Played some Smash Tennis this evening. Lovely little game that on SNES. Came across passwords for the tournament mode I had written on a slip of paper in the manual - dating back to January 2002!!!  The controls aren't as deep as Super Tennis (still to play that one) but I'm betting this beats it for charm. Has 4 player support too. There's more to it than meets the eye though - getting your character in the right position for forehand/backhand really makes a difference - quite a subtle game one you figure out the timing. Very nice.

Spindizzy Worlds too. What a bloody tough game that is. Found old passwords again - the levels I got stuck on are nightmarish - no wonder I gave up.

And Kirby's Dream Course - little arcadey golf style game. Gorgeous thing. Definitely a keeper. I need to go back to that - think this was one of the SNESmini games?

What is the issue with F-Zero? My PAL cart seems to be fine on my US Snes.

Oh yeah, the Go is out of sync for me. It's fine playing a US rom on the emulator.

Heh. Booted up Vegas Stakes on SNES and one of the save files had Wifey's maiden name....we were married 24 years ago. 

So ploughed through the rest of my SNES carts.

Super Tennis feels faster than Smash but isn't just quite as nice looking. Far deeper game though. Will keep both. Smash moans about 60Hz at boot up but would consider converting to JP if the price is right.

Bomberman 1, Punch Out, Contra and Smash TV are all still splendid games - can't see me getting rid of these - so much nostalgia esp with Smash TV - God the hours we put into that. No boot up moans about 60Hz with these - thought Punch Out might have given it's a 1st party game. Music same speed at both framerates.

Tetris Attack moans at boot up about the 60Hz thing but that's it - given the amount of menus I'm better sticking with it - don't see the point of going to Panel de Pon and JP menus.  I have it on Gamecube anyhow.

Unirally is nice but I might consider selling it - I just can't see me spending any time with it. Vegas Stakes is a keeper because of that save file.   

Castlevania IV is a keeper - love that game. If I could do a straight swap for the JP version I'd probably do it - but I'd like it as well. I have the soundtrack on vinyl which is probably the nerdiest thing I have ever bought.

Yoshi's Island works flawlessly - I reckoned it would have glitched. Doesn't even have a 50/60Hz check - but I still fancy getting the JP version of it and selling the PAL version.

Super Adventure Island is fine. Nice game but it's a possibility for offloading. It's a charming game with a nice soundtrack - if the JP version was cheap I'd consider converting.

Zoop is under-rated. I love the soundtrack. Will probably keep it as I'm a sucker for puzzle games and I'll always throw it on from time to time. Depends if a JP version is available.

Un Squadron is a nice game. Costs a packet in JP I reckon though in its Area 88 guise. Will probably stick with it. No 60 moans.

Super Dropzone is a really good game. So fast and works fine at 60Hz with no moans. I tried it in multi-player and I noticed a major graphical glitch on one of the bosses - could be the 60Hz thing - could be a dirty cart connection - could be a bug as it only seems to happen in MP! I'll need to check it again in MP at 50Hz to see. But I'd like to keep this one - selling the original NES game still hurts a bit.

PAL games I have that moan at bootup:

DKC , Kirby Dream Course, Plok, RType III. So they would be 3rd party game targets for moving to JPN. RType III probably too expensive. The only one that moans more than once is DKC - the others are strictly on power up - DKC does it after a game over or reset.

Yeah.

I'm not usually one for accessories but this thing is bloody brilliant:

I love mine.  From the retro inspired modern titles Horizon Shift '81, Switch 'n Shoot and Downwell are all excellent flipgrippers.  Plus they're often a quid each on EShop.

It's joy for pinball though.  Check out the Pinball FX3 free download - you get one table to keep and it's a pretty good one.

Noticed that M2 are remastering the Aleste series too if that's of any interest

Yes it is and repro is the way to go given it's super duper expensive!

Is it good? I think I've got the rom but never really invested any time into it.

Rejigged the old game room today. The madness of this hobby eh?

3 Saturns indeed. One is PAL , 2 are JP. I ended up getting a 2nd JP console as some JP versions of Sega Ages games don't run on the mk2. I ended up getting the mk1 with no box, cables or controller cheap to cover that.

The black GC is Japanese - it doesn't put out RGB , only s-video so I have it beside that flat screen that's the only screen I currently have that takes that. (I actually have a 3rd GC  - both my PAL GCs have the network adaptor so I can play LAD MKDD and 1080 - which I hardly ever do. The one on show has the GBA player installed.

Wii and Switch are downstairs. The 360 is in limbo - will end up downstairs but I might hook it up in the setup above for some TATE shmups if the notion takes me but I might get an older slim with RGB SCART to incorporate into the setup. My 360 is E series and is HDMI or composite out only.

The PC is a T5810 and is an official Dell refurb. The laptop is my work device - a Lattitude 7390.

The lady is one of my 70s favourites - Karen Black. That print was bought for me by my sister in law after a booze fed discussion on child/teen crushes.

I'm using an RGB switch to connect most of the consoles up to the 28" 4:3 CRT on the left (that Rubik's Cube is rather large - it even lights up if you charge it!) The switch is the silver box on the right of the rotated TV.

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KAREN BLACK! That's it. In the underrated Hitchcock film Family Plot. Also seen her in Airport and The Great Gatsby.

She was in Nashville too as one of the C&W singers - she even wrote her own songs for that.

Sounds like you got a few duplicates you could get rid of mate. I've got a JAP N64 to sell after picking up an RGB modded one last month.

I'm gonna pack away my Wii U soon and set the N64 up in it's place, just waiting for the RAD2X to be delivered before I do.