View Full Version : Holy Cow look What I got today!!
Twitami
06-25-2005, 11:54 PM
Check out the new consoles added to my collection today! I never thought I would get one of these, and I got it all for less than $100.00!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v686/Twitami/P1000676.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v686/Twitami/P1000677.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v686/Twitami/P1000674.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v686/Twitami/P1000672.jpg
I am giddy like a kid over these!
Griking
06-26-2005, 12:31 AM
So what the hell are they? O_O
Do they play any games worth playing?
Queen Of The Felines
06-26-2005, 12:43 AM
Where the heck do you live?!
Kristine
nate1749
06-26-2005, 01:02 AM
ahhhh the old gakken compact vision tvboy.... yeah I have no idea what the hell that thing is. Care to enlighten us?
Nate
poopnes
06-26-2005, 01:26 AM
He's probably in Japan. I've seen the Koei handheld before (probably on Assembler), but the rest is news to me.
Wha? 4 systems in 3 different languages? Where are you from?
BTW, does that Star Chess system have anything to do with Star Chess for Arcadia 2001?
Twitami
06-26-2005, 02:24 AM
I am in Maryland for those who asked :)
I have a friend who goes to Japan now and then, and keeps an eye out for me. Anyway, The Gakken is a very rare system..here is a link to the only one I have ever seen for sale:
http://www.retrogames.co.uk/stock/html/other_consoles.html
And a bit more info:
http://darkwatcher.psxfanatics.com/console/gakken.htm
I am getting down to the impossible to find stuff now...new additions are going to be few and far between. Anyone got an Olivetti Envision or Entex Adventurevision they wanna sell? :)
Snapple
06-26-2005, 03:55 AM
Color me impressed. Awesome find!
I even remember reading about the Gakken on Darkwatcher's page a long time ago.
Wow!
Congrats on the impressive haul!
Dimitri
06-26-2005, 05:17 AM
Holy crap...some DAMNED nice finds there. O_O
Here's some info on the Koei PasoGo for the uninitiated:
http://nfg.2y.net/games/PasoGo/
legov8
06-26-2005, 04:11 PM
WOW, nice stuff.
The S
06-26-2005, 04:22 PM
Damn... and a friend of mine has had the Gakken TV Boy on the top of his want list forever...
Phosphor Dot Fossils
06-26-2005, 05:06 PM
Jopac! Holy cow, an Odyssey2 that speaks French! LOL
I have to admit, the two things that interest me the most out of this rather impressive haul are that LCD-looking Koei thing in the second pic, and the whole Star Chess setup. Very interesting indeed.
Twitami
06-26-2005, 05:42 PM
If anyone wants some more pics of any of them, let me know...I will put some up.
Brian
Ed Oscuro
06-26-2005, 08:07 PM
The second item is a Koei Pasogo, "fun." I mean...well, it'd be nice to have...maybe. The damn thing has more chips dedicated to driving the LCD than it does running the actual program! Don't expect to play Contra on that...looks like you might have an instant complete system there. Anyhow, heh, I'm not really knocking it; I was considering getting one myself at one time.
How is the Compact Vision?
TheRedEye
06-26-2005, 08:37 PM
If anyone wants some more pics of any of them, let me know...I will put some up.
Brian
I'd like to see some games in action.
Ed Oscuro
06-26-2005, 08:43 PM
$10 says I can do a convincing artist's rendition of the Koei console!
I'd really love to see these in action though...yeah, even the Koei one, even if you can't see the screen due to the quality.
djbeatmongrel
06-26-2005, 09:40 PM
Jopac! Holy cow, an Odyssey2 that speaks French! LOL.
bahaha, thats the quote of the day LOL
anyways nice stuff. never heard of any of it but i geuss thats part of the rarity :^P
Twitami
06-26-2005, 09:57 PM
OK, I will power them up and get some shots of them in action later tonite or tommorrow.
Twitami
06-26-2005, 10:30 PM
Here are a few of the Koei--sorry about the glare:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v686/Twitami/P1000680.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v686/Twitami/P1000679.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v686/Twitami/P1000678.jpg
Twitami
06-26-2005, 10:32 PM
The Gakken I can't get to work, think I need an older TV that I can manually fine-tune. Probably about time I got around to getting one anyway. Anyone got a deal on one?
Thanks!
Dimitri
06-26-2005, 10:40 PM
The Gakken I can't get to work, think I need an older TV that I can manually fine-tune. Probably about time I got around to getting one anyway. Anyone got a deal on one?
Thanks!
From what I hear you should be able to get a decent picture on channel 10. That's what I've read about Famicoms, at least...
Nice shots of the PasoGo...hard to believe Koei was trying to sell that while Nintendo already had the Gameboy Color out there. LOL
Alucard
06-26-2005, 11:06 PM
That is some very nice hardware! Good find and congrats!
Twitami
06-27-2005, 01:52 AM
I don't get anything on channel 10 either. Anyone have any ideas?
It has a channel 1 or 2 switch on the bottom, but I tried both on most channels.
yuppicide
06-27-2005, 02:13 PM
I've always wanted to goto Japan. I wonder if there's a lot of people who speak American or would I need to get a translator to come with me.
I don't even want to go sight-seeing. I'd just like to check out video game shops and weird food stores.
I wonder why there aren't a lot more import places that get stuff like that and sell to us.
The S
06-27-2005, 02:35 PM
Yay! A Go game!
y-bot
06-27-2005, 07:41 PM
I don't get anything on channel 10 either. Anyone have any ideas?
It has a channel 1 or 2 switch on the bottom, but I tried both on most channels.
I've had luck with Famicom, Super Cassette Vision, & Sega SG-1000 on channel 95 with the console on switch on 1 or channel 96 with the console switch on 2. However I can't get Cassette Vision or TV Vader to work on those channels. I think something about the TV signal output may have changed in 1983/1984. Are you going to sell/trade one of the Gakken consoles? If so I'm very interested.
y-bot