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[General Gaming / Anybody have any experience with DS bootlegs? + nurse drawing]

Hey guys, I know I've been a stranger but I have been trying to lurk!  Work has been keeping me full time busy.

Anyway, I recently got the bug to buy some DS games, but I'm wondering about two:  Castlevania and Ghost Trick, particularly Ghost Trick.  The weird thing about that one was the cover art was inserted upside down and then it was shrinkwrapped that way (non-factory, do it yourself with your home shrinkwrapping machine looking shrinkwrap).  Other than that I just don't see anything else suspicious looking.  Castlevania was also new, had a Y-fold shrinkwrap, and all the manuals and papers (I think).  What weirds me out about that one are the english/french/spanish stuff on the front and back cover which is strange for a US release.  When you start the game you can also choose between french or english.  Was that in the original release in the US?

They are legit seeming enough that I shouldn't care or worry, but I know they were popular games and I got "new" copies off of amazon sellers pretty easily so I thought they might be booties.  Only have a regular DS lite to test with, I heard that a DSi and 3DS would help to test since they might not boot in those if they are bootlegs.  If anyone has any other tips to figure it out, I'd love to hear them.  The cart stickers, manual quality, embossed nintendo logos in the plastic and everything are good.  Serial numbers match everywhere on the box and cart.

For the rest of you, here is a drawing of an anime nurse that came with the Eyeshield 21.  I guess the seller is an aspiring manga artist!

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Happy 2018 New Years Street Fighter II Contest!]

New rules!!!

So just to give this a kick in the pants, I'm instituting a deadline of 2/10/18 (That's two Saturdays from now, I'll take every entry up until midnight if it's an issue).

The new deal is that even if only one proper entry is received, they will become the de facto winner.  That means that anyone entering anything even moderately resembling a fighting game winning quote will get it.  (You must meet the other requirements below, also).  If I get more than one, I'll proceed normally with a poll.  If no one enters by the above date, then I'll shelve the contest for another time.  So if you want it, if you're the only entrant, you win!  (For the record, as I am posting this there are no valid entries)

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Hey guys (and gals),

I had the good fortune to win a raffle for Street Fighter II some time back from xcrement5x.  I've had my time with it and I'd like to pass on it to the next challenger.  It's a loosie, but plays great even without the box!



Rules:
1.) Be a member in good standing here at PCEFX. (Post more than I do lately, for example.)  Have at least 200 posts where you were participating in conversations and not just buying and selling.
2.) Keep in the family, no running off to Ebay.  Raffle it again for someone else here when you part ways with it.
3.) OK, so it's not really a raffle.  I want all participants to come up with their funniest winning quote i.e. "Go home and be a family man."  When we have enough entrants, I am going to post a poll in this thread and PCEFX will decide which is the funniest one.  If there's a tie I'll break it with a randomizer.
4.) Shipping is on me for USA and Canada entrants.  Other countries, you cover shipping.
5.) Go!

[General Gaming / Can anyone recommend a good source for a SCART cable for the Saturn?]

I got this:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004XSSDPO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I didn't already have an S-video cable for my Saturn, so why not?  I am going to also get a SCART cable for a Super Famicom in a week or two to get the best Super Gameboy setup I can get for my TV, and I may do RGB for my Duo one day too, so I should get some mileage out of this device granting it works well.  My TV maxes out at component, but if I ever get a PVM or a framemeister, I'll have the cables already.

I'm in the US, I have a model 2 Saturn (I had a launch Saturn that died on me back in the 90's), so it's NTSC.  I have read it needs c-sync for the model 2, is it just safe to assume and buy a csync cable?  The device above is euro scart.
 I think I also need one with a breakout for RCA audio, the ebay links from retroRGB.com didn't seem to have one with both, so I thought I'd come here and see if any of you guys knew a quality maker of these cables.

[General Gaming / Nintendo Tri-Wing Screwdrivers, recommendations?]

I got a bunch of a NES and GB carts and I'd like to take them apart and clean them using some goo gone but I don't want to put the labels at risk.  Can anyone recommend a manufacturer/store for buying these?  Particularly to fit the two cartridges above.

[Off-Topic / Happy Turkey Day!]

