@GTV reviews the Cosmic Fantasy 1-2 Switch collection by Edia, provides examples of the poor English editing/localization work. It's much worse for CF1. Rated "D" for disappointment, finding that TurboGrafx CF2 is better & while CF1's the real draw, Edia screwed it up...
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#51
Off-Topic / wtf... pants rant
09/20/2017, 07:17 AM
Maybe it's old age. Maybe it's just things I like that have changed.

But when the f**k did jeans stop being jeans and become stretchy pants?

Holy omgwtfbbq sauce is this sh*t!?

Ok... Granted, it's been a while since I bought jeans. 3-4yrs possibly 5 or more. Lol
But jeans were always jeans. You tried them on, they fit or they didn't. Now.. you can be like three sizes off wear a belt and they still fit.

Now mind you, that's a good thing. But if memory serves of when I was a child and my mom had me wear whitey tighties. They stretch out over time. The last thing I want is some poopy diaper looking pants that stretched out over time.

I am a jeans and t-shirt kinda guy. I want my old jeans back. You know the ones that when you wore them the hell out you knew you had to get new ones.

/Rant

Just super dang angry I have stretchy pants jeans now. I don't even know if I would call these jeans.

Maybe it's time to grab my shotgun tell the kids to get the hell off my lawn and just start wearing slacks. Unless those sobs are stretchy now too.....
#52
I would say the cut off for entering would be 1pm est on September 30th.
#53
Giving this a bump.
Spread the word on this raffle in any circles you traverse.

I would like more people to enter. So far everyone that has entered will win a copy as I am raffling three and I have not had over three enter yet.

All of the funds are going to the developer of this game. So it promotes and encourages them to continue developing for this platform.
#54
Brand new sealed copy recently went for $500 here.
#55
Altered beast cd you need to play with the 1.0 or 2.0 cdrom card I thought. Higher versions caused issues with the game. I could be wrong but I remember reading this some time ago I think.
#56
Lol... Man... Wtf...

If I had the money.... I splurged on the last one.
#57
Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS: PCE Games
09/08/2017, 09:53 AM
I know, double post right?

Anyways, got sapphire Thursday this week. Opened it this Friday morning.
I never asked if it was fake or real but this copy is 100% real. HCD5080 right on the center of the disc as expected.

Been playing Xak 1&2. Once I am done with those this game is going in. :)
#58
Quote from: guest on 09/01/2017, 05:01 PMIs the HOP-M3 the one that is used in the R/RX?
Yes, the hop-m3 lenses are used in the TurboDuo, pce duo, pce duor and rx.
#59
Not sure if I should list the entrants or not on the page here. But, they will be listed after the drawing takes place.

Pictures are in the works. Having issues getting stuff uploaded lately.
#60
General Gaming / Re: retro freak ripping?
08/31/2017, 09:04 AM
Well, some quick test before going to bed this morning. The picture output seems good.

I will need to hook up my framemeister to my capture card and then hook this retro freak up to the capture card to get an accurate comparison on image output.

It did not recognize a few of my games. Also, I was hoping it would distinguish between US and JP hucards. But it labels the both the same. Neutopia 2 is labeled [pce] Neutopia 2 and does not tell me which game is US or JP.

I tried the system with all my everdrives. Sd2nes, ted, gba, mega ed etc. None work in the system. Just gives a blank screen. So for those that wanted to use everdrives this is a no go as far as I can tell.

I don't have any of the carts that turbokon makes so I have no idea if those would work or not.

And... Atlantian just gave me a black screen in the system. So I am assuming custom carts won't work all that well in this system.

I have no idea if I have the latest firmware for the system. I will be checking Friday after I get out of work and maybe some of this stuff will work with a newer version if there is one.

Two games that work in my consoles is rtype 1 and 2. The retro freak did not recognize them. There were a hand full of games like this. It seems the database they use is lacking and I am sure there are many more games that won't be recognized. Again... This may be a firmware issue where I have an old one in the system.

I will be taking the SD card out of the system and putting it into my TED and seeing if those roms it creates can be used for making a clean rip of the carts.

So lots more to come testing wise. And I suppose if anyone wants some specific info let me know and I'll test it out on this thing.
#61
General Gaming / Re: retro freak ripping?
08/31/2017, 05:24 AM
Well, I think I just need to iron out the Dodge when he swims at me and all will be good. I have dodged it a couple times without getting hit. I just need to get better at it.
#62
Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS: PCE Games
08/31/2017, 05:21 AM
Yes, I was the one that got the Sapphire.

