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Hardware and Tech / Re: Wonderswan Screen Burn

« on: October 19, 2020, 11:08:41 am »

The Color came in the mail this morning. The screen looks much nicer and I like that the system has more volume options and a switch to keep the part the AA battery goes in locked in place better.

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Hardware and Tech / Re: Wonderswan Screen Burn

« on: October 11, 2020, 07:57:54 pm »

Funnily enough I purchased a WonderSwan Color from the same person I got the non-functioning WonderSwan. This one was listed as functioning though, so I shouldn't have to do much cleaning whenever it arrives. Also looked through a complete list of WS and WS Color games last night and before work today; ended up with a list of 22 games that sounded fun/interesting.

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Hardware and Tech / Re: Wonderswan Screen Burn

« on: October 09, 2020, 09:15:32 pm »

So the polarizing film finally arrived today and I was able to get the old one replaced successfully. It did take awhile though since the old adhesive was really determined to stay on the screen even though the actual old polarizing film came off surprisingly easy. I still think I see a bit of residue on the screen even after all the cleaning (or maybe they're small air bubbles) but once the WonderSwan is on, I don't notice them. The screen is still just a green as an original Game Boy screen, but the entire screen is actually way more visible now...or as visible as a non-backlight screen can be. I'm wondering if the green color is coming from the reflective layer or maybe early models of the WonderSwan just had green/black screens?

Picture of the new looking screen: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ej7eHDrWoAARkK-?format=jpg&name=small

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General / Re: Bad games you thought were good

« on: October 05, 2020, 01:48:48 am »

-Mega Man X6 (the level design and nightmare system are so poorly thought out, I find enjoyment in it's absurdity.)

-Mega Man & Bass (not a huge fan of the stage select set up, but I personally don't have a huge problem with the game and usually end up playing as Mega Man whenever I go back to this game, especially if it's the GBA version.)

-Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 (while bloated, I didn't find the game to be any worse or better than the two Sonic Adventure games. Plus it's more or less Sonic Adventure 3; same structure and another unnecessarily dark/serious story)

-Jaws NES (found it to be an inoffensive RPG-like little romp)

-Virtual Boy games (people always get stuck on the interesting but extremely flawed hardware, but most of the 22 games for the console range from great to average. Games like VB Wario Land, Jack Bros., and Innsmouth no Yakata deserve to be tried by more people...just preferably on an emulator.)

-Legend of Spyro games (I found the games to be short and fun enough that the repetitiveness didn't bother me. Didn't get too far in the third entry though.) 

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General / Re: What are you playing?

« on: October 04, 2020, 10:35:17 pm »

Been replaying all the Classic series games I own in order of release lately. Just finished Mega Man 5 and moving on to Mega Man III. Also been playing Crash 4 and Mario's Super Picross.

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Hardware and Tech / Re: Wonderswan Screen Burn

« on: October 04, 2020, 08:54:21 pm »

The polarizing film finally shipped last night, so it should be here in a few days.

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Hardware and Tech / Re: Wonderswan Screen Burn

« on: October 01, 2020, 10:02:21 pm »

   Wow , that is green .
 
   The problem with adhesive polarizers is that it's difficult to get them on without air bubbles and or dust underneath . The non-stickie polarizers you won't have to deal with bubbles at least .

Yup; It really looks like a Game Boy screen and I'm wondering how it go so green. The screen burn really darkened the picture and makes the contrast wheel not really do anything besides going from blank screen, really dark, and full black screen. The corners where the polarizing film isn't ruined actually look okay and adjust smoothly when I adjust contrast. I ended up purchasing two 4x4 sheets of polarizing film that are sticky on Tuesday and now am waiting for them to arrive in the mail. In hindsight, I should've purchased one sticky and one non-sticky, but oh well.

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Hardware and Tech / Re: Wonderswan Screen Burn

« on: September 30, 2020, 08:46:36 pm »

I couldn't get a great picture of the screen without an ass load of glare, but I was somewhat successful in getting a comparison picture of the Wonderswan screen to a DMG Game Boy screen. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EjNF9evWsAIvhjf?format=jpg&name=large

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Hardware and Tech / Wonderswan Screen Burn

« on: September 28, 2020, 11:20:04 pm »

I purchased a non-functioning original model Wonderswan for cheap a few days ago and I was able to quickly fix the original issue the handheld console had which was that it didn't power on (ended up being battery corrosion). However, a second issue I noticed the Wonderswan likely had when looking at pictures in the listing was that the screen was a bit dark looking which would mean that the polarizing film is burned and upon getting the console, it ended up being the case. So I know I have to remove the old polarizing film and stick a new one on top of the old screen, which in of itself, seems like a fairly easy job from this youtube video https://youtu.be/FF1QrDz-jGc. I do however have a few questions that this video doesn't really answer:

1. The person in the video removed two polarizing films, but only put one new polarizing film back in. Do I only need one sheet of film or should I purchase two sheets?

