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Post by ash888 on Sept 7, 2017 1:20:44 GMT 2
Hello everyone! I have recently come in possesion of a game called Nostradamus no Daiyogen. I have some questions regarding this product. For reference there is one being sold on Ebay here: www.ebay.com/itm/LSI-Nostradamus-no-Daiyogen-Bandai-Japan-/231497926895So here's my questions: - Does this count as a Game & Watch? - Does any of you know anything about it? I haven't been able to find any information regarding this product (Besides the one seller on Ebay), so i was wondering if this could be a really rare one. - Would any of you be interested in buying it at a fair price (That won't be near the one on Ebay) Mine is CIB though not in quite as good shape as the one on Ebay. Best regards, Oliver Hi Oliver and welcome to the forum. I have heard of the Nostradamus game. It was produced by Bandai in the early 1980s, and is considered a "phantom game" by some collectors, since it was produced in very low quantities compared to other games in the Bandai Electronics handheld series. Since it was not produced by Nintendo as part of their Game & Watch series, it is not considered a part of that. Also, I have found that mainly Japanese collectors get excited about this game, because it was only released there as far as I know. How did you end up with it? - Ash
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Post by ash888 on Sept 3, 2017 19:03:24 GMT 2
It's finally time to share the pictures just made half an hour ago. These are the first pictures of this Unit, no one saw it before. It was a lot of work, and I am really happy Nes m82 refurbished & fixed rare demo Unit; Overall description and all work performed: - Unique custom Nes m82 demo Unit - All work professionally done, this Unit offers now many things: - Special and professionally paintwork red cover (car finish), makes a perfect „Nintendo“ look & feel (my „design“, I like it very much) - Power Supply Unit is refurbished (all the old weak electrolyte Caps were replaced, as they dry out and break the PSU and maybe other parts!) - All the rusty screws outside were replaced, now it’s easy to open in case of maintenance (the old screws were black square shaped), - The new screws make it a great look on the Unit, however they have the same look on color & dimension - Special neoprene washers on the screws which are fixing the cover, in order to protect the paintwork - Inner pcb clean-up with special Contact WL spray - Inner pcb screws changed against new ones in the same shape & look, there were also missing screws, now there are all present again - Rare and original Nes controllers, fits very well to this unit - Repaired rotary switch timer function. Now all timers work again, the new switch is also an original ITT Jeanrenaud rotary switch (with more positions) - Slot 9 has the IRQ fix for games such as Super Mario Bros 3 which normallly don’t run properly on the unit due to the CIC protection chip - Special high quality video cable „Vandame“ with red color for Audio and Yellow for Video signal, impedance is 75Ohms, prevents false cableing and electrical reflection, gives also a nice look - Last but not least, 12 of the best NES games ever (okay this may differ from your opinion ) just SMB3 is missing because I am currently playing Metriod on Slot 9 ☺ - Unit is again 100% working (all timers, all slots etc) hope you like it Wow! It looks greeeat! You did an awesome job on that. Why is there a CIC protection chip to stop people from playing certain games?
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Post by ash888 on Jul 24, 2017 1:32:46 GMT 2
many thanks for the link & your research on the US m8, very very nice, the 2nd one is also in great shape love it, maybe my next unit cool, again thx Ash as for your Cabinet CRT; As long as all is a while switched off and you do not touch blank areas (solder pads, blank wires, cap pads, transformer,....,) you should be "safe", however there is always a certain risk... (I am always for the safer path ) maybe you could do this; look for a lokal dealer on hifi & TV, he can give better advice as I can from remote, or see in some online boards for step by step manuals/advice, maybe even on youtube Apparently the second one was restored and repainted. I think it looks great too. Thanks for the advice on that. I also know a local electrician who might be interested in looking at it.
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Post by ash888 on Jul 22, 2017 23:29:49 GMT 2
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Post by ash888 on Jul 22, 2017 23:27:36 GMT 2
I have a Mario Bros. arcade cabinet that worked fine for awhile but the screen started to get weird. I was told it needs a new cap kit, but I didn't have the time or motivation to put it in. Also, I heard you need to discharge the monitor before poking around in there or you can get shocked. Eventually I'd like to tear out all the old hardware and make it into an awesome MAME cabinet. man, your cabinet is so great ! Love it, I am also looking for one, just missed one on ebay from Austria ok, so transformer/Caps of the CRT are bigger (output voltage for the tube/Capacity) and so also more dangerous than the once in the m82! So yes, please do not touch anywhere if you are not familiar, the reason is, that the old tube screens needs high voltage to build up the "picture-lines". The caps can be charged for a long time ! So be sure, to discharge everytime you do repair/maintenance, otherswise do not manipulate. I used to work a lot with high voltage, but at home I have huge respect for that! Your idea is good, there are flat screens especially for Arcarde cabinets which can "simulate" the picture as a CRT (not as good as a CRT, but close enough to get happy with). Old CRT's can sometimes also take fire if they don't operate properly anymore, my old CRT (Bang & Olufson is always turned off the 220 plug if I don't play) with the m82 you have "only" to handle 220VAC, otherwise there is no danger inside the m82 I just got shocked one or twice, was clearly my fault, touched by mistake the PSU when I did some measurements on the main pcb for the rotary switch fix Yeah, as much as I love the original hardware, I'm thinking it would be better to convert it into a MAME cabinet for multiple reasons. I'm not familiar with discharging old monitors so I think I'll take your advice and pass. But to remove the hardware, isn't there still a shock risk? So 220v is used in Europe? Here we use 120v for the most part but sometimes 220v. In Japan they use 100v.