I do plan on opening it. I'm not one to stare at sealed games and fap a bunch. I would rather fap on the actual disc. Getting some use out of it makes it worth more to me than sealed. I just know this disc isn't scratched or scuffed and is ready to play in a console. :)
#63
General Gaming / Re: retro freak ripping?
08/30/2017, 10:38 PM
I still can't kill the shark.
I found the abcard loads perfect Everytime in my supergrafx but is random if it works in some of my other consoles.

On my pce duo and duor I typically use my TED. But my SGFX + SCD2 I use the real abcard. I was literally just playing Atlantian yesterday in bed before falling asleep.
#64
General Gaming / Re: retro freak ripping?
08/30/2017, 08:49 PM
Just got my retro freak today before going to work.

Friday or over this weekend I will be playing with it to see what it can do.
It came surprisingly fast from play-asia.

Ordered Monday came Wednesday.
#65
Buy/Sell/Trade / Raffle: Mysterious Song
08/29/2017, 02:56 AM
Ok... I have a couple CDs of Mysterious Song.
I am going to raffle off 3 discs.

This raffles purpose is to generate money and give back to Rover. I already paid for the discs. Any money collected will be sent to Rover and not into my pocket.

One dollor gets one ticket with your name on it into the raffle. So the more dollors you donate to Rover the more entries you get at winning one of the three Mysterious Song discs.. Limit one disc per person.

I will get a picture up later today with the discs. The drawing will be held September 30th.

I will ship to anyone in the lower 48 states. Anyone overseas etc where shipping is more then $2-3 you may enter as long as you are willing to pay for the shipping.

Send your entries to
pcenuggets@gmail.com = PayPal address
Specify your name... Real name or forum name in the notes in PayPal. That will be the name I use for the raffle.
$1 = one ticket
$5 = five tickets
$20 = twenty tickets
I think everyone should get the idea. :)

Anyone can enter new or old to these forums.
Once the names have been drawn and posted in this first post you have a week to contact me with your information or I will pull a different name from the entrants.
I will record the drawing and post a video to ensure legitimacy of the winners.



Winners!!!

gheebee
haightc
Phase

A total of $24 was raised in this raffle. This money will be sent to Rover within the next 5 days.
#66
I know this is the HE thread. But this game Mysterious Song was also put on this system by Rover so it's worth mentioning I think here.



I literally just beat ex mode on Mysterious Song. Tuesday August 29th 2:13am

All three characters were level 61. I farmed the dragons a bit on that dragon island.... Several hours. :)

The maze areas going through the different realities were definitely tough. Once I got to the dragon area part of it I was like dang..... Grinding time to get levels.

I did the entire treasure chest puzzle to get the Herr boss and cocophany was pretty hard at level 61. Fun fact... Marty Friedman was in a band called cocophany.

Anyways... Excellent game. People that play just the normal mode don't know what they are missing out on. And even the normal game is solid in presentation albeit a bit short for those not in the know about ex mode.



I just wanted to say thanks to Rover for bringing these games to us. Overall, all home brew people that are putting out games and translations for this system are simply amazing.
#67
Welcome to the forums.

Blazing Lazers is a great shooter.
Gate of Thunder is also pretty amazing. Super Star Soldier and Soldier Blade are also incredibly good. If your into shooters.
Also, there are a ton of great shooters on this platform.

I would recommend not limiting yourself to cartridge only. A lot of the better games are on the cdrom format.

Dungeon explorer 1 and 2 and Neutopia 1 and 2 are amazing games as well.

Not being sure what your overall favorite types of games to play are I would say.... Read up on the games. Try them out and in the end decide what ones you like most on this system.
#69
General Gaming / Re: retro freak ripping?
08/28/2017, 06:19 PM
Cool, thnx Necro.

I actually have all the ROMs of all the cartridge based systems to my knowledge on my own server.

I was mostly trying to find out if this retro freak console ripped the games where we could use the files on an ever drive or if it ripped the games to it's own proprietary format.
#70
General Gaming / retro freak ripping?
08/28/2017, 05:31 PM
So I been looking into ways to rip the data from hucard. The way that seems to keep popping up is the retro freak does this.

My question is.... Does the retro freak rip the hucards to files where I could use them in my ever drive?
Basically making a pristine rip of the game that doesn't have issues?

I never paid much attention to this emulator console so I don't know very much about it. Anyone out there have one or does anyone have any opinions about it?
#71
Recently ordered some for myself. These are great. Now for those cdrom case inserts......
#72
I go by retro_tduo on eBay and I had a site for a bit pcenuggets. Just for reference purposes.
#73
If you know who did the recap originally I would contact them.

