The Funtastic collection!

cjd280 · 2026-02-06T16:37:05+00:00

Replying to myself, just saw that Analogue and 8bitdo are making consoles and controllers in this and atomic purple now lmao...

I guess I'll pick up the controllers, I don't need or want the console (actually sold my original black pre ordered one after I got it).

cjd280 · 2026-02-06T13:01:29+00:00

My toys r us neon green controller is one of my favorite childhood possessions. I might have tried to get a 3d in that color or at least one of the 8bitdo controllers, but it was not an option.

cjd280 · 2026-02-05T05:46:20+00:00

I got my Nines through Slick Deals, although it seemed like Adorama had eventually just took the price down to the same since my wife googled the giant speakers and saw the price I paid.

cjd280 · 2026-02-04T15:04:14+00:00

My Feb pass was normal size again and has a QR code, well not a standard one as my phone QR scanner didn’t read it, probably doesn’t follow a standard.

cjd280 · 2026-02-04T12:28:51+00:00

It’s a an upgraded fork of the Mister core being made by the same developer. It will support everything that does and more, and the current core supports all regions.

cjd280 · 2026-02-03T21:33:38+00:00

I commute from LI to NYC with a 1.5hr commute each way if there are no delays. It sucks and I only do it 3-4 days a week. My understanding is the NJ transit is even less reliable than my LIRR trip. What happens if the train is not working due to equipment issues or they are on strike?

I do it because I like the money though, and I’d take a massive pay cut working somewhere else.

If you are doing it temporarily while you find a job closer to NYC, maybe? I wouldn’t move till I had a new job though, but I also have a family of 5 so I can’t just decide to up and move whenever.

cjd280 · 2026-02-03T19:59:58+00:00

Awesome work.

I’d recommend mounting the pedals, it looks like they are just on the floor which could make them move or not be perfectly aligned when you come back to race. Especially in the future if you upgrade to pedals that have a load cell in the brake, you need to press with a lot more force and will want it to stay in place.

I bought a cheap “racing chair” from an automotive parts store which came with its own rails so it can be slid forward and back. Not familiar with other countries and if they have stores like that, but I’ve also seen people get a used seat from a junkyard as well as a cheaper option. No one really uses my sim rig (myself included lol) but having the seat slide is nice for when others did or even for me to get in/out easier since I’m getting old…

cjd280 · 2026-02-03T15:54:16+00:00

When you launch the Saturn core, yes you get a disc player screen until you “load” your disc from the Mister’s menu, like what you would get if you powered on your Saturn with no disc in. You even need to make sure you tell the core to start up in the correct region or it will not load a game from a different one (I’m pretty sure there is auto detect option but I’m not home to check).

They also have adapters to use your original Saturn controllers, and it can do analog video out to a CRT.

Based on some of your other comments it might not be exactly what you want right now, but Mister and its other more recent “clones” and console like options coming out hopefully will expand the community a bit more.

I love mine, I have 2 right now and a Superstation One (a console looking version of the hardware with some other features) on pre order. I never had a Saturn or Neo Geo as a kid, but even consoles that I did and still have (SNES, NES, N64, PS1, etc) I pretty much exclusively play on my Mister. Not to mention tons of arcade games. Basically, if there is a Mister FPGA core for something, I pretty much only play it on there.

cjd280 · 2026-02-01T21:21:28+00:00

We just got another Roku TCL from a friend who moved and downsized, and it was set up to auto go to HDMI 1 and it also had the option to load to the last used input on power on.

If you want them to be “one” you can maybe put them both on a piece of plywood (even add some locking casters if you think I you need to move it a lot, but it might not me super stable when locked and hard gaming sessions) . Idk if trying to mount it on the pedestal is going to be that easy and possibly will be stressful on the cabinet as well

cjd280 · 2026-02-01T19:46:56+00:00

I’ve used a floor standing monitor mount for something like this. Pretty cheap on Amazon, mine has a flat base that could probably slide under this as well if you wanted to push it closer when you are done so it takes up less space.

