PC Engine AV Mod

[Seldane]

Cake of course. Pie sucks 90% of the time. It's cream buns > everything anyway.

[_Paul]

cake > pie

Dude no way, cake sucks 90% of the time. Pie > Cake easily. I think the best answer is Donut > Everything.

I will conceed that Jam Doughnut > Cake but that's it.

[Digi.k]

I will conceed that Jam Doughnut > Cake but that's it.

Krispy kreme = FTW!!

And yea back to topic .. I seriously would love to mod my pc engine..

[_Paul]

I will conceed that Jam Doughnut > Cake but that's it.

Krispy kreme = FTW!!

And yea back to topic .. I seriously would love to mod my pc engine..

There's a topic?

[Keranu]

You've got to get your mom, girlfiend, grandma, whoever, to brush up on their baking skills. 

Sorry, I only trust Tim Horton's mad skillz.

[CrackTiger]

You've got to get your mom, girlfiend, grandma, whoever, to brush up on their baking skills. 

Sorry, I only trust Tim Horton's mad skillz.

Jesus, are you saying they've invaded the U.S. now?

[Keranu]

No, at least I don't think so. But Tim Horton is a man I would put my trust into.

[termis]

I stopped by a Tim Horton in New England while on a North-America road-trip.  Can't remember exactly what state it was though...

[Kpj]

BTW Joe my son said he read your KPJ AES died a ugly death. Sucks to be you man,sucks to be you. Contact OSG or Razoola,maybe they can help without you paying tons to Kenny again. I fixed two consolized MVS systems like a year and  a half ago that both I think came from Kenny possibly. The problem was the AD chip on the encoders were not soldered down well and had to be redone. The consolization looked like Kennys stuff,coulda been Arcade Kingdom too,and the encoders were Neobitz junk. The problem was either Kurtz didn't solder the chips down good,or they were the do it yourself kits and the person doing the consolization did a shoddy job putting them together.

If they had the NeoBitz encoder, they were not my systems.  I only use JROK encoders.

I wasn't aware that I charged a ton for repairs   Have we done business together in the past?

[PCEngineHell]

You must have missed my post stating:

Thats really good of him then if he wont charge to fix it.I don't know him personally,from what I do know he sounds better then Dean and Kurtz when it comes to quality work,but I have also heard that at pricing he is the most evil bastard out there which is why I recommended contacting the other 2 first..

Like I said,also,the 2 consolized 1-slots I fixed,they coulda been KPJ stuff,or even ArcadeKingdom. At that time period I only knew of KPJ consolizing 1-slots and actually selling them.


If KPJ fixes the prob for you,you should give him some extra kudos for it on the Neo forums,because I'm sure he could use it there. Most of the bad stuff said about him I ever read originated there. It could be the bios went bad. Wouldn't be the first time its happened. wire coulda came loose too. Who knows.

BTW you lost on the 1-slot auction I was selling,however I would not have sold it to you anyway.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=016&sspagename=STRK%3AMESO%3AIT&viewitem=&item=260093106602&rd=1&rd=1
I am well aware of your practices on ebay along with Arcadekingdom for buying up MVS pcbs on the cheap and consolizing them and trying to sucker people into buying them making $200-300 profit along with the AES modded system price gouging as evident here:
http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewListedItems&since=30&userid=neotropolis&include=0&rows=50&sort=3&completed=1
http://cgi.ebay.com/REI-Neo-Geo-AES-System-HDTV-Video-UniBios-2-3-w-Box_W0QQitemZ270096504561QQcategoryZ187QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
compared to your buying prices here:
http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidItems&userid=neotropolis&completed=1&all=1&rows=100&sort=3
(sign in on ebay before you can view the above link,its required to view auctions by bidder)
I can only imagine what your prices are outside of ebay....

