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Episode 120 is our special coverage of the official launch of the ZX Spectrum Vega console. SMS Electronics gave us exclusive behind the scenes access to the consoles manufacturing process and we spoke to the key people responsible for bringing this project to life. We speak with Chris Smith, Chief Technical Officer and David Levy, Chairman of Retro Computers. So, if you had any questions about the Vega heres where youll find the answer. http://retroasylum.podomatic.com/entry/2015-07-17T02_17_24-07_00 https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/retro-asylum-podcast/id474414834?mt=2#episodeGuid=http%3A%2F%2Fretroasylum.podomatic.com%2Fentry%2F2015-07-17T02_17_24-07_00

Episode 120 is our special coverage of the official launch of the ZX Spectrum Vega console. SMS Electronics gave us exclusive behind the scenes access to the consoles manufacturing process and we spoke to the key people responsible for bringing this project to life. We speak with Chris Smith, Chief Technical Officer and David Levy, Chairman of Retro Computers. So, if you had any questions about the Vega heres where youll find the answer. http://retroasylum.podomatic.com/entry/2015-07-17T02_17_24-07_00 https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/retro-asylum-podcast/id474414834?mt=2#episodeGuid=http%3A%2F%2Fretroasylum.podomatic.com%2Fentry%2F2015-07-17T02_17_24-07_00

Dean and Paul deliver a news and info update as well as bringing focus to an often-overlooked system, the Sharp X68000. The Retro Asylum has been listed in the Video Games category of the prestigious 2015 UK Podcaster Awards! We want to really encourage every member of our awesome community to help us be in with a chance of winning the award by voting for us on the dedicated page: http://ukpodcasters.com/directory/podcast/uk-retro-gaming-podcast-games-culture-curators/ Nine Worlds on 7-9 August 2015. Its about gaming, film, cosplay, fandom, literature, science, geek culture, meeting people and having a really big party: https://nineworlds.co.uk/ Sharp X68000, XM6 Pro68k emulator: http://mijet.eludevisibility.org/XM6%20Pro-68k/XM6%20Pro-68k.html Sinclair Vega: http://www.retro-computers.co.uk/ Jump on our forums for stacks of retro chat: http://retroasylum.com/phpbb/index.php Check out our Official Retro Asylum YouTube channel to see the team playing and review the best retro games out there! http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfCC9rIvCKoW3mdbuCsB7Ag http://retroasylum.podomatic.com/enclosure/2015-07-10T03_57_53-07_00.mp3 https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/episode-119-the-sharp-x68000/id474414834?i=346846488&mt=2

Massive thanks to everyone who has listened to Retro Asylum recently. We are currently at number 7 of the UK iTunes gaming chart.

Here is something for all of the Retro Asylum/Pole Position fans out there

Cool, glad you liked it

The Drisk and special guest Alex Mort of Retro Game Squad get to grips with Nintendo legendary ol grey toaster, the NES. Special thanks to Alex Mort for co hosting this episode. Listen to Alex at http://www.retrogamesquad.com Links to the book's mentioned in this episode: Game Over by David Sheff: https://archive.org/details/Game_Over_1999_Cyberactive_Publishing Its Behind You by Bob Pape: http://bizzley.com/ http://retroasylum.podomatic.com/enclosure/2015-06-26T04_42_07-07_00.mp3 https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/episode-118-nes-tastic!/id474414834?i=345728992&mt=2

The Drisk and special guest Alex Mort of Retro Game Squad get to grips with Nintendo legendary ol grey toaster, the NES. Special thanks to Alex Mort for co hosting this episode. Listen to Alex at http://www.retrogamesquad.com Links to the book's mentioned in this episode: Game Over by David Sheff: https://archive.org/details/Game_Over_1999_Cyberactive_Publishing Its Behind You by Bob Pape: http://bizzley.com/ http://retroasylum.podomatic.com/enclosure/2015-06-26T04_42_07-07_00.mp3 https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/episode-118-nes-tastic!/id474414834?i=345728992&mt=2

Dean, Paul and Matt get together to talk about the other retro sports games that dont often grab the back pages. We defy you to find another gaming podcast that gives as much time to the Hacky Sack! https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/retro-asylum-podcast/id474414834?mt=2#episodeGuid=http%3A%2F%2Fretroasylum.podomatic.com%2Fentry%2F2015-06-12T08_37_38-07_00

Thanks Inky! We are recording our next episode tonight which should be out on Friday. Anyway, here is our latest video:

Here is part 1 of our OutRun special:

Hi guys I thought that I'd start a separate thread for all things from Retro Asylum. The website: http://www.retroasylum.com The podcast- iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/retro-asylum-podcast/id474414834?mt=2 Podomatic: http://retroasylum.podomatic.com/ The YouTube channel: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCfCC9rIvCKoW3mdbuCsB7Ag? Here is out latest video:

Can't say I remember them? Did they appear in Viz maybe?

The Drisk, Ally & Steve jump into the Retro Asylum studio and look back at the classic 8-bit console that was the SEGA Master System! https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/retro-asylum-podcast/id474414834?mt=2#episodeGuid=http%3A%2F%2Fretroasylum.podomatic.com%2Fentry%2F2015-05-28T14_20_06-07_00

I agree, the Vectrex deserves its own section

It was just a guess. I ordered the spare chip and it arrived the next day.

Good news guys! I replaced the M8320-LF347N chip with a new one and it's working fine

Thanks for the offer Rolo but I should imagine that the shipping costs to & from Germany back to the UK will be a bit too expensive. I really do appreciate the offer though! Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any retro groups that deal with electronics that I know of in my area. If anyone in Essex/South East region of the UK knows any different then please do let me know. Cheers!

Sadly Rolo most of that goes right over my head. I haven't done any soldering/electrics since I was 15 which was 25 years ago I haven't even got the equipment to be checking. As I said, it's already been to a repair store the vectors were displaying very dim. The cap change did not fix the problem. My problem now is, I've spend £76 on repairs plus the cost of the cap kit and I haven't really got the cash to send it to another repair shop.

Well somehow I've managed to make it worse. I removed & replaced these chips (I didn't touch the sound chip as I replaced that a couple of years back) and now I'm not getting any vectors on screen... Not even a white dot. The screen is still coming on and the sound is still working. The only time I see the dot is when I switch the Vectrex off. The white dot appears in the bottom left corner and moves very quickly to the centre before disappearing.

Yeah as I mentioned in my PM, had the caps replaced by a local repair shop but it's not solved the problem. I opened the back up tonight and I can see that the pins on some of the ic's look a bit dodgy so I want to resit them but I'm worried about getting a bad shock. Never discharged a CRT before.

Hi all, Just wondering if anyone ever solved the original problem posted in this topic? Only my Vectrex is having the same issue. Cheers

Retro Asylum jumps into the ring as Matt & Darren go on a mission to seek out the best wrestling games out there! https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/retro-asylum-podcast/id474414834?mt=2#episodeGuid=http%3A%2F%2Fretroasylum.podomatic.com%2Fentry%2F2015-05-15T16_48_38-07_00

Episode 114 sees the Retro Asylum team meet up at Play Blackpool where the guys interview the Oliver Twins and discuss a lot more than the Dizzy series. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/retro-asylum-podcast/id474414834?mt=2#episodeGuid=http%3A%2F%2Fretroasylum.podomatic.com%2Fentry%2F2015-05-07T17_07_40-07_00

Retro Asylum goes to the movies with TheDrisk in charge of tickets and Matt Lambourne armed with the popcorn as the guys look back at a bunch of movie licensed video games! https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/retro-asylum-podcast/id474414834?mt=2&i=341166581