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stephen_usher wrote: 15 Nov 2022 12:14 Oh dear. Hermes... No comment.

Actually I don't know one way or the other, that logo is off the Chinese tracking site (AliExpress) that I ordered from. To be fair, it does say delivery by the 25th, but when it says 'Out for delivery' I get kind of excited.

It's the MegaDrive SD cart.

Woo hoo, it's cleared customs!!

:girldance:

And my Chineseum SD cart for the MegaDrive has arrived:


It is actually very well made and internally very neat. I doubt it is a genuine Everdrive, but I'll try it later and see what it can do :)

Well, I have to say, the Chinesium Everdrive does everything that it said it would, so I'm quite pleased I have to say.

So far it's running both MegaDrive and Master System ROMS with no problems aside from the odd ROM not working.

It writes the ROM into flash memory and then it's there for you to run from the top level menu until you decide on a different game, at which point it erases and loads up the new ROM. For £20 I have to say I'm well pleased with it.

Hmm, it seems I've unknowingly started another collection...


The boxed one on the left is from my teens, It needs some work as a bit unhappy, the rest just bought over the years.

Well, I have been trying to get hold of a Saturn for a long time to keep my Dreamcast (A very underrated console) and Mega Drive company.

I finally found one on eBay, usual stuff in need of repair:


Overall it's physically not in too bad condition, so it should be a fun project. No output to a TV apparently, but the disk spins and it seemingly powers up.

Looking forward to a play with it,

rubber_jonnie wrote: 26 Nov 2022 17:17 Hmm, it seems I've unknowingly started another collection...

Got, got, got, need! Got…

;)

BW

Badwolf wrote: 01 Dec 2022 11:53

rubber_jonnie wrote: 26 Nov 2022 17:17 Hmm, it seems I've unknowingly started another collection...

Got, got, got, need! Got…

;)

BW

Hehehehe :)

Bit of a tidy up of the cabling on my retro desks last night, I can now plug stuff in without having to unravel stuff first:


All power plugs labelled so I know what I'm plugging in, and the SCART block is up and out of the way on the wall for easy access.

All the video switches go to my Retrotink, so it all feeds through to an automatic HMDI switch that has the Retrotink, OSSC and Xbox360 connected.

All works rather well, including the switch to switch stacking :)

Not the best quality gear in the world, but it works well enough for me and I'll look to get better switches sometime in the future.

Quake III on the Dreamcast with Keyboard and Mouse:


Some very happy memories of playing this, it was an excellent port for the DC.

It's interesting that the keyboard has yellowed as much as the DC, despite being in its box for a very long time, but the mouse hasn't.