2. Aren't games on the original model Wonderswan supposed to be black/white like the Game Boy Pocket screen and not black/green like the original DMG Game Boy screen? Mine and the one shown in the video are black/green but other videos I see on youtube show that games are supposed to be black/white. I don't mind the black/green look but I was curious.

3. When purchasing polarizing sheets, should I go with standard or educational grade? Should I get sheets that are adhesive? I would imagine adhesive ones would be best considering the ones removed in the video were stuck to the screen and screen protector.

Not sure how many people here have a Bandai Wonderswan, but thought I'd asks these questions anyway to see other people's answers/suggestions.

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General / Re: What is your favorite game on the GBA?

« on: August 16, 2020, 07:57:31 pm »

The GBA is one of my favorite systems along with the DS and 3DS, so picking just one or a few games is hard. Until the gen 5 Pokemon games came out, Pokemon Emerald was my favorite Pokemon game. I also enjoyed the GBA remakes/ports of the DKC games, especially Donkey Kong Country 3 since they added an entire new world to explore. The Wario Ware games and Wario Land 4 were also super fun. Even though their is a bit of a language barrier for both games, Slime Morimori: Dragon Quest was a fun little adventure game and Kuru Kuru Kururin was a simple but fun puzzle game. My favorite GBA game though would have to be Mother 3. It was and still is the only game in the Earthbound trilogy I beat and enjoyed; thought the story was really good and the archaic limited inventory didn't seem as noticeable here unlike the other two games.

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General / Re: What is your favorite Game OST?

« on: August 10, 2020, 11:39:08 am »

Either Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth or Mega Man 10.

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Hardware and Tech / Re: Sega CD model 2 no power issue

« on: August 08, 2020, 12:57:24 am »

Does it have to come out, or can you just solder the new leg to that spot with the old leg still in the hole?

I was able to remove it with a bit of wiggling and put the new transistor in. The Sega CD 2 now powers on and shows video and sound which is good. However, discs aren't spinning. The laser is moving to the starting spot on the track but it looks like it's not focusing (the actual laser isn't moving up and down). I'm wondering if someone in the 27 or so years this thing has existed pressed down on the laser eye and damaged what I just learned is called the voice coil motor. Or maybe CD drive motor is just dead; I dunno. Other than that, I did gently clean the laser with a q-tip, I'm using an official AC adapter to power the Sega CD, and the spindle doesn't seem to be messed up. Honestly, I'm just really happy I was able to get this system to turn on and I might shelve this second repair for a later time.

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Hardware and Tech / Re: Sega CD model 2 no power issue

« on: August 06, 2020, 10:24:56 pm »

Well I was able to remove the bad transistor...like 95% of it. The middle leg is still stuck in the PCB hole and I'm not really sure how to remove it. I've tried using solder wick and a solder sucker which both worked great for removing solder around the other two legs, but of course a simple task can't be simple for me. Any ideas on how I can remove the middle leg without damaging anything? My only idea on how to get the leg out is to heat it and use a pin or very small flathead screwdriver to push it out.

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Hardware and Tech / Re: Sega CD model 2 no power issue

« on: August 02, 2020, 09:22:07 pm »

The part shipped yesterday with it expected to arrive on Tuesday the 4th. I ended up ordering two transistors either in the event that I screw something up or my other Sega CD 2 I've had for years gets the same issue. Hopefully it's an easy enough fix since I don't have a ton of experience with soldering. The most complicated things I've done is replace the save batteries in Game Boy games and replace a Game Boy Color speaker. Assuming the repair is successful, I'm curious if the internal battery is still alive and if the discs can be read. Or maybe like my Sega CD2, it'll read discs but will make a grinding noise from time to time.

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General / Re: Let's Name the Top 100 Platformers, Together

« on: July 31, 2020, 11:07:22 pm »

24. Solatorobo: Red the Hunter