There only two places now where you aren’t going to get robbed
https://www.muramasaentertainment.com/
and
They got a selection of Dreamcast stuff, a bit higher than what you used to remember.
But better than the eBay prices on older cases.
Normal crystal cases are 69.99, and prices go up from there
Wow, looking though I didn’t know that Game Tech got cheaper prices.
There also an Australian seller on eBay hdzoneau, but I only recommend him if you are in Australia
Thanks.
I had asked around on Twitter or Instagram as well, and someone recommended VideoGamesNewYork. I’ve never ordered from them before, but I’ve visited their store when I was in NY for a vacation a few years back, and I’ve bought from them when they come to Montreal for ComicCon or Otakuthon.
I got stuff from VideoGamesNewYork when they were at Otakon. They sold me the parts to my first Arcade stick build ever.
But I never ordered from them. They got Dreamcast shells starting at $99.99.
I forgot you were up north, It would depend on if you save on shipping or not if I could recommend them.
Dropped for the clear one, eh? Nice! I’m waiting for the smoke for a super scuffed up black model 2 I’ve got in the closet. Based on what muramasa stayed on Twitter, it might be a while before that launches
Yeah, they are unsure about the demand yet. So they wanted to hold off.
See if they get interest first. There is a huge lack of Saturn parts on the market.
It was why I was buying multiple for parts consoles. At least with the Dreamcast you can find parts online.
If your Saturn breaks, except for certain parts (like the drive or Power board) you are SOL.
Worst part is, with all the revisions not all the model 2 Saturns parts match up right. You got 3 styles of PSU boards for each region, and they come in 15 revisions like the Saturn console it self.
Yeah I remember buying junk/for parts model 2s pretty cheaply…like for 25 bucks…only a couple of years ago. Now they’re the price of what I used to buy confirmed tested. Price for these things In good condition is kinda crazy nowadays
These shells looks great. I’m still debating on a smoke “This is Cool” shell for my spare DC. If they drop the same logo print on the smoke Saturn shell, I’m buying.
I know the Smoke is in the works, and the test samples are out.
I know all the clear PS1 cases out are old stock from years ago and is pricy on eBay.
Hopefully that also gets the same treatment as the Dreamcast/Saturn cases.
Gotcha. So they’re pricier than the other 2 that you linked me to.
I’ll keep an eye out. This is all kind of lower priority anyways right now; not really working on any stick/arcade/console mods at the moment.
Also noting their location, I can see the pricing.
I see them getting more street/foot traffic over internet orders.
Yeah, they were in a pretty cool location; I learned of them many years ago when a college buddy of mine who worked in NY for a brief period afterward lived close by, and taunted me with pictures of the store. 
Didn’t manage to take a trip over until ~2 years ago, though.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Voultar
This dude—I’m sorry—is nothing but a over-glorified potstrirrer. He solders well. Yay! That doesn’t make you a retrogaming SJW…
I’m not a Texan, a retro computing enthusiast or even a gun owner…but the mud this jerk is slinging on 8-bit guy (and pretty much anyone else he decides to poop on when he’s bored) is just unnecessary.
Every time I watch/read this person’s dribblings I get an acrid taste in my mouth. Same with Trump (maybe I’m allergic to narcissists). Anyway…Part of me is sadistically waiting for the table to be turned, just to see the turd squirm.
If you don’t know who this is…consider yourself lucky. /rant
Voultar is a… special character.
He’s very strong/agressive in some aspects, so I’ve lumped him into the bucket of internet people where I’ll accept use whatever’s useful that comes out of him, and basically tune out the rest. He just strikes me as one of those people who are knowledgeable, but have difficulty (or a very weird way of) expressing themselves socially.
I will admit that I do use his RGB boards in both my SNES Jr and my N64, and they are very well designed boards that are also very easy to install.
That being said, I don’t think 8-bit-guy isn’t without fault here; I’ve really only caught one of his videos in the past (his retrobright one on a PC casing for when I need to de-yellow my Dreamcast), but based on what I’ve read (especially in regards to this most recent scenario), I don’t agree with some of the methods used for his restorations/teardown. Then again, I also lump 8-bit-guy into that same bucket of internet people where I’ll absorb/consume whatever info is useful to me, and essentially ignore the rest.
