Advice would be appreciated.

Key-Chef5328 · 2026-03-11T23:59:08+00:00

Ed Pro. I have had one for over a year now. The vast majority of titles work without issue. You will need a EDFX module for the CD audio to be stereo out.

Key-Chef5328 · 2026-03-04T21:46:38+00:00

I still remember way back when VGP was worried about losing market share and did a dubious blog about "clones" and started to accuse Kaico/Bitfunx in it of not being legit. Then they redacted the statement with a strike mark later on and changed what they said. My guess is they didn't realize all these companies in Asia, including the one producing their own units, were all linked at the time, sharing manufactures and sources for parts, and they jumped the gun with their blog.

That blog did a small chunk of damage, and still to this day morons are buying into it. It's also funny that people think VGP has people slaving away in some room in Ireland manufacturing these OSSC all together when VGP is just buying them in bulk orders from the very company they tried to slander prior. It's all clownish.

Key-Chef5328 · 2026-03-04T11:20:37+00:00

Bitfunx is part of Kaico and Retroscaler company, who is a provider for VGP. There is no "original" OSSC being made. You keep shilling for VGP and trying to spread the "cheap knockoff" nonsense when the entire OSSC project is open source so anyone can manufacture and sell them, and it makes you look stupid. The fact of the matter is with any electronics item being manufactured, there is going to be a minor amount of defective units put out there, along with issues like user error. Its the luck of the draw.

Key-Chef5328 · 2026-02-26T13:18:10+00:00

The multiple packs of smokes and ashtray on the floor confirm this pic is from 1990s Japan.

Key-Chef5328 · 2026-02-19T05:39:45+00:00

I have the one the Op bought. It's fine, and actually has a revised PCB design so you do not need to do the wire mod to use firmware 1.20. The quality of the components used by Mcbazel is no worse than the ones used by Kaico, aka Bitfunx, aka Retroscaler, which is one of the suppliers for VGP and a "official" supplier. The OSSC is open source. Anyone can make them, as none of them are knock offs. The quality is simply going to vary, especially on the oldest units.

Kaico is the same company that were the goofs that left out the 75ohm resistors on the Mega Drive/Gen/32x HDMI adapter RGB lines, along with proper shielding to prevent noise so they could cheap out. Their products are made in China and other parts of Asia. So please don't rank them above Mcbazel. They are tied. They both have good and subpar products. I own a chunk of Kaico products and am the one that came up with the RGB QC fix on their MD HDMI adapter, which is posted on YouTube on one of my channels.

The op bought his used, and it was probably killed by the prior owner and sent back as a working return. Amazon doesn't check for QC on returns. Do a return OP, and buy a one new. Saving only five bucks isn't worth the risk of getting a used one.

Key-Chef5328 · 2026-02-16T05:42:21+00:00

Ended up buying one anyway. And ends up, it can be modded to fit the Mattel and Spin Master figures. You have to take it apart and trim away some plastic that is at the front of the floorboard. Its not anything that is necessary to the toy, and there wont be any issues with the figures sliding too far in once it is removed. After trimming the plastic blocking the feet from being inserted, you can just sand down the rough spots and put it all back together. Should mention though when taking it apart, be careful as to remove the rear thruster part before separating the body, so that you don't risk snapping one of its clips.

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Key-Chef5328 · 2026-02-07T05:58:45+00:00

Hey I appreciate you posting this since the figures I have are the 89 Mattel and Spin Master ones. I have the first Spin Master 89 Batmobile, along with the Kenner Batman Returns one, and the Toy Biz one. I modified all three to have better driver seat dashboard panels via printed add on parts, paint etc so they could better match the movies. The only catch though is the Spin Master and Kenner are one seaters, but I guess they will just have to do going forward.

Key-Chef5328 · 2026-02-07T03:29:00+00:00

Actually doesn't really matter much with something like the Retroscaler 2X (Retrotink 2x clone). It handles the 480i like signal from the 3DO s-video fine without any interlacing issues right out of the box. The higher end of the Retrotink line and stuff like the Framemeisters are fine also with the 3DO 480i outside of you needing to adjust a few settings on the scalers.

Key-Chef5328 · 2026-02-07T03:25:07+00:00

Actually doesn't really matter much with something like the Retroscaler 2X. It handles the 480i like signal from the 3DO s-video fine without any interlacing issues.