Otherwise, on this forum I know there is Keith Courage, thesteve and several others.
I would offer myself but honestly I just don't have time like I used to. Using a volt meter I would check the power supply first then the 7805's inside the machine.

If all has power then it's just testing everything to see where it's getting dropped internally. Bad traces or anything is possible to not have a picture to be shown. Maybe the fuse etc...
#74
All these prices are Friends and family via PayPal or add 2% to the price if you don't want Friends and Family.
Prices include shipping in the lower 48 US only. Overseas people if interested please PM me and we can work something out.




Ok, just looking to get rid of my stuff as I am to busy to continue working on the consoles.

These are all works in progress in terms of being repaired. However the motherboards all have been fully washed and recapped. Each system has new 7805s and larger supercaps. They are untested after the recap so not sure if there are any damaged traces or audio issues.

I got out of work early tonight. I went through and was able to give a quick test to verify that the audio works on three of the black duos. Hucard and cdrom audio. It was a quick test using final soldier for a hucard and ys 3 for the audio disc. All systems have original lenses that were tested and seem to work ok. The shells are scuffed and a bit dirty as I have not washed the shells.

The other three black pce duos have not been tested yet. The duor works fine except there is static in the audio. Playing hucard or cdrom there is static. I tried changing to a different cable and had the same issue. So it will take some diagnosing and time to figure that one out. It's perfect for someone that is a do it yourselfer and wants a duor for cheap that might just need a little time to figure out.

PCE Duo Console with chinese power supply and a random controller untested, no AV cable = $150/ea

Duo's also have a 8pin din socket already on the motherboard for component or RGB mods. Works with a standard composite cable as well.

I have 6 duos and one Duo-R. Duo-R is not recapped and comes with original power supply. Otherwise the same price and random controller, no AV cable.
Duo-R Sold

PCE's = $30/ea (sold out)
Core 1 = $30/ea (sold out)
Core 2 = $30/ea (sold out)
2 Tennokoe 2 = $20/ea
1 IFU, includes power supply and 12' composite cable= $60 (sold out)

Duo-RX = $375 <-- Price reduced .... Pics soon
PC Engine Duo-RX, Includes original power supply, composite video cable, RGB Euro scart cable and one controller of anything I have in stock. Ave pad 3, Ave pad 6 or 2 button. The Duo-RX has been region and RGB modded. The shell had a broken post and it has been repaired. This console has not been recapped but works prefectly. Been using it the past two months personally playing various games.

BattleTaps = $15/ea (1 available)
Memory Base 128 = $20 (1 available)

HOP-M3 lenses = $20/ea (10 available)
KSS-210B lenses = $11/ea (1 available)





If interested about below items please inquire for cost and how many you want etc.
I have SPDT switches for region mods.
Boat rocker style and smaller slider style for the various consoles.

Region mod chips using the CBT3383 chip from Texas Intruments.

M51131L chips
4558 op-amps (New)
M5205 OKI chips
Digital NPN 50v 50MA bipolar Transistors (New)
4560 op-amps (New)

Duo, Duo-R and RX cd-rom lid switches. I think these also work on the Super CD-rom 2 units.
Not sure about the white and black cd-rom units for the IFU and original TG16. Never had to replace them so never really looked.




As I organize a bit more I'll post more stuff that I have.
#75
Or mod the Saturn, sell the disc and burn the game.
Then it's all profit minus the region mod and bypass chips.

I know you don't want to sell it. But I have many games for tg16/pce that are loose. As long as they work I am golden. As for CDs there are no name blank empty cdrom cases you can buy and make your own inserts and manuals etc.
#76
Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: Download 2 Remastered
07/15/2017, 12:40 AM
Pm'd cause I could.  :)

I was prolly number two eh?
#77
1941's price must have skyrocketed in the past year or two. Pretty sure I bought the one I had for $250 two summers ago. Then sold it last summer for double the price.

Checking current prices it has nearly quadrupled in the past two years.

Not sure why that it has.....  But..  It was an OK game in my book. Nothing great but not complete shit either. The only sgfx game I currently own from my full set I once had is daimakamura. <- spelling
To me that is the best game on the sgfx but I have a couple of TEDs so I can play any of them when I want.

Anyways,  .... It's hard to justify any high price for any game imo. It just depends how bad you want said game. And then what you are willing to spend on it. If it's worth $1k to you then dive on in. If not,  there is always a TED.
#78
Quote from: esteban on 07/01/2017, 02:50 PMThe big black hollow plastic case that holds a TG-16+TG-CD+TurboTap+controllers+games.