Didn't see a thread for it.  I hope you guys are enjoying good food and time with your families, and maybe some time for some video games as well.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Looking for Ranma 1/2 (fighting game) manual]

To this one: DATŌ, GANSO MUSABETSU KAKUTŌ-RYŪ!

I've had this game since like 1994, and I already told my sad tale how I traded away several good games (which made sense at the time to a kid who had repeatedly beaten them) like Cadash, Dragon's Curse, and others.  I had to trade in a stack of games PLUS $50 more bucks and I bought this used copy of this particular Ranma game.  Not only is the game worth peanuts now and I overpaid massively for it at the time, the manual was all crumpled up like someone balled it up and tried to unfold it later.  Looks like hell.  That always bothered me, so I figured I'd just ask if anyone has an extra or anything before I buy a whole new copy.  It is a meaningful game to me, played it a ton back in the day, just wanna get a more crispy manual to go with it.

[Off-Topic / So I'm in Knoxville]

Anyone have any recommendations on stuff to do?  Also flea markets or game stores worth visiting?

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Anybody got an Order of the Griffon? (WTB)]

I always wanted to play through this game.  I was a big fan of Pool of Radiance back in the day.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Decided to do something with my Lego Mosaics]

They are 16x16 so I had to do something small, but even after overcoming that issue the real problem is the lack and amount of specific colors.  I need to get some flesh tone pieces from Lego's pick a brick store to really get it right!  Trying to also find something I can do with my other 16x16 mosaic back, has to be something really small like an icon or graphic from a status bar, a powerup or other item, or you tell me!  I was going to do Bomberman but I ran out of colors for that too.  If I find the right thing I will put in an order for more bricks.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Free: 4 kinda tacky/yellow original Turbochip sleeves.]

There's no reason you should get these over SeymourOnion's replacement sleeves, that's what I used to replace them with myself.  But in case you are all about the original deal, here's 4 of them.  Nothing weird happened to them, just time.  They all came from US Turbografx-16 games out of my own personal collection.  They are dingy and slightly yellowed, and tacky to touch.  I've tried to wash them with dish soap and water twice, they only got slightly better.  Just asking that you pay for shipping if you want them.

Edit:  Changed gooey to tacky.  Gooey wasn't really a good descriptor, plus kinda gross sounding.  Sorry!

[Off-Topic / Raffle: Retro City Rampage (Steam)]

Hey guys, I just grabbed the humble bundle from this week and got an extra copy of this to give away (I got it when it came out at practically full price.)  You can always go and grab a copy from there for a $1 (Or less if you just want a downloadable copy from humblebundle.com) OR

You can sign up for this raffle right here!  This is a quick one, I'm calling a winner by the end of tomorrow night.  Who wants?

Rampagees:

Dicer
esadajr

[Off-Topic / YES.]

Finally!

Entrants:
Necromancer
blueraven
SuperGrafx

[Off-Topic / Free Sega games on Steam]

Just a heads up guys, Sega is giving away some pretty good stuff as part of this "Make War Not Love" promotion.  Golden Axe, Jet Set Radio, and some game called "Hell Yeah" (not for me, I don't think but there it is) are part of the first pack, and apparently tomorrow sometime you can get Streets of Rage II, Binary Domain, and Condemned: Criminal Origins.  Some really cool freebies there!

Go here and install something from it to attach the games to your account:

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/94153/

[Off-Topic / Happy V-day peeps]

I think this whole weekend has been just a lovefest already, but hey, what's one more day?  Hope you are enjoying time with your special person(s) and special game consoles today.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Contest: Power Golf 2]

Ok, here's the deal.  Instead of the usual raffle, I'm going to give you the chance to earn the following:





Prerequisites for entering: 100 posts.

This is a two part challenge.  For the first part, I've made a playlist of audio clips from PCE and TG-16 games.  You will need to identify which games these clips are from.  Some will be easier than others, I did that on purpose.  Hopefully it's not too easy though!

For the second part, you will need to take the first letter from each of those titles and write them down somewhere.  Now, unscramble these letters to form an obey related phrase.  There shouldn't be any confusion about the titles I've chosen, but bear in mind the US title always takes precedence over the Japanese one.  Example:  If what you hear is Bonk's Adventure, then you will write down a "B."  It won't be "P" for PC Genjin.  So if it came out in the US, use that name.

