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[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Not another screenshot quiz...]

I'll take a wild guess - is it John Madden Duo CD Football?

hmmm... there's something about that pic that screams "suck", so... Deep Blue?

For deriding NeoStuey's entry as 'suck', you get to go next.  It better be awesome. 

Correct.

At least he didn't say "it sucks balls!" 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Not another screenshot quiz...]

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Far too easy I know, but better than passing my turn.

Oh and thanks for the answer about the Hexidecimal I never would have got that!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Not another screenshot quiz...]

Mack + Cross = Macross?

Which one?

Well there's 2036 or Eternal Love Song but I wouldn't know which one that image represents.

At a guess Eternal Love Song as one of the players characters Misutei? is in a YF4 from stage 15.

Number plate on the Mack is 7F4?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Not another screenshot quiz...]

Mack + Cross = Macross?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: PC Engine Screen-shot quiz]

Mizubaku Daibouken/Liquid Kids?

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: PC Engine Screen-shot quiz]

Tsuppari Ouzumou Heiseiban

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Post pictures of your PC Engine and/or Turbo hardware here!]

@ Joe Redifer that is a really nice shot of the TurboGrafx you've taken there. I think I like it.

Chojin, lovely looking machine, pristine and fully boxed too, take good care of it!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: (o^_^)A thread for everyone, I hope..... (post your current/old hardware)]

Well I thought this was the PC-Engine/SuperGrafx Discussion forum.   

Love that Supergrafx and those game cases look in great shape SupeDeadite. 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: (o^_^)A thread for everyone, I hope..... (post your current/old hardware)]

He-he, no worries. 

I was being a little antagonist by putting my DUO in amongst the Rs and RXs 

That is a DUO monitor. Gamers condition, it's been shown some hard love in a past life.



Matches up with the DUO nicely.







Considered to be quite rare and pricey, although having said that 3 did turn up all at once on eBay just recently which is when I picked mine up from Adol.

The monitor can be hooked up to anything with composite output so you could use a DVD player or most other games consoles. Works off the mains or 6 alkaline batteries.

And yes I'd love to see your other consoles override. Your Duo R was looking very nice in those shots you posted.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Post pictures of your PC Engine and/or Turbo hardware here!]

Didn't feel the love in the DUO R & DUO RX thread, though there is a lovely bunch of consoles pictured in there . So as suggested I'm starting a thread in which all hardware pictures are welcomed and in fact encouraged, there's no prejudice here. 

Be it a PC-Engine, Core Grafx, Core Grafx II, briefcase setup, Super CD-RomRom, DUO, DUO R, DUO RX, GT, LT, SuperGrafx, Shuttle, Laseractive or even a development unit, the PC-KD863G or a Sharp Twin X-1 or maybe a Taiwanese clone, it'd be nice to see a hardware roll of honour. 

I have the Japanese DUO and DUO monitor set up.



Also a Core Grafx II and Super-CD-RomRom



A briefcase set up



And finally a GT



As I said I'd love to see what treasures the boards hold, and to me that is every piece of hardware so don't be shy!. 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: Duo-R / RX owners represent!]

Pity it's a thread for DUO-R & RX's. 

We need to get Ted Kennedy on the case.

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[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: PC Engine power supply]

Hi Spector,

Sorry if my picture has been the cause for some confusion. 

To answer your first post, the PC-Engine, CD-ROM2 and the Interface Unit are all 9Vdc centre negative.

The power supply unit you have will power a PC-Engine or CD-ROM2 unit on it's own, but may fail/cut out if you try to use it with a CD-ROM2/Interface Unit set-up as that requires a PSU capable of supplying 9Vdc @ 1450mA.

The picture I posted was specific to slayer2k7's question regarding powering a briefcase set-up with a Maplins 9Vdc Switched Mode Power Supply Adaptor code L46BL, an adaptor which I own and use myslef. Not having much time to post a detailed reply, it was easier for me at the time just to post a picture of how that particular tip and power tip socket had to go together to power the unit. I don't know why but the tip has to be set that way round, but it definitely won't power up the interface unit when set the other way around.

If not wanting to help matters, I found the wording on the Maplin box is none too clear.   