I had thought I added you to my ebay blocked member list but guess I did not till after I saw you bid on one of my auctions.You are added now as of last night. I can not personally judge you by your pricing on repairs,only go by what I have read or been told,which I tend to ignore alot of it if its on the Neo forums with no valid proof presented,however I can easily judge you by your prices on ebay which go right along with everything bad said about you in that respect. I think saying your the "Director of Noobsploitation" in the NeoGeo consolization/mod/resale market would not be a stretch of the truth here.

The only positive thing I can say is your quality is very nice looking and clean,but not heads above what anyone else out there can do,including that of Dean and Kurtz even though I despise them both personally. As for the two 1-slots repaired,I said I did not know their original origin,so I guess they could have come from you along with coming from others.

The work on the jacks and Db 15,ect ect looked like your stuff but could have been ArcadeKingdom just as easily,or even Deans,however Dean made it out like he had nothing to do with them when I had originally mentioned them in another post long ago.. If you use Jroks then thats cool,as he builds great encoders. I had at one point in time intended on using him more but found another seller who uses Sony CX 1645 chips also and the price was lower at the same build quality. None the less Jrok is a very nice guy and is very helpful.

That and my limited understanding of things was that Kurtz hates you as much as I hate Kurtz,so I had read at least, so I could see why you would choose the superior Jrok over the Neobitz.

I also would like to know what the deal is with you guys. You,Kurtz,Dean,NGF. I notice you guys show up like weeks,months latter to post a comment on a thread in  a forum community where you had been mentioned in some manner or another,like you stumbled upon it while googling yourself. If thats what you guys do,google your own names now and then worrying about what is said about you then I really do pity you. I mean,you go to all this effort to sign up to make one to maybe 10 post,then run off back to the Neo forums or where ever. Kinda silly and vain/egoish.

[ccovell]

KPJ, welcome to the forums.

Imagine the PCE forums as a neutral country, like Switzerland.  It follows thus:

If you drag your wars from elsewhere over our borders to disturb us, we will not like you.  Michael, same goes for you.  Does anybody besides those involved in this flame war here care?  If people do, then I will be quiet and just avoid this thread and others.

[PCEngineHell]

KPJ, welcome to the forums.

Imagine the PCE forums as a neutral country, like Switzerland.  It follows thus:

If you drag your wars from elsewhere over our borders to disturb us, we will not like you.  Michael, same goes for you.  Does anybody besides those involved in this flame war here care?  If people do, then I will be quiet and just avoid this thread and others.

Considering you only joined this Jan and have posted barely over 50 times here its kinda silly to dictate how it goes here. The proper way would have probably been for Kenny to have posted introducing himself FIRST probably more then joining up just to quote a old post of mine and talking to me directly. In doing so he rightfully gets a reply back from me,as he wondered if we had dealings before and I responded by saying he bid on a 1-slot I sold,but I refuse to sell to him because he is a profiteer. I also do not think its a flame war. He posted,I responded with a very civil even if somewhat coldly exposing response and made a good point of wondering why people join only to make a few post in the manner he did and then just run off back to where ever,in his case being the Neo-Geo forums...

I understand what you are trying to say and I respect that,you don't want to see a all out name calling profanity filled thread destroying war here,esp on a otherwise great thread like this. I don't think you have anything to worry about. And if it did happen,you ALWAYS have the option to ignore the post and move on to another thread. Part of the joy,and sometimes dreadfulness of the threads here is they tend to start on one subject and break down to something completely different,and then go back again ccovell. You have not been here long enough to realize that I guess,so you will either end up embracing that completely or hating it all together and end up not posting as much.

Also,I am assuming you know nothing of KPJ/Kenny,and am sure the same goes for alot of other members here,so the info I provided would be more or less helpful incase Kenny did start to be  a regular here for the sole purpose of profit as he was completely exposed in doing on the Neo forums. When people like that join up I would encourage as much as possible for as much info be posted about them as possible to keep things in check. This gives otherwise unknowning members who may possibly make a purchase and possibly being ripped off have the ability to be more informed about said person in advance.

If Kenny is here to actually post as a normal member of some type,and embrace this community as something other then a chance to make cash off of then great and it would be awesome if he stuck around,but I am doubtful this will happen,let alone his sticking around for anything at all.