First person to PM me the correct phrase wins the Power Golf 2 pictured above!  DO NOT POST ANSWERS IN THE THREAD.  Just PM me when you have it.  If you want to play along but don't want the game, just PM and tell me so along with your guess and I'll give you credit for finding it first. (Next in line with the correct guess will get the game).  After we have a winner I'll reveal what the games and phrase were. (Can we spoiler tag here?  If so I'll do that with the answers)

To make this fair, I'm going to wait until Saturday, Feb. 13th at 1:00 PM (Eastern USA Time) to post the clips.  That way everybody has had some warning and you can all start at the same time, plus it will give me a chance to clarify any rules in the meantime.

Good luck peeps!

Congrats to Black Tiger for cracking the code first!!!

Congrats to sunteam_paul for winning the Power Golf 2!


Answers here!

Click here to see the decoded message received from the Hunting Dog!


P.S., if you are entering from another country, shipping is on you!   I'll ship to anyone in the USA for free.

Ok!  Here is the link to the sound clips:

^♫ https://soundcloud.com/johnnykonami/sets/pcefx

Good luck!  Later in the day I will check back and provide hints if needed.  P.S. There are 14 tracks.  Soundcloud will continue playing something else when track 14 ends, it's unrelated to the contest.

Normally I'd be more exacting but I gotta run out the door for my date.  I will check on your progress  later on!  I hope it doesn't bother anyone's sense of fairness, sorry about that.  So you get a 10 minute head start if you happen to be here now.

Hints for all tracks:  9 of the 14 games had domestic (US) releases, 5 are PCE only.
Hints for track #1:  Fellow PCEFX'er Bernie might have something to do with this one.  All aboard the Turbob Xpress!  Choo Choo!
Hints for track #2:  Is one of the orange label games.  Features some of the biggest TV stars on the Turbografx-16.  Sorta.  Also known for having censored content.
Hints for track #3:  Often compared to a certain Nintendo title.  The title is four syllables long.  Also has a sequel on the TG-16.
Hints for track #4:  This tune really poisons your heart.  The "designers" who "worked" on this did a really nice job.
Hints for track #5:  This one tried to top the Turbografx-16 charts but found it impossible to do so.  The main character of this series was born in Sheffield, UK.  He didn't get his start on the TG-16.
Hints for track #6:  This game is well known for a having a particular style of music.  The clip used is not an example of this style, however.  Has it's very own VHS tape!
Hints for track #7:  This game took some inspiration from a famous series of movies.  These movies were known in part for showcasing a notable piece of sports equipment.  From a sport well loved in Canada.
Hints for track #8:  Try not to be too sting-y when looking to buy your own copy of this title.  It might the last one available.  You might even wanna set up some E-bay alerts.
Hints for track #9:  Is a port of an arcade game.  The chimps from Project X (1987) would be right at home in this one.  (look up the synopsis if you haven't seen it!).  Do battle on a holodeck!
Hints for track #10:  Power up with Pac-man in this console exclusive (in the 90's) arcade port.  The title starts with a vowel!
Hints for track #11:  Kilroy was here.  This one is a sequel.
Hints for track #12:  #12's protagonists are of a race featured prominently in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.  And very prominently featured in "The Hobbit." (btw: not Hobbits.)  The title is an example of Japanese onomatopoeia.  One of Bubble Bobble's many cousins.
Hints for track #13:  Features a store with the same moniker as the band who would become New Order.  Contains many references to popular movies of the 1980's.  The man who wrote and directed this game still works in the game industry today.  By a company who can found somewhere in this forum post.
Hints for track #14:  Build up your body and and eat all you can in this one!  Then - surround your enemies to destroy them.

Hints for the secret phrase:  The phrase is three words long.  Part of the phrase comes from one of the TurboDuo pack-in games.  It contains a name.  The name belongs to a certain villain.

[Off-Topic / Raffle: 7th Guest/11th Hour, Tex Murphy, RE4, RE: Rev. Winners Announced!]

