I read some very positive impressions. My N64 is due back next week. When it arrives I’ll be sure to post my thoughts in the OT along with screens from the testing application.
Yeah, Raphnet gear is great. I’ve got a couple of usb varieties and an early iteration of n64 to GC for those 2009 Wii VC vibes.
The SNES pad for GB player will be as good as it gets I reckon. Super kudos for a shot of Metroid Zero on the L2! 
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I’ll get right on it tomorrow! I’ve been dying to check it out but haven’t had the time over the weekend 
I bought up a ton of Raphnet adapters about 9 or so years back when I was emulating more and obsessed with the Wii’s VC.
All of them were for the GCN ports. And every single one of them were near perfect. Even the N64 controllers/games felt nearly identical on VC when you got the settings dialed in, including the N64’s analogue stick.
I was able to play the North American version of Sin and Punishment on a real N64 controller with the correct button layout through Wii’s VC and that was incredible at the time. Or Alien Soldier with a real Genesis pad. Or Super Mario Bros 2 (Japan) with a real NES controller. All of those were like dreams coming true for a North American who missed out on such games.
Not only that, he always took time to answer questions about his converters and was even willing to take requests (at the time) for new converter ideas.
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I really like his adapters too! I have a SNES to GCN to use for Wii VC and SNES & NES to USB for MiSTer/PC.
Picked up a Ikea Lack in white for my HD CRT.
Included In Photo:
JVC - AV-27D305
JVC - TM-H1950C
JVC - TM-H150CG
Sony - PVM-14M2U
Missing In Photo:
Apple Studio Display
ViewSonic - G225f
JVC - DT-V1710CG
JVC - AV-27D501
JVC - I’Art Pro AV-34WP84
Sony - KD-34XBR960
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Looks smart but maybe a little low for small monitors?
I’m in the process of rearranging my room. The monitors are there only for the time being. The JVC - I’Art Pro AV-34WP84 or Sony - KD-34XBR960 will eventually go on the tv stand.
Data East lives! Not quite, this one’s by ex-Data East staff at Paon, working alongside Studio Saizensen.
Been meaning to check it out for a while now, the scenario writer from the previous Heracles no Eiko games on Famicom/Super Famicom has returned - and he was behind the story for Final Fantasy VII.
Nice pickup @harborline_765. I remember buying this game for less that 5$ new (it didn’t get really good reviews when it launched). I probably played it half the way through, but I remember enjoying it quite a bit.
I hope you’ll like it! 
RTTP: The GOAT
Picked up an auction lot (games only, the ps2 is og from 2000); platforming here I come!
Greetings old friend, it’s been a long time:
My, how dusty you are
(I cleaned it out with air, but may go for a cleaning tear down)
Meet your new friends!
(vertical stand is old, but HDD and adapter are new pick ups. Man, this is one absolute unit with an added HDD and the adapter)
fat vs slim:
I also grabbed a Free McBoot MC, although in hindsight I should have just created one myself. Next up, figuring all that out!
PS, holy fan noise. I have been playing on a slim for a while. I thought my pre-Noctua fan Dreamcast was loud, lol.
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I never owned a PS2 fat. I was steadfastly a Dreamcast, XBOX, and GCN fella in high school. And then got a slim during the last production run for kicks back in my second year of law school (crazy how long that system was in production).
It’s still basically in pristine condition. But I do love the way the OG PS2 looks. And in high school I was secretly jealous of the fact that pretty much everyone else in school had one but me.
I always wanted to play FFXI online on PS2 but never got that opportunity. 
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The issue with the PS2 when you’re booting up games from the HDD is it just cranks the fan and as far as I know there are no drop in replacements like there is with the DC.
Hell I’d happily purchase another couple of noctuas if there was an easy way to make them work with those consoles.
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Thank you! And I’m happy to have found someone else who has played it, I don’t know anyone who gave it a go. It may well be as obscure as Freshly Picked: Tingle’s Rosy Rupee-land.
Something about PS1 RPG’s that tickle such joy inside me. The case, the manual, the artwork from the 90’s, the gameplay, music. Man! So much care and detail went into the entire packaging.
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I saw this guide online, but I don’t like how it looks sticking out a bit. The first comment mentions a fan from a 50001 model, not sure if it is indeed quieter though - haven’t looked into it yet.
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It runs cooler and is much quieter, the fan design is also different so that may be a factor.
Do you know if the fan runs quieter due to decreased cooling requirements? Or are they the same cooling requirements, just a quieter fan?
Probably both, the power supply at least noticeably generates less heat, and the whole system doesn’t even get warm in use at least with my ambient air temperature.
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Yeah I saw the same guide. I even have a 3900x but I’m not going to butcher it over some fan noise.
I just wish there were an OPL setting to adjust the speed - I’m using a 256gb micro SD so the ramp up for the HDD bay is totally unnecessary.
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