Consoles & Computer Poll

[LowercaseE]

My list:

Atari 2600 (two of them, both working to my knowledge)
NES (original)
NES (topload)
NES (clone)
SNES (original)
Genesis 3 (the real small one)
Turbo Duo (2 of them, one still in original box and unused)
PS1 (original)
PS2 (original)
Dreamcast
Gamecube
GBA
Nintendo DS
Amiga 1000 (still in original box w/ 1080 monitor)
Amiga 500 (two of them)
VIC-20
PC

[Harrison]

Amiga 1000 in original box, that's quite a cool item to have in your collection LowercaseE.

Once I get the Amiga models page started on the main site, would it be possible to take some pictures of the A1000 and the box for the site? As I've only ever managed to find generic A1000 images from the original adverts so far that every site I come across seems to also be using. Would be great to have some original detailed pictures of the system from the front, back etc...

I really want to get a Dreamcast sometime as well.

The Dreamcast is a great system. Even though it lacks many RPGs it's still one of my favourite consoles as the majority of games released have great gameplay. If you do decide to get one, find a pre October 2000 system as they let you run CD-R based games without needing to do anything to the system.

[Demon Cleaner]

I didn't know you had an Atari ST, Demon. What is your opinion of it compared to the Amiga?

Good question. AT the time, I never had an Atari. A friend of mine had an ST (when I had an Amiga), and as we mainly played on it, I found that Amiga had far superior graphics, but that's no news. A friend here at work, knowing I collected consoles and computers, gave me his Atari 1040ST a year ago, and from that day on, I have it. I haven't fired it up yet though

And as for your MAME cabinet, you can count it double ;-) but does yours also run?? I thought I heard you're getting a new monitor aso.

[Teho]

My list isn't as long as you guys', due to me not wanting to buy that much as I have no room at all. So here goes:

Amiga 500
Amiga 600
Amiga 600HD
Commodore 64 (2)
Commodore 64 DTV (you know, that 30-in-one joystick thing)
Commodore 128
Playstation 2 (2 of them, one slim and one old model. But old one has a busted lens)

I wanted to count a Sharp MZ-700 computer system too, but I don't actually have it yet. We had it when I was a kid, and for all I know it might be binned by now. One of these days I'm going to have a rummage through my mom's attic to see if I can find it.

[cicobuff]

Me :

Commodore Amiga A1200 4mb Ram Expansion 2gb 2.5" Internal IDE WB 3.0
Commodore Amiga A1200 Apollo 040/40 64mb 6gb 3.5" IDE WB 3.9 Custom Towered
Commodore Amiga A600 (2gb 2.5" IDE)
Commodore 64 DTV Joystick (Will Mod it eventually!)
Sega Megadrive Joystick Streetfighter 2
Sega Dreamcast (Blue Power LED Mod, VGA connected)
PS2 Slimline (Silver - Swap Magic, Component connected)
Nintendo Gamecube Ltd Edition Pearl White (Qoob chipped, swapped original DOL-001 Motherboard for digital AV out, Blue Power LED Mod)
Microsoft XBOX (Spray Painted Pearl White, Clear Jewel Modded with Blue LED ring, 120gb HD, Xecuter 2.6 Modded, Component connected)
Microsoft XBOX (Standard, softmodded for XBMC, will mod the jewel soon)
Nintendo Gameboy Micro (Silver)
Nintendo DS Lite (Black, Firmware hacked, Supercard SD)
Sony PSP (Ceramic White, Dark Alex 3.03-A" Firmware)
Nintendo Wii (White, SD Gecko...awaiting Action Replay for Gamecube homebrew hack, Component connected)


Wife :

Nintendo DS lite (Pink, Firmware hacked, Supercard SD)
Sony PSP (Ceramic White, Dark Alex 3.03-A" Firmware)

[AlexJ]

Playstation 2 (2 of them, one slim and one old model. But old one has a busted lens)

Same here - the old one showed Disk Read Error for everything, so I got a new one. However I found a guide online that showed how to fiddle with the laser a bit and got it working again so my doorstop PS2 is working again.

[Harrison]

That is a common problem with the older "brick" PS2. Although I have the original 30003 model and it still (touch wood) works perfectly.

And my slim PS2 has the voltage mod fitted to help protect its lens from burnout, which was a common problem on the slimline model when running modchips and DVD-Rs.

BTW, did you know that many people think that running CD-R and DVD-R discs on a console drive reduces the drives life? I haven't personally seen any evidence to support this as I have an original PSX from 1996 that is modded and has always used CD-Rs and still works perfectly. What do you think of this belief?

[Teho]

Playstation 2 (2 of them, one slim and one old model. But old one has a busted lens)

Same here - the old one showed Disk Read Error for everything, so I got a new one. However I found a guide online that showed how to fiddle with the laser a bit and got it working again so my doorstop PS2 is working again.

Yep, tried that with my first PS2 unit. The two I have now are my second and third. I got that DRE with my first one, a launch model, and followed one of those voltage adjusting FAQs. I actually got it working properly for a bit, then it started happening again. During my second attempt to adjust it I set it too high and fried it. So threw that one away long ago.

Never even attempted it when the second one started acting up. I could probably fix it, but the slick slimline model had come out a while ago and I had money to burn.

[J T]

OK, I have:

A500 (with 512k trapdoor expansion)
Master System
Original Gameboy
Tomy-tronic 3d Thundering Turbos
Game & Watch (Donkey Kong and Safebuster)
N64
PS2 (old one)
Gamecube (platinum colour)
DS-Lite (white)
Wii

[Harrison]

And as for your MAME cabinet, you can count it double ;-) but does yours also run?? I thought I heard you're getting a new monitor aso.

Yes, I want to replace the old monitor with a new 19" (or bigger) LCD and then build a new smaller cabinet (depth wise) to house it all.

It does work at the moment though as I currently still have the old monitor, but it's disassembled as far as being a cabinet at the moment. The PC, Slikstik control board and current 21" monitor get hooked up together when I want to use it. So you could say, it's the guts of a MAME cabinet without the actual cabinet at the moment.