Hey guys, I've been wanting to host a raffle for a while, and I realized I have some pretty good games for Steam to pass along.  I'll do some PCE related raffles when I'm able but in the meantime I'd like to offer up these to my forum besties (aka you guys.)

Have at least say... 75 posts of quality forum material (usual "not only in buy/sell threads" yada yada) and just be a likeable sort of person in general.  If you don't meet these requirements, I will accept a plea in the manner of a small essay (long paragraph) on why you want said game so bad.  If it's pretty convincing I'll let you in the raffle.  If you go that route make it entertaining or tell a good anecdote for best results.

Reminder, these are all Steam codes.  I'm doing each game/collection separately, so there will be 4 raffles in the end.  You can enter in any of them you wish, or all of them, just tell me which ones you want in on.  I will pick a winner for each next tuesday.

Winners!:

7th Guest and 11th Hour:
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Esteban

Tex Murphy Collection (the 5 classic games, under a killing moon, etc.):
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Esteban

Resident Evil Revelations:
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PCEngineHell

Resident Evil 4:
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Punch

The first 3 games were uncontested.  Below are the results for RE4:


Congrats to the winners!  I'll PM you the activation links shortly.

Everybody else, congrats on your bupkis! 

[Off-Topic / Could I get some recommendations for tools for working with electronics?]

There's a lot of people doing repair work and mods on this site, so I figured I'd ask the experts. I've done some very easy mods in the past, putting a modchip in my Saturn and in my Dreamcast, both of which were 4 wires or less to solder if my memory serves.

I'm interested not only in doing repairs on game consoles, but I also have always wanted to build a MAME cabinet and maybe pickup an arcade machine or two.  I want to try and repair/restore some C64 computers I have as well.  I also love electronic music instruments and wanna start building some of the small synth kits out there like these:

http://store.synthrotek.com/Atari_Punk_Console_Kit

https://www.adafruit.com/products/2648

I have an old soldering iron I got from Radio Shack in the early 2000's for like $10 bucks but I was wondering if I would enjoy using a nicer one.  I have some wick and solder and a tip cleaner I never quite figured out how to use (just put the hot tip in it back when I was using it, it's like a tin of really hard waxy stuff).

I've also wanted to get a voltimeter for a while too, a decent quality but bang for your buck type would be good.  Anything else you could recommend too, I plan to start collecting these tools for many future projects.

Thanks!

[Off-Topic / Happy Thanksgiving!]

I know I'm gonna run out of here tomorrow without saying so, so I'll just do it now.  Have a good one, peeps!  Let's collectively destroy some turkeys!

[Off-Topic / Movie Recommendation Thread]

I am watching a Japanese movie called "Cold Fish" about a serial killer.  It's got a pretty crazy vibe and a lot of personality, I'm quite enjoying it.  I think it even said it was based on actual events at the beginning.  Great music and acting so far.  I don't want to give too much away.

Watching it through the Xfinity website portal / Hulu if you wanna check it out.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / WTB: J.B. Harold Murder Club]

Looking to buy this!  Thanks in advance.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Any other well known fakes besides Sapphire and Tobias?]

Got me thinking that I should watch out when buying sealed games.  I figure most aren't high profile/value enough to bother doing this with.

[Off-Topic / All the arcade machines are gone!!]

So my lovely girlfriend and I are down in Ocean City, MD for a little vacation (apologies for not posting with my usual fervor for the next week or so.)  I've been coming here all my life and have some really fond memories of playing arcade games on the boardwalk.  So... we went there today, and every one of them has replaced the classics with ticket redemption games!!  Last time I was here they were still the ones from my childhood.  I'm sure the cost/profit ratio from running those wasn't great, similar to the barcade woes discussed elsewhere on this forum.  They gotta turn a buck, but it still saddens me.  Coolest thing I saw was a Jersey Jack Wizard of Oz, but I didn't get a chance to play yet.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / If you could have any one hard to obtain TG/PCE game, which would you choose?]

Or a piece of obey hardware, if that's what you desire.  For me it's Dungeon Explorer II (US).  I wish I could go back in time and grab a copy when it was new still.  I've always wanted that game ever since the Duo World issue came out.

