Sega ST-V Cart Cases

I love displaying my arcade collection and for years, I been buying custom cases called Shockboxes for my Neo-Geo MVS carts. Southtown Homebrew have been my #1 go to site to beautify my bland MVS carts into something I can place onto a shelf and display with pride. Recently, I've been falling back into my arcade collecting and I decided to focus my attention onto my small Sega Titan Video game system (Sega ST-V) collection of carts. The ST-V arcade board set is basically a ROM cartridge based arcade level version of the Sega Saturn. So a lot of fast paced, fun, twitchy arcade games!

I've added several ST-V carts into my collection over the years and I was in need of boxing and displaying them on my shelf for organization. The ST-V cart are much smaller than SNK's Neo-Geo carts so, while I could use foam to take up the negative space inside a giant Shockbox, which I wasn't willing to do, since the Shockbox have gone up to $12 a piece. I basically had two choices: re-purposing some old EA's big Sega Genesis/Megadrive sport cases or use the Universal Combo Game Case.

Originally I used the EA Sega Genesis Sport cases, but I ended up using all of my (then) cheap Sports boxes for my Atomiswave carts. So when I when I went online to find some more cheap sports titles, I was actually a little surprised that these $1-2 sports titles nobody wanted a few years ago are now selling at $10-15 minimum. My only real CHEAP option was to buy the Universal Combo Game Case at about $1.50 each. So the choice was simple, I went to Southtown Homebrew and printed out the covers of the games I own and picked up some cases. The Universal Combo Game Case requires taking some wire cutters or a sharp box cutters to modify the inside of the case to make your Sega ST-V Cart fit. While it's not a perfect option, I like to think of it as a "close enough, why not?" option. 

I had one annoying issue with this whole process, not all of my game carts had covers to print off at Southtown and I waited patiently for, literally, years for someone to make covers for Golden Axe the Duel, Cotton Boomerang, Outlaws of the Lost Dynasty, and Astra Superstars. Because no one did, I figured I can take a crack at it. While my photoshopping skills are basic and I got really lazy on the back of the covers, I really like how these turned out. 

I will link to the both sizes for the Genesis/Megadrive case and the Universal Combo Game Case. Please feel free to improve on the design or make your own. I think I like making custom covers for the games and I can't wait to do more in the future.

--Nathan

Astra Superstars

• Sega Genesis/ Megadrive Case
• Universal Combo Game Case

Cotton Boomerang: 

• Sega Genesis/ Megadrive Case
• Universal Combo Game Case

Golden Axe the Duel

• Sega Genesis/ Megadrive Case
• Universal Combo Game Case

Outlaws of the Lost Dynasty

• Sega Genesis/ Megadrive Case
• Universal Combo Game Case

Outdated References 35: Bad Batch at Stardust City

I didn't intent this podcast to be a bi-weekly, but hey, here we are. Sometimes, life gets in the way but we here at Outdated References prevail over silly things like "family emergencies" and "work obligations." Pft, who needs responsibilities when we can talk about NEW Star Wars: Clone Wars and Star Trek Picard! Join Russ, Adam and myself, Nathan, to a wonderful world of fanboy wankery. --Nathan

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Outdated References 34: Sci-Fi Recap

Holy Crap! It’s been over a year since I posted a new episode. That’s all me… So here’s the quick update: I finally got married and that took most of my time and energy to help plan and setup. Because of the stress, I just didn't have the time and energy to record, edit and post episodes. So for a while, the site was on hiatus. But from the time we last posted a show, Star Trek Discovery Season 2 was on its way to fix that weak first season of STD. A little indie film called Star Wars Episode 9:The Last Skywalker was released and the first season of The Mandalorian concluded with a fantastic cliffhanger, oh and Star Trek: Picard in now on it’s third episode! So yeah, Russ, Adam and I have a lot of science fiction to discuss this week! Thank for still being subscribed to our humble channel.

--Nathan

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Part List for Making your own Fightstick from Scratch

Making joysticks or fight sticks can be a daunting task if you have never done it before. I was building a pair of game specific joysticks for "Buriki One" and decided to just make a video documenting the process. Granted, I stained the box and pre-drilled where I want the buttons and joystick to be to conserve time but all in all this should be a nice first step for someone wanting to build a controller for themselves.

Please note: The controller in this video is for my supergun, which is an external box that plays arcade boards and the controller ports are set to arcade specs, so I do not need a controller pcb. Hardwiring the Neo-Geo extension cable to the fightstick components will work fine for this specific setup. If you are looking to build a fightstick for the Xbox 360/One and PS3/4, I strongly recommend just buying a Brooks Universal Fighting Board. Also, SlagCoin where you want to go for your joystick template.

I have linked all of the parts used in this video below. Mixed and match however you want. I personally used the IL joysticks because I wanted to save a few bucks and I didn't want to invest too much on a joystick that I will be using for only one game. I plan on building a Neo-Geo controller using all Japanese components in the near future so stay tune for that.

Part List:

• Gray-white Waterproof Plastic Project Box Enclosure 200x120x75mm
• IL (Industrias Lorenzo) Joystick
• Seimitsu 30mm screw button push buttons
• Seimitsu 24 screw button push button
• Blue Vinyl Dye
• 28 AWG Stranded Wires
• Soldering Iron
• Neo-Geo MVS/AES Extension Cable
• Wire Strippers
• Multimeter

--Nathan

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This week is a three man show with Russ, Adam and myself, Nathan. We started catching up on new TV that drop this month and I was super excited to talk about Star Trek Discovery, but sadly I was the only one who saw it. We move on to more recommendations from Russ and me and eventually we do some last minute gaming discussion. Also Adam and Russ is pushing hard the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse so I'll need to get on that...
Anyway, enjoy this week's show and  take care!!!
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Twitching

So one of the things I decided to do this new year is to stream more and maybe one of these days, get enough followers to make a few bucks to support my gaming habit. I'm still working out hiccups on my setup, because I love to make things overly complicated for me, but I think I'm getting close to a sense of stability that I am happy with. 

One of the biggest hurdles for me is to keep myself engaged with the chat. You would think doing a podcast would help me talk but I have a hard time talking by myself. I'm one of those guys who can go all day and not say a word when I'm home alone. If it weren't for my dogs, I could probably go on days and not say a word. 

Basically, I want to focus on the lesser known titles and more obscure games and consoles, while also playing games that I love. I attempted a 3DO stream, a few weeks ago, and it was a disaster because, God those games are not fun to play, but I don't want my channel to be just stupid shit no one cares about, so I'll probably play some of my childhood favorites and also document a few projects I'm working on like building a custom "Buriki One" joysticks and a new Neo-Geo joystick.

Anyways, I'm looking for some feedback and maybe a couple of follows or fifty. 

So check out my Channel over on Twitch. it's time to break out of my comfort zone with video games. 

Enjoy my rusty playthrough of the original arcade board of  "Rival Schools: United by Fate."

 --Nathan

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Merry Christmas from Outdated References!!!
I know it's been a long while but I finally moved into our new place and I got all of the gear setup to record podcast and as a bonus, I also attached one of our old Christmas Gaming Music shows at the end of the this week's show.
Merry Christmas and Happy Gaming!!!
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