Shot of the Nottingham council house during a lunch break. I liked the activity and the building against that sky. #hdr shot #handheld with my @fujifilm_uk #X-E2 standing on top of the currently dry water feature on the market square. (at Nottingham Council House) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs36bhaAEfg/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ljgef325dr4g
Some ones snack did not go as planned. Turns out beds with soft blankets aren’t the best for running. It might be hard to deny feeding on someone when you get caught red handed, or in this case, red lipped.
I’m feeling more and more comfortable with drawing Aedes (but still really should make a character sheet for my own sake). Thank you to everyone who’s sent suggestions for the human lady’s name! I am still undecided, but now we have ✨options ✨
Part 3 to the mini comic should be up soon! It was supposedto be the third and final part of the sequence, but I may extend a little to allow for a part 4. Ideally I would like to add a written component soon
However I have other art work that I really want to post first
This will have to do for now. It seems the aftermarket “bubble” lenses that are similar to the originals are not easy to find these days.
Everyone wants the flat glass ones which are nice and better long term, I guess, but lack a big part of what made the Game Gear… Game Gear. In my opinion, anyway.
If anyone happens to know a source for those for a reasonable price these days, let me know. I picked one up from @console5dotcom several years ago for about $4.
I might try my hand at buffing out what I can from one of my originals for the next repair. In this case, the lens was already an old flat plastic aftermarket lens which was cracked so it’s fine as it is.
Regardless, it’s nice to have a working GG again with a killer screen
Comparison shots of three NGPC systems, each with a different screen configuration.
*Not shown: one with a worm light
Up first is an unmodified stock Pocket Color. Let’s be honest, playing that thing is near impossible, back then or now.
Next up is my first Pocket Color from back in the day with an Afterburner front light mod done by @jamma_nation_x probably sometime mid 2000s.
Last is the more recent full size IPS screen installed on one of the extra systems I had planned for a random pi project. I’m glad I decided to keep it as-was so it could land here
It’s not completely done, mind you. I had to borrow some parts from another unit to get it to this point so I’m still digging for those parts that go with this one. The shell also doesn’t sit quite flush so I need to work that out as well. Regardless… man, this is what I’ve been waiting literal decades for.
Still looking forward to what @bennvennelectronics might do in the Neo Pocket aftermarket screen game back when things are more normal again
Dug out an old NGPC that I bought for parts a few years ago (literally for the shell more than anything for a planned project I canceled) but ended up repairing it. Figured I’d use this one to install one of the full size LCD kits finally (something I’ve been waiting years for).
The shell is slightly yellowed as you can see from the first pic - top is the one in question, bottom is my original/main unit that still looks good as new.
Gave the front shell a peroxide bath with the help of @horde5150 yesterday and I have to say that the result is pretty amazing (pic 5 shows an after comparison with the back shell which is still yellowed).
Assuming I don’t ruin the shell with the mods to the case I need to do for the screen install (the translucent shell versions are brittle AF), I’ll do the back as well (after confirming how best to salvage the labels).
Exciting, though expensive, times for retro gaming, these.
It took almost a year but this showed up from @limitedrungames today
It’s well known that the NGPC is perhaps my favorite handheld of all time…for whatever reason…so this was a no brainer.
I was shocked when they started rolling out the individual ports and completely missed the Samurai Shodown! 2 release as a pre-order bonus with the new Samurai Shodown game a couple of years ago. Who would have thought that we’d have these available again after more or less just being bargain binned in 4 packs what seems like yesterday?
While modern analog sticks can’t compare to the classic clicky stick of an actual NGPC, you can’t go wrong with this collection or any of the individual releases.
The included book is perhaps the highlight here. I haven’t dug too far into it yet but there seems to be a decent amount of content on each game in the collection as well their arcade or series counterparts.
Some progress on the Game Gear tonight. @bennvennelectronics LCD installed and seems to be working well. Now I just need to clean things up a bit and replace the lens and I think I can call this one done
Several years ago now I replaced the capacitors and backlight in the Game Gear I had as a kid. It still doesn’t work completely and I never dove in to figure out what other issues might be present.
At some point I picked up three dead Game Gears for next to nothing hoping that between them all perhaps I could get at least one working.
I’ve since picked up a new LCD from @bennvennelectronics and have been sitting on it for a while knowing I needed to do another cap kit on at least one of these things. And if you’ve ever attempted that, then you know that once is more than enough Well, I finally got around to that tonight.
One of the four would at least power on so I figured that was a good place to start. I swapped in a working audio board and just got done with the cap kit. It’s been a long time since I’ve had a working Game Gear.
alright heres the micro shit,……..sorry for jumbled order of panels in the comic page im left handed so its in a weird zigzag pattern from the bottom up
stay tuned for part 2??…theres more kinky fun to be had
(( Tiny Karkat is always good, these are really cute! 380 ))
The curvature of her palm might as well had been the rising and falling geography of a vast landscape, stretching into a blurred horizon. The ground was firm with a little give, showing a well-aged grip, outlined with countless crevices and wrinkles as canyons, monumental pillars stretching into the sky around him, curling inward as if protectively. Instead of the sky however, the view above the world was that of an older jade troll, flashing a smile that was a miles wide mountain range of fangs, gentle in its expression if slightly amused.
“My My. Well, Hello+ There~” She whispered, a blasting gale that roared over the world until it hit him, a shudder from a nervous blush escaping as he gawked upwards.
Yeah I know I just did a full Davesprite, but after I submitted it I got a suggestion that involved tummy rubs from Dog Tier Jade…and then I had to make that happen too.