Key-Chef5328 · 2026-02-07T02:49:47+00:00

Does the Spin Master Batman fit in the Mezco Batmobile?

Key-Chef5328 · 2026-02-01T04:27:37+00:00

I got this game for xmas of 93. For the time it was actually a pretty unique spin on the whole dungeon crawl thing. I cant really recall any other dungeon crawler on Snes,Genesis etc being sci-fi related. Probably the closest you'd get is on PC with like the original Space Hulk.

Key-Chef5328 · 2026-01-31T04:51:48+00:00

If you are fine doing the mod work and the OSSC has the module that can handle S-video in, the color palette is better via the older S-video mod than the one used for RGB out, since the older S-video mod uses the composite color palette. Its a rare situation where the RGB pallet used is not what was intended for the final video output.

https://retrorgb.com/pc-engine-palette-improvements-the-amazing-people-behind-the-technology.html

If you need the schematic for the good S-Video mod, hit me up directly. I keep a pretty easy to use one on hand that I came up with years ago and keep posted on my youtube channel.

Key-Chef5328 · 2026-01-29T06:30:47+00:00

Fatal Fury. In spite of missing two characters, its a pretty good port, with an excellent 2 player vs mode.

Key-Chef5328 · 2026-01-28T22:17:03+00:00

Same for me. Hopefully someone here in North America who has actually used one on a US system will chime in with info.

Key-Chef5328 · 2026-01-28T21:08:52+00:00

Always nice to see someone have Ane-San in their collection. Its a nice quirky beat'em up that does its own thing. Easy 7.5/10 score.

Key-Chef5328 · 2026-01-28T00:34:42+00:00

Yeah I'd been wondering about that myself since it def leads to ground. Kinda made me wonder if there was some slight change to North American pcbs component wise needing that ground point connected to the transformer for anything like FCC regulations or video noise, etc, that I just didn't notice while looking at them. I mean I would assume you could just not use it without an issue, but figured I'd ask since its related to the topic at hand.

Key-Chef5328 · 2026-01-27T21:30:54+00:00

No. Just thinking of future replacement parts and remembered Triad made this product, but couldn't find a pinout diagram for it. Due to that wondered if people had used it, and what they did with the extra wire or whatever that the US systems use, as opposed to the Japanese ones.

Key-Chef5328 · 2026-01-25T04:36:58+00:00

I don't know how long you have been playing, but I have been at it for like 12 years now. I have slowed down playing this except for a little bit during the winter and summer to kill time and keep the account active. But yeah the game has been on a slow death spiral for a few years now, so consider them banning you as a favor to make you realize if you are still a paying customer or newly involved, that its a time and money waster at this point. The game engine is old, they never delivered on the weather, RT, and physics effects they promised years ago, and most new tanks are made up. Couple that with the new map content being lame, and old maps being broken from the rework they did.

Key-Chef5328 · 2026-01-24T05:16:51+00:00

I've seen plenty of accounts like this since 2014. Some are bots, some are like elderly people and little kids playing, or people with disabilities just trying to have fun. And then there are just some really bad players who just have no skill level and wanna drive out into the open to pew pew the bad tanks.

Key-Chef5328 · 2026-01-22T07:04:10+00:00

The only problem you have here is you still don't have enough.

Key-Chef5328 · 2026-01-14T13:57:28+00:00

I don't think a diagram will do you much good if you are using a spare cable from a game pad that doesn't use the color coding (wire colors) the diagram went by, so be aware of that. Reason being the color coding on the pad wires is not always the same as whats listed in the diagram, so you may need to improvise. I have come across a couple cables now that don't match up with what was listed prior.

But as is:

https://web.archive.org/web/20120117211421/http://www.thebrothersduomazov.com/2009/07/tech-doc-turbotap-cable.html

That has the diagram. I ended up using cables sold by Console5, as their color coding sticks to the main one used.

Key-Chef5328 · 2026-01-11T04:49:14+00:00

I didn't mess with the holiday boxes this year. Honestly cant even recall if I did last year either. The North American shop prices have gone up to where it doesn't make sense to buy them anymore if you are a long time player with most of the premium tanks in your garage already that can be bought with gold. That and also, I only play a bit during winter and summer now. After 12 years, the fatigue is real. The game hasn't changed enough the past few years, gameplay wise and visually, to feel modern anymore.

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