OMG! ZIRIA! ZIRIA!! ZIRIA!!! IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED!! 34 YEARS LATER!! The epic/legendary Tengai Makyou/Far East of Eden: Ziria JRPG has finally been localized! Supper the Subtitler struck again! Simply unstoppable, NOTHING can prevent him from TOTAL PCECD localization domination!!!! WHACHA GONNA DO BROTHER?!?!
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#1
Because people assign different pins for the R, G and B signals on the AV port when they mod systems the pinouts are different on the Super CD ROM 2 and the Duo-R. You need the correct cable for the Duo-R, or you need to change the wiring on the AV port of the Duo-R as Keith suggests.
#2
Quote from: BigusSchmuck on 09/18/2015, 02:50 PM
Quote from: crazydean on 09/18/2015, 02:44 PMI'm surprised that the everdrive isn't lowering prices. A flash cart contains every game for the system, but it costs less than a lot of single games. Everyone likes to act like resellers are cornering the market and preventing them from having their favorite games. In reality, they're only preventing you from being able to hoard. Actually playing these games is easier than ever.
The same can be said of emulation. Sadly it wouldn't surprise me to start seeing more overpriced repros just cause its cheaper than the real thing.
In fact, I think both of these can actually increase prices of cheaper games. Some truly hidden gems get found, have a spotlight on some youtube channel (probably where somebody says its rare and it isn't) and then people go looking for it because they have to have it now. Almost instant double/triple price increase.
#3
I loved CVG. I remember the Soldier Blade review issue and the Go meta-magazine in the middle of the magazine...I remember them doing a feature on the new consoles (MD, SFC, PCE) and I remember seeing images of Dragon Slayer for the first time and wanting to play it.
#4
Quote from: gheebee on 09/12/2015, 02:25 PMKind of kills me how they messed up a couple of the character names though...
How so? You mean M. Bison being Vega, Vega being Balrog and Balrog being M. Bison? If so, that's the standard Japanese names for the characters...if not, I've never noticed anything wrong (admittedly I haven't played it too much)?
#5
Yeah, it is a bit of a trek even on the tube...driving would be far worse and take ages if you're on the other side of the city. As well as the arcades there they also have consoles in the back room, they sell games on the front desk and even have tournaments and all sorts of events.
#6
I've been to the Heart of Gaming a couple of times in London. Pretty good, it's mainly Versus City cabs playing Street Fighter (Super 2X, Alpha 2 and Third Strike mainly) , some other Capcom fighters and some Neo Geo fighters. There are some shooters there that get rotated with other games quite regularly. I haven't been up in a year though...http://www.thehoguk.com/gallery/

I think most arcades have to have a secondary income, such as bars/restaurants etc., just because arcades are not profitable anymore, not on their own, as unfortunate as that is.
#7
I had a similar problem with Cosmic Fantasy recently. The game would lock up before loading the New Game, Continue etc screen. A quick format and it was loading perfectly fine again. The system does seem to throw odd errors when there is a memory problem.

Before starting Cosmic Fantasy my Duo-R had sat off for a while so mine was probably related to the supercap as well.
#8
Currently having a blast on Galaga '88. Pretty nice little game...I've avoided it for years because I didn't really get into Galaga like I did Space Invaders. I've missed out, but no longer. :D
#9
Quote from: guest on 09/07/2015, 03:49 PMWonder if it's easier to state the opposite...
Golden Axe and Strider come to mind...I'd rather play the Megadrive versions (if we're just counting conversions and not arcade originals).
#10
Gradius & Gradius II, R-Type and Aero Blasters for me. Especially the Gradiuses (Or Gradii or whichever way you want to pluralise it).
#11
Quote from: johnnykonami on 09/07/2015, 12:46 AMThe one I just got is FFLTF HE60916-1 TCX2.
This is the same as my one. This one saves/loads fine on my Duo-R. I haven't got any other machines to try it on.
#12
Congrats, and awesome raffle :D
#13
Quote from: esteban on 09/06/2015, 10:02 AM
Quote from: Gentlegamer on 09/06/2015, 03:10 AM
Quote from: guest on 09/05/2015, 01:08 PMPlaying SFII' at home with friends months (an eternity at the time) before it hit other consoles
Street Fighter II debuted on SNES.
The PCE got Street Fighter II' — Champion Edition on June 12, 1993.

This was the UPDATED version of SFII.

Famicom got a port of the ORIGINAL SFII on June 10, 1993 (SNES was only a month later...July 15, 1993).

So, PCE was a step ahead. :)

MegaDrive/Genesis got SFII' in autumn...
Didn't the original SFII come out in 1992 on the SNES? And Turbo in 1993 (which would relate to CE more directly than WW)?