[ccovell]

Considering you only joined this Jan and have posted barely over 50 times here its kinda silly to dictate how it goes here.

I anticipated this response, and that's why I asked others who have been here longer to voice their opinions.  I'll stay (relatively) quiet and see what others have to say.

[PCEngineHell]

Yea,understandable. Opinion tends to be varied,and usually tends to be subject to whats going on in each individual situation,and even then its come down to half and half member opinion wise on some things. If you go back to page 20 of this thread I think that was pretty evident example of how it can be around here. Good topic,breaks down into a argument sometimes,then breaks down into humor,then gets back on topic,ect ect. Its actually fairly normal here for that to happen often. That happens alot when you have  a variety of members with such different personalities.

[Hobo Xiphas]

Does anybody besides those involved in this flame war here care?

I care.  I always care!

[GUTS]

It makes for some interesting reading.

[TR0N]

Ahh modders and there egos 

[Joe Redifer]

...then breaks down into humor...

"breaks down" into humor?  No sir.  Humor kicks ass.  If it breaks down, then it is just stupid and not funny (like that whole pie thing).  Take me for example.  I am always funny, except when I'm not.  So instead of saying it breaks down into humor, you should say that it evolves into humor, the members become pleased, the world rejoices and then the topic resumes.  I would demand an apology from you, but I'm a bit lazy tonight.

[PCEngineHell]

 I love sarcastic and dark humor. The light stuff I'm not so keen on. Typically the best humor is found at someone else's expense.

[PCEngineHell]

Tron,your a member on the Neo forums,what is your thoughts on Kenny anyway? Have you purchased from him before,is the constant complaining about him still going on over there? Also,Joe,how much did Kenny charge you for your AES and what all mods did he do?

[Joe Redifer]

I had to look this up because I didn't memorize everything since it was so long ago, but I had him add the Universe BIOS chip + socket and do an RGB bypass or "pure RGB" as some people call it since SNK is so god damned incompetent and can't even design their systems to have good video.  The total was $70 plus return shipping.

[PCEngineHell]

Did you ever find out what went wrong with the system?

[TR0N]

Tron,your a member on the Neo forums,what is your thoughts on Kenny anyway? Have you purchased from him before,is the constant complaining about him still going on over there? Also,Joe,how much did Kenny charge you for your AES and what all mods did he do?

Yeah am a member over at neo-geo.com.

Still i've never bought from him i still think he prices gouges too much.

Btw he still is mock over there for his practices on priceing not much on his service.

Just a while ago i was talking to some friends over in "the ng.com chat room" and the subject of kenny came up.

One member that i talk too that does mods pointed out a sale thread, by him and laugh at what kpj charges for.

Now.. i all most did deal with him back in 05 when i was looking for a cmvs.

Still afther looking at his price for one i didn't want spent 'that much on a cmvs in the frist place.

So in the end i got mine from a different member insted.

[PCEngineHell]

Prob sounds stupid Joe,but I was always assuming you did all of your own system mods. The $70 he charged is a bit high but still within reasonable bounds. I have heard of worse,but a fair price would have been more around 50 bucks really. Anyway,whatever was wrong with it and has it been fixed yet? I am always interested in reading about AES horror stories as I only deal with the MVS stuff now.

[Nazi NecroPhile]

Considering you only joined this Jan and have posted barely over 50 times here its kinda silly to dictate how it goes here.

I anticipated this response, and that's why I asked others who have been here longer to voice their opinions.  I'll stay (relatively) quiet and see what others have to say.

