The Evolution of the Home Videogame Console : Othor Games

» Sun Sep 26, 2010 12:25 pm

So I stumbled onto this video that is buried deep on a website I go to. It is an epic journey across gaming history. I have owned several of these and still do

http://www.dorkly.com/embed/2443/slideshow-of-every-console-in-gaming-history

» Sun Sep 26, 2010 8:57 pm

All I see is chrono trigger.

» Sun Sep 26, 2010 4:21 pm

All I see is chrono trigger.

Link works for me

» Sun Sep 26, 2010 12:40 pm

And I thought I had seen them all. I wonder how many people know about the FC Twin series? My friend sold a few of them at a local flea market. They're basically newer 3rd party NES/SNES/Genesis systems. Good for when you can't find a working NES/SNES/Genesis.

» Sun Sep 26, 2010 3:36 pm

And I thought I had seen them all. I wonder how many people know about the FC Twin series? My friend sold a few of them at a local flea market. They're basically newer 3rd party NES/SNES/Genesis systems. Good for when you can't find a working NES/SNES/Genesis.

I have one.... FC Twin is NES/SNES

» Sun Sep 26, 2010 10:27 pm

that is awesome! 1977 is the winner for most video game consoles made in one year.

Thanks for sharing

» Sun Sep 26, 2010 10:21 pm

I have an FC Twin and a Retro Duo. I had some of those old things from the late 70's and early 80's. Like that god awful gold brick thing dials and buttons.

» Sun Sep 26, 2010 12:43 pm

I have an FC Twin and a Retro Duo. I had some of those old things from the late 70's and early 80's. Like that god awful gold brick thing dials and buttons.

Wish I could play Terranigma on it...

» Sun Sep 26, 2010 3:55 pm

I think I see now why Sega got out of the console business.

» Sun Sep 26, 2010 12:41 pm

that is awesome! 1977 is the winner for most video game consoles made in one year.

Thanks for sharing

Hence, the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_crash_of_1977#Video_game_crash_of_1977. While not as big as the one in 1983, it was still nasty.

EDIT: I absolutely love the music.

» Sun Sep 26, 2010 8:45 am

that is awesome! 1977 is the winner for most video game consoles made in one year.

Thanks for sharing

well, they were all ripoffs and clones that used the same PONG chip :tongue:

Personally, i absolutely loved it! i retro game all the time and try to find most of these consoles on ebay (though the price isnt always right) so ive seen most of these but not all ( like 3).

» Sun Sep 26, 2010 6:13 pm

And I thought I had seen them all. I wonder how many people know about the FC Twin series? My friend sold a few of them at a local flea market. They're basically newer 3rd party NES/SNES/Genesis systems. Good for when you can't find a working NES/SNES/Genesis.

they are pretty cheap and i find them at the mall. they are pretty good too.

As far as a "non working" NES, they just need a new 72 pin conector most of the time.

» Sun Sep 26, 2010 1:26 pm

they are pretty cheap and i find them at the mall. they are pretty good too.

As far as a "non working" NES, they just need a new 72 pin conector most of the time.

Yeah, I tried fixing one once. The connector itself, that is. What happens is over time the pins get bent back from having carts put in over and over. You can take a needle or a knife and pry the pins back in place. Unfortunately I pried a little too far and ended up damaging it beyond repair. Replacing them is a lot easier if you can find a replacement part.

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 1:10 am

Yeah, I tried fixing one once. The connector itself, that is. What happens is over time the pins get bent back from having carts put in over and over. You can take a needle or a knife and pry the pins back in place. Unfortunately I pried a little too far and ended up damaging it beyond repair. Replacing them is a lot easier if you can find a replacement part.

if?
IF?

you mean http://www.lukiegames.com/NES-72-Pin-Connector-NES-Nintendo-Game.html you find a part.

ive bought from them before hassle free.

» Sun Sep 26, 2010 9:08 am

if?
IF?

you mean http://www.lukiegames.com/NES-72-Pin-Connector-NES-Nintendo-Game.html you find a part.

ive bought from them before hassle free.

Yea Lukie is pretty good. I've got a lot of my NES games form them.

