I figure it's time for an update. It's been two months since I started this thread. In case you missed it, I had just convinced my wife to give me the room and start collecting(see post #28 in this thread for all the details). This was a photo of my very first game room;
Well it's been two months since then, so here's what the room looks like now;
In this photo you can see I put up these handy things called, wait for it..."shelves". Anyway, they allow you to get things off the floor! A wonderful invention and I would highly recommend you invest in them. Oh, and nothing says '90's like a car subwoofer box!
As you can see I've expanded into NES a little bit. Finally purchased a Control Deck off a fellow forum member. Came in the box with all the manuals. Pretty decent deal if I do say so myself. I have the retro stuff intermingled with some 'now' generation gaming supplies. Uncharted 3 boxed edition, a sealed PS3 SharpShooter, and a uber RARE sealed PS3 Nav Controller.
The new NES is on the right. I took it apart to clean it as the contacts were very, very loose. I started putting it back together, but I must have done something wrong because when I screw the lid on I can't pop the game up to eject it. Without the lid it's fine. I just haven't had time to screw with it again. It works and I really wanted to play it. In the far right corner you can see my lonely PS3 phat. That one suffered from YLOD. I have another pre-owned PS3 phat up in the main living room. I had purchased a PS3 Slim, but I didn't like it for reasons that are too numerous to post.
Close up of my YLOD PS3 phat. I plan on turning it into a lamp someday.
My two PS3 Rock Band guitars. When RB first came out I was pretty heavy into it. I never got past HARD, but I had fun trying. I took the original RB guitar and modified it. Inside I swapped out the two standard tilt switches and replaced them with mercury switches. These switches control your Overdrive power. I also installed an aftermarket strum bar. It definitely improved my RB abilities, and 'misses' became a thing of the past. Lastly, for kicks, I installed a 1/4" adapter plug and wired it to the Overdrive inside the guitar. Then I bought a standard keyboard pedal meant for sustaining notes. All you have to do is plug the pedal into the guitar and when you want to use Overdrive you just step on the pedal and it fires. It was great when you're really into the game and don't want to loose focus on the notes racing down by tilting your guitar. I know, I'm a geek. It was fun modding everything though.
Here's the pedal that fires off Overdrive.
Here are the games. I've managed to amass about 80 US TurboGrafx-16 hu cards and a couple CD-ROM. The glass cabinet is from IKEA. I think I bought it back in '94. It's meant to be screwed to a wall, but it holds 400 CDs and only has two holes for mounting it. Even if I hit a stud with both screws I was always afraid it would crash down off the wall. 400 CDs is a crapload of weight and the glass cabinet ain't exactly light either.
Close up of some of my games.
My NES collection consists of 7 games. 9 if you include the two BlueBMW is sending to me. The 7 games? Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt, SMB3, Gun.Smoke, Xenophobe, Silent Service, Blaster Master and Dragon Warrior. I can hear everyone saying, "Silent Service?". Ha! I promised myself I'd only collect the NES games I enjoyed as a kid. That way I keep my NES collecting under control. Yes, I enjoyed Silent Service.
My beloved TG-CD. The LED display has a segment that is burnt out. I've managed to acquire a suitable replacement part, but it is going to take 5-6 weeks to get to me. After that, I have to figure out how to solder it to the board as the pinout is not the same.
The dual 7-segment display has been removed (top right) you can see the holes where it is supposed to be installed.
Well, long post made even longer...
Hope everyone enjoyed that. As for my list, well I guess I can cross off number 3;
Step 1: Convince my wife to allow me to takeover the room. [COMPLETED]
Step 2: Convince my wife to let me start collecting my old TG-16 games. [COMPLETED]
Step 3: Empty the crap out of the room and move "my crap" in. [COMPLETED]
Step 4: Renovate the basement (where the room resides), and design it to include a "gaming area". [LONG TERM GOAL]
Step 5: Convince my wife we need a minimum of 1 pinball machine, and 1 cocktail arcade table [PRAY EVERY DAY]
Oh, and special thanks to PunkicCyborg for the pro tip about just bringing in things and not telling the wife. I am now collecting TG and NES!
