I've just bought a £45 add on to my ossc which adds svideo and composite which means I will be able to now hook up my 2600 and my C64!

The OSSC pro still doesn't have a release date yet davy and with Aliexpress selling the original for about £40 I'd jump in!

Edit:Prices have shot back up to £100+ now for some reason. Apologies!

Very true Retro. I found the introduction of widescreen a real turn off with all that unused real estate on the left and right. Painful to see images stretched out over one too.

The line doubling abilities of the OSSC and Retrotink 5x really do work wonders though with modern TVs, 240p source stuff can look absolutely incredible.

Very true. I'm a bit gutted that my b&o tv has some odd hz rating that means it doesn't work with light guns

Cheapest currently on there is this one davy:

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https://a.aliexpress.com/_mLIacAO

You're covered by their 90 day money back guarantee although I haven't yet had to send anything back to them!

Picked this up in Taipei. Japanese import called Fighting Legends Pack. It's Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection International and Capcom Fighting Collection in a swanky box.


The back. (Spine on the "wrong" side because Japan, innit.)


The front. Sadly, the white insert isn't art cards or a book, as I assumed, but a cardboard spacer. (More on this later.)


The rear artwork with the legalese wrap around paper out of the way. (Reminds me of the obi/spine card from Japanese Saturn titles. I'll be holding onto that.)


The included carts. The sticker on the front of Capcom Fighting Collection explains that Capcom Arcade Stadium 2nd is getting a physical release in 2023. The cardboard spacer is just there like the N64 Jumper Pak to occupy space until the 'add on' is released further down the line.

Between the two carts, that's 13 different Street Fighters, five Dark Stalkers titles, Pocket Fighter, Puzzle Fighter, Cyberbots, and War Zarl/Red Earth.

If a title or two really grips me, I might treat myself to a Hori Fighting Commander or Fighting Stick Mini, but that'll have to wait until the next paycheque.

That box is gorgeous, Swirl. I'm definitely gonna grab the Capcom Fighting Collection (mainly 'cause of my love for the Darkstalkers series), but I'll be waiting for a sale or maybe my next paycheck.

A stick really is a lovely thing to have if you play a lot of fighting games and shmups, but that Hori Fighting Commander is well liked as well. For fighting games I would suggest holding off buying that mini though, ideally you'll want something bigger and more stable. Although that also means more expensive. 

The 8Bitdo arcade stick for the Switch and PC is gorgeous and gets a lot of love (not too pricey either), and if you want something a step up - the Hori RAP.V for Switch and PC has a superior PCB, buttons, and stick thanks to those very nice Hayabusa parts. Its size, weight, and non-slip pads mean it'll sit on your lap comfortably and not move an inch, plus there's plenty of room to rest your wrists. Its size also means it's highly moddable, but that's something for later on.

davyK wrote:

That"s very nice. The different artstyle on the cover is a bit of a mismatch but a lovely thing. I have the Hori mini stick. Got it for shmups. Haven't given it a real proper workout but it feels nice for the price as a shmup stick which demands less off a stick. Feels light as the base isn't metal.

stormyskiesahead wrote:

That box is gorgeous, Swirl. I'm definitely gonna grab the Capcom Fighting Collection (mainly 'cause of my love for the Darkstalkers series), but I'll be waiting for a sale or maybe my next paycheck. A stick really is a lovely thing to have if you play a lot of fighting games and shmups, but that Hori Fighting Commander is well liked as well.

I'll only invest in a stick/specialised pad if something really grips me, otherwise it'll just be a neat collection of retro games to dip in and out of as the mood takes me. My Taiwan apartment isn't huge, so a stick might be a mistake, but I'll have a look at the suggestions. I reckon the Fighting Commander pad might be reasonable at Puyo Puyo and Tetris.

Agreed on the art styles. The box and two game covers are completely different, and the suggested third title to put in later on is different again.

I have two CRT's in my garage, a 28" 16:9 Sony and a 21" 4:3 Philips. I have a dream that one day I will have the spare room so that I can set up all my old consoles, but I know that won't happen. I am just loathe to put to two TV's to the skip when I know they are in perfect condition.

I've got an ossc and still have my crt's. It's nice to be able to play on a bigger screen especially when playing couch multiplayer but solo CRT play, especially on my SNES, N64 and 2600 is hard to beat.

Get on that spare room LtPigeon, just take your time doing it. Take both TVs up then just add to it over time, thats how I did it.

I don't get that much time to game anymore but I still quite enjoy just popping in and looking around in mine!

That's really nice curated selection davy, mines a bit blunderbust in its approach!!

I tried doing this on another site but it didn't have all the games listed so I gave up.

If the spare room is just empty, there's no harm come by holding on to that feeling of nostalgia. I lap it up on an hourly basis!

Eric wrote:

That's really nice curated selection davy, mines a bit blunderbust in its approach!! I tried doing this on another site but it didn't have all the games listed so I gave up.

It pleases me that you see it as curated. It's very much my aim. Based around the genres I like or like to collect. Shmups, puzzle games, arcade racers, local MP games and JP oddities are my thing. I'm awful at versus fighters but I like to have a sample of them in my collection.

Evercade adds third flavour of cart to line up: home computers. First up, the Commodore 64.

My dad just dropped off haul of the century he found for me.

The boxes are all good to near mint to mint. All have manuals, many look unopened.
Game Gear has the usual screen problem so I will have to look at fixing that.

Wow!