» Sun Sep 26, 2010 12:44 pm

I still have a working model 1 Genesis (the one with the good sound chip), and a broken SNES (but I have no SNES games). And two PSXs.

I hoard my technology. :tongue:

» Mon Sep 27, 2010 1:00 am

I still have a working model 1 Genesis (the one with the good sound chip), and a broken SNES (but I have no SNES games). And two PSXs.

I hoard my technology. :tongue:

i skipped out on most of the sega models and got model 3 that has a sticker as a power light.

» Sun Sep 26, 2010 10:03 am

I've always heard the FC Twins don't work with all NES/SNES games, and often-times have issues where the slots are just a tiny bit to small so you have to shove real hard to get the games in, which leads to breaking the games on occassion. Any of you in this thread who have them come across those problems? I ended up spending 70 bucks on a NES that had every single part that could be replaced, replaced with new ones, and the rest were scrubbed clean. Works like a dream, haven't had an issue with it, but man it would have been nicer to have gone with the FC twin for a third of that price.

» Sun Sep 26, 2010 11:35 pm

I've always heard the FC Twins don't work with all NES/SNES games, and often-times have issues where the slots are just a tiny bit to small so you have to shove real hard to get the games in, which leads to breaking the games on occassion. Any of you in this thread who have them come across those problems? I ended up spending 70 bucks on a NES that had every single part that could be replaced, replaced with new ones, and the rest were scrubbed clean. Works like a dream, haven't had an issue with it, but man it would have been nicer to have gone with the FC twin for a third of that price.

That's because most of those clone systems use emulation, rather than actual NES/SNES hardware. It's not as compatible.

» Sun Sep 26, 2010 12:59 pm

I've always heard the FC Twins don't work with all NES/SNES games, and often-times have issues where the slots are just a tiny bit to small so you have to shove real hard to get the games in, which leads to breaking the games on occassion. Any of you in this thread who have them come across those problems? I ended up spending 70 bucks on a NES that had every single part that could be replaced, replaced with new ones, and the rest were scrubbed clean. Works like a dream, haven't had an issue with it, but man it would have been nicer to have gone with the FC twin for a third of that price.

I haven't seen any games not work myself but I do believe there's a few games out there that don't work. There's probably a list floating around the net that will tell you which games won't work.

if?
IF?

you mean WHEN! you find a part.

ive bought from them before hassle free.

Well my friend buys Nintendos to resell so it's less practical when your profit margin is around 20 dollars. Still it's good to know there's parts out there so I'll pass that information on.

» Sun Sep 26, 2010 5:19 pm

I've always heard the FC Twins don't work with all NES/SNES games, and often-times have issues where the slots are just a tiny bit to small so you have to shove real hard to get the games in, which leads to breaking the games on occassion. Any of you in this thread who have them come across those problems? I ended up spending 70 bucks on a NES that had every single part that could be replaced, replaced with new ones, and the rest were scrubbed clean. Works like a dream, haven't had an issue with it, but man it would have been nicer to have gone with the FC twin for a third of that price.

That's because most of those clone systems use emulation, rather than actual NES/SNES hardware. It's not as compatible.

The http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=Retro+Duo&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=np&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=shop&cid=17399267210306747112&sa=X&ei=lrLdTcutOYLagQedycn0Cg&ved=0CHEQ8wIwAA# is a much better machine than the FC Twin but Nami is right here, these machines are emulators.

» Sun Sep 26, 2010 5:19 pm

you best bet would to try and get a nes top loader or the mini snes.

» Sun Sep 26, 2010 6:46 pm

I never realized there were so many consoles and I have been playing since I used to stand around in Kmart playing the original Zelda on a Commodore 64 LOL Actually it was before that in California with my brother playing his oldest Atari.

» Sun Sep 26, 2010 6:58 pm

I didn't see a video. Just a bunch of links for commercials.

This thread = FAIL.

» Sun Sep 26, 2010 11:42 pm

I didn't see a video. Just a bunch of links for commercials.

This thread = FAIL.

If it works for everyone else, except for you, then who is truly failing?