Yeah Mr. Covell - what the hell do you know?  M.H. has been here bitching at new members, whining about high prices, and telling people to go away for two whole years longer than you - almost since the beginning of time itself.  If only you had come here sooner - and not wasted your time programming for the PC Engine - then you could be a post whore too.  It's too bad that this forum accepts new members after 1/23/05 (aka the second coming of Christ), as everyone who joined afterwards is full of worthless opinions and can make no useful addition to this otherwise fine forum.  There obviously isn't any flaming in a post accusing someone of being the 'Director of Noobsploitation'.  You were seriously mistaken.  Anybody who charges anything more than $1 for their time to perform a console modification is clearly a thieving bag of douche.  Don't forget - all true oenophiles know that no bottle of wine is worth a tin shit unless it costs at least $200.  Anything less is for hobos.

P.S. - Above post positively reeks of sarcasm.  To save your click, my join date is 1/1/06.   

[Seldane]

Awesome post.

[PCEngineHell]

Considering you only joined this Jan and have posted barely over 50 times here its kinda silly to dictate how it goes here.

I anticipated this response, and that's why I asked others who have been here longer to voice their opinions.  I'll stay (relatively) quiet and see what others have to say.

Yeah Mr. Covell - what the hell do you know?  M.H. has been here bitching at new members, whining about high prices, and telling people to go away for two whole years longer than you - almost since the beginning of time itself.  If only you had come here sooner - and not wasted your time programming for the PC Engine - then you could be a post whore too.  It's too bad that this forum accepts new members after 1/23/05 (aka the second coming of Christ), as everyone who joined afterwards is full of worthless opinions and can make no useful addition to this otherwise fine forum.  There obviously isn't any flaming in a post accusing someone of being the 'Director of Noobsploitation'.  You were seriously mistaken.  Anybody who charges anything more than $1 for their time to perform a console modification is clearly a thieving bag of douche.  Don't forget - all true oenophiles know that no bottle of wine is worth a tin shit unless it costs at least $200.  Anything less is for hobos.

P.S. - Above post positively reeks of sarcasm.  To save your click, my join date is 1/1/06.   

Actually,I didn't accuse him of being anything he has not been proven to be already,not just with any info I have posted here for you to read up on,but just as well you can search for info on him on the Neo forums.... Typically only noobs to the Neo scene end up buying from him because they simply did not know better at the time.  You obviously know little of nothing about him and his prices. Where as I typically consider Dean or Kurtz pretty bad, Kenny is far far worse. As for being the director of noobsploytation,that is something he is WIDELY known for on the Neo forums and referred to being.

Kennys habits involve things like buying up 60 dollar MVS 1-slots,consolizing them with $130 in parts and selling them for over $500 are well known. I think at one point in time he tried to charge someone over 1300 bucks for a consolized 6-slot MVS,which would have been around $800 in profit about. Last I checked telling 2 complete dumbasses to go away was not a crime. 1 was trying to rip people off here,another was arguing a subject he knew little of nothing on.

While you may not agree with that,some others do. Ultimately the mods decide how exactly the forums here go down,what will be allowed and what wont,but I did try to point out to ccovell how the treads usually end up going on here. You may not agree with this NecroPhile,but you proved it to be true none the less with your last post.    BTW I never said ccovell was wasting his time just because he has only been a member here since Jan. Actually he has a pretty awesome website with alot of great information. I tend to respect that more then anything,the sharing of information and its easy to see he has been very very busy. As for me,I work,am raising kids,and in my spare time I post here and refurbish arcade games and build superguns to sale on ebay,and yes,I still maintain low prices.Last SG kit I sold was for around 100 bucks,and the last MVS 2-slot consolized system I sold was for around $300.

Last I checked keranu was the mod who commonly post here,and he tends to make very sound judgements,so I know if he feels something is completely out of hand he would  lock the thread or whatever.

P.S. - I think its totally awesome how you spent more clicks looking up my exact join date and how you refer to me as the second coming of Christ. I however don't tend to spend time wasting clicks on profiles for exact join dates. I usually just remember when new faces join up. Also,I had already pre-expected another member or Seldane specifically to make a post like this,but I was pretty shocked to see that all Seldane the worm could do was stand back and pick up your crumbs on this one. Kudos to you for that. Last I remember Seldane was actually the instigator of a pretty large flame/argument on one of these threads over the pc-engine mod switch so his opinion doesn't count for nill with me anymore.

