This one goes hard, it's a consolized ZX Spectrum clone, I think it looks cool. Arrived horribly late though (1993).
>>12925907There's conflictive data about the launch date now that I checked, anywhere from 1990 to 1993. Some links:https://zxbyte.org/alf.htmhttps://speccy.info/ALF_TV_Gamehttps://raregame.ru/console/alf128k.html
Remember Alf? He's back, in Russian console form!
>>12925907Were the colors just like the ZX Spectrum or did it upgrade it in any way?
>>12927427Same, the idea was (and it was a good idea compared to trying to make their own library) to use the library of the Spectrum but only in cartridge format.
the mirrored controller layout makes me angry
>>12925907cringe kino. its art
>>12927656>the mirrored controller layout makes me angryKek, I didn't realize
>Players discovered that it was more comfortable to hold the controller upside down, putting the directional pad on the left and the buttons on the right, like a conventional controller. The unusual placement was a consequence of the designers creating a very simple controller for their custom ZX Spectrum-based hardware. It used nothing more than a circuit board and conductive rubber contacts—no controller chip or sophisticated electronics.in soviet russia, controller plays you
>>12927723>It used nothing more than a circuit board and conductive rubber contacts—no controller chip or sophisticated electronics.As it should be, anything else is demonic
>>12927723>The unusual placement was a consequence of the designers creating a very simple controller for their custom ZX Spectrum-based hardware. It used nothing more than a circuit board and conductive rubber contacts—no controller chip or sophisticated electronics.That doesn't explain the layout at all.Many 8-bit controllers don't use any chips, just parallel lines to the buttons. That doesn't require having the dpad on the right side.
>>12925907looks like a snes, xbox 360, a ketchup packet and vladimir poopin had a gay anus baby
>>12927996Have some respect
>>12925907Oh sweet, my ex-fiance had one of these!>How?Her dad gave it to her as a birthday gift in 2000.
>>12928197>Oh sweet, my ex-fiance had one of these!>>How?>Her dad gave it to her as a birthday gift in 2000.Is this some /vr/ joke template or did the girl really get this forgotten ahh soviet computer as a gift in 2000?
>>12925907>>12928157>>12927418>>12925919No idea how this got mistranslated as Alf, the label very clearly says the Russian word for "elf". They even aired Alf in Russia during the 90's so people would definitely know the difference between "Alf" and "Elf".
>>12928506Maybe some internal joke from the designers, the roman script text "ALF" looks too similar to the TV series logo to be a coincidence
>>12928470Considering she is Russian, yeah. She did get it as a gift in 2000, because her dad couldn't find an N64 or SNES to gift her. She still has it I think
>>12925907Looks unique and janky. How about some game pics?
>>12929512>Considering she is Russian, yeah. She did get it as a gift in 2000, because her dad couldn't find an N64 or SNES to gift her. She still has it I thinkFascinating. I wouldn't have questioned it if it was a Dendy famiclone
>>12929521>Looks unique and janky. How about some game pics?The cartridges had multiple games localized in Russian (All ZX Spectrum games, I don't know if any is original/exclusive), here's a gallery showing pics of them:https://zxbyte.org/alf_games.htm
>>12929537Fair enough. I think she might also have a Dendy but Ill have to ask. One of those came into the shop last year and it was fascinating to have.
>>12929549>ega feels cozyThanks, anon.
>>12930428I regret not buying the last old famiclone I saw
>>12930439We rarely get PAL or European exclusive consoles so that Dendy was a prize. I gave him a little more than I should have and cleaned it up/fixed a few pins before showing it to a regular.
>>12927979>>12927723It seems like the kind of thing somebody would do just to be different, or the kind of "innovation" made by somebody who doesn't really play videogames who was perplexed by the D-pad typically being on the left side of controllers when most people are right handed.
>>12930571Here I think old ones were NTSC but fixed to output PAL-N, after it became standard for TVs to have multiple region support all imported clones became NTSC only (I think all of them were NOACs from that point on).
>>12930585Where are you from Anon? Where I worked, it was in Central Texas. Lot of retro enthusiasts there. My only gripe is that we never had enough Second Generation 8-Bit games(NES/SMS).
>>12930580My theory is that the "joystick" is repurposed moulding from some sort of industrial controller or something similar. That would explain the odd anti ergonomic cable placement too...
>>12930591Argentina. Here third generation was almost exclusively famiclones. The local PAL-N TV standard (Ntsc/Pal hybrid) made official products difficult to import. They all needed modding. And it wasn't a big enough market to bother to begin with. The SMS was practically unheard of but the Genesis was the de facto 16 bit console here (Mostly because it was made of off the shelf components so Chinese clones were everywhere if you couldn't afford a real one)
>>12930614I heard your televisions were of an odd make but I never suspected PAL/NTSC hybridization. Damn that must be awful for retro games at the time. Do you hunt for any specifics in that gen?
>>12930641I don't have time or space for hardware lately so I have embraced emulationslop. If I had to hunt I'd try to get famicom models with argentinian made exteriors (not found anywhere else but internally as Chinese as all others) particularly discrete Electrolab models. For 16 bits I'd try to get Tectoy Genesis since clones were a plague and distinguishing them from US Genesis can be tricky.
>>12929549>Toля>Caня>Taня>Ивaн>Лeнa>Жeня>Юpa>Aллa>JOHNMade me laugh
>>12930658I feel that. My current job has me moving every few months so I won't be able to collect physically unless it's the real small things. It's a shame. >>12930663>Tolya>Sanya.>Tanya.>Ivan>Lena.>Shenya.>Jura.>Alla.>Юoн
