Video Game "Look what I found"

[sevin0seven]

traded about 90% of my old BST items and got these in return (from my local retro game stores):



*Baseball Stars 2 for AES is CIB.

[noiseredux]

traded about 90% of my old BST items and got these in return (from my local retro game stores):



*Baseball Stars 2 for AES is CIB.

OMG, that Sports DC is so minty. Congrats.

[CRTGAMER]

Stereo Convertor for Sony Playstation Model PS-1 Playstation (NTSC) to Pal M TV(CIB). Found this to be quite interesting don't know why this would be in Ohio. If anyone knows its value or any information about it give me a heads up.



I didn't really see a use for it but it was $1 so it was a reflex buy.

I'd speculate that since it just takes the composite video signal from the multi AV out, it probably works with the PS2 and PS3 as well.

Was kind of thinking the same but dont have a Pal M tv to test it lol.

Ah, OK, makes more sense now. I didn't know where PAL M was, it's Brazil. Or "Brasil" apparently.

So according to Wiki, "In Brazil, PAL is used in conjunction with the 525 line, 30 frame/s system M, using (very nearly) the NTSC colour subcarrier frequency. Almost all other countries using system M use NTSC. ... PAL-M signals are identical to North American NTSC signals, except for the encoding of the colour carrier. Therefore PAL-M will display in monochrome with sound on an NTSC set and vice versa. ... PAL-M being a standard unique to one country, the need of to convert it to/from other standards often arises. ... Conversion to/from NTSC is easy, as only the colour carrier needs to be changed. Frame rate and scan lines can remain untouched."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAL-M

So it makes a lot more sense why such an adapter would exist. IIRC, Brazil imports a lot of NTSC stuff.

Also, you can test this on your NTSC TV. It'll just be in black and white.

edit: For $1, I totally would have bought it too! I would think it would only be useful to some one in Brazil, but it might not be too hard to sell in the BST section of game forums.

Last thought, since it seems like it just inputs composite video (and nothing unique to the PS1) than you could modify it to just accept composite video instead of the proprietary Playstation plug. That way, you'd be able to use it for pretty much any NTSC source and adapt it to PAL-M. At least, I assume so. It would make it easier to sell that way.

Though useless in the NTSC market, a nice find to own due to its obscurity.

A Great idea on making it more universal transcoder even for its limited market in Brazil, but would be a shame to lop off that PS1 connection cable. The transcoder would still need a power source somehow since it apparently draws its power from the PS1 console.

I was thinking a Guncon adapter could be made to hookup with composite cables to keep that rare transcoder intact. The Guncon adaptor be used between a Playstation console and the Transcoder PS1 Plug. The Guncon adaptor would need its video and audio pins at the connection coming from the Playstation clipped while keep the pins to power the Transcoder though. The RCA connections on the Guncon are designed normally for a video feed output. However it is just wire connections jumping the playstation pins inside so the Composite and Audio RCA jacks should work for any NTSC composite source that needs converted to Brazil PAL-M. A bit of work for an obscure format though.

[mjmjr25]

Nice get on the Baseball Stars 2 - what was your local shop asking for it?

[sevin0seven]

Nice get on the Baseball Stars 2 - what was your local shop asking for it?

the asking price was $124.99. it's the US version too.

[mjmjr25]

Very nice - good pickup.

[Teh Lurv]

About a week ago I picked up a working Genesis/SegaCD combo from a vintage toy/game store called the Toy Vault for $65. Came with all the accessories in the photo.

[Bradtemple87]

Nice get on the Baseball Stars 2 - what was your local shop asking for it?

the asking price was $124.99. it's the US version too.

Phoenix Games in concord? I know he had one

[Teh Lurv]

Another find: Yesterday at a flea market I came across a retro gem. A CIB copy of Out of This World for IBM/PC DOS. I loved this game when I was growing up, so I needed to have this copy. I haggled with the booth operator and he let it go for $2. $2!!!

[sevin0seven]

Nice get on the Baseball Stars 2 - what was your local shop asking for it?

the asking price was $124.99. it's the US version too.

Phoenix Games in concord? I know he had one

yep, you are correct Brad. the black Dreamcast is from 4Jays in case your wondering. One game I didn't include (forgot) on that pic is a CIB of Wings Arms for the Saturn.