[Seldane]

Not just any worm. Lord Worm, if I may.

/wormws5.gif

[Nazi NecroPhile]

My sincerest apologies M.H.  Perhaps you could consult a dictionary for a definition of sarcasm.

I love sarcastic and dark humor. The light stuff I'm not so keen on. Typically the best humor is found at someone else's expense.

Apparently this comment only applies in the extreme literal sense and never in a jest at your expense. 

I don't give one wit what the gentleman in question has charged for his services or how many noobs have overpaid for said services (caveat emptor and what not).  No products or services were offered in this thread, so you couldn't have been protecting any forum members from his wily ways.  This is a TG-16 / PCE forum and not a NeoGeo forum, but all great threads stray from the topic anyway - I'm not a moderator, but I do have some common sense.  Last I checked, you are not a moderator either, yet you seem to believe that it is your duty to dictate proper posting etiquette, as shown below.

Considering you only joined this Jan and have posted barely over 50 times here its kinda silly to dictate how it goes here. The proper way would have probably been for Kenny to have posted introducing himself FIRST probably more then joining up just to quote a old post of mine and talking to me directly.

Why do you consistently comment on members join dates and post count?  Your opinion is no more valid than a long time lurker's or a new member's (or mine, obviously).  One of the new members that you told to skedaddle offered some mod.  I don't remember what and don't want you to get too excited because I spent too much time looking for an old thread.  You thought that this mod was too expensive, yet nobody else was currently offering the same mod for a comparable price.  You could have simply stated that the price was too high and moved on, but you chose to attempt to have the new comer impose self-banishment (which sadly seems to have worked).  Explaining that it's cheaper to just do it yourself is rather asinine.  Not everybody desires to or has the ability to do their own work (i.e. Jiffy Lubes on every street corner).  However, I do commend you on your attempt to explain the full circle logic of wandering thread topics eventually returning to the original topic.

Way to bring on the flames for Seldane.  Do not construe this as a defense of Seldane - there are no black helicopters here.  I just don't see the reason to insult another forum member because of their response to my post.  Did nobody else see the humor of my original post?  Is it a crime if a member comments about the quality (or lack thereof) of another member's post?  Perhaps Seldane's opinion is worth slightly more than nil to you, or else you wouldn't drag out flame thrower so quickly.

P.S. - It warms the cockles of my heart that you worry about my profile clicking habits, or maybe it only warms the sub-cockles.   

[PCEngineHell]

I love sarcastic and dark humor. The light stuff I'm not so keen on. Typically the best humor is found at someone else's expense.

This comment applies to anyone,including myself. It basically means I find it more interesting then talk of pie > cake or whatever.

I don't give one wit what the gentleman in question has charged for his services or how many noobs have overpaid for said services (caveat emptor and what not).  No products or services were offered in this thread, so you couldn't have been protecting any forum members from his wily ways.  This is a TG-16 / PCE forum and not a NeoGeo forum

Well,you could have fooled me,but either way I was replying to Kenny,he did directly aim his post at me did he not?
Also,I know you don't care,you prob don't give a shit about anyone getting ripped off by anyone. I on the other hand tend to care. Also,I tend to like most of the members here,so in a sense I am protective. Sorry that bothers you. I know that you are only carrying this argument on just to do so,not in any real attempt to prove any moral of the day,or to try to protect anyone This is a self serving argument for you that you have disguised in you moralities.

I'm not a moderator, but I do have some common sense.  Last I checked, you are not a moderator either, yet you seem to believe that it is your duty to dictate proper posting etiquette, as shown below.

You are right,I am not a mod here. And I said PROBABLY,I know you missed that,because in your current rage you have not really read anything I said word for word.  Also while this is not law,it tends to be the going way on forums,that when you join you introduce your self,say hi,ect ect. This way people can know who you are. Again,I have already stated,thi sis not law,in the end as I said before,its up to the Mods to decide.

