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December 2016 Pickups.
Ektophase:
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--- Quote from: Too Beaucoup on December 14, 2016, 03:42:10 AM ---What a steal on that Turbo! I've been wanting to grab one off Ebay for a while, but the bad capacitor issue has made me hesitant. Anyone who has a unit which has been re-capped is always asking some insane amount of money for it. But, I don't want to buy one that isn't re-capped because then I'll just have to pay someone to do it anyway, as it's not a task I feel comfortable undertaking.
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Just to clarify the standard TurboGrafx 16 units don't have capacitor issues.
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Is that so? I hadn't heard that. What's the difference between the units? I know next to nothing about TurboGrafx.
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I'm not aware of any Hu Card only systems that have cap issues. That would include PC Engine, CoreGrafx, CoreGrafx II, TurboGrafx-16 and SuperGrafx.
It's just the Duo and Super CD ROM systems. And even then, only the earlier ones. The Duo R is much more reliable.
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Yup only the CD systems and the Express handheld need the caps replaced. The problem is from the poor quality surface mount caps that were used at the time. The TurboGrafx 16 uses radial caps and works fine; same with the systems TDIRunner listed above including the Duo R.
Bear78:
--- Quote from: redsox2012 on December 17, 2016, 11:35:02 PM --- Got Urban Strike for $4 - it's quite an uncommon game and is worth $60+.
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I had no idea about Urban Strike. Cool to know, I'll have to keep an eye out for it!
Here's my pick ups from the weekend.
Glad to finally knock Silent Hill off my list. Also, I picked up Wild Arms XF and Brave Story for the PSP.
TDIRunner:
My LRG Black Friday purchases arrived today. Octodad ended up being my "mystery box" purchase. I was pleasantly surprised by that.
monjici:
One lucky gamer here. I'll be playing on a NES Classic during the xmas party this year ;D
Bought it online with instore pickup, but had zero trust in the store employees. "No we didn't received it" ... it is of status delivered. "Can't find it in the backstore with your name or order number" ... delivery confirmation was signed by [your name tag]. "Ho wait, i'll search again" ... arrived with an open box with a NES classic box inside.
Anyway, I got it now :)
TDIRunner:
This came in today too. I won it off a Nintendo Age raffle/giveaway. I think something like 200 people had entered it for a chance to win 1 of 4 prizes. This was the "second place" prize.