What are your hopes and dreams?  Ideally stuff you just want to have for yourself, not valuable items that you would sell.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Looking for a Neo Nectaris]

Anyone know what the going rate is?  I'm really wanting to play through this.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Where can I keep a wish/want list online to link people?]

Many years back I used a site called gametz (I think that was the name) to list off and keep track of my list of games I wanted to trade/buy.  I haven't been back there in years.  I know some of you guys have some pretty cool sites like the PCE Catalog Project and the PCE Bible which conveniently list the entire library with cover pictures, I'm thinking it would be nice to construct a list like that of just my personal wanted games.   Does such a place exist already?  I might end up just using Amazon to make a list, but I wanted to keep that account from being front-facing in general.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / What's the going rate on Addams Family?]

Although I never thought this game looked very good when I was a kid, I have these memories of pouring over the Turboplay issue it was featured in - seeing the designers tools to actually build the game is what really got me at the time.  Couple that with a recent interest in the Addams Family pinball game and rewatching the movies, I figured maybe it might be worth checking into it for the hell of it.  Anyone know what it's worth?  Also, I wouldn't mind hearing some opinions from those of you who have played it.  I think I remember a lot of pretty atrocious reviews.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Any PCE sheet music out there?]

I'd love to get some music books with some PCE/TG-16 sheet music.  I realize that Ys will probably be the most popular franchise with something like this, but does anyone know of anything else?  I know you can find some sheets online, but I was hoping for a nice booklet or something I could purchase.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / New Blazing Lazers on Ebay]

It's new and only $10 bucks right now (with six days left).  Box looks a little beat up, but just wanted to let you guys know.  I still have my copy or I'd think about it!  Usually a good sealed TG-16 game STARTS at $100...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Blazing-Lazers-New-Sealed-for-Turbo-Grafx-TG-16/271636166434

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / TG-16/Retro stuff for gifting suggestions?]

My birthday is coming up, and my girlfriend is asking what to get me.  I have no idea, but I know she doesn't wanna buy used games or really anything she'd have to ebay, sign up for a forum, etc. to get.  So I'm trying to give her a couple more ideas.

Can anyone suggest some cool TG-16/PCE stuff you can buy from online stores out there?  Or other retro gaming things that might make a good gift?

Thanks guys!

[Off-Topic / Game Center CX - Winning the Business Card / Signed Game (Tatsunoko Fighter)]

I'm sure many of you are GCX fans too - and I noticed the current "present" is Tatsunoko Fighter, so it got me wondering how to enter the drawing for them.  I don't see why they wouldn't allow an American to win, but my main source of GCX is through the fansubbed episodes.  The problem is by the time the sub comes out, that giveaway is long gone.  Looks like we are about 10 or so episodes behind the real thing.

I have a (very) rudimentary understanding of Japanese and I wouldn't mind catching the real broadcast to get the keyword, plus it got me thinking it would be cool to have access to other Japanese shows.  I know GCX is on Fuji TV, does anyone know a way to watch it live?  I would love to win just even the business card, I would have it framed and hang it up on the wall next to my other gaming stuff.  And even though Tatsunoko Fighter isn't the best PCE game to win, it would still be a nice collector piece, wouldn't it?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Worst Deals!]

For a contrast to the Best Deals thread we have going on.   

For me, and I've been wanting to tell you about this a little more in depth for a while now - my worst deal was when I was 15 years old, and I was really into PCE import titles.  I didn't have a Hu-Card converter but I did have a nice pile of Super CD-Roms, and at the time I was also really into Ranma 1/2 (It's a little embarassing to say now, but I still kinda like it.)

So anyway, I had two buddies that new of this import store that was a pretty far drive from my house, and the store had a Shiny new Ranma game on SCD that I just had to have.  It's this one (http://www.pcengine.co.uk/HTML_Games/Ranma_3.htm).  These guys would have put Game Stop to shame with the trade in values they offered.  It cost $150 bucks (right there I should have known it was way overpriced) and of course I didn't just have that floating around at the time, so I decided to trade in a huge pile of my US Turbochips (and some CD games) to cover part of the cost.  The worst part is, it wasn't enough!  I still needed some cash (at least $50 bucks) to cover the rest.

