Absolutely incredible photos, hashiriya1! It really felt like we were going on your journey with you. Japanese scenery is truly wonderful.

Looking forward to your game shop specific photos, as well!

Hey, thanks for the quick replies! I got around to opening both of my working Saturns this evening. The screws were wound pretty tight on the White one, geez! After opening the system up, I'm not entirely certain which part of the system the smell is coming from. I think it's one of the capacitors o...

Hi again! I'm back so soon with yet another another problem. It seems I don't have much luck when it comes to second hand systems... I recently bought a White Sega Saturn from a local auction site. It has been modded, and comes with a custom stepdown converter, since we operate with 220/240v here. E...

Hey! Sorry for the long delay, I hope it didn't seem as if I had forgotten. I haven't responded in a while because I've been trying to get hold of a MegaDrive DC cable, just so I could rule that out. Luckily, I have a friend who is also into retro gaming, and he let me borrow his Megadrive Model 1 p...

Well, I cut myself a tall, thin strip out of an old credit card, cut some microfibre material for the end, and bought some rubbing alcohol. I've pushed this tool I made into the cartridge slot, especially with the pins on the far sides of each. I did this with all three of my Super Famicoms and it d...

Oh! Of course it's Super-FX! I'll change that right after I post this. How foolish of me. Sorry about that... Yeah, I figured that it was unlikely since I was already playing certain games happily without trouble. But now I don't understand why the AC adaptor that I am using is proving no trouble fo...

Hi! I've been doing a considerable amount of lurking on these forums for years, and I was hoping that somebody may be able to alleviate me of my Super Famicom woes. I bought a Super Famicom roughly a month or two ago, which came with a bunch of games. Most games worked fine, except for certain games...

Nice collection there! I was curious as to how you got Xenoblade Chronicles to boot in the disc channel on what I'm presuming is an American Wii? I'm looking to do the reverse with my NTSC Wii games on my PAL Wii.

When it comes to Earthbound specifically, complete means: - Box. It had a special oversized box because it comes with.. - Strategy Guide. It came with the full strategy guide, which to really be complete needs.. - Scratch & Sniff Cards. There were certain points in the game where these could be...

Blue Dragon and Eternal Sonata. Also, Lost Odyssey too! Yakuza 3 & 4, you don't have a choice (for voices)! The Yakuza games aren't good if you want to practice Japanese speech anyway, unless you want to sound like a chinpira. Yakuza 2 has Japanese voices only as well. Odin Sphere has JP voice ...