Edit:

Re-reading it I see what you mean, Turbo came out a month after the PCE version of CE. Regardless, the PCE version came first :D
#14
Quote from: Lost Monkey on 09/06/2015, 09:41 AM
Quote from: pulstar on 09/06/2015, 09:32 AM
Quote from: Lost Monkey on 09/06/2015, 09:19 AM
Quote from: pulstar on 09/06/2015, 09:10 AMI've known sellers to do this when they're waiting for stock to turn up, apparently it's cheaper to do this rather than shut down the listing then relist when more stock has turned up.
Or if they go on vacation - but it shouldn't show as the sold price...
The sold price is showing as $14.99 in the image...
You had to click 2x into the closed listing to see that.. if you do a search for that item, click to filter on "sold" (which is the link I posted above), you will see that listing with a sold price of $399.99, which is where the first image I posted came from.  The green text indicates it was "sold".
Ah right, that is kinda strange really...You'd think in the sold listings of multiple items at different prices it would display each individual item sold not just the current (or last) listed price.
#15
Quote from: Lost Monkey on 09/06/2015, 09:19 AM
Quote from: pulstar on 09/06/2015, 09:10 AMI've known sellers to do this when they're waiting for stock to turn up, apparently it's cheaper to do this rather than shut down the listing then relist when more stock has turned up.
Or if they go on vacation - but it shouldn't show as the sold price...
The sold price is showing as $14.99 in the image...
#16
I've known sellers to do this when they're waiting for stock to turn up, apparently it's cheaper to do this rather than shut down the listing then relist when more stock has turned up.
#17
Probably 1941 on Super Grafx (a cheat, I know)...or maybe Sylphia...
#18
Quote from: DragonmasterDan on 09/01/2015, 02:13 PM
Quote from: MasonSushi on 09/01/2015, 02:11 PMKind of sad, but only Momo II, Ninja Spirits, Blazing Lazers, and Magical Chase
Wonder Momo has a sequel?
Momotarou Densetsu II? I know he says US set, but that's the only Momo II I can think of...
#19
Just finished a Richter run through. The soundtrack is awesome. I've always considered it good, but it's just way better than I remember. I need to play this a little more frequently I think. I'll go for Maria run through next.
#20
Quote from: dshadoff on 08/30/2015, 11:56 AM
Quote from: pulstar on 08/30/2015, 05:24 AMI remember seeing one of these back in the day sometime around when the Multi Game Hunter came out. Cool for a history piece if you're into backup units, pretty pointless nowadays with the Turbo Everdrive.
I agree with you wholeheartedly, if one were to only planning to use this to play games.

However, it was also used to extract the contents of cards - rare prototype cards are still among those which aren't circulated.  Of course, ensuring that the transfer to diskette is clean, and then transferring that to a modern PC, may be more of a pain than most people are willing to put up with.

As I recall, there was also a mode where it would download from a computer - but that may never have actually worked (as I never saw it work), and standard computer interfaces have changed considerably since then, so it's probably not worth playing around with.

These copiers were all made in either Hong Kong or Taiwan (or designed in Hong Kong and built in Taiwan, for plausible deniability), and generally sold to the West through Hong Kong intermediaries.
True, with prototypes etc it would be nice to see them dumped...to be honest I was looking at it totally as a way to play games rather than as a dumping tool, but I can see its value.

I'm sure it was parallel port connection to PC only on most of these devices, or at least the ones I've owned in the past, so I'd assume it would be the same for the Magic Griffin, although I only saw games being played from floppies back then.
#21
I'll be playing this week. Good excuse to play through again. :D
#22
Been playing Cosmic Fantasy recently. It really is archetypal RPG-fare. Not bad though. Pretty easy for non-fluent Japanese speakers to get through as well.
#23
I remember seeing one of these back in the day sometime around when the Multi Game Hunter came out. Cool for a history piece if you're into backup units, pretty pointless nowadays with the Turbo Everdrive.
#24
If I'm eligible, I'd like to enter. I'm in the middle of modding a Ten No Koe II to JAMMA and was on the look out for a base Hucard system to play some of the Huey shooters in a cab. :D
#25
The graphical style reminds me of Spriggan Mark 2 but I can't remember a level with the same forest/mountain BG theme as in the pic.
#26
I was looking on my phone and that gray part was a only a tiny sliver (yes I could have zoomed in, but didn't :)) ...not got a clue now...
#27
I'd be up for a PCE RPG play through thread. I finished Kabuki Den about 12 years ago, if I remember rightly it took something like 20-25 hours, not insanely big. Smaller than Tengai Makyo 2, I'd say.
#28
Splatterhouse?
#29
Dragon Quest VII would be a good choice...but it'd probably be Guwange, for this summer at least.
#30
Most cabs in the UK (Woodies at least) have long runs of cables generally connected by molex plugs/connectors, so it's not unusual to have sections not connected directly...however, it sounds like a dodgy way to do it by simply twisting the wires together. Best to get that sorted as soon as possible.
#31
So many great ARPGs around that time that I can't really say one is my favourite...small list below.

Ys I & II
Ys IV
Soleil
Story of Thor
Landstalker
Secret of Mana
Xanadu II

Some of my favourites off the top of my head...but's there's plenty more I can't think of right now because I'm having a mental block.
#32
$130 is a good price for that haul. Do you know if they are original or bootleg? I love Image Fight as well, only played on the arcade PCB, never owned it.