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Post by ash888 on Jul 22, 2017 1:30:04 GMT 2
here first a picture of the power supply - it worth to mention the PSU, as the big electrolyte Caps were already replaced, you have to do that to avoid that they dry out and blow up - also the PSU is well designed, it runs on either 110VAC @60hz & 220VAC @50hz, just be sure you put the plug right !!!! As mine came from France, it was set right I have a Mario Bros. arcade cabinet that worked fine for awhile but the screen started to get weird. I was told it needs a new cap kit, but I didn't have the time or motivation to put it in. Also, I heard you need to discharge the monitor before poking around in there or you can get shocked. Eventually I'd like to tear out all the old hardware and make it into an awesome MAME cabinet.
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Post by ash888 on Jul 22, 2017 1:24:36 GMT 2
there are a few points to mention on the "price" - NES m82 are always expensive, you get them only for a low price, if the seller does not know what he has in his hands - mine came from a very friendly collector from France (thanks buddy if you see this ) - Even more broken, partly working m82 are still very pricy, due to it's rarity on original spare parts, and you can fix them with not original pieces if needed - e.g. power supply, or video Amp, cables, even the CPU - Always look on what works and what is broken, I was confident that I can handle those issues - but yes a ceratin discount was there if I compare it to the full working units (with all games inside & accessories) on eBay which goes - 2000 to 3000 bugs and sometimes more. The better the units condition the higher the price, just as G&W - I was lucky as the mechanical parts such as the front acryl, all inner slot modules, inner backplane, and outer plastic front side, were in preety good shape - those parts can not be easily replaced, they are Nintendo m82 unique! - in fact I did not yet a full calculation on all I bought to fix the unit (tools, spare parts, color painting, controllers, cables,....) - I will do that to see were I will land, I just won't count my personal working hours, only the investment itself and material cost to fix all Looks like there are a few on eBay between 3500 and 7000 usd. Is the m8 different than the m82?
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Post by ash888 on Jul 20, 2017 7:16:42 GMT 2
The unit itself were running with some issues on electrical side, but also mechanical parts were broken or missing I had also first to get some tools (solder station, multimeter). - Rotary timer switch was always on max. timer (128min), moving position to the other timer settings was no more possible and functional (30sec, 3min, 6min, only 128min) - Screws were missing, broken or rusty, this on inner and outer side, I saw that some screws will be a big challenge to take them out of the pcb & housing - housing was hardly scratched (I knew I want to do something on the look & feel!), I wanted my "own" special NES m82 unit - not all games were/are running (that's not a defect, CIC chip protection from Nintendo), I wanted from the beginning to make the IRQ fix, but how?! - very dirty components on the inner pcb & slot modules - the Caps on the main power supply were already replaced, which was very good news! If they blow up, then the unit gets serious troubles! - and then some small issues here and there, don't remember everything, but I spent all in all so many hours of work cheers, gameandwatch That's a lot of issues. I hope you found it for a good price.
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Post by ash888 on Jul 17, 2017 23:43:18 GMT 2
Hi guys Last year I bought a rare NES m82 (12 module demo unit in stores) which I had to refurbish and do also some repair, and my own "design". It was a long time project, as I had only short time slots to spend on it, and also the research for the spare parts, data sheets etc. was always challenging I have now some know how and can maybe give a hand to someone which needs advice (no guarantee, but I will give a try for your issues..) I am very near to finish the Project X (details are missing, in the next few weeks it's done!) My question, is someone interested in the pics, tips and hints, and want's to see the complete finished m82 unit? If yes, I will do the effort of wrtitting the posts and also taking pictures, if not then for sure I will not spend my time on that let me know folks cheers, gameandwatch I would love to see some before and after pics! Always thought the m82 was really cool.
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Post by ash888 on Jul 11, 2017 1:40:33 GMT 2
Just wanted to inform members of the forum and guests that, just about a week ago, Photobucket decided to stop allowing third party hosting of photos for free. Because of this, all photos on this site posted through Photobucket have been deleted.I have posted hundreds of photos on this site of rare items and other treasures, but Photobucket wants $400 a year to restore them. If anyone knows of an alternate site that provides free or cheap third party hosting, please let us know.
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Post by ash888 on May 17, 2017 4:34:59 GMT 2
Hello and welcome. That is not a very common issue and I would definitely complain to the seller about it, considering you wanted one in mint condition. Perhaps he will consider a partial or full refund.
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Post by ash888 on Apr 28, 2017 22:19:53 GMT 2
Hey guys, long time no see! I hope everyone is well! Although I'm not very involved in g&w collecting these days, I've still got about 40 loose games in my collection and this number will probably increase in the next few months. While doing that I'm selling my really rare items to make room for loose ones. So, I'm selling my boxed white spitball sparky. Take a look: www.ebay.com/itm/162483550193?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1586.l2649Let me know if you have any questions! Michael Thanks for dropping by, Mike! It's great to hear from you again. Congratulations on the nice ending price for that albino spitball.
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Post by ash888 on Apr 3, 2017 11:46:11 GMT 2
Anyone have this watch? I'd be interested in buying or trading for it, in any condition just as long as it works.
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Post by ash888 on Mar 25, 2017 20:19:09 GMT 2
Hi, 2 news arrivals, j.i21 to try the double full-set : Lifeboat and manhole nws Very nice Fred! I'd say Rain Shower, Life Boat, and Manhole are among the most difficult j.i21s to find. Which do you think is the most rare?
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Post by ash888 on Feb 11, 2017 22:55:55 GMT 2
Nice one!
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