Yes, that giant caseā€”the two latches on it often go missing. I purchased a pair and they seem quite nice....(I have yet to fix my TG-CD case...I was going to...at some point...get to it...)

:)
Ahh, very nice, thank you.
#79
Everything is pretty self explanatory except "Turbo CD-ROM case latches (pair)".

Are these latches that fit over the outside of a cd-rom case to keep it closed?
Are they the little plastic parts when you push the button on the cd-rom part of the unit it releases the cd-rom lid?

Just asking for clarification as I will most likely slap myself later for a dumb question. :)
#80
Off-Topic / Youtube and Twitch channels!!
06/30/2017, 11:39 AM
Post up your YouTube and Twitch channels!!

Lets see who here is doing any sort of streaming and gaming within the PCEFX community. I'll keep a list with names in this first post as they are added. Post them up! Lets see what everyone is making out there!

List is in alphabetical order

CGQuarterly
https://www.youtube.com/c/CGQ_Plus/videos

cr8zykuban0
https://www.youtube.com/user/Cr8zyKuban0/videos

esteban
https://www.youtube.com/user/TurboStroob/videos

Joe Redifer
https://www.youtube.com/user/MrGameSack/videos

Michirin9801
https://www.youtube.com/c/Michirin9801/videos

Sarumaru
https://www.youtube.com/c/Sarumaru/videos
#81
Quote from: Freeway2 on 06/29/2017, 01:36 AMAhh Rat's missed out on this. I didn't realize this was a homebrew project as it looked like a older official release from the outside.  What genre is this, rpg?
The genre is old school RPG.  :)
#82
Console Repair/Mod Center / Re: ADPCM
06/29/2017, 11:10 AM
Man, I feel like I am guessing now.

But Ys 3 was one of the better games to test for this. When the game is inserted and ran it goes way out to the edge of the disc for cd-rom audio and then once the game is started and you are standing on the bridge with the opening dialog being played. That dialog is all ADPCM and plays at the inner edge of the cd.

I usually test all my systems with original Ys 3 and It Came from the Desert discs and a burned English Ys 4 disc.
Mickris pointed it out to me a while ago that TEDs need to be tested with Blazing Lazers on region modded systems to ensure they work properly. So I play through the first two levels of that game.

But audio I am sure Ys 3 is the best option as you can get the audio output you want without even playing the game, for testing purposes.
#83
Quote from: guest on 06/28/2017, 05:59 PMDang, someone bought 10 of them.
Just 10?
If someone was a real flipper they would have bought at least 15 of them and then donated more monies as they sold them to promote the super small homebrew scene we have. Maybe even include them with a console for free...  That's real flipping.
#84
Don't miss out on this game!!

It's a great experience and worth getting drunk too and passing out in the process of trying to complete it.

Honestly it's worth buying for the music alone. :)
#85
I know very few people or possibly even none that have a tape player anymore. I would be hard pressed to try to actually play that tape on something.

I still don't wtf a hashtag is. Or what it means. I know it's #followedbyaword but no idea of what the significance of such a thing is.
#86
I have no idea if it's a power adapter problem. I just know to check some of those that look like the one you have. Make sure they are right.

You don't want to plug them in backwards as that's bad for the internal chips....

Does the system work with just the PCE without the IFU? <-- you might want to check this first to verify the working condition of the PCE.
#87
You need to double check that power supply. I have seen some like that, that didn't have the correct label on them. The polarities were actually reversed.

Use a volt meter and make sure the outside is positive and the center is actually negative.
#88
Just turning the system on without any game or system card in the slot will produce a solid color screen.

I think we need to know if you have a game or system card in the hucard slot. if you do then there is possibly another problem.
#89
Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: FS: Atlantean
06/13/2017, 04:52 PM
JP wired ABcard or US wired ABcard?
#90
I have fixed many of these systems as well.

Mostly the RGB circuit Doujindance uses fades to a yellow'ish hue. And a lot of times the region mods don't work with everdrives.

I had a system a while ago that had some dead HuC chips on it so it used it as a parts system. First Doujindance system I got I got removed the hucard slot and replaced it. it's much faster and less messy this way imo. Then in your free time remove the black tar from the hucard slot pins and use that one on the next system that comes in that was modded by Doujindance.

Anyways, nice to see good quality repair to shitty ass mod work happening out there from other people as well.
#91
Quote from: Kaimega on 06/03/2017, 11:13 AM
Quote from: Lost Monkey on 06/01/2017, 11:45 AM
Quote from: Gypsy on 06/01/2017, 11:12 AMJust putting this out there for people that don't want to check.