To connect a power tip with a centre positive polarity, ensure the side of the power tip with a "+" symbol appears in front of the word "TIP" on the power tip socket. To connect a power tip with a center negative polarity, ensure the side of the power tip with a "-" symbol appears in front of the word "CENTRE" on the power tip socket.

The words "TIP" and "CENTRE" are written in upper-case in the Maplin instructions, which makes it even more odd that the word "CENTRE" does not appear at all on the power tip socket. When I connected it so that the "-" symbol is on the opposite side to the word "TIP" which is just a blank space the interface unit failed to power on. So by process of elimination the only way it does work with that particular PSU is to have the "-" symbol above the word "TIP".

This seems still to be the case as slayer2k7 has posted to say his interface unit was now working too.

And one more thing - what happens when you turn a PC Engine on with no hu-card in it?

You'll probably get a white/blank screen.

Hope that I've been of some help.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: New to PC Engine]

Thanks for the replies
One setup was £7 looks mint boxed but cd unit doesn't work(comes with lid)not retested the ifu yet
the other setup was £14 looks used cd unit is yellow! Works fine both come with lids
I got a 1.0 system card and a 3.0 system card i need a arcade card to play the SNK games right?
I got a boxed joystick and a bout 15 games now to get somemore

Cool stuff, especially if it's a Super System 3.0 card that you got as part of one of the bundles. That card is good for all CD-ROM2 and Super CD-ROM2 games, so pretty much the entire CD-ROM2 catalogue is already within your reach already.

Yep, the Arcade Card Pro is needed for the SNK fighters and a few other Arcade CD-ROM2 only titles, the card is also fully compatible with all the CD-ROM2 and Super CD-ROM2 titles as well, so once you do upgrade cards you needn't switch back. There's also a few hybrid Super CD-ROM2/Arcade CD-ROM2 titles which offer slight/minor enhancements (shorter loading times etc) on systems using the Arcade Card Pro.

Re the spare IFU, I'd be inclined to test it and keep it as a back-up to the current one, should save you the hassle of trying to source another one should you ever need to. Having said that, i also think that you should be able to get at least what you paid out for both units on ebay should you wish to part with it, especially if you can advertise it as known to be working.

Lastly, a request, if the white CD-ROM2 is dead but is aesthetically correct I'd be interested in buying it from you for it's lid. Would offer say £10.00 plus postage costs. :

Mine is not quite right, in the fact that the previous owner(s) managed to rub part of the letter O on the CD-ROM2 stencilling so much that it is now only half visible. They must of liked cleaning a bit too much. 

If you are interested in selling it on, let me know.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: New to PC Engine]

Well half way around the world and twenty years later i have a working interface system
Was using an extension cable to power the system up at first then decided to just use a spare wall socket it works Cd's work fine best fourteen pound gaming system Ive ever had
Thanks again to NeoStuey and everyone else here on the forums for your help now to get some more games!

Woot!! The power of prayer!!  

Now it's fixed I got some quick q's for you.

How about the other interface, is that still dead?
Did you get more than one CD-Rom2 unit?
Did the interface units come complete with the briefcase lids?
What system card have you got?

£14.00 is amazingly cheap!! Especially as it works!! Nice one!!

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: New to PC Engine]

Both ifu's are dead
Can't afford to spend anymore on this so gonna sell the working parts
At least the power supply problem for a ifu in the uk has been sorted
Thanks for all the help

I can't believe they're both dead. 

Might want to just double check the polarity, contacts aren't covered in muck, etc, before giving up on them entirely, I guess I don't want to beleive you got two duff ones. 

In the meantime I'll be praying for a miracle. 

@Spector,

Sorry I missed your earlier post, I'm afraid I don't know the size of the adaptor tip is, it was just happened to be one of the ones that came with that Maplin adaptor I posted a picture of on the previous page.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: New to PC Engine]

Have you made sure the slider on the interface is all the way accross?

This is the off position on the interface.

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And the interface and engine both switched to the on position.

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Catches most of us out the first time.

I really hope it is something as simple as that.

