WTB FM Towns Marty

[HailingTheThings]

Just kinda putting the feelers out there.

Is this console worth getting? Should I be asking myself that question? I kinda did already. Kinda. From what I've seen there seems to be a decent amount of games to justify a purchase. Maybe...

But I don't know.... also seems like its kind of a pain in the ass to get a properly functioning console for a "decent" price.

If I happen to get one I have no intention of buying any of the games unless they're super affordable, which doesn't seem to be the case with some of the extra wow variety.

Read on the interwebs that some games require a floppy disc along with the CD to play... so that's fun? Have to buy an external floppy drive..? Hopefully find the stuffs to put on blank floppies? Yay.

What do you peoples think? Should I really even bother? Or maybe I should buy hookers and blow instead?

What the piss even is a fair price for one of these fellers? I looked at sold listings. Kinda all over the place. Seems quite a few are for ones with problems. CD laser failing, floppy drive belt needs replacement, maybe a recapping or something.

Help?

<3

[Arkhan]

no you don't

[bartre]

take the blue pill

[SuperDeadite]

A Marty console is not worth it.  Get an FM Towns PC instead.
Though either way Towns stuff is costly.
An X68000 setup is a lot more fun.

[sirhcman]

Go for it hail, you only live once!

[elmer]

Just kinda putting the feelers out there.

Is this console worth getting? Should I be asking myself that question? I kinda did already. Kinda. From what I've seen there seems to be a decent amount of games to justify a purchase. Maybe...
...
Read on the interwebs that some games require a floppy disc along with the CD to play... so that's fun? Have to buy an external floppy drive..? Hopefully find the stuffs to put on blank floppies? Yay.

It comes with its own internal floppy drive, but I guess that what you really mean is that you'd need an external drive in order to attach to your PC and create the disc copies.

There's a guy on AtariAge currently selling a Marty, fully working, with external floppy drive, for what seems like a decent price (compared to fleaBay or Yahoo Japan auctions).

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/263450-fs-vintage-consoles/

You should look there ... he keeps on complaining that he can't find a buyer for it (no s*t, it's a limited-interest item).

As for whether you'd want one ... I'll leave that to folks like Super Deadite.

Myself, I looked at the software on both machines, and went for an X68000 instead (although it's a lot more expensive than that Marty that's on sale).

[exodus]

I have one of these, but I'm not selling it. I think it's worth it if you're interested in console curiosities, but otherwise, it's a PC and you can emulate it pretty handily. The games are massively expensive, as is the hardware, and I luckily got into it 15 years ago when it wasn't so bad... I've only bought *one* game since then though (and it cost me 80 bucks).

The floppy drives on these things break real fast (mine's still broken) so that already-fixed one mentioned above is probably a good plan if you want one. You can't run a lot of games without the floppy disc, which is really annoying! I can only play about 20% of my collection because the drive is busted. Also the controllers kind of blow!

So that's how I feel about all that! Wahoooo

[exodus]

P.S. Elmer, can you ask that guy for me where he got the rubber band to fix his drive with!?

[SignOfZeta]

It sounds like you barely even know what one is, so I'd say skip it.

[PunkicCyborg]

I have the PC and it's cool as heck but there's just not enough games I'm interested to play it a lot. I bring it out to conventions and game meet ups though so it gets loved. The marty is very cool looking but has even less games that work on it. It's still cool and fun to have though and I love the port of Tatsujin O

[elmer]

P.S. Elmer, can you ask that guy for me where he got the rubber band to fix his drive with!?

I'll ask ... but I can't promise an answer! 

[HailingTheThings]

I would like to sincerely thank you all for your input, especially elmer for going out of his way to provide a link to a sale. Upon really weighing the pros and cons and letting reality set in, I feel its best that I don't buy one at least at this time. The future, however, maybe... just maybe if I go into the right kind of heat.

[wildfruit]

Get an amiga instead

[Gypsy]

There's a guy on AtariAge currently selling a Marty, fully working, with external floppy drive, for what seems like a decent price (compared to fleaBay or Yahoo Japan auctions).

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/263450-fs-vintage-consoles/

You should look there ... he keeps on complaining that he can't find a buyer for it (no s*t, it's a limited-interest item).

As for whether you'd want one ... I'll leave that to folks like Super Deadite.

Myself, I looked at the software on both machines, and went for an X68000 instead (although it's a lot more expensive than that Marty that's on sale).

Yeah being surprised when you are having trouble selling an obscure console that uses magnetic media (I know it uses discs too) for $400 + shipping seems derp.

As for the OP I know you already decided but yeah it's not hard to run Towns games on a modern set-up. In fact there should be multiple options that work.

[HailingTheThings]

Get an amiga instead

Amiga CD32? I looked into that console a while back. Didn't see enough games that weren't already on other consoles to interest me.

As for the OP I know you already decided but yeah it's not hard to run Towns games on a modern set-up. In fact there should be multiple options that work.

I was thinking of messing around with emulation to see if there's enough fire left over upon playing to purchase the console later on.