noromamai
@noromamai.bsky.social
Fixing things in my console collection, learning as I go. Learn from my mistakes so you don't have to. Finding home for the pieces I no longer have space for. Questions (and advice!) are very welcome.
#hitexploded Mr.Drilller Encore (Drill land in the West) on Switch. Seems exactly the same as the GameCube version. Anyone else played this? What are your World Tour scores? #mrdriller #namco
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
#hitexploded Mr.Drilller Encore (Drill land in the West) on Switch. Seems exactly the same as the GameCube version. Anyone else played this? What are your World Tour scores? #mrdriller #namco
Tested all the #hudsonsoft #famicom carts I got on the trip, they all work. Yay for me. None were bought as JUNK though, so I was expecting them to work. I had to use some IPA on the contacts of about 5 of them before they worked. The beginning of my Hudson Famicom collection.
November 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Tested all the #hudsonsoft #famicom carts I got on the trip, they all work. Yay for me. None were bought as JUNK though, so I was expecting them to work. I had to use some IPA on the contacts of about 5 of them before they worked. The beginning of my Hudson Famicom collection.
The #pcengine Core Grafx II I bought as JUNK from #hardoff seemed to work just fine, but after a bit the games would hang. Always at the same place. Tiger Road crashes, showing some garbled text about RAM. Namco's World Circuit crashes just after the title screen. Hopefully it just needs new caps.
November 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
While I had the #analogue DUO out, I thought I'd test the pachinko controller I got last year and Pachio-kun 3 which I got this time. Not working. Took it apart, measured the pot while turning it and all seems fine. Maybe the DUO doesn't support this controller? #pcengine #pachinko
November 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Dusted off the Analogue Duo to test some of the games I got from the Japan trip. Updated the firmware to 1.5 (it was still on 1.1). Stopped using it when it kept crashing CD games a long time ago, hopefully that is fixed now. Finally got the library images working too. #pcengine #analogue
November 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
5 hours later... Finally unwrapped and removed the stickers from all the games . Maybe do this while in Japan next time...
November 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
5 hours later... Finally unwrapped and removed the stickers from all the games . Maybe do this while in Japan next time...
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
We had a great last night, enjoyed a yatai dinner, packed our stuff and then went out for drinks and karaoke until it was time to go. No sleep for the wicked! Or just sleep on the plane... Thanks for following the gamehunting posts and sorry for the gamehunting spam :)
November 5, 2025 at 12:04 AM
We had a great last night, enjoyed a yatai dinner, packed our stuff and then went out for drinks and karaoke until it was time to go. No sleep for the wicked! Or just sleep on the plane... Thanks for following the gamehunting posts and sorry for the gamehunting spam :)
Mandrake in #fukuoka chuo-ku. Last few shops. Did not have much game-wise, but I did find the running-gag #saturn game with girls and rock, paper & scissors and got talked into buying it by my friend. #gamehunting #kyushu #retrogaming
November 4, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Mandrake in #fukuoka chuo-ku. Last few shops. Did not have much game-wise, but I did find the running-gag #saturn game with girls and rock, paper & scissors and got talked into buying it by my friend. #gamehunting #kyushu #retrogaming
#hardoff Yamada, #kyushu. Not as much as Shingu, but some special stuff. Hello Kitty #dreamcast, #superfamicom Box in very good condition! Really not buying anything this time. #gamehunting #retrogaming
November 4, 2025 at 7:58 AM
#hardoff Yamada, #kyushu. Not as much as Shingu, but some special stuff. Hello Kitty #dreamcast, #superfamicom Box in very good condition! Really not buying anything this time. #gamehunting #retrogaming
#hardoff Shingu, #kyushu. They have a LOT here, showcase full of #shmups. Al dunes for #sgx, Magical Chase, Download 2 and lots more. Also a lot of non-showcase #pcengine games, but most over ¥3000, not in my budget. My friend Shahmups is buying Aldynes and a few more. #gamehunting #retrogaming
November 4, 2025 at 6:32 AM
#hardoff Shingu, #kyushu. They have a LOT here, showcase full of #shmups. Al dunes for #sgx, Magical Chase, Download 2 and lots more. Also a lot of non-showcase #pcengine games, but most over ¥3000, not in my budget. My friend Shahmups is buying Aldynes and a few more. #gamehunting #retrogaming
Stopped at a #hardoff in Nakama on our way to Fukuoka. Nothing much here, just one super Famicom in the junk section. They did have a huge Metroplex! #kyushu #gamehunting #transformers