A supergun should be pretty easy to put together. I would use a normal arcade PSU if you can find one cheap enough, rather than an ATX just so you can tweak the +5v line when you need to.
#33
The Dynasty Warriors series is pretty good on the PS2, and if you're into RPGs Dragon Quest VIII is one of the best on the system. I can second R-Type final as well, awesome game, and the Gradius series.
#34
I'm looking forward to this. I enjoyed Memories of Celceta and this looks bigger and better. I'll probably be getting this on Vita unless the PS4 version is expanded.
#35
This is the best place to start looking/testing -  https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=8926.0...probably would have been best to place in the repair/mod section...
#36
I really enjoyed Momotarou Katsugeki...really overlooked little platformer.
#37
I definitely prefer the grey over the black...but the original PC Engine design beats everything after it...
#38
Quote from: guest on 03/31/2015, 04:32 PMConvert Transbot. Rename. Job done.
As long as you could choose between male or female robot livery and called it Trannybot, I'd be down for this.
#39
Quote from: NightWolve on 03/26/2015, 09:52 PMThanks everyone, awesome stuff! And Sam, you should do the Staff Room trick, it's one of the things that makes Ys IV and Hudson so special. You basically get to talk to all the developers via Ys characters, they tell your their job, some jokes, etc. It was a rare touch you don't see much in games! I can't recall if I ever saw another game that had this, unless you count separate bonus discs or something that deal with behind-the-scenes.
Didn't Chrono Trigger have a similar (yet from the looks of it, more simplified thing) if you beat Lavos with Marle and Crono at the beginning of the game through New Game+?

It's amazing how all of these little things keep coming out about games that are decades old. Awesome :)
#40
Quote from: wildfruit on 03/28/2015, 10:55 AM
Quote from: esteban on 03/28/2015, 10:05 AMTrüth: I have never purchased a game based on cover art. Flip the box and look at the screenshots.

BASIC LIFE LESSON: One of the first things a person learns is that packaging art (books, films, music, video games, cereal, candy, vitamins, pillow cases, etc.) does not necessarily have any connection to with the contents.

TRUTH #2: pretty screenshots ***will*** garner attention, quarters, purchases.

LESSON: We are not total imbeciles (we learned lesson #1), but we still are suckers for pretty screenshots.
I can think of one occasion where lesson #1 backfired. Rubbish box, nice screens on back, terrible game.
TRANSBOT.
All I learned that day was transbot sucks.
I was almost suckered in to buy Transbot. Now I'm glad that I never bought it with my birthday money when I was a kid and I got Psycho Fox instead.
#41
As far as I've read it should be as simple as you say - making a connector from PC Engine to TG16 connectors. This may help http://www.gamesx.com/controldata/turbocont.htm as it has the pinouts and pin numbering.
#42
The problem is people who read this tripe will be quoting these 'facts' and not realise they were spewing tripe as well. I love videogame journalism like this - half-assed and not researched. More please.
#43
Personally, my list (according to the look of the systems) would be Briefcase > Duo > Duo-R...for functionality it would be Duo-R > Duo > Briefcase.
#44
Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: WTB Coryoon
03/18/2015, 02:04 PM
Can a mask rom be emulated? I suppose so, it is an active component (not passive such as a resistor or whatever) in a circuit . Does it really matter? No. Somebody wants to buy a Coryoon here (and actually play it rather than have it in a collection) :lol:...surely that's more important than semantics.
#45
Buy/Sell/Trade / Re: WTB Coryoon
03/17/2015, 02:16 PM
Awesome game. Better than Magical Chase IMO. Good luck finding a reasonably priced one (I managed to last year from another forum - around $175 excluding shipping).
#46
That's a shame :(  Personally, when I do mods I try to colour code stuff, especially power wires (Red for +5v (or whatever voltage I'm tapping), black for GND), that way it's less confusing. Hope you don't have to search too far to find another unit.
#47
Quote from: Enternal on 03/12/2015, 08:56 PMFor reflowing is it ok if I just heat up the spot where the controller port is with a heat gun? I've done a few xbox 360's before this way.
Personally, I would remove all the solder from the points with a desoldering iron or a combo of soldering iron and solder pump/wick and then reapply more, fresh solder. Failing that, just heat the points with a soldering iron and add a little more solder to each point.
#48
Do you have any TVs/Monitors that take RGB scart without the scart-component box?
#49
If it's using composite video as sync it could be the component box or the monitor being picky about the sync not being clean.
#50
Right. That isn't great then. Are you taking the sync from Composite Video or direct from the sync on the HuC6260? If it is Composite Video you'll probably need a sync stripper circuit. Remove the resistor from the scart end and build this circuit - http://gamesx.com/wiki/doku.php?id=av:lm1881 - and hopefully that should sort the problem.


The reason most RGB cables have resistors on the RGB lines is that the signal needs to be brought down to a certain level otherwise it looks too bright. Where the PCE needs to be amped, the resistors in the Scart can be omitted to.