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: New to PC Engine]

Thanks NeoStuey i now have that power supply
Can i ask what tip did you use? I have no clue when it comes to this kind of stuff
cheers

Here you go matey,

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Let us know how you get on. 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: HuCard problem....]

If your getting a light/white screen check the contacts on the HuCARD are clean. I had that happen with a pratically new looking SFII'CE HuCARD, even though the contacts looked clean their was still a layer of something that came off.

It's worked fine ever since.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: PC Engine AV mod]

Here comes a very non technical reply. 

From my own experience I'll admit that the composite image produced by the Interface Unit isn't too bad, but some things I've noticed with the composite connection is that the colours can seem washed out or even dull, their can be visible shimmering on fast moving objects or even still images with areas of high contrast. You can also get colour bleed, particularly reds and blues have indistinct edges leading to some images looking slightly blurred.

With a properly done RGB mod, ( thanks to chaoticjelly  ) the colour is much improved, the shimmer disappears and the reds and blue's are much better defined leading to a sharper image overall. 

AFAIK it was possible back in the day to mod the white PC Engines for RGB but the original mod drew a rather low powered RGB signal straight out of the PC Engine without any amplification. Colour booster amps were later released to rectify the problem. Starting out as stand alone boxes that your scart lead would plug into and then out to the TV. They were eventually replaced by a colour booster scart cable that was basically a female to male scart lead with the colour boosting amp wired in that you plugged between your PC Engine and TV.

The mod that chaoticjelly did for me put all the electronics needed back inside the PC Engine so the mod and amp are all self contained within the console itself. I guess that over time the electronic components needed to make such an amplifier have gotten small enough and that the technical knowledge has been refined over the years for this to be the case.

Posted by: Joe Redifer

Note that I do NOT stretch 4:3 images to 16:9, since that is evil.  Of course this TV isn't 16:9 anyway, so that helps.  Smile

I agree entirely, I wouldn't stretch the image either but unfortunately my TV has really horrible bright grey borders when running in 4:3 mode. I wish they could be set to black, I could live with that.  O:)

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: [Q]It came from the desert]

There's also one listed on ebay with an starting price of 3.99, but no bids yet and the auction ends in 12 hours.  Unless yours is complete or factory sealed, I wouldn't think it would be worth more than $10 (factory sealed, I'd say $20).

I'm going to have to remember to search using ebay.com. That super cheap listing never came up when using ebay.co.uk.

I'm off to see if there are any other bargains I'm missing out on. Thanks for the heads-up, Necromancer. 

[Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: [Q]It came from the desert]

Just did a quick search on Ebay and found there is one going for $29.99 + $12.00 international shipping from the US.

As I've only just joined the forum I'm still not sure on the rules for exteranl links especially concerning sales, so I haven't posted one. I'll just add that I've never used the seller before so can't make a personal recommendation one way or the other.

But it might help to decided what a fair price should be. 

[PCE/TG-16|CD/SGX Discussion / Re: New to PC Engine]

Hopefully I can be of some belated help. Joined the forums today. 

I'm in the UK too and also have a briefcase setup, it came without any power supply, this is the one I found in Maplin Electronics which works great. Order code L46BL.

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Better late than never, I hope.

[Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: PC Engine AV mod]

Hello everyone,

Short term lurker and a first time poster here. 

In answer to your question Spector, I'm in the UK and have had a white PCE successfully modded to output RGB.

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It's had the RF modulator removed and replaced with an internal RGB mod with amplifier that connects using a DIN to Scart connection. In fact I have two different Scart leads made at my request.

One (not pictured) is for when the PC Engine is in stand alone mode, this takes both the audio and video signal via the DIN connection and out through the Scart.

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The Second (pictured above) when using the CD Interface takes just the RGB video signal via the DIN connection and the audio via two phonos is taken from the AV output on the Interface unit to Scart. This gives me the best of both worlds as now my PC Engine can be used either with or without the CD Interface and I still get the optimum picture performance.

A couple of pics to show RGB in the flesh. My TV screen being rear projection makes it hard to capture a great photo but these examples aren't too bad, it still looks much nicer in the flesh.

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I haven't the skill/patience to do such a mod myself but I will see if I can contact the guy who did such a great job on mine.