Basic Gamer Bob

From #pong to #nintendoswitch, always interested in #videogamehistory. Collecting #atari and #nes as well as the best of all systems

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@EdValde30712280 I had the Japanese version but I sold it

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So I spent the last hour researching and making a list of the #Turbografx / #PCEngine games I'd want to collect, and it turns out all 24 except Legendary Axe I/II and Magical Chase are on the Mini, which I already have. I just saved $2,500 or so. 😅

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@Earths1stgamer It may be time to sell all my Atari 2600 and 7800 duplicates.

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@gordoslair @Earths1stgamer Sometimes I wonder whether there will be any Atari carts with end labels another 30-40 years from now.

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@Earths1stgamer @atari Nice! If I were on Twitter more often, I would like all your posts! I don’t come to Twitter much anymore though. Are you on IG?

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@TheAtariGamer Nice! I need to do something like this. What is that above the shelves? Low ceiling?

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@retroscanlines I want it too. Considering it. I mean, I do have 400 Atari carts, so it would be somewhat justified to have yet another place to use them…

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@WarMonitor3 Will you be joining Threads? I’d rather follow you there if possible.

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@Hyde209 That’s crazy talk! :)

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@RetroGameGuys

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Finally got a copy of Q*bert’s Qubes for the Atari 2600, and after taking the time to figure out how it works, it’s actually fun! I got through 5 boards and a bonus round #atari #2600 #qbert

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@reventlow Makes sense, although I recently did buy replacement sticks online for cheap and enjoyed replacing them myself. I found it easy and they worked well.

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My friends, the SNES 2CHIP Edge Enhancer is 90% ready to go. I would like to write a few paragraphs about it, if that's OK.

1) My design is 100% all original. It's not based off of any forum post or esoteric website dedicated to any kind of video fixes. I broke SNES' DAC down internally via die shots to determine how the DAC was constructed and most importantly WHY it has the problems that it does with video sharpness.

2) The SNES Enhancer is compatible with ALL non 1-CHIP SNES systems. That means if your SNES is blurry, this works! The trade-off to this is that currently, it's a 5 wire installation. But if you look at the picture below, it's incredibly simple and will install very quickly. I felt that it was important to support ALL versions of the 2CHIP SNES, rather than making 4,000 different PCBS for 4,000 different revs.

3) The SNES Enhancer doesn't use any sort of video amplifier. Meaning, this isn't a boosted low-pass filter that will "sharpen" the video. I don't like that and let me explain why. For starters, it's bandwidth limited and the sharpening performance is predicated on the type of video content that the SNES' PPU is rendering. I decided not to make something that was going to perform badly or even oscillate depending on what sort of game's played. I've taken an entirely different approach and I'll be discussing it at a later time. But the long and the short of it is that I wanted to design a video appliance for the SNES that will work for ALL video content, evenly. The video output will be sharpened for all outputs. That means RGB, S-Video and Composite Video will all 3 benefit from this design. The PCB is a 5 wire install. Now, I could absolutely design version of this that are "console" specific that will just fit in. But the way I see it, it's 5 measly wires and in order to satisfy the broad spectrum of SNES revisions, I'm willing to accept this as the installation is incredibly simple.

4) This isn't a magical cure all fix for "noise". There are a plehtora of reasons why the SNES can be noisy. Part of the reason why I've waited so long to release this is I'm also in the process of working out some complimentary mods that will help clean-up/improve the picture quality of the SNES. Remember, these are analog video signals!

5) This wouldn't have been possible without @retrotink2 and @furrtek. Mike and I worked on the best ideas to edge enhance the SNES' video output and his input was integral. Furrtek helped me with analyzing the die shots of the 2CHIP PPU's DAC so that I could reverse how it works by how it was designed. This wouldn't have happened without his input and expertise, either.

Anyhow, this installs super easily and I was able to bring the (B)ill (O)f (M)aterials down so that it's not incredibly expensive to make. I hope you guys enjoy this. It's my love letter and farewell to the SNES.

Enjoy some of these 2CHIP screenshots of a launch model SNES fitted with the SNES Enhancer!

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Thank you to @GamemasterH and @MatthewPTaranto for this awesome new book on Nintendo and Howard’s experiences at 1980s Nintendo! It is precisely what I have wanted for a long time.

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@cliffsrepaircor I honestly thought this was released last year! Heard great things about it.

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@RetroGameGuys Finding the mini-fortress in world seven with all the coins that you can repeat helped. I built up an extra 20 lives or so there before continuing. And SMW is fantastic. I love to see what new moves and tweaks they make with each SMB game.

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Finished Super Mario Bros 3 for the first time since 1990. It is still great fun. Fairly long and slightly stressful since you can’t save and thus have to do it in one run. But immensely satisfying! On to SMW.

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Oh, and I have forgotten everything and didn’t run across any warp whistles, so I got to finish every stage. Well worth it.

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@retroscanlines Now SMB2? :)

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@retroscanlines Congrats on your first time beating SMB! I love this game.

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@Hyde209 Amazing! Best thing on Twitter I’ve seen today! My son likes these as well but hasn’t built something so impressive. They are neat toys though - they require imagination to make anything interesting :)