November 4, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Stopped at a #hardoff in Nakama on our way to Fukuoka. Nothing much here, just one super Famicom in the junk section. They did have a huge Metroplex! #kyushu #gamehunting #transformers
Last day, 1st stop. A rebranded Mangasoukou. Some nice stuff in the showcase, not a lot of PC-Engine games. #gamehunting #retrogaming
November 4, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Last day, 1st stop. A rebranded Mangasoukou. Some nice stuff in the showcase, not a lot of PC-Engine games. #gamehunting #retrogaming
Last stop was Mandrake in same building. Forgot to take photos so I only have this. My friend (let's call him) Shmuppy, brought this to me and I went for it, even though the sticker said it was damaged. Stally found a unopened #pcengine mini and a Game&Watch game he wanted. #gamehunting #kyushu
November 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Last stop was Mandrake in same building. Forgot to take photos so I only have this. My friend (let's call him) Shmuppy, brought this to me and I went for it, even though the sticker said it was damaged. Stally found a unopened #pcengine mini and a Game&Watch game he wanted. #gamehunting #kyushu
We drove the final Atrecht of the day to Kitakyushu to check some shops in a anime theme mall. First stop was the #surugaya. We all found some good games there. Friend wanted to buy the #pcengine mini, but it was damaged. I did get some games :)). #gamehunting #retrogaming #kyushu
November 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
We drove the final Atrecht of the day to Kitakyushu to check some shops in a anime theme mall. First stop was the #surugaya. We all found some good games there. Friend wanted to buy the #pcengine mini, but it was damaged. I did get some games :)). #gamehunting #retrogaming #kyushu
Local shop still in Yukuhashi, but no retro games.
November 3, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Local shop still in Yukuhashi, but no retro games.
A Hard-Off in Yukuhashi on the way to Kitakyushu. Had a couple of clearega drive castings, even a #megadrive in box as well, #pcengine games, but apart from that nothing interesting for me. Friend bought a JUNK twin Famicom and another friend GunHed for Mega Drive. #kyushu #gamehunting
November 3, 2025 at 7:26 AM
A Hard-Off in Yukuhashi on the way to Kitakyushu. Had a couple of clearega drive castings, even a #megadrive in box as well, #pcengine games, but apart from that nothing interesting for me. Friend bought a JUNK twin Famicom and another friend GunHed for Mega Drive. #kyushu #gamehunting
Next stop was a local 2nd hand shop called Book Market. It didn't seem like much but my friends found some good stuff in the showcase. Gradius Portable for #psp, Darius Force #snes and Hellfire #megadrive.
November 3, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Next stop was a local 2nd hand shop called Book Market. It didn't seem like much but my friends found some good stuff in the showcase. Gradius Portable for #psp, Darius Force #snes and Hellfire #megadrive.
Arrived in Beppu. This Book-Off had nothing interesting. Hence no photos...
November 3, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Arrived in Beppu. This Book-Off had nothing interesting. Hence no photos...
A Combo-off, didn't seem like they had any interesting, but when we hit the junk section I found a Core Grafx II proces at ¥11000 at the back of a shelf. Nice score! Some more interesting stuff was a Hitachi Saturn, ASCII Famicom arcade joystick and a 64DD mouse. #pcengine #gamehunting
November 3, 2025 at 5:00 AM
A Combo-off, didn't seem like they had any interesting, but when we hit the junk section I found a Core Grafx II proces at ¥11000 at the back of a shelf. Nice score! Some more interesting stuff was a Hitachi Saturn, ASCII Famicom arcade joystick and a 64DD mouse. #pcengine #gamehunting
After getting withdrawal symptoms we drove 1.5hrs to Oita for a Mangasoukou. Big one, but the games section was not very big. They had really nice home-made signs for the different sections though. Check them out. And.... I made my expensive purchases of the trip. #gamehunting #kyushu
November 3, 2025 at 3:16 AM
After getting withdrawal symptoms we drove 1.5hrs to Oita for a Mangasoukou. Big one, but the games section was not very big. They had really nice home-made signs for the different sections though. Check them out. And.... I made my expensive purchases of the trip. #gamehunting #kyushu
First and only #gamehunting stop for today on our way to Mt. Aso. This one is called Gurugurusoko. Very big, butore focus on other toys. I did get a white NeoGeo joypad, because I didn't know it was USB.... *doh*. It was only ¥1650 though. #retrogaming
November 2, 2025 at 3:55 AM
First and only #gamehunting stop for today on our way to Mt. Aso. This one is called Gurugurusoko. Very big, butore focus on other toys. I did get a white NeoGeo joypad, because I didn't know it was USB.... *doh*. It was only ¥1650 though. #retrogaming