AlienALX
Well-known member
OK so I hit on some of this in the purchases thread. However, as per usual it has gone epically out of control lmao.
So the story goes. In the late 90s I had this setup.
It was cumbersome and expensive, but it worked. However, when I got it to the USA I realised the U.S did not adopt SCART and because it was RGB modded it would not work. So we rushed out to Ames (older Americans will know what that is
) and I bought a water melon console. Which worked fine.
I always wanted the Japanese watermelon console though because it was better as Jap stuff usually was. As in, this is a US model.
Which I bought. Come to find though that the Jap model was indeed better.
After spending 30 quid on a red shell I decided to just eat it and buy a clear one as well.
So I bought a console, PSU (UK which is awesome) and controller for 40 quid.
And a new controller for 15 quid with a hall effect stick, which is actually far better than I thought tbh.
That said I heard the 8bitdo one was the best, so I got one of those for 20. For the blue controller, just in case the red one was trash. It's not tbh.
I then got a Jap AV cable. NOS.
And a 2x scaler for about 25.
The last thing for the time being was a ED64 plus at around 38 quid delivered.
I then realised the Summercart 64 can emulate the DD and all of its roms, so I got a Summercart ffs.
That said my aim here is to have two consoles. One for mum's house and one for here. So the two shells will combine into a second one in reverse, that's fine given it is just left over stuff.
So I played the snot out of it tbh. 4-5 hours per night whilst at mum's. Right now I am playing Mario 64 and Paper Mario at the same time. Well, I will play SM64 until I want to smash something (lmao) then switch to the slower paced Paper Mario. Thing is there are still tons of games I never played properly.. Hence why the goal is to end up with two.
So the last thing I thought I needed was the FRAM memory card. IE, someone made a flash memory card that does not need a battery. This I will just carry from place to place as it was 15 quid.
And not forgetting the sodding expansion pak. These use RIMMS (AKA Rambus) and thus can not be reproduced. So they are 43 quid ffs.
And a jewel from France for 8 quid.
I then realised the console had been modified. See, the Jap and USA versions were the same apart from the cart slot. So people would remove said slot and hack it to bits. This is fine in a black console but on a clear one? no. Especially not my dream one ffs.
I never even knew that existed but at 4 quid shipped I will take it. Will look so much better through the clear console.
So the story goes. In the late 90s I had this setup.

It was cumbersome and expensive, but it worked. However, when I got it to the USA I realised the U.S did not adopt SCART and because it was RGB modded it would not work. So we rushed out to Ames (older Americans will know what that is

I always wanted the Japanese watermelon console though because it was better as Jap stuff usually was. As in, this is a US model.

Which I bought. Come to find though that the Jap model was indeed better.


After spending 30 quid on a red shell I decided to just eat it and buy a clear one as well.

So I bought a console, PSU (UK which is awesome) and controller for 40 quid.

And a new controller for 15 quid with a hall effect stick, which is actually far better than I thought tbh.

That said I heard the 8bitdo one was the best, so I got one of those for 20. For the blue controller, just in case the red one was trash. It's not tbh.

I then got a Jap AV cable. NOS.

And a 2x scaler for about 25.

The last thing for the time being was a ED64 plus at around 38 quid delivered.

I then realised the Summercart 64 can emulate the DD and all of its roms, so I got a Summercart ffs.

That said my aim here is to have two consoles. One for mum's house and one for here. So the two shells will combine into a second one in reverse, that's fine given it is just left over stuff.
So I played the snot out of it tbh. 4-5 hours per night whilst at mum's. Right now I am playing Mario 64 and Paper Mario at the same time. Well, I will play SM64 until I want to smash something (lmao) then switch to the slower paced Paper Mario. Thing is there are still tons of games I never played properly.. Hence why the goal is to end up with two.
So the last thing I thought I needed was the FRAM memory card. IE, someone made a flash memory card that does not need a battery. This I will just carry from place to place as it was 15 quid.

And not forgetting the sodding expansion pak. These use RIMMS (AKA Rambus) and thus can not be reproduced. So they are 43 quid ffs.

And a jewel from France for 8 quid.

I then realised the console had been modified. See, the Jap and USA versions were the same apart from the cart slot. So people would remove said slot and hack it to bits. This is fine in a black console but on a clear one? no. Especially not my dream one ffs.

I never even knew that existed but at 4 quid shipped I will take it. Will look so much better through the clear console.