Anyhow. I generally care very little about online drama like this since it has zero impact on my life.
I got you on the shared blame for the drama part. What the 8-bit Guy did was dumb. his patreon-only cover up/explanation video was in poor form. The open carry rifle thru the hardware store video was in poor taste. His retro-brighting vids were really the only ones I enjoyed. (You should watch Odd Tinkering channel on YouTube for better ones. Those are great).
What gets me here is Voultar. I watched his videos, which were good for what they were. However, the sucking up people in the retro gaming scene do to this guy is unfounded. He’s abrasive, self-aggrandizing, and his attitude is constantly “I know what I’m talking about, you’re wrong and pathetic. Shut up!” Top that off, he injects himself into EVERY point of drama in the scene—even things that don’t pertain to his circle at all.
He’s like the lil jerk in the school yard who gets everyone together to go watch someone get bullied and beat up in a dark corner—if ONLY for the spectacle. People like that annoy the shit out of me.
…Now wrapping back around to something actually relevant to this thread… Here’s the Odd Tinkering video I was referencing earlier.
There are vids for SNES, PS1, Saturn and a full Dreamcast one on his main channel. I’ve made the same apparatus, using this solution and it all works great.
Perhaps a good (and very aggressive) Secret Santa gift?
Trying to give back to the community by attempting to run TTSS this year, gonna need you guys’ support 
https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-DVI-to-HDMI-Cable/dp/B014I8UQJY/
Office’s I.T. dept is cleaning out all the crap in their trunk of funk, buddy of mine said they had a few of these cords…
What’s the likelihood of an XRGB-3 playing nice with one of these?
=== 10/12 PM EDIT ===
If it’s free it’s for free, just told the homie to grab me two, will try it out this weekend 
=== 10/17 AM EDIT ===
This is as far as I got guys:
Got this thing a few years ago during one of Jasen’s Customs garage sales, put it on the project shelf, and haven’t touched it until today.
I think it “works”. It showed up both times on my HDTV when I tried connecting it first with a VGA cable, and then with that Amazon Basics DVI-to-HDMI cable. Menus come up and are responsive. Audio out comes through the little test speaker I hooked up too.
It DOES NOT though display any composite or s-video signals I feed it. Tried GC, PS2, GEN, and an old DVD player. Also it couldn’t be detected by my Win10 PC when I hooked up a USB cable to it, to try and update the firmware.
Getting too frustrated for a chill Saturday, so I’m gonna take a break, dig up my old Win XP laptop, do a little more Google-Fu research, and try again tonight.
Understand that the end goal is to feed it component video, but I don’t want to tear my entire setup apart before I get past the proof of concept phase.
I really should check in more often here. I seem to miss the boat on conversations on tech and electronics that I find interesting but nobody in my real life can relate to. But my real life started rolling and you all know that song. I know I kind of disappeared after being a daily poster, but getting a 3d printer a year ago started me back into controller hacking. One of the things I’ve been working on and never finished is an Atari Jaguar arcade stick with a number pad 6 buttons and everything, but my computer crashed and my 3d files were lost and I had to start over. The worst thing is I should have archived the work files to my NAS but nope. Add in that Jaguar games really suck, it is hard to get back on that horse.
Yeah, this thread here is really where the only useful and interesting conversation is happening these days.
I totally feel you on the computer crapping out though.
A few years ago my 4TB hard drive started making noises. I should’ve just bought a new drive and transferred things over immediately, but I got lazy/busy and put it off for a few weeks. Then the drive crapped out on me. I managed to get it working in an external enclosure long enough (about 30 min) to get some personal stuff off of it (mainly my arcade stick art/designs/etc); then it seemed to have died for good. Lost about 3TB worth of movies and TV shows and stuff, but at least all of that can be re-downloaded. Fortunately, all my actual personal stuff (photos, work-stuff, taxes, etc) were on a different HDD entirely.
Sooooo.
Analog Duo:
Who’s gonna want one and not be able to get in on the preorders?
I don’t think I’m interested in the Duo myself.
And considering it’s been 2 months since the botched preorder of the Pocket, I’ve somewhat lost interest already. 