Here's the bunch of (complete, of course, it was 1994) games I traded:

Bonk's Adventure / Revenge (My reasoning was sound, I had the 4-in-1 CD from the duo, still regret it though, Bonk's Revenge is one my favorite games ever and I wish I had the Hu still)
It Came From the Desert
Splatterhouse (had beaten it no less than 200 times, now I regret it)
Dragon's Curse (Deeeep regret, though beaten many times)
Cadash (More deep regret, beat it a bunch of times too, which is why I thought it was ok to let go)
Space Harrier (Love this game but not this port so no regrets!)
Ordyne
Fantasy Zone
I think Alien Crush (I thought I had kept this, one of my first games and I love pinball.. Kinda mad)
Dungeon Explorer

Maybe others, I can't recall them all.  But a really bad deal on my part as well as kinda shitty on the shop.  I want to get some of those titles again.  Thankfully I still have Blazing Lazers and Parasol Stars, which I was smart enough to to trade away.. and a Legendary Axe in iffy condition (I might have traded my original copy away) as well as an extra loose hu-card of it.  In fact, I do have a small pile of loose Hu-Cards I think I got from a friend but I'm missing some of my childhood (teenage) favorites.

Edit: I did love the Ranma game and still have it to this day, so it wasn't a total loss.  And now I have a pretty stringent policy on trading my games away no matter how bored I get of them.

Anybody else wanna lament a stupid decision or overpaid on a game?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Arcade ports that have different features than the originals]

Ok, So I might forget a couple here, but what games had something different about them as opposed to the arcade counterparts they were based off?  I'm talking extra levels, different music, graphics, whatever you can think of.  Obviously there's a difference in resolution and hardware capability in general but beyond that.  Or, on the opposite end of the spectrum, which games are missing levels or features?

Cadash - Different writing/translation from Working Designs, I played through it a zillion times on the turbo but I can't think of anything really super different. 

R-Type - I am more familar with the TG-16 version than the Arcade, but this seems pretty faithful.  Isn't there an extra boss in the middle of the game that was added when they combined R-Type I & II into one card for the TG-16?

Splatterhouse - Obviously the mask was different, they also censored the upside down crucifix boss.

Tiger Road - I never owned the TG-16 one but it seems like an entirely different beast.  The TG-16 version seem to have nicer artwork, also, stylistically speaking.  Anybody played both?

Space Harrier - We talked about it recently in another thread but I can't think of any distinguishing gameplay features to give you a reason to play this over say, the Sega Ages port.

Side Arms - Only 1 Player, different 1st level music, you have to pause to change weapons.  I didn't love this game a whole lot when I had it as a kid, so anyone who did make any other observations?

Ordyne - I only recently got to see the arcade machine.  There seems to be a lot of stuff in the arcade version that isn't in the TG-16 one, but then again the TG-16 version was the only way to play in the USA for a long time to my knowledge.  They seem pretty different to play through.

Galaga 90, Fantasy Zone, Pac-Land - These seem like pretty good straightforward ports, I didn't notice any extras.

Ninja Spirit - PC Engine mode that gave you hit points instead of dying after getting hit once.

There are others I'm not sure about:

Chase HQ
Raiden
Dragon Spirit
Bravoman
Vigilante

What do you guys think?  Any more you can think of?

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Haven't fired up my Turbo Duo in a couple years, wondering about capacitors]

I know, blasphemy!  Anyway, I'm kind of afraid to now after reading about the capacitor issues.  Is it possible they leaked anyway during a period of dis-use?   I want to start collecting a few games again, does anyone have any advice regarding the capacitors?  Also, if I decide to have someone replace the capacitors with new ones, is it worth it to get an RGB mod as well at the same time?  This just gives it the ability to use component cables, right?  The duo is still kind of my baby and I've tried to keep it in good condition, but I'm thinking about this.  Does anyone on the forums do this for money currently and do a really neat job inside and out?

[Buy/Sell/Trade / WTB: Dungeon Explorer II]

I've always wanted this game, ever since I saw it on the cover of Turbo Force magazine which I had a subscription to as a kid!  I've been away from the scene for a couple of years (I was on the Turbo Mailing List for a long time), but I get the idea it's kinda tricky to acquire.  True?  What does it go for these days?