The seller of the current listing IS the winning bidder of the auction. What an ass clown.
$36 for shipping to Canada... mtmonks shame on you!
Never understood why shipping to Canada is always so bloody ridiculous, just in general when it comes to eBay :(

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/SEALED-Castlevania-Dracula-X-Rondo-Of-Blood-Deluxe-Set-PC-Engine-OUT-OF-PRINT-/182595342136?hash=item2a8387cf38:g:2HsAAOSwlMFZFfrJ

Stupid price, and that is a lot of work for a bootleg...
Yep, pceworks .....   worth about $5 total to cover the shipping costs. Anything over that is a waste and you can make your own burned discs and paper accessories for far less.
#92
Quote from: LowRes on 05/22/2017, 05:01 PMYes the japanese power supply does work in North America but it is not good for the system.
Just to be clear..... If you open a PAD-124 (Japanese PCE Duo Black) power supply and open up a US TurboDuo power supply they are exactly the same.
The extra 10v from our wall outlets will just make the stock power supplies run a little warmer. But anyone with a US Duo has been doing this since they came out in the US.

When it comes to replacement power supplies you want to find good voltage regulated supplies, with around the same volts output and at least the same or higher mA output.

7805 voltage regulators inside the machine are designed to handle between 7 to 35v I believe. So your just fighting a heat battle with the 7805 and there heatsinks. Keep the voltage max 12v regulated power supply minimum 9v with at least 1.5mA output.

Just find a connector or an adapter for a power supply that fits the unit properly with the correct polarity.


This one here has the correct polarity (center negative) and it is 5.5x2.5 the same as the original according to gamesx chart. It's 12v and 3A so it should handle everything fine. There may be better options out there, but this one would get the job done.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mains-12V-3A-5-5mm-2-5mm-Center-Negative-AC-DC-Adapter-Charger-Power-Supply-Cord-/232058403905?hash=item3607c23c41:g:5tcAAOSw~y9ZC9O~

I havn't tested it myself but from all the specs this is more then enough and it wont run any hotter then the stock power supply. I know it says 9v on the stock power supply but they output more toward 16v and when plugged into the system they output more toward the rated values but still typically higher then the rated value. As they are not regulated power supplies.
#93
Revisiting Neutopia

Been some years since I played it and beat it. Currently in the third area...  The sky area. I just got the strongest shield and working my way through that dungeon. Then there is one more in this area and then to the door behind the old lady.

I will use we had more games like this really. I love exploring all the screens and trying to find anything in the game. Took me like an hour to remember where the guy was with the falcon boots. And I stumbled around that area until I found an NPC that gave me a hint to where he was.

I am thinking of playing Neutopia 2 afterwards and beat them back to back. But that might be for tomorrow. Haven't decided yet.
#94
The system read originals and burned discs when I received it.
However the PCE Works discs were having issues.

I had to increase the pot on the lens (clockwise) and adjust vr102 slightly to get it to read the pce works discs.

I have several PCE Works discs myself from back when Bernie was around and those discs had no issues on the system.

Not sure if the discs were of lower quality but they seemed alright from a normal just looking at them with the naked eye perspective.
#95
I don't think Yamatoku does any repairs. They just get units, broken or working and just sell them as is. From my knowledge they test the consoles and specify if they work or not.
But I would doubt if they had any knowledge if a machine was cracked open and if any repairs were made to the machine.
#96
You could always get a solder blob on one side that bridges all the legs of an op-amp and quickly lift one side. Then take the blob to the other side and lift it off the board.

It slightly bends the legs on one side but its a quick and painless removal of the op-amps. If the op-amp is in really bad condition I usually just replace them with new ones after cleaning the board.
#98
I don't keep track of NES prices. But some RPG games I loved as a kid are.

Destiny of an emperor - absolutely one of my favs. I never hear or see much chat on this game.
Swords and Serpents
Crystalis
Battle of Olympus
Faxanadu
Dungeon Magic
Pool of Radiance
Ultima Exodus
Willow

And of course
Final Fantasy
Any of the Dragon Warriors


I grew up playing these games and enjoyed them all. But I have not visited them since all those years ago.  All rpg
#99
PM'd

Oddly enough I was on solarisjapans site last night pondering the pre-order of one of these.

Saw this thread last night too. But waited till this morning after I woke up before PM'ing.
Planning on setting up a couple systems upstairs in my bedroom where the Plasma TV is at.
#100
I just reread this thread.

Are you using an RGB scart cable with the component chip?  This might be the problem if so.

This is component not an RGB MOD chip.

If using a custom hand made component cable make sure you have the ground connected properly otherwise you also will not get a picture.