago anyways )
I kinda suspect it was Karma from LMAO @Atari Creep 's video above earlier that night.
I guess I'm looking for recommendations , have it fixt or toss it
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4 minutes ago, RickR said:
Arrived today. It's hard to see, but the dot-matrix address label is a nice feature from chas10e!
I'm slammed with work, but I'm going to try to get this out on Wednesday. Willie is next I think.
The cards are tractor fed but I use an old-timey typewriter
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278,350, it's NOT wave 4, that was attract mode but my score didn't move. I had a 120k score the other night but attract mode was tallying up score as it went , mebbe I moved the control stick or something .....
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9 hours ago, nosweargamer said:
Any updates of what you took out @chas10e?
Shipped it out this morning before I went to a pinball tournament, & I sent @RickR the tracking info.
As always some really cool stuff inside & trying to replace & re-stuff the stuff
A couple of homebrews, Fat Albert for 2600 & Gravitrex for the Vectrex, couple of Genesis games, T2 & Cyborg Justice. Wolfenstein New Order for the xb360. Intellivision booklet & a couple teeny-weenie Mario figures
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86350 wave 5
Brainy guys got me 😠
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21 hours ago, nosweargamer said:
@chas10e!!!!!! I am so sorry! I somehow missed your post until now! Of course you can be in. I added you via a similar but not really randomizer and you would be right after CG. Is that ok?
New order:
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Trek - CG
- Chase
- Rick
- Willie!
That will work out great. I missed some punk-u-ation in my post & figgered that's what may have cause corn-fusion.
Got a couple busy pinball weekends & will certainly try and keep the RJB moving along smoothly.
Thanks: Chas.
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On 7/1/2019 at 10:44 AM, nosweargamer said:
With the week being busy, I decided to wait to ship it until after the 4th.
If anyone else wants to sign up, you still can.
yeah busy Summer with pinball \o/ , can I get put in "The Randomizer" I dunno if ya wanna tag abunch of members like @Atari Creep , @LeeJ07 & @Justin for good measure
does the randomizer look like one of these? https://www.amazon.com/Trademark-Poker-10-0711-Raffle-Drum/dp/B0014B5T9G/ref=asc_df_B0014B5T9G/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=167134282234&hvpos=1o6&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10262706005358502499&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9002501&hvtargid=pla-465674450152&psc=1
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6 hours ago, RickR said:
It's been a while since I won some nerd cred. Figures that it's the on the first home cartridge I ever had.
Good times! Thanks.I was doin' good on my next try then my controller borked & lost my camera someplace . borked around 3k but I felt rolling it wouldn't have been a problem. was one of them games I could just play & play BITD.
I'm preparing for a pinball show so didn't make the time to look into what went wrong with the controller
another great squad challenge & glad I was able to put in atleast one score. @RickR crushed it!!!!
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BITD I always played level 1 I think now because the selector switch on my unit was snapped off & I had to use a butter knife.
great squad challenge will definatly play some more of this with wiggly bombs & sheilds
2 hours ago, kamakazi20012 said:Improved my score a bit. 5,640. Stupid fuzz. GO AWAY!
space invaders in space with a star-field .... looks pretty cool IMO
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and looks like a neat little unit you have there
Disproving Donkey Kong kill screen rumor
in ColecoVision
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from what I understand: the "kill screen" on dedicated arcade games come from the memory on the PCB getting full to a place where the game crashes.
in emulation on modern hardware negates that problem.
I could be wrong though, if I make it to the 3'rd board on DK I have had one of the best games in my whole life.