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[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS: PCE Prototypes - Peter PackRat, Marble Madness, Off The Wall (not mine!)]

Please enter me in your raffle.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: All reproduction Turbo, DUO, PCE, and Everdrive covers are in stock]

So the color for the RX is still not matched right?  Is that something you're still willing to do?

If someone can provide me with a sample of the color I can match it (to the best of my abilities)

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: All reproduction Turbo, DUO, PCE, and Everdrive covers are in stock]

[Buy/Sell/Trade / All reproduction Turbo, DUO, PCE, and Everdrive covers are in stock]

I have finished up my latest batch of printed parts and I have everything in stock!
Everdrive covers: $10
DUO card doors: $20
DUO-R card doors: $20
Turboexpress/PCE GT battery door:$25
Turbo CD-ROM case latches (pair):$10
All prices are plus shipping and I will ship internationally.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Reproduction TurboExpress / PC Engine GT battery doors now avalible!]

Everything is currently in stock, send me a PM if you need one.

Comrade, you are back?!

I was never gone....

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Reproduction TurboExpress / PC Engine GT battery doors now avalible!]

Everything is currently in stock, send me a PM if you need one.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Reproduction DUO card doors now avalible!]

Everything is currently in stock, send me a PM if you need one.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Normal to see reproduced Cases on games that did not originally include them?]

If I sold a game with a reproduction anything I always listed it as such.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Reproduction DUO-R doors now available]

I still love my Turbo Duo door you made for me and the Turbo Everdrive cover. I have a working door on my DUO-R but I'm tempted in getting one as a backup.

I still have a few in stock. 

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: WTB: Laseractive Pac N-10]

Anyone here have a Pac N-10 for sale? Can be with or without controller.

I will sell PAC N-10 with SuperGrafx Strider prototype EPROM.

Bundle deal only.

The one I saw only came with TV Sports Baseball.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS - Turbografx CD Hardshell Case]

FYI: I have replacement latches for sale...

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: WTB manual for King of Casino]

I have one, it comes with a game and a case as a bonus.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: WTB: 15 Complete US TG16/CD/SuperCD games, and a few loose things, rarer stuff.]

NEWS FLASH: We are NOT a merchant. We have no obligation to "serve customers" and no mantra that "the customer is always right".

You do understand that TREATING THIS FORUM AS MERELY A MARKETPLACE is fundamentally misunderstanding *everything* and therefore rude/tactless/offensive.

Thank you

To the extent that we have a marketplace, it is a courtesy  for members here.

Folks who do not understand this can certainly go to other venues (where other sellers will gladly take their money).

Talk about missing the point completely...  Why would this guy even want to "get to know the community" when everyone here acts like an elitist asshole...

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: WTB: 15 Complete US TG16/CD/SuperCD games, and a few loose things, rarer stuff.]

We don't know who he is, and he clearly hasn't taken the the time to get to know this forum.

Surely you understand that it takes time and effort to organically build relationships.

Tact (and an awareness of one's social surroundings) are still important, even in a forum.

Kinda like pissing on everyone that comes to this place that just wants to buy some games?

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: WTB: 15 Complete US TG16/CD/SuperCD games, and a few loose things, rarer stuff.]

penispenispenis

Nope, no bullshit. I have way too many things that just sit on shelves and don't get enjoyed.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: WTB: 15 Complete US TG16/CD/SuperCD games, and a few loose things, rarer stuff.]

and yesterday got into contact with another user and bought something like 3600 dollars of games from him.

Which user?

Me

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Reproduction DUO-R doors now available]

I still have a few left out of this batch.  Get 'em while they are hot!

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Reproduction DUO-R doors now available]

I have an RX, is there any chance you're going to do a batch that matches the coloring for them?

Are they a different color than the R?

The R is cream colored. The RX is white (looks almost like a very light gray in low light).

I'm pretty sure that you tried matching them up when you first started.

If someone can send me a part to color match I can do it.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Reproduction DUO-R doors now available]

I have an RX, is there any chance you're going to do a batch that matches the coloring for them?

Are they a different color than the R?

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Reproduction DUO-R doors now available]

The DUO-R doors are ready! They are $25 shipped in the US and $28 shipped for Canada. PM me if you are interested.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Dungeon Explorer II - Mystery Solved]

ramblings from a drunk.....

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Reproduction DUO-R door preorder]

Well, after much gnashing of teeth I have finally gotten the DUO-R door the way I want it. The price is the same as the DUO door: $25 shipped in the US and $28 for Canada.  The color match is quite close but since these systems age so differently there is not really any way for me to get it as close as the dark gray on the DUO.  I'll take preorders for two weeks or until I hit some multiple of 10 and then I will do a run. It usually takes about three weeks from start to finish on a run. A big thanks to HailingTheThings and MNKyDeth for helping me test the doors.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Why is my manual in French?]

