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Amiga CD32, the SX-1 and marvelous possibilities
« on: July 26, 2006, 03:43:12 PM »
Ok, so I have been collecting gaming consoles for a few years now, and I love my collection.  It however mostly consists of the mainstream stuff.  I had been going back to research some lesser known consoles, because I eventually want to have all the consoles released in America, minus the REALLY old stuff, like the first hundred Atari's and whatnot.  
Through Wikipedia, I found out about two systems I had never heard of before; the Pioneer LaserActive and the Amiga CD32.  Thus began my obsession.  
I started researching games on these systems, to see if there were enough good ones to warrant a purchase, and I was just blown away when I started researching the Amiga.  I had no idea about ANY Amiga's, let alone the FANTASTIC array of games available throughout their life cycles.  I have a personal interest in all things Cyberpunk, and also OLD school dungeon crawl RPG's, both of which seem to have been found on Amiga's in abundance.  
So my plan is to get an Amiga CD32, because I want to be able to play them on my TV with the rest of my consoles.  Now, the CD32 seems pretty straight forward, but my real questions are in regard to the SX-1.  
I know I can buy CD32 games, and play them on my CD32 system (when I get one SOON), but I don't know if the PAL system can play NTSC games and vice-versa.  I want to buy whichever one will give me access to the most games.  
Now the SX-1.  
I want access to all the games I can get my hands on, but again, I want them to be able to be played on my CD32.  If I get one of these SX-1's, can I then get a disc drive to play older Amiga games on it?  
I have little programming knowledge, and I really don't have much experience with modifying hardware, but I am willing to do what I need to to get access to all these games.  

Any info or advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks all in advance,
Michael
 

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Re: Amiga CD32, the SX-1 and marvelous possibilities
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2006, 04:26:19 PM »
Hmmm, PAL TV huh?  I don't really feel like getting another TV just for this though.  Is there maybe some kind of adapter for the back of the tv that can convert PAL to NTSC, or would that be some kind of weird copyright infringement?

I lost the bid on an SX-1 last night on Ebay because my internet was down, but I will be keeping an eye open for another one to come up for sale.  They don't seem to be very common though.  ><

I should be getting a CD32 within the next 3 weeks I would think, provided there are any good ones up on Ebay.  Are there any places other than Ebay where I might be able to find either the CD32 itself, or an SX-1?
 

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Re: Amiga CD32, the SX-1 and marvelous possibilities
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2006, 06:09:50 PM »
So I have been looking around the net while at work for SX-1's or even SX-32's, and they are virtually non-existent.
Are they really this hard to find, or am I just not looking in the right places?  Surely there has to be some kind of Amiga online store that specializes, right?  

 

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Re: Amiga CD32, the SX-1 and marvelous possibilities
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2006, 07:04:53 PM »
EXCUSE ME!?!?!?!  The Amiga 1200 has an option to display on my TV!?  You have just completely and totally made my day so much brighter.  I will now begin the task of tracking down a 1200 system on Ebay.  
How is RetroGeek?  Is he good to buy from?  I never quite trust sellers that put pictures of themselves on their sites.  :)

So an NTSC 1200 system with a 68030 processor?  Check.
 

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Re: Amiga CD32, the SX-1 and marvelous possibilities
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2006, 08:52:35 PM »
RetroGeek has two 1200's up on Ebay right now, and I asked him if one was NTSC or PAL and he replied via email saying it was NTSC.

You say beware though?
 

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Re: Amiga CD32, the SX-1 and marvelous possibilities
« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2006, 10:19:13 PM »
Damn, well, glad I found this forum then.  

It is far too hard to play these Amiga games.  Now I can't find an NTSC 1200.  ><
In a moment of desperation, I bought the original Bard's Tale for NES.  That should sate my appetite long enough for an NTSC 1200 or an SX-1 to come up for sale - I hope.
 

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Re: Amiga CD32, the SX-1 and marvelous possibilities
« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2006, 10:46:11 PM »
Ok, so like a noob I JUST went to the "preferred dealers" thread and found out about some good dealers.  In all my internet searching, I didn't find any of these guys!
Anyways, I went on over to AmigaKit and put in question form, pretty much just asking what all I would need for what I want from the machine.  Hopefully I will have a response by tomorrow, and I can take it from there.  
I am in the middle of a move, and as such I don't have internet access until next week - it is like living in the Dark Ages - seriously.