Post everytime you get ANYTHING retro. We want to know (^v^)

[anephric]

^ The potentiometer might just need twiddling. It's dead simple. Google it.

[S3M]

Been a while since I posted in here, but just picked myself up a mint copy of the PAL version of Ranger X on the MD.

Quite a nice find seeing as I wasn't expecting to find anything, guess today's turned out to be a bit lucky.

[Yakumo]

This came today:

THat's a very nice find there ! How much did it set you back? Does the reset button work or are the rumors true that it's not actually connected to anything? Also what region games does it play? I heard it was NTSC-J?

Yakumo

[usman]

THat's a very nice find there ! How much did it set you back? Does the reset button work or are the rumors true that it's not actually connected to anything? Also what region games does it play? I heard it was NTSC-J?

Yakumo

Thanks Yakumo. It only cost me about $142 (+$28 shippping) so not altogether a bad deal, to me, anyways. It really is a beautiful machine.

This one differs from the ones used for the article by that fellow - forget his name/site - in a number of ways. The rest button does work. It does play NTSC-J games, not other regions.

Very strangely enough however this one has a North American bios. It boots up just like a US/Canadian Saturn. Yet it plays NTSC-J softs. It also somehow escaped the removal of its Japanese language option - it's still there, intact.

Very strange beast! Beautiful nonetheless. Soothes the pain somewhat I still carry from missing out on that Samsung PiCO a few years back....

[On The Edge of Insanity]

The Samsung Saturn was a Korean model I believe, hence the English language on startup.

[SharkSkin-Man]

But don't Korean people speak...Korean?

[kernow]

Samsung have made a lot of Korean consoles, even the VIC-A neogeo home system.

And wierd as it is, the games are in english for that too, they are US carts as such

Last Soldier (last blade)
Salubai Spirits (sam spirits)

[usman]

The Samsung Saturn was a Korean model I believe, hence the English language on startup.

Well yes of course it was a Korean model; SEGA's consoles such as the MD, PiCO, GG, et al all had to be branded and sold by a Korean company; hence the Samsung branding on everything from consoles to NiGHTS multi-controllers and MD cartridges.

IIRC Nintendo went with Hyundai.

In any case the English boot-up has no relevance to it being a Korean model or vice-versa. Same goes with the North American bios, which still plays NTSC-J softs.

The point being made was actually tha unlike the other documented Samsung Korean Saturns, this one did NOT have its Japanese language option removed due to anti-Japanese laws of sorts from back then. And that despite the US boot up screen it plays JP softs. Seems strange that they wouldn't just go with the JP boot up screen.

[aubtin]

Courtesy of anagrama



Also that's a lovely Samsung Saturn id-republix.

[usman]

Thanks aubtin.


Nice purchase! I love those chunky old skool SEGA carts. I really need toget started on collecting pre 8-bit SEGA history already. The only such item I have is the Card Catcher for the Mark III.

[dvdmike]

My local GS just had a Multimega turn up in their window ! I have never seen one in the flesh its unboxed but looks in great shape, I hear they are rare but are they ?134 type rare ?

[kernow]

My neo home stuff over the last 6 months or so

[Tirian]

My local GS just had a Multimega turn up in their window ! I have never seen one in the flesh its unboxed but looks in great shape, I hear they are rare but are they ?134 type rare ?

Boxed & mint with all the inserts: perhaps
Loose: no

About ?70 should be the max for a loose Multimega, and you might to be able to pick one up for less if you scout around for a while.

[MonkeyJuggleDX]

My neo home stuff over the last 6 months or so

No Fatal Fury 3 so you lose at life.

[kernow]

oh there will be, when I find a decent one.