Most liked posts in thread: On the verge of selling my 1200XL...

Andy, I'm in the same sort of position as you now (and probably quite a few of us). Between funds, time and space you need to curate your collection and focus on what you really enjoy sometimes.

There are a few consoles like the SNES, NES, Pc Engine etc where I only like a couple of games. Same with Speccy and C64. For all those I tend to emulate on my pc now. Okay, it's not the same but with an authentic USB comp pro joystick or retro-bit gamepad it can get pretty close. The only thing I'm not so keen on is how pixelated some of the games display on the pc monitor. I'm thinking about getting a smaller display and using that as a second monitor to give the 'feels' better.

My original hardware now is the 800, 2x800XL, 600XL, Amiga 500 and Atari 1040STFM. All machines I owned growing up (well apart from the 800 and 600XL) so have a real connection to them. Also got a Megadrive, PS/2 and original XBOX modded. Surprisingly I have tallied up my PS2 games and have around 100 originals. Mainly racing games and retro/arcade compilations.

Two machines I would like though are a Sega Saturn as I really regret selling mine a while back because of the great arcade racers on it, and my pal has a Plus/4 in great condition but I don't have the funds for it at the moment. Again, the Plus/4 is a machine I owned when younger.

The main vice now is retro computer and console books. I've built up a nice wee collection

Think I'll have to do a photo gallery at some point, what do you think lads?

 

I was tempted for a Mini c64 but preferred the real beast instead, as for the other mini's of other consoles, I'll stick with emulation, for the machines I would like to have (Saturn & PC Engine) the emulation will do as it's not something I play on a big TV in the front room. All playing is done in my mini Bat Cave where I'm surrounded by 11 real machines (not all plugged in at same time). I'd imagine that the 1 or 2 machines coming will be it. The only machine I regret going was the Amiga 1200 with the HD and ram upgrade, was in lovely condition but didn't get the time it deserved.

 

Saturn and PC Engine are both great machines Paul, good choices. What emulators do you use for them?
I have Mednafen (Saturn) and Turbo Engine. Just started playing around with BlueMSX today which plays a mean game of Arkanoid

 

Yay, pics are always welcome, well except from me, my desk is such a mess it would put people off. Anyone with a tidiness OCD tick would freak out at my desk

Odd, my office desk was the picture of efficiency, all in proper place and in and out trays most empty, my own desk here, a nightmare..

I have bits of computers, flash drives, soldering stuff, external HD's and just about everything else in a horrible mess across the desk..

Only just room for the often needed mug of tea

 

Thanks for the extra details on the modern version of the C-64 you treated yourself to, Daz. A lovely looking set-up which ticks lots of boxes for you Commodorians. Yes, finances an awful lot brighter now with the sales of the x2 Orics and the 1200XL. The money has plugged all the gaps in the repayments and my overdraft. Without these sales I would have been in serious trouble. Once more, thank you so much for your help and that of the other guys on here - everyone's been seriously helpful and I shan't forget the support received. (A little something winging its way over to Monterotondo and of course Pregassona-Lugano). Check those letterboxes, lads...

 

Wow, what an awful set of days, poor Matt, just terrible for him, me with my car and now you need to flog your beloved gear...

Not good all around..

And after hearing what the car is going to cost I'm afraid I won't be a taker or making offers Andy but you'll get the money from Ebay, 1200's are rare on there in this country and I'm sure the others will be snapped up..

 

Yeah, it sounds like Matt especially is having an absolutely heart-breaking and awful time, mate. You've got your shit with the car and idiots with the hammer and I've run into a stack of bills in the run up to Christmas (car insurance, VISA, overdue utility bills and basically overspent after our Norfolk hols with the expensive festive season looming). My worries though are nowt compared to Matt's heartache.

 

I truly am heartbroken for the fella, just something I dread, like you and him, our animals are family. Speaking of which with more bad news, Cindy went to see her mum and she's found that her mum has big lumps across her stomach that she kept quiet about and she's a bugger to get to go to the doctors, we have to fear the worst.

Oh and some shit punctured my replaced front wheel the day I took it to the garage..Brand new tyre..

Sorry to hear about the bills, debt is a bastard....Hope you get all the cash you need and the strain is lifted...

Such a shitty week for us all, sending a virtual man hug to Matt....Poor bloke.. The same hug for all of us

 

Ow much

 

Hi, Daz.

Is that one of those "mini" C-64s? It seems to have a "full size" keyboatd though...and 64 games on-board for the VIC-20 and C-64 - I get confused with the multitude of 'clones' and 'hybrids' and heaven only knows what else gets launched these days - it's not the original hardware, I take it?

It looks the biz all the same and clearly you've earned a treat or two so why the hell not, eh?

Both Orics have gone and I'm pleased to say the Atmos stayed close and went to a chap just 3-4 miles away (Shaun) who every now and again gets in touch and once supplied Paul with an X-Box full of games, I believe. He has an amazing man cave which fills his entire attic - inside there are at least half a dozen C-64s, a couple of VIC-20s (he started off with a VIC), a C-16 and a Plus 4; again, half a dozen or more Spectrums, plus: ZX81, Dragon (boxed), A1200, A600. He did have a TRS80 - he still might and in addition he has lots of Gameboys, a Philips Videopac, a Colecovision, Atari 2600, Amstrad GX(7000?), an Intellivision and ... now an ATMOS!

The Oric-1 sold to someone elsewhere in UK who was naturally a retro fan so all in all I have done tremendously well and still have the majority of my collection intact.

Thanks again, Daz, for all your very significant help and support and enjoy that Black Friday bargain, mate.

 

Hmm, I'll give that a look. Thanks Paul

 

Photo gallery and photo shoot away, Al - I always lurve to view members' collections to see the "lurve" you guys clearly have for your beauties and as they say - a picture says a thousand words... ;-)