Why do you consistently comment on members join dates and post count?  Your opinion is no more valid than a long time lurker's or a new member's (or mine, obviously).

I was not aware I did this constantly,but posting more often does show you like to post in the community more. Less posting = less activity = dead forums. Typically when I post I tend to make it larger ones,not a bunch of short one liners except on maybe a thread like the youtube one. Contrary to you accusing me of being a post whore,I tend to only post on these types of threads.

One of the new members that you told to skedaddle offered some mod.  I don't remember what and don't want you to get too excited because I spent too much time looking for an old thread.  You thought that this mod was too expensive, yet nobody else was currently offering the same mod for a comparable price.  You could have simply stated that the price was too high and moved on, but you chose to attempt to have the new comer impose self-banishment (which sadly seems to have worked).

This mod is still being offered by Dean,actually its not so much a mod as it is a  fix. Also,I offered to do it for deans price incase Dean did stop. Even though I don't like Dean,I found it kinda disgusting that the guy specifically used Deans info in a attempt to make money in that manner,and used deans thread to direct attention to his own. Only the gullible would have paid his asking fee.

Explaining that it's cheaper to just do it yourself is rather asinine.  Not everybody desires to or has the ability to do their own work (i.e. Jiffy Lubes on every street corner).

Actually the info is there to encourage people to try to do it themselves,to show how easy it is. If people learned how to do their own fixs/mods they would be more proud of the work then if they simply paid to have it done for them. Plus,stressing to try to learn to do things yourself is not asinine.

If Dean,or I,or anyone else who does this type of stuff simply stopped where would all these people be? I do not think anyone here wants to buy Duos and Turbo Express systems over and over again. That would be a tad too expensive. Some people learning to do this stuff on their own keeps that situation from ever occurring and keeps people in the know around to help,not profit off other members. As it is there is not too many people out there willing to do this stuff for the NEC systems,as it does not carry a large customer base.

I just don't see the reason to insult another forum member because of their response to my post.

Well its a tad hypocritical for Seldane to cheer you on for saying I'm starting a flame war when he has been guilty of doing the same himself.

Did nobody else see the humor of my original post?

Will it worry you if nobody does???

Is it a crime if a member comments about the quality (or lack thereof) of another member's post?  Perhaps Seldane's opinion is worth slightly more than nil to you, or else you wouldn't drag out flame thrower so quickly.

My answer to that is again:

Well its a tad hypocritical for Seldane to cheer you on for saying I'm starting a flame war when he has been guilty of doing the same himself.

It warms the cockles of my heart that you worry about my profile clicking habits, or maybe it only warms the sub-cockles.

Actually it was you worried I might have a habit of doing so,after all you hastly pointed out your join info in a attempt to save me time. Sorry if I gave you any warm feelings, I don't worry one bit about you. You are mistaken or have been mislead into thinking so. You give me no reason to care about you as a member of these forums. However it seems I worry you a great deal,as you still continue to respond to me on here over my reply to Kenny and ccovell and seemed to have been the constant monitor of my postings over  a long period of time. It seems I am litterly your favorite subject of the day. It will be interesting if you carry on this argument about me into tomorrow too.

P.S.- Its also a tad gay you are so focused on me today,even when worshipping Jesus there needs to be limits. I say do it in moderation.

[Joe Redifer]

Michael, the current problem with my AES could not be discovered, so I am having it returned to me.  I'll get a new AES when I care enough about the system (the Neo Geo and its games are pretty unexciting with a few exceptions).  I bought the AES from an eBay guy called Sheriff and the Frog or something like that.  I won't buy from him again mainly because everything he sells seems to smell like smoke.

[Keranu]

I'll be taking a vote on if this thread should be locked or not. CAST YOUR VOTES!

[Joe Redifer]

No.  Certainly not yet.  It's not insane enough to lock.

