Indeed.

Was able to use the unbroken back door off the case to replace a cracked back door I had on one of my copes of F355 chellenge which is now defect free. I have a 2nd copy just in case I ever come across the ultra rare link cable as it supports it. My second copy has working back and front covers but they both have cracks unfortunately.

Was also able to use the blue centre section to replace my Sega Rally 2 one which had broken teeth - so it holds the disc properly now - though the front door is broken.

It seems most DC cases have the broken front door/cover - it has long lugs that are quite brittle.

Left with 6 games out of 45 with a broken case and I have a Super Magnetic Neo with only the manual which may be problematic to upgrade.

Sigh. It's a curse to care about this.  I doubt I would ever trust anyone to open a DC game!

Oh - that would be great 

I have the soccer game I took out of the case. Disc with manual and inlays pretty much perfect. Could swap if you want it.

It's called UEFA Dream Soccer - no idea what it's like.

Bangai-O is a splendid game. My copy is pristine.

If UEFA Dream Soccer is one of the Olympic Soccer/World League Soccer types I'm thinking of where you pull back on the stick to get lift on your shot it's not that bad, or at least it wasn't at the time.

Dusting my gaming shelves this week (I know - am off work for a couple of days). Have been able to use my fodder games to update some cracked cases in my Saturn import collection. I didn't realise it was easy to swap the disc tray in jewel cases up until now. Found it pleasing.

My collection is sparkling now too.

Local game shop got some lovely import SNES games in. Lovely condition too - Pocky & Rocky probably highlight. I'm not really in that market at present but will be trading my CIB PAL Super SWIV in to a CIB NTSC Firepower 2000 (which is the same game). Will find that pleasing as I'm slowly upgraading my SNES collection to NTSC.

It was - went pretty quickly. Was CIB and looked minty. £90


They are called TGT Belfast on Facebook - if you want to keep an eye out there I can pick stuff up for you if you want - though the guy takes paypal so you can DIY.

Picked Firepower 2000 up today - traded my Super SWIV in for it. Prefer the NTSC version. It's in far better condition that my PAL copy too.

Zombies is tempting.

I've for Firepower 2000, good game that.

I upgraded my SNES collection to NTSC about 10 years ago now, even got lucky and made a little money doing it.

There's an Ultimate Gynoug article in this month's Retro Gamer @JonB

Still enjoying my Asteroids Deluxe cabinet. All my top 3 scores are above 50K now but not consistent enough to challenge them every session.

What I have noticed is that I'm starting to twitch and body swerve while playing. I'm not one of those people who moves a lot when playing console games. Something about a cabinet that gets to you though.

Fanmade Alex Kidd in Miracle World 2 rom loaded onto my PSP for tomorrow. I've never played a homebrew sequel, not sure why as I'd be almost guaranteed to like certain attempts.

Is that the one that was built into the SMS?

Was the only Alex game I ever played. A mate bought an SMS with that game built in and a World Cup Soccer game. This was at a time when I was fed up with gaming as the 8bit micro era with dodgy games and tape loading killed it for me.

Those SMS sessions got me interested again - though I ended up getting a NES to play Super Mario Bros.

Alex Kidd in MW 2 done.  Review on p.3 of the 52 Games Thread if anyone's interested.  Quick summary - it's alright.

SHATTERHAND.

A dodgy Glasgow punk band from the late nineties, as far as I know.