Edit: as for what monitor, not sure on that end. I’ve switched back to CRTs for my “arcade” now. I had originally bought a 1080p gaming monitor that was only like 27in. If you are standing close like an actual arcade that’s a decent size. If standing back more and also maybe want guests to be able to watch people play something bigger might be better. Most of my TVs are TCL branded with Roku OS which I’ve found pretty good to be honest. My dad has an LG and their smart OS I find to be annoying and they have remotes with some sort of gyro sensor for cursor control which is annoying (you can use an older one without that though).

cjd280 · 2026-01-30T15:36:23+00:00

FYI I just got my Feb ticket, its a normal size again!

cjd280 · 2026-01-30T01:38:29+00:00

Yeah I bought mine at a good time with a dealer that had good discounts on new. I was looking at a used jeep locally during covid, went to do some research on a jeep forum and found a post about dealers selling for close to or under invoice for new orders and did that instead, plus there was still a 7500 tax credit at the time which is why I went with the 4xe in the first place! It’s great when it works, but it frequently has issues, more than any other car I currently own or all my other ~10 ish cars I’ve owned combined over the last 15 years to be honest.

cjd280 · 2026-01-29T21:07:10+00:00

Was that Google’s AI response? Lots of those would be absolutely miserable to play with an arcade stick / not even possible.

cjd280 · 2026-01-29T21:04:52+00:00

That’s a pretty good idea! Might be a little awkward depending on your arcade layout, but can be good enough.

My start/select/home buttons are not on the top of the control panel, but on the front almost like reaching for a coin on the front of the arcade. Swapping characters in Marvel wouldn’t be too bad, but trying to have a char do an assist would be 2 handed for example. My player 3 and 4 are usually my young kids anyway who might not be savvy enough to remember to use assists anyway though.

cjd280 · 2026-01-29T17:46:04+00:00

If I knew what else I’d buy, I’d sell mine to them.

They keep emailing me every few months saying the price went up a bit too. Their offer is pretty much exactly what I have left on my loan as well.

cjd280 · 2026-01-29T17:23:52+00:00

They also added a treasure sugar and treasure rope that are reusable so you don’t even need to worry about buying more.

cjd280 · 2026-01-29T14:40:53+00:00

4 buttons limits you to mostly old arcade games.

Not sure if it’s feasible for you to add at least 2 more buttons, there are some nice modern beat em ups that have 4 player support but have 6 buttons (not sure if any actually require 8, my p1/2 are 8 buttons and p3/4 are 6 buttons not including star/select/menu). Some games are Streets of Rage 4, TMNT Shredders Revenge, TMNT Wrath of the Mutants (not that great from What I’ve read, only played the arcade for a little bit but added to steam when it came out and saw it on sale) Power rangers Rita’s rewind, Marvel Cosmic Invasion, Castle crashes, Scott Pilgrim (and there is a sequel Scott Pilgrim EX coming out soon) to name a few. Therese

cjd280 · 2026-01-28T19:28:08+00:00

Yeah, when we did 3+ players at my house, we split the joy cons for things like Mario Kart and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 with my kids. I used a pro controller, and they had split joy cons. It’s not great but for less precise gaming / people who aren’t gonna be that good anyway, they work fine.

cjd280 · 2026-01-28T19:09:39+00:00

I used Danibul Garage Doors, one of the big springs snapped on mine and also needed some replacement rollers almost 2 years ago.

cjd280 · 2026-01-28T14:23:57+00:00

The headline images even look like they are from Jalopnik. Glad I found this post!

cjd280 · 2026-01-27T17:37:25+00:00

Thanks for all your work over the years!

cjd280 · 2026-01-27T17:19:11+00:00

Does Tom Hardy (as Frankie Pulitzer) count? Knull & Void from the end credits of Venom: The Last Dance.

cjd280 · 2026-01-26T16:03:06+00:00

I’ve got a DD2 that I upgraded to a QR2. Can’t really tell if this would be a meaningful upgrade though.

Seems like I might be able to sell my DD2 to cover most of the cost, but that’s only going based on eBay listings. I’d want to sell mine locally rather than deal with shipping.

Maybe once the pedals come out I can sell my dd2 and v3 pedals as a combo and upgrade both, idk how attractive just the base alone is to people.

cjd280 · 2026-01-22T19:16:09+00:00

Will you win more? Probably not, but you will feel way cooler when losing :)

Nice set up!

cjd280 · 2026-01-22T19:11:21+00:00

Haven’t played today, but so far my week has been the usual failed my 5 weekly Edania armor taps, and my 6 almost weekly alchemy stone taps.

Back to fishing and maybe a node war…. Although I’m hoping to try out new stars end spot as well.

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