The ultimate DUO

[Odonadon]

It's a great idea, but the controller and left side of the Duo look like Hudson vomitted on it.  I'll take my Duo plain-jane, thank you very much.

OD

[Odonadon]

Looks like a WIP version is visible in this pic at the top:

http://kotomiblog.blogspot.com/2007_10_01_archive.html

OD

[nat]

That thing looks out of place next to all those Nintendo systems.

[termis]

I love the functionality part of it , but not so much external mods . 

Reminds somewhat of how people completely f*ck their cars up with out-of-place stickers, spoilers that look like shopping cart handles, etc. 

That NES-cart famicom system is pretty damn cool.

[Necromancer]

Reminds somewhat of how people completely f*ck their cars up with out-of-place stickers, spoilers that look like shopping cart handles, etc.

Agreed - who wants a riced out Duo?  I'd also pass on the dual HuCard slots, as installing a region switch and keeping the HuCard slot door would look much cleaner.  Different strokes for different folks, I suppose; it's just nice to see people giving the ol' Duo some love.

[MissaFX]

I love the guys NES in a cart though!  I wish I could buy one of those off ebay.

[FM-77]

I'm not fond of the paint splatters on the "ultimate Duo", but otherwise it is quite nice, being able to play US and JP cards as well as being modded for RGB.  But is it perfect RGB or is it the ol' standard "vertical lines" RGB?  Also can it play SuperGarfx cards?  It needs to.  That question is probably already answered, so I'll go read up more on this.

EDIT:  I can't read that since I don't speak French.

Vertical lines RGB? What do you mean? I have never seen vertical lines RGB, but I have seen vertical lines composite (my damn Famicom!). My Duo-R does not output vertical lines RGB, obviously from what I said a few moments ago.

And, that Famicom cartridge was really cool. I think I will steal his idea and make my own. Famicom clone pcbs are really tiny nowadays. Shouldn't be too hard to make one of those things.

[Black Tiger]

I have an S-Video modded Duo RX and it has some very faint vertical lines.

That a cool Duo mod on its own, but I'd still prefer a region switch on my main unit.

[Joe Redifer]

Yes, they are very faint and can't really be seen in all games.  I mostly notice it when the games scroll at a certain speed.

[FM-77]

Maybe you have the bad amp. Like the one at Gamesx?

[ceti alpha]

Yeah, I didn't notice how thick the modded Duo is on the other pics. It doesn't look terrible, but I like my Duo slim.

[Joe Redifer]

Maybe you have the bad amp. Like the one at Gamesx?

I use the same transistors as the GamesX one, but that's it.  I don't use any resistors or capacitors... literally just a transistor in each RGB line.  Anyway the vertical lines is a known issue (not just with that amp) and I think there is some mod you can do to the board itself (not the amp) to eliminate it.