Mitkraft
Super Member
I'm into Vintage consoles as well. I also lean towards cartridge based systems as opposed to CD ones. I'm trying to resist the urge to "over collect" so I'm trying to limit to the few I have a connection to. Right now that's an Atari 2600, Sega Mastersystem, and a TI 99/4A computer which was my first computer and it was used quite a bit for its cartridge based games. My room and entertainment center with my setup is a bit of a disaster right now so I'll have to take a pic whenever I finally get it arranged.
Here is what I have now:
My original Atari 2600 4 switch woody that I had as as kid as well as the handful of cartridges I had BITD. Some of them are my original carts and some have been replaced with better condition copies.
A Sears (Tele-Games) Heavy Sixer as well as a full set of Heavy Sixer Paddles and driving wheels. One of these days I'm going to find a set of CX-10 joysticks with the search hex-discs but I probably won't be able to afford them when I so. Because the Tele-Games version is less common I kinda fell for it and also decided to collect other Tele-Games branded 2600 stuff. I also have the Tele-Games version of the storage center and most of the carts that were released with a Tele-Games label. These are the only carts I collect since I didn't want to get out of hand. Primarily I use a Harmony Encore flash cart to play all the 2600 games. I also have the RGB mod board that I plan to install in one of my 2600's but haven't gotten around to it yet. My previous daily driver was a light sixer that I had modded with the SVideo mod.
My Sega-Master System I inherited from my wife's younger brother. I also have an Everdrive flash cart for it and most of the accessories. I also have the FM sound mod card for it from the same guy who make the 2600 RGB mod. It hasn't been installed yet either.
For all of the other systems I'd like to play (all the Nintendos, later Atari's, Saturn etc.) my plan is to mod my original Xbox for emulation. Original NES was probably the last system I really played a lot of as a kid. I might set up one of those one day. I do have a basket-case NES I picked up at a garage sale super cheap but I have nothing but the console and haven't even tried to test it out yet. If I stumble across other 8bit systems cheap I might pick them up but usually I'll refurbish and sell them.
I have a 27" late model SD CRT TV (late enough to have an ATSC tuner) that I use for my vintage gaming. It has component video inputs so my plan is to eventually get all my systems setup for the highest resolution output each of them is capable of. The 2600 I'll mod with the RGB board, the SMS has native RGB, and the Xbox does component video native. I have an older Audio Authority RGB to component video transcoder to handle the conversion.
I also have a Sega Dreamcast for the sole purpose of playing "Typing of the Dead". My plan is to eventually hook it up in my game room so that people can play it on the big screen.
My TI 994/a setup would take me much longer to list all out. It was my first computer and my uncle worked for TI so I eventually inherited most of his setup. I have a full blown system with many add-ons. It has also been modded with the F18A VGA board so I can connect it to a nice CRT VGA monitor. I collect some of the TI carts but also recently bought the newly developed flashRom99 cart.
I've also recently acquired a Vic20 and about 15 boxed games because I couldn't pass it up. I never had a Vic20 so I might trade it for a Commodore 64 or something. I those are more computer but we did a fair ammount of cartridge based gaming on them so I thought it was worth noting.
In line with AK policies, I also plan to put a vintage stereo receiver (probably my Yamaha CR-1020) and a turntable setup in my console gaming entertainment center which would be a secondary listening space for me. Nothing would be cooler than listening to my 70's and 80's albums while console gaming!
Here is what I have now:
My original Atari 2600 4 switch woody that I had as as kid as well as the handful of cartridges I had BITD. Some of them are my original carts and some have been replaced with better condition copies.
A Sears (Tele-Games) Heavy Sixer as well as a full set of Heavy Sixer Paddles and driving wheels. One of these days I'm going to find a set of CX-10 joysticks with the search hex-discs but I probably won't be able to afford them when I so. Because the Tele-Games version is less common I kinda fell for it and also decided to collect other Tele-Games branded 2600 stuff. I also have the Tele-Games version of the storage center and most of the carts that were released with a Tele-Games label. These are the only carts I collect since I didn't want to get out of hand. Primarily I use a Harmony Encore flash cart to play all the 2600 games. I also have the RGB mod board that I plan to install in one of my 2600's but haven't gotten around to it yet. My previous daily driver was a light sixer that I had modded with the SVideo mod.
My Sega-Master System I inherited from my wife's younger brother. I also have an Everdrive flash cart for it and most of the accessories. I also have the FM sound mod card for it from the same guy who make the 2600 RGB mod. It hasn't been installed yet either.
For all of the other systems I'd like to play (all the Nintendos, later Atari's, Saturn etc.) my plan is to mod my original Xbox for emulation. Original NES was probably the last system I really played a lot of as a kid. I might set up one of those one day. I do have a basket-case NES I picked up at a garage sale super cheap but I have nothing but the console and haven't even tried to test it out yet. If I stumble across other 8bit systems cheap I might pick them up but usually I'll refurbish and sell them.
I have a 27" late model SD CRT TV (late enough to have an ATSC tuner) that I use for my vintage gaming. It has component video inputs so my plan is to eventually get all my systems setup for the highest resolution output each of them is capable of. The 2600 I'll mod with the RGB board, the SMS has native RGB, and the Xbox does component video native. I have an older Audio Authority RGB to component video transcoder to handle the conversion.
I also have a Sega Dreamcast for the sole purpose of playing "Typing of the Dead". My plan is to eventually hook it up in my game room so that people can play it on the big screen.
My TI 994/a setup would take me much longer to list all out. It was my first computer and my uncle worked for TI so I eventually inherited most of his setup. I have a full blown system with many add-ons. It has also been modded with the F18A VGA board so I can connect it to a nice CRT VGA monitor. I collect some of the TI carts but also recently bought the newly developed flashRom99 cart.
I've also recently acquired a Vic20 and about 15 boxed games because I couldn't pass it up. I never had a Vic20 so I might trade it for a Commodore 64 or something. I those are more computer but we did a fair ammount of cartridge based gaming on them so I thought it was worth noting.
In line with AK policies, I also plan to put a vintage stereo receiver (probably my Yamaha CR-1020) and a turntable setup in my console gaming entertainment center which would be a secondary listening space for me. Nothing would be cooler than listening to my 70's and 80's albums while console gaming!