These are the frog manuals I have (and no, you can't have them):



I also have maybe half a dozen bi-curious boxes.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Another run of everdrive covers]

The covers are off the printer and in my hands! The white ones will go out first and the black and gray ones shortly thereafter.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: WTB: Everdrive cover]

I'm looking to buy a turbo everdrive cover.

Seeing that bare PCB in my TG16 just makes me nervous!

I'm doing another run right now.  They are $16.50 shipped in the US and $18.00 shipped in Canada. Send me a PM and I can squeeze you in on this run.

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Another run of everdrive covers]

I'm printing another batch of Turbo Everdrive covers. I will have regular style ones and SuperGrafx compatible covers also. I offer them in PCE white, Turbo Black, DUO gray, and new for this run: DUO-R off white. They are still $16.50 shipped in the US and $18 shipped for Canada. Send me a PM if you are interested in a pre-order.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: Turbografx-16 freezes up]

Another thing that happened last night was that when it froze up the screen would duplicate itself into four scaled copies of itself.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Turbografx-16 freezes up]

I have a Turbo that from dead cold will work just fine for about 5 minutes and the freeze up.  You can then power it off and back on and it will stay working for a shorter period of time.  Wash, rinse, repeat and eventually it won't do anything but show a white, yellow, or purple screen. A few times as it starts to freeze up the music has sped up to double speed or slowed down to half speed.  Any thoughts?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: TurboPad Variations]

The Turbo Pad that came with the system is different than the one that was packages separately. The differences are the info on the back is different, the "TurboPad" logo is slightly different, the circuit boards are different, the Select/Run buttons are different internally and you cannot swap the board from one to another without modifying the case.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Just... Bad, Turbo Ebay Auctions (Not Gouging)]

In what world is $30 for a case not a gouge?

Hey, it has a sticker on it that says the name of something that is expensive!

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

They're similar to PCE cases, but I don't think any PCE games had the glue dot.

The PCE cases had little foam pieces. The actual case for Keith Courage/PCE games is a much better case than the standard Turbo case with the clip. The PCE case mold was actually made for the case and the quality of the part shows it: no mold marks on the inside and a nice texture on the back.  The Turbo case mold was a recycled standard CD jewel case that was repurposed to make the Turbo cases.  You can see this where the raised pieces that hold the card in place were machined in after the fact and how the back of the case is smooth and shiny like a normal jewel case finish would be.  It was always odd to me that NEC spent all that money to retool the hucard case just for the Turbo market.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: My recent flea market finds]

I have never seen a TG-16 anything in a fleamarket.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Look at what I made...]

Those look great and the attention to detail is impressive.  Those pics looked pretty good to me.

Do you typically print one and test and then do more or do you have to print them out in batches?  Good stuff I been loving my everdrive cover.

For testing I don them one at a time. When I do "production" I usually print 10 at a time.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Look at what I made...]

Looks like I almost have it nailed:











Looks like I need to move the left side latch peg up just a touch and move the from curve back in just a bit.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: could we get a HU tray insert for jewel cases?]

I have no hard data to prove this, but sometimes I think the PCEFX ghetto brotherhood sells itself short when it comes to judging the potential viability of projects. I realize making these from ABS or styrene can be expensive, I also know it can be cheap because there are literally tens of millions of products out there that are made in the exact same way and they cost pennies. Cheap toys, kitchen gadgets, rulers, interior car trim panels, assloads of shit. And no, don't think they sold 800,000 units in all these cases to get the price that low. I'm not saying I have any idea how to do IP cheaper, I'm iuat saying that I know it *is* being done cheaper on a massive massive scale, as in entire container loads of shit is on its way from Taiwan right now that was made just like this and it's made at MSRP.

The problem is quality. Sure, I could have the back case made in China out of some kind of random plastic but I would not even know the quality of the product until I had 10,000 of them on my door step. I have experience with having parts made in China/Southeast Asia and it is really a crap shoot.  Even in China having an injection mold made for a part the size of a back case or case insert is several thousand dollars and that is going to be an aluminum mold with a crappy surface finish that might last though a 10,000 part run. I feel that the only way a project of this caliber is going to go anywhere is to do a kickstarter and have people put their money were their mouth is.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: could we get a HU tray insert for jewel cases?]

I have gone so far as to model the case and had it formally quoted from several injection molding vendors. From the cheapest place located in the US (with Chinese molds) I would have to buy 10,000 cases up front and then sell them all at $4.32 each just to break even.

Would the model you made be able to be used with a CNC milling machine to make a mold?

