Please excuse the composite photo, it was just too large
Rear View 104kb (not recommended for those with weak stomachs)
Please excuse the composite photo, it was just too large
Rear View 104kb (not recommended for those with weak stomachs)| # | SYSTEM | VIDEO | AUDIO | FEATURES |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Odyssey-2 | composite-mod | mono | voice adapter, genesis controller adapter |
| 2 | Intellivision-2 | composite | mono | built-in genesis controller adapters |
| 3 | 5200 | s-video mod | mono | genesis and 2600 paddle adapters, external keypad, merged system |
| 4 | Colecovision | s-video | mono | genesis controller adapter, TG-16 sits on top |
| 5 | TI 99/4A | composite | mono | voice synthesizer, 2600 joystick adapter |
| 6 | XEGS | s-video | mono | still need keyboard |
| 7 | Commodore-64 | s-video | mono | 1541 floppy drive, Epyx fastload cart |
| 8 | NES | composite | mono | cartridge connector pins bent up for tight grip |
| 9 | Famicom | composite | mono | Power Player 2 in N64 controller case, also 76 built-in NES games |
| 10 | TG-16 | composite | stereo | |
| 11 | CDX | composite | stereo | |
| 12 | SNES | s-video | stereo | |
| 13 | 3D0 FZ-1 | s-video | stereo | front-loader so Saturn can sit on top |
| 14 | Saturn | s-video | stereo | analog (Nights) control pads |
| 15 | Jaguar | s-video | stereo | |
| 16 | PSX | s-video | stereo | may swap for PS2 |
| 17 | N64 | s-video | stereo | expansion pack |
| 18 | Dreamcast | s-video | stereo | Bleem compatible older model |
| 19 | Gamecube | s-video | stereo |
| 20 | 7800 | s-video mod | stereo | grafted to 5200, built-in genesis controller and SMS lightgun adapters, external keypad for pause,select,reset buttons |
| 21 | 2600 | s-video mod | stereo | via 7800 motherboard, switchable control between genesis/joysticks and paddles |
| 22 | Genesis | composite | stereo | via CDX |
| 23 | ECS | composite | mono | computer add-on for intellivision |
| 24-26 | GB,GBC,GBA | composite | mono | Game Boy Player on bottom of Gamecube |
| 27 | SMS | composite | mono | Power Base Converter plugged into CDX (ugly) |
| 28 | 32X | composite | mono | 32X plugged into CDX (even more ugly!) |
The black plastic shelving units came from Target, about $20 for a 4 shelf setup. I like plastic because you can cut the posts down to whatever size is convenient. If you cut them in half, you only need to do two, not all four. Some of the unstable systems (like the TG-16 on the CV) were secured on with velcro type (available from hobby store). Power is provided by a gaming power strip with a rocker switch. All the transformer power supplies (wall wart supplies) are lined up in front, the extension cord is brought to them. They never get tangled up because they never get moved. All the modern systems are plugged in full-time because they don't draw any power when turned off.
System selection is done with Pelican s-video/composite switchboxes that are on the bottom shelf. Currently using three 5to1 and two 4to1 units. The primary is a 5to1 with the rest plugged into it for total possible support of 19 systems (5 + 5 + 4 + 4 + 1). Made a separate automatic relay switch board so three composite systems could share one input. Why do this? Because then one 5to1 switchbox can handle all seven composite systems. Its output goes through a $21 Radio Shack composite to s-video adapter. This probably won't improve picture quality, but to my eyes, it doesn't seem to degrade it either and now everything is in one video format.
Current AV setup is a Commodore 1702 monitor that stays set for s-video input. May eventually get an upscan converter to play games over the computer's 19 inch monitor with Polk speakers.