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Thread: Like the RetroDuo, should there be a TurboGrafx clone?

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    I'm sure it must be possible to make a homebrew Super NES pac for the LaserActive? Surely it'd be a case of working out which pins on the universal connector are for power and A/V and modding a SNES2 as the PCB is nice and small.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jorpho View Post
    Ever heard of the Pioneer LaserActive?
    You mean the laserdisc player that took *official* PC-Engine and Megadrive slide in modules?

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    I find it funny that people are asking for SMS clones, considering the system is still being manufactured and sold... in Brazil. And aren't there several SMS clone systems sold in the US? I remember seeing a few that had built-in SMS games.

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    The thing is, SMS consoles still work nowadays. NES units rarely do. So, there's a good reason for Famicom/NES clones to exist nowadays, because of all those people pulling their games out of their attics and closets but not having a working machine to play them on. It's not all that difficult to locate SMS consoles and games, and they're usually functional. To get a working NES in the wild, you have to track down a top loader.

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    "Like the RetroDuo, should there be a TurboGrafx clone?"

    No. Absolutely not. Nobody has the right to play god like that STAY AWAY FROM MY SYSTEMS GODDAMNIT.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve W View Post
    The thing is, SMS consoles still work nowadays. NES units rarely do. So, there's a good reason for Famicom/NES clones to exist nowadays, because of all those people pulling their games out of their attics and closets but not having a working machine to play them on. It's not all that difficult to locate SMS consoles and games, and they're usually functional. To get a working NES in the wild, you have to track down a top loader.
    I don't think that you have to get a Top Loader. Most of the time, a toaster only needs a new 72-pin connector. Using the original hardware beats any clones.
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    I don't think these are clones, but I saw them in Akihabara for under $20.


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    wow, those are pretty nice for $20. are finds like that common?

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    It's Japan, the native land of PC Engine, where they were pretty damn popular. Not so much of a find, but a relatively common occurrence.
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    Yeah, there were stacks and stacks of them. If I was coming back to the US, I would have loaded up on them and resold them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve W View Post
    The thing is, SMS consoles still work nowadays. NES units rarely do. So, there's a good reason for Famicom/NES clones to exist nowadays, because of all those people pulling their games out of their attics and closets but not having a working machine to play them on. It's not all that difficult to locate SMS consoles and games, and they're usually functional. To get a working NES in the wild, you have to track down a top loader.
    I've never found an nes that i HAVEN'T been able to get working. most people just dont have the balls to deal with a blinking screen so they toss it out assuming its broken. Just like people toss out their computers once a year when they get filled up with malware. To be fair i did get rid of a car once because it ran out of gas lol.
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