I don't know if any of you have heard of this place http://www.techshop.ws/. They have 10 locations across the US and for a small membership fee they give you access to lots of manufacturing tools, like milling machines and injection molders. They are open 24/7, except for a couple holidays. They also have training classes to learn how to use the various machines. This would be a much more hands on approach but probably cheaper.

Since I found out about this place I have been wanting to go there and see if this actual project is possible, but free time is not a thing I have much of.

A friend of mine bought this kickstarted board game Railroads that was made at the local techshop:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/337635364/railroads-a-boutique-wooden-board-game

Since it was made locally my friend when there to pick up his copy and the guy gave my friend a tour of the techshop, since the guy also works there. My friend said the place was awesome and he needed to come up with some projects to do so he could play with the tools.

So does anyone think this could be a viable process to make some insert trays?

Machining the mold is not really the problem, I could machine it here at work. I don't have an injection molding machine nor the skills to make the mold correctly so that the plastic flows properly in all the cavities.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: could we get a HU tray insert for jewel cases?]

I was wondering with all the empty shell that are made now for NES, SNES, N64, Genesis, why cant somebody design a tray that could slide into a standard jewel case that would hold a HU card in place. That way we can put an insert in the back and they should be fairly cheap. I have heard that somebody is making 3D copies, but not how reliable that is or if it is true, I know 3D printing is expensive, so maybe a tray would cost less in the end.

Just an idea that i'm sure that has been brought up before.

You mean like these?



As opposed to like the black ones?

They'd be maybe a little cheaper to produce, but not much. Probably. I know nothing, though. Oops.

Similar, but with out the pegs. Just the outline of the HU card to keep it from sliding around. I know molds are expensive, but I figured that it might not be so expensive that it couldn't be done. I think paying $2 for a tray insert is fine. Its just hard for me to pay out $8 or more for a replacement case. I am sure they are expensive to produce with 3D printing, but when I can go out and buy a chump game for that same price, get the case and then have trade material with the unwanted game,  its just hard for me to justify. I am sure many think the new cases are cool, I am just wondering if there is a chance on finding a cheaper alternative. That's all. I am not meaning to anger people.

I have gone so far as to model the case and had it formally quoted from several injection molding vendors. From the cheapest place located in the US (with Chinese molds) I would have to buy 10,000 cases up front and then sell them all at $4.32 each just to break even.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: could we get a HU tray insert for jewel cases?]

The biggest problem currently with 3D printing is that people think they can buy a $1000 printer and make perfect parts every time.  The parts I make and sell are made on a $150,000 printer and even then they have to be sanded and dyed to look right.  There are so many different types of printers that print in totally different ways. You have to pic the method and the material based off of your final use and desired look. I have printed the HU card case several times and either it's not the quality that I would be comfortable selling or it costs way too much to print.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: could we get a HU tray insert for jewel cases?]

It's money.  It's five figures to tool up a mold and then you would have to buy 10,000 of them.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Look at what I made...]

If someone could loan me with a PC Engine to work with I will see what I can do about making a custom door for it.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Look at what I made...]

Think it would be possible to make a cover that could be attached to the original pce? Dunno if it would work but it would be pretty cool I think.

I could make a cover but you would probably have to drill some holes to get it to work right.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Look at what I made...]

Does anyone actually need one these? I thought the black doors were a fringe product...

I've made about 50 of the DUO doors so far. People keep asking me for DUO-R doors all the time.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Look at what I made...]

Nice! How is the fit?

Only time will tell.  I don't actually have a DUO-R or -RX so I have to send the door off for independent testing at an offsite lab.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Look at what I made...]

Hopefully this time it will fit right.....

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Look at what I made...]

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Hucard pin spacing?]

It's the same as an old PCI slot.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Behold! The PC Engine Turbo UNO!]

I could 3D print a case like that...

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: TG-16 Manual Scans]

I scanned these per a request from Bernie: jelloslug.com/TG-16/Manual scans

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Dragon's Curse Value new sealed?]

I have tons of games to trade pm me beyond Shadowgate might magic part 3 blazing laser hello, bro taking it in the hoop u name it I am old gamer from way back have every system including actionMAX hit me up thx mike aka the machine

I will trade you a seal Power Golf and a sealed Sonic Spike for Might and Magic 3.

Sorry I meant I'm willing to part with 3 mighty copies of this game:



pm me if u still want it

I have an crushed box for TV Sports Football that I will offer for those games.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Dragon's Curse Value new sealed?]

I have tons of games to trade pm me beyond Shadowgate might magic part 3 blazing laser hello, bro taking it in the hoop u name it I am old gamer from way back have every system including actionMAX hit me up thx mike aka the machine

I will trade you a seal Power Golf and a sealed Sonic Spike for Might and Magic 3.