Haplo | 12 Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Hello! Haplo here, from Sydney, Australia. I'm a retro gaming enthusiast and I have also developed games for other 8-bit systems (homebrew). Having said that, I'm quite new to the world of Nintendo in general and the NES (and Famicom) in particular. If you are interested, you can take a look at the games I've released. Most of my experience with NES gaming comes through emulation, although we're waiting for a chance to bring my partner's famiclone (and carts) from her childhood home overseas, and grow our collection from there. We have almost 40 8-bit and 16-bit systems at home (mostly home computers) with some of them permanently set-up in a dedicated retro desk. Great to meet you all! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MrWunderful | 2,927 Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 @Haplo welcome. Where is your partner from? curious to see what type of stuff she will bring to you. Dont be afraid to post pics of your setup if you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fcgamer | 4,723 Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 19 hours ago, Haplo said: Most of my experience with NES gaming comes through emulation, although we're waiting for a chance to bring my partner's famiclone (and carts) from her childhood home overseas, and grow our collection from there. Ohh that's exciting! I'm a huge Famiclone collector. Welcome to the site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jfreakofkorn | 282 Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 Greeting(s) to the party . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haplo | 12 Posted February 8, 2023 Author Share Posted February 8, 2023 Hi and thanks for welcoming me. My partner is originally from Argentina and she's the one who encouraged me to get into homebrew for NES, after having released a few games for other 6502-based platforms (namely Commodore 64 and Plus/4). Despite being familiar with 6502 assembly, coding for the NES was quite an experience because its architecture is very different to everything else I've worked with in the past. I've asked her to share more info. Quote Hello, I'm marukpa, Haplo's partner and the bad influence steering him towards the NES homebrew world - even though I lived a double life myself, alternating between a famiclone and a Commodore 128 back home in Argentina. I still have my childhood famiclone there, it was sold by Edu Games back in the early 1990s. I just need to find space in my suitcase next time I'm visiting. If you're familiar with those clones (affectionately known as the 'Family'), it's the red and white one in the round case with the controllers wired directly and only RF video output. It's still in the box although it's not in a great shape, having accompanied me on holidays and sleepovers. I also have a 60 to 72 pin cart adapter and I reckon 30-40 cartridges (60-pin) of very dubious legality, some of them hacked (such as Super Mario 3 with infinite P wings, and infinite lives in The Addams Family - I was very disappointed to find out later in life that the originals didn't have such 'features'). I did manage to bring over to Australia about 20 handheld games also from my handheld treasure trove (among them Luigi's hammer toss Game & Watch and Bombsweeper G&W dual screen). We live in an apartment so we have limited physical space for display. This is our retro cupboard in our living room. It's a bit cramped because the collection grew but the space didn't. Not many consoles here but we do have two Atari 2600 Jrs, a Commodore Amiga CD 32 and an Atari XEGS. We have some games for them but they are stored away. This is the retro desk, a relatively new addition in some need of cable management, currently set up with a few computers (Amiga 1200 with accelerator, Atari 520STE (upgraded to 4160), Amstrad CPC 4128, Commodore 64 (Breadbin), Acorn Electron, and a rather messy GBSControl for upscaling. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcat-Doug | 5,105 Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 Welcome to the site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DoctorEncore | 3,691 Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Welcome! Sounds like you have some awesome experience with more obscure stuff which is always welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrslam | 475 Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 Welcome! Nice to see another fan of old computers here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,777 Administrator · Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 20 minutes ago, nrslam said: Welcome! Nice to see another fan of old computers here. Hey I'm a fan of old computers, you just never asked! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrslam | 475 Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Gloves said: Hey I'm a fan of old computers, you just never asked! I didn't know that. They don't seem to come up much 'round here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,777 Administrator · Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 6 minutes ago, nrslam said: I didn't know that. They don't seem to come up much 'round here. We'll of course not, you're not talking about em enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haplo | 12 Posted February 10, 2023 Author Share Posted February 10, 2023 Thanks! I was hesitant to talk a lot about the "other side" of retro gaming but I'm glad I did. 12 hours ago, DoctorEncore said: Welcome! Sounds like you have some awesome experience with more obscure stuff which is always welcome. On the other hand, I'm pretty new to the systems that participants of this board are most familiar with so I'm keen to both learn and share (if anyone is interested). 7 hours ago, Gloves said: Hey I'm a fan of old computers, you just never asked! It looks like I'll be in good company, then. More than a collector, I'm a user of old hardware. And while for development, I take advantage of modern tools like emulators and IDEs, it's also very rewarding to take the real hardware out for a spin, hook it up to a TV and run things in the real thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrslam | 475 Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 Could you give a rundown on what computers are in your retro cupboard? I recognize most of them but a few stump me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haplo | 12 Posted February 11, 2023 Author Share Posted February 11, 2023 (edited) 19 hours ago, nrslam said: Could you give a rundown on what computers are in your retro cupboard? I recognize most of them but a few stump me. This might deserve its own thread but let me try to list them all. Top (first) shelf, left to right: Panasonic MSX2 FS-A1 Sega SC-3000 Commodore Plus/4 Amstrad NC100 Panasonic JR-200U Atari 2600 Jr Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128k Toastrack DickSmith Wizard Tandy 64k Color Computer 2 (CoCo2) VTech IQ Unlimited Advantech Second shelf: Commodore 64C Drean Texas Instruments TI/99-4A Phillips MSX VG 8010 Commodore 64C (this particular unit was my first computer) Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k NEC PC-6001 Atari 2600 Jr (needs repairs) Aquarius 5931R (Mattel) Third shelf: Sinclair ZX Spectrum+ Commodore Amiga 500 VTech IQ TV 512 Oric 1 Sinclair ZX 81 Fourth shelf: Commodore VIC 20 Sakr MSX AX170 Atari XEGS Commodore Amiga CD32 Fifth (bottom) shelf: Commodore 128 (this particular unit was my partner's first computer) Commodore 64C Commodore Amiga 600 Timex Sinclair 2068 Commodore 16 Plus the ones currently set up to use: Commodore Amiga 1200 Atari 512STE Amstrad CPC 6128 Acorn Electron Commodore 64 (Breadbin) Lastly, an Atari 65XE not on display (has a red screen of death and all chips are socketed) Edited February 11, 2023 by Haplo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrslam | 475 Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 Nice! I've got experience with most of those that saw a US release, but not with several of the others. You must have a second storage spot for power supplies, cables, disk/tape drives and joysticks/mice/etc. I find trying to keep all that stuff handy more difficult than the computers themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haplo | 12 Posted February 13, 2023 Author Share Posted February 13, 2023 On 2/12/2023 at 10:15 AM, nrslam said: Nice! I've got experience with most of those that saw a US release, but not with several of the others. You must have a second storage spot for power supplies, cables, disk/tape drives and joysticks/mice/etc. I find trying to keep all that stuff handy more difficult than the computers themselves. It's hard to keep things organised, so power supplies and peripherals are stored in boxes and tubs. Quite a few of these systems can be powered with standard, modern, power supplies (which are safer and more reliable anyway) so I don't have as many power supplies as systems. Similarly with joysticks, a great majority of systems works with DB9 Atari-compatible ones. Video and data cables are a different story, though. Now that we recently built a GBSControl, we're still catching up on the different pinouts and cables that are required to make use of the better video quality from RGB (rather than composite or RF). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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