[PCEngineHell]

Lol I have seen him on ebay selling AES stuff. I was wondering about him because of the name. Has replacing the bios been tried yet on your dead system? Esp switching it back to  a original?  Also,I have seen Sheriff sell stuff as broken before,but he list it in the auction details that it has damage of some type. All in all that completely sucked that that happened none the less.  I used to love the AES but after  a few years just found it cheaper to mess with the MVS side of it all. Its cheaper to fix or replace then the home system and its games.

[Joe Redifer]

Yes that was all tried.  No good.  Maybe some bad RAM or a bad 68000 maybe?  That'd be my guess.  Maybe I'll put my spare Sega CD 12.5 Mhz 68000 in there.  Or perhaps not. 

Anyway the AES I got from Sheriff worked fine when I received it.  It worked fine for nearly a year or however long it has been that I have had it.  When I first opened it up I was disgusted at what looked like an amateur mod to attempt to improve the composite video with some sort of daughter board.  I posted a picture of it on the Neo Geo forums and they said that was the work of SNK themselves.  They said that SNK was so incompetent and not dedicated to quality that they had to do this mod just to get the composite video up to just below Genesis standards and they had to do it sloppily since they didn't know what they were doing.  Actually they didn't say that but that's how I interpreted it.  It was definitely an SNK job.

[PCEngineHell]

Yea your right. The daughter board was to improve composite on those units that had horrible composite out. For the price of the systems it was pretty sad they had those video issues on the first couple of runs. I had  a deck that had really bad composite out,lacked the daughterboard. It was a Jp deck and was the third AES I ever owned and by far the worst. I was overall pretty pissed off over it so I modded it for S-video. This was back in 1999. the last runs had much better composite,but the RGB ended up not being as good. But really,its not all that bad RGB wise still.

But I mean,yea all in all,no excuse for the flaws they had. For the asking price they should have been near perfect.

[Oli_lar]

Spector, I've PM'd you about this!

[torgo]

I haven't read all of this, but to throw some Good news in here:

I just had my AES modded by Jeff Kurtz, and it was an excellent experience from beginning to end. I have never been happier with my Neo since I bought it when they came out in the US. I still want to get my Duo modded by D-Lite, but I may have to move soon, so I have to hold off for a while.

[TR0N]

I still want to get my Duo modded by D-Lite, but I may have to move soon, so I have to hold off for a while.

D-Lite has been M.I.A as of late i would wait untile afther the move.

I've been trying to reach him to mod mine as of late, but no luck still 

[Joe Redifer]

Michael, you'll be happy to know that I have a working AES now.  KPJ sent me a different motherboard altogether since the one I sent him couldn't be made to work at all.  He did the RGB bypass mod or whatever is needed to get proper RGB out of the thing as well as added the Universe BIOS to it.  All that and a new (to me) AES motherboard for $125.  That's really not bad at all.  It glitches less than my old one as well (it had graphical glitches on the Fatal Fury 2 character select screen as well at certain points in other games).  The motherboard is also far less sloppy than the old one (no daughter board for the composite video).  Sure, it has a Toshiba 68000 instead of a Motorola, but who cares?  I have a Toshiba TV, so they get along with each other and be best friends.  Apparently this one needed a slightly different AC adapter, and he sent that as well.

[Digi.k]

if you are still having no luck getting your pc engine's modified and live in UK you could try these places..  Again they are expensive but you should have no problems.. *fingers crossed*


These guys do it for £44.99 but you will need to email to confirm it.
http://www.videogameimports.com/hw_index.htm

Raven games do it for 34.99.. only thing i dont like is having the lead permanently attached to the machine..
http://www.ravengames.co.uk/

[TR0N]

if you are still having no luck getting your pc engine's modified and live in UK you could try these places..  Again they are expensive but you should have no problems.. *fingers crossed*


These guys do it for £44.99 but you will need to email to confirm it.
http://www.videogameimports.com/hw_index.htm

Raven games do it for 34.99.. only thing i dont like is having the lead permanently attached to the machine..
http://www.ravengames.co.uk/

I'm in the U.S so that wouldn't help me at all.

I was thinking of trying oldschoolgamer but he just offers a region mod.

No s-video etc