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@drxandy vcd was actually hugely popular in Taiwan it seems, and I'd imagine likewise in other Asian countries like Thailand. @op: very very cool setup, I'm also going for an N64 full set yet not CIB.

There's the f'ing bastard himself, fcgamer. Anyone know the significance of the cart he's holding?

@Tanooki Very beautiful pics, and great to see you again brother!

@MuNKeY I would think so too, but I just want to clarify just to be safe

Can we post information / pictures of adult video games? Must we sensor them out or are we able to post a NSFW tag and post in general? I'm not aiming to post hardcore porn or anything, but in my region, a lot of 18+ games exist, and sometimes they are relevant to console gaming, documentation, etc. About illegal items: is it still ok to sell old bootleg carts and what not, just like how it was on Nintendo Age? Not talking about 1:1 repros , rather old pirates coming out of Taiwan, Hong Kong, etc back in the day.

While I don't specifically collect Game Boy consoles, I do collect any Taiwan versions that I find, ranging from b/w to GBA. I also have a few Taiwan-made Game Boy clones that I've collected and kept. After Famicom, Game Boy is my next favourite machine.

Imo one can like the people and not like the product (i.e. wata), likewise one can like the product and not like the people (i.e. bands with douchey members). Such separation seems simple enough to me.

@B.A. The prototypes include After Burner II, Forgotten World, Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (this is the Japanese version it seems), and Sonic the Hedgehog. There are three others that didn't run yesterday, but I will clean them and try different machines, etc. As @OptOut can personally attest, things are very wonky with the machines and tv I own, aside from my Famicom stuff, for unknown reasons of which we are trying to determine. There was also a Ghouls n Ghosts and an Altered Beast in the set (not pictured). While on retail boards, the Ghouls n Ghosts chips code seem not to match any known Sega game, and the Altered Beast game seems to have early chip dates, so these might also be pre release games, though I'm not sure.

They should open up the carts and inspect the PCBs to see if they match the proper timeframe of the box and manual or not. In bootleg Famiclone collecting, this is basically a must, and mismatched parts are hugely undesirable.

I've been collecting since 1998 or so, and have been gaming since 1989. For me personally, it's never been about the value or making a mint. Does this make me a fool, yes probably, in some instances it does. Will I ever cash out? Possibly, while I'd rather see more historical museums and displays set up where one could loan out their historically significant items, that's all still in its infancy and I really have no idea if we will ever reach this level, or if the market and interest will completely tank. If people stop giving a crap about this stuff, then I'm out, no use to burden myself or my kin with piles of crap that no-one cares about. Sharing the hobby with others is half the fun! I personally have found some of the responses here to be quite interesting. I'm a small fish in this community, with shallow pockets; when I see others with much deeper pockets mentioning their complaints against these companies and their feeling that it has damaged the collecting community, then I listen.

I found a few more goodies yesterday. Since I had to take my brother to the airport, I was able to beg for a day off work, and got it! After he went through security, I left the airport and spent the rest of the day exploring the area. I managed to sniff out a few carts, and also found two that I was almost able to purchase, but sadly had to let sit (the guy had literally lost the key to the display case, so we couldn't get them out...). It's a shame, although I already had those two carts, a member from NA had been looking for one of them since April. Overall, I found a few unlicensed original games, a few bootlegs, and a few Sega Genesis prototypes yesterday. Overall it was a decent find.

I was looking online at Sega prototypes, and I saw this thread referencing this to be a Sega prototype PCB: http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=37205 Then I found a few more threads with Sega prototypes with similar PCBs: http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=29&threadid=138850 https://assemblergames.com/threads/panorama-cotton-cart.65587/ http://www.nintendoplayer.com/prototype/pirates-gold/ I guess what I am wondering is was thus type of PCB only used for prototypes, or was it also used elsewhere? Edit: Also, has anyone ever seen one of these with the code 171-5694, instead of 171-5694-01?

Will there be a Famicom full set badge? Any thoughts whose list would be used for it? (Like NES there are some debatable titles)

@Bronty Thanks!

Yes, that one!

I just joined the group, waiting for approval. Any chance someone could link the image here? I'm quite curious.

@ThePhleo If you (or anyone else) want to host my list directly on VGS, you are more than welcome.

Heres a list I wrote, a comprehensive guide to Famicom. It was written in 2015 though and a lot has been discovered since then, but... https://fcgamer.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/complete-famicom-game-list.pdf

My PCB is for a different game, not for Campeonato Brasileiro 96.

4 Person Taiwan Rules Mahjong

@captmorgandrinker Oh thanks for the information! I'll definitely be checking these out

I personally don't like it. While it might not be 100% fair to link the recent situation with NA and the large volume of comic collectors entering the hobby to Wata, they did have a large influence on it. It's always important to get new blood into the hobby to keep it from stagnation, though I'm not sure I like the direction one section of the hobby took after Wata came around.

It wouldn't surprise me if it were one of the programmers wives or something.

Yup, really funny, as @OptOut pointed out, it looks like the naked chick wasn't even aware what was going on. The nudy game with the drawn chick on the front I believe is a direct sequel to this one. The less interesting Chinese Chess game was made by the same company.

You mean Daffy Duck, right?