Rowsdower70 Posted November 4, 2016 Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 You need it? I will trade it to you if so. I think I do, lemme peek at my list. RickR 1 Quote "For you - Rowsdower from the 70 - have been appointed Omnivisioner of the Game Grid." ~ Atari Adventure Square Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeJ07 Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 Went garage saling today. Huge "25-mile" Garage Sale going on today and tomorrow. Here are two of my finds. Going back tomorrow to pick up two more items: Pitfall 2, and a Sega Saturn game. RickR 1 Quote "I'd buy that for a dollar!" -Smash T.V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjustin6 Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 Awesome. I think finding boxed gameboy games is special. I just cant remember anyone keeping those boxes RickR and LeeJ07 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted November 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 Awesome. I think finding boxed gameboy games is special. I just cant remember anyone keeping those boxes That's true. It's very rare to find boxed GBA games in the wild. Nice pickups Lee. LeeJ07 and jmjustin6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeJ07 Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 (edited) They weren't only still boxed... They were still sealed in their plastic. I, uh... Couldn't resist opening them... But that Hobbit game looked too fun NOT to open. On another note, depending on how much cash I have left tomorrow, I may be getting another GameCube game, maybe a PS2 game... But I'm DEFINITELY getting the Saturn game and the Pitfall 2 cart. Edited November 5, 2016 by LeeJ07 RickR 1 Quote "I'd buy that for a dollar!" -Smash T.V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjustin6 Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 Happy to have found another Famicom game. Also happy to have the Mario tennis, but i dont have a Virtual Boy to play it. Fable was 50 cents. Man i remember loving fable, but i think it was a little too short RickR and LeeJ07 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted November 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 Mario Tennis is AWESOME! Most people hate the virtual boy, but it's one of my favorite systems. The 3D effect is really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjustin6 Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 Hmm maybe ill need to get one in the future. Local game shop has a broken one. Something about the ribbon being broken? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted November 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 Yeah, the ribbon coming loose is common. I pray to God that never happens to mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjustin6 Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 Any idea on how to fix it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted November 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 (edited) I think there are tutorials on heating the unit up in an oven to get it to re-stick...but that sounds pretty preposterous. I think some people have replaced the ribbon with soldered wires.... In either case, it sounds really difficult and iffy. I've always been really careful to not touch the two adjustments on top. Of course, one day I came home from work to find my kid and a friend playing with it, and the friend was pulling on BOTH adjustments every time it was his turn! Dang, son! New rule in house...don't touch Virtual Boy without permission. And don't touch the knobs. Edited November 5, 2016 by RickR jmjustin6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeJ07 Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 Day two of my garage sale odyssey: Sadly, three games I had hoped to purchase today were gone when I got back. Metroid Prime, Skyward Sword, and an intriguing Inuyasha RPG for the PS2. The Pitfall II and Saturn game were still available, though. As well as EyeToy Play for the PS2, and the blue Wiimote. RickR and Arenafoot 2 Quote "I'd buy that for a dollar!" -Smash T.V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid A Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 Any idea on how to fix it? So this is a Virtual Boy dispaly. As you can see. It's not a display at all. Its a row of LEDs that flicker and point to mirrors that oscillate very quickly to actually produce a picture. Where the ribbon cable meets the backside of the circuit board, the adhesive can get weak and it starts to fail. It's fixed similar to how to fix a Gameboy with vertical lines. It has to be heated and I press down on the top side squeezing it on a hard surface while it cools. It doesn't work 100% of the time but it does work more often than it doesnt. jmjustin6 and RickR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted November 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2016 (edited) Microvision (with Block Buster and Bowling) -- Actually from Shopgoodwill. It works! A couple of DVD's A Scooby Doo plug and play. It's battery compartment was badly corroded. But it was only $1.57. Cleaned it up and it works. Edited November 6, 2016 by RickR Ballblaɀer, Arenafoot and chas10e 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjustin6 Posted November 6, 2016 Report Share Posted November 6, 2016 SIMPSONS!! And SCOOBY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeJ07 Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 Decided to celebrate my birthday early yesterday, and went antiquing. Found these at a new store. There was also a top-loading NES that I REALLY wanted to buy, but they were asking $130!! Anyway, I now have 4 N64 games, but no N64 as of yet. RickR 1 Quote "I'd buy that for a dollar!" -Smash T.V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjustin6 Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 Man ive really been wanting a top loader NES, but $130 is a little too high for me LeeJ07 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeJ07 Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 For those curious, the three yellow items on the left are three pieces from a video game cleaning kit that was released in the late '80s. The pieces are, top to bottom, an NES pin cleaner, a cartridge cleaner, and an SNES/Genesis pin cleaner. Looking online, the full kit also included more pin cleaners in differing sizes for the Atari 2600, Sega Master System, and even the Turbografx 16, and a bottle of an isopropyl alcohol based cleaning solution. Testing the SNES/Genesis pin cleaner on my Genesis proved it to work amazingly well. Turns out my Genesis had more grime on its pins than I expected. Sadly, it is too wide to fit inside my 2600, but it DOES fit in my Intellivision. Unfortunately, the NES pin cleaner broke when I attempted to try it out. jmjustin6 1 Quote "I'd buy that for a dollar!" -Smash T.V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjustin6 Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 Mondays half off day thrift store day brought me a perfectly working original xbox for $5. So after i do some more tinkering to the moded xbox it will be available if anyone is even interested. Second pic. I went to a discount kinda grocery store and found these. I was really happy to find the portable breakout game. LeeJ07, Arenafoot and RickR 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeJ07 Posted November 7, 2016 Report Share Posted November 7, 2016 Oh my gosh, I have that same Breakout game around here somewhere. jmjustin6 1 Quote "I'd buy that for a dollar!" -Smash T.V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted November 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2016 Two complete PS2 games, and a nice Monster cable for $2. jmjustin6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjustin6 Posted November 14, 2016 Report Share Posted November 14, 2016 Hmm ive seen these monster cable brand AV cables. Ive seen them quite a few times recently. Whats so special about em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted November 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2016 (edited) Hmm ive seen these monster cable brand AV cables. Ive seen them quite a few times recently. Whats so special about em They do a good job on those systems that use an RF or composite cable (Intellivision, 7800, Colecovision, old computers). They are high quality. Nice thick wires, good shielding, gold connectors. I should post a before/after of my 7800 video quality with one of these. They are pretty spendy new. So when I see them cheap at thrift stores, I grab them whether I need them or not. Edited November 14, 2016 by RickR jmjustin6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjustin6 Posted November 15, 2016 Report Share Posted November 15, 2016 (edited) Well rats ive seen plenty of them at thrift stores cheap and thought nothing of them. Ill definitely have to keep my eyes open now Edited November 15, 2016 by jmjustin6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickR Posted November 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 (edited) You ever have one of those days where you find so much good junk, you just can't believe it? That was today for me. The 5200 joysticks are in very nice shape. I'll bet the buttons need work, but that will be a fun project. Another Scooby Doo plug and play -- this one with the game key slot -- for $1 A Scooby Doo Wii game CIB for $1 (Jinky's!) A really bad condition laptop -- I always wanted one of these 12" Dell's, and this was only $3. It will be fun to see if it works, and possibly fix it up. 3 Microvision games A boxed TI computer (yes, the tan model is not ideal...but the price was right). A couple of C64 carts. It was so weird to see the 5200 joysticks and C64 games just sitting there on the shelf at Goodwill. I can't say I've ever seen them before in years of hunting. Edited November 19, 2016 by RickR Kid A, Justin, Ballblaɀer and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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